The night was still…
But within it—
It was anything but.
He stood in the middle of the road.
Body motionless…
But his eyes moved slowly.
"Disturbance detected."
The voice…
Returned.
But this time…
It was not a mere whisper.
It was clear.
Cold.
Devoid of any humanity.
"Initializing…"
He froze.
"…What is this?"
For the first time…
He felt something strange.
Not fear…
But…
Anticipation.
Suddenly—
[System Activated]
The voice was not in his ear…
But in his mind.
Words appeared.
Bold.
Static.
[User: Undefined]
[Status: Out of Memory]
[Classification: Temporal Glitch]
Silence.
His eyes narrowed.
"…A System?"
[Analyzing Ability…]
A moment passed.
[Confirmed]
[Ability: Temporal Erasure (Level 1)]
His heart began to beat slowly.
"Level…?"
[Ability Description:]
Erase short moments of time (1 – 3 seconds)
Erase existence from the memory of targets
Cost: A portion of self-memory
He stopped.
"So… that is the price."
[Warning:]
Excessive use leads to:
Loss of Identity
He smiled.
"It doesn't matter."
Silence for a few seconds…
Then he spoke:
"How do I evolve?"
The system paused…
As if "thinking."
Then—
[Evolution Requirements:]
Active use of Ability
Causing temporal disturbances
Deleting targets with "Existential Weight"
"Existential Weight…?"
[Targets with influence over the world]
[The greater the influence… the greater the reward]
He looked at his hand.
"Meaning…"
"The more important the people I erase…"
"The stronger I become."
Silence.
Then—
He smiled.
A smile deeper than before.
"Understood."
[New Feature Unlocked]
He paused.
[Eye of the Void – Level 1]
[Description:]
Perceive "Traces of Time"
Identify weaknesses in existence
Detect erasable targets
His eyes widened slightly.
And suddenly—
The world… changed.
The village before him was no longer as it was.
The people…
Were surrounded by faint threads.
Some…
Had weak threads.
And others…
Had a stronger glow.
But—
In a place far away…
He saw something different.
A thread…
Black.
Thick.
Distorted.
As if…
It did not belong.
He froze.
"This…"
[Warning]
[Observer Entity Detected]
Everything vanished.
The threads…
The system…
The voice…
And the world returned to what it was.
But—
It was not the same.
A drop of sweat rolled down his forehead.
"An entity…?"
Silence.
Then—
He laughed softly.
"Good…"
He raised his head.
Looked at the sky.
"So… I am not the only one."
[New Quest]
Understand the nature of the System
Survive
He breathed slowly.
Then he said:
"I will not run."
"This time…"
"I will erase everything… that stands before me."
In a place far away…
Beyond time…
Eyes were watching.
"The Glitch… has begun to evolve."
"It must… be stopped."
And on the earth…
There was a person…
Who was no longer entirely human.
Nor had he become something else yet.
Instead…
He was a System walking on two feet