🎬 Scene 1 — ⏱ 7:34 AM | Red Portal, Sector 9 | LIVE FEED
The ground trembled. Screams ripped through the air. Thick white mist bled from the Red Portal, blanketing the battlefield—except for the blood staining the broken stone.
Five users moved in formation.
The Tank stood front, cracked shield barely holding.
Mage flicked glowing symbols into the air.
The Marksman slammed her last clip in with trembling hands.
Behind the rubble, the Healer struggled to breathe.
> "System sync dropping! 42%!"
"We need backup—he's not human—!"
Before them, a hulking beast loomed—its form unreadable by scanners. A deep violet crack pulsed across its chest like a second heart—unstable, furious.
Above them, a colossal screen flickered.
> ⏺ LIVE: Red Portal Raid // Survival Rate: 12%
Inside a secured control room, high-ranking officers stared silently at the screen. Some whispered. Some scoffed.
But one man—Agent Corrin—leaned forward.
> Corrin (lowly):
"Still no signs of User Zero?"
> Tech Officer:
"None, sir. But… we're detecting unauthorized movement near the portal perimeter."
> Corrin:
"Show me."
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🎬 Scene 2 — ⏱ 6:55 AM | Jax Lee's Apartment, District 13
The ceiling leaked again.
Jax lay on his back, staring at the crack overhead like it owed him an apology.
The alarm had been screaming for seven minutes. No one told him to get up.
No one ever did.
He sat up slowly. Shoulders stiff.
Bruises from yesterday's fight bloomed along his side.
On the counter? A single slice of bread. Half-stale. No butter. No coffee.
> Jax (dryly):
"Breakfast of champions."
He pulled on his hoodie—holes and all—grabbed his cracked phone, and stepped out into the cold morning silence.
> Jax (inner thought):
"This city doesn't need people like me."
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🎬 Scene 3 — ⏱ 7:40 AM | Red Portal, Sector 9
The Tank collapsed—shield split in half.
The Marksman fell next—silent, eyes wide.
Only the Mage and Healer remained, scrambling backward in panic.
The beast roared. It lunged.
Then—
A blur cut through the mist.
A figure—no ID signature, no system tag.
Just motion. Precision. Silence.
> Beast (growling):
"You…"
The stranger moved like lightning. One strike. Then another.
The beast staggered—wounded.
But instead of finishing the kill…
The figure paused.
Analyzed.
Watched.
> [Skill copied: Blood Chain Lv. 1 — SUCCESS]
[Battery Level: 1% Remaining]
Then—vanished.
Swallowed by the fog.
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🎬 Scene 4 — ⏱ 8:12 AM | Seoul Public School, Outside the Gate
Jax leaned against the rusted school fence, watching students pass.
Laughing. Shoving each other. Making plans he was never part of.
A half-empty water bottle hit the ground by his foot.
> Bully:
"Oi, glitch kid! Still breathing?"
"Careful—he might blow up. Boom!"
He didn't answer.
He never did.
Instead, he looked up—where the clouds shimmered unnaturally, like they were glitching.
> Jax (inner thought):
"Red Portal's open again…"
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🎬 Scene 5 — ⏱ 8:15 AM | Observation Room, Sector 1
Agent Corrin stood still, eyes locked on the monitor.
A cloaked figure moved across the Red Portal ruins. No ID. No trail. No system reading.
Just… there.
> Corrin (whispers):
"That's not just some intruder..."
He stepped closer to the screen.
> Corrin:
"That's him."
"That's Jax Lee."
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🩸 TO BE CONTINUED...
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