The hospital room felt like it was dissolving. To the doctors and nurses, Jin was just a grieving brother holding his dying sister's hand. But in Jin's eyes, the entire room was a mess of flickering binary code. The air was thick with the smell of ozone and the humming sound of a corrupted computer server.
[Logic Breach: Rewriting Biological Data...][Target 'Mi-na Kim' Status: 1%... 15%... 45%...]
The lead doctor reached his hand toward Jin's shoulder, trying to pull him away as he shouted in panic: "What are you doing? Step back
But as his hand touched Jin, a spark of red electricity threw the doctor across the room. Jin didn't even look back. His eyes were glowing with a terrifying crimson light. He could see the "black mana" inside Mi-na's heart—it wasn't just a disease anymore; it was a "Virus" in the system of her life.
"Delete the corruption," Jin growled, his voice sounding like two people speaking at once. "Reboot the core!"
[Reboot Complete.][System Note: Target 'Mi-na Kim' is no longer a standard human. Entity Class: LIVING GLITCH.]
Suddenly, the black veins on Mi-na's neck didn't vanish—they turned into glowing silver lines that looked like integrated circuits on a motherboard. Her eyes snapped open. They weren't brown anymore; they were a piercing, electric blue with tiny scrolling numbers inside the pupils.
She sat up instantly, her breath coming in a sharp, mechanical hiss. The medical monitors around her exploded, unable to measure her new vitals.
"Jin?" she whispered. Her voice sounded crystal clear, carrying a strange resonance that made the glass windows of the hospital vibrate.
Before Jin could answer, a cold, heavy pressure descended upon the hospital. It was a feeling Jin recognized—the presence of a Hunter. But this wasn't an ordinary Rank-S.
The door to the room disintegrated into dust. A man dressed in a white suit with a golden "Eye" emblem on his chest stepped in. He was a System Auditor, a secret enforcer from the World Hunter Association whose job was to eliminate "irregularities" in the world.
"Jin Kim. Rank F," the Auditor said, his voice cold and emotionless. "You have performed an unauthorized edit on a human soul. You have created a 'Glitch' that threatens the stability of the World System."
Jin stood up, pulling the 'Glitch Dagger' from his shadow. The obsidian blade hummed, sensing the presence of a powerful "System" enemy.
"She's my sister," Jin said, his Level 32 aura erupting and cracking the floor beneath him. "And if your 'System' wanted her dead, then I'll just have to delete your System too."