The sky was burning.The clouds had turned crimson, moving slowly as if soaked in blood.The ground darkened, and the stones of Arcanis began to crack.
Aura was no longer something you felt.It was something you saw.
Students hid in fear—but there was nowhere to hide.Because the world… was beating like a single heart.
And that heart… was unstable.
Kashikari was on his knees at the center of the academy.When his hands touched the ground, the stone beneath him shattered.
Jinwi was no longer whispering.
It wasn't speaking.
It was echoing.
"I am not merely destruction…""I am… forgotten justice."
Kashikari clenched his teeth.The energy in his veins was no longer gray—it had turned nearly black.
"This isn't justice."
For a moment, silence.
Then—
The sky split open.
Dark aura surged upward, colliding with the light above.The two forces clashed—but there was no explosion.
Only… suppression.
Nyari was thrown back at the same moment.Her body lifted off the ground, engulfed in light.
Her eyes turned completely white.
But within that light… there was fear.
"Who… are you…"
It wasn't just a question.
It was a plea.
The answer didn't come from the sky.
It came from within her.
"I… chose you."
Nyari screamed.
She collapsed to her knees, clutching her chest.
Her heart was beating in two different rhythms.
One belonged to her.
The other… did not.
Kashikari's eyes turned completely black.
This time, Jinwi did not take control.
Kashikari stood up.
Slowly.
Deliberately.
Behind him, a dark silhouette began to form.
Not a shadow.
Not an aura.
Something… alive.
Jinwi.
For the first time—visible.
"You… are stopping me?" Jinwi's voice echoed, distorted.
Kashikari exhaled slowly, his gaze steady.
"I'm not your vessel anymore."
The aura around him collapsed inward.
Controlled.
Focused.
"You… are me."
For a brief moment—
The world went completely silent.
The aura waves vanished.
The light's presence… disappeared.
Even the sky seemed to freeze.
Nyari gasped for air as the light within her dimmed, just slightly.
Kashikari dropped to one knee again, breathing heavily.
The sky slowly returned to normal.
The crimson faded.
The cracks stopped spreading.
Balance… was not restored.
But it had stopped breaking.
Kashikari looked up at the sky.
And whispered:
"Every destruction… ends in balance."