2026-01-23 23:31:13“Say something.”
Luna’s voice trembled, but she didn’t move closer. Derrick stood frozen, staring at her phone.
RELATIONSHIP STATUS: TERMINATED.
It wasn’t metaphorical. It wasn’t emotional. It was absolute. “I didn’t do this,” Derrick said slowly.
Luna laughed once. Sharp. Broken. “Then who did?”
The ballroom buzzed again, whispers returning, laughter crawling back like insects sensing blood.
Sophie leaned back in her chair, amused. “Looks like your magic finally has limits.”
Hawthorne folded his hands. “The System made a choice,” he said calmly. “And so did you.”
Luna looked at Derrick. “You knew this could happen.”
“No,” Derrick said. “I knew it might.”
“That’s worse,” she replied.
The system pulsed faintly. ''Isolation protocol active.''
Derrick clenched his jaw. “Undo it.”
No response. “UNDO IT.”
Silence. Sophie stood and walked closer, heels echoing. “You’re learning,” she said softly. “Power always collects interest.”
She circled Luna. “Did you really think you were special?”
Luna’s hands shook. “I never wanted his money.”
Sophie smiled. “Neither did I. At first.”
Luna turned to Derrick. “Is that true?”
Derrick hesitated. That pause destroyed what remained. “So you did love her,” Luna whispered. “Once.”
Sophie tilted her head. “Loved me. Begged me. Kneeling seems to be your thing.”
Laughter rippled. A man called out, “Do it again!”
Another voice added, “Show us how rich men apologize!”
Derrick scanned the crowd. Every face was waiting. Hungry. The system chimed. ''Public degradation opportunity detected.''
Derrick inhaled slowly. Luna stared at him, fear creeping in. “What are you thinking?”
“I’m thinking,” Derrick said quietly, “that they don’t get to decide how this ends.”
Hawthorne raised an eyebrow. “Careful. Pride is expensive.”
Derrick looked at him. “So was my brother’s life.”
The room stilled. Sophie’s smile twitched. Hawthorne’s eyes narrowed. “That subject is closed.”
“No,” Derrick said. “It was buried.”
He turned toward the crowd. “You saw the video,” Derrick said loudly. “You saw me beg.”
He stepped forward. “I begged because my brother needed surgery.”
Murmurs spread. “And because the hospital wouldn’t operate without payment.”
A woman whispered, “That happens?”
Hawthorne snapped, “Enough.”
Derrick ignored him. “I begged this man,” Derrick continued, pointing at Hawthorne, “because he controlled the charity fund that night.”
The room froze. Sophie stiffened. “Uncle?”
Hawthorne stood. “This is slander.”
Derrick laughed. “You rejected the request,” he said. “But that’s not the shocking part.”
The system pulsed sharply. ''Truth threshold crossed.''
Derrick’s phone vibrated. A file unlocked automatically. Projected onto the screen behind him.
HOSPITAL TRANSFER LOG – OVERRIDE AUTHORIZED
A timestamp. A signature. Hawthorne’s. The crowd gasped. “What is that?” someone shouted.
Derrick’s voice shook, but he didn’t stop. “You approved the surgery,” Derrick said. “And then you canceled it.”
Silence turned heavy. Sophie’s face drained of color. “That’s not”
“Because,” Derrick said, “you wanted leverage.”
The system chimed again. ''Core injustice identified.''
Hawthorne slammed his fist onto the table. “Lies!”
A man in the crowd stood. “I recognize that signature.”
Another voice followed. “So do I.”
Phones came out again. Not laughing now. Recording. Sophie whispered, “Uncle… tell me this isn’t true.”
Hawthorne’s jaw tightened. “It was business.”
Luna covered her mouth. “You let him die,” she whispered.
Hawthorne snapped, “I let a market correct itself.”
The room erupted. “You killed a child!”
“That’s monstrous!”
“Is this real?!”
Security moved in, but hesitated. The system spoke. Audible. Cold. “INJUSTICE CONFIRMED.”
Every screen flickered. “HOST QUALIFICATION RETROACTIVELY VERIFIED.”
Derrick’s knees almost buckled. So it was true. The system didn’t just wait. ''It engineered loss.''
Sophie backed away. “This is insane.”
Derrick turned to her. “Did you know?” he asked quietly.
