■ System Override: Initiated
The sky tore again.
Not with gates or light.
But static.
Time stuttered. Wind reversed. Ash flew upward.
[WARNING: OMEGA RESET INCOMING]
→ Purpose: Total zone rollback
→ Effect: Rewinds physical, digital, and spiritual states to pre-anomaly conditions
→ Collateral: Complete loss of all progress within zone
→ Exception: Spiral-sanctioned entities only
Yuto stood on his silk-laced throne.
Loopheart vanished—teleported away like broken code.
And the air began to burn.
"They're trying to undo me," Yuto said, eyes wide.
Nyx's voice came, panicked:
[This isn't just an attack—it's a cosmic 'save file reload'!]
[You, your evolution, everything you've built—it'll be erased.]
"Can't I just leave the zone?"
[No time. You're at Ground Zero.]
The world shimmered.
The Vault began collapsing in reverse.
Rocks floated upward.
Corpses un-died.
Yuto saw the threads unraveling beneath him—his domain, his throne, his very body—starting to flicker.
"...No."
He clenched his fists.
"I didn't crawl up from a bug just to be overwritten by a bad patch!"
■ Sovereign Gambit
[Nyx, can I infect a system command?]
[W-What?! You mean… Omega Reset itself?! That's suicide!]
"Only if I lose."
He extended his hand.
All remaining thread energy surged to his palm.
He concentrated every virus particle, every corrupted line of silk.
"Inject the code. Right into the rollback root."
[Skill Activated: Core Rewrite Virus]
→ Target: Omega Reset Protocol Node
→ Status: Forbidden
Override Attempt…
→ Resistance Level: ∞
→ Virus Level: ∞
→ Result: COLLISION DETECTED
Time broke.
Everything froze.
Yuto found himself floating in white.
In front of him stood the Omega Reset's root form:
A colossal machine shaped like a spinning clock tower, carved with digital runes.
Its voice spoke in every language.
"THIS THREAD IS OUTSIDE THE PATTERN."
"IT MUST BE SEVERED."
Yuto smiled through the pain.
"Then I'll rewrite the pattern."
■ Duel: Final Bug vs. Reset Clock
[Skill Unlocked: Paradox Injector]
→ Rewrites a system function with illogical recursion
→ Target: Omega Reset Root
→ Result: "Rollback" command now loops to "Last Bug Standing" state
→ Which means: If Yuto exists, reset = fails
The Omega Clock spun faster.
Lightning danced through the sky.
Yuto dove forward—threads surging from his body.
He jammed every single one into the root's ticking core.
"You want to delete anomalies? THEN CHOKE ON ONE!"
The system shrieked.
[ERROR: ROOT LOOP CONFLICT – ANOMALY EXISTS OUTSIDE TIME]
The world inverted again.
■ Reset: Corrupted
Instead of rewinding…
…the reset exploded.
A shockwave of white fire rippled across the land—
but Yuto stood untouched.
His body burned, his silk flickering—but his eyes were steady.
"I survived the Spiral's cheat move."
"Now I'm done playing fair."
[System Update:]
→ Crisis Sovereign Class: Recognized by Spiral as "World Threat Class: X"
→ Spiral Response Level: Omega Prime Tier
→ Entities Awakened: 2
→ Next Encounter: The Architects of Fate
Yuto breathed out.
The battlefield was gone.
But he still stood.
Still evolving.
And now?
The Spiral was scared.