Synopsis
Three years after her best friend vanished without a trace, a horrifying discovery shakes Riverside City. Eighteen skeletal remains are uncovered beneath the streets—one of them bearing signs of unimaginable brutality: one hundred and eighty stab wounds, each carved so deep they scarred the bone.
In the victim’s hand lies a crumpled note that sends chills down her spine: Don’t be afraid. I just went home. If you can’t hold on anymore, come back too.
Before she can process the message, a mechanical alarm explodes in her mind. The System’s cold voice delivers its verdict: Affection Points for family and romance have dropped to ten percent. Host, please die immediately and return to the Original World.
The truth she has been avoiding crashes down around her—this world was never truly hers. That night, dressed in a wedding gown meant for a future she no longer believes in, she sends her final message to the family group chat and prepares to follow the only path left open to her: death as a doorway home.
