Black Eye

``` "Old Days Compendium—Updated"

[Filthy Black Eye]

"Location": Original Dungeon (Pitch-Black Mine)

"Description": Morton Za Kanayas was originally a prisoner held on the second level of the dungeon. He possessed a unique False God Ability—any individual he gazed upon could suffer from "Eyeball Possession" and "host transfer."

The cell holding him had to be constructed from Black Wall material and could not contain any window-like structures. It had to remain completely sealed at all times.

Furthermore, Morton was forcibly fitted with an Eyeball Limiter upon imprisonment. The device required inspection and maintenance at least twice a year.

Guards born without visual ability had to be assigned to this task, and photosensitivity tests were required afterward.

In the thirteenth year of Morton's imprisonment, despite no breaches occurring, a guard responsible for maintaining his equipment was unknowingly affected. Basic eyeball-like structures differentiated within the guard's brain, and a month later, his mind was occupied and his body transferred.

Using a shift change as an opportunity, Morton attempted to escape the dungeon, but he triggered the deep monitoring barrier at the very last moment and was captured again.

Since he was still capable of increasing his abilities while imprisoned, his confinement rating was raised. He was temporarily held in an individual cell deep within the mine, his entire body restrained.

The dungeon lost control,

the mine collapsed,

and Morton was pinned beneath high-density Black Walls, unable to use any abilities. At the same time, the dense darkness originating from the warden's corpse was the first to seep into this area, robbing him of the vision he had prized most.

Blindness, solitude, despair, fear, compounded by time that seemed without end.

During this process, Morton underwent multiple instances of Physiological Deconstruction, but his eyeballs remained unchanged.

His body underwent six different types of deconstruction,