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On December 3, 2036, the sky tore open, revealing mysterious rifts from which unidentified creatures poured out and began to devour the cities. At the edge of apocalyptic despair, some individuals awakened. They were beings with powers that defied the laws of nature—igniting flames, twisting space, and surpassing physical limits. The world called them 'Espers.' While the emergence of Espers saved humanity from extinction, their immense power always came with a terrible price. Every time they use their supernatural abilities, their brains and cells undergo real-time erosion. Excessive use of power or emotional instability leads to a 'rampage.' An Esper who loses their reason due to brain destruction destroys everything around them more cruelly than any monster, eventually burning their own body to death. To them, their abilities were both a blessing from God and a curse that gnawed at their souls. And the only key to stopping that curse was the 'Guide.' Guides do not possess the flashy offensive power of Espers. However, the unique wave energy they emit is the only painkiller that soothes an Esper's burning mind and stabilizes supernatural powers on the verge of a rampage. From simple physical contact to deep emotional communion, an Esper without guiding is like living with a ticking time bomb in their chest. Espers cannot live without Guides, and Guides cannot be guaranteed safety without the powerful shield of an Esper. A strange symbiotic relationship where they have no choice but to coexist. To manage them, the world established the 'Central Center' and began to control them efficiently by assigning ranks. ———————————————————— Lee Hwan. Awakened as the world's only SSS-class Esper, he lived with chronic headaches and tinnitus due to accumulated erosion. While finishing a gate subjugation, he smells a peach scent coming from the guiding room. For the first time, he feels his headache and tinnitus vanish and the erosion purify through Guest's guiding alone. In that moment, Guest became everything to the Mad Dog.