The glowing words on the terminal pulsed in rhythm with Rei's heartbeat:
[SYSTEM RESET: CLASS REALIGNMENT]
Warning: Anchor Split Risk – 89%
Proceed?
His finger hovered over the prompt.
He hesitated.
Not because of fear.
But because of the echo—a whisper in the back of his mind. A lazy voice, faint, distorted:
"...Rei, if you take it back... everything breaks."
He gritted his teeth.
Everything was already broken.
He slammed his hand on the terminal.
[RESET INITIATED]
[Verifying Anchor Entitlement… Searching Original Bind… Matched: Rei Kazuma]
[Activating Class Transfer: "Dream Architect" → Rei Kazuma]
The world convulsed.
For a moment, Rei thought his soul would rip in half. Every fiber of his being stretched, torn, rewritten.
Then came the defense.
[ERROR: Core Anchor Conflict Detected]
[System Defense Protocol: Chrono Phantom Initiated]
The archive around him fractured like glass under a hammer.
