Somewhere on the other side of the world, 20xx AD.
The night sky looks overcast, lightning strikes from the clouds in the sky, and rain can fall at any time. A man with a cape on his back appeared to be hovering very high and staying in his position above a city, he even hovered higher than the skyscrapers that were in this city. The caped man was seen from behind so his face could not be seen. Shortly thereafter, something hovered and moved among the clouds in the sky, so that its shape could not be seen clearly unless it was something the size of a fighter jet. The caped man immediately noticed the movement hidden behind the clouds
“Not today Black Star…”
The caped man then shot up flying very quickly and formed a momentary pillar of light that pierced and make a hole in the cloudy clouds above him with a diameter of several tens of meters, making the part of the cloudy sky that he penetrated turned into a clear night sky, and the caped man disappeared into the darkness of the night in the very high sky. Moving objects hidden behind the clouds then move away.
Somewhere on the other side of the world, 20xx AD.
The weather at night in a city looks foggy with low visibility and empty of crowds. A man in a suit covered with a knee-length overcoat and loafers is walking with a large object over his shoulder. Due to the dense fog, it was unclear what this man's face would look like, nor the shape of the object he was carrying unless it had a silhouette resembling a long scythe with its large scythe blade. Before long, he arrived at a free newspaper machine, took one of the newspapers, and read the headline news for a moment
"Seriously…"
This man then just put this newspaper on a nearby bench and walked away, disappearing into the thick fog. Back at the newspaper, the headline news written on the newspaper was "Hero or Villain?".
Somewhere on the other side of the world, 20xx AD.
A man wearing a black suit and loafers walked down the corridor of a hospital with a doctor
"He just woke up from his coma, I immediately contacted you"
The man in the suit's expression turned serious
"Good, I'll see him soon"
The doctor looked nervous, he then nodded.
Arriving at the room of one of the patients, a man was wearing a long-sleeved white shirt and white long pants, while covering his whole body with a blanket that he wore like a jacket. This man sat on the edge of an open hospital window, watching the news about Black Star on a TV mounted on the wall of this room. The man in white looks from the side so that only the part of his face around the mouth is visible, he appears to ignore the coming of the man in the suit. The man in the suit then closed the patient's room door
“This is a public hospital, to make you feel more comfortable”
The man in white still didn't take his eyes off the TV
"How long have I been in a coma?"
The man in the suit's expression turned astonished
"Two weeks, for your information, that's fast"
The man in white rose from his seat at the window, and adjusted the blanket he was wearing on his body. At a glance, appeared that the hand of the man in white was made of some sort of grayish-black steel which had sturdy carved patterns on its surface. Appears that the news on TV is now entitled "Hero or Villain?".
In many other parts of the world, people also appear to flock to watch the news on TV such as at the office, at the station, on their smartphone, at a restaurant, etc. Appears that what Black Star is about to do has attracted the world's attention.
United States, 20xx AD.
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The current time is 4:30 pm. The sky this afternoon was clear with only a few clouds. A man appears to be wearing a black ankle-length cloak covering his whole body, with a high collar up to his mouth level, and a hood that covers the back of his head to the top of his head. On all parts of this cloak up to the collar part and hood part, there is a thin but very strong black pearl armor, which is formed in such a way and joined by joints that can be widened and narrowed to follow the movement of this cloak so that it will not stiff. On the right front of the cloak collar, there is a black belt to close the front of the cloak, to make it easier to open the cloak on the body part of this man. On the shoulders and upper arms, part of the cloak has additional protective armor with solid carvings which at all the joints of this additional protective armor can extend in such a way as to follow the movement of the cloak.
This man is walking in a shopping district, with the shop buildings on the right and left connected by a main road in the middle, and the wide sidewalks that are on the side of the road appear busy with pedestrians. Because of his unusual appearance, the man in a cloak attracts the attention of almost everyone who walks past him. In this area, there are various shops and stores such as electronics stores, minimarts, restaurants, music shops, cinemas, etc, with high-rise buildings, and skyscrapers.
Not long after, he arrived in front of an intersection where there were many digital billboard screens, some of which displayed news about the Black Star, and the Black Star arrived at Pentagon. This appeared to attract the attention of passersby, many of whom stopped their steps and stood watching the news on the digital billboard screens. The man in the cloak appeared not interested in watching the news on the digital billboard screens and kept walking, passing the people who were standing here.
Shortly thereafter, dozens of fighter jets appeared to be flying low, one after another passing through the sky of this city with the sound of their jets breaking the atmosphere, making everyone's attention here focus on the sky with some of them taking out their smartphones and using them to record a few more fighter jets that will be still passing through the sky. One of the people looking up at the sky looked at these fighter jets with an expression of fear mixed with worry
"Is all this because of Black Star?"
Appears that people are starting to talk about Black Star. Not long after, dozens of fighter jets flew alternately across the sky of this city. While everyone here was looking up at the sky in amazement, the man in the cloak appeared to be walking without paying attention to the sky, passing by the amazed people around him.
Not long after, this man arrived in front of an electronics store, with many smart TVs of various sizes displayed on the translucent glass wall in front of him. Appeared that even the TVs in this electronics store were all showing news discussing someone called "Black Star", in front of this store people started to gather because they happened to be passing by and were interested in news regarding Black Star. Because of this, this man in the cloak then stopped by this electronic store too just to see the news regarding Black Star, standing among the people here. The man in the cloak was watching the news on the TVs in the electronic store in front of him which was now titled “Hero or Villain?”.
Not long after, dozens of fighter jets flew back and forth in the sky of this city, the sound of these fighter jets' engines was even enough to break the atmosphere of the crowded people around here, making the people who were previously looking at the television and the people walking on the sidewalk immediately look towards the sky. Not long after, dozens of attack helicopters also flew across the sky of this city, making people immediately take out their smartphones to capture this rare moment. From the behavior of these fighter jets and attack helicopters, they appeared to be on alert if something bad happened. Someone behind the man in the cloak said
“What kind of Person, no… what kind of monster would need this many fighter jets just to be on alert because of his arrival?”
The people around started boisterously as they looked up at the sky.
On the other hand, this still appeared unattractive to the man in the cloak who remained standing in place, looking at the TV that was displayed in the front of the electronic store in front of him
“All this commotion is meaningless…”
The TVs screen now displays how the atmosphere was outside the Pentagon during the discussion with Black Star, where there were also dozens of fighter jets and attack helicopters flying on patrols above it.
“This world, this… universe… all of this actually…”
Not until he finished speaking, his words are cut off because suddenly a sound similar to the sound of a smartphone notification ringtone was heard. “Ding!” this sound was heard along with the appearance of a black colored screen that floating in front of this person at eye level, with white writing:
[Please be prepared, the quest will start after system initiation]
Seeing the unusual thing floating in front of him, the man in the cloak didn't appear surprised, indicating that this was something familiar to him. The people around him didn't appear bothered by the appearance of this black screen, indicating that only the man in the cloak could see it for some reason
"I have to find out what is the meaning behind all of this, or this will never end…”
The man in the cloak then sighed. After a while, another message appeared on the black screens in front of him:
[Initiating the system…]
The man in the cloak smiled
"Alright, let's do this"
After a while, another message appeared on the black screens in front of him:
[System initiation in 10,]
[System initiation in 9,]
[System initiation in 8,]
[System initiation in 7,]
[System initiation in 6,]
[System initiation in 5,]
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