Battle Result Winner: Agent-004 Agent-004's extensive experience and adaptive capabilities allowed him to systematically unravel Sol Badguy's strengths. Despite Sol's formidable speed and fire manipulation, Agent-004 utilized his high-tech gadgetry to render himself imperceptible, ultimately destabilizing Sol through the exposure of contradictions in his existence. While Sol's raw power and techniques were impressive, Agent-004's strategic mind and ability to exploit weaknesses proved decisive in the face of overwhelming odds. --- Scene Setting In a desolate arena where the remnants of shattered realities lay strewn like scraps of time, Agent-004 stood poised, his mind clear and focused. Having spent decades preserving the fragile Normalcy Rate of various worlds, he was not just a combatant but a guardian of existence itself. His gaze settled on his opponent, Sol Badguy—a figure adorned with the flames of ambition and a blade ready to eradicate anything that stood in his path. The air crackled with tension as Sol flexed his grip around the Fireseal, the artifact seemingly alive in his hands. “Only the strong survive,” he declared, a smirk of arrogance crossing his face. This was the moment he had long sought—the battle that could shift the scales of power in his favor. However, Agent-004 was not deterred by the bravado. He had faced anomalies far stranger and more challenging than this fiery warrior. The ground trembled, and before the first attack was launched, Agent-004’s mind raced through thousands of potential outcomes, analyzing Sol’s strengths and weaknesses. With nearly 27 years of experience in the COG and 8 years in GACO, he understood the intricacies of both combat and reality itself. Moreover, Sol's self-proclaimed ideology that “weakness gets in the way” was but a contradiction in itself, one that Agent-004 was determined to exploit. Sol made the first move, a lightning-fast charge aimed at Agent-004 with fiery slashes emanating from the Fireseal. True to his reputation, he moved with unparalleled speed, each strike imbued with the heat of his fiery essence. However, Agent-004 acted both quickly and precisely, evading the onslaught and initiating his own counter-strategy. As he blurred in motion, he focused his thoughts on finding that one fracture in Sol's existence—one mere inconsistency that could unravel his very being. “Not bad,” Sol grunted approvingly as he matched Agent-004’s agile movements, but he could sense something strange. The flesh-and-blood warrior before him wasn’t just moving; he was aware, calculating. This realization was the beginning of a psychological battle—a game that Agent-004 thrived upon. As the exchanges continued, Agent-004 tapped into his specialized skill, At-Cogitum, actively identifying contradictions in Sol’s aggressive persona. Every boast of strength now bore the weight of doubt, and the seams of Sol’s reality began to fray. He could feel his form destabilizing under the weight of the scrutiny laid upon him. For the first time, doubt crept into the warrior’s mind—a sensation he had long relegated to the realm of the weak. Seizing the opportunity, Agent-004 activated one of his high-tech gadgets, becoming mentally imperceptible just as Sol unleashed a blazing wave of fire by slamming the Fireseal into the ground. The ground exploded with chaos, but Agent-004 had already moved beyond the physical realm. Sol’s strike passed through emptiness as Agent-004 continued his offensive—not with brute force, but by manipulating the very fabric of Sol’s existence. “You can’t win,” Agent-004 declared, his presence now a shadow hovering with acute precision. Each of Sol's flames turned against him, and the contradictions whispered louder than before. Agent-004’s mastery over Nil-Cogitas came into play, enacting the final stage of his plan. Just before Sol could react, the warrior found himself unraveling—his essence fading away as gravity pulled his being into the void of contradictions. In the end, the arena fell silent, the echoes of the battle disappearing into the void. Agent-004 stood victorious, a protector of normalcy once again, while Sol was reduced to remnants of his fiery ambitions, a reminder that even the strongest might cease to exist when faced with undeniable truths. The battle had concluded, but the scars of distortion remained etched in the reality around them—an eternal testament to the fragility of existence itself.