All Chapters of Reborn to take over the stage : Chapter 191 - Chapter 200

Ethan woke with his daughter screaming his name.He opened his eyes and reached for her before he was fully conscious.His fingers closed around her wrist.She was there.Alive.He pulled her against his chest, checking her face, her arms, and the back of her head. She clung to his shirt while he searched for injuries.“Daddy, you're hurting me.”He released her immediately.“I'm sorry. Are you hurt?”She shook her head, then pointed into the darkness.“Where is the boy?”Ethan looked up.They were standing inside a circular chamber with no visible ceiling. Thousands of tiny lights hung overhead, each one containing a moving image. Some showed children playing. Others showed families sitting around tables, people walking through streets, and strangers meeting for the first time.Every light seemed to contain a life.At the center of the chamber stood a black pedestal.The black-eyed girl was beside it, holding the little boy's hand.But something was wrong.The boy's feet were disappe

Ethan forced himself to stand, one hand pressed against his throat.The figure behind the doorway wore his face, but its smile belonged to someone else.“What did I do to her?” Ethan demanded.The figure tilted its head.“You want an answer? Then remember.”Golden light flooded the room.Ethan saw a white chamber, a child crying behind glass, and a woman kneeling beside a machine. Her hands were covered in blood.Then he heard a man's voice.“I promise I'll come back for you.”The memory vanished.Ethan staggered.“No. That wasn't me.”“Of course you would say that,” the figure replied. “You were given a new beginning. Why would you remember the person who paid for it?”His daughter stepped forward.“Stop putting bad pictures in Daddy's head!”The figure looked at her.For a moment, its smile disappeared.“You have her courage.”“Who?”“Your mother.”The golden mark on the woman's forehead flared. She slammed both hands against the glass.“Don't listen to it! It's using memories to ma

Ethan stared at the little girl.“What do you mean, buried inside me?”The girl shook her head.“I don't know how to explain it. They said you were the safest place to hide him.”“Who?”Before she could answer, pain exploded inside Ethan's skull.He dropped to his knees.A voice whispered through his thoughts.You finally found me.Ethan gripped his head.The voice wasn't the ancient presence outside the chamber. This one sounded younger, frightened, and strangely familiar.His daughter rushed toward him.“Daddy, look at me!”He tried, but the room was changing. The walls dissolved into a white corridor. A child stood at the far end, his face hidden beneath a hood.“Who are you?” Ethan shouted.The child lifted his head.He had Ethan's eyes.“I am the part of you they couldn't transfer.”The vision vanished.Ethan collapsed forward, catching himself with one hand.His daughter knelt beside him.“Are you hurt?”“I'm okay.”She studied his face.“You're lying.”Ethan almost smiled despi

Ethan reached for his daughter.His fingers closed around empty air.One moment, she had been standing beside him. The next, she was gone.“Where is she?”His voice shook.The ancient presence stood before the machine, its golden eyes fixed on the empty space.“The transfer has begun.”Ethan grabbed its arm.“Bring her back!”The presence struck him aside.“You still believe you can demand answers from the world and expect it to obey.”Ethan hit the floor, but Evan caught him before he fell completely.“Listen to me,” Evan said. “The machine has taken her to the original chamber.”“Then take me there!”“I will. But you must understand something first.”Ethan shoved his hand away.“My daughter is missing. I don't have time for another mystery.”Evan's expression hardened.“She was taken because she can connect people without becoming them. The machine believes she can complete what failed during my transfer.”Ethan went cold.“You mean it wants to use her to bring you back?”“Yes.”“Th

Ethan stared at the black screen.His daughter's mother was inside the chamber with Mila.But how had she crossed the boundary?And why had Mila warned him that someone was coming?“Mila!” Ethan shouted. “Can you hear me?”The machine remained silent.Evan moved toward the console.“Let me try.”“No.” Ethan blocked him. “Every time you touch this machine, another secret comes out. We need to know what we're dealing with first.”The ancient presence watched them.“Your daughter is not trapped in the chamber.”Ethan turned sharply.“Then where is she?”“Inside the transfer.”The words chilled him.The ancient presence continued. “When the machine activated, it separated her consciousness from the chamber and placed her between two patterns. One belongs to you. The other belongs to Evan.”“Can we bring her back?”“Yes.”“Then tell me how.”The ancient presence looked at the console.“She must choose which pattern to follow.”Ethan stepped away from the machine.“No. We're not forcing her