**Chapter 1: The Smile That Can Never Return (Part 1)**
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**[Scene - Somewhere in the universe, in the void.]**
This story began when a god, bored with recreating the universe, attempted something and set events in motion.
A being with no form, no color whatsoever. The other gods called this god the "Unknown God."
They called it the Unknown God because its abilities, its strength, and its powers were all unknown. What the other gods did know was that the Unknown God had the ability to observe the universe, to create, and that it possessed a pure white book called the Book of Fate.
One time...
"A black hole??"
The Unknown God had come across an impossibly massive black hole.
"It's larger than the last black hole we destroyed, Ton 618... It surpasses my capabilities."
The number of universes destroyed by black holes was countless. The Unknown God decided to use its Book of Fate to destroy this black hole. Otherwise, at least two universes would easily be destroyed. The universes containing the World of Presence and the World of Velgrith.
Within the book, it found a name. It believed that if this person was allowed to be reincarnated into another world, their powers would become immense.
"Kiyoshi Ishida, the boy from the World of Presence... From now on, I myself will create and write in the Book of Fate what this boy will experience, what will happen to him."
"This is the only way to save the universe... However, it's unfortunate for this boy..."
From that moment on, the Unknown God began writing in its Book of Fate, like a diary, about Kiyoshi Ishida's future and the destruction of the black hole.
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**[Scene - 2024. Rooftop, Present Time, Tokyo, Japan]**
A boy with black hair and deep purple eyes, wearing a Kuoh High School first-year uniform, sitting on the rooftop, holding a black psychology book, muttering something.
"In this world, justice and kindness are nothing but deceptions... And the justice of this world exists only for the strong, not for us..."
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**[Scene - A few years ago, Kiyoshi age 6, in a small apartment.]**
"Ishida, study this book. It will benefit you greatly."
Kiyoshi Ishida's father, Hajime Ishida, who had dark hair like Kiyoshi and blue eyes, gave Kiyoshi the black psychology book. Kiyoshi, who loved reading, immediately took it and started reading it in his room. However, this was no ordinary book.
It was a deep book on psychology. Hajime had given the book to Kiyoshi after consulting with Fumiko Ishida, with a specific intention.
(Fumiko Ishida - Kiyoshi's mother, with black hair and purple eyes.)
This book was not suitable for young children. Children wouldn't be able to understand it. But Kiyoshi understood it well. Kiyoshi came to understand the dark side of people, how they manipulate and use others like puppets to fulfill their own desires. While other children were playing happily, able to smile, Kiyoshi could not smile, could not play, could not be happy. From the time Kiyoshi understood Dark Psychology, he stopped making friends, even with the other children around him. Except for his parents, Kiyoshi no longer trusted anyone.
From that time on, Kiyoshi's days became lonely, and his life turned into a chessboard.
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**[Scene - A few months later, a quiet evening. A small apartment. A child hiding behind a door.]**
> "You don't understand anything!"
"I've sacrificed everything for this foolish project!"
"He's too smart, he could become a monster. He's a dangerous child!" Hajime's voice was a raw, furious shout from the other room.`
"That's impossible!"
"He's just a normal child!" Fumiko's was just quiet and cold.
The shouts of Kiyoshi's parents echoed through the thin walls.
Six-year-old Kiyoshi Ishida knelt silently in the corridor's shadow, clutching his chest. The flickering light from above seemed to be fading away.
Their voices grew sharper. Crueler. He felt a cold chill.
> "We never should have taken this boy. He could destroy everything."
"Our love for him is temporary. Have you forgotten our purpose?"
"He's not a normal child; he's a project! Hajime said it unexpectedly.
Kiyoshi's heart did not sink.
It cracked - silently, into fragments.
His breathing slowed. His once warm and curious eyes grew dim, becoming lifeless voids.
From that night on, he stopped smiling.
And he no longer trusted anyone. (including his parents)
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**[Two Years Later - Night. It's raining.]**
The city smelled of metal and cigarettes.
Kiyoshi stood by the doorway, his small arms trembling.
