the tale of Multiverse sh ch 2

The Tale of Multiverse* ### **Season 1 – Arc 1: The First Rift** ### **Chapter 2: *The Creator of Portals*** --- *Scene: Underground lab. Dim lights flicker. Gears are turning, machines humming. The walls are covered in blueprints, notes, wires. At the center stands a large cylindrical device with glowing rings.* **Kaito** (yelling as he walks through smoke): "Tenzo! Where are you?!" *Suddenly, a voice echoes from behind a half-welded steel door.* **Tenzo (muffled):** "Hold on! Don't touch anything — the antimatter chamber's unstable!" *Kaito pushes through and finds **Tenzo**, a wild-haired, goggle-wearing teen genius, holding a wrench in one hand and chewing a piece of metal wire like gum.* **Kaito (sternly):** "I need answers. Why did you build this machine? You told me it was just theory…" **Tenzo (turning, slightly serious now):** "I built it to explore. Not for revenge." *Kaito's glare intensifies.* **Kaito:** "Then why didn't you destroy it when you found out he used it? When he killed my family?" **Tenzo (silent, then soft):** "Because I couldn't. I didn't know how to stop him… and I was scared." *Scene cuts to a flashback: Young Tenzo in a small garage, sketching madly in notebooks. Formulas. Diagrams. Equations crossing dimensions.* > **Voiceover – Young Tenzo:** > "What if every decision created a new world? And what if we could walk through them?" *Back to present.* **Tenzo (walking to a console):** "He used my machine to escape justice. That's on me. But now I'll use it to help you find him. Together." *Kaito looks at the massive console filled with levers, touch panels, and blinking lights.* **Kaito:** "This thing… it can really take us to other worlds?" **Tenzo (nodding):** "Yes, but each portal you open could lead to danger — or something even worse: yourself." *Kaito stays quiet.* **Tenzo:** "Each version of you in other universes... they reflect who you could've been. A genius. A killer. A coward. Or something unrecognizable." **Reno (walking in from the background):** "So what's the plan, genius?" **Tenzo (grinning):** "We're going to the Madness Realm. It's unstable. Dangerous. Twisted. But the energy trail from *his* escape leads there." **Kaito (quietly):** "If he's there... I'll find him. And I'll make him pay." *Tenzo presses a sequence of glowing blue keys. The room begins to shake. The core starts spinning.* **Tenzo:** "Coordinates locked in. Portal in 5... 4... 3…" *The core emits a massive burst of red and white energy — and a new portal opens in mid-air. It's jagged. Alive. Screaming.* **Tenzo (firmly):** "This is your first step, Kaito. But remember… no matter what happens, never lose yourself in someone else's reflection." *Kaito takes one last breath. Then he jumps in.* *Reno follows. Tenzo hesitates... then leaps.* *Final shot: The lab quiets down. A single spark falls. A note on Tenzo's desk burns slightly — it reads:* > *"Warning: If the fusion fails... the host may be consumed."*