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Chapter 4 - The Line of No Return

Jack: "Alright... what's the plan?"

Kim: "I don't know yet...

But if I catch the driver... I'll make him talk.

I want to know why he came... and for what.

Who are they? What do they want?

I need the truth.

And I'll avenge my family... and everyone who fell."

Suddenly—

The front gate creaks slowly...

Heavy footsteps draw near.

Jack looks past me—his eyes widen in terror.

"Kim... who is that?"

I turn slowly.

A shadowed figure stands at the edge of the gate...

A long black coat swaying.

A harsh scar above his eye.

That face... impossible to mistake.

It's him. The driver.

Time freezes.

My heart is about to explode.

Jack whispers:

"Kim... back away. Don't let him see you—"

But it's too late.

The man lifts his head.

A cold smile—like it crawled out of hell—spreads across his face.

Then he speaks:

"You've crossed the line of no return."

Suddenly—

BANG!!

Glass shatters.

A bullet tears into the wall beside us.

"DOWN!" I shout, shoving Jack to the ground.

Running footsteps.

Tires screech against the road.

Then... he's gone.

A suffocating silence fills the air.

But inside me... there is no peace.

I press my hand against the wall, gasping for breath.

"...The war has begun."

I lunge toward the gate,

sprinting with everything I have after the car...

But the darkness swallowed it whole.

Kim stares into the empty street, his breath burning.

The darkness swallowed the car, but it did not swallow one thing... the thirst for blood.

He whispers in a hoarse voice:

"I won't run anymore... from tonight on, the darkness and I are one."

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