# Moscow, Russia - Dimensional Anomaly Site, 6 Hours After the Kremlin Meeting
The dimensional anomaly hung in the air above Red Square like a mathematical impossibility made manifest. Tourists had been evacuated, military cordons established, and Moscow's best hunters deployed in a defensive perimeter. But the distortion continued to grow, its edges crackling with energy that made reality itself seem uncertain.
Eugene arrived via military transport, his amaranth eyes immediately analyzing the anomaly's structure. Unlike the Ural breach, this was precise, controlled—a scalpel rather than an axe cutting through dimensional fabric.
**[DIMENSIONAL ANOMALY ANALYSIS: COMPLETE]**
**[CLASSIFICATION: ARTIFICIAL CONSTRUCT]**
**[PURPOSE: CAPABILITY ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL]**
**[HIDDEN ELEMENT DETECTED: SHADOW-BASED ENTITY]**
"Perfect," Eugene murmured, noting exactly what he had hoped to find. The dimensional distortion was merely camouflage for his true objective—one of Sung Jin-Woo's shadow servants that he had deliberately lured here and trapped within the anomaly. This wasn't a random encounter; it was a carefully orchestrated theft.
Yuri approached, his equipment reading energy signatures that defied conventional physics. "Can you resolve it?"
"Of course," Eugene replied, but his attention was focused on the shadow entity within the anomaly. "But I'll need to be thorough. This requires... precision."
The Nihilizer materialized, its form shifting to match Eugene's extraction needs. As he began working on the anomaly, he wasn't simply closing it—he was performing surgical removal of Jin-Woo's shadow servant while making it appear like standard dimensional cleanup.
**[SHADOW ENTITY EXTRACTION: IN PROGRESS]**
**[SPECIMEN ACQUISITION: 89% COMPLETE]**
**[DIMENSIONAL CLEANUP: SECONDARY PRIORITY]**
Eugene worked with scientific precision, severing the shadow creature's connection to Jin-Woo while simultaneously containing it for study. The process required him to understand and manipulate the mathematical framework underlying shadow magic—knowledge he had been developing specifically for this moment.
"What are you doing?" Yuri asked, watching Eugene's power patterns shift to something far more complex than simple resolution.
"Eliminating the threat completely," Eugene replied, which was technically true. He was eliminating the threat to his research by stealing the specimen he needed.
The process culminated in a brilliant display of dimensional mathematics. The anomaly collapsed with surgical precision, appearing to completely neutralize the threat. But in reality, Eugene had successfully extracted and contained one of Jin-Woo's shadow servants—a perfect test subject for analyzing shadow magic.
**[EXTRACTION SUCCESSFUL]**
**[SHADOW SERVANT: CONTAINED]**
**[DIMENSIONAL ANOMALY: ELIMINATED]**
**[MISSION ACCOMPLISHED]**
With the anomaly resolved and his prize secured, Eugene prepared for immediate departure back to Armenia. The stolen shadow servant was contained in a dimensional pocket that existed outside normal space-time, undetectable to conventional means.
### Seoul, South Korea - Sung Jin-Woo's Private Training Facility, Same Time
Jin-Woo stood in his shadow realm, conducting his routine connection check with his vast army. Thousands of creatures responded to his call—ants, knights, dragons, each one a perfect extension of his will.
But something was wrong.
"Beru," he called, summoning his most trusted lieutenant.
"Yes, my King?"
"Conduct a full roster verification. I'm sensing a disconnection."
Beru's compound eyes gleamed as he began systematically accounting for every shadow in Jin-Woo's army. The process was thorough and methodical, checking each connection point in the vast network of shadow magic.
After an hour of careful analysis, Beru returned with disturbing news.
"My King, Shadow Ant #347 is missing. The connection was severed approximately six hours ago."
Jin-Woo's expression darkened. His shadows didn't simply vanish—they were bound to him by unbreakable mathematical laws. For one to disappear without his knowledge meant someone had actively stolen it.
"Show me the final moments."
Beru projected the last recorded data—Shadow Ant #347 had been conducting reconnaissance when it encountered what appeared to be a dimensional disturbance. The ant had investigated, and then the connection was surgically severed by someone who understood shadow magic at a fundamental level.
"Not destroyed," Jin-Woo said grimly. "Stolen. Someone extracted one of my shadows for study."
His thoughts immediately turned to Eugene—the only person he had encountered who demonstrated the ability to interfere with shadow magic through mathematical manipulation.
