"Even gods grow nervous when challenged by an error that cannot be deleted."
— Unofficial Fragment, Core Helix.
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Zone Zero – Helix Gate Core, 06:09 Helix Time
Data fog hung in the air like the residue of a mind collapsing.
The gate loomed, towering like the spinal column of an old world.
Cracks spread along its logic walls—wounds no patch could ever heal.
The Dead Schemei team moved in formation.
But they did not walk because of courage.
They walked because an order had been given.
"One Command. One Order. One Purpose."
— Motto of Dead Scheme
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At the center of the formation stood Kael Vale.
He held no weapon. He didn't need to.
Every access path had been calculated.
Every anomaly was already mapped in his mind.
His eyes were fixed on the operator's throne—Arven Yure.
But his ears caught every step of his team.
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"Pari, Route 4-A."
"Rav, explosions only on isomorphic layers."
"Lisse, time distortion begins at panic point."
Kael closed his command with calm finality:
"We're not attacking the system. We're restoring memory to a forgotten world."
Daryn nodded. "You still lead like you did during Iteration."
Jaro gave a faint smile. "But now… the system fears you, Kael."
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They were not just an elite team.
They were extensions of one mind: Kael Vale.
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Arven Yure stared at the screen from his throne.
And for the first time…
he felt fear.
Not from the assault—but from what he saw,
which made him question his own place.
Six silhouettes stood behind Kael Vale.
They were not ordinary humans. Not mere soldiers.
They were anomalies with their own will.
"Who are they…?"
They looked young. Too young to have passed through Helix's core layers.
And yet, one by one, the system… began to fall.
Gates shifted positions. Energy lines cracked like broken glass.
Not due to error—
But because those six were rearranging it.
"That's not a squad."
"That's one body with six lives."
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The attack began.
Not with bullets.
Not with explosions.
But with the unexpected.
Kael descended into the lower network.
His hands reached into code layers.
A gate long sealed—opened itself.
Kael Vale : "Code isn't a tool. It's a language of consciousness."
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Jaro split the pathways. Daryn sealed the perimeter.
Lisse accelerated local time, creating misdirection.
Pari infiltrated the system kernel.
Rav planted logical bombs in key pressure points.
NYX attacked the system's psyche… and Arven's.
"You've already lost. You just don't realize it yet."
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Layer by layer, the system's logic changed color.
Sterile blue became transcendent red.
Arven recognized that color.
"Zero Code…"
And Kael—
was no longer just an enemy.
He was the manifestation of everything Arven feared.
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Meanwhile… at V Foundation
The hidden headquarters of V Foundation received the signal.
Architects gathered around the core console, eyes locked on a screen that pulsed like a dying heartbeat.
Vitalis X, one of the oldest founders, crushed his logic-cup in hand.
"The Gate… is responding from the inside. Not an external attack."
"If Arven can't shut it down…"
"Genesis Protocol will rot from its roots."
For the first time in V Foundation's history,
they witnessed the early signs of a movement threatening the sanctity of the Helix Gate—
the very construct they revered as a divine extension of system control.
And that "god"…
began to cough.
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Kael stood before the final layer of the gate.
He brought no force.
He brought history.
In his hand, a small data disk.
He inserted it into an ancient console—even Arven had forgotten it existed.
And then, the voice echoed.
"Arven… You forgot something."
Eris Vale.
Cold. Calm. Undeniable.
"I never let you build this system alone."
"And I knew… one day, you'd fall to the child you never deemed important."
The sentence struck Arven harder than a thousand logic detonations.
His mind swirled. His grip faltered.
"Where did Kael get that voice recording?"
"Does he still remember Eris Vale?"
"Is she the real reason he's here?"
Fragments from the past surfaced—Eris Vale.
Genius. Dangerous. Complex.
And… the rumored biological mother of Kael Vale.
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And when the system opened—not because access was granted,
but because the system itself desired it—
six steps merged into one.
"One Command. One Order. One Purpose."
— The echo of Skema Mati's creed resonated, tightening the spiral walls of the Helix Gate.
Arven Yure held his breath.
That sound was no war chant.
It wasn't just a battle cry.
It was… a code of collective will.
A code he didn't write.
A code he couldn't stop.
He always believed true power lay in singular control.
But the team before him moved with one will,
not from a system command…
…but from faith in someone once labeled an error.
And for the first time…
Arven realized he was not a god.
Just a gatekeeper—destined to be overthrown.
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Above All: The Founders
But higher still—
in the tallest tower of the global system—
the Founders, seven figures whose power surpassed world leaders,
who reengineered civilization after collapse,
also felt the tremor.
The Helix Gate, the symbol of the system's immortality—
long seen as the divine mechanism of technological dominion—
flickered.
And it wasn't just any alert.
It was a fracture in something believed to be absolute.
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Immediately, an emergency summit was called.
For the first time in their long reign,
they gathered around a black spiral-shaped table—
incomplete by design.
"What's happening to the Helix Gate?"
"Wasn't it eternal?"
The questions echoed—
not just within the room,
but in the ears of world leaders
who had long relied on the absolute stability of the V Foundation.
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But in that chamber…
what arose wasn't a strategy—
it was doubt.
"Does the V Foundation still uphold its original purpose?"
"Or have we become tyrants of the very system we once built to save the world?"
And for the first time…
none of them had an answer.
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CHARACTER NOTES
KAEL VALE OR MIRAGE-9:
The spiritual and tactical leader of Skema Mati. Formerly known as Mirage-9, he represents free will within a locked system. He leads not with power, but through vision and shared belief.
Skema Mati (Jaro, Daryn, Lisse, NYX, Rav, Pari)
A fusion of two revolutionary squads: The Legend and The Dwarves. They act as one entity—six lives bound by a single purpose. Each has unique specialization, but all obey a single command.
ARVEN YURE :
The prime operator of the Helix Gate Core. Arrogant and cold, but beginning to fracture psychologically. He once dismissed Kael as a failed system—now he faces that "failure" as his superior threat.
ERIS VALE :
A figure from the past who unsettles Arven. Alleged to be Kael's biological mother, she helped design the Genesis Protocol. Her voice, recovered by Kael, breaks Arven's mental stability.
THE FOUNDERS OF V FOUNDATION :
Seven post-collapse architects of the global system. For the first time, they are forced to question: Has their power remained noble, or has it morphed into systemic tyranny?