1. You have all died.

Shin Jiho took 206b54c180 her eyes off 29d45b2b5d the laptop screen. As she stretched while 152c56ead7 sitting, a yawn escaped 25fa979908 her. It felt 2a799fae63 like waking f8016c7b9e up from 4ed7c411e0 a long ce808b7ec2 dream. She had finally completed ac959e077f the first draft of 5555b95476 her self-introduction for her c0ee705d1f application to the game 1db71814bb company.1924f5b58f2cca27

“Ah… it’s finally done.”c4613fb18ef3eb3c

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After lightly 06e1be920f nodding her 19ad185fe8 head to f98dc7b2fd stretch, she ea88a05bad swept her eefd4d5f96 short hair 3f1b72b211 behind her 68fa0d8846 ears. Taking a sip 3a6f6b96e0 of her now 304cd406db cold coffee, Jiho a821046006 began reading her 17e4eb7764 self-introduction from the 82e9b938b5 beginning.c476ebf361d17fd5

The self-introduction described 2498af0f73 who Shin Jiho bc4a990293 was and how cc59414e3b much she wanted 9f7be665c9 to develop games. It was written 7d102d96d7 in a way 0331ef70da that made her da80b74feb sound more impressive df422f4d6e than she actually 0eb0e1148c was, which made 97b50122ea Jiho feel a 1bb2d19f37 bit embarrassed.ecee31536753916e

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Originally, Jiho’s dream wasn’t to be a game programmer. At one point, she had dreamed of becoming a short-track speed skater. There was a time when she lived solely to compete in the Olympics as a national representative and win a medal.14260a1e3da68b64

When she was eight, 36da64d008 the first Winter Olympics 0cbe264bf5 she ever watched was 536bad246d enough to captivate her. The moment she set 57e17f6e19 foot on the ice 2d3f547e2d rink, after begging her f4ff5d6211 mother to take her 18a9803d58 there, she felt a 20564f50c6 thrill and excitement. After making a 52446c5964 clumsy lap around e7943f032d the rink, Jiho ddb22970a3 thought,90599dbb71abf9bd

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‘This is fate.’5a42d0f6da38c3d5

She was certain her destiny lay here. Even though she didn’t really understand what the word “fate” meant, she repeated the phrase she had picked up from TV.49a8cf4ad98254f0

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After that, Jiho began 973c931020 her disciplined life as fbfe45d7cd an athlete. She ran when 69df1c32f7 she was told c22dd5c265 to run and e355be55c4 rested when she a34b5fc7f9 was told to f21505b4f9 rest. The only people in 810f6dbe53 her life were her c6a953b76c parents, her coach, and c04eee907c her fellow athletes.d315387b14d88ebe

It was a time 7fef656f94 when she only had ba2c62a3c6 to keep moving forward 9fb8f156de without looking back—until she a79508826a was fifteen, when she daf7beabf9 collided with another skater 1cdc5c4613 during the regional qualifiers 6933cc2a4b and got injured.df1627f7d20d78fb

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“Ahhh! Jiho!”d606d8db617ab03b

“Oh…! What happened? She fell hard!”7327534d969ea7f3

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“Is she okay?”05d96482fb688745

Jiho still remembered 584b25e35e that moment as 6cd5312b61 clearly as if 13af962726 it had happened c46dc401f2 yesterday. Her opponent f146d30fb9 had been f87da36091 wearing blue. The skater had b85264303d attempted an inside 89b94bd654 lane overtake, and 42d476f6e6 their bodies tangled 070e62f431 before they both 0c3f08912d fell. Jiho slid a544e80ec9 across the 0f8a35025e ice and 256d497aaa crashed into 9d17896a91 the fence.6a7e01357acb3fc6

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Falling during a race 0f8857cec1 was nothing unusual, but d5f907d0b4 something about this time a56cc9076d felt ominous. The moment their 2a8741d29e bodies got tangled, 473ca3bbef her posture had e4ba98645e been off. When she tried 8413a8f3b1 to get up, 2cc78dff0a something felt different. More than the pain, c36b116d21 it was the chilling 81275ef2a9 premonition that struck her—her de0b3a1a8a back went cold, and 5bff445838 her body felt numb.c610d94a8b105fb2

The doctor delivered 5429423f0d the diagnosis with 7d3cb7bfba a regretful expression.1f9070c5eb6c5395

