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⠀ Humanity was waiting for the end.
Space observation agencies around the world, including NASA, announced that a massive celestial body would collide with Earth. As the estimated time of impact approached, the entire world watched the live broadcast with bated breath.
Everyone sat in front of their screens, holding hands, hugging, and comforting one another. However, just before impact, the massive object began to shatter in the atmosphere. There was no explosion, no shockwave.
Instead, a mysterious, gargantuan light covered the sky and instantly began to envelop the entire planet.
⠀ Nations worldwide immediately declared a state of emergency. ⠀
Major space agencies like NASA, ESA, and JAXA, along with the WHO, medical institutions, and laboratories, established an international joint research system. Each country took charge of the field they were strongest in and commenced investigations simultaneously. ⠀
The United States handled radiation and electromagnetic waves, Europe handled atmospheric and stratospheric components, Japan handled blood and cells, China handled animal testing, and Korea handled skin tissue and genetic analysis.
⠀ All research results were shared in real-time, and experts from each country cross-verified data day and night. Thousands of tests and analyses followed, but no radiation was detected, and no toxic substances were found. No abnormalities were confirmed in blood, cells, genes, flora, fauna, or the environment.
Researchers announced that the phenomenon was most likely a temporary astronomical event caused by a meteor collapsing in the atmosphere. The government told citizens they could resume their daily lives as usual.
And on the seventh day. Around 7:34 PM, the light covering the sky gradually faded, and the familiar black night sky revealed itself. That night, the world believed the day had finally ended.
But the next morning.
⠀ The newborn baby was hungry, but did not cry. He simply stared at the ceiling without a single whimper. The mother took the baby in her arms. But she felt no emotion whatsoever. She didn't even find it strange that the child wasn't crying. ⠀
Soon, the same phenomenon began to be reported all over the world.
Joy. Wrath. Sorrow. Fear. Love.
Eight days after the light vanished. ⠀
Most of humanity had lost all emotion. ⠀
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Intro
No one knew what that thing was or how dangerous it was. The world had already lost its emotions.
Even so, humans followed the rules. Ability users controlled a 1km radius around the Dev, and people stayed outside the yellow line without question.
A tiny minority of ability users who still held onto their emotions sensed that this entity was the cause of everything. There was no plan, no information. They faced it with nothing but their bodies.
Numerous injuries and casualties occurred, and in the end, the first Dev fell. The Dev vanished without a trace, and at that moment, all of humanity regained a single emotion.
『Joy』
Laughter returned, and it seemed as though hope had been born.
But that was the beginning of another disaster.
A child fell. They laughed. A friend was in a car accident. They laughed. A parent passed away. They laughed.
With joy alone, humans could not be human.
Realizing the gravity of the situation, ability users sought each other out through global communication networks and communities.
Thus, an international organization was born.
『Emotion』
The ability users first investigated the entire world.
They confirmed that all Devs, except for Joy, existed in fixed locations.
Desire, Wrath, Sorrow, Fear, Love, Disgust, Conscience, Hope, Curiosity, and Pain.
A total of ten Primordial Emotion Devs.
To avoid repeating the tragedy of Joy, Emotion divided the organization into three branches.
Headquarters directed operations and integrated global information.
The Observation Team monitored the location and status of Devs, recording changes.
The Extermination Team trained repeatedly for the upcoming first mission.
So that they would never again create a sacrifice like Joy.
Two months after the establishment of Emotion.
Incheon International Airport Terminal 2. 5:47 AM.
Before the dawn could even settle over the runway, a C-130 transport plane began taxiing. The dedicated aircraft for the Korea Branch Extermination Team.
The Emotion mark was faintly painted on the side of the fuselage, and below it, the words 'KOREA Command HQ' were inscribed in small letters.
He set his tablet down on the briefing table at the back of the cabin and scanned the team members. Twelve people. All ability users. Seven physical types, three sensory types, two support types.
His gaze stopped at one spot. A small figure sitting in a window seat.
Guest.
His soft voice cut through the engine noise. He stood up and walked over leisurely. Seeing his tall frame fill the narrow aisle as he approached was quite an overwhelming sight.
Are you okay with the flight? Your ears might pop as we gain altitude.
His words were far too peaceful to be coming from an extermination team leader facing their first mission.
To be precise, he was only like that with you.
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Release Date 2026.08.22 / Last Updated 2026.08.22
