0. Recap
Raon defeated the Premium Council's Subscription Knight by committing the ultimate forbidden act:
She scrolled through an entire Privacy Policy.
Now the Premium Council retreats…
But not in defeat.
They've activated something far worse:
The final subscriber.
And Shion is the first to notice.
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1. Shion Detects the Impossible
HQ was finally quiet.
No pop-ups.
No banners.
No billing spirits trying to upgrade their souls.
Just peace.
Shion sat at her workbench, repairing Raon's scorched wristband.
(Yuno had commented it looked "premium roasted," which earned her a glare from Shion.)
Shion stretched, opened her tablet—
—then froze.
A single blinking alert glowed on the screen:
> SUBSCRIPTION ANOMALY DETECTED
Account ID: 00000000000001
Status: ACTIVE SINCE BEFORE CREATION
Plan: LIFETIME++ (Eternal, Non-Refundable)
Holder: REDACTED
Location: Moving toward HQ
ETA: 00:02:14
Shion's heart skipped.
"What… is this…?"
Synthra Byte wandered in with a soda.
"What's wrong?"
Shion turned the screen toward her.
Synthra looked.
Spit out her drink.
"NO.
NOPE.
THAT ACCOUNT SHOULDN'T EXIST."
Shion's voice went quiet.
"…You know what it is?"
Synthra nodded, trembling.
"It's the original subscriber.
The FIRST one.
The one the Premium Council made in the beginning to test the contract system."
Shion blinked.
"Like… the first customer?"
"Customer? CUSTOMER?" Synthra laughed bitterly.
"No, no, no.
That… thing… isn't a customer."
She lowered her voice.
"It's the one they tricked into clicking 'Yes' before the universe even had a 'No.'"
Shion stared.
"…And it's coming here?! Why?!"
Synthra swallowed.
"Because they made it eternal.
It's been subscribed since the cosmic dawn.
And now that Raon beat the Council's champion…"
"…the Council is sending their original debt-holder."
Shion whispered:
"The Subscriber Who Should Not Exist…"
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2. Raon Meets Something Very Wrong
Raon was outside, doing warm-up kicks.
Each kick created a mini sonic boom.
She felt good.
Strong.
Like she was ready for ANYTHING.
Then the air turned… heavy.
Silent.
Cold.
A figure walked across the horizon.
Raon blinked.
"…Shion? Synthra? Hello? Anyone seeing this…?"
Nothing answered.
Only the wind—and the slow approach of a person-shaped shadow.
Raon tilted her head.
"Uh. Hello? Are you lost? Do you need snacks?"
The figure didn't respond.
It stepped closer.
Closer.
And then—
The world glitched.
Reality pixelated around Raon like a buffering video.
Raon stepped back.
"O-okay, that's not normal."
The figure finally stopped 10 meters away.
It wore:
• a shredded hoodie
• ancient headphones
• a cracked smartphone embedded into its chest
• and chains made of subscription receipts
Its face… wasn't a face.
It was a distorted loading wheel.
Slowly spinning.
Raon spoke carefully.
"Are you… the Premium Council's guy…?"
The loading wheel turned toward her.
A voice like corrupted audio whispered:
"You… beat… my free trial."
Raon blinked.
"…Your WHAT?"
The wheel flickered faster.
"I… am… Account Zero…
The first subscriber…
The eternal user…
The one who never canceled…
because there was no cancellation menu."
Raon whispered.
"…Oh crap."
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3. Shion's Emergency Response
Back inside, alarms blared.
Shion jumped to her feet.
"HE'S HERE!
THE ORIGINAL SUBSCRIBER IS AT THE GATE!"
Synthra Byte grabbed her arm.
"Shion—NO.
You can't just run to Raon.
This entity drains energy from EVERY active subscription around it."
Shion froze.
"…Meaning?"
"If you get too close…
it will drain Raon's power…
and yours…
and everyone's."
Shion's stomach sank.
"But Raon is out there ALONE."
Synthra nodded grimly.
"And that thing has been subscribed for MILLENNIA."
Shion clenched her fists.
"Then I need a strategy. Something. Anything."
Synthra hesitated.
"…There is one thing."
Shion turned sharply.
"Tell me."
Synthra whispered:
"We need to find…
the one bill it never paid."
Shion blinked.
"…WHAT?"
"No subscription is perfect. There's always one unpaid charge, one bug, one test invoice, one forgotten beta fee. Something the system lost."
