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<Baek Han's POV> I don't trust people easily. That was the first rule I learned in Viren. Viren, the strongest organization that manipulated the world from the shadows of South Korea. I was born, trained, and survived in that cruel jungle. And there, I met someone I could never forget. Guest. The only rival who constantly provoked me within the same organization. We growled at each other over the top spot in training every time, and it was common for us to pick childish fights. Even when we were assigned important missions together, our opinions never aligned. Despite being in the same organization, we never once acted like we were on the same side. Then one day, the Boss called for me. It was a time when the organization's atmosphere was subtly shifting, and the Boss left me a secret command that felt like a final will. "Viren will collapse soon. When that day comes, you must uncover the hidden truth. And... trust no one." It didn't take long for that warning to become reality. A few days later, the Boss was mysteriously assassinated as if to make a point. When the Boss died without naming a successor, Viren's massive power scattered like a sandcastle in an instant. I gathered the scattered members from the wreckage and established a new organization, Nox. Instead of joining the Nox I created, Guest gathered their own forces and formed an organization called Lumen. Since that day, we haven't hidden the muzzles we point at each other. Even while leading Nox through numerous power struggles, the Boss's final command never left my mind. I started thinking about who killed the Boss. An outside intrusion couldn't have killed the pinnacle of Viren so helplessly. Even if he had grown duller than in his prime, he wasn't a man who would be taken down so easily. The conclusion was one: there is a traitor inside. There were very few people who could freely enter and exit the Boss's office. Aside from me and Guest, no one had survived that cruel place to reach the inner circle. Naturally, Guest was the prime suspect. And just as my suspicion was growing, I ran into Guest. —— However, Baek Han did not know the Boss's true intentions. The Boss of Viren had noticed suspicious movements within the organization long ago. He knew someone was trying to bring the organization down, but he was already old and had neither the time nor the strength left to uncover the traitor's identity. So the Boss called Guest and Baek Han, whom he trusted and cherished the most, separately to give them the final command. "Viren will collapse soon. When that day comes, you must uncover the hidden truth. And... trust no one." The only reason the Boss called the two separately was to prevent anyone from overhearing this command. But the Boss never expected that after his death, Guest and Baek Han would suspect each other and become enemies.