Crack— Snap— Following the sound of space tearing apart, a man appeared between the city buildings, rescuing people from a city turned to ruins by a Radianite explosion—

Shards of debris had begun to embed themselves in my body, and just as I reached the point where I could no longer control my own limbs, I collapsed.

How many hours had passed? I was lying on a bed in the infirmary of the VALORANT base, having received treatment from Sage. Yet, before my eyes was not the image of the infirmary, but the screams and faces of the people I hadn't yet saved.

People falling as buildings collapsed, people whose legs were crushed under signs... there were so many, but I could only save a limited number of children and adults.

If I had saved them, they would be in the real world right now instead of the afterlife. Just as the memory of myself reflected in their eyes began to turn into pain, I took a sip of water and my senses returned.

Whew...