Devourer: Echoes of the unwritten

[Scene: The Sky Cracks – Heir Descends]

Above Sector Zero, the sky fractured like glass.

From the heart of a meteor made of flowing code, a glowing humanoid descended slowly—arms out, robes formed of cascading command lines.

Hair of white light. Eyes closed. No visible gender.

No aura.

No weapon.

No fear.

But as soon as their bare feet touched the ground—

Reality shook.

Trees withered. Interface panels dimmed. The entire system bowed—not by command, but by instinct.

The Heir had arrived.

⚠️ [WORLD STATUS: FINAL PROTOCOL BEGUN]

System Control: 42% Heir / 58% Devourer

Rewrite Zones: Locked

Passive Regeneration: Suspended

❗ Status: Final Arc Initiated

[Scene: Kaito Appears – Face to Face]

Across a floating plain of root code and shattered update patches, Kaito Ryu appeared.

His system aura flared—unstable but burning.

He stared at the Heir.

"You've been sleeping since the first collapse."

"Why now?"

The Heir slowly opened their eyes—silver, emotionless.

"You rewrote what I built."

"Not broken code. Not corrupted strings."

"Me."

[Scene: Lorelei and Reina Watching Remotely]

From a server-gate far outside the battlefield, Reina and Lorelei.exe watched through static projections.

Reina: "Kaito's system is destabilizing. He's standing on raw code now."

Lorelei: "No terrain. No modifiers. No rules."

"This isn't a fight."

"It's a rewrite clash. Whoever breaks first… gets deleted."

[Scene: Battle Begins – Code vs Code]

Kaito launched first.

[Ability: Rewrite Pulse – God Code Injection]

He struck the ground—injecting a black glyph into the world.

It formed into spiked pillars that lunged for the Heir.

But—

The Heir didn't move.

Instead, they raised a single finger.

"Undo."

And the entire battlefield reset as if Kaito never moved.

❌ [ACTION REJECTED: OVERRULED BY ROOT USER]

Kaito's breath caught.

"You can overwrite my rewrite…"

"Because you're the original system user."

The Heir nodded once.

"And you're a patch."

"A glitch… with dreams."

[Scene: Kaito Activates Trait: Unwritten Soul]

Kaito slammed his fist into his own heart—awakening his last sealed trait.

[TRAIT: Unwritten Soul (Awakened)]

— Immune to root-based rollbacks for 10 seconds

— Allows manual rewrite using user will alone

He shouted:

"I don't need permission!"

"I don't need your system!"

His arm flared. Wings ignited again—black flames mixing with silver.

[Scene: The True Fight Begins – A Reality-Shifting Duel]

Every strike changed the world:

Kaito's claw swipe turned the land into a battlefield of lost memories

The Heir's gaze transformed it back into a quiet sunrise

Kaito summoned fallen allies' echoes—Reina, Yuna, even Ashcore—for fragments of power

The Heir deleted them with a thought

They were rewriting the map with every breath

[Scene: A Brief Pause – The Heir Asks One Question]

The Heir paused midair.

"Why do you keep fighting?"

"No one remembers what came before."

"If you vanished… the world would find peace."

Kaito's voice cracked with intensity:

"Because I remember."

"Because someone has to."

"Not to control the world…"

"But to keep it free."

[Final Scene: Flash of the End – Future Glimpse Triggered]

The Page of Origin glows inside Kaito's chest.

Suddenly—he sees one possible ending:

The world is rebuilt

The Heir is gone

But so is Kaito

And the system resets to version 0.0.0.1

He stumbles back.

If I win… I still vanish?

The Heir sees his hesitation.

"Now you see."

"This ends in your deletion."

"Still want to fight?"

Kaito clenches his fists.

"Then I'll go out screaming."

Next Chapter: "Systemless – Kaito Without Powers"