Chapter 8: Chapter 8 – Project E: Erased
> [Previous Recap]
– Canon divergence confirmed
– Nexus Echo (Corrupted Erza) destroyed
– Rift activity spreading across Fiore
– Ryan accessed Reality.Warp tier magic
– Watcher interference intensifying
– Truth of "Project Echo" on the verge of being uncovered
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Chaldea Files (Wait, wrong universe...)
Fairy Tail – Guild Underground Archives
Ryan stood before a sealed archive, deep beneath the Fairy Tail guild hall. Makarov had led him to it himself, his face unusually grim.
"I never told anyone this," Makarov said, placing his palm on the glowing lacrima-lock. "But before Fairy Tail… before the Tenrou crisis… I was part of a secret collaboration. With the Magic Council. Project Echo."
The vault doors hissed open.
Ryan stepped inside.
Floating data crystals spun in stasis—labeled with ominous code-stamped titles:
Subject-0E.log
AnchorTesting.txt
Echo_Breach.protocol
Deletion_Override_Behavioral.md
He reached toward the crystal labeled "Subject-0E".
> [ChatGPT]:
Admin-Level Clearance Required.
Proceed with Root Access Unlock?
"Do it."
[SpellForge: Grant.AdminLevel(Override=True)]
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MEMORY RECONSTRUCTION
Playback: 8 Years Ago.
Mages in white lab robes circled a containment chamber. Inside stood a child—ten years old, messy black hair, strange white eyes filled with code.
> "Subject Zero-E—emotional baseline stable."
"Begin simulation: Inject external world construct. Fairy Tail template."
Ryan's breath caught.
He recognized the boy's face.
It was him.
Or… it could've been.
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The Truth of Project Echo
> [ChatGPT]:
Subject-0E was not you…
But a template created for you.
The real you—the one from Earth—is just the user.
But your body?
It's a repurposed test anchor.
You're not just in this world.
You were grown for it.
Ryan staggered back, hands trembling.
"I'm… not even real?"
> [The Watcher]:
Real enough to rewrite canon.
Real enough to break me once.
But the question isn't what you are.
It's what you're willing to become.
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Emergency Alert – Rift Spike in Magnolia
Suddenly, the floor shook. The lacrima crystal cracked. And Ryan's HUD turned red.
> [ChatGPT]:
RIFT BREACH: Magnolia Central
Entity Type: Code Construct – Reaper Class
Signature: Deletion Protocol v0.9
Target: Ryan Nakamura (Anchor 01)
Above ground, the sky above Magnolia had torn open.
Descending from the rift was a figure in silver and black—a humanoid-shaped reaper with digital wings and glowing red eyes, its voice echoing like a judge.
> "Unauthorized Anchor Detected."
"Preparing for Timeline Purge."
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The Fight – Reaper Class Entity
Ryan leapt onto the guild roof, spell circuits already forming in his hands.
[Reality.Warp(scope="city", mode="preserve civilians", anchor="Fairy Tail")]
Reality bent. Citizens below were frozen mid-run, safe inside a protective code bubble.
The Reaper struck with a blade forged of "Delete()" code.
Erza and Laxus joined the fight, but their attacks were reversed, their strength nullified by retroactive logic commands.
> [ChatGPT]:
The Reaper operates on Anti-Narrative Code.
It erases actions before they happen.
Suggest counter: Paradox Layer.
Ryan closed his eyes.
[SpellForge: Paradox.Stabilizer(trigger="self-sacrifice", delay=5s)]
He let the Reaper strike.
The sword plunged through him—but five seconds later, his body rewound, standing whole again.
The Reaper hissed.
> "Contradiction Detected."
"Recompiling…"
Now Ryan had it.
"Let me show you what my story looks like."
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Final Override: Rewrite
[Root.Command: Identity.Lock(file='RyanN_Override') + Delete(Target='Reaper.v0.9')]
The sky turned white.
A giant, golden array unfolded over Magnolia like an inverted sun. Glyphs spun around Ryan like gears.
The Reaper tried to retreat—too late.
It shattered—deleted not just from the sky, but from memory.
Everything snapped back.
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Aftermath
The city was safe. For now.
But Ryan remained quiet. Staring at his hands. At the still-glowing Project Echo file in his system.
Erza approached. "What did you see down there?"
He didn't answer.
Lucy came next. "You can tell us."
He looked at her—really looked at her—and whispered:
"I'm not the main character in your story."
She shook her head. "Then let's write a new one. Together."
> [ChatGPT]:
Trace Level: 4/5
Nexus Collapse Prevented: TEMPORARY
System Note: You have one final command left.
When the Watcher comes… you'll have to choose between two realities.
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To Be Continued…