The head of the H.E.L.L laboratory took a bow before Lord Hades, her movements both elegant and unsettling, a dance between life and death.
"Lord Hades… The boy you brought back destroyed the Hell of Crushing Boulder and is somehow returning to his body all on his own."
Her voice was calm, yet it carried an undertone of urgency as she reported the anomaly.
"Interesting…Come Izanami, let's welcome the boy…"
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Chronos's senses stirred, gradually awakening from a dark and endless slumber.
He was aware of a sensation, a feeling of confinement, his body entangled and bound.
His mind was foggy, filled with shadows and echoes, the remnants of a nightmare he could no longer grasp.
His eyes fluttered open, the light vague and diffused, shapes and colors melding into one another.
There was a presence, something or someone close, leaning over him, scrutinizing, observing.
