In an endless void, without black or white, something incomprehensible to imagine, three people stood facing each other, their faces and features different. Each looked at the other, confused—two with uncomfortable expressions, one with a complex, almost indecipherable face.
But what drew the most attention in this situation were three things.
The first is that the three were strangely calm. Confused? Certainly. But agitated or terrified? Not at all. They seemed to understand their own situations, though not the place itself.
The second is that each of them had a strange aura surrounding them, almost fused to their being, interacting with one another in different, incomprehensible ways.
The third is that each of them had a strange and abnormal appearance. For example, the strangest man there was a giant nearly 8 feet (8 ft) tall, with two pairs of arms, a mouth on his belly, four eyes, red hair, and covered in tattoos. The other wasn't even quite human, as he was green with a strange helmet on his head. He was naked, yet had no reproductive organs, and had a strange tail on his back with an odd spike at the end. His earlobes were unusually long.
And lastly, the most unusual of all to be there among them, was just a normal man of Asian descent, with brown hair and eyes of the same color, and a handsome face. The worst part was that there was almost nothing interesting about him besides that.
Each of them looked at the others with increasing doubt and curiosity, analyzing one another without pause.
Until the strange green humanoid noticed something and began looking around, slightly worried, before stopping and becoming angry at the apparent "nothing," speaking slowly in a threatening tone:
"You two, what did you do to Komugi? If you don't tell me, I'll tear every part of your bodies apart."
Hearing this, the seemingly "normal" man looked at the humanoid with some apprehension and fear. But the giant looked at the humanoid for a few seconds, then started laughing loudly and spoke with disdain:
"How can a mere curse like you speak to me like that? If I wanted to kill you, I would have done it a long time ago. You're only alive because I'm curious how a curse can have no cursed energy."
At that moment, it seemed like a trigger had been pulled, and the strange humanoid looked at the giant for a few moments before trying to punch him with all his strength.
Unfortunately for the humanoid, the giant was more agile than expected and dodged, attempting to punch the humanoid in the ribs. But just as it was about to land, the giant's hand passed right through the humanoid's body as if he didn't exist, surprising all three. Seeing this, they stared in shock, immediately stopping the fight and looking at each other in confusion.
The humanoid, confused, tried to touch the giant, but his hand still passed through his body as if it were made of smoke. Everyone was confused. The man tried to touch his own body, and his hand passed through it as if he didn't exist.
"What the hell is going on here?" said the giant, growing more confused with each passing second. He looked around, thinking it might be the place, but the more he thought about it, the less sense it made.
At that moment, the man said something that made both the humanoid and the giant confused:
"Since no one knows what's happening, nor how or why we got here, how about we talk a little about what we do know?"
When the man said this, the two thought about calling him crazy, but when they remembered something, they spoke:
"If you think that would work, fine—but you go first.""Yes, I agree with the giant. You speak first, human."
Hearing this, the man looked at the two others, and after a few seconds, he spoke:
"Alright… I'll talk."
The man paused and began speaking with a pained expression.
"I am Light Yagami. I am a private detective who lives in Tokyo. Unfortunately, I became a detective after a serial killer murdered my father, and so I became one to take revenge on that bastard who killed him."
Light said this with a sad yet determined expression before the giant began to laugh and spoke:
"Kid, you really have the guts to lie to me. If I hadn't died, I would have cut you in half."
The giant laughed a bit more and continued:
"I am Sukuna… Ryomen Sukuna, the strongest sorcerer that exists… well, the damn brat killed me, so former strongest sorcerer. I come from the Heian era. I accepted a contract with Kenjaku, a bastard who took hundreds of years to revive me, but at least I had many good fights before being killed by the sorcerers of the era I was revived in. And that's all you'll get from me."
Sukuna, previously referred to as the giant, spoke to the two with a certain disgust that quickly faded.
"I am Meruem, and I am the king of the Chimera Ants. And I died to an attack from an old man."
Meruem, previously referred to as the humanoid, said before turning his face away and starting to look around for something.
Contrary to what Light expected, the atmosphere became even worse after everyone had spoken about themselves, especially after his lie had been exposed.
"Since we're all here, we should address the elephant in the room."
"And what would that be, human?"
"We are all dead… and most likely not from the same world."
When Light said that, everyone remained silent for a while longer before he spoke again:
"Look, I don't know how or why we ended up here, but maybe we'll be here for a long time, so why not get to know each other for real?"
Sukuna seemed like he wanted to say something, but soon fell silent and appeared to accept what Light said.
Meruem didn't seem to be paying attention and continued searching around for something.