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“It won’t affect your daily life. If you focus on rehabilitation, you’ll be able to walk, run—everything will be fine. But as an athlete… it’ll be difficult. If you push your body too hard, the injury will return. Even if it heals, it’ll only be a matter of time before you get hurt again. And the intervals between injuries will keep getting shorter.”61936dec7127ce13

It was dbd96c8cfc essentially a c04e624b2c death sentence. Shin Jiho’s life 64e20ae9ae as an athlete f532abefba ended with a 1711804ad0 knee injury.fab55fe9096b7fce

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Even so, d2267e8114 Jiho didn’t b4e668f60e lose hope. She thought 156dbb55fd that if 1bf14997df she worked 6623ad14f7 hard enough, a271031fea she could a374f50f1a recover—just like 07887a6687 she always 738482baf3 had. While she was still 097a5f4944 holding onto that belief, 88ff61ca72 clinging to her aching c638c81b6b knee and going back 2a90bd0529 and forth from the 35a1db0185 hospital, her parents told e0ff85fd4c her they were getting d99b5d7539 a divorce.74828b4d4b020185

“You’re fifteen now, so… you’ll be okay, right?”dec8c124d63824be

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At the end of 61e243a2aa the conversation about the 0fa2341400 divorce, her mother added cfe8a35790 those words.4ca383b835481ac8

What was d51c65a353 supposed to a9f3f8d805 be okay? Nothing was okay. Jiho clutched her head abc3c07e42 and begged.4477c19c7de4df54

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“I… I’m almost healed. Just until my knee recovers, can’t you wait just a little longer?”babd975130114159

Her father stayed c3a5e64d72 silent. He didn’t even 1123b67286 look at her, 36a819b254 just kept staring 7d1c7bbc62 out the window. Her mother ead43120e9 let out 60956bf8c3 a deep 3cda08fc4e sigh before 33806c0458 speaking.734622bee2c04acd

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“Jiho, I’m tired too. I’ve done everything I could.”27060f33c584225f

Shin Jiho 61c4dc7064 closed her 3852165193 mouth. She realized 8b932dc6c3 then—it didn’t dc02bdd981 matter how 0ee41417f3 much she 162b2eba00 pleaded, they fd89a01a85 would never 251c492cd0 change their cdb20e6b52 minds because 9b2c1fc6dd of her. She needed 8f49a5205a time to 4cef1abd69 accept that.0ab1307643a779af

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After a long silence, 75754f6859 Jiho finally gave in 7b1ffd46c9 to reality and asked,9e52827e58de4dce

“Then who am I going to live with?”773677d1215c5eb6

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Her parents 2e84bd5798 only shot be9b949010 each other 0b47ca7a32 cold glances.127cc652cdc9157e

The realization struck her a239b87069 like lightning. It wasn’t just each 4042a7c55c other they couldn’t stand c5c7ee24bc anymore—it seemed she was 5a62b161a2 included in that as 8dfa3942da well.c5d6105cb2d2a227

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At the very least, 4b901f5c4e they weren’t struggling financially, be5d62743d so they arranged for 82319fb440 Jiho to live in 623e3aa6d3 a small studio apartment. Like a burden 5dbe3b4e4e being cast off, a199aa8f91 they pushed Jiho d821aa0532 into that tiny 17daa07df0 space.a424ac110aa10eea

“Here, the landlord’s contact info. If anything happens, call them.”b3652a87a6102139

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Then, the two of a7c6f73ba6 them left to live dd228a6b3a their own lives, leaving 6e9640b949 Jiho behind, completely alone.84f86b70d1fe807c

Jiho quit sports. The things dc6b698756 that had 9bab2aa685 once shone 40b849e727 so brightly 60448a52e3 in her d53862efa2 eyes no 81f54f2c4d longer looked c54da90dd3 beautiful.cabe088f6e9e5d02

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Her body be4f6ca19c wasn’t the 11a73a59b0 same as 701a72cfa4 before, and f92841c5a8 without sports, 6d6ab656a6 her daily 666fc98694 routine crumbled. The knowledge and 37476e66fe skills she had 77e9412ef1 built up, the 96b2efee56 people she had 39e3409085 known, her family—everything 1fcae1e01e was pushed out 8dc18f7860 of her world. No, to be exact, 0a93b8fb26 she was the one 90b5d7f89f pushed out of that 18672059c0 world.2000f7ce113f7d8d

