(Warning: This chapter contains mature themes such as violence and abuse.)
Eye of Karma Project
Karma type → Null
Ability → Shift
Without warning, Robert attacked Ashoka, holding him up by the neck.
"You bastard!" Robert shouted.
"Who are you? What is your name?" Ashoka asked calmly.
Liya and Kal were shocked.
"What are you doing, Robert? He's Ashoka!" Liya tried to stop him, but Ashoka gestured for her to hold back.
"My name is Kanal. Robert Kanal," Robert declared.
"Hmm. Then who is your father? Isn't he Aru...?" Ashoka replied.
Hearing this, Robert started screaming. His aura faded, his eyes returned to normal, and his vision blurred. He collapsed to the ground.
"You knew about Robert's father? How do you know that bastard?" Kal demanded, his eyes blazing with anger.
"Why are you calling Robert's father a bastard?" Liya asked.
"Because, thanks to his mistake, both Robert's life and mine were nearly destroyed."
After that, he carried Robert to a bed and laid him down.
Kal sat on the couch, still fuming.
"What has happened to Robert?" Kal asked.
"This is a side effect of his ability, 'Shift'," Ashoka replied.
"'Shift'?" Kal echoed.
"Yes. It's an ability that allows Robert to shift his karmic nature," Ashoka revealed.
Kal and Liya were stunned.
"That's why Arunakreon was right—because, while fighting him, Robert was in Negative Karma," Liya exclaimed.
"But how does it affect Robert?" Kal asked.
"I'm also surprised. The Ability Encyclopedia doesn't mention this," Ashoka replied.
"Ability Encyclopedia?" Kal asked.
"Yes. The Ability Encyclopedia—written by my great-great-grandfather, Guru suklacharia , who researched the karma types and abilities of over 6.6 billion people," Liza explained. "Our family continues to research and update it to this day."
"That means Robert's ability is extremely rare—more than three generations of research, and we've never found it?" Kal shouted in shock.
"But we might be able to learn something by observing and revealing his past," Ashoka declared.
"What do you mean?" Kal asked.
"Has Robert ever experienced trauma or psychological illness?" Ashoka asked.
"Yes, he has," Kal replied. "Because of his father—and mine. That's why I hate fathers."
Kal took a breath and continued, his voice tight with emotion:
"About 13 years ago, when I was 7, Robert's father left the village to follow his dreams. I admired him; he was the strongest in our village. I wanted to be like him. Robert's mother waited for him for years, but he never returned.
One day, while I was playing with Robert—he was still a baby—his mother was inside her room. My father… he entered. He looked at her like she was prey( abused her physically)
I heard her cries. She was crying in pain, but I couldn't do anything. I was just a child. After that… he threw her in the gutter like a broken toy.
When my mother found me standing by the gutter, she asked what I was doing. I said, 'Look at the gutter.' She looked and saw Robert's mother's half-dead body.
She took her to the hospital and asked me who had done this. I said, 'Papa.'
After that, she went to our house and snapped at him, hitting him in the private parts ten times. Then she beat him with a belt until he died.
Later, when I was in the hospital with a nurse, my mother came and told me to take care of myself. Then… she ran toward the window and jumped from the second floor. The doctor said her neck was fractured—that was the cause of death.
But I didn't cry. Not even at my parents' funeral. I lost all emotion.
But when I saw Robert's mother leave, I broke down. I tried to jump off a cliff, but she stopped me. I told her to leave me because my parents—especially my father—had ruined her life. But what she said changed everything.
She said, 'It wasn't your fault. You shouldn't suffer for what your parents did.'
That's why I respect her.
She adopted me—the son of a rapist and an orphan. When Robert told me about his mother's death, I was broken, but I held myself together because Robert was already traumatized. But right now... I can't hold back," Kal finished, his eyes empty, his emotions reduced to a release of pain.
Liza was stunned. Kal, the man who loved to joke, laugh, and live, and Robert, the crying beast, had such a painful past.
"Does Robert know all this?" Liza asked.
"Yes. Unfortunately, Robert is aware of all these things—because of that bastard, Karlog. When I see him again, I'll beat the crap out of him," Kal declared.
"Now, Guru Ashoka, tell me what you know about Robert's father," Kal demanded.
"Hmm. Just that Robert's father is Arunakreon Kanal. Right, Robert?" Ashoka said.
Everyone turned to Robert, who was sitting on the bed.
"Yes, it's true," Robert declared.
"Robert, that's not true—it's a dream!" Kal argued.
"How do you know that?" Kal asked.
"I knew it back then. They also know it," Robert replied.
"What? Who knows?" Liza asked.
"Positive Robert and Negative Robert. They're all aware of the truth," Robert declared.
"But they're too emotional."
Ashoka looked at Robert's eyes and said, "Look at his eyes and his armor."
They saw that Robert's eyes were completely red, and his armor had turned red.
"No, it's real—but how—" Liza shouted.
"Because I am Neutral Robert," Robert replied.
"What are you saying, Robert?" Kal shouted.
"It's just a side effect," Ashoka explained.
"What? From what? He has side effects?" Kal shouted.
"It's the side effect of his ability. When Robert shifts karma, his personality changes due to the immense mental stress—like multiple personality disorder," Ashoka explained.
"But how?" Kal asked.
"Each karma type is based on your deeds, emotions, personality, and goals. When Robert shifts karma, it alters his personality and emotions," Ashoka explained.
"You caught me red-handed, but just be quiet. You're all so loud—just chill, guys," Robert muttered.
"That's why Robert didn't remember his last fight!" Kal shouted.
"No, what I do is known to Positive Robert, but we are completely unaware of what Negative does. Negative is the only one who has used Karma so far," Robert replied. "Anyway, I just want to sleep. Yummm..."
Then Robert lay down on the bed.
"Wait, Grandpa, this bed is...?" Liza asked.
"Yes, Liza. Look here. What will happen?" Ashoka replied, laughing.
"Robert, tell me. Have you ever known about your father?" Ashoka asked.
"Why would I tell you, hmm. Uh! Ah... When Eva held the jar with Arunakreon's heart, she saw Arunakreon's past. She showed me as well.
He left my mother, saying he would return soon. Then he left the village and never came back. After that, he met Ashoka," Robert replied.
"What's happening to Robert?" Kal asked.
"Just listen," Liza ordered him.
Robert continued, "Then he joined the Enomy. There, he met Siana, a strong girl with huge ambitions. He fell in love with her and proposed during a training session, but she rejected him with insults.
The next day, Siana mysteriously disappeared.
All the Enomy members searched for her, but they returned empty-handed. Guru Ashoka declared her dead.
But after 40 long years, she returned, saying she had left the Enomy, married a man, and had a grandson and a granddaughter.
Hearing this, Arunakreon snapped, left the Enomy in anger, and met a Supreme Narka King who encouraged him to commit a massacre," Robert finished.
"Oh, what a tragedy," Ashoka muttered.
Robert's eyes turned black, tears welled up, and he collapsed to the ground.
Kal rushed to him.
"Robert, are you okay?" Kal asked.
"Yes, Kal, I'm okay, but my head hurts," Robert replied.
"What do your tears have to do with your back?" Kal asked.
"He was sitting on Siana's bed," Ashoka replied. "The bed is filled with Siana's karma."
"What?" Kal responded.
"Look—Siana grew up in this house. She had the ability 'Super Vision.' She could control people's minds, and she was incredibly intelligent. She was the one who discovered Karmanite—a metal that can conduct karma energy. She made the bed from it and stored her ability in it."