Night swallows the world.
Aizeno's palace rises like a black cathedral—tall, sharp, humming with cold energy.Every window is sealed with shifting symbols.Every door is a threat.
Inside, something screams.
Null stands at the front of the team:
NemicaGrayBlazeAsh Blade
Their auras mix—flames, shadows, memory light, and Null's glitching white.
Blaze:"This place gives me asthma and I don't even HAVE asthma."
Gray:"Stay sharp. Aizeno built this place like a living machine."
Null steps forward.
Eyes glowing.
Null:"We go in.We get answers.We get my brother back."
Nemica touches his arm—a soft grounding light.
Nemica:"We'll get him. Together."
Scene 1 — The Palace Opens
The front gate opens by itself.
Screeching.
Metal bending.
A hollow voice echoes:
Palace:"WELCOME HOME, NULL."
Blaze:"…bro what the—"
Gray:"It knows your name."
Null:"It shouldn't."
They step inside.
Everything warps.
Walls breathe like lungs.Floors ripple like water.The air feels heavy—like walking inside someone's mind.
Nemica shivers.
Nemica:"This place remembers things…terrible things."
Scene 2 — Hyung's Path
Cut to Hyung, elsewhere in the palace.
He's alone.
Walking down a dark corridor filled with floating glass cubes.
Each cube contains—
A memory.A scream.A frozen moment.
Hyung touches one.
It shows:
A young Goo-Gun Null being experimented on.Crying.Begging.Injected with something glowing.
Hyung's jaw tightens.
His voice cracks.
Hyung:"…Goo-Gun… they did this to you?"
He moves on.
Each cube shows worse:
• Goo-Gun losing control of his powers.• Goo-Gun forgetting faces.• Goo-Gun begging for Hyung.• Goo-Gun asking, "Where is my brother?"• Goo-Gun crying alone in darkness.• Goo-Gun screaming Aizeno's name.
Hyung stops breathing.
His eyes burn gold-black.
Hyung (whispers):"What… did he DO to you…?"
Scene 3 — The Truth Room
Hyung reaches a massive door.
Symbols burn across it.
He pushes it open.
Inside—
Rows of dead bodies.Not humans.Prototypes.
Some look like Null.Some look like hybrid monsters.Some… are missing faces entirely.
Hyung steps closer.
A voice echoes behind him:
Aizeno (recording):"Subject G—Code-name: NULL—shows the highest potential for mental rewriting.But he lacks the stability for long-term control."
Hyung freezes.
Aizeno continues:
"Solution:Create a vessel.Break the mind.Then rebuild it."
Hyung's hand turns into a fist.
Hyung (rage building):"You… turned my brother into a project."
Aizeno's recording laughs.
Aizeno:"And his brother—Hyung Null—shows traits of the same ability.He will be useful material later."
Hyung stops breathing.
His eyes become pure golden-black.
Hyung (dead voice):"You want to use me, too…?"
Silence.
Then—
A new figure steps out of the shadows.
Tall.Smiling.Cold.
The First Angel — Luxion.
Luxion:"Correction…Aizeno doesn't want to 'use' you."
He raises his hand.
Energy crackles.
Luxion:"He wants to erase you."
Scene 4 — Null's Team Finds Something Impossible
Null and the team reach a giant chamber.
In the center—
A massive, broken throne.Strange wires.A cracked glass cocoon.
Inside the cocoon—
A shadow.
Gray's voice breaks.
Gray:"No way…Is that—?"
Nemica gasps.Her hand covers her mouth.
Blaze steps back in fear.
Null steps forward.
His heart pounds.
Null:"Hyung…?"
The figure inside the cocoon lifts its head.
Eyes open—
But they're wrong.
White.
Empty.
Emotionless.
A voice echoes:
"Null…Brother…"
Null falls to his knees.
Nemica grabs his shoulders.
Nemica:"No— Null— don't—"
Null whispers:
Null:"Aizeno… what did you DO to him?"
Final Line (Chapter End)
Cut back to Hyung's POV.
Luxion cracks his knuckles.
Hyung's aura explodes.
Hyung:"Move.Or die."
Luxion smiles.
Luxion:"Perfect.Your evolution begins now."