"Sometimes the past doesn't wait. It hunts you."
Jiwoon awoke in a room that wasn't a room — more like a fragment of memory.
Stone walls. A silver thread hanging from the ceiling. And a clock without hands ticking endlessly.
"Where… am I?"
A voice answered — his own, but older.
"Welcome to the Weave."
The Memory Loop
This wasn't a dream. This was a System Anomaly — a crash site for forgotten sins and memories lost to time.
[System Notice: Error Detected]
Thread of Time Disconnected
Initiating Memory Anchor Protocol…
A glowing silhouette stepped out from the wall — Jiwoon's former self. The Demon Avatar, tall, terrifying, complete.
"You're not ready for what's coming," it said.
"But you've already started bleeding through time."
Meanwhile – Reality
Back in the real world, Vera and Kaelya tried to stabilize Jiwoon's body.
Kravein summoned arcane bindings. Qilin placed a ward.
"He's stuck between dimensions," Qilin whispered.
"Something's trying to pull him forward… or backward."
Inside the Weave
The Demon Avatar walked with Jiwoon through flickering corridors of past missions.
Each wall showed a sin. A memory. A wound.
"Why are you showing me this?"
"Because you forgot who you were when you became a child."
"And what about now?"
"Now… you're becoming something else."
Suddenly, the clock shattered. The thread snapped.
A tear opened in space.
"Choose," the voice said.
"A memory you want back… but it comes with pain."
Three visions appeared:
His mother's last words
The night he made his first kill
The contract that created the Sin System
Jiwoon reached out—
—
Reality:
Jiwoon gasped and opened his eyes.
His body still small. But his eyes held fire.
"I remember the deal now," he whispered.
"And I know who wrote it."
Everyone turned to him — stunned by his tone.
System Update
Thread of Time Reattached
Memory Fragment Recovered: 1/3
Divine Threshold Delay: Extended by 3 Days
Kaelya blinked. "You okay?"
Jiwoon nodded.
"No. But I just found the start of the end."