More and more top-tier professors, experts, and researchers who had long been declared 'dead' or 'missing' by their respective governments and academic institutions were carried out of the underground base, one after another.
Pioneers in neurology.
Trailblazers in bioengineering.
As well as international-level authorities in genetics, pharmacology, and cranial research.
This undeniable spectacle sent the global community into an absolute meltdown.
"Oh my god!"
"Weren't they all dead?!"
"What the hell was Severia doing?!"
"All the brilliant minds who vanished over the years were actually locked in a Severian dungeon, treated as lab rats for live human experimentation?!"
The explosion of outrage wasn't limited to the physical scene.
Across the globe, millions watching the live broadcasts were erupting in fury.
The diplomatic and academic networks of nation after nation spiraled out of control at the sight of these 'resurrected' dead.
The highest echelons of those respective governments were consumed by blinding, unadulterated rage as they watched the footage.
The tech center was no longer a competitive arena.
It was ground zero for the most catastrophic international scandal in modern history.
Severia had been publicly and irreversibly nailed to the pillar of shame.
No matter how desperately they tried to cover it up or suppress the narrative, it was entirely out of their hands.
Because the broken victims were still being hauled out by the dozen.
Fragments of the twisted experimental logs were continuously leaking to the public in real-time.
The irrefutable evidence of the attempted murder in Sector 10, the human experimentation in the subterranean lab, and the undeniable operational ties between the tournament organizers and the Obsidian Sun were now laid bare for the entire world to witness.
Chairman Alistair Kingsley of the International Gauntlet Committee looked utterly abhorrent as he stared at the victims being stretchered out.
Even the international delegates, who prided themselves on their refined composure, discarded all decorum, slamming their hands on the tables as they rose in fury.
"Absurd! This is absolutely absurd!"
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