After the rift faded, Kael stood frozen inside the base's core chamber.
He felt as if part of himself was still inside it — traveling through times he had never set foot in.
The next day, he was formally summoned to the Enlace Chamber — a structure used only in exceptional circumstances.
Mister awaited him. But this time, he was not alone.
There were four other LIGA members, hidden in shadow — voices that spoke as one:
— Kael, you've crossed the limits of what's allowed.
But also into what is necessary.
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They did not punish him.
They did not accuse him.
They recruited him.
It was revealed that LIGA had long been aware of temporal echoes, spontaneous rifts, and immortals outside the contract.
— There is a rupture in progress — said Mister.
— And you are at its center.
Not as its cause… but as its key.
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LIGA handed Kael a new type of disc, one capable of scanning unstable rifts.
But with it came a new condition:
— You will pursue your investigations…
But no longer as an agent of LIGA.
From now on, you are on your own.
Kael accepted.
But as he left the chamber, one final message followed:
— There is more than one "you" active in this moment…
And one of them no longer serves our side.