The Birth of Zero
The Harsh Reality of Roy Himawari
In the slums of Kyosei, where the city's filth mixed with shattered dreams, a boy named Roy Himawari lived with his younger sister, Rin, and baby brother, Toshi.
They had no home.
No family.
No hope.
But Roy never gave up. He worked tirelessly, running errands, carrying heavy loads for merchants, doing whatever it took to put even a single meal on their plates.
Even in their struggles, Rin and Toshi never complained.
Rin: "Onii-chan, one day... we'll have a house, right?"
Roy smiled, ruffling her messy hair.
Roy: "Of course. I'll build it myself if I have to."
Toshi, too young to understand, giggled happily, clinging to his brother.
They had nothing. But they had each other.
Until that day.
The Unforgiving Society
One night, their stomachs growled in pain. They hadn't eaten for two days.
Desperation made people do things they never imagined.
Roy held his siblings close, watching the bakery from the alleyway. The scent of fresh bread filled the air, but to them, it was an unreachable dream.
Rin's hands trembled.
Rin (whispering): "Onii-chan... I'm so hungry..."
Roy's heart ached. He clenched his fists.
> "Just this once... just one loaf..."
Under the cover of darkness, the three dashed into the bakery.
Their hands grasped the bread. Warm. Soft.
For a moment, it felt like salvation.
Then—
> CRASH!
A bottle shattered.
Shopkeeper (furious): "THIEVES! CATCH THEM!!"
Before they could run—
The men caught them.
Roy struggled, but they were too strong.
Blows rained down upon them like a storm of cruelty.
> Punch.
Kick.
Another punch.
Blood stained the cold ground.
> "Let this be a lesson, rats."
> "Trash like you don't belong in this world."
Roy's vision blurred, but he heard something that shattered his soul.
> Toshi's cries went silent.
Rin's small, fragile body stopped moving.
He turned his head, only to see his siblings lying still, lifeless, their tiny hands still clutching crumbs.
Roy screamed.
But nobody came to save them.
Nobody cared.
And then—
Everything went dark.
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The Arrival of The Genetic Reaper
Roy woke up inside a lab.
His body was restrained. His mind was numb. His heart felt nothing.
Before him stood a man in a black coat, his eyes shining with an unnatural intelligence.
> Professor Helix Darian.
The Genetic Reaper.
Professor Helix: "Ah… You're awake. I was starting to think you'd never open your eyes again."
Roy's mouth moved, but no words came out.
The professor smirked.
Professor Helix: "Ah, yes. You can't talk anymore. We removed that function. Not like you need it."
> Brainwashing.
Memory Alteration.
Cybernetic Enhancements.
Human Mutation.
Roy had become an experiment.
His body was restructured, his brain rewritten, his very soul twisted beyond recognition.
They called him Project Zero.
Because from this moment on—
> He was no longer Roy Himawari.
He was nothing.
Just a killing machine.
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The Transformation
The experiments were endless.
The pain? He stopped feeling it.
The yellow aura that once shined with warmth now became a weapon of destruction.
His fists could break through steel. His eyes glowed with artificial power.
Yet deep inside, something remained.
A small flicker of memory.
A voice.
Rin (echoing in his mind): "Onii-chan… one day… we'll have a house, right?"
But when he tried to remember her face—
> PAIN.
> AGONY.
> BLACKOUT.
Professor Helix had ensured that Zero could never break free.
He was their weapon.
A puppet for The Three Rulers of the World.
A soulless assassin.
And yet—
In the depths of his artificial mind, a tiny voice still whispered.
> "I was... Roy... wasn't I?"
But the voice was too weak.
And the machine known as Zero kept killing.
Because he had no choice.