Ruler of Beyonders

The machine looked like an advanced chair, fitted with cutting-edge scanning devices for vitals and other details such as pathological changes in the body, infections, and more.

"Starting the scan now," a voice said from the other side of the glass.

Outside, Watson stood with his arms folded. Yato watched closely, standing beside the technician.

The light slowly moved from Ren's feet toward his head. It was slow, smooth, and steady.

On the screen, lines of data started appearing. Numbers, graphs, and wave patterns scrolled down, but none of it looked unusual.

"Vitals normal," the technician said. "No signs of magic exposure. No core damage. No irregular aura readings. No pathological changes. No foreign body contamination detected."

Watson looked confused. "So… he's fine?"

Yato frowned. "That doesn't make sense. This boy collapsed during a major event. His body reacted to something beyond normal magic. There should be something."

They watched in silence as the scan finished.

Ren stood up slowly. He looked fine. A bit tired, maybe, but not hurt.

"Is it over?" he asked.

"Yes," the voice replied. "You can step out."

Ren walked over to Watson and Yato, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Did you find anything?"

Yato didn't answer right away.

The technician turned around from the monitor. "No. Everything came back normal. No trace of unusual power, body changes, or foreign contamination."

Watson raised a brow. "Wait, so all that back there his glowing, the creature vanishing just nothing?"

"It's not that simple," Yato said, his eyes still on Ren. "This scan was just the basic level. It checks physical health, energy flow, and surface aura. But whatever happened to him… it's not on the surface."

"So what now?" Ren asked.

Yato looked at the technician. "Prepare the Resonance Chamber."

The man blinked. "Sir, are you sure? That's normally used only for high-grade anomalies."

"I'm sure," Yato said. "Something is hiding inside this boy. We're going deeper."

The technician nodded and started making calls.

Yato turned back to Ren.

"This next scan is different. It doesn't just look at your body. It scans your memory, your spirit, and what's buried deep inside you. It might feel strange even painful but we need to know what's really going on."

Ren looked nervous but nodded.

"Alright. Let's do it."

Yato placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Whatever is inside you, Ren… it left no scars. That means it wants to stay hidden. But we'll find it."

Ren had questions too many. He couldn't hold them back any longer. Curiosity burned in his voice.

"So why are we spending time on me? Why are we using resources for this? That last scan looked expensive."

Yato didn't flinch. "Earlier I said this could be a new magic discovery and it might be. But there's more. We think you may share a bloodline with that creature… or at least, part of its biology. It may have injected its cells into your body before it appeared. That would explain why your body reacted the way it did. And if that's true… you could be a threat to humanity."

Ren lowered his head, nodded once, and said nothing.

Then they teleported into a new chamber a secret and advanced facility.

A sealed titanium room with hexagonal sensor walls, ambient blue lighting, and a sliding graphene-glass door. It was designed to scan neural patterns, cellular decay, and hidden anomalies using quantum resonance and photonic layers.

In the center of the chamber stood a machine.

Yato pointed toward it. "Lie down there."

After giving instructions, Yato teleported to the operations room where Watson and the other technicians were waiting.

The operating room was filled with advanced computers rows of data inputs, live-monitoring screens, and pulsing graphs.

Ren stepped into the machine. It looked like a full-body scanner, similar to a hospital CT or MRI, but far more advanced. The surface was silver, smooth, and glowed faintly blue.

He lay down slowly. It was cold at first, but it warmed within seconds.

"Just relax," a soft voice said from the speaker above. "Keep still. This won't take long."

The blue light inside the scanner brightened. A soft humming sound filled the room.

Lines of light began moving slowly from his feet to his head, like something invisible was checking every atom.

Outside, Watson stood beside Yato, watching through the glass.

"Is this safe?" Watson asked, arms crossed.

Yato nodded. "It won't hurt him. We just need to see what kind of energy is inside him now."

Watson stared at the machine. "He's just a kid. What if this is too much?"

Yato said nothing.

Inside the scanner, Ren stared at the ceiling. The lights moved gently. It almost felt peaceful.

Then, something flashed.

A strange symbol appeared above his chest. It glowed red then vanished.

He didn't know if it was real or just in his head.

His body twitched.

The light flickered.

The machine beeped once.

Outside, the operators looked up from their monitors.

"What was that?" one of them asked. "I saw a spike."

Yato stepped closer.

"Zoom in. Playback the scan from a few seconds ago."

They rewound the data.

For a moment, something strange showed on the screen a pulse from Ren's chest. Not normal energy. Not something the scanner could label.

It looked like a burst of something alive. Not magic. Not science. Something older.

"Is that... a mark?" the operator whispered. "It's moving… like it's breathing."

Watson's jaw tightened. "What does that mean?"

Yato didn't speak right away. His eyes locked on the screen.

"It means this boy has something inside him we've never seen before," he said quietly.

Inside the scanner, Ren's fingers went numb.

His breath caught.

Then… everything calmed.

The lights dimmed. The humming stopped.

A voice spoke again.

"Scan complete. Please step out."

Ren slowly sat up. He felt dizzy, like waking from a strange dream.

He stepped down and looked around.

Yato opened the door.

"You okay?" he asked.

Ren nodded. "Yeah. I think so."

Watson came over immediately.

"You scared us for a second. Something flashed on the screen."

Ren blinked. "I saw it too. Just for a moment. Like a symbol or sign. It felt… warm. But also like it didn't belong."

Yato stared at him for a long moment.

"Whatever it was, it left a mark on you. That's not normal energy. That's something else."

Ren looked down at his hands. They were steady now.

"But what does it mean?" he asked.

Yato let out a slow breath.

"That's what we'll find out next."