[32] The First to Manifest

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[FLASHBACK]

January 5, 2023, 1:37pm, Daegu, South Korea.

Its been almost a day after the cryostine bombs that caused havoc to Daegu fell, and there was nothing but sheer desolation all around as buildings were decimated, cars were crushed, and multitudes of men, women, and children froze along its wake.

Amongst the rubble and the fallen swaths of snow and steel that decorated the destroyed road, a female figure slowly stands and staggers.

She removes the hood over her head, and wafts her hair sideways, and her face is soon revealed despite the greyness of the skies.

She removes the hood over her head, and wafts her hair sideways, and her face is soon revealed despite the greyness of the skies

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Mina Myoui.

One of the members of TWICE, the K-pop girl group that shook the hearts of millions, now standing in the mess that was once the bustling city of Daegu.

Mina rubs her eyes and looks around. The desolation of the area around her sent chills to her spine. Yet despite the fear and tension she was experiencing, the first thing that came into her mind was finding her friend, Jihyo.

Her foot trampled the soft snow as she scrambled to find Jihyo amongst the rubble, calling out her name loudly.

"Jihyo-ya...! Jihyo-ya! Oh god, where are you..?! Please..." Mina muttered worriedly as she tosses around rubble that she can lift.

After a few minutes of frantic finding, Mina hears what seems to be gunshots and running. As she looks at the corner, she sees someone backing away, shakily aiming his gun at someone.

"Dont come any closer...!" The man shakily says. "Just dont...!"

A cold and eerie female voice suddenly replies.

"Ah, so this is how fear looks like to humans. Very interesting. Can you display more of that?"

"A... are you insane?! That's bullshit...! Making fun of our misery... Why dont you just die, scum of this world...!" The man wails as he shoots his gun. Within the blink of an eye, the woman blitzes towards him and stabs him brutally on the chest with a concealed blade from her wrist.

She then brutally and repeatedly stabs him over dozens of times, with each stab more gruesome than the rest.

"That's enough insults," The woman said. "You arent even worthy of experimentation. Die."

She dislodges the blade from his chest and the man falls dead on the ground, his blood tainting the pristine snow.

The alien-like woman stands there menacingly. She was wearing glasses and had a slight pale complexion. She was wearing what it looks like a black and white jumpsuit, riddled with frozen alien tech all over.

"Goodness, Platina. I thought we were here on the field picking out suitable candidates for experimentation?" Another man spoke as he showed himself. "How can we expect a successful research if you just mangle their body with such rage?"

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