- You’re right. Stage-one mutants all mutate with similar appearances, but from stage two onward, their appearances change. I don’t know what makes them different, but stage-two mutants look completely different from each other.

I was able to easily create stage-one mutants, thanks to the Seongsu-dong leader’s explanation.

However, the Seongsu-dong leader also didn’t know much about the stage-two mutants. I massaged my temples as I turned the question over in my mind.

‘He said that appearances of the stage-two mutants will change… What if this is related to desire somehow?’

The Seongsu-dong leader mentioned that the stage-one mutants that stopped craving others’ desires satisfied the conditions to become stage-two mutants.

Why would they stop craving others’ desires?

I massaged my stiff neck and recalled another thing that the Seongsu-dong leader told me.

- That's what they want. Another new drama. All they do is kill and eat humans and zombies in order to continue their dreams.

If we equated dreams and desires, that would mean that stage-two mutants had no desires or dreams.

‘Desires, dreams, dramas…’

I tried to think about what the three had in common.

‘Wait… Drama?’

My eyes widened. Sensing I was about to unlock the secret, I started to rack my brain.

A sudden flash of inspiration struck, and an idea surfaced in my mi...