NOVEL WEB Chapter 10: EPISODE 10: “The Devil’s Invitation”
🕯️ [Scene 1 – Shibuya Crossing, 3:33 AM]
The camera pans across Tokyo's silent streets. Then—
BOOM. A ripple of crimson fire erupts from the center of the crossing.
Pedestrians scream as cracks tear through the ground. From the flame, a towering red figure steps out, dragging a cane made of melted halos. His grin is eternal. His eyes burn gold.
😈 Name: MEPHISTO
Title: Lord of Hell Realms
Power: Infernal Manipulation, Soul Bargains, Dimensional Rift
Visual: Elegant black-red robes, a demonic crown, skin like shifting coals. His presence distorts reality.
MEPHISTO (to the crowd):
"Good evening, Tokyo! Who's ready to sin?"
With a snap of his fingers, the city's neon signs flicker. People drop to their knees, possessed. The sky turns wine-red.
🎬 [Scene 2 – Break Academy: Panic Breach]
ONMYO FLARE:
"That flame… it's not earthly. This is hellfire."
STARWAVE (wide-eyed):
"He really came. Like an opening act to the apocalypse…"
SCARLET ONNA:
"There are cursed threads appearing all over the city… people are being rewritten."
The Avengers gather in the strategy chamber. Kuro grips his claws tighter.
KURO ŌKAMI:
"Then we hunt a devil."
An alert suddenly buzzes on Onmyo's talisman. A SHIELD drone crashes through the window—projecting a familiar face.
🕶️ [Scene 3 – NICK FURY APPEARS]
NICK FURY (hologram):
"Looks like you've got a problem, Tokyo."
STARWAVE:
"Wait… is that the Fury?!"
FURY:
"You've got hell on your front lawn, and I've got intel. So listen up."
He explains that Mephisto is searching for five "Keys of Collapse"—mystic cores hidden in Tokyo.
If he collects all five, he'll merge Tokyo with a Hell dimension and crown himself "Emperor of Earthly Sin."
FURY:
"I'll be landing in twelve minutes. Don't die before I get there."
🕳️ [Scene 4 – Demon Outbreak: Harajuku District]
Demons pour from flame-rifts. Possessed civilians sprout horns and scream Mephisto's name.
Scarlet Onna stitches spiritual thread-seals to protect crowds.
Onmyo Flare carves firewalls along the shrine streets.
Starwave launches sonic shockwaves from rooftops to collapse bridges under demon swarms.
Kuro dives claw-first into the chaos—slicing through ghouls as his beast form starts to slip.
KURO:
"I need to go Feral Surge—now."
ONMYO FLARE:
"Don't! Mephisto wants you to lose control!"
✈️ [Scene 5 – Nick Fury Lands]
In a cloaked jet, Nick Fury drops from the sky with a pulse cannon rifle and demon-fighting tech made from symbiote scrap and sanctum shards.
FURY (landing hard):
"Didn't think I'd be playing exorcist in Tokyo. But here we are."
He uses a Hellcode Jammer to shut a demonic portal mid-air.
FURY:
"We'll hold them. But to end this? You need to go straight to the Devil's Den."
🔥 [Scene 6 – The Invitation]
A flaming letter appears in Starwave's hand. It reads:
"To the rising stars of Tokyo...
You've impressed me. Now let's see if you're strong enough to play my final act.
Come to the Diet Building. Bring your claws, your threads, your flames, your noise.
Let's raise hell together."
– M
The letter combusts, leaving behind a glowing sigil: the first Key of Collapse embedded in molten metal.
🎴 [Scene 7 – Final Decision]
KURO ŌKAMI:
"If we go to him, we walk into a trap."
SCARLET ONNA:
"But if we don't… he burns the city down."
ONMYO FLARE:
"I say we accept. We burn back."
STARWAVE (smirking):
"Let's crash the devil's concert."
🏯 [Scene 8 – Closing Shot: Mephisto's Throne]
Inside the corrupted Diet Building, Mephisto lounges on a throne made of old political banners and golden bones.
MEPHISTO (to himself):
"They're coming. I do love the sound of resistance… it's so easy to break."
He smiles as Key #2 begins glowing beneath the floor.
🎴 [End Card – Tokyo Avengers]
EPISODE 10: "The Devil's Invitation" — END
🌀 Next Time: Episode 11 — "Strings of the Damned"
The team infiltrates Mephisto's realm… but he's already gotten inside their heads. Can they fight a devil when the battlefield is built from their deepest fears?