The Truth Behind the Phantom Troupe
"Hello… so you came back again."
Sai's voice was calm, almost as if he was directly speaking to someone in front of him—no, not someone in front… someone reading.
A faint smile appeared on his face, but it didn't reach his eyes.
"Now that we've finally reached the Phantom Troupe… I guess it's time I tell you the truth."
He took a slow breath.
The air around him felt heavier.
"Phantom Troupe… is not just an organization."
A pause.
"It's something far worse."
His eyes darkened slightly.
"They hunt the strongest Avtarans in the world… not just to defeat them… but to take everything from them."
Another pause.
"Their powers… their abilities…"
His voice dropped lower.
"…even their soul energy."
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A Memory That Never Left
"Years ago… when I was still a kid…"
Sai's expression softened, but there was pain hidden beneath it.
"My father went after them."
Silence followed.
Heavy.
Uncomfortable.
"And after that…"
His fingers clenched slightly.
"…he never came back."
The wind brushed past him, but he didn't move.
"Except…"
He looked up.
"…that one day."
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The Day Everything Changed
"That day… I wasn't home."
Sai's voice slowed down, as if he was reliving every second.
"I was on the mountain… sitting alone, doing nothing."
"When I came back…"
He stopped.
His jaw tightened.
"The house was empty."
No movement.
No sound.
"No mother… no father… nothing."
His breathing became slightly uneven.
"I searched everywhere."
"Every room… every corner… every place I could think of…"
"But she wasn't there."
He closed his eyes for a moment.
"Zixu told me she went outside."
A small, bitter smile appeared.
"But I knew…"
"…she wouldn't come back anytime soon."
Sai sat down slowly, as if the memory itself was too heavy to carry while standing.
"I just sat there… doing nothing."
"Thinking… overthinking…"
"And then—"
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The Call
Tring… Tring…
The sudden ringing of a phone shattered the silence.
Sai's eyes opened.
"I picked it up."
His voice became slightly tense.
"Hello… is anyone home?"
"I'm alone," Sai replied quietly.
There was a short pause from the other side.
"Is your father there?"
Sai hesitated.
"I don't know… he hasn't been home for months."
Another pause.
Longer this time.
"Alright… when he comes back… tell him I'm looking for him."
Sai frowned slightly.
"Do you know him?"
Before the person could answer—
CRASH!
A loud metallic sound echoed from the background.
Sai froze.
His heart skipped a beat.
"That sound…"
His voice dropped.
"…it was one of my father's weapons."
The call ended instantly.
No explanation.
No goodbye.
Just silence.
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The Weight of Not Knowing
"I didn't understand anything."
Sai shook his head slightly.
"My mind was full of questions… but no answers."
"Who was that person?"
"Where was my father?"
"What was happening?"
He clenched his fist.
"And why did it feel like something was… wrong?"
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Her Return
"After some time… my mother came back."
Her voice echoed in his mind.
"Welcome home, Sai. You're already back?"
Sai looked up slightly, as if he could still see her.
"Why are you sitting here?"
"I told her everything."
"Every single detail."
"The call… the voice… the sound…"
"She didn't interrupt me even once."
When he finished—
"She hugged me."
Tightly.
As if she already knew everything.
"As if… she was hiding something."
Then she said something that changed everything.
"Tonight… I'll show you something."
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The Secret Beneath the House
"By evening… I couldn't stay calm anymore."
Sai let out a small breath.
"My thoughts kept repeating the same thing again and again."
"What was she going to show me?"
"Why now?"
"Why after all this time?"
Time felt slower that day.
Unnaturally slow.
"Finally… she took me downstairs."
Not just downstairs.
"To a place he had never seen before.
"The basement."
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"That was the first time I ever went there."
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The Hidden Truth
The air was cold.
Still.
Unwelcoming.
"There was an old cupboard."
His voice lowered.
"She opened it… and took out a suitcase."
Inside that suitcase—
"There was a strange box."
Sai's hand slowly moved, as if holding something invisible.
"And then… I remembered."
"The ring."
The same ring he had received earlier.
"On the mountain…"
His expression softened slightly.
"I was sitting there… crying."
"Then an Avtaran appeared."
"It didn't attack me… didn't speak…"
"It just sat beside me."
"And started singing."
A calm… soothing melody.
"That was the first time I felt peace that day."
"And when I calmed down…"
"It gave me that ring."
Sai looked down at his hand.
"That ring…"
"…belonged to my father."
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The Truth Revealed
"My mother asked me where I got it."
"I told her everything."
No lies.
No hesitation.
"And for the first time…"
"I saw her break."
Her eyes filled with tears.
But she didn't cry loudly.
She just smiled… weakly.
"Go find your father."
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The Message From the Past
Sai slowly exhaled.
"I placed the ring into that box."
And then—
"Everything changed."
A soft light filled the room.
"A hologram appeared."
His eyes sharpened.
"It was him."
"My father."
For a moment—
It felt like time stopped.
Then the voice came.
"Son… if you're seeing this…"
"…then it means you've grown strong enough to find me."
Sai's breath hitched slightly.
"I…"
The scene cut.
Abruptly.
Without warning.
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Back to the Present
Sai opened his eyes again.
"That's enough for today."
A faint smile returned.
"The rest… another time."
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The Phantom Troupe
His expression turned serious again.
"Now… let's talk about them."
"The Phantom Troupe."
"They are divided into ranks."
A Tier (12 members): Fighters. Hunters. Executioners.
B Tier (5 members): Scientists. Strategists. Support.
C Tier (100+ members): Workers. Assistants. Logistics.
"But none of them matter…"
His voice dropped.
"Compared to the ones above them."
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The S Tier
"Only 7 members."
A pause.
"But each one…"
"…is a monster."
"They exist to rival the Seven Conquerors."
"The strongest beings alive."
"No one knows where their boss is."
"Some say he's dead."
"Some say he never existed."
"But they…"
"They believe he's alive."
"And one day…"
"…he will return."
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The Real Goal
Sai's eyes locked forward.
"Their true goal isn't just power."
"They collect Avtarans…"
"…not to use them…"
"…but to consume them."
"To gather their soul energy…"
"…and make their leader…"
"…immortal."
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The Final Name
A silence filled the space.
Heavy.
Oppressive.
Sai spoke one word.
Slowly.
Clearly.
"…Revan."
The air shifted.
"As if even saying his name… had consequences."
"He once tried to conquer all three realms."
"And he almost succeeded."
"But one man stopped him."
Sai's voice softened.
"…my father."
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The End… or Beginning
Sai closed his eyes.
"But now…"
"…he's awake."
A deep silence followed.
"No one knows what he'll do next…"
"…or who he'll come for."
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Final Line
"And this time… there may be no one left to stop him."
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