A silence heavier than death filled the air.
Asahi's breath was shaky.His heart pounded like a war drum.His eyes—locked onto the face beneath the torn black mask.
A face that shattered everything.
Asahi: (Heart dropping, voice shaking.)"N… NO WAY…!"
FA gritted his teeth. His head throbbed.But his mind—Finally remembered.
FA: (Eyes trembling, voice unsteady.)"I… I REMEMBERED IT!"
They turned toward him.
The man who had hunted them.The man who had destroyed their lives.The man who had no name—until now.
For the first time—He looked human.
His breath was heavy.His posture—weaker than before.But his eyes—Still burned with unshakable fire.
The Black Man: (Breathing heavily.)"Ahhh… so you finally saw my face, huh?"
FA's fingers twitched.His entire body tensed.
FA: (Low voice, steady.)"Mmm… It's him."
Asahi's vision blurred.His hands trembled.
He forced himself to look—really look.
And what he saw—
Froze his blood.
A Reflection in the Dark
White hair.
Almost identical to his own.
A face—a mirror.
But the eyes.
One eye—normal.A human eye.
But the other—The other eye was something else.
A spiraling, cursed abyss.
Black sclera.Swirling red patterns.
A mark of something inhuman.A power not meant to exist.A symbol of the damned.
Asahi: (Mind spiraling.)"That eye… It's different.""That's not the eye of a human.""That's the eye of something that has seen too much.""That's the eye of someone who has suffered beyond what a person can endure."
The Black Man: (Smirking, tilting his head.)"I'm what you become… when you lose everything."
A pause.
Then—FA spoke the truth.
FA: (Eyes locking onto the Black Man.)"You… you're the one who killed the Asahi from Earth-636 and stole his power."
The Black Man—smiled.
A twisted, broken smile.
FA: (Snarling.)"You're the same ASAHI!"
Asahi: (Stunned.)"Huh….Asahi?!"
The Truth No One Wanted
Asahi's world shattered.
His breath hitched.His hands—trembling.
Asahi: (Voice breaking.)"Wh… what? I… I don't understand."
FA turned toward him, voice sharp.
FA: "He's from another dimension. Th—"
Asahi: (Screaming, voice raw.)"NO! NO! THAT'S NOT THE FUCKING PROBLEM!"
His eyes burned into the Black Man's.
Asahi: (Desperate, voice shaking.)"WHY?! WHY ARE YOU KILLING OUR LOVED ONES?!""HUH?! WE'RE THE SAME!"
The Black Man: (Teeth grinding, voice breaking.)"NO… FUCK NO! WE ARE NOT THE SAME!"
Asahi staggered back.His breath—stopped.
Asahi: (Huh…?)
The Black Man's rage spilled over.
His eyes—Red with fury.
The Black Man: (Voice shaking, overflowing with pain.)"You're the ONLY Asahi in existence who still has Anari and our parents!"
Asahi's mind collapsed.His stomach twisted.
He couldn't believe it.
FA stood there. Silent.Like he had already known.
The Black Man: (Voice unsteady.)"Every other Asahi—every other dimension—lost Anari and our parents."
Asahi's breath quickened.His vision blurred.
The Black Man's fists tightened.
"Every Asahi was given a power.""Given a chance to save them.""And they all failed."
"They lost."
"There was never a single dimension where Anari survived.""Never a single timeline where our parents lived—"
His voice broke.
"Until this one."
Asahi's body felt cold.
The Black Man: (Laughs bitterly.)"The fate of every dimension was that Anari and our parents would die.""But your world…""They're still alive."
Asahi—could feel his sadness.
For the first time…He saw it.
The pain.The emptiness.The loneliness of a man who had lost everything.
The Black Man: (Voice trembling.)"I was given a power.""To travel through dimensions.""But no matter where I went…""It was useless."
"They still fucking DIED!"
Asahi's breathing turned ragged.His fists clenched.
His mind screamed.
Then—He snapped.
Asahi: (Screaming.)"THEN WHY ARE YOU HERE NOW?!"
The Black Man's eyes darkened.
Then, he spoke the truth.
The Black Man: (Coldly.)"To collect your BLESSINGS."
Asahi froze.His body stiffened.
Asahi: (Huh…?)
FA exhaled slowly.
Then—he explained.
FA: (Low voice.)"He means…"He turned to Asahi.
"He will kill Anari and your parents…"And take their belongings."
Asahi's mind exploded.
Everything—spiraling.
Asahi: (Voice breaking.)"Why…?"
The Black Man's hands shook.His lips trembled.
Then—He screamed.
The Black Man: (Voice breaking, screaming.)"SO I CAN BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE IN MY DIMENSION!"
FA stood tall.
His voice—unshaken.
FA: "Because we are the ULTIMATE DIMENSION."
A dimension where Asahi, Anari, and his parents still lived.
Asahi's body shook.His heart—racing too fast.His breathing—erratic.
The Black Man: (Voice breaking apart.)"I JUST WANTED TO LIVE WITH THEM!"
Asahi's legs—collapsed.His hands—trembled violently.Tears—filled his eyes.But they never fell.
