Though the world has been reset, the shadows of the old system still whisper through the cracks.
[Scene 1 – The Invitation from Below]
Jiwoon stared at the scroll in his hand.
The seal glowed faintly in the shape of a coiled black dragon.
Even without opening it, he felt the pressure—the memory of sin.
Jiwoon (to the Messenger):
"The City of Sin still exists?"
Messenger (nodding):
"Buried beneath the layers of this world's illusion. Waiting. Breathing."
He didn't respond.
Instead, he turned his gaze toward the horizon—where a new world flourished in ignorance.
Jiwoon (quietly):
"A world without judgment is not free.
It's just blind."
[Scene 2 – A Girl Who Still Remembers]
As Jiwoon walked through a narrow alley later that day,
he felt it again—a faint tremor in the system.
A young girl knelt alone near a broken fountain.
In her hand, a fragment of crystal—gray and cracked, faintly pulsing.
Girl (whispering):
"I dreamed of fire… and wings… and guilt I didn't earn."
"No one believes me."
Jiwoon knelt before her and touched the crystal.
In that moment, the world around them faded—
[System Fragment Detected.]
[Sin Echo… Resonance level: 6%]
Images flooded Jiwoon's mind:
Burned cities.
The Trial of Greed.
His own face… distorted by wrath.
[Scene 3 – The System Tries to Rebuild]
The fragment pulsed again.
[Attempting Core Reconstruction…]
[Protocol: Judgment Engine ∇ REBOOT]
[Jiwoon – Host Confirmed.]
[New Designation: Sinbound Anchor]
Jiwoon's eyes widened.
Jiwoon (low voice):
"So… the reset didn't erase everything.
It just buried it under fresh skin."
A surge of dark flame crawled up his left arm for a split second—before vanishing.
[Scene 4 – A Divine Threat Surfaces]
Elsewhere, in a high tower bathed in light—
a man stood dressed in ornate robes, eyes glowing gold,
a Divine Mark seared onto his chest.
Divine Agent:
"The anomaly walks again.
The one who swallowed the sins of a world."
Behind him, hooded figures knelt.
Unknown Voice (from above):
"He cannot be allowed to awaken the system again.
We control morality now—not him."
Divine Agent:
"Then it's time we strike first."