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At 12 years of age, Ramu was the most geekish boy in his class and was ostracized by his classmates, but it was still all fine as he was the Math teacher's darling. So no one dared to pick on him. In an effort to live up to the teacher's expectations, he studied, studied, and studied even more.

But, it was all for naught as this was what led to his downfall. Things started changing when he started to observe the faults in the teacher's explanations. His respect for the teacher started crashing down. And all hell breaks loose on the day he pointed out flaws in the teacher's explanations. Instantly, the fortunes reversed, and although he became the most popular guy in the class, he also turned into the teacher's enemy number 1.

This place called school became a hell-hole for Ramu. Everything he once knew had crashed down. So he shut himself down in his own room.

One day he started seeing weird dreams of constellations approaching him to make him his disciple. But by then, his trust in elders has reached level -1 and he said no to all of them. Then, one night, one of constellation challenges him to a math contest and he loses... hard.

"Aah... So you are average too. Nobody can beat me after all", the constellation remarks.
Hearing the exact lines Ramu thought about others being directed towards himself, Ramu retorts, "No I am better. I can beat you. I will."
"Ohh!! Then become my disciple and beat me."

And in the desperation to salvage his pride, he makes the biggest blunder of his life... signing a pact with the Devil himself.

Now at 15, he has made a name for himself among the community of [Special People] [The Gifted], yet revenge is still a far cry for him.
In the meanwhile, he is assigned a disciple to train. Will the disciple help bridge the gap between him and the constellation?