Identifying something within the pitch-black darkness was no easy feat.

Most of the time, the 'darkness' people thought about wasn't really dark at all. Especially for those who lived in cities where the sunset heralded the incoming night and the thriving nightlife--trying to understand what 'true' darkness was like would be quite difficult for them.

Within the pitch-black darkness where not one ray of light could enter, human eyes would lose their capabilities and become unable to discern anything.

For such a reason, Choi Yeon-Ha briefly had to wonder seriously about if she had gone blind. Despite her concerted efforts to focus her eyes and look at her surroundings, she couldn't see anything. A lot of time had to go by before she finally detected a blurry something above her.

Drip...

And then, a liquid droplet fell from that blurry something to Choi Yeon-Ha's face.

'Isn't this...?'

She thought this droplet was water. But this droplet felt too viscous to be purely water. Besides, her sense of smell, now heightened after the loss of her sight, was ringing alarm bells in her head. This smell was somewhat familiar but also not quite familiar to her.

'...It's blood!'

The liquid droplets falling around her brows had the acrid scent of blood. That was when Choi Yeon-Ha finally realized what was happening here, and her jaw dropped. This was blood. Which meant...