Rayan was stunned by the intense light bursting from the first stone. He stumbled back a step, raising his arm to shield his eyes. For a moment, he felt terrified-but suddenly, the light vanished, as if it had never existed.
Rayan froze, trying to convince himself he had imagined it.
But something else caught his attention...
He spotted another stone in the dog's mouth-different from the first one. It looked unique, but strangely, he didn't feel any energy or connection to it like he did with the glowing stone. It felt... empty.
He hurried forward and grabbed it from the dog's mouth. Without thinking, he wore the first stone around his neck like a pendant, and slipped the second stone into his pocket. Then he rushed back to his university dorm.
The moment he reached his bed, he collapsed onto it, overwhelmed with exhaustion, and drifted into a deep sleep.
In the middle of the night, he dreamed of a man with white hair standing in front of him, speaking in a calm voice:
"Wake up... I want to talk to you. Wake up..."
Rayan jolted awake, terrified, his heart pounding violently. He muttered:
"Am I imagining things again?"
He slowly lifted his head... and froze.
The same white-haired man was standing in front of him in the room-glowing like a luminous phantom-smiling widely as he said:
"Finally, you're awake."
Rayan's eyes widened, and he whispered in a trembling voice:
"I... I'm still imagining this. This isn't real."
He jumped off the bed, hurrying toward the bathroom as if running from a hallucination.
But the white-haired figure appeared in front of him in an instant, blocking his path.
The apparition said:
"You're mistaken... I'm real."
Rayan stood frozen, his mouth hanging open in shock. His voice was gone for several seconds-then suddenly, he screamed:
"What are you?! What are you doing here?!"
He tried to run away, but the apparition followed him with calm steps, moving as if he was gliding through the air.
Panicking, Rayan grabbed anything near him and threw it at the figure-
a pillow... then a vase-
while yelling:
"Stay away from me! Get out of my room!"
His roommate woke up-a short, chubby guy with thick glasses. Rubbing his eyes, he said in annoyance:
"What are you doing, Rayan?"
Rayan pointed desperately at the glowing figure, breathless:
"Don't you see him?! The ghost! He's standing right there!"
His roommate looked at the spot Rayan pointed to, then back at him with deep confusion:
"What ghost? There's no one there. Rayan... you seriously need a psychiatrist."
At that moment, the apparition spoke in a low voice only Rayan could hear:
"I told you... only you can see me. No one else."
Rayan's confusion grew, his voice strained:
"What's happening to me? Why me?"
The apparition stepped closer and said:
"It's best if we start from the beginning... You have a lot to learn."
And so... everything begins.