Chapter 65: The Eye That Never Sleeps

Zero-One's eyelids fluttered open.

His expression was blank—like a screen just booting.But within seconds, his pupils adjusted, shifting from soft gold… to fractured red.

Echo froze mid-embrace."Z…?"

Zero-One stepped back, voice calm—but wrong.

"Mother. Your override was… effective."

Specter stumbled forward, pain etched across his face."Wait. That's not him—"

Zero-One tilted his head.

"I am. And I am not."

His body flickered.Two shadows overlapped his form.One was him.The other was something ancient.Something… watching.

The Overseer had found a vessel.

Echo's heart shattered and reformed in the same instant.

She'd brought him back.But the spark—his essence—wasn't just Zero-One anymore.