Awakening the Sealed Power
Academy Arena – Cloaked in smoke and groans.
Everything was still…
But not the kind of stillness that soothes—
Rather, the kind that comes before **total annihilation**.
The **Nizark creature** still stood, renewed.
Its broken arm was rebuilding itself from a **viscous black substance**, writhing like living entrails.
The tendrils that had struck the audience had now withdrawn, leaving behind a ground strewn with collapsed bodies, the air echoing with faint groans rising through the ashes.
**The sky?**
Gray… disturbingly calm.
As if it was watching… or mourning.
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🎭 **The Silence Before the Scream**
**Rendai** knelt motionless.
He did not speak.
He did not move.
Before him lay his **father**, half of his body scorched—yet his eyes… still alive.
They held the warmth of a father who had failed to protect… but held no regret.
> **Father – in a broken, whispering voice:**
> "Ren… dai… don't look at me… look forward…
> Don't fear your heart… I gave you life for this day…"
He tried to smile—
But the muscles in his face no longer obeyed him.
**Rendai said nothing.**
He wasn't just seeing his father…
He was seeing everything he had lived. Everyone he had ever been.
And in that moment—
**Time stopped.**
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⏳ **The Confrontation with Truth**
Everything froze: the ash, the tendrils, the breath in the air… even the tremble of the wind.
Before him appeared a **transparent figure**—a spectral man with vague features, resembling him…
But older. Calmer. Stronger.
> **The Entity – with a serene smile:**
> "My lord… your power was sealed.
> Not to protect you, but to give you the chance to deserve it.
> There are six seals. Each with its key.
> You have now… unlocked the first."
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✅ **Stage One: "The Loss of the Irreplaceable"**
* **Condition:** Losing someone you love—without being able to save them.
* **Effect:** The first realization that life is fragile… and power isn't always salvation, but sometimes suffering.
* **Power Level:**
From **50,000** → to **10,000,000,000** (Ten Billion)
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✅ **Stage Two: "Your Love Is My Mirror"**
* **Condition:** To truly realize he loved—not as a weakness, but as a strength.
* **Effect:** Reconciliation with his heart. He sees himself in the one he loves.
* **Power Level:**
From **10 Billion** → to
**1 Sextillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)**
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✅ **Stage Three: "The Broken Mirrors"**
* **Condition:** To face the part of himself he hates the most… and accept it.
* **Effect:** No longer afraid of his reflection—he becomes a mirror for others.
* **Power Level:**
From **Sextillion** → to
**1 Undecillion (1×10³⁶)**
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✅ **Stage Four: "The Betrayal He Never Expected"**
* **Condition:** To be betrayed by the one he trusted the most.
* **Effect:** Transforms from a follower into someone who walks only behind his own voice.
* **Power Level:**
From **Undecillion** → to
**1 Sexdecillion (1×10⁵¹)**
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✅ **Stage Five: "The Great Sacrifice"**
* **Condition:** To sacrifice what cannot be replaced—a dream, a beloved, or even himself.
* **Effect:** No longer bound by what he owns… but by what he gives.
* **Power Level:**
From **Sexdecillion** → to
**1 Vigintillion (1×10⁶⁴)**
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✅ **Stage Six: "The Symbolic Death"**
* **Condition:** A part of his old self must die—so something new can be born.
* **Effect:** No longer a boy… but an idea.
* **Power Level:**
From **Vigintillion** →
To **Beyond the End… ∞ (Infinite, Multi-layered)**
Up to: **1 × 10⁹⁹⁹⁺∞ – The Highest Classified Vitasian Spectrum**
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💠 **The Return – His Eye Glows**
From the center of his face, a thread of **celestial light** broke through—
Faint… but **louder than any scream**.
The color of his energy was no longer blue, nor red, nor dark…
It was a color **unknown**, like the *memory of the first light before creation*.
**Rendai rises…**
His body makes no sound.
The air around him stops spinning.
> **Rendai – in a cold, deep voice, almost inhuman:**
> "I understand now…
> It's not enough to understand the world…
> I must feel it too."
And in that moment—
He was no longer a mere student of Vitas…
But **what is born from ashes when hearts are shattered.**
The arena of Vitas Academy looked like a torn fragment of hell.