The Final Question
FA: (Soft smile, eyes dark.)"Now, Asahi… what are you going to do?"
The air was thick.Heavy.Suffocating.
Asahi stood between two versions of himself.
One—his only ally.One—his worst nightmare.
His voice came out stronger.
Asahi: "LOOP THE TIME!"
FA smirked.
The battle for fate began.
He knew this moment would come.
Because—That was the only reason he was here.
FA: (softly)"Yeah… that's why I'm here."
But—
The Black Man moved.
Fast.A blur—A shadow—A force of pure killing intent.
Before Asahi could react—Before FA could close his eyes—A hand wrapped around FA's neck.
Tight. Crushing. Choking.
FA's body jerked.His feet lifted off the ground.His hands clawed at the Black Man's grip.
But the fingers—They wouldn't let go.
Asahi watched.His breath—stuck.His mind—screaming.His hands—shaking.
FA struggled.Yet—
Even as the Black Man squeezed his throat…Even as his vision darkened…Even as his lungs begged for air…
FA closed his eyes.
And—Smiled.
A Silent Order, A Final Command.
Asahi: (staring, gripping his fists, believing)"Do it, FA…!"
FA's fingers twitched.
Asahi: (screaming)"ARARARARARARARARARRR—!"
The world shattered.Reality collapsed.Everything—disappeared.
Then—
Silence.
Pure.Endless.Silence.
The Return to Reality.
Pain.
It seeped into every bone in his body.His fingers twitched—barely.
Slowly—Painfully—His eyes opened.
His vision was blurry.His body—heavy.Even lifting his eyelids felt like hell.
He was lying on a bed.A familiar ceiling above him.
His breath—slow. Weak.His heartbeat—steady.
But inside—Inside, he was breaking apart.
Asahi: (barely whispering)"Where… am I…?"
His fingers twitched.With difficulty, he lifted his hand.
Slowly—He placed it against his forehead.
Then—The weight of everything came crashing down.
The truth.The horror.The cycle of suffering.
Asahi: (thoughts spiraling)"That boy…""That boy in the dream…""It was him…""It was the Black Man."
A cold realization—A fate worse than death.
The Black Man.The monster that killed his loved ones over and over again.The one who hunted him across timelines.The one who destroyed everything.
He wasn't born that way.
He wasn't some random enemy.He wasn't some evil existence.
He was just a boy.
A boy who had lost everything.A boy who had nothing left.A boy who had gone insane—because of his blessings.
Asahi's body tensed.His throat tightened.His chest ached.
Tears filled his eyes.But—He refused to let them fall.
Asahi: (breathing shakily)"His blessings… drove him crazy."
Asahi: (whispers, gripping the bed sheet)"…Is this what awaits me too?"
Asahi: (whispering, trembling)"The more you loop… the less human you remain."
His own words echoed in his mind.A truth he didn't want to accept.
But—It was already happening.
His body felt heavier.His hands—shaking.His thoughts—scattered.His reflection in the cracked mirror—unfamiliar.
The sleepless nights.The endless loops.The weight of every failure.
Asahi: (gritting his teeth)"What… what will I do now?""If I loop again… I lose more of myself.""If I stop looping… they all die."
A Blessing That Feels Like A Curse.
Silence.
Deep.Endless.
The kind of silence that crushed the soul.The kind of silence that made reality itself feel like a nightmare.
Asahi's eyes darkened.His voice lowered.
A single word escaped his lips.A word that had haunted him since the beginning.
Asahi: (softly)"Blessings…"
Asahi: (clenching his fist, voice filled with pain)"If I was truly blessed… then why does it feel like a curse?"
Silence.
Deep.Endless.
A silence so thick it wrapped around him like chains.A silence so suffocating, it felt alive.
Asahi stood in it.Drowning.Thinking.
The Breaking Point.
Asahi (in mind):"I can feel his pain.""The Black Man… He lost everything.""His 'blessings' were taken away. He was left with nothing."
"But me…?"
Something shifted inside him.
His tone—dark. Cunning.His lips—curling into a smile.
Asahi: (low voice)"This blessing…"
He chuckled.
A hollow laugh.A laugh that started in his throat—Then sank into his soul.
Then—It became something else.
A laugh that had no warmth.A laugh that had no sanity.A laugh that belonged to someone who had finally snapped.
Asahi: (laughs mentally)"This blessing… is only for ME."
His fingers twitched.His hands—tightened into fists.His eyes—sharpened.
Darkness flickered inside them.
Asahi: (low, venomous voice)"Even if I understand him…"
His lips curled further.His pupils dilated.His body—trembling.
But not from fear.
From something else.Something dangerous.Something deadly.
Asahi: (whispers)"NOTHING MATTERS."
Then—His voice—erupts.
Asahi: (shouts)"THIS IS MY BLESSING!""IT'S MINE!"
His body screamed in exhaustion.His legs felt like lead.
But still—He got up.
Breathing heavily.Shaking.Yet—Standing tall.
Asahi: (whispers, darkly)"I will kill him."
FINAL LINE:
Asahi: (grinning, eyes burning with madness)"This time… I won't hold back."
This is Asahi Rentaro's fate.His blessing.His curse.
And he will decide how it ends.