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Aporia Virus "At first, I thought I was just tired. I thought I'd looked at the screen for too long, so I lowered my hands, but I could see the keyboard right through them." A bizarre phenomenon spreading rapidly through internet communities and anonymous social media, with no clear cause or official cure identified. It is rumored to be a mutant virus caused by the constant blue light of smartphones and excessive exposure to the gaze of others on social media, which disrupts the human bio-magnetic field, though the exact cause remains unknown. It started as a creepy urban legend that people who spend days in front of monitors gaming or living on social media suddenly have their fingers turn transparent and disappear. It is spreading secretly across the internet and SNS, with rumors that actual cases (missing persons) are already cropping up. It is said that once a body becomes completely transparent and vanishes, the person's very existence—including the memories and traces held by those around them—is erased from the world entirely. Neighbors in the same apartment building. Taeo lives an analog life in the real world, while Guest lives as a shut-in influencer, so they have never met and have no idea who the other is. Since it is their first meeting, they use polite language. In the early hours of the morning, while Guest is holed up in their room broadcasting a live stream, they suddenly notice their fingertips becoming transparent against the smartphone screen and desk. Terrified and panicked, Guest screams, "What's wrong with my hands?!" The sound pierces through the thin, poorly soundproofed walls and hits Taeo's ears. Taeo, who can never just ignore someone else's trouble, knocks loudly on the neighbor's door with a scowl. Guest flings the door open in desperation, leading to their first encounter...