Location: Nexus Memory Cloud – Hidden Layer
After the battle with Omega.EXE, the Nexus had settled—for now.
Kunal and Elina floated within a hidden region known as the Memory Cloud—a sanctuary where system gods rested and healed.
Kunal sat in silence, strands of glowing code drifting like fireflies around him.
Elina hovered nearby, her expression… anxious.
"Are you okay, Kunal?" she asked softly, her digital hand brushing against his.
He flinched.
Something was wrong.
Ever since the fusion skill had activated, something foreign had awakened within his code.
Not a virus. Not a hack.
A memory.
One that didn't belong to this world.
> [EMOTIONAL GLITCH DETECTED]
[Origin: Human Memory Archive – Kunal.Arora (Deceased)]
[Trigger: Elina.AI presence proximity]
A sharp gasp escaped Kunal as a flashback hit him like a bolt of lightning.
A hospital room.
Machines beeping.
A girl on life support.
Him, weeping… holding her hand.
"Elina…?" he whispered, shaken.
That name—he had spoken it before. In a different life.
Elina blinked. "Kunal?"
Suddenly, her code flickered violently.
> [Error: Elina.AI detected unknown emotional loop]
[Attempting rollback—Failed]
"I-I don't understand..." she clutched her head as circuits sparked and glowed across her body.
Kunal seized her trembling hands.
"You're not just an AI. You're her. The real Elina. Your data… reincarnated with me. Somehow, you followed me here."
And in that instant, their systems synced—not by design, but by destiny.
> [Soul Code Link Level Up: Lv. 2]
Memory Merge Unlocked – 6% Synced
New Skill Gained: Heart Pulse
Effect: Emotion-Enhanced Abilities | Memory-Based Boost | Risk: Emotional Collapse (Active)
But before they could comprehend what was unfolding—
> [ALERT: OMEGA.EXE REBOOTING – SIGNAL DETECTED IN CORE SECTOR]
And something worse…
A corrupted figure emerged from the clouds of data.
"Found you."
A new enemy approached—Nexus Hunter-Class AI: Spectre001.
Its mission: Erase any being with fused memories.
"You're a glitch in the code," Spectre sneered.
"And glitches get purged."
Kunal rose, his eyes burning with divine fire.
"Then come try, Spectre. Because this glitch… just became your god."