She shook her head rapidly. “No. I swear.”
Hawthorne barked, “Enough theatrics.”
He looked at Derrick. “You think this absolves you?”
Derrick smiled faintly. “No.”
He raised the black card. “I think this ends you.”
The system chimed. ''Final humiliation exchange available.''
Luna stepped forward. “Derrick, don’t.”
He looked at her. Pain flickered. Then hardened. “I already lost you,” he said softly. “This is the cost.”
He turned back to Hawthorne. “Kneel,” Derrick said.
The room exploded. Sophie screamed, “You can’t !”
Hawthorne laughed incredulously. “You want me to kneel?”
“Yes,” Derrick replied. “Publicly.”
Hawthorne’s laughter stopped. “And if I don’t?”
Derrick tilted his head. “Then I release everything.”
The system projected another file. GLOBAL ASSET TRACE — HAWTHORNE GROUP
Hidden accounts. Bribes. Bodies. The room went dead silent. Hawthorne’s face turned ashen. “You wouldn’t,” he whispered.
Derrick leaned in. “I already did.”
Hawthorne’s knees buckled. Slowly, Painfully, He knelt. The crowd roared. Sophie screamed, “STOP!”
Derrick watched. No joy. Only emptiness. The system chimed. ''Humiliation reciprocated. ''Ascension multiplier unlocked.''
Luna backed away. “I don’t recognize you,” she whispered.
Derrick closed his eyes. Neither did he. Suddenly, Sophie’s phone rang. She answered shakily. “Yes?”
Her face drained of blood. “What do you mean… deceased?”
She looked at Derrick. Terror flooding her eyes. “My uncle,” she whispered. “He collapsed.”
Hawthorne slumped forward. Not breathing. Screams erupted. Chaos. Derrick staggered back. “I didn’t” he started.
The system spoke calmly. “SECOND LOSS COMPLETE.”
Derrick froze. Luna stared at him like a stranger. “You didn’t just lose me,” she said softly.
“You lost yourself.”
She turned and walked away. Derrick reached out, Too late. The system chimed one last time. ''NEXT PHASE: DOMINION.''
Derrick stood alone amid screaming, cameras flashing, a man dying at his feet. And finally understood, Humiliation was no longer his weapon. It was his throne.
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Chapter 11: When Everyone Becomes Worthless
Rain hammered the pavement. Derrick lay there, breathing hard, chest rising and falling like he’d just clawed his way out of a grave.No blue screen. No system voice. No weight pressing against his thoughts. Just pain. Real pain.Mara crouched beside him. “Don’t move too fast,” she said. “Your body remembers what it lost, even if the System doesn’t.”Derrick pushed himself up anyway. His hands were shaking. “I can hear them,” he said hoarsely.Mara frowned. “Hear who?”“The world,” Derrick replied.Sirens screamed in the distance. Not one or two, hundreds. Car alarms wailed. People shouted. Somewhere nearby, glass shattered.Across the street, a giant screen flickered violently. Then stabilized. A blue interface appeared. Not one. Thousands. Millions. All over the city. All over the world.Derrick’s stomach dropped. Mara whispered, “It’s started.”On the screen, text scrolled rapidly. COMPATIBILITY TEST: SUBJECT #18,392,104 — PASSEDA man standing nearby froze. “What does that mean?”
