Spirit of the Future

Spirit of the Future is a chapter featured in the book adaptation of Rising Shadow as the thirty-eighth chapter of Rising Shadow 2 and the sixth chapter of The Edge of the Universe as well as the ninety-eighth chapter of the franchise as a whole. It is also the sixth and final chapter to take place in Northern Astodia.

Plot
Michael fell down the stairs as the nail flew through his skull and planted himself at the bottom, dying instantly. The Chairman gave a sick grin and returned to the party.

Ben soon returned and distraught, fell to his knees. He held Michael's head and a tear fell from his eye. But he stood. He decided that no matter what, the Chairman falls tonight.

As he re-entered the building it seemed deserted, with only Katt in her white dress. But he didn't bother to talk to her, he soon found Nancy Courtfall.

Nancy exclaimed that she recognised him, and Ben remember that Nancy had looked after his Universe S counterpart in Nullville. He used this to his advantage and spoke to her, she showed off her power ring, which is how she managed to escape Nullville in the first place, she also confirmed that Nullville was actually another universe, Ben added Universe "R" to his roster.

He then surprisingly ran into Lance Carmichael. Who admitted that running into Ben was becoming quite a distasteful habit. He explained that since he is legally deceased, him being here was explainable. He then used that opportunity to leave.

Ben soon ran into Taron again, who explained that Ben needed to leave soon, he asked why but Taron refused to explain, he gave Ben 24 hours to wrap everything up. He'd been gone long enough.

Ben decided he had to up his game and soon found Katt, who was talking to none other than the deceased Jason Byrd. Ben grilled her for being on the villains side and she stated that she just didn't have any choice anymore. She bought Jason back to life just so she'd have a friend, Ben, touched by this. Decided it was time to wrap this up once and for all. And returned to Michael's body.

Victim

 * Michael McKenzie

Weapon

 * Nail Gun

Nancy Courtfall - Benjamin's Caretaker

 * This suspect is 5'4
 * This suspect has owned a dog
 * This suspect has mastered dimensional travel

Lance Carmichael - Cross-Universal

 * This suspect is 6'2
 * This suspect has owned a dog
 * This suspect has mastered dimensional travel

Taron Branford - Dimensional Traveller

 * This suspect is 6'1
 * This suspect has owned a dog
 * This suspect has mastered dimensional travel

Jason Byrd - Temporary Revival Subject

 * This suspect is 5'10
 * This suspect has owned a dog
 * This suspect has mastered dimensional travel

Katt Venus - The Enforcer

 * This suspect is 5'2
 * This suspect has owned a dog
 * This suspect has mastered dimensional travel

Clues

 * The killer is at least 5'9
 * The killer has owned a dog
 * The killer has mastered dimensional travel