#... TEACHERS' LOUNGE ... AFTER THE TEST...
Every student or group of students had an inspector assigned to them. A spy. A professor hidden in the shadows, watching every step they took, from their very first move to the last crystal they collected.
After the final bell, they returned to the meeting room, mentally organizing reports, filtering observations between what mattered and what could be discarded.
The U-shaped table was full. A single lantern burned at its center.
"Now let's move on to the names that appear in multiple reports," the Strategic Analysis professor said, opening her notebook.
"Haru Mizuki and Armand Cassius," the Magical Behavior professor said. "They were the first to demonstrate that they had discovered the loophole of disqualification as an independent variable."
"I'm certain Genials figured that out too," another professor argued.
"Then why didn't he use it?"
Silence.
