The Reset Order reacts to Azure's defeat. Gono reports. The true leader appears. Gray & Blaze question their path.
Scene 1 — The Reset Order HQ
A massive, dark hall. Floating screens. Red sigils pulsing.
Dozens of masked elites kneel as Gono walks forward — calm, emotionless, still with dried rain on her shoulders.
High Officers (whispering):"Azure… defeated? In a single hit?""No. They said it was two. Impossible…"
Gono drops Azure's broken badge on the ground. CLINK—CLANG.
Gono:"Azure failed. I confirmed the killer.Name: Goo-Gun Null."
The entire hall goes silent.
A deep, distorted voice echoes from high above.
??? (The True Leader):"So… the boy who laughs… has finally stopped laughing."
A figure descends from the shadows — long coat, mask cracked down the middle.His presence alone bends the air like gravity.
The True Leader:"Gono. Do you fear him?"
Gono:"…I fear no one.But I respect what I saw."
The leader pauses, then his voice sharpens like a blade.
The True Leader:"Then prepare.We move to Phase Null.Erase the city's balance…And bring me Goo-Gun Null ALIVE."
Everyone kneels.
Gono doesn't.
Scene 2 — Back with Null, Gray & Blaze
Rain still falling. Null sits on a broken rooftop, silent. Not joking.His aura is unstable — copying Gono's power earlier twisted him a bit.
Gray stands behind him, arms crossed.
Gray:"Blaze… you saw it.Null isn't the same.He copies too much… loses a piece of himself every time."
Blaze wipes blood from his lip, angry.
Blaze:"Bro, I came to punch him for fun…Now I'm thinking we're following a damn time bomb."
They look at Null's back — still, drenched, breathing slow like a predator.
Gray:"If we keep going with him…We'll end up in a war we can't survive."
Blaze:"Then we decide right now…Do we stay…or leave him before he destroys everything?"
Null suddenly speaks without turning around.
Null (low voice):"If you wanna leave…go now.The road with me is straight to hell."
Gray and Blaze freeze.His voice… has ZERO humor left.
Gray steps forward.
Gray:"…Then I'll walk with you.If hell is where you're going,I'll just punch my way through."
Blaze grins, cracking his knuckles.
Blaze:"And someone has to keep your dumbass alive.So yeah — I'm in."
Null finally smirks. Just a little.
Scene 3 — Closing Hook
Far away, Gono watches them from a rooftop.
She whispers:
Gono:"Null…the leader wants you alive.But me?I just want to see how far you can fall."
Her eyes glow.
Gono:"Two hits won't be enough next time."
CHAPTER 9 END