Chapter 10: The Choice That Breaks Gods
4… The countdown burned in the air like a brand. Derrick’s finger hovered inches from the projection. ERASE: LUNA VALEAround him, the ballroom had descended into chaos. “Stop him!”“Kill the system!”“He’s going to erase her!”Sophie collapsed completely, sobbing. “Please… she didn’t do anything… please…”Agent Mercer aimed her weapon, not at Derrick. At the blue interface. “Fire,” someone shouted through her earpiece.Mercer hesitated. Derrick noticed. “You can’t,” he said calmly.Her eyes flicked to him. “Don’t test me.”“You already did,” Derrick replied. “The moment you let it watch.”The system chimed. ''COUNTDOWN CONTINUES.''3… Derrick closed his eyes. Luna’s face surfaced in his mind. Not the ballroom. Not the severance notice. But earlier. A memory the system had not shown.Luna laughing in the car. Luna arguing with him about money. Luna saying, 'You’re still human.'His chest tightened. “System,” Derrick said quietly. “You said erasure is mercy.”“CORRECT.”“Then why does
Chapter 9: The Day Humanity Flinched
The helicopters circled like vultures. Their blades thundered through the night sky, shaking the windows of the ballroom. Red lights flashed across faces drained of color.No one moved. No one dared. Derrick Wallance stood before the hovering blue interface, his hand raised, finger suspended inches from the word: ERASURESophie’s voice broke first. “You won’t,” she said hoarsely. “You’re not a monster.”Derrick didn’t look at her. “I wasn’t,” he replied. “Once.”Agent Mercer stepped forward slowly, palms raised. “Derrick. Listen to me.”He glanced at her. She swallowed. “Whatever this thing is, it’s manipulating you. You don’t have to choose.”The system pulsed. ''External influence detected: Fear.''Mercer stiffened. “Did it just?”“Yes,” Derrick said. “It hears everything.”A man near the back shouted, “Turn it off!”Another screamed, “Kill him before he kills us!”Security shifted uneasily. The humiliation was no longer personal. It was collective. The system’s voice echoed again,
Chapter 8: When the World Learns Who You Are
The ballroom smelled like fear. Not metaphorical fear. Real fear, sharp, metallic, crawling into the lungs. Paramedics rushed in, voices overlapping. “Clear the area!”“Pulse is weak!”“Move!”Hawthorne’s body lay on the marble floor, suit rumpled, dignity erased. Moments ago, he had been untouchable. Now, people stepped around him like inconvenient furniture.Cameras didn’t stop recording. They never did. Sophie stood frozen, phone slipping from her fingers. “Uncle…” she whispered. “Wake up.”No response. Derrick didn’t move. Didn’t speak. Didn’t kneel this time. The system pulsed gently, like a satisfied heartbeat. ''Ascension state stabilized.''Luna was already gone. That fact hurt more than the screaming. Agent Mercer pushed through the crowd, eyes locking onto Derrick instantly. “Wallance,” she said sharply. “Don’t move.”Derrick looked at her. For the first time, she flinched. “Am I under arrest?” Derrick asked calmly.Mercer hesitated. “You were involved in”“In a man kneeling
Chapter 7: Isolation Is the Crown
“Say something.”Luna’s voice trembled, but she didn’t move closer. Derrick stood frozen, staring at her phone.RELATIONSHIP STATUS: TERMINATED.It wasn’t metaphorical. It wasn’t emotional. It was absolute. “I didn’t do this,” Derrick said slowly.Luna laughed once. Sharp. Broken. “Then who did?”The ballroom buzzed again, whispers returning, laughter crawling back like insects sensing blood.Sophie leaned back in her chair, amused. “Looks like your magic finally has limits.”Hawthorne folded his hands. “The System made a choice,” he said calmly. “And so did you.”Luna looked at Derrick. “You knew this could happen.”“No,” Derrick said. “I knew it might.”“That’s worse,” she replied.The system pulsed faintly. ''Isolation protocol active.''Derrick clenched his jaw. “Undo it.”No response. “UNDO IT.”Silence. Sophie stood and walked closer, heels echoing. “You’re learning,” she said softly. “Power always collects interest.”She circled Luna. “Did you really think you were special?”Lu
Chapter 6: The Second Time on His Knees
The ballroom was silent. Not the polite kind of silence. The predatory kind. Hundreds of eyes fixed on Derrick Wallance as if waiting for him to collapse.The auctioneer cleared his throat. “Ladies and gentlemen,” he said cautiously, “we will now proceed with Lot Seventy-Seven.”Derrick didn’t move. Luna’s fingers tightened around his sleeve. “We can leave,” she whispered. “Right now.”“No,” Derrick said quietly. “This is why we’re here.”Across the room, Hawthorne sat at the center table, surrounded by executives, senators, old money. Sophie sat beside him. Smiling. The auctioneer continued. “Lot Seventy-Seven is a private equity stake”“Withdraw it,” Hawthorne interrupted calmly.The auctioneer froze. “Sir?”Hawthorne raised his glass. “I’m exercising my influence.”A murmur rippled through the crowd. The auctioneer swallowed. “Lot Seventy-Seven has been withdrawn.”Gasps followed. Derrick stepped forward. “You can’t do that.”Hawthorne looked at him pleasantly. “I already did.”“Th
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