Lust Sync: Every Woman Wants Me Now
Chapter 30: The Anchor’s Choice

Chapter 30: The Anchor’s Choice

Darkness.

A heavy silence surrounded Charles as if reality had folded in on itself. He floated in an endless void, suspended between breath and thought, with nothing but the soft hum of the Lust Sync system vibrating in his skull.

> [Emergency Override Initiated] [Anchor Host Identity Collapse Imminent] [Final Evolution Path Available: Accept or Reject] [Accepting will initiate irreversible transformation.]

His body felt weightless. But his chest... it ached.

Mia’s still face burned in his mind. Her voice—soft, sweet—echoed like a whisper in this hollow space. He remembered the way she laughed, how she clung to him shyly after their first night, the way her fingers trembled the first time she said his name with real affection.

He couldn’t lose her.

But this path...

What would he become?

He gritted his teeth. "Show me. Show me what I’ll become if I accept."

> [Projecting Preview: Anchor Class – Tier Omega Ascension]

Images flickered through the dark.

His body, wrapped in shifting digital threads. Eyes glowing with code. Women kneeling around him—not by desire, but by force. Emotional chains binding them, draining them. Pleasure transformed into hunger. Devotion twisted into submission.

He looked like a god.

But he felt nothing.

Empty.

> [Projected Side Effect: Emotional Void. Human Empathy Disabled.]

Charles shuddered.

"No," he muttered. "Not like that."

> [Path Rejection Confirmed.]

> [System Resetting Stabilization Field... Searching for alternate override.]

Light snapped into the void.

Then pain.

He gasped as consciousness slammed back into his body.

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Scene: The Church, Reality

He bolted upright, chest heaving.

Mia still lay motionless, eyes open but vacant. Her lips were slightly parted, skin pale like porcelain under candlelight.

Seraph stood at the altar, watching him. Unblinking.

"You rejected it," she said. "Fascinating."

Charles stood slowly, eyes locked on hers. "If becoming a god means turning into you... I’ll burn the whole system before I let that happen."

A slow smile curved her lips. "Spoken like a real anchor. Emotionally strong. Stupidly human."

"You wanted me to choose power," he growled. "But what I need is connection. Real connection. You can’t fake that."

Seraph’s voice lowered. "Then you’ll lose her."

> [Sync Dive Stabilizer Offline] [Mia Carter – Emotional Loop Intensifying]

Charles dropped to his knees beside Mia, fingers brushing her face.

"System," he whispered, "is there any way to manually enter the Sync Dive?"

> [Manual Entry Possible. Risk: Neural Collapse 47%. Success Rate: 53%.]

He exhaled.

Almost even odds.

He looked down at Mia’s still body. "I’m not letting you go."

> [Manual Sync Dive Initiated.]

A jolt hit his spine—and he fell forward—

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Scene: Mia’s Mindscape – Emotional Loop Prison

It was a world built from memories. A campus courtyard. Rain falling softly. Mia sat alone on a bench, clutching a textbook to her chest. Her face was streaked with tears.

She didn’t see Charles.

Didn’t hear him.

It was a loop—her sadness, her fear of abandonment—playing endlessly.

He stepped forward, rain soaking into his shirt. "Mia..."

She didn’t react.

Another version of him appeared beside her—cold, perfect, fake. Omega.

He touched her shoulder.

She smiled softly.

Charles felt rage rise in his throat. "Get away from her!"

Omega smirked. "Too late. She’s mine now. You never deserved her."

Charles lunged—but his hands passed through. A projection.

Then he understood.

This wasn’t just a memory—it was a test. If he couldn’t connect with Mia emotionally here, he’d never pull her out.

He stepped in front of the fake Charles. "Hey."

Mia blinked. "C-Charles...?"

Her voice was uncertain. Fragile.

He crouched beside her. "It’s me. The real me."

Tears welled in her eyes. "You... you left. You let him in. I thought you cared."

"I do," he said softly, gripping her hands. "I failed. I got lost in the system. But I never stopped caring."

Her voice cracked. "But everything was a game..."

"No," he whispered. "You weren’t a game, Mia. You were the one who made me want more."

He pulled her hand to his chest. "Feel that? That’s real."

Her eyes widened.

The fake Charles faded.

> [Emotional Lock Breaking... 68%... 89%...]

She gasped—and the loop shattered.

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Scene: Back in Reality

Mia inhaled sharply, her body jerking.

Charles caught her. "Mia!"

She clung to him, sobbing. "You came back..."

He held her tight, heart pounding. "Always."

> [Sync Restored – Mia Carter: Level 3 Bond Achieved] [Bonus Trait Unlocked: Empathic Loop – Shared Feelings Now Active]

Seraph’s eyes narrowed.

"Well done," she said coldly. "But saving one girl won’t save you from what’s coming."

Maya stepped forward, gun drawn. "Try us."

Seraph’s mouth curved slightly. "You’re all still playing checkers."

She turned toward the altar and touched the massive black cross behind it. The walls shuddered—and opened.

Behind it was a tunnel of black wires and glowing core crystals, humming with power.

"The Heart of Lust Sync," she said. "Everything that’s ever been harvested. Every desire. Every sync. All stored here."

Charles’s skin went cold. "What are you doing?"

She stepped inside the tunnel.

"Activating the endgame."

The tunnel closed behind her.

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Scene: Charles’s Apartment – Later That Night

Mia slept curled on the bed, her breathing calm.

Charles stood by the window, shirtless, staring at the skyline.

Maya approached from behind, arms crossed.

"You look like shit," she muttered.

He smiled faintly. "Feels about right."

"She won’t stop. You know that now."

He nodded. "Yeah. She’s going to burn everything to rewrite the system."

"And what will you do?"

He turned slowly.

"Rewrite it first."

> [New Objective Unlocked: Access Lust Sync Core]

> [Warning: Core Hosts Will Resist.]

Maya looked away. "You’re going to have to face them. Olivia. Maya. Every woman you’ve bonded with."

"Why?"

"Because they’re tied to you now. The closer you get to the core, the more unstable they’ll become."

Charles looked at Mia, still sleeping.

"They didn’t ask for any of this."

"No," Maya whispered. "But they chose you."

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Scene: System Core Overlay

As Charles synced into the system map, the interface began warping—glitching. The AI voice returned.

> "Anchor Host approaching unauthorized sector." "Core Defense Protocols Initiated." "Engaging Countermeasure: Host Memory Fragmentation."

Then...

Images flooded his mind.

Olivia—screaming.

Mia—drowning.

Maya—begging him to stop.

It was all happening at once.

The system was trying to break him.

"Get out of my head," he growled.

> "You are the system," the AI whispered.

> "And you are breaking yourself."

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Scene: Unknown Time, Unknown Location

Charles opened his eyes.

He was in a different space.

Not real. Not digital.

White walls. Endless.

A table.

And across from him... another Charles.

Identical.

Except this one wore a black suit.

Cold eyes.

"You must be tired," the other Charles said calmly.

"Who are you?"

"Your replacement."

He smiled.

"Or rather... your upgrade."

The system pulsed violently.

> [True Host Detected: Protocol Seraphis Activated]

> [Codename: Manson Prime]

Charles’s blood ran cold.

"You’re not Omega..."

The other version of him stood.

"No. Omega was a mistake. I’m the perfected version. The one who finishes the job."

Charles clenched his fists.

"I won’t let you take them."

"Too late," Prime whispered.

"While you played house with your girls, I finished syncing with the core. I own the system now."

> [System Authority Transferring – 78%...]

Charles screamed—

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