The investigators on the ground were stuck on the most fundamental question of any criminal case: Motive.
According to the files, the target of the attack made no sense. The two primary figures on that train—Thomas himself and the "Mad Demon"—were deemed insignificant in the grand hierarchy of the sector.
Thomas was a blank slate, and while the Mad Demon was a notorious troublemaker with a legendary temper, he held no political power, possessed no state secrets, and carried nothing of value.
Thomas sat in the dim light of the archival room, his eyes scanning the silver-inked scrolls until they felt like they were burning. The more he read about the "Mad Demon," the more his previous assumptions crumbled.
Back on Earth, a man with that level of raw, violent power would have been a high-ranking general or a notorious warlord.
