The micro-rift reopened briefly.
The three filaments converged into one slender thread of absence.
It hovered before Kaito one final time.
He did not resist.
He did not command.
He simply stood present.
The filament touched his forehead lightly.
No subtraction occurred.
Instead—
A small luminous mark appeared at the center of his brow.
Then the filament withdrew through the rift.
The opening sealed behind it.
No scar remained.
The sky fractures vanished entirely.
The Boundary Stars burned brighter than ever before.
Silence spread across the planet.
It was over.
But something fundamental had changed.