The email wasn't marked urgent.
There was no fanfare, no special color code, no digital drumroll. It simply appeared in Raj's system inbox at 4:17 a.m., hours before the rest of the dorm block had even stirred.
FROM: Capital Circuit Board
TO: RC-042
SUBJECT: Legacy Tier Evaluation Confirmation
You are summoned to Legacy Dome Alpha for Tier I Final Assessment.
Attendance: Mandatory
Reporting Time: 07:00
Attire: Standard Black (No Crest)
Role: Independent Entry – Anchor Thread Classification
Note: No substitutions. No reassignments.
All candidates are required to lead, or be led.
Raj didn't react.He didn't reply.He simply placed his device face-down, rose quietly, and began wrapping his gloves.
This wasn't just another match.This was the Legacy Trial—the final level of the Capital Flame Circuit.
The last place where silence could be crushed or crowned.
By 6:45 a.m., he arrived at Dome Alpha.
