John started to laugh.

He then started to think.

"What should be the name of this identity?"

John wasn't insane. But he was indeed the cause of the apocalypse. John felt like he should have a certain personality for his secret identity in this world.

So how exactly should he act? He felt like he should act as the harbinger of destruction.

He then spoke in whispers.

"The end drives near..."

"They are approaching closer..."

The officer leaned in.

"What did you say?"

For some reason. The officer had goosebumps. He felt something was off with this person.

John stopped whispering and tilted his head.

"Fool! The end draws near..."

"The end?"

"I am the harbinger of destruction. I am the one who calls forth the end. My name is..."

"Destinatus!"

The officer slammed the desk.

"Stop talking nonsense!"

John continued to laugh.

"They are almost here."

"Who is almost here? What are you talking about?"

"All will be known soon..."

John then used the self destruct function of his system. Covering the person in his organs and blood as well as shattered bones.

"..."

The entire process was recorded.

John respawned in his room.

His mom opened the door.

"When did you get back? Why didn't I see you in the living room?"

"I crawled in from the window!"

"Why?"

"It is more fun."

His mom closed the door in confusion.

Meanwhile... on the internet. The recording of him was leaked.

People saw a madman laugh as he was in a strait jacket. He was wearing a white mask for some reason.

Those that watched the video. Felt that despite him being restrained. There was a certain creepiness to his laugh.

It was as if there wasn't a human behind that mask. But something else entirely. What happened next surprised everyone.

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He talked about the end of things. He...

He blew up! How can someone just self destruct? What sort of power is that?

Did that person die? He was laughing one second... then dead the next.

But what surprised them even more was that the blood and organs vanished after a few seconds. All traces of him disappeared.

Various forums and news outlets released this footage.

People thought this was just an advertisement for some game or movie. As a normal person couldn't detonate themselves on command.

Some bigwigs in the government put 'Destinatus' on the most wanted list. As he was recognized to be unkillable.

They told their officers to never use lethal force on him. If possible sedate him or try to put him in a coma.

John also had a computer and internet access. He was surprised to see his little performance on the news.

He wasn't an idiot however. Seeing that they sedated him. He couldn't use the same tactic anymore. He would have to stop robbing banks. He had enough money now either way. So even if he could continue to rob banks, he had grown bored of it.

He didn't wish for them to put him in a coma. Although he could still manipulate the system even when unconscious.

So he could detonate himself even while he was under.

In other words... Good luck catching him!

He had enough money right now either way.

He quit his job the next day and began to meditate.

Some scientist wished to study the DNA of 'Destinatus'. But all traces of him disappeared when he respawned.

John wondered what would change in the world when he met the divergence point.

A special department in the government was opened due to John's display of power.

'The Anomaly Department'

John was the first 'anomaly' in the world. But he would definitely not be the last.

He was classed as A-001.

'A male with a white mask that seems to have the ability to vanish upon death. Also is capable of self detonating. Has the ability to mess with space. As shown in the files retrieved from a bank. Potential other abilities unknown. S class existence.'

They gave him S class rank as he was the benchmark and his other abilities were unknown. Who knew what else he was capable of?

The people in this department were all excited. What did such an existence like 'Destinatus' mean? It meant that this world had supernatural power! Who didn't want to be able to have powers? This existence proved that it was possible! They just didn't know the process...

John spent most of his time online.

He had bought chalk and supplies to try out formations for when the supernatural invaded this world.

He also used a lot of funds to have his house reinforced.

Months went by peacefully and 'Destinatus' wasn't seen. Most had forgotten about him. His warning was in the back of their mind. But nobody took it seriously. Except for some people that owned bunkers just in case of an apocalypse.

Then it happened.

The world was invaded by gods and eldritch beings!

It was the divergence point...

John told his mom to not leave the house no matter what. She was just a normal woman. She would go insane from looking at the horrors outside.

John walked outside and looked up at the sky. The sun was blocked by a giant monster. John wasn't the only one to go outside to look at this creature.

But unlike John. The others that saw this entity went batshit insane. Their eyes went bloodshot and they went into a murderous rage.

They began to mutate.

A person charged at John.

John threw them off balance, then tossed them.

Others then turned their heads looking at him. It was as if everyone had become zombies. They had turned into madman.

John was quite excited.

"It's time to regain my power!"

He then got into battle against dozens of people outside. Their movements were predictable and lacked variation. He knocked most of them out.

He tried to create a formation using the blood from one of the knocked out humans as well as supplies he had bought ahead of time.

But nothing fantastical happened.

The creature in the sky also died from dissipating and calm briefly returned to the world. Some had been inside. Others couldn't see it from their location in the world. But a huge chunk of people outside had gone insane. They didn't just suddenly become sane after the creature disappeared.

The creature had died. It wasn't due to some powerful entity erasing it. It was due to the conflicting rules of this world. Supernatural power wasn't working well here. So the creature broke down into data and basically vanished.

But this wasn't such a simple invasion of one creature. Portals all over the world opened up and many mythological creatures came through them.

A suit formed around John and a white mask appeared over his face.

The key to supernatural power in this world was the data left behind after these creatures fell apart.

The atmosphere was filling up with data from these creatures.

When these existences died. They would respawn in the calamity realm. They would then invade reality again.

It was an endless cycle and the remnants of their corpses was saturating the world with brand new forms of energy.

There were a variety of entities.

So the atmosphere of the world was beginning to have 'aura'.

It was a slow process... but the world was becoming fantastical.