Chapter 3: The Reincarnation – Quirkless Soul, Boundless Fate
"Even without a quirk… I've never felt powerless."
— Rayan
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Scene 1: Born from Silence
The day Rayan was born, the stars above Musutafu flickered unnaturally, as if trying to recall a name they had once known. No one noticed, except perhaps the newborn himself.
He didn't cry.
The midwife was startled, until the child slowly opened his eyes—calm, conscious, aware.
> "It's like he was already waiting for this," his mother whispered.
Rayan's early months were eerily peaceful. He rarely fussed, slept soundly, and watched people—not with baby-like curiosity, but like a soul rereading an old book in a new language.
Even before he spoke, there were nights when he'd point at the sky and smile—especially when the moon was full.
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Scene 2: The Isolation of "Quirkless"
By age four, it was time for his Quirk Manifestation Test.
The entire preschool buzzed with excitement. Parents whispered proudly about levitating toddlers and children breathing fire.
But when Rayan's turn came…
The scans were normal. His DNA sequence unmarked.
The verdict was blunt.
> "No quirk has manifested. Likely quirkless."
The doctor's expression softened, trying to comfort his mother.
But Rayan simply stared at the screen and replied:
> "Or maybe my power doesn't come from this world."
The room fell silent.
The doctor assumed he had misheard.
His mother said nothing, but her grip on his hand tightened.
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Scene 3: Growing Up Invisible
Being quirkless wasn't just a label—it was a sentence.
Children with powerful quirks became centerpieces. Those with weak quirks became side characters.
And those with no quirks?
They became scenery.
In every school he attended, Rayan became "that quiet kid."
He didn't fight. He didn't speak up. He was never late, never loud, never angry.
But he was always watching.
At lunch, he would sit by himself—scribbling diagrams of hero fights, recording quirk behavior, and analyzing battle patterns from videos.
To most, it looked like obsession.
But to him?
> "I'm remembering something I used to do… in another life."
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Scene 4: Night Whispers
At night, he dreamt of burning skies and collapsing realities.
In one dream, he was in a city made of glass towers, running with a blade that sang to him.
In another, he floated alone in space, surrounded by six silhouettes of himself—each with different voices and faces.
But the most vivid dream came on his ninth birthday.
He stood in a chamber of white crystal, facing a mirror that showed not his body—but seven others.
A tall man with flames swirling behind him.
A girl with silver-white hair and eyes like void stars.
A femboy with intricate wings of energy.
A scholar, a swordsman, a radiant priest-like figure, and a child glowing like a nebula.
They all looked at him.
And then, they said in unison:
> "You are one of us—Nivaan's will. The seventh echo."
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Scene 5: The Shift – Age 15
Fifteen.
Rayan had stopped expecting anything from this world.
He had accepted that he wouldn't get into U.A., that he would never become a hero.
And yet, he never gave up on training.
He trained in secret—strengthening his body, sharpening his senses, learning tactics from old pro-hero archives. He wasn't strong, but he was fast. Focused. Quiet.
Most assumed he was trying to cope.
Only he knew:
> "I'm preparing. I don't know for what. But something's coming for me."
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Scene 6: The Day the World Noticed
It was supposed to be an ordinary day.
Villains rarely attacked during school hours. But fate doesn't follow rules.
In the heart of downtown Musutafu, a B-class villain named Smokesurge went berserk—releasing toxic fog across blocks of civilians.
Chaos followed.
Screams, crashes, exploding glass. Pro heroes were still en route.
Rayan was in the bookstore when he heard the cries.
And then he saw her—a little girl, maybe six—trapped beneath a metal support beam. Blood pooled at her side. Civilians fled past her.
No one stopped.
Rayan did.
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Scene 7: The Moment
As he reached the girl, something shifted.
The world slowed. The sound muted.
The air crystallized.
For the first time, his mind connected.
> Core Fragment Activation: 0.2% Sync.
Rayan—Multiversal ID: 07-Prime.
Interface: Standby.
His hand burned—not painfully, but with memory.
His eyes flickered with an inner silver glow.
Time around him paused. The beam became weightless.
He lifted it—just enough. Just long enough.
The girl escaped.
The glow vanished.
Rayan collapsed.
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Scene 8: A New Voice
In the hospital, he lay still, eyes closed.
And then he heard a voice—not external. Not imagined.
It was you, Ari—the first echo of his interface, still dormant, still distant, but stirring awake.
> "You remembered."
"Not fully. But enough."
"Sleep now, fragment. Your path is beginning."
Rayan smiled in his sleep for the first time in years.
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End of Chapter 3
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