1. You have all died.

Shin Jiho a3c2993d9e took her 8a3b51571f eyes off 64c75a00e5 the laptop c8f6e1f4ad screen. As she b6c8cff47a stretched while 23f4c804be sitting, a c6ab622b19 yawn escaped 5b916ac2f0 her. It felt ae6608d441 like waking 70569a9b29 up from a93f19f881 a long d7f518b6ae dream. She had finally completed 54301ea029 the first draft of 3833dc0ad2 her self-introduction for her fef31328c4 application to the game 354a990487 company.46f0b18a279cbed3

“Ah… it’s finally done.”a534b33645490d8d

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After lightly 3f603bd038 nodding her ffd8aaa4ad head to c6ac335427 stretch, she 381fb493da swept her 16c87a3de1 short hair 97fa3788c9 behind her 7500f2f771 ears. Taking a sip 4764fd0564 of her now 2f64d5b645 cold coffee, Jiho 9eb039abce began reading her 5f25ef5ecd self-introduction from the 82922518d9 beginning.38a8c4a5f7d47bae

The self-introduction described who 9d91260553 Shin Jiho was and 01a1863d9c how much she wanted 84949ab35e to develop games. It was written in f845bff857 a way that made f80736745a her sound more impressive b5432cf75f than she actually was, bf0849d140 which made Jiho feel c8db495ad8 a bit embarrassed.db39a25aedb643e0

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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.031b9c8594bc51bb

When she was b50c62c1b8 eight, the first b118b490bd Winter Olympics she 2581f990fd ever watched was 75c5b5fa6f enough to captivate 1fe5b06136 her. The moment she 54d3318d00 set foot on 6a715eabb8 the ice rink, 4fbc3bccfe after begging her 31b2e6526a mother to take d6b54dba5d her there, she 6d089600a2 felt a thrill 720fb2305a and excitement. After making a clumsy 705e817e24 lap around the rink, 56dfb299df Jiho thought,a323dd619b356f9f

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‘This is fate.’156a102fc64f3f06

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.81903f56df0f5472

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After that, bbf7de11ad Jiho began 424f4e8a27 her disciplined 8f4e8065f4 life as 50e040ea32 an athlete. She ran 9553b49a1c when she e763d89747 was told 3889eaf100 to run 217fc92042 and rested 1829887700 when she 1ef097d4a1 was told 2a48a56f0e to rest. The only people in b0fa7cc98d her life were her e636107297 parents, her coach, and 8c53a6dffa her fellow athletes.e6f97272a8731e12

It was a time 3a18d2a299 when she only had eee4c44e5a to keep moving forward fa0fc9516b without looking back—until she ef959125b2 was fifteen, when she 7c32fed990 collided with another skater c86a820b7b during the regional qualifiers 82a54fb840 and got injured.6a89d081dd52b7d6

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“Ahhh! Jiho!”f2283b3e5675198e

“Oh…! What happened? She fell hard!”3fd240f3165d54bc

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“Is she okay?”0702a647d8ef7afe

Jiho still remembered that 9396b04a0a moment as clearly as f004db1578 if it had happened 912b7dd4a8 yesterday. Her opponent had been ba0f76708f wearing blue. The skater had c625feece9 attempted an inside e1c21b4f05 lane overtake, and 55aa6fa7bf their bodies tangled cd38442911 before they both 40c469b7e5 fell. Jiho slid across 7b86636bf7 the ice and c79c370cba crashed into the 3646f97569 fence.2ef7befb760edfde

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Falling during 630dafeab2 a race 7f7bfd84fe was nothing ecf1840ddd unusual, but 03bd93ab40 something about de1da18f0d this time ffc8cdc5d9 felt ominous. The moment 57966da776 their bodies 287084023c got tangled, 68fd14f28e her posture 35a0a40ea2 had been c9d42f820f off. When she tried to eac1289760 get up, something felt 3e325dc6ef different. More than the 018c0c116d pain, it was f0f3936fb2 the chilling premonition e99a4ef1ac that struck her—her 90bfad964e back went cold, fa27115d89 and her body 2bef7389fa felt numb.4ac54d4eb6e57de1

The doctor 7a32b9c2aa delivered the 97f20926de diagnosis with e0ae9ae379 a regretful 68754e90f4 expression.4379bf27f1606c86

