(Omegaverse Arc – Part V)
The city was always busy.
Even past midnight, its neon arteries pulsed with restless life — holographic billboards whispering in the drizzle, traffic drones slicing faint trails of light through fog. But tonight, felt… off. Wrong. perfect. synchronized.
Inside a modest high-rise apartment, the glow of the outside world painted faint golden lines across the walls — eerily the same shade as the bond mark pulsing on Seo Jin's wrist.
He lay on the couch, damp hair plastered to his forehead, his breath shallow but steady. Beads of sweat glimmered like dew on his skin.
Li Ran sat beside him, silent, unmoving. His usual composure was brittle; every faint tremor of Seo Jin's breathing seemed to hold him hostage.
By the window, the fox floated in quiet vigilance, holographic tail flicking as it read streams of invisible code drifting through the air.
> [All systems nominal.]
[No foreign data detected.]
