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Chapter 001: The Prologue

Chapter 001: The Prologue

In the middle of the night at the Central Plaza in the City of Metrovania, a nocturnal city that always active even at night, a young man was running on the side of the street passing through many pedestrians and carefully crossing the road.

The young boy was wearing a leather hoody, black pants, and black shoes. The weather was just normal, but it was raining heavily.

The young boy headed towards the neighborhood district to the dark alley, and there was a steel door at the end of the alley. The young boy took out a card from his left pocket and swiped it on the card reader which opens the steel door. He went through the steel door and close it after entering.

Once he entered, it was dark and can't see anything, but the young man immediately found the light switch that is next to the steel door. He turned on the light switch and the room now have lights. All the walls have posters, there was also a computer at the far corner. In the center, there was a table made of aluminum and steel, and there was an unknown object sitting above a aluminum plate sealed in a glass.

"Achoo!!" The young man sneezed from the cold, he was soak wet from the rain, "I should've brought my umbrella with me." He muttered as he took off his soaked hoody, revealing his red spiky hair and red eyes. His faced was covered by a mask, he also took it off because it's also wet. The young man took off all his clothes and put them on the washing machine, and he put on new dry clothes.

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The young man found the TV remote that is lying above the table, turning on the massive television, that is hanging on the right wall, showing a News channel featuring a woman wearing formal clothes at her mid 30's.

The reporter said, "Breaking news: A mysterious group of unknown people appeared and wreak havoc at the East Commercial Zone just two hours ago," the reporter continue her speech while the young man sat down on the couch as he placed the remote beside him while he stared watching the news, "... the government has quarantined all the districts near the East Commercial Zone to find those mysterious group. All citizens, please, stay indoors, look your doors and don't let anyone get inside..." Hearing this, the young man frowned upon what he heard.

The young man deeply sighed, "Fuck... Those idiots..." He facepalm and message his temple, "Now that this district is now quarantine, what will I do now?" He thought to himself, thinking what he should do that the district is now quarantine.

It was 4 months since the quarantine began to all near districts after those mysterious group of people appeared in Metrovania. Their motives are unknown, and the government couldn't find who they are. And now, the Red District, which where the young man lives in, is now also quarantine.

Suddenly, his phone vibrate in his right pocket, the young man took out his phone from his pocket and it was his Dad calling him. The young man answered the call and greeted, "Hi, Dad."

"Hyunwoo, did you heard the news?" His Dad asked him worriedly,

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