This year's Imperial Professor screening test was a complete disaster.
Of the twenty-five candidates selected from across the world, ten were kidnapped during a coordinated series of attacks. On the same day, universities and academies housing the candidates were kidnapped.
Naturally, investigations were launched immediately. But despite the urgency, not a single solid clue had surfaced. The only lead they uncovered pointed to the involvement of Araxys.
When investigators attempted to identify the fallen assailants involved in the attacks, they discovered a chilling realization.
Some of the attackers had been declared dead years ago, others were long-missing, and several had prior criminal records. It was a disturbing realization.
These people, once part of ordinary society, some with families, some with troubled pasts, had been radicalized into fanatics.