"Eugene," Jin-Woo said with cold certainty. "He took one of my servants as a research specimen."
### Yerevan, Armenia - Eugene's Laboratory, 8 Hours Later
Eugene had returned to his private laboratory with his valuable prize. The stolen shadow servant was now contained in a specialized analysis chamber that existed in multiple dimensions simultaneously, allowing for comprehensive study while preventing any possibility of escape or reconnection to Jin-Woo.
**[SHADOW SERVANT ANALYSIS: INITIATING]**
**[MAGICAL FRAMEWORK: DECODING IN PROGRESS]**
**[POWER SOURCE: DIMENSIONAL SHADOW MANIPULATION]**
**[CREATOR SIGNATURE: SUNG JIN-WOO CONFIRMED]**
"Excellent," Eugene murmured, reviewing the preliminary data. The shadow ant writhed against its mathematical cage, desperately trying to reestablish connection with its master. But Eugene's containment system was specifically designed to block such attempts.
"Let's unlock your secrets," Eugene said, activating deeper analysis protocols.
The Nihilizer transformed into an advanced scanning array, probing every aspect of the shadow creature's structure. Each scan revealed new layers of the mathematical framework underlying Jin-Woo's abilities—knowledge that Eugene could use to replicate and potentially surpass shadow magic.
**[BREAKTHROUGH ACHIEVED]**
**[SHADOW REALM MATHEMATICS: 67% DECODED]**
**[REPLICATION POSSIBILITY: CONFIRMED]**
**[POWER EXTRACTION: FEASIBLE]**
Eugene's eyes gleamed with scientific triumph as the data revealed the elegant mathematical principles governing shadow magic. More importantly, he was discovering ways to extract and concentrate the shadow power itself, potentially incorporating it into his own abilities.
### Seoul, South Korea - Three Days Later
Jin-Woo had spent three days tracking the theft of his shadow servant. His investigation led him through dimensional traces and mathematical residue until he finally located the source—Eugene's laboratory in Armenia.
The confrontation was inevitable.
Jin-Woo materialized outside Eugene's facility through shadow travel, his entire army manifesting around him. The air itself seemed to darken as thousands of shadow creatures emerged from the mathematical realm that served as their home.
"Eugene!" Jin-Woo's voice carried the authority of someone who commanded death itself. "Return what you stole!"
Eugene emerged from his laboratory, showing no surprise at Jin-Woo's arrival. In fact, he seemed to have been expecting this confrontation.
"Sung Jin-Woo," Eugene said calmly. "I assume you're referring to the shadow specimen I acquired for research purposes."
"Specimen?" Jin-Woo's power flared, reality itself seeming to bend around his anger. "That was one of my soldiers. A being under my protection."
"It was a mathematical construct operating on dimensional principles that I needed to understand," Eugene replied, the Nihilizer materializing beside him. "And thanks to your... contribution... I've made remarkable progress."
The battle that followed was unlike anything the world had seen. Jin-Woo commanded the fundamental forces of shadow and death, while Eugene wielded mathematics that could rewrite reality itself. Shadow met calculation in a conflict that transcended normal physics.
Jin-Woo's army swarmed forward, but Eugene's newly acquired understanding of shadow magic allowed him to counter their attacks with mathematical precision. Where Jin-Woo relied on intuition and emotional connection to his shadows, Eugene applied pure logic and dimensional theory.
"You think understanding the mathematics makes you equal to me?" Jin-Woo demanded, manifesting his most powerful shadows.
"I think understanding the mathematics makes me superior to you," Eugene replied, his stolen shadow knowledge allowing him to predict and counter Jin-Woo's tactics with increasing accuracy.
The fight escalated to catastrophic proportions. Eugene's mathematical manipulations clashed against Jin-Woo's shadow realm, creating spatial distortions that threatened the stability of local reality. Both combatants were operating at the peak of their abilities, neither able to gain decisive advantage.
Just as Jin-Woo seemed to be overwhelming Eugene's defenses with sheer numerical superiority, something unexpected happened.
### The Arrival of Yulshiya
A new presence entered the battlefield—not through dimensional travel or shadow magic, but by simply walking through the chaos as if it didn't exist. She was tall and graceful, with flowing hair that shifted between pink and purple hues, skin like porcelain, and a face of such perfect beauty that it seemed almost ethereal.