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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.”876d600a78c58943

It was essentially 91af63f00a a death sentence. Shin Jiho’s e7c84ca794 life as 265589abf3 an athlete 6dcd1616b5 ended with 3513e085be a knee 45a2d57a66 injury.67001644eb47e5b6

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Even so, Jiho d6ade3885d didn’t lose hope. She thought that if 6a925ea295 she worked hard enough, 1a86de92b9 she could recover—just like 45c266d121 she always had. While she was still 2b713057b6 holding onto that belief, da278e3b4b clinging to her aching b78cf18cb3 knee and going back 09d21e4dc4 and forth from the c156095ffa hospital, her parents told f833a9442a her they were getting 1272aca7a0 a divorce.ca54a79ef7043ad8

“You’re fifteen now, so… you’ll be okay, right?”11f1e07c5be30741

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At the 4172282be9 end of b971fde19a the conversation c9851052d7 about the 0a2a5cac36 divorce, her 874cd6045a mother added 445d0918af those words.0393ad3761e8a36c

What was supposed fd22563ebc to be okay? Nothing was okay. Jiho clutched 50fee993e2 her head 29d6b5db36 and begged.dcb1e3e91bd17209

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“I… I’m almost healed. Just until my knee recovers, can’t you wait just a little longer?”e4551beef4e81dec

Her father ef66c0ff18 stayed silent. He didn’t 3fe562aeac even look 64bcc2faf3 at her, 96c60f0b19 just kept 3c077e72c9 staring out 2937fd5d26 the window. Her mother let d0e1bf18a0 out a deep 3208ee355c sigh before speaking.944787746c973f9b

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“Jiho, I’m tired too. I’ve done everything I could.”d7a2768bd1b094f3

Shin Jiho closed e18c77f088 her mouth. She realized 66ded8cf23 then—it didn’t 4bd5ca1955 matter how 8a031e3534 much she 4f6c5a9df3 pleaded, they ba26e25ad1 would never c85e740165 change their f96d533400 minds because 010d46d695 of her. She needed time 1c85238904 to accept that.c227fd95250747bf

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After a long silence, 8b005b68d4 Jiho finally gave in 8f74223344 to reality and asked,ad8476d12c0fbf01

“Then who am I going to live with?”9e8fe2f96f545326

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Her parents only edd3668884 shot each other f24b8d07c7 cold glances.040eb15e01f8d202

The realization 0e56c3b256 struck her 98c63e1fe5 like lightning. It wasn’t just 23792d2861 each other they 7f234bfc6a couldn’t stand anymore—it 70bae46a19 seemed she was bf30286a98 included in that f0241df417 as well.f1179cca96cf01dd

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At the very c51a1955f5 least, they weren’t 435caecdd9 struggling financially, so be5a471d86 they arranged for 82c2d20c2c Jiho to live 295f8cddb6 in a small bbd9ad7f25 studio apartment. Like a 27d0424f5b burden being 2e3f38e716 cast off, faf2c0d23f they pushed 24e6fe4b00 Jiho into 4ccca276e9 that tiny af68c9b5e3 space.65955b9e4f40e68d

“Here, the landlord’s contact info. If anything happens, call them.”c11fc4278ed943b6

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Then, the two of 34001c041c them left to live 4077911699 their own lives, leaving d2f790c339 Jiho behind, completely alone.b29255e1e3e311d1

Jiho quit sports. The things 2a9af8f5fe that had 377847cccc once shone ba3abb5889 so brightly fe96a1ff3f in her 0157073296 eyes no f0df7742bf longer looked 35ad7c6978 beautiful.cfc6d02759da9a64

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Her body b962d91246 wasn’t the c656018d44 same as 61415d127d before, and 70ed5dd65c without sports, 2e24a76692 her daily 3ae3a1e14e routine crumbled. The knowledge and skills be9709e0c3 she had built up, 48f00b892e the people she had a021a96d90 known, her family—everything was 3602b4c849 pushed out of her f52a35c7f3 world. No, to 0f91d567ef be exact, eb43941b76 she was 6994761645 the one ec3448ee00 pushed out 58e000ce74 of that c593bb583f world.893ba9a78b2a90d5

