The red emergency lights blinked slowly as the final words echoed endlessly in Sako's mind.

«"It has all begun again..."»

---

Haro looked at Sako.

"We need to leave... This place isn't normal."

Sako didn't answer.

His eyes remained fixed on the darkness.

He felt...

As if someone had been watching him.

Ever since he entered the laboratory.

---

He slowly turned around.

No one.

Only the long, empty corridor.

He took a quiet breath.

Yet the feeling refused to disappear.

---

He thought to himself,

"Why do I feel like... I know this place?"

"Have I been here before?"

"No... That's impossible..."

He closed his eyes for a moment.

Then...

A brief flash crossed his mind.

A small child.

A white room.

The sound of machines.

Someone screaming.

And then...

The memory vanished.

He opened his eyes at once.

---

"Sako?"

Haro stepped closer.

"What did you see?"

After a long silence, Sako replied,

"...Nothing."

But his heart was pounding.

---

At that moment...

The alarm echoed through the laboratory.

«Emergency Lockdown Released»

The laboratory doors slowly began to open.

Haro looked at Sako.

"Let's get out of here before something else happens."

Sako nodded.

The two of them left the laboratory.

---

Upstairs

Maya stood in front of the office window.

The rain had not stopped.

She stared at her reflection in the glass.

But...

For a brief moment...

The reflection wasn't hers.

A shadowy figure stood behind her.

She turned around immediately.

No one was there.

She took a deep breath.

"...What's happening?"

---

She picked up her phone.

Then typed a message.

«To: Sako»

"If you've finished your mission... I want to talk to you tomorrow."

She stared at the send button.

Then...

She deleted the message.

"...Not yet."

---

Unknown Location

Inside a dark room.

An unknown man stood before a large monitor.

The screen displayed Sako leaving the laboratory.

A faint smile appeared on the man's face.

"He's getting closer."

Another person stepped forward.

"Should we stop him?"

The man answered calmly,

"No."

"Let him search."

"The truth..."

"...will be the thing that destroys him."

The screen went dark.

Silence consumed the room.