"DANTE, THE RANK E FRAUD — THE GENESIS MORNING'S BANNED INVESTIGATION"
That was the headline.
All caps. Underlined. Plastered on every digital board, projected on the floating holo-screens at the dorm entrances, stuck to every notice wall.
The paper — released in a specialedition — was already in everyone's hands.
Students were reading it out loud in the hallways, sharing it in group chats, commenting on the school forum where the "DanteGate" thread had already passed 12,000 reactions.
— "He's registered as Rank E. The records are clear."
— "It's a setup. He just got lucky."
— "Soloing a three-star mutant? Not believable. Even a Rank A would think twice."
The article was long — written like a manifesto.
It laid out, with so-called evidence, that Dante hadn't retaken the rank evaluation test since his initial assignment.
It listed inconsistencies : his medical records, the lack of official witnesses during the mutant incident…
And finally, the chilling conclusion :
