Jonathan’s world collapsed in silence.His body couldn't move. Even breathing felt like inhaling broken glass into his lungs.Something was being pulled out of his chest—not blood, not energy… but his very existence.Purple light drifted from his body, floating up toward the winged figure in the sky.His system was being hijacked."Damn it! Stop... stop pulling my power out!" Jonathan screamed, his voice hoarse from holding back excruciating pain. His body arched, veins on his neck bulging as if ready to burst."Jon! What’s happening to you?! Jon!" Emma ran closer, her face pale as she watched the purple light seeping out of Jonathan’s pores."Don't get close, Emma! Back off! I said back off!"[WARNING! Synchronization Dropping Sharply: 38%... 32%... 27%...][Illegal Authority Detected. Initiating Deletion Protocol...]"Deletion? You think I’m just trash you can throw away after I gained all this?" Jonathan spat blood, his eyes glowing purple as he glared at the winged figure."Return

Thick smoke and cement dust blanketed the utterly destroyed street. Jonathan coughed, waving dust away from his face as he crawled out of the debris. In front of him, a massive crater gaped open, and atop one of the writhing tentacles, that figure stood arrogantly."Damn it... how can there be someone with my exact face?" Jonathan muttered, wiping blood from his temple."You're asking why? Hilarious. Shouldn't I be the one asking why trash like you got the system, not me?" the figure smirked, his voice identical to Jonathan’s but far sharper and filled with hatred."Jon! Are you okay?!" Emma shouted from a distance. She was hiding behind a wrecked bus, her face pale as a ghost."Emma, stay there! Don't come out!" Jonathan yelled back. He stood tall, staring at his own reflection with wildly glowing purple eyes. "Hey, who the hell are you? Stop playing games!""My name? I don't have a name. I am all the failures you threw away when you got that system. I am the Jonathan trampled by Reym

"Damn it! System, abort! I said abort the self-destruct!" Jonathan screamed, clutching his head that felt like it was about to explode.[Authority denied. Illegal synchronization detected. Initiating core destruction countdown: 10... 9...]"Hahaha! Look at your face, Jon! Panicking, huh? Watching a weapon turn on its master is the best show in town!" Reymond laughed maniacally, his mechanical voice grating harshly through the building's blaring alarms."Rey, let Emma go! She has nothing to do with us, you bastard!" Jonathan tried to stand, but his knees slammed back onto the metal floor."Nothing to do with us? This kid is a witness, Jon. And in my new world, witnesses are just trash that need burning." Reymond tightened his mechanical grip on Emma’s neck. "One more move, and snap, your sweet little sister's neck becomes a cracker.""Jon... run..." Emma gasped, her face turning blue, eyes bulging from unbearable pain."Shut up, brat!" Reymond slammed Emma’s back against the cracked gla

"Jon... Jon? Why is there a number under my skin?!"Emma screamed hysterically, scratching her wrist until it bled. The number [0.1%] glowed faintly, embedded deep within her veins. Around her, dozens of figures with faces identical to Jonathan stood frozen, staring at her with the exact same smile."Don't scratch it, Em. It’ll hurt," the dozens of Jonathans said in unison. Their voices overlapped, creating a terrifying echo in her ears."Crazy! This is absolutely crazy! Jonathan, what have you done?!" Sienna shouted, her energy sword trembling in her grip. She pointed the tip of her blade at the nearest Jonathan. "Back off! I won't hesitate to cut your head off, real or fake!""Real? Fake? Those boundaries don't exist anymore, Sienna," one of the Jonathans stepped forward, arms wide open as if to embrace the world. "I am the system now. And this system needs a wider vessel to save what's left of this trash planet.""Save?! You call forced assimilation saving?! You're killing their sou

"Emma! Wake up, Em! Don't scare me, you hear me?!"Sienna shook Emma's shoulders roughly. The girl was lying on a pile of concrete debris that still felt hot. The sky above them was no longer white or red, but thick gray, filled with billowing smoke from collapsed buildings."Ugh... so loud, Sis..." Emma groaned, clutching her head that felt like it was splitting open."You're alive? Thank God! I thought you evaporated along with Jonathan's crazy explosion earlier!" Sienna pulled Emma up to sit, her eyes scanning their surroundings warily."Jon... where is he? He was right in front of me, and then..." Emma stopped, her eyes widening as she looked at her own hands. Residual purple light still glowed faintly beneath her skin."He's gone, Em. He transferred the Alpha System to you. Basically... his consciousness... everything is inside your body now.""What do you mean put everything inside?! He's not dead, right? Answer me, Sienna! Jon couldn't have died just from an explosion like that!