The lights turned back on.
Suko looked at Kaneki.
"I'm going somewhere. I'll be back."
Kaneki nodded.
"Alright."
Suko returned to the first origin.
A time when there was…
No place,
No space,
Not even a beginning.
He sat in the void.
"I wonder… who did the universe belong to first…"
He began thinking, yet his mind was already beyond everything, drifting within a consciousness that surpassed infinite knowledge. He traced the origin of his own existence — and saw the truth:
Every time he was born, universes took shape.
Every time he ceased to exist, reality unraveled.
The Big Bang was merely a side effect of his will.
"Author… what kind of script is this?"
An echo responded from the emptiness:
"None of your business."
Suko smiled.
"Then I'll write the script myself."
He stood in the center of nothingness and directly bound the flow of the story to his own will.
Time, space, and causality reshaped themselves around him.
He rewrote his own existence.
New forms…
New layers of consciousness…
And he gathered all powers into a single core.
His existence had now become reality itself.
Even "infinite × infinite" was no longer sufficient.
He paused for a moment.
"What is still missing…"
He found the answer instantly.
He halted his own beginning and, within the void…
Faced himself.
Two Sukos looked at each other.
The same thought occurred simultaneously:
"We merge."
Will and consciousness unified within a single vessel.
The powers merged — yet control remained with the Prime Suko.
"Good."
He restarted the universe and returned to Kaneki.
The moment Kaneki saw him, his knees nearly gave out.
Suko's mere presence caused the surroundings to tremble.
"Suko…?"
"Don't worry. I just merged with myself."
Suddenly, fractures appeared across the universe.
Various entities began to emerge.
Kaneki whispered:
"They're all at Big Bang and God-Universe level…"
Suko looked calmly.
"As usual."
He released his power at full capacity.
An aura spread.
Time stopped.
Space dissolved.
Reality aligned itself with Suko's will.
No battle was necessary.
The manifested entities disintegrated before they could even approach him.
As the structure of the universe collapsed, the guiding will behind it fell silent.
Suko stepped forward.
"Control has been transferred."
He moved to the center of reality.
Now:
• He existed beyond metaphysics
• He stood above authors within the narrative hierarchy
• The entire flow of the story was bound to his will
He looked around one last time.
"Alright… now the stage is truly ready."