⚔️ EPISODE 51 – Absent Hearts
Alternative title: "Echoes in the Nerves"
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🎬 SCENE 1: Silence in the arena
> Two warriors, one breath. Thousands of spectators hold theirs.
The arena is silent. The Reversed stands with his chest bent forward, his shoulders twisted, his double spine still visible.
Myon-Sekh slowly wipes the blood from his brow. He smiles.
💬 Myon-Sekh:
"I thought I had forgotten everything... but your style reminds me of the cellars of Unit 6... Where are you from, brother?"
💬 The Reversed One (without looking at him):
"I come from your mistake."
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🎬 SCENE 2: Resumption — Attack/counterattack without interruption
🔥 Start of the second phase:
Myon-Sekh leaps forward, sliding across the floor (→ Reverse Neck Strike)
— his fist pivots and strikes the Reversed One's liver.
But the Reversed One disappears in the blink of an eye and reappears behind him (→ Back Spectral Step), digging his fingers into the back of his neck.
💥 Immediate real combo:
Rotating knee strike to the left ribs.
Shoulder strike to the solar plexus.
Strike to the trachea.
But Myon-Sekh grabs the arm in mid-flight, activates his physical technique: "Lateral Muscle Sequencing", and turns the force against his opponent.
⚔️ Both fall in a roll, bounce back... and return to their guard in the same second.
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🎬 SCENE 3: Activation of Gravity Colours
The Reversed extends his arms: three luminous circles appear behind him.
🔮 Gravity colour: Violet-Foam → slows Myon-Sekh's perception by 0.2 seconds.
💥 Attack launched: "The Oblique of Oblivion" — a sharp spinning movement from the kidneys.
But Myon-Sekh, in a raw instinct, activates a forbidden muscle counter-technique:
🩸 "Fractal Collarbone No. 7" — he moves his own shoulder bone to ricochet.
Impact: The Reversed One recoils, the first drop of blood on his face. He bleeds inside his skin.
💬 Spectator in the audience:
"This isn't a fight... it's a war of nerves."
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🎬 SCENE 4: Controlled pause, breathing, tension
They stop.
Myon-Sekh lowers his guard, breathing heavily. His ribs vibrate.
💬 Myon-Sekh:
"We're not fighting for the tournament. We're fighting for... those we failed to protect, right?"
The Reversed One approaches slowly.
💬 The Reversed One:
"Exactly. I am what remains... when justice falls."
Then he screams, and the entire arena shakes.
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🎬 SCENE 5: Total shock — supreme double attack
🔥 The Reversed uses his supreme forbidden technique:
🛑 "Echo of Native Nothingness": he throws Myon-Sekh's mental wounds (memory loss, erased memories) back into the arena.
Myon-Sekh staggers. He sees his brother again, lost in an experimental prison in Oxarien.
💬 Myon (in tears):
"Are you... my brother?"
The Reversed One does not answer. He is crying too.
But they both leap into a final brutal sequence:
💥 End-of-episode combo:
Synchronised blows: elbow – knee – skull – solar plexus – shin – shoulder.
Myon-Sekh bites his own tongue to stay conscious.
The Reversed spits out an invisible flame — Breath of the Unborn.
🎨 Opposing colours of gravity blend together: Spectral silver vs. Nervous red.
Split-screen ending:
→ The two collapse to their knees, face to face, mouths full of blood, still on guard.
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🩸 To be continued in Episode 52: The Forgotten Brother
Revelation of the Reversed One's identity.
Neural fusion techniques.
Onset of muscle exhaustion and permanent damage.
And a whisper... coming from the ruins of the Temple of the Third Circle.