The air was heavy with silence.
The flickering neon lights around the Beyblade X stadium seemed to fade one by one, swallowed by the stillness of the night.
Axamu stood alone, his breath shallow, his body trembling from exhaustion and fear.
When the man glitch finally lifted his head, the flicker of distortion around him intensified, his form splitting into static fragments like broken pixels.
Axamu's voice came out quietly, strained but steady.
"…Who are you?"
The man didn't answer.
He only tilted his head slightly, the distortion growing louder—a soft, electric hum in the air.
Axamu tried again, his tone colder this time.
"Are you… the system?"
Still, there was no response.
Only that eerie, heavy silence pressing down on him.
Then, slowly, the man lifted his hand.
In his palm appeared a black CX Beyblade, its design unlike anything Axamu had ever seen.
Its center bore a glowing white eye—alive, shifting, staring right back at him.
The moment Axamu's gaze locked onto it, a chill ran through his veins.
That thing… it's not normal.
And he realized what the man wanted.
A battle.
But the words from the system burned in his head—
> URGENT QUEST!
WIN OR LOSE.
REWARD: YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING.
He froze. His pulse raced violently.
Lose everything… What does that even mean?
His mind screamed don't fight, yet his instincts whispered you have no choice.
The air pulsed again.
The man stepped forward—his movement distorted, skipping frames like a corrupted recording.
But suddenly—something flickered in the air.
A window appeared before him.
The familiar, cold-blue system screen.
> CONGRATULATION!
YOU WON THE BATTLE.
PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR REWARD.
Axamu's eyes widened.
"Huh..?"
The figure in front of him didn't move.
But Axamu felt the glitching world pulse, like it was waiting for his decision.
He looked at the glowing options that appeared below the text:
> 1. Beyblade X (Random)
2. Player Status (Random)
3. Hint of Fate: Extra Character (Random)
His brow furrowed.
What the hell is this…? 'Random? And what's Hint of Fate Extra Character? What does that even mean…?
As his though was full of questioned.
He clenched his fists. His heart pounded harder.
He didn't have time to think. The glitched man's aura was crushing him.
No time to figure this out… I just need something—anything—that can help me fight.
I know this is the fight that cannot be avoid.
Without hesitation, Axamu pressed the second option.
The moment his finger touched the interface, the air cracked with a surge of light.
> REWARD RECEIVED: PLAYER STATUS — 'PAIN RESISTANCE UP!'
Axamu's eyes widened as warmth pulsed through his chest and limbs.
He felt lighter—stronger. The dull ache that haunted his body after every clash seemed to fade slightly.
He took a deep breath, relief flooding him for the first time in days.
Nice… this is great. At least now… I can handle the pain if I have to fight again.
But before he could collect himself, another line appeared beneath it—
> MAKE YOUR CHARACTER BECOME MORE IMPORTANT IN THIS WORLD!
PROGRESS: 10%
CONGRATULATION! YOU GET A REWARD FOR BEING AN IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN THIS WORLD!
Axamu blinked, confused.
Huh? Another reward? Why? When did I become more important?
As he though keep confusing why system show these now.
Then he thought back, his mind replaying the moment of his first amateur match—the blood, the pain, the screams, the victory that went viral across the city.
…I see. It was that time…
His voice trailed off, the memory flashing like lightning behind his eyes.
The system window shimmered again, static flickering across the words.
---
The system window flickered again.
Blue light bled into static, spreading like veins of lightning through the air.
Axamu's vision blurred as the words slowly formed, glitching between languages and code fragments.
> CONGRATULATION!
YOU HAVE BEEN REWARDED FOR BECOMING AN IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN THIS WORLD!
REWARD: BEYBLADE X — WHITE SCORPIO SPEAR!
A blinding flash erupted.
Axamu shielded his face, feeling the wind whip against his hair and clothes.
When the glow subsided, something solid rested in his palm.
A Beyblade—pure white, its edges carved with silver streaks.
The center emblem bore a golden scorpion, its tail raised like a spear ready to strike.
A cold light pulsed from it, steady… yet alive.
Axamu stared at it for a moment, speechless. Then he exhaled slowly.
"…Looks like I have no choice but to accept this for now."
He lifted his gaze toward the glitching man before him.
"Sorry for the wait," he muttered, lowering into stance. "Now shall we begin… System?"
The glitch man didn't answer. He simply tilted his head, the distortion over his face warping with faint, broken laughter.
Each flicker of his body glitched reality itself, twisting sound into digital screeches.
{{Try to listen Yuki Hayashi - Abyss Ver1 Soundtrack for to feel more intense at this point.}}
The air vibrated violently—
And then the world cracked apart.
The concrete around them shattered into glowing fragments of data, floating upward like shattered glass.
Buildings, light, even gravity disintegrated.
A rush of cold air swept over Axamu as the entire scene tore away—
and was replaced by nothing.
An endless black void surrounded him.
But at its center floated a single structure — a Beyblade X Stadium, suspended in space like a hologram held together by flickering code.
It shimmered and cracked, glitch lines running through its surface as if it existed halfway between dream and reality.
Its borders pulsed with a cold, violet light.
Axamu's breath trembled.
"…A stadium… here?"
The void echoed his voice endlessly, as if mocking him.
He clenched his fists, forcing his heartbeat to steady.
Then he saw the glitch man again — hovering on the opposite side of the stadium, standing perfectly still.
Every few seconds, his form distorted, face breaking apart into pixels before reforming again.
Where his mouth should have been was nothing — only smooth static — yet Axamu felt him smiling.
That silence was worse than any scream.
It was taunting him.
Axamu took a deep breath and gripped his launcher tight.
He could feel the energy pulsing from his new Beyblade, White Scorpio Spear.
Its presence… felt alive, as if resonating with his heartbeat.
His eyes sharpened.
"Three!" he shouted, voice echoing across the void.
I was living a normal, peaceful life for three months…
"Two!"
Why now, System?! Why do you have to ruin everything again?!
"One!"
I won't let you control me anymore!
The void pulsed with blinding white and violet light.
Axamu raised his launcher, jaw tight, heart pounding with defiance.
"GO…"
His voice thundered through the empty world.
I'll choose my own fate—!
"SHOOT!!!"
Two bursts of light erupted.
One white, one black.
They slammed into the stadium's center like twin comets, the impact sending shockwaves that cracked the digital ground.
The stadium twisted violently, glitching in and out of existence as fragments of the void shattered around them.
White Scorpio Spear clashed against the eerie black Bey, sparks of light and code flying like shards of glass.
Axamu's eyes widened in awe and fear.
The power behind the system's Beyblade was monstrous.
And above all the chaos—
The glitch man still smiled.
Everything turned white.