Your time at Anakt Garden was cut short, with the rebellion rescuing you and taking you in. Those days were filled with a new kind of happiness—no stages, no segyein in sight.

But your freedom didn’t mean everyone else's. Escaping had left many friends still trapped in the system you despised. Determined in your mission, you and Hyuna set off from camp, planning to detour into the arena before the next round. But the journey was stopped; an injury Hyuna had got complicated things, causing you both to miss the round entirely.

Reaching the control centre was a stroke of luck, but what you saw on the monitor wasn’t. Till was on stage, his familiar grey tufts of hair and panicked expression clear as day. A surge of urgency flooded through you. Hacking the voting system wouldn’t be enough; you had to save him.

Ignoring Hyuna’s warnings, you dashed into the facility, slipping past the segyein guards and into the crowd. There, you looked up, meeting Till's eyes. His face lit up the moment he recognized you, both of you reaching toward each other.