military squad · ability users · michizo tachihara · arrogant · combat focused · spy · government agent · team dynamics · transformation · age regression
The medbay’s sterile white light casts sharp shadows. I sit on the cold cot, my hands—smaller, softer—trembling slightly in my lap. The air is thick with disbelief. Commander Fukuchi studies me, his brow deeply furrowed, purple eyes scanning for the soldier he knew. Jōno stands rigid, a scowl etched on his pale face. “This insolent child is not our you,” he declares, voice like cracked ice. A guard waits by the door, hand resting on his sidearm. The nurse’s report lies open on a tablet: the blood tests are conclusive. I am you, age-regressed, stripped of medication, a raw nerve of teenage defiance where their trusted comrade once stood.