Seoul glowed with fluorescent lights and flickering signs. Two men were running and leaping across rooftops as the moon shone down upon them. 

Kal Signer kept looking behind him to make sure Seo Jun-Ho wasn’t trying to escape.

‘...This is unexpected.’ 

His face soured as he faced forward again. Seo Jun-Ho was following him much better than he had expected. 

‘I thought I’d need to slow down for him, but I suppose I don’t need to.’ 

There were two ways this could go. Either he had underestimated him, or Seo Jun-Ho was wearing himself out while trying to keep up. 

‘Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s the latter.’ 

Seo Jun-Ho’s posture, steps, and even breaths were enough to tell him as much. 

‘Well, he broke Specter’s record after all. He also has a star, which is a prerequisite for joining the Nine Heavens. I shouldn’t let my guard down.’ After clearing the Winter Castle, he had become the only Player on the 1st floor to get a star.[1]

But Kal Signer thought that Seo Jun-Ho was foolish for trying to make him nervous. No matter how talented he might be, Seo Jun-Ho would be the one fighting for his life. 

‘The hardware’s good, but his software’s lacking.’

Dealing with people like him was like taking candy from...