"They say the dead don't speak. They lied. They scream, and they remember every face that let them die."

Adrian Ace Miller was a professional at doing nothing. A shut-in gamer and a self-proclaimed coward, his only goal was to survive another day of unemployment. But when the world tilts and he wakes up in the clinical, shadow-drenched halls of Nox Corporation, "survival" takes on a terrifying new meaning.

Recruited as Unit 091, Adrian is no longer a player—he is an "asset" in a high-stakes experiment where ghosts are the currency and fear is the fuel. Beside him stands David Halter, a man who claims to be his "shield," but who is slowly losing his own humanity to protect a ghost from his past.

How many pieces of yourself must you cut away to survive? When the "Coward" finally finds his courage, will there be anything left of the man he used to be?

"Warning: Entry into Nox Corporation may involve: Coarse language, experimental psychological distress, and the occasional loss of humanity. Proceed at your own risk."
                                                                                                                                            -Unit 091

A silhouette sat curled up at the corner of a large room.


The room, filled with darkness, only echoed with the slow beep of a machine.


The steady whispers of his breath slowly became uneven. 


He peeled his eyes and revealed bright yellow hues.


The silhouette lifted his head to the man in front of him. 


The man leaned towards the silhouette, his clipboard rested on his hand.


He was tall and elegant. He wore a soft smile, there were no malice behind it—only genuine thoughts and care. But people change don't they? Their real emotions are envy and the type of curiosity that leads to more evil.


The man straightened and turned. He walked away from the silhouette and stopping at a wall, with a click, the room brightened instantly. 


"See? It's better this way! Look, you seem much cuter!"


A childish voice remarked, his lips curved to a subtle yet cheerful smile.


A chuckle escaped the lips of the man, he walked towards the child and kneeled.


"Say, do you remember what I taught you?"


"That… whenever the bad guys try to control me, I will call you."


The man proudly ruffled the child's hair.


The man held the child in his arms. He laid helplessly, his consciousness fading.


His hands trembled, warm and sticky… and in his arms, the child lay still, pale as winter.


His voice shook as he mourned, tears flowed harder with every sound he made.


Experiencing the pain of losing the child, he silently made a pact…


Do not associate with any person, never show emotions, and never form a relationship.


But I had forgotten it all, when I met you, Adrian.


I promised, didn't I? Not to care? Yet, when I see you… that vow shatters, piece by piece. I want to look away, but my hands won't obey. My heart ached with the resemblance.


I couldn't let this second chance pass. 


It's not I can't, but I wont. I'm a coward who looks back but not the front.


Chapter 34 - Episode 30: Experiments