[System Notice: Core Pathway Unlocked]
[Welcome, Kaito]
[Proceed to the Final Decision Node?]
[Yes / No]
Kaito did not even hesitate. He picked Yes.
No flash, no vortex of computer strength or cutscene. Nothing changed in the world—it simply ceased. One blink, and the Memory Spire, the shattered horizon, Nyra's presence—everything was erased. Like they never existed.
Even the HUD blinked once and was gone. No health bar, no minimap, no interface.
Just silence.
Then consciousness.
Kaito was in a location that did not belong in classifications. It was not a room. It was not a field. It was not a location in the game.
It was something else.
Raw space. Code stripped down, revealing its inner workings like exposed nerves.
A massive ball surrounded him, impossibly large and boundlessly distant. Shimmering and crimson filaments curled out from a central axis, reaching towards a hidden distance.
