The night is silent.
Null stands with Hyung and Gono as Gio sleeps in the rubble.
But far above them…
On top of a broken crane…
A figure watches.
Long coat.Face hidden under a hood.Hands glowing faintly with runic blue flames.
His aura bends the fog around him.
He speaks softly:
"So… the Nulls are finally rising again."
His voice is calm.Too calm.
This is the TRUE LEADER of the Reset Order.The man everyone else fears.
RAION — The Ashen Monarch.Commander Zero.
He raises one finger.
And the air ripples.
A NEW COMMANDER ARRIVES
A tall woman lands on the ground behind Gono and Hyung — impact cracking the concrete.
Armor of white steel.Helmet cracked like a mask.Eyes glowing fluorescent blue.
Commander NEMICA — The Pulse Breaker.She can stop abilities just by touching the ground.
Nemica (coldly):"My leader wishes to retrieve the child.Step aside… or be erased."
Hyung cracks his neck.
"Not happening."
Gono steps forward."If you touch my brother, I'll end you."
Nemica smiles beneath the mask."I love when siblings fight."
She raises her hand—
AND THEN—
A burning red streak falls from the sky.
BLAZE RYU lands with a fiery punch, shattering the ground between Nemica and the Null brothers.
Blaze:"Oi, metal Barbie!Touch them, and I roast you alive."
Hyung smirks."Late."
Blaze shrugs."Traffic."
GRAYSON "GRAY" LOCKE arrives next
No loud entrance.No flames.No noise.
Just appears beside Null like a silent shadow.
Gray:"I sensed two enemy signatures.And one… above."
Null looks up slowly.
The crane is empty.
The leader has vanished.
Gray:"That man… he felt wrong."
Null:"He's not a man."
ASH BLADE joins the circle
A whistle cuts the air.
ASH BLADE flips off a rooftop, twin knives spinning, landing beside Blaze and Hyung.
Ash Blade:"Commander-level energy spikes.Thought you guys were having fun without me."
Blaze:"You brought snacks?"
Ash:"No. I brought death."
Gray:"…Good. We need that."
BACK TO NEMICA
She scans all of them:Null.Hyung.Gono.Gray.Blaze.Ash Blade.
Her scanner glitches.
Nemica (whispering):"This… combination shouldn't exist."
She drops into a stance.
Nemica:"Very well.I'll eliminate you all at once."
She slams her palm onto the ground.
PULSE BREAK — Ability Lock Field Activated
A blue shockwave explodes out.
Hyung's aura flickers.Gray's shadow steps vanish.Ash Blade's knives lose their kinetic charge.Blaze's fire dims.
Nemica stands tall.
"No abilities.Just fists."
Blaze cracks his knuckles.
"Oh hell yes. NOW we're cooking."
NULL MOVES FIRST
But then—
Nemica's eyes widen.
"Except one… his ability is not stoppable?!"
Null walks forward.Golden-black eyes glowing even inside the ability lock.
Nemica steps back.
Null:"You don't get to shut me down."
He raises his hand.
"Because my power isn't an ability."
The ground shakes as Nemica's field breaks like glass.
Hyung breathes out.Gray's shadows return.Blaze sparks.Ash's blades glow.
Null:"It's evolution."
Nemica stumbles.
"…Impossible."
Null points at her.
"Last chance.Leave."
Nemica looks up at the crane again — at where the Leader stood — then back at Null.
Her voice shakes now.
"I see.He wasn't watching the fight…He was watching you."
She leaps backward, escaping through a blue dimensional tear.
Commander Nemica retreats.
THE TRUE LEADER'S FINAL MESSAGE
His voice echoes faintly across the yard, though he is miles away.
Raion (voice):"Good, Goo Gun Null.Grow stronger.I want you perfect…when I break you."
Null's fists tighten.
Hyung looks at him.
Blaze whistles."Okay, that was creepy."
Ash Blade:"Who the hell WAS that?"
Gray:"…The beginning of our real problem."
Null doesn't answer.
He just turns toward the horizon…
Golden-black eyes burning.
"We hunt him next."
END CH 21