MULTIVERSE PD
The city lights shimmered across the river, neon bleeding into the dusk like fractured glass. It was supposed to be the happiest day of his life.
Kairo Shin, eighteen years old, had just tossed his graduation cap into the air with the rest of his classmates. The future was supposed to be bright—academy training, then the badge, then a life of chasing justice. Not just justice in one world, but in all worlds. The Multiverse Police Department had recruited him months ago, citing his grades, his sharp mind, his agility in training simulations. He wasn’t the strongest, not the fastest, not the smartest… but he was determined. And in the multiverse, determination mattered.
He smiled as his mother snapped a picture, his father clapping him on the back. Friends laughed, music blasted from cars outside the school, the whole street alive with fireworks and chatter.
That’s when it happened.
The car rolled by slow, tinted windows cracked open. A barrel glinted. The sound split the night.
Bang. Bang. Bang.
Graduation cheers turned into screams.
Kairo hit the ground, chest burning, his white shirt blossoming with red. His mother’s cry rang louder than the fireworks. His vision blurred, the sky spinning. He tried to breathe, but the air drowned in iron.
The world tilted sideways… then stopped.
