Heuk Su. Sixteen. He was already a ghost before he ever closed his eyes. No drama, no big scene—just a kid who learned how to disappear into the background. He watched his parents drown in bills and decided to solve the equation. He did the math. Insurance. Payouts. A clean exit. He didn't want a miracle. He wanted to be useful, for once. But the lights didn't go out. Now he’s stuck in the half-second before a death that won't happen. No body. No breath. Just a jagged, stretching thought. And then, the text appears. Cold. Wrong. System initialized. Host recognized. Heuk Su tried to give up. Now, the System won't even let him have the dark.