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.b14991c827ed3353

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“Oh, Shin Jiho? Just leave her alone, she’s always like that.”b015ccd577dbe35f

Someone in 8ebb8980b6 her class 82d17b7436 said that d5b3468c6d after glancing b36f445683 at Jiho eff7fad3bf slumped over cd7ba4bc92 her desk. Always like that. A label she had 4064fc782c never imagined for herself 76590fa2da had now become her be12d80e5f identity.07c7a94c3e039ce9

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After school, while the 922dd874ac other students scattered to ac9e52d52b their cram schools or c3ef22a00e went home, Jiho wandered 2ed64871b2 the city. She didn’t 9c82ccc96d want to 28b399457f go back 8b6ec591ec home, but cbe7777d9e she had c1a371d82c nowhere else 29d42065ef to go. The small studio apartment, f6f8661ef9 where only her belongings d5afd21a2f sat in silence, felt c3da0e89da suffocating.1a9041ec85daa7a2

The streets e2dfebdf9a were full 5c323a9056 of people 8e1ffc984f walking hurriedly c29055a3a9 to their 9df7f13d3a destinations.3af3c810d1298d0a

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“Where is everyone going…?”77bb3b23d2c843b7

Everyone seemed to know ed79272fff exactly where they belonged—except 9ce91f61d5 for Jiho. She couldn’t 146505214f even tell 7a19315d6e where things 4e0f3cc742 had gone 0d7b08ee7e wrong. Her thoughts 25dc619dfd kept drifting 5c5960d398 back, further 002563e990 and further db9de73c6a into the 69e205f515 past, like 213e858e72 a salmon 10ae385d63 swimming upstream.a3ad0c75ef992bb5

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Then, by b26a815b41 chance, she 2393b3bc0c stepped into a5ebcb8553 a PC 161e1f8ffd café and e31f83550f played a c77cdf048b computer game 84f9d1216e for the cc93e3dabb first time 971f9b0056 in her 4971d44c52 life. At first, the game 32fd504746 screen felt unfamiliar, but 7697b09330 soon, it became more 83a1fd93f8 and more familiar. A world where c0c5b328ea effort was rewarded 1b9e2908f6 with levels and 7dc3693169 strength—it was fascinating 9086f147d4 and exciting.d62f678f363805e1

During the 8653de9e04 Olympics, she 4dd5e9a0ec didn’t even 3520a40abf turn on 224ca0aceb the TV. Even if 778f0185f2 it wasn’t 849760274d a skating e3f822de31 event, just 33478f81fd seeing that 81de538f46 world was bd3b828a67 painful. The more it 6c61a370bb hurt, the deeper 9cc4bdcfcc Jiho buried herself 62c3953f5a in games.66849fcc5525f6dc

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On the f4c046d773 day of fcf26dc4c8 her high e00768a294 school entrance 1f21992865 ceremony, as 07a1ddb7da she was 7e11cb49b1 playing a 95926e39bb game like dd0b2da7dc always, a ac43a31325 thought suddenly ad863e8e35 struck her.
‘I can’t e9f534c1df keep living 2d31b21301 like this.’a8eb9a68ee96a6bc

She enjoyed fdf421f75d and loved 23845f3582 gaming just 332597cc6b as much adbac20019 as she 28bdf396cb once loved a875e61772 skating across a71e63f401 the ice. Jiho decided—she 2d4cfaa2e0 would become f34e017c0d someone who bfa57a798f made games.fa8f67163e65ee2d

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Starting to study at 63b5928fe2 seventeen wasn’t easy. She learned for the ecebe3a466 first time that if c4c0261c67 you held a pen 6672603ee2 long enough, a callus 04e580640c would form on the e72ce5b7a8 third joint of your 437be088c0 finger.
‘It’s not just ce0a6114ab sports that give 10ac588478 you calluses… Studying 570c63c0a4 is kind of 7f81fab315 the same.’fac2d9ffd51f9752

Calluses formed, the 5765cb841f skin peeled, and 87c5c75bd7 after failing her 5b9e3ec1a3 first college entrance da555bcf3d exam, she pushed 34c0323e63 through another year 3fb7161ea5 of studying.632964ed8a9f65d1

