The city was silent, but Jiwoon felt no peace.
The demon inside stirred more often now. In mirrors, he sometimes saw a second pair of glowing eyes behind his own — watching. Waiting.
"You've crossed the threshold," the system whispered.
"Now, it's no longer about survival. It's about dominance."
A Sinless Signal
That morning, something strange occurred.
For the first time, the system issued no mission.
Instead, Jiwoon received a single message:
"The Sinless Oracle awaits you at Seoryun Temple."
An oracle? That term had never appeared before.
But what caught his attention more was the word "sinless."
"No sin at all? In this city?"
"Impossible."
And yet… something compelled him to go.
The Meeting at Seoryun Temple
The temple sat at the mountain's edge, untouched by modern decay.
There, Jiwoon found her — a blindfolded woman dressed in white, sitting amid floating lotus petals.
She turned her head toward him and smiled.
"You reek of rage… but not evil."
Jiwoon stiffened. No one had spoken to him like that in months — not without fear.
"You're the Oracle?"
She nodded.
"And you are the Debt Hunter. The cursed one."
"Why am I here?"
She lifted a pale hand toward his chest — just above the red eye in his armor.
"Because the demon inside you is not alone."
Warning of the Sinstorm
The Oracle revealed what the system never did.
"When the Sin Points reach 5,000… the system will awaken its true form.
It won't just punish the wicked — it will punish the world."
Jiwoon's blood ran cold.
"You're saying this system… isn't just a tool?"
"It's a prison key.
And when it's unlocked… the 'Sinstorm' will consume everything."
She leaned closer.
"Unless someone rewrites the contract."
A Fork in the Path
The Oracle placed something into Jiwoon's hand — a black lotus-shaped coin.
"This can halt your evolution. Or accelerate it.
But you can only use it once. Choose wisely."
As he turned to leave, the Oracle whispered one last thing:
"There will be others like you… but not all will choose the light."