Episode 79 – A Door Closes, A Dungeon Opens
The hospital never really slept. Even at night, the fluorescent lights buzzed overhead like mechanical insects, filling the halls with a cold white glow that made everyone look pale and tired. Outside the windows, the city kept its uneasy rhythm, sirens echoing faintly in the distance as patrol vehicles from the Hunter Association swept through neighborhoods, keeping people inside and monsters out. Dungeon breaks had been happening so often lately that no one could remember the last week without one. Parents clutched their children closer, students walked faster through the streets, and every café seemed to carry at least one television showing the news around the clock.