"Ahhhh, how cute. What a shame that you're all dead."
Suddenly, they all heard an old voice coming from the center of the circle they were in, and when they looked, they saw a small and fragile old man among them.
He looked at each of the three and continued:
"It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Alpha, and I am, so to speak, an outer god. I came here to fuse your souls and send them to a different world… into a baby. Nice, right?"
They all looked at the old man, and it seemed they all had the same thought—they all tried to attack him, except for Light.
But the moment they did, Meruem and Sukuna were simply dematerialized and transformed into particles of light of different colors.
Then he turned his gaze toward Light, who, upon noticing it, trembled and spoke:
"I politely refuse this invitation, sir. I would like to return to my own death… or whatever it may be."
The entity looked at him, smiled gently, and said:
"I think you didn't understand, Yagami. I'm not offering—I'm doing it. I only came to tell you my plan because I'm nice."
When Light heard that, his eyes widened, and he tried to shout:
"YOU DAMN SON OF A—"
The old man made a motion with his hand as if brushing away a fly, and in that moment, Light disintegrated into particles.
When there was no one else left around, he let out a sigh.
Sigh
"Now comes the hard part… convincing the god of that universe. But at least I have a card up my sleeve."
The old man looked again at the particles as they began forming a vortex, starting to merge.
"I still think this is beautiful… I ended up picking three villains at once. Normally I wouldn't force this method so much, but I don't have time, so I can't afford patience."
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In the middle of space, a man made of pure light floats in front of a completely black shadow resembling a black hole. The silent atmosphere only makes everything stranger as the two entities continue staring at each other.
The being of light looks at the completely dark entity before him, then glances at a tiny sphere of light that seems to carry a rainbow within it.
"I can't do this, old friend. You know how extremely fragile my multiverse is—it could collapse at any moment. I would love to do this for you—I still owe you one after what you did for me in the Great War—but this puts my entire multiverse at risk."
The radiant and relentless being of light speaks to the dark entity in space for a moment, but then the shadowed being responds.
"I understand, I truly do. But you have to take into account that he has no memories… fragments at most. I promise—I even trimmed the edges of the soul that I usually leave untouched."
The being made of darkness says this while seeming to extend the soul toward him as if it were a plea, but the man made of light replies:
"Unfortunately, I can't do that, old friend. The mere fact that he carries one of your blessings is already absurd enough for me to let him even touch my multiverse—and on top of that, you're asking me to 'lend a hand' like you did?"
The being of light seems to rub his eyes in frustration before speaking again:
"He alone is already a great aberration, but what you gave him is almost the same as saying you want to create another one like me here."
Hearing this, the being of darkness seems to pull back his hand and speak.
"Alright, since it won't work, I apologize. I'll take my lea— Oops!"
But with an almost theatrical movement, the being pretends to trip and throws the fragile rainbow sphere into space with great force.
Seeing this, the man made of pure light widens his eyes and tries to catch the sphere, but unfortunately he is a second too slow, and the sphere seems to teleport away.
"YOU PSYCHOPATH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE!?"
The man made of light shouts in anger at the being of darkness, but is interrupted when the latter says something that turns his expression from rage into panic.
"He's back."
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16 years later
On a giant bed inside a dark room filled with superhero posters and a shelf full of action figures of various heroes like Captain America, Iron Man, and others.
Some clothes are scattered across the floor, and upon closer inspection, everything seems like a larger version of normal furniture. For example, the bed is 3 meters (9.8 ft), and both the chair and the desk are also much larger than normal.
As rays of sunlight begin to enter the room, the illuminated space reveals equally large clothes scattered across the floor and a small backpack in the corner of the room.
But what draws the most attention is the person lying on the large bed—a teenager by appearance, but standing at 7.9 ft, lying there. However, what stands out the most are the incredibly well-defined four arms on his body, a grotesque mouth on his belly, four eyes on his face, and long black hair that seems to reach his shoulders.
Before anything could interrupt his "peaceful" sleep, he suddenly wakes up with a desperate scream.
"KOMUGI!"
He wakes up with all four eyes crying heavily, almost as if he had just returned from an important funeral.
Now, with all four eyes open, it's possible to see that two of his eyes are red and two are purple, both pairs almost seeming to glow.
If he didn't have a body like that, it might even be possible to call him handsome with those eyes and that face—but with his body and build, the only thing one could associate him with is a monster, or even a war tank.
He begins to hyperventilate before calming down and wiping his eyes.
"Damn it, that strange dream again… no matter what I do, it's always the same."
He gets up and starts stretching until—
"ALEX, COME HAVE BREAKFAST OR YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE."