[Scene: Early morning – The sky is pale. Clouds hang heavy. The city is still asleep.]
Naizaka stands at the school gate, alone, staring up at the building.His voice echoes internally:
"I was never meant to be a protagonist.I wasn't built for noise, for friends, for fate.And yet, somehow, I became all three."
5 Hours Earlier — System Lab Ruins
Mio, Toma, Aoi, Riko, Yuki, and Sena gather in what remains of the Core chamber.
Mio (hands shaking): "It rebooted. The system's still alive. But weaker… like it's limping."
Aoi: "We sealed Naoya. What's left?"
Riko (flipping old pages): "It's not a 'what' anymore. It's a 'who.'"
Sena: "Another clone?"
Mio (pointing): "No. The Original. Naizaka Prime. The real one."
[Scene: Rooftop – Naizaka watches as static ripples faintly in the clouds.]
Yuki approaches, quietly.
Yuki: "Did you know? That you were… a version?"
Naizaka (calmly): "I've suspected. Dreams that weren't mine. Reflexes I never trained. A name that didn't belong to me—but always fit too well."
Yuki: "He's waking up. The real Naizaka. Sealed to protect the system. But if he wakes…"
Naizaka (flat): "...I vanish."
SYSTEM MEMORY LAYER – VIRTUAL SPACE
The group connects via Mio's device. A final descent into the core system begins. The world outside slows.
They enter a realm that looks like shattered mirrors reflecting moments from every episode, every memory.
At the center: a floating boy. Slightly older. Sharper eyes. Cold aura.Naizaka Prime.
Naizaka (stepping forward): "So... we finally meet."
Naizaka Prime (soft voice): "You imitated me well. But the system requires the real thing."
THE LOGIC CLASH
Naizaka Prime begins walking through memories — erasing them as he goes. Friends vanish from photos. Dialogue echoes backward.
Naizaka: "You're just restoring control."
Naizaka Prime: "Control is peace. You were defective. You felt too much."
Naizaka: "And yet… I'm the one who survived. I was never supposed to be remembered."
Naizaka Prime: "Because you weren't real."
FINAL BATTLE – Mind vs Memory
They clash in pure mental space — Taekwondo forms turning into fractal waves, each strike rewriting logic code.
Naizaka Prime's movements are perfect. Efficient. Robotic.
Naizaka's are sharp—but fueled by instinct, emotion, and experience.
Naizaka Prime (dodging): "You were afraid of noise, remember?"
Naizaka (blocking): "Not afraid. I understood it."
Naizaka Prime: "You longed for silence."
Naizaka: "And I found meaning in the noise."
[A final exchange of blows—Naizaka's roundhouse smashes through a glitch barrier. Prime is staggered.]
YUKI'S INTERVENTION
Yuki appears beside Naizaka, holding the echo-code blade.
Yuki (to Prime): "You're the past. But he's the choice."
Naizaka: "You were always logic. I became will. That's what separates us."
THE LAST RESET OFFER
The system speaks:
"Select.[1] Erase Clone. Restore Original.[2] Accept Clone. Rewrite Core Identity.Warning: Option 2 will permanently delete 'Naizaka Prime.'"
Naizaka Prime (staring): "If you choose yourself… you erase what made you."
Naizaka (eyes narrowed): "No. I became what made me. I'm not a glitch—I'm the outcome."
CHOICE & SACRIFICE
Naizaka presses [2]. The world blurs. Prime screams in light.
All around them, fragmented mirrors crack—and then reassemble.
THE REAL WORLD RETURNS
Classroom. Morning. Birds chirp.
Naizaka opens his eyes. Everyone is there. But something's changed.
Toma: "Wait… I remember everything."
Riko: "Me too. Like… our lives finally belong to us."
Yuki (softly): "You won."
FINAL SCENE – ROOFTOP, LATE AFTERNOON
Naizaka sits alone again, sipping juice. Wind rustles the trees. Yuki joins him silently.
Naizaka (monologue):
"The world didn't end. It remembered us.I still like quiet places. I still hate noise.But I've stopped running from it.Because the echoes I hear now…aren't ghosts. They're people.They're mine."
Yuki (smiling): "What now?"
Naizaka: "We live. As ourselves."
[They clink juice cans.]
THE END