2 (panicked): White! Quick—we need to recover him somehow, hurry!
White (calm but serious): Okay, okay… Min Shin Kan!
(WHOOSH—A blinding white portal rips open, spiraling with holy light. The space bends, the air hums like vibrating strings. Everyone shields their eyes from the dazzling glow.)
2 (urgent): Everyone—be quick!
(They rush into the portal. In an instant, they're pulled across 1975236481237 light-years in just 10 seconds. The world bends, twists, and reforms in front of them. Time itself feels meaningless.)
Author's Note (softly breaking the fourth wall): Ten seconds… only because of Mike. If not for him, it would've been two milliseconds.
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(The scene shifts—Mike stumbles out first, eyes wide, blinded by a brilliance beyond mortal comprehension. His breathing quickens. His heart races.)
Mike (inner thought, trembling): A-am I… in heaven?
(As his vision clears, his jaw drops. What he sees is not heaven… it is beyond heaven.)
✨ Visual Key:
A floating white holy castle, suspended in eternity.
Angelic souls praying in harmony, their voices echoing across the endless sky.
Angel-like beings sparring gracefully in midair, swords glowing with divine light.
From the heavens above, a pure divine holy water drips down, cascading in silver streams.
And at the very center, towering above all… a gigantic, pure white sword, so colossal and radiant that the castle itself floats around it like a guardian.
Mike (stuttering, breathless): W-W-Where… where are we?!
White (proud, calm): Welcome… to my Holy White Castle.
Mike (eyes shimmering): W-What? This… this is yours?
White (nodding, softly smiling): Yes. Beautiful, isn't it?
Mike (voice cracking with awe): Beautiful…? N-No… this… this is beyond words! Heaven itself… can't compare to this place!
(He clutches his chest, almost afraid to breathe in such purity. His knees shake as he looks at the radiant gates.)
Mike (hesitant, shy): C-Can… can I really… enter? 😣🤐
White (smirks, resting a hand on Mike's shoulder): Of course, kiddo. You're Flux's friend, aren't you?
Mike (eyes widening, almost tearing up): Really?! J-Just because I'm his best friend? 🤩🤩
Mike (with pride, chest out): I… I am his one and only best friend!
White (laughing gently): Then you can enter my castle with honor.
Mike (bowing deeply, voice cracking with emotion): T-Thank you! Thank you, s-sir… b-beyond gods and angels! 🙇♂🙇♂
White (waves hand dismissively): No need for thanks.
2 (snapping, still panicking): Can you two please stop your silly chatting?! We have someone very important unconscious here!
White (raising hands, sighing): Alright, alright. Let's go.
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(10 minutes later—Flux lies unconscious on a grand, glowing white bed inside the holy castle. His body is still, but faint light flickers around him. 2 sits by his side, holding his hand tightly, her face full of panic.)
White (closing his eyes, sensing): It's okay. He'll recover quickly. I can feel it… a very, very faint presence. Almost like… 1% of him is still there.
2 (tearing up, desperate): R-Really?! That means… he can recover?!
White (nodding firmly): Yes. Even if it's only 1%… there's still hope.
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(Inside Flux's mind… darkness. An endless void, cold and suffocating. Suddenly, glowing ruby cracks appear in the blackness. From the shadows, a monstrous figure emerges, eyes burning with hatred. Its voice shakes the void.)
Unknown Voice (echoing, demonic): I… I will destroy you. 👹👹
(Flux twitches slightly on the bed. His ruby eyes flicker faintly for a moment… then fall still again.)
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🔥 End of Chapter 15.