Every human recieved a particular system at a certain age ." eighteen".
That was the law of the world, no exceptions, no mercy , no excuses . The sky above Tokyo burned in artificial blue light, glowing with floating screens .
Status check !
Voice echoed everywhere, excitement in the air , some were nervous, some excited ,some curious but i felt nothing just numb.i stood among them .
Waiting....
Silent .....
Watching.....
Next! Kamiya kaito!
My name dropped without emotion just as if with distate . I stepped forward . The examiner barely looking at me asked me to place out my hand and i palced it on a machine at his desk.
A black crystal floated before me , plusing like a heartbeat.
Thump!
Thump!!
Thump!!!
I placed my hand on it,it was cold ,too cold. For a while nothing happened. Then.....
Light exploded.
Every one held their breath.
A screen appeared.
Floating.
Glowing.
Judging.
System initializing...
The light flickered
Once.
Twice.
Then,
It stopped, silence followed, system dimmed.
Then glowed ,
Error....(エラー)
.... Eh"
Someone laughed.
Another whispered.
[適合失敗]
[Compatibility Failed]
My fingers trembled.
No.....
That wasn't possible....
Then.....
[システム付与:拒否]
[System Assignment: Rejected]
The world went quiet.
Then—
It broke.
"Rejected?!"
"Did you see that?!"
"That's impossible!"
I stepped back slowly.
My vision blurred.
「そんな…ありえない…」
That… that can't be real…
The examiner frowned.
Annoyed.
「故障か…?」
Is it malfunctioning…?
He reset the crystal.
「もう一度.」
One more time.
Hope.
A tiny, fragile hope.
I placed my hand again.
Silence.
Then—
[エラー]
[ERROR]
Again.
[対象は"存在しない"]
[Subject does not exist]
…
I felt it.
Something inside me…
snap.
Laughter erupted behind me.
"Doesn't exist?!"
"He's not even human?!"
"Trash!"
「...黙れ.」
…Shut up.
But my voice was quiet.
Too quiet.
The screen flickered again.
Glitching.
Breaking.
[警告]
[WARNING]
No one noticed.
No one…
except me.
[未知の存在を検出]
[Unknown Existence Detected]
My breath stopped.
The world froze.
And then—
Something appeared.
Not in the sky.
Not for everyone.
Only for me.
A second screen.
Broken.
Distorted.
Alive.
[ERROR CODE: ∅]
[Subject: Kamiya Kaito]
[Status: Outside the System]
My heart started racing.
(Proposal)...
Proposal?
The text twitched as if it wasn't meant to exist.
" Will u exist as a bug? "
A chill ran down my spine .
A choice.
Not power.
Not level .
Not rank .
Something else.
Something wrong
I smiled just a little
Fine...
My fingers moved and i pressed yes.
[承認]
[Accepted]
The world shattered....