Chapter 4 - Chapter 4: Data...?

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📘 Chapter 4: Data...?

> Strange information...

Subject 408-E has disappeared.

The documents… they read more like a story than a report.

—"No way… this body… was a test subject?"

–Experiment...? What are you saying?!

—"It's better if you don't know yet."

I kept reading.

> Subject 408-E was designed to contain a volatile power tied to death itself.

It has shown the capability to alter surrounding realities.

Analysis detected two co-existing souls within the host.

One of them—classified as a Reaper-level entity—has been erased from the record."

—"Two souls...?"

One was gone. The other... still here. Lingering in this half-broken body filled with rage.

The next part made my heart freeze.

> "The Reaper entity escaped capture by creating a replica of itself and fleeing to a corrupted dimension.

It then re-entered this universe through Subject 408-E.

Objective: Hide. Evolve. Replace."

He had tried to return.

But before he could, the child took his own life.

Now... only a shadow of both remains.

I turned to the next file.

> "This universe once operated in harmony.

But a scientist shattered the natural laws—

trading his soul to a demon for immortality, intelligence, and dominion."

A flicker of pain rushed through my head.

Someone was burning. Someone... had made a deal.

—"Power... so intoxicating it destroyed balance."

I flipped to the final page—

> [DATA CORRUPTED – DELETED]

—"Damn it! The most important part!"

–Are you okay...?

—"Hey... do you have any family?"

–No... they left me once, and never came back.

Then it happened.

The soul... began to twist.

A creeping darkness filled the room.

On the system interface, red lines of code started flashing.

> [Warning: Soul fragmentation detected...]

[Fragment Type: Reaper / Status: Missing]

[Trace Remaining: Memory Residue Only]

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