This was Yulshiya, and her appearance immediately changed the entire dynamic of the conflict.
"Eugene," she said, her voice carrying the warmth of someone addressing their most beloved person. "You seem to be having difficulties."
Eugene, who had been struggling to maintain his mathematical defenses against Jin-Woo's overwhelming assault, felt immediate relief at her arrival. "Yulshiya. Your timing is impeccable."
To any observer, Yulshiya appeared to be the embodiment of kindness and compassion. Her every movement radiated gentle concern, her expression showed nothing but love and care, and her presence seemed to bring peace to the chaotic battlefield.
But appearances were deceiving.
As Jin-Woo's shadows moved to intercept this new arrival, Yulshiya's response revealed her true nature. With movements that remained graceful and elegant, she systematically destroyed every shadow creature that approached her. Her attacks were devastatingly efficient, showing no mercy or hesitation.
"How interesting," she said pleasantly, even as she reduced Jin-Woo's most powerful shadows to mathematical fragments. "Shadow magic. So primitive, yet so... emotional."
Jin-Woo stared in shock as beings that had taken him years to create were casually obliterated by someone who appeared to be little more than a beautiful young woman.
"What are you?" he demanded.
Yulshiya turned to him with a smile that was absolutely radiant—and absolutely cold. "I am someone who cares about Eugene's wellbeing. And you are threatening someone I care about."
The contrast was jarring. When Yulshiya looked at Eugene, her expression was filled with genuine warmth, love, and protective concern. But when she turned that same beautiful face toward Jin-Woo, there was nothing behind her eyes but mathematical precision and ruthless efficiency.
"Eugene," she said, her voice returning to its gentle tone as she addressed him. "Would you like me to end this quickly?"
Eugene, recognizing the opportunity to conclude the battle on favorable terms, nodded. "If you would."
What followed was less a fight than a demonstration. Yulshiya moved through Jin-Woo's remaining shadows with balletic grace, each gesture destroying creatures that had been forged from death itself. Her power operated on principles that neither shadow magic nor dimensional mathematics could counter.
Jin-Woo found himself facing an opponent who appeared to be the kindest person in existence while systematically dismantling everything he had built over years of battles and conquests.
"This is impossible," Jin-Woo said, watching his carefully cultivated army dissolve under Yulshiya's elegant assault.
"Nothing is impossible," Yulshiya replied with perfect pleasantness. "You simply lack the proper perspective."
Within minutes, Jin-Woo's overwhelming numerical advantage had been reduced to nothing. His most powerful shadows were gone, his mathematical connection to the shadow realm was being systematically severed, and he faced the reality that this beautiful, seemingly gentle woman was more dangerous than any enemy he had ever encountered.
"Eugene," Yulshiya said, turning back to her beloved with the same radiant smile. "Shall I finish him, or would you prefer to handle it yourself?"
Eugene studied the defeated Jin-Woo, considering options and outcomes. "Actually, I think we've accomplished our objective. Jin-Woo now understands the futility of opposing us, and I have the shadow power data I needed."
"Of course," Yulshiya agreed immediately. "Whatever makes you happiest."
As Jin-Woo retreated through emergency shadow travel, leaving behind the fragments of his army, Eugene and Yulshiya stood together in the aftermath of their victory.
"Thank you," Eugene said, genuinely grateful for her intervention.
"Always," Yulshiya replied, her entire being radiating love and devotion—but only for him. For everyone else in existence, she remained beautiful, pleasant, and utterly without mercy.
The battle was over. Eugene had successfully extracted shadow power for his research, defeated one of the world's strongest hunters, and demonstrated that even the most powerful beings could be countered with the right approach and allies.
But perhaps most significantly, he had revealed Yulshiya to the world—a being whose kindness and cruelty existed in perfect balance, separated only by whether or not someone threatened the person she loved.
**[MISSION STATUS: COMPLETE]**
**[SHADOW POWER: SUCCESSFULLY EXTRACTED AND ANALYZED]**
**[THREAT ASSESSMENT: JIN-WOO NEUTRALIZED]**
**[ALLY STATUS: YULSHIYA - CONFIRMED DEVOTED]**
Eugene had won more than just a battle. He had gained invaluable research data, eliminated a potential threat, and confirmed that his most important ally would always be there when he needed her most.
The optimization of Eugene Sushiyanse continued, now with the power of shadows added to his mathematical arsenal—and with Yulshiya ensuring that no one could stop his progress.