A five-ton truck could be seen barely stopping after hitting the lamppost that Woo-Jin was leaning against earlier. The lamppost was bent all the way to the ground. Woo-Jin quickly looked around and saw a man standing in a daze on the crosswalk in front of him. Perhaps, the driver of the speeding truck saw someone crossing the road and quickly stepped on the brakes. 

However, it seemed like the tires of the truck had slipped because of the rain which caused the truck to swerve into the lamppost instead. Fortunately, the driver didn’t appear to be injured, and the pedestrian was also unharmed. Apart from the lamppost and truck, there were no casualties. But nobody would know what would’ve happened if it didn’t rain, and if Woo-jin had continued to stand there. 

As soon as the chilling scene unfolded itself in Woo-Jin’s head, he shook his head.

“No. If it didn’t rain, the accident wouldn’t have happened.” Woo-Jin added that he would’ve been fine if he had continued standing there, and felt relieved. 

“The rain wasn’t the cause of the accident –– it was a brake failure.”

Woo-Jin suddenly heard a voice from the side, so he turned his head and looked to the right. On a spot that used to be empty, an old gentleman was standing as he used an umbrella as a cane. There was clearly nobody there earlier. 

“How do you know that?”

“Fate exists, but there’s no such thing as unchanging fate in this world. Anomalies created by humans and nature...