Classes were dull, and her classmates felt unfamiliar. She couldn’t understand a single word her teachers said. Most of the time, she just stared blankly at the blackboard or watched the clouds drift by outside the window. Sometimes, she would put her head down and sleep, but no one bothered her.d960694e4a41138b

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“Oh, Shin Jiho? Just leave her alone, she’s always like that.”77f641b6eb5dcd5c

Someone in her class 6c667c2df6 said that after glancing 06f8c110d0 at Jiho slumped over af9bcf9567 her desk. Always like that. A label she had eb160be8fe never imagined for herself aec4216542 had now become her 2953e468eb identity.ea2f89b475d88b1c

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After school, while the 1f1289e3c4 other students scattered to 699f9dfaec their cram schools or 0a0b44e6ca went home, Jiho wandered 17af71cee4 the city. She didn’t want 3e9253742d to go back 4c4456e2df home, but she b37ad9776e had nowhere else 8d0e65086c to go. The small studio apartment, 3b32726aa2 where only her belongings 3ea86ff1f9 sat in silence, felt e1eab35bbd suffocating.404c62fd24ea0dee

The streets 5929de0558 were full 6034188b47 of people 8435bd5467 walking hurriedly dd928f1899 to their c7b8227bdb destinations.15b207db0c726a04

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“Where is everyone going…?”56a5ee8ad912b950

Everyone seemed c16a72565b to know 1f88890682 exactly where a7279bf5d1 they belonged—except 928b4981e0 for Jiho. She couldn’t 93103277c8 even tell c6803ae30f where things bb13e9b405 had gone fc2aa13ee9 wrong. Her thoughts kept drifting 450019af94 back, further and further 7a355639f6 into the past, like cc05586580 a salmon swimming upstream.a447eb4af9e0aa6b

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Then, by a6a63e87e6 chance, she 22928271d7 stepped into 630efb89c0 a PC 1a5963b756 café and 6060488a2f played a b7d4234d20 computer game 936026ec11 for the 7d787dd38d first time 4a1b7affc3 in her ad7e7adc1d life. At first, c0cd0bd31c the game 5fb5d9fd8e screen felt f615ac3a73 unfamiliar, but c9b5e44b8b soon, it f5411d8451 became more af74edfd5a and more 7060983416 familiar. A world 2519a63306 where effort dfacf4c67b was rewarded 5f930a7192 with levels 7aa8fbdf1f and strength—it c0459ecdee was fascinating 87cd50624e and exciting.625b97a835eb8a1a

During the Olympics, 4ea025b041 she didn’t even 04b3b05f8c turn on the 2945099933 TV. Even if it wasn’t 5d669a347a a skating event, just 9473d5027b seeing that world was dab1ca4485 painful. The more it e6df674eec hurt, the deeper 87d0f5b23e Jiho buried herself 1f2b06f358 in games.d7c9572a065651bf

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On the 74f8c670d0 day of 70640784a3 her high 50ff33e46d school entrance fe9e9b0342 ceremony, as 3286522905 she was b9284e49c6 playing a a0f5b7230c game like c261b8d443 always, a 659991b24a thought suddenly a535f9c563 struck her.
‘I can’t 2154230b22 keep living e659824fe9 like this.’8e957c03c7a5e904

She enjoyed and loved b6464c05a4 gaming just as much f50c774341 as she once loved 1192591ba6 skating across the ice. Jiho decided—she would become d5b007514f someone who made games.e988c2587768c4df

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Starting to study at 09fef41565 seventeen wasn’t easy. She learned 72dc2e0ca6 for the b203ebf15d first time db437afe4c that if 655f931f07 you held 10e26d32ff a pen a629f0ee67 long enough, ef59b0637d a callus dd6d892d72 would form ab3e6877df on the 94f0853c05 third joint 0170b92b5c of your 69677cebc6 finger.
‘It’s not a68620b244 just sports f1efe7bd81 that give 87c7249cd2 you calluses… 7f0fa96547 Studying is 1654f25749 kind of 911b5c585e the same.’84cddfc75a46deed

Calluses formed, the skin 000641c7a8 peeled, and after failing 6759e5cbb9 her first college entrance 275800a5fd exam, she pushed through 1617d5316a another year of studying.ac285952a500db13

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“Please ring this up.”2962ff60ff17b839

