"Even gods who built judgment… cannot escape their own."
Location: System Rift – Between Architect Layers
After Jiwoon emerged from the simulation, the space between he and Ryu remained silent.
Not with hostility.
But with… reflection.
Ryu Shinwon stared into the distance—no longer speaking as a code entity, but as a man.
"I created the system because I feared chaos.
I feared what people could do when left to emotion."
He paused.
"But… I also feared what I would become if I let myself feel."
🔹 Flashback – The Day the System Was Born
In the depths of time, Ryu sat alone before a wall of monitors.
Wars. Riots. Betrayals. Genocide.
He whispered to the machine:
"Let there be justice… without pain."
But in doing so, he built something that judged without heart.
🔹 Back to Present
Jiwoon:
"You built a prison because you didn't trust the world."
Ryu:
"And you broke it… because you still did."
Ryu looked at Jiwoon—really looked.
"Perhaps I was wrong."
🔹 Offer of Transition
Ryu raised a hand.
[System Authority Transfer Request Initiated]
[Do you wish to absorb the core framework of Origin Protocol?]
[Risk: Exposure to forbidden judgment concepts]
Jiwoon accepted.
🔹 System Merge Begins
Code flowed into Jiwoon's Codex.
[You've obtained: Architect's Root Directive]
[Passive Unlock: Sin Beyond Language – Detects moral weight even when unnamed]
But…
Suddenly, the system began to quake.
🔹 Unexpected Interference
[Alert: Unknown Entity Intercepting Architect Protocol]
[Source: ???]
[Authority Signature: "Black Zero" – Inverted Judgment Seed]
Yura gasped.
"That's not part of your system or his…"
A shadow split the system space.
And from it…
A voice:
"You both built judgment to save the world.
Now… watch how I use it to unmake it."
End Scene
Jiwoon and Ryu—once enemies—now stood together, eyes fixed on the growing tear in system space.
"That wasn't just a corruption," Jiwoon whispered.
"That was a user."