Dentaku Bango took a step forward, reaching out towards him. He couldn’t believe what he’d just witnessed. He’d never imagined his greatest rival could be suicidal. But that manic, insane cackling? People often lost their heads in times of crisis—he had hardly maintained his composure, after all—but he’d never have expected Harigane to be the…

“My dream has always been to redesign the world, to shape it to the one I’ve always dreamed of: the perfect world. I’m going to become the greatest architect that Japan, no, that the world has ever seen!”

For a second, everything was still. For a moment, Rin could see everything all at once. The entire world was laid before him, stretching a million miles into the distance. More information than he could handle flooded his mind, paralysing him completely. Images, colourful and perplexing, flashed before his eyes. A cube of perfect proportions,…

Everything that happened around Hideyori also happened within his orb. You could compare the orb to a mirror, or a display to a camera situated at a bird’s eye vantage. In reality, it was neither. The orb held a perfect replica of the scene at hand. It captured a Moment in time, a peaceful Moment.…

What would the world look like in four dimensions? Was it even possible for him to know? Rin doubted his mind would ever rest, until he had reached some form of closure.

Katsuro Harigane’s plan had been far from foolproof, but some small part of him hoped that he had gotten away with it. Sadly, his luck was finite. Later that same night, his watch had just ticked midnight, and the man had just about calmed his nerves. About to close his curtains and turn in for…

Whatever power this ritual bestowed, he could not let this knife fall into their hands.

… This discovery will prove that the legend of Horus’ Banished Disciple is more than just a myth. The scratching stopped. Katsuro Harigane [鎍 活路] set down his pen. He leant back in his chair; the wood creaked in complaint. He stretched towards the canvas roof, heavy eyes focusing on his watch. The hands pointed…