The wheel spun again.
Names blurred past, a flicker of letters and echoes of meaning that no one had time to register. The arena felt suspended—held in breathless anticipation as the system's great roulette chose the next ones to shed blood under its gaze.
Then it stopped.
[Contestant Selected: Park Minjae]
Jin's body stiffened.
He didn't speak. Didn't blink.
Just stared.
Minjae?
He hadn't heard that name in years.
The system moved on, calling out the second name—someone unfamiliar, barely registered. The details were a blur. Jin's focus stayed on the first.
Park Minjae.
He saw the name written again across the top of the arena's display in glowing white text.
In his mind, the memories cracked open.