They told him to wait outside the restaurant. His parents had said, for a meeting...
"Bang."
A gunshot.
Three people.
As the door opened, blood spilled onto the concrete. His mother fell first. Then his father.
> Kiyoshi saw them die.
Kiyoshi felt nothing. He couldn't cry, couldn't feel sad. He just watched the scene impassively.
A tall man emerged - with sharp, snake-like eyes, a cigarette in his mouth. Kenzuki Yamato. Two others followed him.
One of them spotted Kiyoshi and said something.
"Hey Kenzuki, is that their son?"
Kenzuki walked over to Kiyoshi.
He looked at Kiyoshi. Smiled.
> "You're calm. Good. I like quiet tools."
The man who killed his parents took Kiyoshi away.
Not as a son.
But as a weapon.
(Kiyoshi's parents had many enemies at work.)
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**[A Few Years Later - Kiyoshi, age 14 - First year of middle school]**
Now living alone in a dormitory, Kiyoshi's days were quiet and emotionally scarred.
Wake up. Part-time job. Study. Sleep.
Repeat.
His daily life became a routine. The yakuza that adopted him simply used his name to hide him from the world.
But Kiyoshi didn't care.
> "Justice is a deception told by the strong."
One morning, on the way to school, he saw a familiar scene.
A boy - frail, with cracked glasses - was being bullied by other students.
Kiyoshi turned to walk away.
But he stopped.
Not out of pity.
But because he saw a use for the boy.
He stepped forward and precisely struck the lead bully's jaw. The others, startled by Kiyoshi's precise action, ran away. (Kiyoshi didn't hit hard enough to be severe.)
The boy gasped. "Thank you...!"
> Kiyoshi's voice was cold, soft. "I didn't help you. I'm using you."
The boy blinked. "Still... you saved me. My name is Niyori. What's yours?"
Kiyoshi said nothing.
But the next day, Niyori was sitting next to him in class. (Niyori was in the same class.)
To be continued...
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**[Classroom Scene - One Month Later]**
> "Incredible! Kiyoshi has gotten perfect scores in every subject again!" (Meaning 100 marks.)
The teacher's voice was astonished. Students whispered.
Niyori leaned close and whispered.
"How do you do it, Kiyoshi...?"
Kiyoshi replied without looking back.
> "Scores are just numbers. They mean nothing to someone who already knows the outcome, Niyori."
Niyori blinked, confused.
"You say strange things."
> "I only speak the truth."
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**[A New Rival Appears - A Transfer Student]**
Her name was Aiko Shiranami.
Sharp. Academically gifted. Ambitious.
She was in the same class as Kiyoshi and challenged him academically.
But in every exam, every competition, it was the same.
Kiyoshi: 100 marks.
Aiko: 99 marks.
She would watch him silently.
Until one morning...
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**[Hallway Collision - Early Morning]**
> "Ah!"
Papers scattered across the hallway.
Kiyoshi blinked. He looked towards the corner.
> "My apologies," he said flatly.
"I didn't see you."
He knelt to gather the papers.
Aiko stared in disbelief. "You- you're helping me?"
> "I caused this. Helping is logical."
Her heart leapt unexpectedly.
A rival shouldn't feel like this.
> Why does he look so distant... So lonely... So cold...
From that day, Aiko's glances drifted more and more often towards the cold boy in the corner.
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✦ **To be continued...**
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**Chapter 1: The Smile That Can Never Return (Part 2)**
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[Childhood trauma, his parents arguing, the murder, his adoption by the yakuza are briefly written. Now continuing...]
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**[Scene - Kiyoshi's Dorm. Bedroom - Night]**
(The current time is Kiyoshi age 16, a first-year high school student.)
The dorm room was dim and silent.
A black and white kitten gently rubbed against the pillow next to Kiyoshi's head.
A golden puppy slept soundly, snoring softly in a crate near his bed.
Kiyoshi, half-asleep, stroked the kitten with surprising tenderness.
He whispered.
> "You two are better than people."
He worked a part-time job. Not because he needed money for himself; his food was instant noodles.
