[Motel in Suwon Area A]

“First of all, I don’t know why I’m here either.”

Kaita continued explaining in the motel room full of wires. He told the truth, but his audience didn’t believe him as evidenced by their faces. Kaita shrugged, feeling somewhat helpless.

“It’s true. I’m too great to be stuck in this shabby past.”

“Why don’t you free us first?” Kim Suho suggested. He sounded calm, unlike Shin Jonghak, who still struggled with the wires.

Kaita nodded after a brief silence. “Fine, but only you.”

Tak! He snapped his fingers and the wires binding Kim Suho returned to his gauntlet. Kim Suho stood straight again and looked around at the silver wires stretched like a spiderweb. He would’ve easily destroyed these wires under normal circumstances, but found it difficult to control his magic power in this virtual reality.

“Secondly, all of you sure are lucky.” Kaita kept speaking.

“I’ve lost count of how many damn years I’ve spent in this fake world, but you only just got here?”

“What are you talking about? Everyone arrived at different times?” Kim Suho asked with a frown.

“That’s right. Apparently, time outside flows much slower than here. It took me two years to figure that out. Others say this whole situation has something to do with brain science, virtual reality, and dimensional systems....