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Chapter 19 — A Blaze Beyond Control
> Warning: This chapter is entirely fictional, set within a dark anime world, and has no connection to reality.
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Scene 1 — The Black Shadows Building
The camera slips through narrow corridors, black walls reflecting the dim glow of trembling lamps, as if even the light fears the darkness itself. Cells stretch along both sides… some empty, others containing human silhouettes whose features cannot be seen.
Inside one of the cells sit three figures:
A massive man like a mountain, folding his arms as if waiting for an explosion.
A thin young man wearing a wide, inhuman smile that almost tears through the darkness around him.
A girl leaning her back against the wall, her eyes staring into nothingness.
But the camera leaves them… and glides toward a large room where the leaders gather around a black iron table bearing an eye that drips tears of blood.
The leader, with sharp eyes, asks:
Leader:
(Did any of you see Enzo?)
Commander 1, with eerie calm:
(He went for a walk.)
Leader:
(This is no time for walks… but fine if he takes a single day.)
But the commander repeats, even colder:
(He went… on a pleasant walk.)
The leader's eyebrows rise. Something about the tone feels wrong. He places his hand on his head and closes his eyes.
Leader — inner thoughts:
(Enzo… respond immediately.)
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Scene 2 — The Burning Forest
Enzo had one hand on his head, the marks of the blow clearly visible—yet he laughed as if the pain were a joke.
He answered immediately.
Enzo, with strange delight:
(Yes? What do you want?)
Leader:
(I recognize that tone… where are you?)
Enzo:
(In the forest.)
A burning branch fell nearby. The impact was sharp.
Leader:
(What was that sound?… Don't tell me you—)
Enzo, cheerfully:
(Relax… I only set half the forest on fire.)
Kyora and Renion turned their eyes toward him in shock.
Kyora:
(Who is he talking to? Did that hit affect his brain?)
Renion:
(Idiot… that's telepathic communication.)
The leader exhales.
Leader:
(Don't do anything else. Return immediately.)
Enzo:
(I'll be back… soon. Goodbye.)
The connection was cut. Enzo slowly lifted his head. His gaze sharpened… the blow seemed to have made him worse.
Enzo, smiling with calculated madness:
(Finally… this is starting to get fun. I haven't fought anyone in a long time. Boredom was about to kill me.)
Kyora:
(There's no mind working inside that head. I thought he was smart after the fireball trick… but he's just insane.)
Renion:
(He must be obsessed with combat.)
Enzo spread his arms as if introducing himself to the world.
Enzo:
(Allow me… to reintroduce myself.
I am Enzo Kazan, the Flame of Hell.
I love fighting, destruction… and opponents who break my monotony… even pain itself.)
Kyora:
(Why am I even here?… What is this thing?)
Enzo laughed.
Enzo:
(Well then… let's raise the level of the game.)
He raised his hand toward the sky—
A red aura gathered around him, the air growing heavier.
Dense flames formed in his hand, stretching and shaping themselves into a long fiery sword.
He lowered it slowly… and pointed it at Kyora.
Enzo:
(I want to fight you… more… then more… then more.)
He vanished.
He appeared behind Kyora in an instant, crouched on his knees.
Kyora, shocked:
(Impossible… when did he get there?!)
A thin line of blood appeared on Kyora's cheek—then evaporated from the heat.
The trees behind him split apart and collapsed, burning.
Kyora:
(From the beginning… he was just playing with us.)
Renion:
(Then… we have to fight him with true resolve.)
Enzo stared at Kyora… and for a moment, he saw a black shadow pass through his mind.
The mysterious shadow said:
(You will… regret this.)
Enzo smiled as if he had heard something beautiful.
Enzo:
(You have a hidden power… show it to me.)
Kyora:
(This… is everything I have.)
Enzo:
(Don't lie.)
Kyora:
(I'm not lying.)
Enzo shifted his gaze toward Renion.
Enzo:
(Then… let's see how we bring out your anger.)
He dashed toward her.
The next moment, the screen darkened—
A sharp impact sound, the crash of a collapsing trunk.
Shadows moved at blinding speed… then the scene returned.
Enzo pulled his sword from Renion's body.
She fell to her knees, clutching the wound, trying to stop the bleeding, her breathing rapid.
Kyora screamed:
(RRRRREEEENNNIIIOOON!!!!!!)
Renion collapsed onto the ground.
Kyora rushed to her and lifted her in his arms, tears pouring uncontrollably down his face.
Renion opened her eyes with difficulty.
Renion:
(Kyora… run…)
Kyora:
(Never.)
Renion:
(Please… run…)
He did not answer.
Something inside him shattered. Rage was no longer rage… but a spark turning into a storm.
He lifted his head to the sky and screamed with everything left in his voice:
Kyora:
(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!)
The shadow appeared again behind him, growing larger and spreading, eyes and a smile forming within it.
Shadow:
(That's it… let your anger explode.
Let me… be freed.)
A dark aura burst from Kyora's body… crawling, lethal—so powerful it extinguished half the surrounding flames.
The fiery sword vanished from Enzo's hand, as if it had been torn away.
Kyora's features began to change… something else was awakening.
And the forest… held its breath.
T O B E C O N T I N U E D…
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