The moon over Kurogiri looked the same.
Pale. Silent. Distant.
Yet Luna felt it—
a pressure in the air, as if something vast had turned its gaze toward her.
---
Aftermath
The cathedral was sealed by dawn.
The five victims were taken into custody and placed under medical watch.
They remembered nothing—only fragments of screams and endless darkness.
The official report named the incident a mass hallucination caused by an unknown psychoactive agent.
Unofficially—
The Special Investigation Force whispered Luna's name like a warning.
She had ended a nightmare that should not have been possible.
---
13 Cases in Three Days
Three days later, the city was shaken again.
Thirteen impossible cases.
Closed rooms. Vanishing suspects. Crimes without motive or trail.
Luna solved all of them.
No hesitation.
No wasted movement.
No mistakes.
Surveillance footage glitched whenever she appeared.
Witnesses described her the same way:
"She was already there."
"She didn't run."
"She didn't chase."
"She waited."
By the fourth day, the title became official.
Top Force Operative: Luna Nakamori.
---
The Empty Victory
Bren found her on the precinct rooftop at night.
"You're famous now," he said lightly.
"People are calling you a legend."
Luna didn't answer.
She stared at the moon.
"Do you know what scares me?" Bren continued.
"You don't look relieved. Not even a little."
Luna finally spoke.
"Because it's not over."
---
The Watcher Reveals Itself
That night, Luna dreamed.
Not of the past.
Not of blood.
She stood in an endless void beneath a massive black moon.
An eye opened within it.
Not physical.
Not alive.
Ancient.
"You rejected the darkness," the voice echoed without sound.
"And yet you used it."
Luna didn't move.
"I used myself," she replied calmly.
The eye narrowed.
"Seven years ago, you were meant to disappear.
Instead, you evolved."
---
The Truth
The Watcher spoke.
"The Puppeteer was only a fragment.
A test.
A curiosity."
Shadows rippled across the void.
"There are others like you now.
Children shaped by silence, pain, and control."
Luna's fingers twitched.
"How many?" she asked.
The eye smiled.
"Enough to end the world…
or save it."
---
Awakening
Luna woke suddenly.
Her knife was in her hand.
The moon outside her window flickered.
On her wrist, a black crescent mark burned briefly—then vanished.
Bren was pounding on her door.
"Luna! Another case—this one's global."
She stood, calm as ever.
"Send the file," she said.
---
End of Arc One
The bullied girl was gone.
The killer was buried.
The legend had begun.
But beyond the moon…
Something watched.
And the Silent Moon had been chosen.
---