In the year 2055, human population exceeded the planet's capacity to support life and the subsequent endless battles for resources led to the extinction of several species of animals as well as annihilation of 95% of the worlds population. The survivors were elite industrialists and their R&D experts who had holed up in their deep underground bunkers. Here is the story of the scion of one such family, the Musashi clan, in a race to conquer a virgin world! But wait a minute, how would one reach a whole new world?? The scientific experts figured out how the souls of humans transcends the current 3 dimensional plane and travels using the "Manasphere" a pseudo 4th dimension where time and space warp together, to create a series of wormholes.
This discovery could not have come sooner as the planets core had been increasingly unstable due to the various nukes that the various nations had launched at each other. Also a major downside of the Musashi gate was that it was a one-way trip, so no way to ascertain the safety of the system, as those that passed had no way of reporting back to the clan of their findings. Hence, many senior members had been resigned about their fates.
Most of the industrialist clans had neither the resources, nor the technology to build their own Warp-gates. In spite of their best effort there just was no more soil left on the planet to support plant growth and so all the clans were desperate to leave the planet. Hence as the old adage goes, 'grass is greener on the other side', these rival clans united together to subdue and steal the Musashi war-gate.
"Huh??What?? What the hell is gong on?" exclaimed the 5th generation clan head of the Musashi as sudden tremors start shaking his bunker bed. He and his mistress soon find their head of security, Onizu, ushering them to the lowest level lab where the most prized and riskiest of their inventions, the Warp-Gate was positioned.
"No! Where is Hiro??? I can't leave without my son." Miyuki, the Head's mistress adamantly demands Onizu to go bring her son. Onizu complies by ordering the rest of his agents to keep escorting the Head and Miyuki. Then he rushes off to look for the young-master and to get him to safety. He goes straight to the Dojo/Armory where he finds the twenty nine year old warrior and scion, Hiro Musashi equipping the battle armor and weapons to go engage the enemy.
Onizu has to use all of his guile and cunningness to convince the young master that they need to protect the clan head from the enemy assassins and that too is a very brave responsibility. Reluctantly, Hiro follows his sensei, Onizu's advise and they both sprint their way to the lower levels, dispatching any enemy that is foolish enough to obstruct their path.
As the reach the last level a grisly scene awaits them. More than half the agents of Onizu's agents are slain. Just as Hiro is about to kill the captain hindering him from aiding his father, the Clan head, time seems to slow down for him as he sees a soldier aiming the Laser of the gun, on his father's chest and shooting! But just before the bullet could kill him, Miyuki throws herself to shield her beloved and takes the bullet in her bossom. This all just took place in a matter of seconds, time resumes its normal flow but Hiro is enraged and lashes out against his opponent by stabbing him at thrice in the blink of an eye. On reaching, his mother, his eyes are wet and he can't keep his composure.
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Onizu, his father and a few others have by now resumed control of the lab and taken out the enemies, their scientists who were hiding during the skirmish resume their preparations to power the Warp-gate. As his father joins him to witness the last moments of Miyuki, she says"Annata, you must use the Warp-gate to send our son to safety, he is the future of our clan and must be protected no matter the cost". The head whose cheeks are wet with streaks of tears nods solemnly. To Hiro, she orders "You must show your courage in taking our clan to the new world and restore us to our former glory, no I wont allow you to lay your life here, you are to conquer the world that awaits you and keep your parents' memories alive in your heart, this you must promise to me now". Hiro although unwilling can not deny his dying mother's last wish and he promises her so.
The scientists confirm that all the preparations are complete , Hiro strips down to enter the transport chamber. Even though, it is called a gate, it is actually similar to an MRI machine that blankets the whole body. In this as Hiro awaits his soul to be extrated from his current body, another fight breaks loose in the lab.
The Gate is damaged by an explosive round fired and starts leaking radioactive waves in the chamber, Hiro is suddenly jolted with a sharp pain in this entire body, followed a sense of being flooded with raw mindless power. This was the backlash of the (damaged) system's radiation control mechanism. It was discovered by the scientists that by radiating mana gradually and in certain rhythms, the soul would pop out of the body. However the sudden high intensity exposure ,unbeknownst to Hiro, altered his soul.
Seemingly never-ending pain suddenly comes to a stop and he finds himself free of his body, a surreal and nauseating feeling emerges in Hiro as he watches his own body still and un-breathing. Then series of lights, flash across the warping chamber, and he finds his soul-self being compressed into a tiny particle-wave based spear like structure of Mana and then he is hurled against the flashing chamber wall. But instead of the expected impact all he experienced was nothingness.