Villain Ch 2012. The Reveal [Part 2]
"N-No way…" Alex whispered.
His voice cracked like something inside him had buckled. He stood frozen at the edge of the Celestial Vanguard resting area, sweat dripping off his chin, knuckles white around the towel he forgot he was holding.
Red and Mastercraft turned toward him sharply, eyes wide, breaths uneven like they'd just sprinted across the real world rather than finishing the most brutal match of their lives.
Red's mouth opened, closed, then opened again. No sound came out for a full three seconds before he finally forced words through a strangled breath. "That… that's not real. That can't be real. Azazel was an A.I. He had to be. He was too perfect."
Mastercraft shook his head, staring at the stage like he expected reality to glitch and rewind. "No human avoids thirty people chain locking him without taking a scratch. There's just… no way."