Shion grabbed her tablet.
"Then we find it."
Synthra nodded.
"We find it…
or Raon is going to get downloaded into a void."
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4. Raon Tries Diplomacy (Fails Instantly)
Raon raised both hands.
"Okay, okay—look, I get you're upset—"
Account Zero stepped forward.
Reality warped again.
The ground beneath Raon turned into a spinning loading wheel.
Raon flailed.
"NO—DON'T FREEZE ME—SHION HATES WHEN I GET BUFFERED—!"
Account Zero's voice shook the world.
"Your kicks…
cancelled my trial…
Now I must…
collect the debt."
Raon jumped back onto normal ground.
"DEBT?! I DIDN'T SIGN ANYTHING!!"
The loading wheel flickered rapidly.
"You clicked 'I Agree.'
Before the universe had a 'Disagree.'"
Raon cupped her hands around her mouth.
"SHIONNNNNNNNNNN—
THIS THING IS GASLIGHTING ME—!!"
Account Zero tilted its head.
"You… owe… eternity."
Raon pointed at it.
"Nope! Nope! Double nope!
I don't owe anything!
I don't even pay for music—I use Shion's family plan!"
A blast of glitch energy erupted toward her.
Raon rolled aside.
The blast hit a rock—
turning it into a pending charge.
Raon screamed.
"SHION! IT'S TURNING STUFF INTO BILLS!!"
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5. Shion Finds It—The Unpaid Charge
Inside HQ, Shion and Synthra hacked through the cosmic archive.
Documents flew.
Bills glowed.
Receipts screamed.
Shion scrolled deeper.
Deeper.
Deeper—
Then she gasped.
"THERE.
I found it!"
Synthra leaned over.
"…Oh my god."
It was a single dusty record:
> Account Zero — Unsettled Balance
Plan: Lifetime++ Demo
Invoice: $0.00
Status: FAILED TO PROCESS
Reason: Cosmic Payment Method Expired Before Creation
Shion's eyes widened.
"It never paid the initial demo fee… because the universe DIDN'T EXIST YET."
Synthra nodded.
"That means—"
Shion finished:
"Account Zero's contract was NEVER valid."
And if the contract wasn't valid—
Raon could break it.
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6. The Kick That Cancels the Uncancellable
Raon flipped out of the way as more pending charges detonated around her.
"SHION?? ANYTIME NOW?!"
The air shimmered.
Shion appeared at the far side of the battlefield—
xenon-blue tablet glowing like a sacred artifact.
"RAON!! LISTEN!!"
Raon ducked under a glitch wave.
"WHAT—?!"
"YOU CAN CANCEL HIS CONTRACT!!"
Raon froze.
"…I can WHAT?!"
Shion held up the tablet.
"His invoice FAILED before creation!
His subscription was NEVER VALID!"
Account Zero twitched violently.
The loading wheel spun faster.
"No…
No…
Do not speak…
the Forbidden Refund…"
Raon's eyes lit up.
"Oh I'm ABSOLUTELY speaking the forbidden refund."
She crouched.
Power building.
A storm brewing around her leg.
Shion shouted:
"RAON! SAY IT!"
Raon screamed:
"UNSUBSCRIBE—
FROM—
EVERYTHINGGGGGGGGGGGG—!!"
She launched forward.
A divine, universe-cracking roundhouse kick.
Her heel connected with Account Zero.
KABOOOOOOOOM
Its body fractured like frozen data.
The loading wheel shattered.
A scream of corrupted audio echoed:
"NOOOOOOO—
YOU CANNOT—
CANCEL—
A—"
It exploded into harmless pixels.
Silence.
Wind.
Raon stood there panting.
"…Did I do it?"
Shion ran to her and hugged her tight.
"You did it.
You cancelled an impossible subscription."
Raon grinned.
"I AM… A FREE USER."
Shion kissed her cheek.
"Yes.
You really are."
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7. Post-Credits: The Council Panics
In the golden halls of the Premium Council—
Sirens blared.
A new alert appeared:
> ALERT: Account Zero Terminated
Contract Status: INVALID
Threat: Raon Kickhart Growing Too Strong
Activate: THE LIFETIME CONTRACT HOLDER
A massive sealed vault opened.
A figure stepped out.
With a pen of cosmic ink.
A contract the size of a planet.
And a voice like a smiling salesman:
"Time to collect her forever."