Devourer: Echoes of the unwritten

[Scene: The Dead Timeline Library – Between All Realities]

No stars.

No sky.

Just a horizon of floating pages, ancient tomes, glowing ink—billions of timelines, suspended in stillness.

Kaito stepped into it, guided by a soft whisper only his soul could hear.

Each book around him pulsed with fragments of futures:

– "Kaito falls to the 9th Thief."

– "Kaito rewrites the world into a prison."

– "Kaito disappears… remembered only as a glitch."

And at the center sat a single chair.

Facing away.

A cloaked figure—hood blacker than void, holding an open book that wrote itself with every breath.

[Scene: The Prophet Speaks Without Turning]

"You've come."

"The Rewrite God. The Eater of Chains. The boy who broke the system."

"Too bad this… has already happened."

Kaito narrowed his eyes.

"You're Null Prophet."

"The one who predicts every end."

"You've watched my death?"

The voice answered—no malice, no joy.

Just finality.

"I've watched all of them."

[Scene: Combat Begins… or Does It?]

Kaito raised his hand, energy charging.

Void glyphs flared around him.

[Skill Ready: Soul Requiem Slash]

But the book flipped—

"And Kaito never attacked."

The moment froze.

Kaito's hand dropped.

He blinked.

"What—?!"

⚠️ [FATE OVERRIDE – NULL SCRIPT ACTIVE]

All actions scripted unless rewritten by system tier: S+++

❗ You are inside a timeline lock.

Kaito's system glitched.

For the first time, he couldn't move because reality didn't allow it.

[Scene: Null Prophet Stands – Book Floats]

He turned.

No face. Just a mirror under the hood.

Kaito saw himself.

"You think you've climbed high, Kaito," the Prophet said.

"But your path was always one of two endings."

"Become the tyrant you fought…"

"Or disappear to protect your rewrite."

[Scene: Kaito's Internal Monologue]

This is different.

He's not fighting me. He's showing me what happens if I lose control.

Or worse… if I succeed too much.

[Scene: Kaito Pushes Beyond Script]

His eyes flared violet.

He activated something he hadn't dared to use—

[TRAIT: UNWRITTEN SOUL – Override Attempt]

"I make the system," he said, stepping forward.

The book shuddered.

"Then you'll have to rewrite me."

He reached for the floating tome.

[Clash: Rewrite vs. Record]

When he touched the book, the pages exploded—scenes of futures, deaths, betrayals, victories.

Too many timelines.

Too many Kaito Ryus.

He screamed, holding the core.

His voice echoed into the storm of futures:

"I don't need a perfect ending."

"I just need it to be mine."

[Scene: The Book Burns]

The script stopped writing.

The final page glowed with five words:

"He chose his own ending."

The Null Prophet knelt.

For the first time, silent.

And then faded—leaving behind one item:

A fragment of the book, now blank.

[System Update – Fate Unbound]

Null Prophet Defeated – 5 of 12

New Passive: Futureburn (SSS-Class)

– Immune to precognition

– Can corrupt fate-based skills

Item Gained: Page of Origin – Use to write one system-level event. Once.

[Final Scene: Kaito Exits Into Real World]

Reina was waiting at the gate.

He looked exhausted—burned not by power… but by choice.

She asked, "What did you see?"

He looked at the sky.

"Everything."

"But I chose this one."

And the sky flickered like it agreed.

Next Chapter: "Ashcore Awakens – Betrayal of the Judges"