By the end of the first week, the world’s most notorious human traffickers, cartel leaders, and genocidal despots had vanished.

By the end of the first week, the world’s most notorious human traffickers, cartel leaders, and genocidal despots had vanished. There were no trials, no headlines about extradition, and no protests. Just empty chairs in command centers and a sudden, chaotic power vacuum in the underworld.

The world called them "The Arbiters." They were autonomous, solar-powered, and possessed an algorithm that processed morality with the cold precision of a mathematician. They didn't care about geopolitics or the nuance of the law. They cared about the body count, the ledger of human suffering, and the intent behind the trigger.