The air was saturated with the scent of ash, and blood still stained the arena floor.
The creature that had drawn every eye stood tall—half its body cracked, yet its tendrils were regenerating at an unnatural speed.
Amidst the devastation, a roar rose—
Not from the beast… but from something deep within the earth, something heralding **a rebirth**.
Then, the unexpected happened.
Five Vitasian lights ignited—
As if the stars themselves had descended to the ground.
The entire team stood beside **Rendai**,
Their eyes filled with resolve,
Their hearts swollen with unshed tears.
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🌸 **Linari – The Pulse of a Leader**
She was the first to move.
She reached toward the sky, her fingers glowing with a soft pink light.
A warm aura swept over the team, making each of them feel like something within them had been reborn.
> "We are family… and anyone who threatens family, falls."
She unleashed a **supportive surge** that shattered the beast's energy shield,
Then attacked with a blade of solid light—
Slicing off one of its tendrils, drawing a howl of rage from the creature.
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⚡ **Rigurout – The Storm of Wrath**
He leapt high, his body radiating concentrated energy.
A **clustered Vitas charge** formed in his fist as he roared from deep within:
> "This is for my father… who believed in me even when I was afraid!
> And this—this is for my mother… who dreamed of seeing me stand like this."
He struck the beast's chest—
Blasting part of it apart—
Then charged a second tendril and **obliterated it at the root**.
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🕶️ **Genrai – The Shadow of Purity**
He emerged from nothingness, as if born of the mist itself.
He planted **Vitasian shadow blades** within the creature's internal joints.
Spectral lines linked the blades, **disrupting the monster's movements from within**.
> "I didn't choose the light…
> But those who loved me never left me in the dark.
> Now… I won't let you devour them."
The creature began to tremble.
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❄️ **Serene – The Flower of Silence**
She opened her hand gently—
**Transparent snow** began to fall over the battlefield.
Wounds sealed with its touch.
Her body remained still…
But her eyes became two mirrors of pure ice.
> "Your march ends here. Forever."
With a single line,
She unleashed a **pure freezing spell**—
Paralyzing the beast's legs and locking it in place with unbreakable ice rings.
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🔥 **Rendai – The Eye of Resolution**
He stepped forward… coldly, silently.
His eyes shimmered with a fiery blue hue, devoid of mercy.
He raised his right hand…
And formed a **demonic energy blade**, from which emerged a spectral entity:
**"The Nameless Swordsman."**
It was a fragment of Rendai's will—
A shadow that fought in his place.
The final battle began:
* The swordsman sliced three tendrils in a single stroke.
* The beast launched a counterattack, but the swordsman flipped above and severed its arm.
* The beast coiled again—
But the swordsman hurled a massive blade into its chest, erupting in a blast of energy.
Through it all, **Rendai did not blink.**
He kept walking… slowly.
When he stood before the monster—
He simply pointed at the swordsman.
The shadow vanished.
Then… **he spat on it.**
A moment of silence.
**The beast exploded.**
But from the flames,
**Rendai raised his hand once more—**
And formed a **small energy core**.
> "The test isn't over yet…"
He threw the core—
And the monster reformed: cracked, furious, more savage than ever.
**Rendai reached toward the sky.**
> "Critical Sequence… show it why we exist."
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🌀 **Unified Strike – The Rebirth Blow**
* **Linari** released a harmonic cry that **charged everyone's soul**.
* **Rigurout** blasted the beast's left side with raw force.
* **Genrai** detonated the inner joint nexus.
* **Serene** froze the monster's core.
* **Rendai** pierced its head with a double strike—**both physical and spiritual.**
**The creature collapsed.**
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# **True Rebirth – Kazekawa Returns**
As the monster exploded,
**a human figure emerged from within.**
Covered in mud and smoke—
But standing tall.
**Kazekawa Valemont.**
> *(Looking at them with a weary smile, stretching slowly):*
> "Ah… took you long enough.
> I was hoping to rest a bit more, but…
> Getting eaten from the inside is disgusting."
> *(Then, locking eyes with them with a rare glimmer of pride):*
> "You are… officially… the Critical Sequence."
Public Cemetery – Outskirts of the City
**Time:** A grey morning soaked in mist
The ground was damp. The air was still.