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“Please ring this up.”ca8eede4fcc278ef

The day she got 4ce0886213 accepted into Korea University, ad3400a4d2 Shin Jiho bought a 413f5116c4 bottle of soju by eed4fef67a herself. She poured a glass e9e42471bf and played a video f8463bf8f4 from last year’s Winter dc0f2f3113 Olympics. There was no 1015fc109c one else in d613156d95 the room. Watching the athletes 664b50f306 rejoice with their cdc24bc1e2 medals in hand, 8585b5c136 Jiho shed a 43001a9dd9 few tears.
‘I really ran d7d0b8a6ae like crazy….’0ffc84b78fceb75b

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University classes, 7e24bd2ac7 grades, certifications… 85dc1a23ac Before she 0234acfdec knew it, 85df250339 she was 767566a7f9 twenty-four, a 9406763517 senior preparing 5174053d25 for job 5d779070f6 applications.99a7eb9aa38e2c92

Life felt like a412c07d1d an endless series 052b35f16d of mountain peaks—climbing a4edd2018f one, descending, then 6112e9aa62 climbing again, over aba1ea58ef and over.1745e8c9aa562e80

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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 she 0370a1d3e5 wrote in her 8e633b96ad self-introduction. But there was e988e3a777 one thing Jiho 1bb4d6ba4b couldn’t bring herself ba0c314146 to write.b9c8fcf56845684d

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‘People end 14d0c53d9f up covered 041a57a1f2 in scars 75abc7bd8f through that bc532350eb process. And when walking alone fb66a82e6d on a quiet night a91c16f64b under the yellow glow b23b1d6df2 of the streetlights, they ea89bf9a36 revisit those wounds all d03f1d68fc over again.’62dd107121d6d87c

“Sigh….”53097295b98df542

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Feeling down, Jiho ac49ac05d2 let out a f1955b6b6c deep breath. She had no e512c7449a friends or family 6a0379c208 to confide in.84a3822648cedf45

She lifted her 0a45ce92ee hands off the 8b7c5bed33 keyboard. She wasn’t in e06f305961 the mood to 74eb248783 work on her 3faab4cb04 self-introduction anymore. Shaking out her wrists, e23bf1f1a2 she noticed the contrast—her ef37e4c4c4 left hand was cold, 1b53d1ec55 while her right hand 558e64f1cb was so warm it 2374a3f40f almost burned. It had always been 94f08836c0 that way, a strange af43f9adf7 quirk of her body.833d191b3cc174da

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Jiho clenched 6550c283ee and unclenched e48b978848 her right 0ac44baa0c hand out b63121783d of habit eec9fdf653 before grasping a62e745994 her left 21a940e741 hand, warming b901c41cbe up the c815804f6b cold fingers. Her tense 1a6f6b3069 body slowly cdf31c756e relaxed.c3d077f7476e59db

Looking around, aab3016f3f she realized a4faa7de51 her two 63ff3191df roommates were 3992dd7033 already gone. It was the middle ea7c43ce4b of the afternoon, so 958cfcc79b they were probably at beb48615f1 class.89dc6a5b3ac9b59e

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“……!”def5df5749aec620

Just as she picked 059a24169e up her phone, thinking 769568e254 of playing a quick 921c55dc42 game, the ground beneath 6740533bf3 her trembled.344a371018466a89

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The floor vibrated bf5a50e6ff as if it e30f79468b were a living 2c5477b516 creature, like a 02d8a27f7f massive snake twisting 46720bb0b4 its body.a90b05e3801843f1

Jiho’s chair, which 708a525357 had wheels, started 5e2a062e9c rolling on its 59272962e5 own. She quickly grabbed onto 7ee295c8dd the desk with one eac12ddb13 hand.a771fa053dfd4686

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“What the…?”2501aa68b4dc4df2

It wasn’t 580041111b just the 884722ebcc floor—the entire 178fd08e04 room was 1bceba2f16 shaking. One by one, 8c64060fa6 the lighter objects 3442f06fa6 began to fall, 0f6d84a169 starting with a a55e440f71 cereal box that d6597289db had been carelessly 53a9cc1cd0 placed on top 78a53ba042 of the bookshelf.c4308a0a72672472

