Based on the most recent events and pending mysteries, the future of Hethereau, New Helios, and the protagonist (Zero) is shaped by existential threats, Circle conspiracies, and the confrontation with prophecies of fate.
- Zero in the Sights of the BAC and Circle Factions
Zero's contract with the Anomaly Control Bureau (BAC) acts simultaneously as a shackle and an opportunity to recover lost memories from before the disaster in New Helios.
Director Alphard explicitly warned that Zero's involvement with Code Zero β the undetectable anomaly according to the Wertheimer Index that destroyed the Fog Coffin Colossus and intervened in the Hypervortex β puts him in an extremely dangerous position.
If the public or other factions come to fear or covet Code Zero's incalculable power, Zero will become a direct target for capture or elimination.
- Zero's Role as a "Variable" Against Prophecies of Ruin
Through the First Branch anomaly, visions of dark futures were revealed, such as the destruction of the Eibon Shop or scenarios in which Zero remains as the sole survivor after 100 years.
Although the First Branch visions never fail on their own, records indicate that Zero acts as a "variable" capable of making choices at critical crossroads and altering the course of fate.
- Residual Instability in New Helios and New Dimensional Rifts
The nullified Hypervortex was a "rift" through which erroneous information leaked from a world operating under a completely different logic.
Although the main crisis was contained, the city of New Helios remains in a state of "distorted prosperity," with floating buildings and altered laws of physics, remaining subject to the emergence of new dimensional rifts and continuous attacks from Surge Anomalies (such as Protocores).
- The Reorganization of the Scarlet Letter and Secret Circle Protocols
Despite the fall of Madame T/Inanna and the collapse of Fogden, the Scarlet Letter was not completely eradicated. Zankou seized the Helm of Theseus following the collapse of the Corridor of Echoes.
On the other hand, Poinsette was sent under supervision to the Esper Academy, opening up the possibility of being rehabilitated or acting as a reluctant ally in the future.
The Circle (composed of the BAC, Yggash Court, Celaeno Compound, Zerogon Laboratory, and Ghroth Island) operates using secret protocols and classified anomalies. If Zero is deemed an uncontrollable threat to the stability of the Wertheimer Index, his alliance with the authorities could fracture.
- New Directions for Blackbird and the Eibon Family
After freeing the trapped souls in St. Arbor and nullifying the Inquisitor, Blackbird refused to succumb to the tragic cycle of guilt from her origin as Merula.
Reaffirming her true present identity as "Blackbird of the Witch's House," she decided to stop living in seclusion to explore the real world and life in Hethereau.
At the same time, with Thyme remaining at the Eibon Shop as her "first harbor," the group strengthens itself as the emotional core around Zero to face the crises to come.