I Am the Darkness Who Hide Secretly

Jake Lagon is summoned by a mysterious golden light that breaks into his Future Tokyo.

Not by force, but invitation.

He enters a dimensional rift…

Where a throne room of 13 System Gods watches him from atop floating code-pillars.

Each god represents a type of system:

[God of Magic Systems]

[God of Leveling Systems]

[God of Reincarnation Systems]

[God of Dialogue Systems]

[God of Lore Systems]

[God of Stat Screens]

…and more.

> They speak in harmony:

"You've broken balance. You erased Hunters.

You are not under any system.

You are an error we must fix."

Jake:

> "I'm not an error.

I'm the thing you tried to overwrite… but failed."

They give Jake an ultimatum:

> Join them, or be erased from the narrative of all existence.

Jake Lagon laughs.

> "You're trying to control a darkness that was never born.

You don't know me."

He steps forward.

Chapter 18 ends with tension rising. The gods prepare for war.