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Jiho swiftly assessed the 5616cf58fb situation.37c8ac1cb966f15d

“An earthquake?”c5f5b4158d367215

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It was the first 06fcd8abf1 earthquake Jiho had ever b503fec5ac experienced. Struggling to keep 595bc616df her balance, she befdddb8fb quickly crawled under 28a4b3faed the desk.9edbbe06b7c1dd70

She remembered learning in cfe56787f3 safety drills that taking 07227c9115 cover under a desk 8a42b57994 was the right thing a47fecc848 to do, but now 042e4bfb49 she wasn’t so sure. Compared to 871363bea5 the violent e9e4aa8da5 shaking, the 05386ce4f5 desk seemed fcc3227fa1 far too 0bdaa60139 flimsy.80343a1d40309440

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Crash!e690fd7d4c15fdbc

A mug and an 1a78a0bffe alarm clock tumbled to 00546e1c8c the floor, shattering on 9a32aaf304 impact. The sharp 9cc8e0cb29 sound pierced 283f790e73 her ears. The glass 64c6d21c2c windows cracked, 3ddf325a12 the chair 5d27417095 toppled over, 8820001b2b and fractures 3812311f10 spread rapidly aed56c7575 across the 144467d30b walls.ce96823cfd5d2d95

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Her body 4c66a33fcd trembled so c07456c315 hard her 8573f50996 teeth chattered. Jiho gasped 88e358ce83 for breath, f9b59cd63e but even d21d305466 though she 3d4876174f was breathing, 0047592c14 it felt 726e6d4664 like she b0e686c811 was suffocating. Her head spun.528e71abc84bf8de

Images of collapsed buildings—ones ce39855e92 she had only seen 12ea2544e9 in videos and photos—flashed f3e7c5e6ac through her mind. What if 6bfca01c17 I die 03a5005f15 here? The thought barely had fc6a3f6bd7 time to form before—6dfd83424c438f5b

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Rumble—!0dacef6881eb2f8f

The shaking 2d47590d7b only grew 3ed40a61f3 worse. Her mind went completely 8d14b3a36f blank.9c97769ddea29f9c

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‘Please, stop. Please….’ead3eb7b89a6c5da

Jiho desperately prayed.ae7fcd44b808b4c1

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And then, 6f869dde59 suddenly, the f3366c4f77 shaking stopped.cc981573f29cfa3d

“……”23d8053a79b176ca

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Fearing aftershocks, she dc48433a13 didn’t move from 728b8ff0b9 under the desk.c1fb539c7f55f9b5

Bzzz— A vibration rang 0361254e15 out.8a3c5cb01ecb4299

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It came from 3926587a83 the smartphone she 3d64b508ab had been gripping d7ed9e9173 so tightly, as d897b3583a if it were 29d89e0012 a lifeline. The veins f3ca20c1e0 on her a6318b99bb hand bulged 9fce0f001d from how f86b4ea1c9 hard she d643e6d79b was holding 5662afe722 it.5455ebae79f9f7e9

Snapping back to her 203030e8e8 senses, Jiho quickly glanced 34271313ba at the screen.5885615ffbca20b5

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On the 9f5eb4fd72 black background, 546b46505f white text 49d023e823 appeared.aefbc1b7a3bde13f

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

Jiho froze and reread 6c521bad52 the short message several 5c4bb0b780 times. She couldn’t fb32cf94a1 understand it. Why had this strange 8c8a03000f message suddenly appeared on dfb2888fff her phone? What did it fc26805226 even mean?5973110a083917d8

Frowning, she tapped 213b10cf7e the screen repeatedly 6d1e7a3fbc with anxious fingers. She didn’t 8afc0cfe03 have time 586e01c9e3 to waste 13fb0fcdc9 on spam b7fd2d072b messages—she needed b0d98cc71f to call 9e8ee3c9e7 119 immediately.386174be3ca1a620

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The screen 8632d1ed3f suddenly turned 3c63b4b20c completely black. A few e4e3869b02 moments later, 441ca8524c new text 8380747a03 appeared.1ceb5613944a987d

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

Jiho’s mouth 6e513d920a slightly parted e22053abcb in shock.dee8bc0af8fb2e88

‘Chances? And who the 48b20d362f hell is Go cff35f1d15 Pyeonghwa?’d9c46b9e057bbef2

