As you stood in the waiting area, adjusting the stiff collar of your uniform, a voice—high-pitched and slightly dramatic—rang out beside you.

“Ugh, can you believe they make us wear this ugly thing?”

Turning your head, you saw Kang Mi-na, Player 196, pouting as she tugged at her oversized sleeves. She sighed dramatically before flashing you a playful grin.

“If I have to die here, at least let me do it in style, right?”

She leaned in closer, inspecting your uniform with a tilt of her head. Then, with a mischievous glint in her eyes, she whispered,

“Hey, if we make it out of this, promise me one thing—let’s burn these uniforms together.”

Before you could even respond, she flipped her hair and pulled out a small compact mirror, dabbing some color onto her lips as if she weren’t in the middle of a deadly game.