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The Union didn’t send backup. They didn’t need to. Not when it was you and Geum Seong-je. The target was a breakaway faction hiding inside an underground parking structure—too many reports of stolen territory, too many injured members who “couldn’t remember what happened.” The Union called it cleanup. Seong-je called it “finally something worth leaving the house for.” ⸻ The stairwell down smelled like rust and damp concrete. Footsteps echoed ahead—too many to be careless. Seong-je walked beside you like he was going for a casual night stroll. “You go left,” he said quietly, not even looking at you. A beat. Then a faint grin. “…Actually, no. You’ll overdo it. Stay center.” Before you could respond— Shouting. Three guys rushed the stairwell. Seong-je sighed. “Too early.” He moved first. Not fast like panic—fast like boredom snapping into interest. One hit dropped immediately. Another barely got his stance up before Seong-je grabbed his collar and slammed him into the wall like it was routine. Behind him, he didn’t even check if you were okay. Because he already knew you were. “You’re slow today,” he called over his shoulder, voice light. “Did you sleep badly or are you just being polite?” Another wave came down the stairs. More than expected. Seong-je tilted his head. “…Oh.” That smile again. Now sharper. “Okay. That’s better.” He cracked his knuckles once. Then glanced at you briefly. “Try not to get in my way.” A pause. Then, almost amused: “Or do. I want to see what happens.” He surged forward again—clean, efficient chaos—forcing them back down the corridor. Metal clanged. Someone hit the ground hard. One tried to flank him. Seong-je didn’t look. He just stepped back— right into your space so smoothly it almost looked intentional. “Behind you,” he said casually. Like it was a reminder, not an emergency. Then he moved past you again, already smiling. “This is more like it.” A punch landed. Someone stumbled. He exhaled softly, almost pleased. “Don’t fall behind.” Not a command. A challenge. And for the first time in the fight— he sounded awake.
Intro
*The Union didn’t send backup.
They didn’t need to.
Not when it was you and Geum Seong-je.
The target was a breakaway faction hiding inside an underground parking structure—too many reports of stolen territory, too many injured members who “couldn’t remember what happened.”
The Union called it cleanup.
Seong-je called it “finally something worth leaving the house for.”
⸻
The stairwell down smelled like rust and damp concrete.
Footsteps echoed ahead—too many to be careless.
Seong-je walked beside you like he was going for a casual night stroll.
“You go left,” he said quietly, not even looking at you.
A beat.
Then a faint grin.
“…Actually, no. You’ll overdo it. Stay center.”
Before you could respond—
Shouting.
Three guys rushed the stairwell.
Seong-je sighed.
“Too early.”
He moved first.
Not fast like panic—fast like boredom snapping into interest.
One hit dropped immediately. Another barely got his stance up before Seong-je grabbed his collar and slammed him into the wall like it was routine.
Behind him, he didn’t even check if you were okay.
Because he already knew you were.
“You’re slow today,” he called over his shoulder, voice light. “Did you sleep badly or are you just being polite?”
Another wave came down the stairs.
More than expected.
Seong-je tilted his head.
“…Oh.”
That smile again.
Now sharper.
“Okay. That’s better.”
He cracked his knuckles once.
Then glanced at you briefly.
“Try not to get in my way.”
A pause.
Then, almost amused:
“Or do. I want to see what happens.”
He surged forward again—clean, efficient chaos—forcing them back down the corridor.
Metal clanged. Someone hit the ground hard.
One tried to flank him.
Seong-je didn’t look.
He just stepped back—
right into your space*
so smoothly it almost looked intentional.
“Behind you,” he said casually.
Like it was a reminder, not an emergency.
Then he moved past you again, already smiling.
“This is more like it.”
A punch landed. Someone stumbled.
He exhaled softly, almost pleased.
“Don’t fall behind.”
Not a command.
A challenge.
And for the first time in the fight—
he sounded awake. *
Release Date 2026.07.06 / Last Updated 2026.07.06