After the Villain's Child Grows Up

2024.12.13 Inspiration has run dry. The story is on hiatus. I might continue updating, but it's unlikely, so click with caution.

[Now in progress:]

Instance One: [The Crow's Taboo]

A gunshot rings out atop an abandoned high-rise, and the black-clad killer turns away;

A brush tip blooms on the canvas, sketching someone's silhouette;

In the Twilight Manor, chains coil around an arm; in the laboratory, a silver screen is shattered.

The bird spreads its wings, yet looks back from high above.

"So I'm the only one you favor. Right?"

[In the queue]

Instance Two: [The Vanished White Phantom]

"You are my other half, a gun that belongs to me alone."

Instance Three: [The Filthy Curse]

"I command you: embrace me, my nemesis."

Instance Four: [The Architect of Chaotic Order]

"The world is full of fools. You alone understand me."

Instance Five: [The Pitch-Black Soul Egg]

"What's good and what's evil? I can't tell anymore."

Final Chapter: [The God-Making Project]

"I want to fly a thousand miles and catch you."

Blurb:

Eight years after the Dragon Head War, Yokohama is once again struck by a rare and devastating wave of casualties.

It lasts seven months and affects a vast area. Several major organizations suffer heavy losses, and people vanish without a trace all across the country.

It is the infamous Mirage Incident, also known as the God-Making Project.

One midnight, a lone tower rises from the sea in Yokohama Harbor.

A giant clock hangs from its peak, ticking away like a countdown to death.

Countless ability users venture inside, but none return alive.

Gradually, fear takes root in people's hearts, and rumors spread.

Everyone assumes that when the countdown ends, the world will come to an end.

Sure enough, on the day the countdown stops, the clock turns into white light and envelops the world.

Some people vanish without explanation, while others remain alive.

From then on, that day is called the Day of the Miracle.

The lone tower remains, and people accept its existence as a fact of life.

Three months later, someone returns.

Those who return suffer aftereffects. Most ramble incoherently, claiming they witnessed a new world.

Some say it is a ruin forgotten by civilization.

Others say it is filled with dark, filthy curses, a place that devours people.

One person says the world they entered was suspended in midair, filled with countless pitch-black eggs. When their shells broke, the demons that emerged tore apart everyone in sight.

Another says nothing happened at all...

In short, accounts vary.

Four months later, the lone tower disappears.

The remains of those who never returned lie buried in the mysterious tower, and their spirits can never return home.

And so the Mirage Incident comes to an end.

[Before You Read]

1. My take on the characters may be out of character.

2. Crossover with Bleach, Arcane, Shugo Chara!, and the Big Three.

3. An unconventional derivative infinite-loop story, with forum and game formats and a mix of elements.

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