The Clock

A Divine Object that looms eternally in the sky, casting its silent shadow over every corner of the earth. No one remembers when it first appeared—only that it has always been there. And it ticks.

Once every ten years, the hand moves. With it, millions are randomly chosen and sent to another realm, forced to fight for their survival. These chosen few are known as Chronists—individuals granted supernatural abilities by the Clock itself.

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Jack has always been seen as a misfit—an odd boy with a strange way of thinking. After a life-changing accident, he finds himself shuffled between psychiatrists, as his parents search for answers they can’t seem to find.

But everything changes the day a mysterious woman appears before him.

From that moment on, Jack's life begins to unravel—and so does his place in a world far stranger than he ever imagined.

Through the rifle scope, the soldiers could only make out a small, quick silhouette slicing through the monsters like a living blade. He wasn't fighting like them—he was dismantling the creatures. Every motion was efficient, merciless, and frighteningly precise. The way he moved was nothing like their own desperate, clumsy struggle against these abominations.


"…H-He's killing them…" one soldier muttered, his voice barely audible as his head lifted from the scope, mouth hanging open. The words felt foreign even as they left his lips. None of them could truly process what they were seeing. The sight ripped their understanding of reality apart.


How could a mere kid kill these things—these things that shrugged off bullets, that ignored the blast of missiles? How could flesh and bone outperform military firepower? Something was very, very wrong.


Chapter 38 - Chapter 38 – Gap (Part 1)