LIGHT NOVEL TITLE: "Fractured Code"
Chapter 1: The Boy Who Didn't Bleed
Rain poured over the metallic city of Velterra, a world lit with neon veins and humming with underground secrets. Skyscrapers pierced the night sky like blades, but down below, in the Lower District, the real battles were fought — not with guns, but with power.
At the edge of a crumbling rooftop, a boy stood barefoot in the rain, staring at his trembling hands.
"Why… didn't I bleed?"
His name was Kairo Vellian, seventeen years old. Average schoolboy. Average grades. But moments ago, he had been stabbed — deeply — by a mugger.
And nothing came out.
No blood. No pain. Just a hiss… like steam escaping from under his skin.
The mugger had run away, screaming something about "monsters." Kairo didn't chase. He was too busy looking at the blade in his hand — not from fear… but fascination.
Then he saw it.
Beneath the skin of his arms, something moved. Like circuits.
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Back in his apartment, Kairo's reflection flickered. Not because of the light — but because his face changed for a second.
It was him… then someone else. Eyes glowing violet. Face cracked like glass.
"What's happening to me?" he whispered.
He scrolled through his memories — not metaphorically, but literally. A glowing panel appeared before his eyes. Each moment of his life shown like a data file.
"System: Fragment 2 detected."
He dropped to his knees.
"System…?"
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The next day at school, he tried to act normal. He laughed with his friends, took notes, even got scolded for being late. But inside, he was watching everyone.
Analyzing them.
Everyone around him had a pulse. A readable frequency.
He could now see it.
But one girl had none.
Her name was Lyn Seraphine, silver-haired, silent, always alone. Her presence felt… wrong.
At lunch, she came up to him and whispered in his ear:
"Your system's awakening too fast. If they detect you, they'll erase this timeline."
Kairo's heart stopped.
Literally.
But five seconds later… it started again.
And she was gone.
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That night, a man in a black coat knocked on his door. He didn't speak. He simply raised his hand…
And froze time.
The world outside his window paused. Even the raindrops hung in the air like glass beads.
The man walked inside, stepped over frozen dust in the air, and smiled.
"Subject-9. You weren't supposed to wake up yet."
Kairo backed up, but the man snapped his fingers.
Suddenly, Kairo's skin cracked with light — not human. Not energy. Something else.
Something forgotten.
Kairo: "What am I…?"
Man: "You're not from this world. You're the reason it was created."
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END OF CHAPTER 1
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