<h4>A Broken Childhood</h4>
Before he became the ruthless leader of the Shinsei group…
Before the world feared his Hadara Eyes…
Before he crushed his enemies with unstoppable power…
He was just a boy.
A boy named Shidou Raiken.
And his life was a nightmare.
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11 Years Ago – Raiken Clan Territory
"Run, Shidou!!"
His mother’s desperate scream rang through the night.
His father, bleeding, coughing, dying, barely managed to lift his sword.
"I won’t let them take him—"
But before he could finish—
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A blade pierced his chest.
Shidou watched—frozen in terror—as his father collapsed.
His mother grabbed his arm.
"We have to go! Now!"
But then—
SWOOSH.
A sharp kunai pierced her back.
She gasped—her hands trembling.
"Sh-Shidou… r-run…"
She fell to the ground.
Dead.
And the attackers stepped forward.
Men in black robes, their faces hidden.
"Kill the child."
Shidou couldn’t move.
His heart pounded.
His whole world shattered.
As the blade swung toward him—
Something awoke inside him.
His eyes burned.
A surge of unimaginable power exploded from his body.
And in an instant—
Everyone around him was dead.
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<h4>The Birth of a Monster</h4>
Shidou stood there.
Alone.
Blood stained the ground.
His mother and father—lifeless.
The people who killed them—annihilated.
But there was no victory.
There was no relief.
Only pain.
Only rage.
"If this world only brings suffering…"
"Then I will destroy it… and rebuild it myself."
At that moment—
Shidou was no longer a child.
He was something else.
Something much worse.
And years later, he would create Shinsei.
A group built on power.
A group that would rule the world.
Because if hard work only led to pain…
Then true strength was the only thing that mattered.