DBCR 99

“Irix Berkhardt destroyed the world. …This is the story of how he reduced it to ruins.” Instead of passing on to the afterlife, I somehow woke up inside a novel— the very novel written by one of my patients. A world doomed to be destroyed by its future mastermind, Irix Berkhardt. My immediate goal: stop Irix from ending the world. But that’s easier said than done. The body I’ve possessed never appeared in the parts I read, so I have no idea about my abilities, identity, or even my past. And Irix himself? True to his destiny as the world’s destroyer, he’s fundamentally unhinged. > “I know what you’re thinking, senior, so don’t worry in advance.” > “Just stay right there and nothing will happen— > no plates flying at you, no gunshots grazing your feet, > and you won’t be thrown out the window either.” As if that weren’t enough— > “Please follow me! I’ll turn you into someone everyone will revere!” People everywhere are scheming to push Irix further down the path of becoming the ultimate villain. …Sigh. How am I supposed to stop all of this?