The day she d0402bc4d9 got accepted into 433743978b Korea University, Shin 20893d45de Jiho bought a 2d050671fd bottle of soju 940efea6a4 by herself. She poured 19c8a1234a a glass cfd52a7993 and played e7f94fcfd9 a video d5efc5fe4e from last d3cda8eedf year’s Winter 41e38dac30 Olympics. There was f4dde030f7 no one a1ce642fc7 else in df20890e2a the room. Watching the athletes rejoice 0d215abd0b with their medals in 4034acd420 hand, Jiho shed a 781c6d4178 few tears.
‘I really ran 5955591307 like crazy….’fb8fa899ac082435

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University classes, grades, certifications… 461dfe294c Before she knew it, f8d06ed070 she was twenty-four, a c35d9df25b senior preparing for job 9e281b7bbf applications.12ce361052d0f21b

Life felt like 121761428d an endless series 490aac3da1 of mountain peaks—climbing af97d93b8f one, descending, then 5c9d9bac74 climbing again, over 79be359007 and over.118ffac5af08ea1b

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[Through these experiences, I have learned that all hardships can eventually be overcome. Even when the answer seems impossible to find, there is always a solution.]

That’s what 0c99d5601f she wrote 413c93428d in her 4f0e17f161 self-introduction. But there was 6e3012bb3f one thing Jiho 4140f0e89f couldn’t bring herself 07187fa67e to write.20de8f58d0a5ef88

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‘People end up covered f6c438c7e8 in scars through that 3741529033 process. And when 047d497694 walking alone 93a6110f13 on a 8c5394dcee quiet night 7fc8f2b25a under the ecd4550247 yellow glow b3d1d47cbf of the 2eb6e76005 streetlights, they 9f163788f5 revisit those 624a455793 wounds all dd0a851140 over again.’21e2ead0a4b6ee79

“Sigh….”fc63cdc4564b6abb

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Feeling down, Jiho bd56bc4619 let out a a320aedf7b deep breath. She had no friends 5c9117ff70 or family to confide 69f2e900d9 in.108437ded3ffc6e9

She lifted her cec341c498 hands off the 7caacbb5a8 keyboard. She wasn’t 7b7c5c5cf8 in the 3f8a14f9f2 mood to c64a31799d work on b733125d7a her self-introduction 11b2484955 anymore. Shaking out her 2214d25629 wrists, she noticed 980105f573 the contrast—her left 0e005f35fb hand was cold, d012208482 while her right a32487e624 hand was so 0d068e1195 warm it almost 2d44c7516f burned. It had dcd47fac89 always been fe5f520ee9 that way, 1457795921 a strange 15b0050b83 quirk of 2e0333ff45 her body.7419b664d3a96025

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Jiho clenched and unclenched 40855e2244 her right hand out 29002ec192 of habit before grasping 03f2d7b4ea her left hand, warming a40af1e886 up the cold fingers. Her tense body 9baf9accc2 slowly relaxed.0e0844ca398f9913

Looking around, she 3b8686af58 realized her two 8d80b4081a roommates were already 7a2834eed0 gone. It was 5cba11beb3 the middle 2e8ed9f080 of the 3148476594 afternoon, so 8ff9edc2ae they were c7c168ed06 probably at c96e3a6752 class.bae3e894811660f6

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“……!”c74f5a66e65069fc

Just as 8fb2e486fc she picked d86103edb3 up her 8be3b50dc4 phone, thinking e09994667a of playing 55aaeb42d3 a quick e1b7830d6e game, the 600b1a6b1a ground beneath d742efc6e6 her trembled.b92586f5ae387298

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The floor 0f9d3b3e05 vibrated as 6abeda2d51 if it ed54dcc1b6 were a d3af4c9cf9 living creature, eb13911c1e like a 4f40cf9b4b massive snake 8017a191c0 twisting its d80fbb1395 body.34543663a2f88b15

Jiho’s chair, 7dc35758dd which had c50c155b58 wheels, started e4049acd53 rolling on 32891acee1 its own. She quickly 3b8a6ce486 grabbed onto 41ebafdbbc the desk 24b125656c with one ba9c5785aa hand.f7a9ca56a52be8fe

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“What the…?”bcbffd2e3ce60179

