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  A young man was seen leaning against the headboard of a bed. He was wearing a pair of pin gray pajamas, but his face was pale, with sweat soaking his forehead.

  The young man held his head, which felt painful as if struck by a rock. The pain was clearly shown on his face; his eyes were red, looking around the room restlessly. His breathing became heavy, he tried to scream for help but his throat felt like it was choking.

  The pain in his head became more unbearable, making him lose bance and fall off the bed. Suddenly, the room around him began to spin and flicker with blinding lights, making him feel nauseous.

  A burning sensation spread through his body, and his vision became blurry. Without warning, he felt himself being pulled into a vortex of light. Before completely losing consciousness, he faintly heard the sound of someone screaming and approaching. However, that scream disappeared along with the darkness.

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  When he opened his eyes, the young man found himself in an empty dark room without any light or corners. His body floated in the cold air, without feeling any touch on his feet.

  Confused about what had happened, he tried to recall the previous events. But suddenly, a holographic screen appeared in front of him, blinking like a signal in an empty space.

  The screen dispyed a man who appeared with a sincere smile. However, there was another side to that man's nature shown in the image, but it couldn’t be seen clearly.

  The image on the screen suddenly turned into glowing cracks, like a giant shattered mirror. The young man could only remain silent, watching the strange thing in front of him.

  The cracks quickly spread until the entire screen shattered into thousands of glowing pieces floating in the dark room. Even though they shone brightly, the fragments still could not illuminate all the surrounding darkness.

  Slowly, the light began to fade, repced by thousands of moving images like a film being pyed randomly and without order.

  Unconsciously, the young man's body moved closer to one of the fragments. But before he could touch it, a cracking sound was heard from below him. He wanted to see the source of the sound, but time moved quickly and he could feel himself falling into the darkness.

  His body kept falling as if the world had lost its direction, until he saw a white light shining so brightly, forcing him to close his eyes.

  When he opened his eyes again, his vision was still blurry. He faintly saw the shadow of someone. After a few seconds, his vision returned to normal. He looked around in confusion, wondering what was happening.

  Then one of them spoke. “My son, you’re finally awake!”

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