Chapter Title: "Frozen Time, Fractured Fate"
The Creator God's hand loomed above, its immense force about to crash upon the present Itsuke. The space around the strike warped — but then...
Time stopped.
The wind stilled mid-motion. Dust froze in the air. The light from the stars ceased its shimmer.
And in that suspended world, another figure appeared — walking calmly through the frozen moment like a god among statues.
His aura was not just divine — it was transcendent.
It was Future Itsuke Kurogane — the one who had fought the Creator, the one who rewrote the Law of Creation.
He stood before his younger self — the present Itsuke, who stood frozen mid-battle stance, his eyes wide at the intrusion into this unreachable moment.
But now, he moved again — time had resumed only for them.
"You're me..." Itsuke whispered, already understanding the impossible truth.
The Future Itsuke nodded. His aura shimmered like ripples on a mirrored sea, timeless and weightless. Wounds laced his divine form — proof of the battle that reshaped destiny.
"You are at the crossroads," Future Itsuke said calmly. "This is the moment the Creator God intended to erase you... but I intercepted time. One final echo of myself is all I had left."
Present Itsuke narrowed his eyes. "Why? Why not just destroy him now?"
Future Itsuke didn't answer immediately. Instead, he raised two fingers.
Two golden sigils shimmered into the air between them — each glowing with opposite energy:
⚔️ OPTION ONE: "Absolute Judgment"
End the Creator God.
This path will destroy the source of universal design. Chaos will follow. A world free of divine law — with no boundaries, but no protection. You will be the first, and last, sovereign.
🔄 OPTION TWO: "Divine Rewind"
Return to the moment you became the God of Time and Space.
This path gives you the chance to walk a different road. Rebuild power, reshape destiny before interference, and prepare for the true war — on your own terms.
Future Itsuke stepped forward, his eyes solemn.
"You must choose, now. I have no strength left to guide you further. My existence ends when this suspended time breaks."
"But why give me this choice?" Present Itsuke asked, fists clenched. "Isn't this your war too?"
Future Itsuke smiled softly — tiredly.
"It was. But now it's yours. I rewrote the law of freedom... so you could choose what I never could."
A deep silence fell again. The strike of the Creator hovered frozen — an eternal sword of judgment waiting to fall.
And in that moment of infinite stillness...
Present Itsuke looked at the two sigils.
His lips moved.
"I choose..."