Professor Mailey, an old white man, had been hiding in Colossus State for so long that most people had forgotten him. So long that, through his own efforts, he had become a Blue Robe Priest.
No one remembered that he had once followed several Otherworldly Users and resolved quite a few influential mysterious incidents.
He was now escorting four people back to where the Two Colossi were with several colleagues.
These four had sabotaged the birth of an important form of entertainment. Their crime was exceedingly grave.
One of them looked very familiar to him. It was Dr. Stein, the idol he had admired back when he was still a professor—a madman who worshipped science above all else.
He had admired the man too, until he later realized that science itself was incredible, but those who researched science and technology were far too fragile.
Humanity no longer had the time to rely on technological development to fight mysterious disasters.
He sighed. He had never expected this doctor to end up like this, falling from a lofty idol of the masses to a prisoner.
He shook his head inwardly.
He knew the Colossi were not violent beings, but anyone who dared disturb their entertainment would pay a terrible price—they would become toys themselves.
They would not die, but they would be played with until they were utterly humiliated.
For example, one priest had once ruined a grand sports meet because of his drinking. As a result, he was hung upside down and made to complete every event by himself... and then he became famous.
There were plenty of people who loved drinking. Even after becoming noble priests, some could not break the habit.
Professor Mailey noticed that these four did not seem to realize what misfortune awaited them. They even looked