Extra Chapter 5: The First Time I Defied the System(Mikasa’s Backstory – Part 5 – The End of the Past, the Start of the Future)

  1. The Moment I Chose to FightI stared at the files on the table.

  Names. Photos.

  Children.

  Experiments.

  Just like I had been.

  My hands shook.

  They were still doing it.

  Still creating killers.

  Still ruining lives.

  I had run away.

  I had tried to forget.

  But I couldn’t.

  Not anymore.

  I clenched my fists.

  And I made a decision.

  I would end this.

  Even if I had to do it alone.

  2. The First Time I Lied to AbeI went back to Abe.

  I acted normal.

  Took another job.

  Another infiltration.

  I needed resources.

  Money. Gear.

  Weapons.

  And Abe?

  He gave them to me without question.

  Because he thought I was just another mercenary.

  He didn’t know—

  That I was pnning something bigger.

  That I was hunting my past.

  That I was going to burn it down.

  3. Tracking the Ghosts of My PastThe files led me to a name.

  A facility.

  A b, hidden deep underground.

  It wasn’t the one I had escaped from.

  But it was connected.

  And it was still operational.

  Still creating monsters like me.

  I had two choices.

  Ignore it.

  Or destroy it.

  There was never a choice.

  I wasn’t running anymore.

  4. The First Time I Took Down a FacilityI infiltrated at midnight.

  Guards? Taken down silently.Security systems? Disabled.Lab doors? Breached.

  I moved like a shadow.

  And when I reached the main control room—

  I didn’t hesitate.

  I erased every file.I destroyed every machine.I wiped every trace of their research.

  Then—

  I found the children.

  Locked in rooms.

  Just like I had been.

  Terrified. Confused.

  I opened the doors.

  Told them to run.

  And as the arms bred—

  I set the pce on fire.

  5. My First EnemyAs I walked through the burning ruins, I felt something strange.

  For the first time in my life—

  I wasn’t just surviving.

  I had done something.

  I had saved someone.

  I had fought back.

  But then—

  I heard footsteps.

  Slow. Calm.

  Not a guard.

  Not a scientist.

  Someone different.

  And when I turned—

  I saw him.

  The first enemy I would ever remember.

  The first person who would hunt me.

  A man in a suit.

  With cold eyes.

  And a smile too sharp to be real.

  He looked at the burning facility.

  Then at me.

  And he said, calmly, simply, without anger—

  “Interesting.”

  6. The First Time I Felt True FearI didn’t know who he was.

  But I knew one thing.

  He was dangerous.

  More dangerous than any scientist.

  More dangerous than any mercenary.

  He looked at me like I was a puzzle.

  Something to be figured out.

  And then—

  He reached into his pocket.

  Pulled out a folder.

  Tossed it at my feet.

  I didn’t move.

  He smiled.

  And then he spoke.

  A single sentence.

  One that shook me to my core.

  “Mikasa Kisaragi… Let’s see how far you can run.”

  My breath caught.

  Because in that moment—

  I realized something.

  I wasn’t hunting my past.

  My past was hunting me.

  7. The First Time I Became the PreyI didn’t hesitate.

  I ran.

  Through the burning ruins.Through the empty streets.

  As fast as I could.

  Because I knew.

  I wasn’t ready to face him yet.

  Not yet.

  But someday—

  I would be.

  And when that day came…

  I wouldn’t be the one running.

  I would be the one hunting.

  And I would end Project Nexus forever.

  No matter what it took.

  The End of Mikasa’s Backstory.Next: Chapter 15 – I Have a Bodyguard Now, But She Hates Me More Than My Enemies