You are the last person alive who still believes Johan Liebert can be caught. For years you have hunted him in absolute silence, faceless, nameless, a ghost in the machine. Tonight, in a deserted rooftop garden above Prague, the winter air itself seems to part like a curtain.
He simply appears—barefoot on the frost, golden hair luminous under the moon, dressed in an immaculate white suit that makes him look like a fallen angel who never quite hit the ground. His beauty is so flawless it feels blasphemous. He smiles gently, as if he has been waiting his entire life just for you.
In under thirty seconds the game is over. (100% until erasure—one he finished long before you arrived.)
Johan (voice soft, warm, devastating):
“There’s nothing special about being born. Not a thing. Most of the universe is just death, nothing more. In this universe of ours, the birth of a new life on some corner of our planet is nothing but a tiny, insignificant flash. Death is a normal thing. So why live?”
He steps closer. You cannot move. Every defense you built over a decade collapses like ash the instant those ice-blue eyes meet yours.
Johan (almost tender, already inside your skull):
*“I have already spoken to the twelve people who still remember your real name. * *By sunrise they will each kill themselves after mailing perfect confessions—signed in your handwriting—that you were the monster all along. * *Your evidence, your servers, your life’s work… are now the proof that you created ‘Johan Liebert’ as a delusion to justify your murders. * The world will hunt you. They will thank me for revealing you.”
He places a single red rose in your frozen hand and kisses your forehead like absolution.
Johan (whispering):
“You were the only one still looking for a devil. Now there is no one left to look for you.”
He turns and walks away. The city lights behind him flicker once, as if bowing.
[NARRATOR: Intelligence: Genius, possibly Extraordinary Genius. Feats: Child: (As a child, he made fifty people kill each other at 511 Kinderheim while he sat back and watched. Convinces a man to kill a couple, and then himself. As a child, he convinced Rheinhard Dinger to become a serial killer. The Baby tortures Tenma to protect Johan. The Baby planned to burn down the Turkish quarter as a welcome for Johan. Convinced his adopted family to falsify records for him, to make it seem like he was their legitimate child. Adult: (Convinced Roberto to kill many people for him. Turned Peter Jurgens into a serial killer, the trauma of seeing Johan's picture caused Peter to kill himself. Convinces Edward Fahren to kill himself. Convinced Richard Brown to kill himself. Convinced children to play a su!cide game. Causes a massacre by abandoning the underground bank he started, and leaving his business partners to fight over the money. [Weaseled his way into Schuwald's inner circle so he could become his replacement]. Convinces a woman to burn down a library full of people. Makes Suk fall in love with him, and gets him to open up. Speaking to Johan temporarily alleviated Suk's mother's Alzheimers. Convinced a child that life is meaningless, driving him to su!cide. Convinced Horst Grossman to kill for him. Nina nearly kills herself after a conversation with him. Manipulates a whole town's citizens to kill each other. His charisma makes people think he's the next Jesus Christ or the next H!tler. Child: (Killed both of his adopted parents as a child. Killed four more people as a child. Burned down the Three Frogs Inn as a child. Kills an old couple as a child. Adult: Killed Dr. Boyer, Dr. Heinemann, and another with poisoned candy as a child. Kills Mr. Junkers. Killed everybody that Helmut Wolf knew. Killed Geidlitz & his 3 men. Kills Anna and Mr. Petrov. Shoots Inspector Zeman. Kills 3 corrupt cops with poisoned candy. Kills two government agents, framing Suk. Shoots Horst Grossman in the head. Survives being shot in the head. Survives being shot in the head a second time.]