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Architect's Resonance

In a world quietly reorganized by DHARA—a national system designed to shape talent, competition, and the future—eleven-year-old Aryan Kumar moves through life like an anomaly waiting to be understood. Quiet, unreadable, and distant, he carries a mind that occasionally rises beyond human limits… and collapses under the cost. When stressed, his thoughts sharpen into impossible clarity—patterns, variables, human motives, the hidden mechanics of a room—everything aligns. But every moment of brilliance tears something inside him, leaving behind splitting headaches and a fear he never voices. And beneath that fractured genius sleeps an Other Side—a cold, instinctive consciousness that awakens only when Aryan’s mind begins to break. As DHARA pushes students through domains, competitions, and ruthless expectations, Aryan finds himself drawn into a landscape far bigger than school rankings: a silent war of talent, ambition, and unseen forces guiding the world’s balance. Whispers spread of a pattern in Aryan’s assessment scores. Teachers notice shifts they can’t explain. And somewhere in the background, a hidden architect evaluates him—not as a child, but as a variable that might tilt the world. Every step Aryan takes brings him closer to that truth. Every rise of his power demands a price. Every failure of control brings the Other Side closer to the surface. Between genius and collapse, guidance and manipulation, destiny and resistance, Aryan must navigate the domain he has chosen— —while the world quietly braces for the resonance he is destined to create. Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. All characters, schools, organizations, systems, locations, and events in this story are entirely fictional and created for narrative purposes. They are not based on real people, real institutions, or real incidents. Any resemblance to actual individuals, places, or events is purely coincidental and unintended. The story explores themes of emotion, growth, competition, and personal struggle within a completely fictional setting. Names, titles, and terms used in this novel do not refer to or represent real persons or real entities. Interpretations beyond the written text are the reader’s own and are not implied by the author.
Yashwanth_RP · 584 Views

Asura: The Hunter

This is a story about Arjun Jadhav, a broke engineering student who rides his father’s fading red Splendor with one thought only: earn enough to keep his dad breathing. A lonely summer job guarding a forgotten godown seems like the answer, until he breaks open Shutter 81 and falls two floors into a vault sealed since the old India still bled from Partition. Inside waits a forbidden armoury: thousands of glass prisons holding curses that whisper and claw, walls covered with photographs of impossible kills, and the diaries of Vikramaditya Shinde, a hunter of the old blood, one of the last men who walked the night with silver and fire to keep the country’s darkest hungers asleep. Arjun thinks he can lock the door and forget. He can’t. The instant he flees, the vault roars awake. Lights flare after half a century. Dust howls into hidden vents. And in the centre rises the spirit of the old hunter himself, tall, scarred, eyes like burning ghee, staring straight at the boy who just inherited a war older than the tricolour. From a village kid who measured life in dialysis bills, Arjun is about to be forged into the deadliest thing the night has ever feared: the new bearer of a legacy that never truly died. A creaking Splendor, a kirpan that chooses its master, and a country that still needs monsters killed in the dark; this is the rise of the hunter the old blood has been waiting for. Some doors don’t open for you. They open the future. Step through… if you’re ready to watch a desperate boy become the greatest shadow India never knew it had.
NikhilT · 1.2k Views

My Ultimate Gacha System

David Drinkwater lived his entire career as football's biggest joke. Thirty seven years old, rejected by every major club, and called a "club whore" by fans across Europe, but at Wembley Stadium, in the rain, he finally proved them wrong. Championship playoff final between Millwall and Norwich, and in the 90th minute, he scored the winning goal, then he died. **[Ding. Ding.]** **「Host found: David Drinkwater.」** **「Synchronisation complete.」** He opens his eyes in an eighteen year old body. Demien Walter, a failed Fiorentina academy prospect and suicide attempt survivor with an overall rating of 48, no team, and no future, but David brought something impossible with him. **[Ding.]** **「Ultimate Gacha System activated.」** **「Mission: Rise from nothing. Become the greatest footballer in history.」** Training earns points while matches earn rewards, and achievements unlock legendary packs. Every pack opening could change everything, whether through common stat boosts, rare techniques, or epic abilities, yet there's always the ultimate prize. **[Ding.]** **「Diamond Pack opened.」** **「Congratulations. Andrea Pirlo — Regista Vision obtained. Passing +15. Vision +10. Legendary Trait unlocked: Deep-Lying Playmaker.」** From trialist to conquering the football world, every pack, every point, and every impossible moment building toward football immortality. They called him a failure once, and they called him wasted potential, but now, with forty years of wisdom in an eighteen year old body and a system that rewards every drop of sweat with power, David will rewrite football history. One pack at a time. **Some dreams get a second chance, and some legends get a second life, so this is his.**
Mr_Raiden · 258.2k Views