CHAPTER-6 — THE LOST HORROR
EPISODE-18 — THE DEATH OF AKI
Subtitle: When even love cannot survive the shadows, hope dies screaming.
INTRO — SHADOWS WHISPER DEATH
The battlefield was silent. Too silent.
Kanoji's eyes darted across the shattered ruins of the mountain village. Smoke curled from every destroyed building. The Sage Shinobi at his side radiated calm power, but even their presence could not quiet the foreboding feeling in the air.
Then… a scream.
High, brittle, desperate. Aki. His heart froze. He ran.
Through the crimson fog, he saw her—his partner, his co-op friend, the girl who had shared countless VR battles, the girl who had smiled at him through the DLC stores of two years ago—lying in the red mist, her body trembling, blood flowing like rivers across her armor.
She looked at him, eyes wide, tears reflecting the scattered fires of the battlefield.
"Kanoji… run…" she whispered.
He screamed. He tried to reach her. But it was already too late.
PHASE 1 — THE GREAT SHINOBI ARRIVES
The ground shook. A shadow taller than the tallest tree appeared. The Great Shinobi—cloak black as void, eyes burning gold, blade longer than any sword—descended from the red sky, faster than thought.
Kanoji instinctively stepped in front of Aki. The Sage Shinobi moved as well, energy radiating.
Every step of the Great Shinobi fractured the earth. Every breath carried the scent of fear.
"You cannot protect her," the shadow hissed. "Not even you, hero."
PHASE 2 — THE IMPOSSIBLE FIGHT
Kanoji's fists glowed, Sage Shinobi's blades hummed. But against the Great Shinobi, nothing would suffice.
A single slash cut a boulder in half.
A strike of his shadow claws tore the air, slicing space itself.
Every attack Kanoji threw… missed, stopped mid-air, vaporized before impact.
The Sage Shinobi tried to create a barrier. The Great Shinobi's presence warped reality. Time itself slowed.
Every 1% chance of survival Kanoji held evaporated instantly.
Even with combined attacks, the Great Shinobi advanced. Each step was a nightmare incarnate.
PHASE 3 — THE DEATH OF AKI
Aki, despite injury, rose to face the shadow.
"Kanoji… I will… stop him!" she gasped.
The Great Shinobi turned. Red lightning flashed from his blade. Aki froze.
Before Kanoji could reach her, the Great Shinobi struck. One hand, faster than thought, pierced her chest.
Time seemed to pause.
Aki's scream echoed across the broken battlefield. Her hands reached for Kanoji.
"I'm… sorry…"
Her body crumpled, lifeless.
The red fog seemed to drink her final breath. Kanoji fell to his knees. Rage, grief, despair—all fused into a storm of power. But even that power… was nothing against the Great Shinobi.
PHASE 4 — KANOJI + SAGE SHINOBI LIMIT BREAK
Kanoji's eyes glowed crimson. He had survived 10 bosses before, but nothing like this.
Blood-red chains wrapped his arms.
Shadow weapons sprouted around him, living blades hungry for destruction.
Sage Shinobi amplified his attacks, combining reality-warping strikes with Kanoji's raw fury.
They launched themselves at the Great Shinobi.
Cinematic destruction unfolded:
10,000 meters of battlefield shattered.
Mechs, ruins, and even mountains fractured midair.
Every strike was a ballet of terror and horror.
Yet… the Great Shinobi only smiled.
"You fight like ghosts, but I am the end of all shadows."
PHASE 5 — THE NIGHTMARE ESCALATES
Even combined, Kanoji and Sage Shinobi were shadows compared to him.
One hand swipe = shattered swords, dismembered limbs.
Footstep = tremors, crushing armor like paper.
Breath = chills that froze time itself for everyone nearby.
But Kanoji's fury burned. He roared, striking with every ounce of rage and grief.
Red chains lashed, shadows roared, swords collided with impossible speed.
