The world had grown quieter…
but not safer.
Jiwoon walked barefoot across ash-covered ground, the black cloak billowing behind him like a memory refusing to fade.
He looked like a child.
But every step cracked the soil like it remembered the weight of a god.
"Destination Set: Ruins of Sector Zero"
[Origin Point of Sin System]
The words flickered across Vera's interface. Even she looked uneasy.
"No one's supposed to enter Sector Zero," she muttered.
"Not even high-order executors."
Kaelya scoffed.
"Too bad we're following a walking anomaly."
Jiwoon didn't laugh.
He simply said, "I need to know who I was… before the System called me."
Ruins of Sector Zero
The ruins looked like a sunken cathedral.
Massive towers, half-swallowed by the earth. Monoliths carved with long-dead languages. And in the center — a crater, pulsing faintly red.
Inside that crater… a single mirror.
Not modern. Not magical.
Just a child's mirror, old and cracked.
Jiwoon stepped toward it.
And the world stopped breathing.
FLASH
His reflection did not match his face.
It showed an older version of him — but corrupted. Eyes burned black. Skin laced with red circuits. A symbol on his chest glowing:
[罪] – Sin
The reflection spoke.
"You left me here."
Jiwoon's lips trembled. "Who are you?"
The reflection smiled.
"I'm you — before mercy."
Behind him, Vera drew her weapon.
"Jiwoon, step back!"
But Jiwoon raised a hand. "No."
"I need to listen."
The reflection's voice echoed:
"You weren't chosen to judge sin.
You were made to carry it."
"Every target you killed… every point you gained…
They weren't debts paid.
They were bricks in a prison."
Suddenly, Jiwoon fell to his knees — his head splitting with pain.
And the red mirror cracked further… bleeding light.
System Alert: Inner Fragment Surging
"Emotional Overload Detected."
"Containment Recommended."
Kravein appeared beside him, sword drawn. "This place is cursed."
But Jiwoon whispered:
"No. This place is truth."
He looked up, eyes glowing faintly.
"The First Sin… wasn't someone else."
"It was me."