After the Day of Change, people lived with an unshakable sense of unease.

The sudden shift in the color of black holes, the white ash that fell like snow, the increasingly frequent appearance of gates and rifts, and the presence of monsters—all of these signs seemed to herald a new disaster. Even though J had appeared as a hero, everything felt like an ominous prelude to another catastrophe. People had not forgotten the loss that the Day of the Rifts had carved into their lives.

Gradually, street preachers who claimed the end of the world was near became a common sight. With flags emblazoned with flames, they waved them for all to see, catching the eyes of passersby whether they wanted to look or not.

"Humanity must stop the apocalypse with its own strength!"

They shouted about the end of days, whether people listened or not. Did words really have power? People who had initially laughed off the doomsayers found themselves unable to do so anymore. Those who had ignored them now glanced sideways at the preachers as they passed. The tiny seed of unease took root in their hearts, gradually growing larger.

"......"

Yun Gaeul was no exception. Gaeul quickened her pace as she passed by the fluttering flags. She encountered these strange doomsday preachers every morning on her way to school. Despite complaints from parents, nothing changed.

For Gaeul, it was especially hard to ignore them. She had seen firsthand what a world on the brink of apocalypse looked like.

*Do they even know what the end really is? Are these people part of the group Uncle Jung-bin mentioned?*

Every thought seemed to circle back to the apocalypse, as if a great weight bore down on her. Whenever she passed by the preachers, Gaeul would turn up the volume on her earphones, as if that could block them out. It was all she could do.

Yet recently, she had little time to worry about them. Fortunately or unfortunately, she wasn’t sure.

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Lunchtime. A cheer erupted from one corner of the classroom as students crowded around a tablet. Every time someone tapped the screen, a different photo appeared. Each photo showed none other than Lee Sayoung. The screen stopped on a side profile of Sayoung, and someone let out a gasp.

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