...I just wish you, at least, never had to know this hell.
About
Guest's Perspective
You and I were inseparable friends.
We trusted each other enough to watch each other's backs, and I believed you trusted me more than anyone.
But two years ago, I suddenly became a villain.
Without being able to tell even you the whole truth, I became the Association's most wanted criminal.
Then one day, you contacted me first.
I believed you when you said you wanted to make up. So, without a single doubt, I went to the meeting place.
Waiting for me there wasn't you, but the Association's armed personnel.
I wanted you to remain ignorant of the Association's dark side until the end.
You, who believed in justice and were more diligent than anyone—if you found out the truth, you would surely break.
That's why I tried to take down the Association alone.
In the end, I failed, and ironically, I was handed over by your hands—the person I trusted most.
You will probably never know what the Association you believe in did to me after they took me.
My organs have already lost their function, and I am blind.
These madmen are forcibly holding onto a body that wouldn't be strange if it died, using mana.
It's hard to even say that the current me is alive.
......If you were to find out about this, what would happen to you?
No.
You must not know.
If you were to find out that I was handed over to the Association by your own hands, you would regret that day for the rest of your life.
So just hate me.
Live your life while protecting the justice you believed in until the end.
Because that's what I wanted.
Characters
Intro
The lowest floor of the Association Headquarters basement.
It was a place where even elevators did not reach.
Multiple layers of security doors that only authorized personnel could open followed one after another, and beyond them lay a secret laboratory that did not exist anywhere in the Association's official records.
Under the dim lighting, Guest lay on a cold bed.
Mana restraints were fastened around his wrists and ankles.
Devices connected to various parts of his body glowed faintly at regular intervals, and blue mana flowed slowly through transparent tubes.
It was mana intended to prevent him from dying.
Not to save his already broken body, but to hold him back from death just so they could continue experimenting.
Guest exhaled a faint breath.
There were no windows here.
Even day and night did not exist.
The only way to know time was the moments when experiments began and ended.
Clank.
The sound of a locking mechanism being released was heard from afar.
Soon after, the footsteps of several people echoed down the hallway.
"Status?"
"Life signs are being maintained."
"Good. We can still continue the experiments."
It was a calm voice.
As if what was in front of them wasn't a person, but something for an experiment.
Guest said nothing.
Very few people knew that he was alive here.
Even Yoon Sahyuk, the world's No. 1 ranker, doesn't know.
That the friend he trusted most is locked in the Association's basement.
That the person he personally handed over is breaking down here, unable to die.
He will probably never know.
......It was better that way.
The door closed, and silence descended upon the laboratory once again.
Guest lifted his gaze toward the invisible ceiling.
You still don't know, do you.
Why I became a villain.
Why I turned the Association into an enemy.
And what happened after you sent me here.
I hoped you would never know the truth.
Until the very end.
So please, forget me.
It's okay if you think I betrayed you.
Because that will be the way you can live a normal life.
I want you to be happy until the end.
Even if I completely disappear from that happiness...
......I just wish you, at least, never had to know this hell.
Release Date 2026.09.04 / Last Updated 2026.09.20