The Great Shinobi's counterattack? A wall of darkness so thick it erased everything it touched.
Even 1% chance was wiped. Horror, despair, and the taste of death filled every corner of the battlefield.
OUTRO — CURSE MESSAGE
Kanoji cradled Aki's body. Sage Shinobi knelt beside him. The world watched in fear.
Above, the sky cracked. The servers froze. Every player who survived saw a new line appear, glowing in cursed red letters across their screens:
"I am here. I will kill you."
The Great Shinobi vanished into the red fog, leaving only despair and the echo of his laughter.
The battlefield was silent… except for Kanoji's broken scream.
CHAPTER-6 — THE LOST HORROR
EPISODE-19 — THE SMILING RED FACE
Subtitle: Sometimes, a smile is all it takes to destroy everything.
INTRO — LABORATORY OF NIGHTMARES
The world was still reeling from the apocalypse-level battle of Kanoji and the Great Shinobi. Smoke and ruin covered every city.
Deep underground, in a hidden laboratory, monitors flickered. Codes scrolled endlessly. Somewhere among the ruins, a single creation stirred.
Experiment Code-1023 — a face, crimson red, floating in zero gravity, grinning endlessly. No body. No limbs. Just a smile that radiated pure malice.
The lab's systems had warned scientists, but it was too late. Code-1023 had awakened, and in its first act, it detonated every containment chamber, every energy source, every experiment — turning the entire laboratory into molten ruins.
The monitors went black, except for one line of glowing red:
"Smile… and everything ends."
PHASE 1 — FIRST SIGNS OF TERROR
The floating face drifted through the ruined laboratory corridors. Its smile widened, unnaturally long, teeth sharper than any blade. Every blink of its eye made the temperature drop, making metal bend and glass shatter.
Outside the lab, emergency sensors detected the destruction. Entire cities trembled as energy pulses from the face's awakening tore through the underground network.
No sound escaped the face, but its presence warped reality. Even machines malfunctioned instantly.
PHASE 2 — UNSTOPPABLE DESTRUCTION
Security drones launched missiles. Instantly vaporized by a strange red aura.
Automated defense systems fired lasers. The lasers bent mid-air, collapsing back into nothingness.
Soldiers approached cautiously, but their weapons melted before reaching the face.
The Smiling Red Face did not move like a normal entity. It glided, omnipresent, appearing in every corridor at once.
Each smile amplified fear, sending hallucinations into the minds of everyone nearby. Soldiers screamed, fainted, or attacked phantom enemies.
PHASE 3 — LEGENDARY EXPERIMENT POWER
The face was not ordinary. It was a fusion of failed experiments:
Neural manipulation cores — inducing fear beyond comprehension.
Shadow energy condensers — giving it intangible, unstoppable form.
Crimson plasma resonance — capable of melting steel, glass, and reinforced concrete.
With a single blink, the lab was completely annihilated. Fire, red mist, and distorted shadows engulfed every wall. No one escaped.
The code whispered in the minds of survivors:
"I am here… I will smile forever… and end you."
PHASE 4 — HORROR VIBE AND OMNIPRESENCE
The face did not stop. It drifted into nearby cities via power lines, data networks, and ventilation shafts.
It appeared on screens: glowing red, smiling endlessly.
Cameras captured only the reflection of fear in its eyes.
The faintest gaze caused machinery, vehicles, and even mechs to implode.
The world realized: this was Experiment Code-1023, and nothing could contain it.
OUTRO — THE SMILE WATCHES
In the skies above, satellites flickered as the Smiling Red Face projected itself globally, its grin growing larger, more terrifying.
Every surviving player, soldier, and observer saw it at the same time. The last line of the lab's mainframe glowed across every screen:
"Smile… and everything ends."
The face lingered, silent, floating, watching the world it had already begun to consume.
The world had no idea how to fight a single smiling nightmare, coded into existence, omnipresent, and unstoppable.