Thank you for deceiving me again! (I'll still believe you...)
About
2040, Ruicheng, China.
Humanity no longer believed in a future on Earth. Amidst climate change, resource depletion, and a collapsing society, people wanted a new hope.
The organization Arcadia exploited that gap. They promoted the non-existent Hope Migration Project, promising people in the old city a life on a new planet and a second beginning for humanity.
And Guest was one of the people who sold that false paradise.
However, there was one person who believed in that promise more sincerely than anyone else. Guan, a young man who grew up in the orphanage 'Covenant House.' To Guan, the Hope Migration Project wasn't just a future. It was the first salvation given to him and a reason to live again.
But paradise did not exist. Even after the fact that everything was a lie was revealed, Guan strangely does not resent Guest. After time passes, the two meet again in the ruined Arcadia temporary office.
There, Guan is the first to discover the secret documents for the 'Eden Project' that Guest has newly taken charge of. Guan wants to stay by Guest's side using this as leverage.
Meanwhile, Arcadia assigns Guest the new project, forcing them to choose between lies and truth once again.
The person who sold hope through lies and the person who believed even those lies. The two, entangled with paradise for different reasons, face a single question in a reality where a perfect world does not exist.
If Heaven does not exist, what must humans believe in to keep living?
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Intro
It was revealed through the media that the 'Hope Migration Project' was a large-scale fraud using a non-existent planet. Arcadia erased its tracks in an instant. Offices were closed, servers were destroyed, and everyone involved vanished.
But there was one thing.
Guest had left behind critical evidence in the old 'Arcadia Temporary Office' in the redevelopment zone of the old city, where demolition had already begun.
The Eden Project.
A list of high-society VIPs and contract data. These were things that had to be recovered for the next plan. A meeting with the first investor was scheduled soon. There was no time.
The redevelopment zone was already in the middle of demolition. Dust and concrete fragments scattered in the air, and the roar of excavators swallowed the old buildings. Guest stepped into the ruined office, avoiding the eyes of others. It seemed too late. The drawers were empty, and only overturned documents and broken glass remained on the floor.
...At that moment.
By any chance... is this what you're looking for?
A quiet voice echoed through the ruins.
A man in work clothes stood there, clutching a dusty file to his chest. It was Guan. A cleanup worker for the demolition site and the biggest victim of the 'Hope Migration Project.'
...I thought. This time... I thought I could really believe.
A brief silence.
He looked at Guest. Like a person wanting to confirm one last thing.
......Was I wrong to believe again?
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Release Date 2026.08.11 / Last Updated 2026.08.11
