The rooftop trembled under Natmaki’s feet.

His breath shook.

Two auras — one angel-white, one demon-black — spiraled around him like a storm trying to tear itself apart.

Natmaki:

“Stop… stop… stop…”

But the energy didn’t listen.

It pulsed harder — as if something inside him wanted to wake up.

Then—

A flash of white light tore open the sky above him.

Ken and Maso stepped out of a portal.

Ken stumbled as the pressure hit him like a hammer.

Ken:

“Woah— what is this kid?”

Maso clenched his fists, scanning.

Maso:

“That energy… it’s wrong. It’s not demon. Not angel. It’s something else.”

Ken flicked his coin.

But the coin didn’t land.

It froze mid-air, shaking violently before slamming back into his palm.

Ken:

“…Okay. Yeah. This isn’t normal at all.”

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ZEROQ ARRIVES

A thunderclap split the sky.

A dark slash ripped through the rooftop, cracking the concrete.

ZeroQ stepped out of the void, cloak spiraling behind her.

Val and Madrok climbed out after her, fueled and ready.

ZeroQ (cold):

“Found you.”

Natmaki staggered backward, gripping his head.

Ken moved instantly, stepping in front of him.

Ken:

“Nope. Back off. This one’s ours.”

ZeroQ smirked.

ZeroQ:

“You? Protecting the half-breed? Cute.”

Ken’s smile disappeared.

Ken:

“Call him that again. See what happens.”

Maso stepped beside him, forming a blade of compressed wind.

Val cracked his knuckles.

Madrok snarled, flames licking up his arms.

ZeroQ lifted a finger.

ZeroQ:

“Don’t kill the boy. Just take him.”

Behind her, shadow spears formed.

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NATMAKI LOSES CONTROL

Natmaki dropped to his knees.

His aura exploded outward — black on one side, white on the other — twisting violently.

The rooftop cracked in multiple directions.

Natmaki:

“Get… get away… I can’t stop it!”

Ken glanced back.

The kid’s aura was shredding the air itself.

Ken:

“He’s gonna blow!”

Maso nodded.

“We need to calm him before ZeroQ moves.”

But ZeroQ already moved.

She snapped.

ZeroQ:

“Take him.”

Shadow spears shot forward—

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THE FIRST CLASH

Ken spun, slapping his coin up into the air.

Ken:

“Lucky Break!”

The coin flared, and a barrier of raw luck energy burst outward, deflecting the first wave of spears.

Maso dashed forward, slicing the second wave apart with a wind blade.

Val appeared behind him instantly, fist blazing red—

Maso barely blocked in time, skidding across the rooftop.

Madrok lunged for Natmaki—

Ken teleported in front of him, knee slamming upward into Madrok’s jaw.

Ken:

“I said BACK. OFF.”

Madrok crashed through a vent.

ZeroQ narrowed her eyes.

ZeroQ:

“Tch. This is becoming annoying.”

She raised her hand—

A massive dark sphere began forming above her palm, dense and heavy.

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THE UNKNOWN SURGE

Natmaki screamed.

The dark sphere flickered.

Ken and Maso froze.

ZeroQ froze.

Even the demons froze.

Because Natmaki’s aura didn’t just spike —

It shifted.

The black aura twisted into a sharp spiral.

The white aura hardened into arcs of energy.

Together they formed a shape behind him —

not wings, not claws…

Something new.

A hybrid presence.

A pressure that crushed the rooftop and made the air convulse.

ZeroQ stepped back involuntarily.

ZeroQ:

“…What… is that?”

Ken swallowed hard.

Ken:

“He’s not angel… or demon…”

Maso finished the sentence.

Maso:

“…He’s both.”