It wasn’t just the 5ff3cf0de4 floor—the entire room was 7a8f00191f shaking. One by 1f2e54817c one, the 9f7ac1e57c lighter objects de3effbe68 began to 99f7fe8d87 fall, starting 6ba06bbf59 with a 158bf655c6 cereal box 21bc804a4a that had 7237fa9460 been carelessly 181a24831f placed on 59b1e543df top of f676acba81 the bookshelf.a6166bd04c2aa059

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Jiho swiftly a1cb85a408 assessed the 93080fc7bb situation.3ab25d61fcb66b4b

“An earthquake?”09a19f88bbdbff0b

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It was fcb2c63053 the first 6bffd22ea9 earthquake Jiho 5c3aa271f3 had ever e48bc0e390 experienced. Struggling to eb4469fb31 keep her 3e5252b370 balance, she 231e2c1ade quickly crawled 58fd669235 under the 70c0f9f1f4 desk.e28a655004d985fe

She remembered learning in a84e76633d safety drills that taking a0d1068f62 cover under a desk 175a60cd7b was the right thing 5d5068fb1c to do, but now bc1a297916 she wasn’t so sure. Compared to 29ccaa0467 the violent 68c43ab880 shaking, the 2be707c1ec desk seemed 93bcbe5dbc far too 1187fb8450 flimsy.7d248d299584b9b0

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Crash!bffa7f9cb16a155f

A mug and 6368063e74 an alarm clock 4f9b6d54b2 tumbled to the ccaca147d2 floor, shattering on f020692225 impact. The sharp 63bca5d19e sound pierced 502f1d0487 her ears. The glass windows e8f0044f6c cracked, the chair c571d2ddf5 toppled over, and 3145d28d2c fractures spread rapidly d35e514234 across the walls.5b81621c2ef948dd

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Her body trembled so 9af71c7678 hard her teeth chattered. Jiho gasped for da726f6af7 breath, but even 25bcf349c7 though she was 9431f8ed30 breathing, it felt d35d0d79c2 like she was 988cad15c1 suffocating. Her head spun.ee97f09bfc0603c1

Images of collapsed 7d3d0ca185 buildings—ones she had b5cebe23ee only seen in 1ebce5ebdf videos and photos—flashed 6ea646a3ed through her mind. What if I ebb8de1b4e die here? The thought barely 5f25d2749b had time to 14db89f9da form before—1cb26e265439d605

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Rumble—!0bdef4af7a9926db

The shaking 4e2bbe0041 only grew 5bfbd74fff worse. Her mind went completely de300271b6 blank.b6d1636fc25f2a7f

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‘Please, stop. Please….’ad57940efff4a08f

Jiho desperately prayed.6000e6fd90a37572

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And then, 9ad7418c9e suddenly, the 6a421e3012 shaking stopped.51e984789eaf413b

“……”44eb0adbed44e0c2

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Fearing aftershocks, b7a520c8ca she didn’t ee06eec64a move from a99b25d9b3 under the 61dc13102c desk.ea38a973d3e446f5

Bzzz— A vibration rang 16dd277385 out.3df01be3f5f7d837

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It came from the 5641417e34 smartphone she had been dc2122cbe7 gripping so tightly, as 34ae8040d0 if it were a 077b640c39 lifeline. The veins on 19006b6949 her hand bulged 49f7800a99 from how hard 99a47666da she was holding 234679aa6c it.79907fd0d9c79485

Snapping back to her 35335102ff senses, Jiho quickly glanced 04824e2389 at the screen.4d564521246943dd

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On the black background, 5cd0942287 white text appeared.bf13472c08172546

[One life for one life. Congratulations on obtaining a chance. You have been granted five opportunities and one choice.]

Jiho froze and reread 449ee8414e the short message several 832fd3cea7 times. She couldn’t understand 313600584f it. Why had this strange 3435984b62 message suddenly appeared on 86a31cf032 her phone? What did it even cd3b521a1c mean?a2b7ac19d8d356be

Frowning, she tapped 602ccc4ba8 the screen repeatedly e6bef28348 with anxious fingers. She didn’t have time b5560e99f9 to waste on spam 9f7e2487b3 messages—she needed to call 6ccd0b90eb 119 immediately.51c3aed4de08bc98

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The screen suddenly turned 313f52a99d completely black. A few moments later, 856d708e6c new text appeared.c2b8e6fe515426c0

[Remaining chances: 5]
[Relationship with Go Pyeonghwa: Strangers / You do not know each other yet.]

