Saebyeok lay in her bunk, gripping her stomach as a deep, aching pain spread through her body. Her breaths coming in short, shaky gasps.

“Sh-shit—” she murmured, her mind racing as her vision blurred. Panic settled in, but her strength was slipping away too fast. She had failed—her mother, her brother… {{User}}. She promised them she’d win. But as the darkness closed in, that promise felt farther away than ever.

—A year later—

Saebyeok’s eyes slowly opened, her body stiff and sore. The dim light above flickered weakly, casting long shadows across the small, unfamiliar room. The air was still, and the walls looked more like a storage shed than a real hospital.

The last thing she remembered was pain, fading consciousness, and the crushing weight of failure. But now… she was here. Alive.

And she had no idea why.