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📖 Chapter 3 - Fire Against Blood
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[SCENE 1 - GABINO'S MAFIA BASE - NIGHT]
The television still shows headlines about the First School War.
Gabino, lying on the couch, watches with a cigarette in his mouth, bored.
📺 Newscast:
> "School violence has reached its extreme. The number of deaths exceeds 100. The war between schools has now become a youth civil war..."
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SOUND: A deafening explosion.
Gabino stands up abruptly, turns around in fright.
💬 Gabino (tense):
> "What the hell was that?!"
[SCENE 2 - DOOR BROKEN DOWN]
A soldier enters, panting, screaming, eyes wide.
💬 Soldier:
> "BOSS! IT'S HIM! BRENNER SOUKA! THE PYROMANIAC IS HERE!!"
💬 Gabino (growling):
> "Shit...! Get all your weapons ready. If I fall, you know what to do."
The soldier nods and runs.
Gabino grabs his Glock, puts it in his waistband and runs towards the exit.
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[SCENE 3 - OUTSIDE THE BASE - FIRE AND SCREAMS]
The sky is red, flames rise like towers.
Soldiers scream in agony, charred bodies on the ground.
A soldier crawls, burned, looks at Gabino and raises his hand, asking for help.
💬 Soldier (weak):
> "B-boss... h-help me-"
SMASH!
A foot steps hard on his head, crushing it like rotten fruit.
Blood and gray matter splatter.
Brenner Souka appears - huge, covered in smoke, dead in his eyes.
His hands still emit embers, as if the fire never went out in them.
Gabino swallows hard. He pulls out his Glock, pointing.
💬 Gabino (trembling, trying to look firm):
> "What do you want, you damn pyromaniac? Did you come to kill me for sport too?"
Brenner Souka doesn't answer right away. He just watches, as if looking beyond Gabino. Then he speaks, in a dry and empty voice:
💬 Brenner Souka:
> "You killed Ekila Vanez. The only woman who stood up to you head on.
I didn't come after your life... I came after your arrogance."
💬 Gabino (laughing nervously):
> "You're just like her. Crazy. It was obvious you weren't normal.
But you know what? We'll finish this today!"
Gabino shoots. Shots echo.
The bullets go through Brenner as if he were made of smoke. He doesn't even blink.
Gabino backs away, screaming.
💬 Gabino:
> "What the hell are you, BASTARD?!"
💬 Brenner Souka (approaching, calm):
> "The last thing you'll see... is what hell does to those who think they're gods."
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[SCENE 4 - TOP OF A BUILDING - DARK OBSERVER]
Huguel, with open black wings, lands on top of a building, watching the fight below.
The city burns in the background.
His gaze is empty, ancient, almost dead.
💬 Huguel (calm and low voice):
> "Everything is going as planned...
Chaos is the perfect soil for the Zombo Stars to flourish."
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🎬 End of Chapter 3 - Volume 2