Rain began to fall.
Heavy.
Cold.
Kai walked out of the destroyed building.
Slowly.
Silently.
Soldiers surrounded him.
Dozens.
"Target located."
"Permission to eliminate."
Kai looked up.
His glowing eyes shining through the rain.
"…Eliminate me?"
He laughed.
Low.
Dangerous.
"Try."
They attacked.
All at once.
Magic.
Weapons.
Energy blasts.
Everything—
Thrown at him.
BOOOOOOM!!!
The ground exploded.
Smoke filled the air.
Silence.
"…Is he dead?"
A figure stepped out.
Unharmed.
Kai.
His aura now darker.
More violent.
"You're too weak."
In a blink—
He vanished.
Then—
Chaos.
Bodies falling.
Cries.
Fear.
Kai moved like death itself.
Until—
"KAI!!"
That voice.
He stopped.
Lina.
Standing in the rain.
Tears mixing with water.
"Please… stop…"
Kai stared at her.
His expression unreadable.
"Why…?" she whispered.
"Why are you becoming like this…?"
Kai's voice was quiet.
Cold.
"…Because you broke me."
Silence.
His power flared again.
Stronger than ever.
The ground beneath them began to collapse.
"Final warning: Host losing control completely…"
Kai's body trembled.
If he continued—
He might never come back.
Lina stepped forward.
Even as the ground cracked.
Even as the power destroyed everything.
"I'm not leaving you again."
Kai's eyes widened slightly.
And for the first time—
His power hesitated.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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