The ground cracked under his feet.
Riven stood at the heart of the chaos—shoulders trembling, teeth clenched, and blood running down his arms. Kira's body lay in his arms, her blood still warm. His eyes were wide. Empty. Broken.
And then.
Something snapped.
Red lines of data surged through his body, circuits igniting like wildfire. His Execution Code screamed as it fused power, memory, and grief into one uncontrollable force.
> "Red Judgement: Override."
"Chrono Rift: Unchained."
"Flash: Unrestricted."
BERSERK MODE: ACTIVATED.
Riven's body blurred in and out of space, dashing forward like a phantom as time fractured around him. Each strike he launched in Chrono Rift landed with explosive echoes, warping the ground, severing air, distorting everything near him.
The masked Executioner barely blocked the first blow.
The second sent him flying through the remnants of a crumbling wall.
And the third—Riven reappeared behind him mid-flash, slicing through the man's side with a blade of pure red code.
> "You wanted this…"
"THEN FEEL IT!"
Riven roared.
His form twisted with power. His veins pulsed like hot wires. His Flash moved faster than time could follow. The battlefield became a storm of crimson and collapsing reality—space flickering, enemies dissolving into code as they couldn't even process what hit them.
But power has a price.
His body started to tear from the inside. Blood sprayed from his mouth. His knees buckled.
The red glow dimmed. The Chrono Rift cracked like shattered glass behind him. He fell to one knee.
Until—
A new sound rang through the static.
Execution Code: Activated
KIRA.K01 – Skill Activated: RESURRECTION
A flash of binary light engulfed her.
Her broken form lifted gently off the ground. Riven watched in disbelief as her limbs reknit, skin mended, and her breath returned with a gasp of light.
> "Riven…?"
Kira stood. Eyes wide. Alive.
Riven dropped his weapon. His fury unraveled.
She was alive.
And just in time—for the masked Executioner rose again, limping, but smiling beneath the bloodied mask.
"So that's it," he said. "You are even more dangerous."
Kira narrowed her eyes.
"Who are you?"
They charged.
Together.
Riven and Kira—brother and sister—fighting as one.
Red Judgement struck from the left. Kira's digitized sword swung from the right. The masked Executioner flipped back, dodging with inhuman grace.
"You're fast," he muttered. "But not fast enough."
Riven vanished with Chrono Rift. Kira blinked beside him with Flash.
A final blow struck—their blades crossing into his chest.
The mask cracked.
Then shattered.
It was Cipher.
Silent.
Eyes dark.
Alive.
They froze.
"Cipher…?"
"But… you're dead," Riven whispered.