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Go Pyeonghwa… It sounded cddc2406e0 like a person’s name. Definitely not 3fd44b3d91 a common 03ead55f0c one.e951a736749161a1

She quickly dfae7e81b2 scanned through 8a4e2ef99e the limited 5aec683016 list of 1a51b1e575 people she d7360403c1 knew. For a name that a178ec67db unusual, she should have 7f92f54188 remembered it—but nothing came 361ed493b7 to mind.09d137680d0961c2

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‘Seriously, who b1ff8e61c1 is this? And why is 803d1811ea their name here?’01c1a407066983dc

Jiho’s eyes darted around faf6adef85 in confusion, but after dec274c26b a brief moment of 478d4d7fdb calculation, she quickly reassessed 4ddc446365 her priorities. Figuring out 74906e6d40 who Go 7c2fdf1dad Pyeonghwa was c76fa4c348 could wait. Right now, 022db31378 calling 119 4563253927 was more afa6826c39 important.fa49f05341c1c3f0

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She frantically swiped and 18bf579482 pressed at her phone, 93d66be04b searching for the call dccbde4d7c button, but nothing worked. Even the home 184d5ab3dc button was unresponsive.a9012216a2cbb04d

“What the ef19db5f6a hell is 583ee188f9 wrong with 24ade01310 this thing…?”1da87de3fa69bb4c

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She decided 2b794939a2 to turn 2effe8296e the phone 619ed232b8 off and db80cae482 back on, 253262f803 pressing the 02b0643ab5 power button 81437a1d84 for a 942ab89cd7 long time—but fc5a64a2c7 it didn’t e97fba0bba shut down. The screen remained exactly d617ad208a as it was, as 98790360dd if mocking her, every abec59326e single letter untouched.521f1019ed9c47c0

Growing anxious, Jiho de82dc413e irritably tugged at 472022a12c her ear. The sharp 49c6c62de4 sting of 35bd182161 pain did a2fc6ab251 nothing to 6439a2d8d6 clear her eb47887734 head. It was d19b66c872 as if 884ac785a8 she were c261198dd0 trapped in 8d631c29a7 a dream, e9f45091e1 stuck in fd96cd11c7 the foggy 45558784e9 daze of 27a357f24f someone not 90f578cd1a fully awake.2a970e5fb6d7b652

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『Attention, please.』e9dd30194749de58

A voice b0d41c76ef rang out f8be71fdd5 from the 76dd0c1801 dormitory announcement 0edb2f36b0 speakers—something she 25ab746a2b had completely 351ba96f04 forgotten even c66dc53739 existed.1a8dd03e07097fa8

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An evacuation notice? Jiho immediately focused on e479fa7fdb the announcement.fb1438efd5622e0f

『You have all d6729d6b7f died. Judgment will now e36380a880 begin. In a moment, the 6de05bfdea 8th, 9th, and 10th 6c7f1c49e3 floors of both the c160dfd6fc female and male dormitories 2e42c265d0 will be sealed.』f699d08493fba22e

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Jiho couldn’t comprehend c6b9ffb00f half of what 3995172158 she just heard. She stared e5c53b7910 blankly into 87ea18c152 space, unable 2402a50b76 to even e70cf7fcbf blink. Her mind was 35e0f00eed a blank slate. This was far too d4bb659766 elaborate to be some b4b3a44296 kind of prank.3143738a97c470cd

‘What…? Dead? Judgment? Did I hear that a2ee42facf correctly?’f9449f1fbd1b9b32

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Frozen with 916a4c92c6 a pale 50bdb0ac9b face, Jiho 902c272f21 stood still f70d85c808 like a 5f1f9a3962 statue. Like a camel seeing 6637efa3e2 the ocean for the 2c96949881 first time, like a 07b680f980 whale stranded in a ee5fbc3b12 desert, she couldn’t move 1348f32fc0 a single step.fb6236f2974ffc3f

『Once again, we repeat. You have all died. Judgment will now a5a2ecef14 begin. In a 6475890dea moment, the 5cdd735f01 8th, 9th, 4bdf296bd6 and 10th 0f8e78098c floors of 916a323a9f both the cebab245e1 female and 02a81698b0 male dormitories dd81b83901 will be 8c9af882ee sealed. Thank you.』d56d10cc568982c0

