> "When gods write rules, men bleed in footnotes. But now we are the editors."
— The Blank One, as the shadows move
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[Kuoh Academy – Abandoned Clocktower]
A place that didn't officially exist.
Perfect for the first ever Shadow Conclave.
Inside, ancient gears ticked in slow defiance of time. The room was dim, circular—half shrine, half war room. At the center stood the MC, hands clasped behind his back.
His eyes flicked between fading essence charts projected in the air, each one marked:
[Distorted Worldline]
[Essence Drain Active]
[Outer God Thread Detected]
[Status: Ascending]
The Chat Group had evolved. It now linked presence, allowing each member to project a mental avatar in this dimension. A ghost body in shadow space.
And they were all here.
One by one, they appeared.
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Artoria stood, sword resting at her hip, eyes serious.
Tsunade, arms crossed, leaned against a pillar with a cigarette.
Deadpool twirled a katana, balancing on one foot.
Kazuma brought snacks.
Saitama wore pajamas. Again.
Rimuru bounced slightly.
Buggy clung to a ladder.
Esdeath sat like a queen.
Nick Fury reviewed satellite data on a flickering hologram.
And last to arrive, Batman stepped through the shadow gate, silent and severe.
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The MC raised a hand, and all projections focused.
> "This… is our true beginning. No more testing. No more scouting.
The first Lieutenant of the Outer Gods has arrived—and he's targeting a timeline critical to multiversal restoration."
Rimuru:
> "Which one?"
> "One where narrative potential is absolute. Where destiny crystallizes through ambition and will.
A place where one cheat power has rewritten life and death itself."
Deadpool (raising hand):
> "Wait, are we going to Dragon Ball? I'm not fighting Goku."
MC:
> "No. Worse. We're going to... Solo Leveling."
A beat of silence.
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Tsunade:
> "The one with the Shadow Monarch kid?"
Kazuma:
> "Sung Jin-Woo, right? That dude grinded like his life depended on it."
Fury:
> "According to recent multiversal data thefts, someone stole the System Core that built his power.
It's now been hijacked by a corrupted Champion and is rewriting its own authority."
Batman (quietly):
> "A false Monarch... controlling dungeons across timelines."
MC nodded.
> "If he continues to devour gate systems from other worlds—Tensura, Marvel, even DxD—it won't just be crossovers.
It will be a merger.
The worlds will collapse into a single hostile narrative ruled by the Outer Gods."
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Artoria stepped forward.
> "Then we ride. We strike this false monarch before his kingdom rises."
**MC gestured, projecting a map of the target world. It showed Seoul—split down the middle.
One side dark, crawling with gates.
The other... frozen in stasis.
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[Mission Briefing: CODE NAME – Shadowfall Prime]
Location: Solo Leveling Universe (Alt)
Target: [Corrupted Monarch] – Former B-Rank Hunter, now fused with System Core v2
Powers:
Rewrites dungeon rules
Turns shadows into parasitic essence anchors
Absorbs "defeated" timelines via gate stabilization
Goal: Sever the corrupted System from its anchor dimension
Team Deployment: Full Strike
Time Limit: 6 hours (World Time), 8 Minutes (Earth Time)
Rewards: Variable, based on performance
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Buggy (trembling):
> "Are we sure I should go? I'm more of a distraction. Like a really colorful, screaming distraction."
Deadpool (slapping his back):
> "Perfect! You'll be the bait!"
Buggy:
> "That wasn't comforting!"
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MC stepped forward. Calm. Confident. The planner. The orchestrator.
> "I've assigned roles.
Batman, Fury, you two will work together. Surveillance, strike timing, remote shutdown.
Artoria, Esdeath—frontal offense. You draw out his physical form.
Tsunade, Rimuru—backline support and field control.
Saitama and Deadpool—chaotic disruption.
Kazuma, Buggy—you're infiltration and emergency shutdown protocol."
He paused.
"You get the backup nuke."
Kazuma:
> "We have a nuke?!"
MC:
> "It's Buggy. Unleashed at the wrong moment, he causes universal irreversibility. That qualifies."
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Batman (low voice):
> "What's your role?"
MC turned. His shadow flickered unnaturally.
> "I'll face the Core.
The corrupted System recognizes me as a Blank anomaly.
I'm the only one who can enter its logic layer… and survive."
Rimuru:
> "Are you sure?"
MC (smirking faintly):
> "It's what I was forged for."
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[Deployment Phase – 3 Minutes Later – Earth Time]
The group vanished into black light—scattered across Seoul like chess pieces on a collapsing board.
In the final moment before transfer, Batman turned toward MC.
Batman:
> "You have no powers. You're not a god. Not a monster."
MC (quietly):
> "I'm worse.
I'm the possibility you never expected.
The variable they can't calculate."
Batman:
> "Good. Then we're finally unpredictable."
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