Chapter 200 — Hello, Brothers
The fourth mark was burning.
Brook stood in the center of Asteria, gripping his arm as the symbol pulsed beneath his skin.
Tala stood nearby.
She was staring at the sky.
Hutena suddenly dropped to her knees.
Her eyes widened.
"No…"
Sera rushed toward her.
"What is it?"
Hutena looked upward.
"The future…"
Her voice trembled.
"It broke."
The wind stopped.
The entire city went silent.
Brook looked up.
The sky above Asteria split open.
Not like a storm.
Not like a portal.
It looked as though reality itself had been opened.
White light poured through.
Brook couldn't move.
His fourth mark burned brighter.
Tala stepped backward.
For the first time since Brook had met her—
she looked afraid.
Then something descended from the opening.
Wings.
Six vast wings spread across the sky.
A figure slowly descended through the light.
He landed without making a sound.
The light faded.
The wings folded behind him.
A man stood before Xcution.
Calm.
Beautiful.
Radiant.
But there was something about him that Brook couldn't explain.
He felt familiar.
Not because Brook knew him.
Because something inside Brook did.
The stranger looked around.
His eyes passed over Sera.
Henry.
Crowley.
Tala.
Then—
they stopped on Brook.
The man's expression softened.
Brook's fourth mark pulsed.
The stranger smiled.
"I finally found you."
Brook tightened his grip.
"Who are you?"
The man looked at him.
Then said:
"You have my brothers."
Brook froze.
The world disappeared.
Darkness.
Brook stood inside his mind.
Three figures were waiting.
Michael.
Lucifer.
Death.
But something had changed.
Michael's eyes opened.
Lucifer smiled.
Death remained apart.
Brook turned.
The stranger's presence seemed to exist even here.
Brook looked toward Michael.
For the first time—
Michael looked directly at him.
Lucifer's smile widened.
Brook couldn't speak.
Michael finally said:
"Hello, brother."
Lucifer followed:
"Hello, brother."
Brook stared.
Then the stranger's voice echoed through the darkness.
Gabriel smiled.
"Hello, brothers."
End of Chapter 200