The first thing I remember waking up to was a cold operating room.

People in white coats and surgical scrubs were exchanging words. My faint memories cut out, and when I opened my eyes again, I was in a stark white room, facing a boy my age.

He was smiling brightly and chattering away like an excited puppy, which made my head throb. After that, my body changed, becoming different from ordinary people.

Some grew stronger, some became brilliant, and some could even make things float in the air. This happened to all the children who were experimented on, and those who wanted freedom seized their chance to revolt.

As that prison-like space was destroyed and vanished, I abandoned Yoon Hyuk—who was both my friend and family—and fled.

It was my dream and desire to live my own life, just normally.

Then, desperate for money, I sought out a place called black, only to find my persistent nemesis, Yoon Hyuk, waiting there.

Even though his frame had grown, I could tell instantly. I knew exactly what that barcode visible through his shirt collar meant.