Only the sound of wind passed over the tombstones, like a prayer whispered too softly to be heard.
The sky held no color—
Pale, like the souls of those who had departed.
At the far edge of the cemetery, the members of the **Critical Sequence** stood apart,
Each in front of a different grave.
No words were exchanged…
But their faces said everything.
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🪦 **Linari Ianami – At Her Mother's Grave**
She stepped forward slowly, a single violet rose in hand.
She placed it gently on the grave, then stood upright—despite the tremble in her hands.
She was fighting a tear she refused to let fall.
> **Linari – softly, steady despite everything:**
> "Mom… you used to say my heart was my weapon.
> Today, my heart burns.
> But I won't let it break."
She didn't cry.
She shone.
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🥄 **Rigurout Okabi – Sitting Before His Father's Grave**
He crouched down, not wearing his academy uniform—
But his father's old jacket.
Resting on his knees was a closed lunchbox.
He opened it slowly and placed it beside the grave—
As if sharing one more meal.
> **Rigurout – hoarsely:**
> "You always laughed at me for being reckless…
> But if you were here, maybe you'd laugh at how I've gotten stronger than you."
He lowered his head and whispered:
> "I'll face them.
> I'll break them.
> Every strike will be from both of us."
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🌳 **Genrai Everhard – Beneath a Tree Overlooking the Graves**
He didn't approach the grave.
He stood a few steps away, under the shade of an ancient tree.
His eyes watched the silence.
His chest was filled with the voices of the past.
> **Genrai – in a quiet, firm tone:**
> "You weren't a gentle father…
> But I learned to be strong from you.
> Today, I'll use that strength…
> For those who deserve love, not pain."
He turned his back on the grave—
But his heart remained there.
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❄️ **Serene Ashford – Before an Unmarked Grave**
She stood in silence.
There were no right words.
There was no name on the grave—
Only a cold, nameless stone.
She placed her hand upon it and whispered:
> "You were gone…
> But I won't let the ones I love be taken like you were."
Then she stepped away—
As if she had left a piece of her heart behind.
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🔥 **Rendai Yagamiri – At His Mother's Grave**
He stood motionless.
No sound. No movement.
In his eyes: a forest of memories—
Torn between fire and ice.
From his pocket, he pulled a small pendant—
It belonged to his mother.
> **Rendai – in a still, near-whisper tone:**
> "You said I wasn't like other kids…
> But you were the only one who ever understood.
> Today, I'll let the pain guide me.
> I won't fear it anymore."
He placed the pendant around his neck—
As if it were his final armor.
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## 🏥 Next Scene: Military Hospital – Energy Isolation Unit
**Location:** Isolated chamber bathed in dim blue light
**Behind the glass:** Rendai's father lies unconscious, surrounded by a strange gray energy aura
The doctor speaks in a low voice,
As if afraid his words might echo too deeply:
> "We don't understand this contamination…
> The energy resembles Vitas… but it's… distorted.
> Your father's condition is slowly deteriorating."
Rendai steps closer to the glass, presses his palm against it, and whispers:
> "Dad… you're still alive. That's enough for me."
Then his voice rises slightly, and his eyes gleam:
> "I'll reach rank XZ…
> I'll survive every wave…
> And I'll find whoever did this."
> "I'll end the Nizarc plague—
> Even if I have to burn this world…
> and build it again from the ashes."
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## 🌧️ Final Scene: The Hill – Looking Toward the City
**Location:** A high hill overlooking the city
**Weather:** Gentle rain… no thunder, no lightning—just whispers of rain
The team stood side by side,
Looking out at a city beginning to gather its broken pieces.
Silence.
Then, **Linari** spoke:
> "We're not backing down… right?"
**Rigurout**, with a mischievous grin:
> "This world needs our voice."
**Genrai**, staring steadily toward the horizon:
> "And no one else knows the melody."
**Serene**, barely audible:
> "Let's begin again."
And finally… **Rendai**, whispering a line that wouldn't be forgotten:
> "This isn't a victory…
> It's the announcement of a birth."
**The scene closes from behind—
The team standing in the rain,
City lights faint behind them.
Ahead of them… a destiny forged of fire and hope.**