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Scene 1: Aftermath in Flames
Smoke rose from the ruins of the Valeiris gymnasium.
Alarms screamed through the school, but no one heard them—not truly. Minds were still recovering, trying to stitch together the horror of what they'd just experienced.
In the center stood Aeyon, blood trickling from his temple, clothes scorched from psychic backlash. Yet his eyes were sharp—sharper than ever. He had dismantled Null's experiment inside a high school, outmaneuvered three elite sync combatants, and cracked their system from the inside.
But now…
She stood before him.
Mirra.
The girl with no thought resonance. No emotional pulse.
No mind that could be read, rewritten, or broken.
"Mirra," Aeyon said slowly, "You're not a player. You're the final test."
She didn't respond. Not even a blink.
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Scene 2: Echoes of the Architect
Elura knelt beside Aeyon, her voice low.
> "She's a Vanth-series Null. Genetically constructed. Not born… programmed."
> "Programmed to be empty?" Aeyon asked.
> "Worse," Reva said, stepping from the smoke. "Programmed to mirror others… but never absorb them."
"She's… a mind void," Aeyon realized. "A reflection without empathy. A black mirror."
Then came the voice again. Projected across all psychic frequencies:
"Stage Two Begins Now."
The sky turned gray.
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Scene 3: The Anti-Mind Duel
The ground beneath them transformed—metallic tendrils wrapping the school courtyard, forming an arena etched in glyphs only Aeyon could see.
Verias's Whisper Code echoed through them, rewriting the battlefield on a conceptual level.
> "Aeyon," Elura said, "you can't manipulate her. You'll have to win without tricks."
He nodded, stepped forward, and raised a hand.
> "Then I'll do what Null fears most—I'll speak truth."
Mirra charged. Her attacks were flawless.
Not just calculated.
Learned.
With every move Aeyon made, she adapted.
Punch—counter.
Mental feint—ignored.
Memory trigger—nullified.
It was like fighting himself, stripped of emotion.
He reached into her with a Whisper pulse: "Do you remember who you were before this?"
No response.
He tried again: "What's your name when you're not being used?"
She paused.
For 0.3 seconds.
And it was enough.
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Scene 4: The Hidden Thought
Aeyon dove into the micro-delay in her defense.
Infiltrated her with a memory seed—a fragment of a dream he'd crafted long ago. A place with stars.
A girl standing alone.
He called it: The Field of Forgotten Names.
Inside that fragment, he whispered:
> "You are not just a weapon. You are a question Null couldn't answer."
Mirra twitched.
Reality around them shattered for an instant.
Her fist connected with Aeyon's ribs—he coughed blood, but smiled through it.
> "You hesitated. That means something inside you isn't dead."
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Scene 5: Unseen Observer
High above, inside a cloaked satellite station orbiting Earth, a figure watched the battle.
Halren.
Director of Null.
Surrounded by monitors.
> "He infected her. He turned her code against itself."
A hooded woman beside him responded:
> "Verias warned us. Aeyon is a conceptual anomaly. Not bound by law or logic."
Halren's eyes narrowed.
> "Then unleash the Equation of Endings. If Mirra falls, the next level begins."
The screen flickered with a new equation:
∆Ψ = E(T) – I(M)
"The change in mind equals External Threat minus Internal Meaning."
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Scene 6: Mirra Cracks
In the field, Mirra suddenly dropped to her knees.
Her breathing became erratic.
She whispered something for the first time:
> "I don't… know… who I am."
Aeyon stood before her, bruised and shaking.
> "That's how it starts. Not knowing. Then fighting to find out."
Mirra looked up at him.
Tears formed in eyes that had never been allowed to cry.
Then—
BOOM!
The sky split.
A spiraling black gate opened above the school.
Descending from it: Four Null agents dressed in fractal armor.
> "Protocol Erasure. Target: Aeyon Kairo. Witness: Terminated."
Elura yelled: "We need to run!"
But Aeyon raised a hand.
> "No. Not this time. We fight."
He turned to Mirra.
> "If you're with me… choose now."
Silence.
Then she stood beside him.
And said:
> "My name… is Mirra. And I was not made. I was broken. Now I'm taking myself back."
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Scene 7: The War Begins
The four agents launched mind spikes.
Aeyon countered with mirrored logic traps.
Elura activated her emotion shields.
Reva used her thought-bending to misguide enemy target systems.
Mirra—
She stared at the incoming threats and simply deleted their commands mid-air.
Her hands moved like dance.
Thoughtless. Pure.
The battle shook the foundation of the school.
Students woke up mid-chaos, realizing they had been part of something they never consented to.
This wasn't just rebellion anymore.
This was revolution.
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TO BE CONTINUED...