But his cat? Her name was Nami.
His dog? He called him Kai.
They ate freshly prepared food daily. Kiyoshi had researched pet nutrition during his free time.
> "People lie.
They betray.
They abandon."
"But animals... they don't pretend."
(The yakuza member Kenzuki Yamato, who adopted Kiyoshi, had sent him to the dorm to live alone.)
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**[At School - Lunchtime]**
"You... you feed them twice a day?" Niyori asked curiously. (Referring to the kitten and puppy.)
Kiyoshi nodded without looking at Niyori.
> "Nami eats boiled chicken and tuna. Kai eats sweet potatoes mixed with dried meat."
Niyori stared.
"You take better care of them than people."
Kiyoshi answered immediately.
> "They are honest."
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**[Afternoon - Aiko in the Classroom]**
Aiko stole a glance at him.
Kiyoshi was feeding a sparrow on the windowsill, his eyes vacant but his movements precise.
Her heart fluttered.
> "Why is he like this? So cold... yet so gentle towards things that can't speak?"
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**[Evening - Rainy.]**
That evening, the rain fell silently. Kiyoshi was walking back to his dorm, hands in his pockets, head slightly raised.
He wasn't thinking about school. Or exams. Or Aiko.
He was thinking...
> "Need to buy salmon. Nami must be tired of chicken."
Near the market, a kitten meowed from an alley. (Kiyoshi noticed because the kitten meowed.)
He glanced sideways.
A small, shivering kitten was staring intently at a girl holding a leaking plastic bag of groceries.
Aiko.
She stopped, kneeling to feed the kitten. (There were many cats in Kiyoshi's area.)
But-
Headlights.
The screech of tires.
The curve was too sharp.
A truck was careening out of control.
Time seemed to slow.
The kitten.
The girl.
The headlights.
The smell of burning diesel.
> Kiyoshi did not move for Aiko.
He moved for the kitten.
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He lunged forward, pushing Aiko and the kitten far away. But he had miscalculated.
The truck hit him at full force.
> ...
Blood.
Silence.
His final thought was not of fear.
Or pain.
Or even Aiko.
It was of Nami and Kai.
> "I'm sorry I won't be coming home tonight. I hope... someone... will take care of you, Nami and Kai..."
Kiyoshi's final moments ended with those words.
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Aiko screamed his name, her eyes wide with horror.
The kitten trembled in her arms.
Kiyoshi's lifeless body hit the wet road.
The darkness swallowed him whole.
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✦ **To be continued...**
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**Chapter 1: The Smile That Can Never Return (Last part)**
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[Everything from the previous version of Chapter 1, including MC's childhood, school life, caring for the kitten and puppy, and the final truck scene, remains. I have now added the script.] (MC - Main character)
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✦ **Script: The Empty Room**
The funeral was quiet.
Kiyoshi Ishida had no real family.
The school held a small memorial. Only a few students came. Kiyoshi wasn't well-known.
But Niyori stood in the front row, fists clenched.
He didn't cry.
But his voice cracked as he whispered.
> "I promise I'll take care of them, Kiyoshi..."
(Referring to Nami and Kai.)
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**[Later - Kiyoshi's Dorm. An Empty Room]**
The door opened.
The kitten, Nami, jumped down from under the bed and meowed frantically.
The puppy, Kai, barked once and ran towards the door.
But it wasn't Kiyoshi.
It was Niyori.
He knelt and hugged them both tightly.
> "He never smiled... not even once..."
"But he still cared for you. He said so... I know."
On the desk, next to Kiyoshi's last exam papers, was a sticky note.
Written in perfect, cold handwriting.
> "If I don't return, please feed them."
-K
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In the distance, Aiko stood outside the memorial in the rain. She didn't go in.
She held the kitten Kiyoshi had saved in her arms.
She whispered.
> "Did you... did you die for me?"
"I hated you at first... I was jealous of you... and then I liked you..."
She didn't finish.
A tear trailed down her cheek.
> "One day I'll know. I'll know who you really were, Kiyoshi."
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✦ **End of Chapter 1.**