"Even shadows fear something."
Night.A broken industrial zone — cranes hanging like dead giants, fog rolling across cracked concrete.
A single figure stands in the mist.
GONO.Hands in pockets.Neck tilted.Completely calm.
He mutters:
"Only two hits today. I'm feeling lazy."
A whisper answers him.
Not a voice.Not a breath.A… void.
From behind the fog, something steps forward.
Two white eyes open.
KAGE — The Silent Void.
No sound.
No aura.
No presence.
He simply appears, and the air becomes colder.
KAGE'S FIRST MOVE — "Null Silence"
The world goes mute.
Wind stops.Machines stop creaking.Even Gono's footsteps create no sound.
The silence crushes space.
Gono grins.
"Ohhhh… so you're the quiet type."
Kage tilts his head and vanishes.
A black slash tears the fog.
Gono dodges — barely — the concrete behind him splitting like soft clay.
Kage reappears behind him, knife of pure shadow in hand.
Slices.
Gono's cheek cuts open.
Gono:"…Fast."
KAGE'S ABILITY REVEALED
Kage's ability isn't just stealth.
It's erasure.
He erases noise.Erases presence.Erases attacks.
Anything he touches can be "muted" out of reality.
This is why even Azure feared him.
Kage raises a hand.The shadow spreads across the ground like ink, crawling toward Gono.
GONO'S TWO-HIT RULE
Gono cracks his neck.
"Fine. I'll use one hit for warm-up."
He stomps the ground.
BOOOOM.
The entire fog blows away.
Kage stands unphased… but his shadow flickers.
Gono moves.
Lightning-fast.
His first punch grazes Kage's arm — and the entire arm shakes, glitching like a corrupted file.
Kage stumbles back for the first time ever.
Gono smirks:
"One hit left."
KAGE GETS SERIOUS
Kage's body dissolves into pure darkness.
A swarm of shadow blades fall from above like silent rain.
Gono dodges what he can, takes a few, blood dripping — but he never loses that confident smile.
Kage's whisper finally escapes the silence:
"You die now."
He appears behind Gono, blade aimed at the heart.
Fast.
Perfect.
Unavoidable.
THE SECOND HIT
Gono doesn't dodge.
He headbutts Kage.
CRACK.
The shockwave breaks three cranes.
Kage's skull dents.Shadow flickers violently.
Gono wipes his nose.
"That's two."
Kage falls to his knees, shadow dissolving.
His silence breaks — the world's sound returns in a painful burst.
Gono:"You're strong, shadow boy.But rules are rules."
Kage collapses.
Unconscious.
Defeated.
EPILOGUE — THE RESET ORDER REALIZES
Miles away, in the Reset Order's hidden base:
Vyra gets the report.Her red eyes narrow.
"Torren dead.Kage defeated.Gono involved."
She plays with her surgical wire.
"It's time to move to Phase Two."
The TRUE Leader's silhouette appears behind her.
"Send the Reaper Squad," the voice says.
Vyra smiles.
"Yes, my Lord."