The World Trembles.Null's True Name Awakens.
THE SKY BREAKS
It started with a sound.
Not thunder.Not an explosion.Something deeper.
A snap in the atmosphere —as if the entire world cracked its neck.
Clouds spiraled into a whirlpool.Birds fell from the sky.Glass trembled in buildings.
Every sensitive fighter felt it.
Vyra paused mid-surgery.Her scalpel slipped.
Kage stopped in the middle of a shadow jump.His eyes widened behind the void mask.
Grayson dropped his cigarette.The flame froze in the air for a heartbeat.
Blaze Ryu fell to one knee.His fists shook uncontrollably.
Something ancient had awakened.
THE THRONE IN THE SKY
A throne of white shadow materialized above a distant mountain range.Lightning curled around it like obedient pets.
On that throne—
A man sat casually.
Long black hair falling past his back.Gold-black eyes glowing like dying suns.A faint smile carved with cruelty and elegance.
AIZENO NULL —The Apex.The True Brother.The Firstborn of the Null line.
He rested his cheek on his fist, looking down at the world.
Aizeno (soft, amused):"Little brothers…You're making noise again."
His aura dropped.
Mountains cracked.Rivers reversed.The wind stopped.
He stood.
The world shook.
CUT TO: NULL AND HYUNG
The tunnel trembles.
Dust rains from the ceiling.
Null staggers, clutching his head.The inside of his skull vibrates like a struck bell.
Null:"That feeling…It's him.He's awake."
Hyung steps in front of Null, instantly tense.
He knows the truth.He remembers too much.
Hyung (lying smoothly):"Stay behind me.HE'S after me, not you."
Null blinks, confused.
Null: "Why… would he be after you?"
Hyung forces a smile.A shaky one.
Hyung:"Because… I'm your brother.Your big brother."
Silence.
Gray and Blaze stare at him.
Even Vyra coughs out a small laugh.
Gray: "Hyung… what the actual hell are you talking about?"
Blaze points at Null.
Blaze: "THEY LOOK NOTHING ALIKE!"
Hyung snaps:
Hyung: "SHUT UP, BOTH OF YOU!"
He grabs Null by the shoulders.
Hyung:"If he finds you—you'll die.Let him come for me instead."
Null stares deep into Hyung's eyes.
Something in them trembles.
Fear.Pain.Love.
Null:"Hyung… why are you lying to protect me?"
Hyung's throat tightens.
He looks away.
Hyung:"Because the truth would break you."
NULL'S TRUE NAME STARTS UNLOCKING
Null clutches his temples again.
Voices echo in his head.
Aizeno's voice.
Smooth.Cruel.Father-like.Nightmare-like.
Aizeno (memory):"Your name is not Null.That was the curse I gave you."
Scenes flash:
A child crying.Aizeno's hand on his shoulder.Blood on the floor.A door closing forever.
Aizeno:"Your real name…you'll remember it when you're ready to serve."
Null collapses to his knees.
Hyung rushes to hold him.
Hyung:"Don't remember.Not now.Please."
But the memory keeps forcing itself open.
Aizeno whispering in the dark:
"My third brother…you were born to kneel."
Null screams.
CUT TO: AIZENO — THE APEX MOVES
Aizeno steps off his throne.
And reality bends like melted glass beneath his foot.
Every fighter in the world feels it.
Vyra (terrified):"He's coming.The Apex is actually moving."
Kage's entire void-body shivers.
Kage:"This… is not an order.This is instinct."
Aizeno lifts his hand.
Black lightning spreads across the horizon.
Aizeno:"Little brothers…I'm coming home."
The chapter ends with Aizeno making his first step toward them—and the entire continent trembling from it.
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