Kaleidoscope

Ren has spent his whole life being trained to kill. No school. No friends. No future beyond the next job. But when a routine assassination goes horribly wrong, Ren comes face to face with something that shouldn’t exist—something inhuman. He survives by luck… or by something far stranger. Rescued by a pair of mysterious operatives, Ren is pulled into a hidden world where monsters are real, souls don’t always stay dead, and people like him are recruited to clean up the aftermath. Taken to NEEM Academy, a secret training ground for fighters known as Cleaners, Ren learns that he may possess a rare ability called a spark—and that his past, his survival, and his very existence might not be a coincidence. Surrounded by dangerous classmates, cryptic teachers, and truths he was never meant to know, Ren must navigate a place where trust is earned through combat and fear is a weapon. Because beyond the walls of the academy, something far worse than he faced that night is waiting. And it may already know who he is.