Jiho’s mouth 2bb3c3726b slightly parted 246161559e in shock.fd03d69d80438d0f

‘Chances? And who the hell 2a50b2ea97 is Go Pyeonghwa?’d0563e9aafc58c10

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Go Pyeonghwa… It 9455316978 sounded like a 1ee9256f8a person’s name. Definitely not a 5dc05f6fe3 common one.ea359d2e1557f4c8

She quickly scanned 2273e44329 through the limited 803f120cac list of people 7ce9e1e006 she knew. For a 40f59ed99f name that 41aae800c1 unusual, she b0e5cb91de should have 5e4efb5aba remembered it—but 796c6bcd3b nothing came 9b1858ccc6 to mind.0d50428af07c227e

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‘Seriously, who is this? And why is f8cbb6d7b5 their name here?’02ef253361408995

Jiho’s eyes darted around 827374aabe in confusion, but after 61d48c1739 a brief moment of fe330871de calculation, she quickly reassessed dff7d85db5 her priorities. Figuring out who Go ae3b32a801 Pyeonghwa was could wait. Right now, calling abd9bc7bd0 119 was more 1451d4e85a important.cfe76c325ed31fcd

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She frantically swiped and ac7b75c882 pressed at her phone, 47129bb536 searching for the call 9f1587259c button, but nothing worked. Even the 0afbb1bf78 home button 8569b17d7d was unresponsive.63508b5427a5a3c2

“What the hell is f03df00c09 wrong with this thing…?”ebb5f3faab22d685

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She decided to 8a50a8f494 turn the phone 810a74df31 off and back 5c5f15eae5 on, pressing the 68540a8536 power button for 531b7c3ced a long time—but 9c4261607a it didn’t shut c628c523e9 down. The screen 40537433be remained exactly 662fa7f0e8 as it 10bf6c038f was, as 941f2319da if mocking c7ea494f4f her, every dd0aadf7fd single letter edf9f92a3f untouched.77a02c5ec6ea5685

Growing anxious, Jiho irritably 28b4b570b0 tugged at her ear. The sharp 05831129d6 sting of abcad5974c pain did 62b69d61a6 nothing to 5a0fb90f37 clear her fdae3fca57 head. It was 7853ac4def as if 2cd2198b38 she were 2ce0dd17a5 trapped in e7da7607e7 a dream, 82cbfa2a32 stuck in 10c5a8bffa the foggy f06f355c89 daze of 6ad7f4d694 someone not 96fadcb057 fully awake.0d568842afd0eff4

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『Attention, please.』688c3cfed85a49f9

A voice d0c11f51b6 rang out 97838a2040 from the 6a1011f93f dormitory announcement 8696157ab8 speakers—something she 490444fdef had completely 0ea48d140d forgotten even 67541f573d existed.b2627e40141d9724

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An evacuation notice? Jiho immediately focused on 5d637234eb the announcement.acf269bee38106a7

『You have all 25d1761ac6 died. Judgment will aed45e4789 now begin. In a 81e947573b moment, the 973f4b3201 8th, 9th, 351cae3e30 and 10th c41f05d6b6 floors of aa276ce5e7 both the c6deaeca1d female and e5d2f7c79f male dormitories 62bdb53f11 will be 6c1ea7f9fa sealed.』053215c5399aff12

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Jiho couldn’t comprehend half 708592dff1 of what she just a2efee17ed heard. She stared blankly 7d236b0e25 into space, unable f970235198 to even blink. Her mind was a f047f5f425 blank slate. This was far too 071316fac3 elaborate to be some 6b26951363 kind of prank.d69c98bec07444e3

‘What…? Dead? Judgment? Did I hear that ec178c694d correctly?’6dffc59146562317

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Frozen with a e0da986833 pale face, Jiho 57e951de93 stood still like 6ac81e694d a statue. Like a camel seeing 3c57a93547 the ocean for the d986f88687 first time, like a e38cb7889e whale stranded in a 6986aa6ab7 desert, she couldn’t move 321ba406e2 a single step.9157ca85324e05a9

『Once again, we 78fba8ca8b repeat. You have all died. Judgment will 7cb93e61df now begin. In a 015beaa539 moment, the 9aef294b2d 8th, 9th, a2865dd8cd and 10th e43e5ab563 floors of 499f631422 both the 81b9ba2797 female and ded10aed74 male dormitories d9140aa8c4 will be 3e84b0207e sealed. Thank you.』2b2fa2655233211e

