> [System World Status: GLITCHED]
[Identity Fracture Detected]
"In a world rewritten, who decides who the original truly is?"
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The battlefield transformed again.
Black mirrors rose from the void, each reflecting twisted versions of the team—warped by regret, vengeance, and forgotten truths. These weren't illusions.
They were Impostor Clones, birthed from the Tongueless King's corrupted memories of the survivors.
Each clone was convinced they were the real one.
Each one had evolved in a different way.
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Lian vs. Diver Lian (Impostor)
This Impostor Lian never made the sacrifices. He gambled everything and always won. His eyes burned with greed, charisma overflowing.
> [Talent: Fate Breaker – Passive Win Bias]
– Can reroll the outcome of any event with 50% success rate
– Immune to fear
He tossed coin after coin, warping physics, bending probability—and then smiled smugly.
"Why do you keep losing, huh? I'm the better you."
Real Lian didn't answer. He let the coins hit him—to learn their trajectory. To understand the flaw in luck.
Then he stepped into the arc of a reroll—and punched himself, breaking the pattern.
> [Fate Diver: Evolved into Anti-Luck Anchor]
– Cancels all forced win/loss biases in a radius
His Impostor flickered… and crumbled into glitchdust.
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Jayce vs. Jayce Prime (Impostor)
Impostor Jayce had his voice. He was confident, sharp, cutting with sarcasm and dripping with luck.
But... he had no heart.
"You're the beta version, man. I'm the one who made everyone laugh. You're just trauma in a hoodie."
Jayce didn't try to out-joke him.
He just hugged him—then blew both of them up with a banana cream grenade.
> [Trait Fusion: Silent Trickster + Emotional Feedback Loop]
– Now every time someone cares about him, Jayce gains damage reflection against despair-based attacks
Only one Jayce walked away.
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Ria vs. Saint Ria (Impostor)
This clone was perfect—beautiful, untouchable, healing everything, never doubting, always right.
She looked at Ria like a pitying goddess. "You broke too much. You hurt too much."
"I'd rather be broken and real than flawless and fake," Ria snarled—and stepped into her other self's perfect aura.
The saint recoiled in horror. Ria bled on purpose, corrupted her own healing field, and weaponized compassion.
> [New Ability: Unholy Grace – Healing turned volatile within trauma zones]
She mercy-killed her better version with tears running down her cheeks.
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Kuro vs. The Original Blade
Impostor Kuro was the memory Kuro had lost—his younger self, pure, idealistic, unbroken.
"Why did you let yourself become a monster?" he whispered.
Kuro's sword trembled.
But then he knelt.
"Because the world broke me... and I broke back."
He sheathed his blade.
And still, the Impostor died—because he had no idea what strength sacrifice truly held.
> [Kuro unlocked: Soul Reforged Blade – Gains strength when not fighting]
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[Tongueless King – Phase 4 Death Achieved]
> HP 0/6
Identity Rewrite Loop Broken
"Now begins the final trial:
Will you kill the parts of yourselves that you still love… if they threaten the world?"
The battlefield cracked again, revealing the next realm.
The Tongue Archive.
A library of voices the King had stolen over centuries—each one whispering truths never meant to be heard.
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