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Chapter 2 - Chapter 2: The Boy Who Should Not Exist (Part 1)

The world did not remember Indra.

Not truly.

The sky still moved. The winds still flowed. The mountains still stood where they always had. But something had changed—something subtle, something deeply buried within the structure of existence itself.

The balance was gone.

And yet, no one could name what was missing.

Far from the battlefield of the past, beyond the reach of the three gods' immediate gaze, stood a silent mountain.

It was not the tallest.

It was not the most dangerous.

But it was the most important.

Because deep within it—

The Seven Chakra Natures were sealed.

At the base of that mountain, time moved differently.

Not slower.

Not faster.

Just… heavier.

A figure walked slowly across the rocky ground.

Her steps were steady, but there was a weight behind them—a burden carried for far too long.

Her name was Susai.

Her eyes were calm.

Too calm.

The kind of calm that comes after losing everything.

She stopped near a broken ridge, her gaze lifting toward the mountain.

For a moment, she said nothing.

Then, quietly—

"Still standing…"

It wasn't relief.

It wasn't sadness.

It was something in between.

She had seen it happen.

She had seen him fall.

She had seen the moment the world changed.

And yet, she was still here.

A faint wind passed through the area.

For a brief second—

The air shifted.

Susai's eyes narrowed.

She turned.

There was something there.

Not far.

Not hidden.

But not… normal.

At the edge of a cracked stone path, a body lay motionless.

She moved without hesitation.

Step by step, she approached.

It was a boy.

Young.

Unconscious.

Covered in dust and faint traces of blood.

For a moment, she simply looked at him.

Then—

Her breath stopped.

The face.

It was the same.

The same structure.

The same eyes.

The same presence… even in silence.

"…"

No words came out.

Because there were none that could explain this.

"Indra…?"

The name left her lips before she could stop it.

But no.

That was impossible.

She knew that.

She had seen the end.

Slowly, she knelt beside him.

Her hand hovered above his face—

Not touching.

Not yet.

As if she was afraid that the moment she did, the illusion would break.

But it didn't.

Her fingers gently brushed against his skin.

Warm.

Alive.

Real.

Her eyes trembled for the first time.

"This… isn't possible…"

The boy did not respond.

He did not move.

But something about him—

Felt wrong.

Not dangerous.

Not evil.

Just…

Out of place.

As if the world itself did not know where to put him.

Susai closed her eyes for a moment.

Then opened them again.

"…You're not him."

Her voice was soft.

Certain.

"But…"

Her hand rested on his head now.

"…you're not nothing either."

Silence returned.

Far above them—

The sky shifted.

High beyond mortal sight, three presences observed.

God Infinity stood without expression.

Beside him, God Aurora watched quietly.

And further back, God Galaxy remained still, his gaze fixed downward.

"He's appeared," God Galaxy said.

God Aurora did not respond immediately.

Her eyes narrowed slightly.

"…Earlier than expected."

God Infinity remained silent.

But the space around him distorted faintly.

"That means the seal is weakening," God Galaxy continued.

"No," God Aurora said calmly.

"It means something else has begun."

A pause.

Then—

"What do we do?" God Galaxy asked.

For a moment—

Nothing moved.

Then God Infinity finally spoke.

"Observe."

One word.

Cold.

Absolute.

"He is not complete yet."

God Aurora glanced at him.

"…And when he is?"

A brief silence followed.

Then—

"We take him."

Back at the mountain—

The boy stirred.

A faint movement.

A slow breath.

Susai's attention snapped back instantly.

His fingers twitched.

His eyes—

Slowly opened.

For a moment—

They were empty.

No recognition.

No fear.

No confusion.

Just… blank.

Then—

A flicker.

"…Where…"

His voice was weak.

Unsteady.

He looked around.

The mountain.

The sky.

The ground beneath him.

"…am I?"

Susai watched him carefully.

Every movement.

Every breath.

"You're alive," she said.

He turned toward her.

Their eyes met.

And for a second—

Time stopped.

Because in that moment—

It wasn't just resemblance.

It was something deeper.

Something that should not exist.

"…Who are you?" he asked.

Susai didn't answer immediately.

Instead, she asked—

"…Do you remember anything?"

He frowned slightly.

"…No."

A pause.

"…Nothing."

No past.

No name.

No memory.

Just existence.

Susai looked at him for a long moment.

Then—

She made a decision.

"…Your name is Eleven."

The word settled into the air.

The boy blinked.

"Eleven…?"

"…Yes."

He repeated it quietly.

As if testing whether it belonged to him.

"…Eleven."

And for some reason—

It felt right.

Deep within the mountain—

Something moved.

A faint pulse.

One of the sealed chakra points—

Reacted.

Not fully.

Not strongly.

But enough.

As if something—

Had recognized him.

Outside—

A distant rumble echoed through the land.

Not thunder.

Not wind.

Something else.

From far beyond the horizon—

Shapes began to emerge.

Creatures.

Not natural.

Not ordinary.

Their presence distorted the ground beneath them.

They were moving toward the mountain.

Toward the chakra.

Toward—

Him.

Susai felt it instantly.

Her expression changed.

"They've started…"

Eleven looked at her.

"…What is that?"

She didn't answer directly.

Instead—

She stood.

"You shouldn't be here."

"…What?"

"You were never meant to exist."

The words were calm.

But heavy.

Before he could respond—

She turned toward the distant movement.

"…But now that you do…"

A brief pause.

Her eyes sharpened.

"…you'll have to survive."

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