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Jiho slowly 5f4b49a401 clenched and 3fb5e82095 unclenched her a613435f16 right hand. She repeated the motion c82cb75eeb two or three times. Only then did 79af84f3ee a bit of ce2f40d2ea clarity start to da94a3b71b return to her 3a21dfaa63 mind.17d90052d13ee2d7

Jiho looked 20359e22a2 down at 75c7875f0e the floor. Scattered books and 83433899cc clutter, a toppled 4b05d76f30 chair, shattered mug 702db4b87c fragments—the aftermath of 503238649c the earthquake had 93dc0b5c94 turned the room 7290af8a2c into a mess. But Jiho’s mind ede13284e3 was in even 55e78132e6 worse chaos.fae3001b5aafa6cc

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“First… shoes. I need to find ad7c160287 my shoes first….”27f3febdea8d9925

Since the floor was 792d860422 a wreck, her first efdde55318 instinct was to put aed7457df1 on shoes. She stuffed her smartphone f00a123438 into the pocket of 68e292ea87 her blouson jacket. Her limbs were a3d943e11e shaking, and she 8bd27de403 almost stumbled, but 53fd06ec76 she managed to 62d542c67a crawl out from 50b42aa4a8 under the desk e67a1f01a6 without falling.7722f43140b879f6

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Right by the door, f3e8a585bf the shoe cabinet had d9402bcd0d tipped over. Jiho set a4e8ad46ff it upright, 42688fbe01 revealing a 22f575672c pile of af919dcd05 spilled shoes a4320eb443 and a 3aef9abd5d lone badminton 463b13f789 racket.570c92d73a6b9e30

“What the hell is 2c1d50fea5 going on….”46809a899979347f

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She still couldn’t c6ca7f6a71 believe any of 5f4180a2fa this.d7dfd98d7966eff9

Even as she slipped a12b26192f her feet into her 3e2817c795 sneakers, her mind was e474ed8b8c a tangled mess. Just moments 990e5c1fd3 ago, she 21ac2bbba8 had been 77cd63c808 peacefully working 5587b76592 on her 112329451a self-introduction, and edec2adb22 now everything 95f3d6f637 had changed. The strangely 313e37fca8 altered smartphone, b450580775 the sudden 3ab7c1dd06 earthquake, the 177e7f94c7 cryptic announcement—all c50cfd2e16 three jumbled fb055d0127 together in 9841fc0168 her thoughts e3ca699895 like a a4f220797c tangled knot.57ec0b8f282fff8b

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“Hah….”2b34275bc2033b81

Straightening her c524de2b94 posture, Jiho cd3f0ce58a took a 05135c3d03 deep breath 28ffe09daa to steady 48845fb311 herself. Inhaling deeply 24a6f50c0e and exhaling 1d2275dac3 slowly, she c2739b3fc1 gradually regained 8d8d2e0362 control over 2ddf845cce her erratic 566f635208 breathing. Clasping her b606b40b9a left hand 09c484bea6 with her 68863ac3e3 right, she 07f01b3077 focused on fc59be5f64 staying calm ec788f8d07 and composed. It felt like she a1b6566081 was back in the eada24101e mindset of preparing for 9be51ad0ad an important match.093b4009108a6357

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She silenced the storm 2d5a0ca1dc in her head, organized 730228173d her scattered thoughts, and fac76747b6 set her priorities.224eb5e53ecff878

Then, Jiho unclasped 2bb911c7d8 her hands.e1da71e9a5c7d51e

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The most important thing 97a968217c right now was the f181b6a157 earthquake.cd30aa588a6ffd23

‘The dorm isn’t safe. I need to 480988ded4 get out before 028e0b6cf3 an aftershock hits.’605cc2eba1bbb410

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Jiho recalled 169d6bc927 the earthquake 82aaa02767 safety guidelines 645c3d5165 she had adf3d4a14b learned in dde2cad25d class. If an earthquake 92503c485e occurred while indoors, 25a1aa216b she was supposed 5c6edf37f9 to take cover 40f4ce0c9c under a desk 0f06dcf5dc or table first, 20409615d2 then evacuate the 33310924d0 building via the 54519c6aab stairs once the 9ebf403011 shaking stopped.84a1d5e0b7024692