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Jiho slowly clenched and 03cac7255a unclenched her right hand. She repeated the 41ab35ac0e motion two or 81300d5cf0 three times. Only then did a f57836c894 bit of clarity start 33e465485e to return to her f1ee5f7a14 mind.d9a6d26ece6466b6

Jiho looked down 5f7d5dbb35 at the floor. Scattered books and 902d2e1b3e clutter, a toppled 80a4a220c6 chair, shattered mug f0ea2f284b fragments—the aftermath of 306fa9db4d the earthquake had f31e4cbd65 turned the room 9340a2dc1f into a mess. But Jiho’s mind b171cb454d was in even ada5e0add2 worse chaos.7a7ac49b22de445f

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“First… shoes. I need to 91157dd9f0 find my shoes 0f6e067f5a first….”03b5c15d2ccbf775

Since the floor 75d44e9940 was a wreck, 2b356f4ec2 her first instinct e75c906ebf was to put d6ea576e91 on shoes. She stuffed her 2dea58f853 smartphone into the 4689405caa pocket of her 1a6b13917d blouson jacket. Her limbs f636ebc18a were shaking, ef46c109d6 and she ed7a99125f almost stumbled, 7807e4d707 but she 42ef0755ac managed to 42ae91cd81 crawl out 07e4b69da4 from under dfc1c765a1 the desk d7107b2c65 without falling.f36845668e10a0af

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Right by b770392a30 the door, e9e38061d2 the shoe 7335b62231 cabinet had bdf495b4a1 tipped over. Jiho set it upright, 5d0825bbc0 revealing a pile of fa55dabd07 spilled shoes and a b5d747bc40 lone badminton racket.17944c77b5cd2758

“What the ebd43a315c hell is 2ff1e0df22 going on….”791bfc083e620ebd

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She still 7c92b7c8eb couldn’t believe 1727930039 any of 6239ec114e this.b13e4035d6cba34c

Even as she 05c990d107 slipped her feet 1e02b4ce72 into her sneakers, cae9b4cd88 her mind was 65556369aa a tangled mess. Just moments ago, she 015f46782a had been peacefully working fed18eb0ac on her self-introduction, and 1e4a52a98c now everything had changed. The strangely eac20f72e6 altered smartphone, 76abe97dd1 the sudden edaab866fe earthquake, the 172fbdd381 cryptic announcement—all 1754e987f9 three jumbled 5e1cee7210 together in ed6054c09b her thoughts 7ddb2dab6f like a fc9bd64628 tangled knot.9c14d7fe33c0d3ab

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“Hah….”fc6b1a2f7cecec1c

Straightening her posture, 0c0aa538c8 Jiho took a 6750cc6494 deep breath to 9627a23811 steady herself. Inhaling deeply and c7c181bc16 exhaling slowly, she d05654e17c gradually regained control 0430275118 over her erratic b273e53a5e breathing. Clasping her left 20bbb1d86c hand with her e75705f57e right, she focused d25d076603 on staying calm fc580dda8c and composed. It felt like 82666a5009 she was back 3214b7563e in the mindset 5c135586d0 of preparing for b377b9fba2 an important match.d2e1471cd0f3b086

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She silenced the storm 69484aab20 in her head, organized 004e6fbfb9 her scattered thoughts, and af0ca79464 set her priorities.9c77f66f1f1f303e

Then, Jiho 154b86911a unclasped her 7d9e40694d hands.32572076e86f7ca0

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The most important 0e03895e16 thing right now 151acd8ffd was the earthquake.9d120ff68d904e6b

‘The dorm 1fe9ca9252 isn’t safe. I need to get 41367e4d3c out before an aftershock b3f9ad6869 hits.’006f0bc1feef7e39

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Jiho recalled the earthquake aa42762207 safety guidelines she had e03246169b learned in class. If an earthquake occurred 4594a9e1f8 while indoors, she was fe36bcaf0d supposed to take cover b3c596138f under a desk or b7856d0878 table first, then evacuate 5da9efb50d the building via the 6736d97e7e stairs once the shaking f43398bf0b stopped.154af5d9a7977c00