"Some creators don't disappear. They hide inside their creations… waiting to be found."
Location: Codex Inner Sanctum – Black Layer [ACCESS DENIED]
Jiwoon returned from Zone Exile, his aura changed.
The Codex trembled—not from damage, but from recognition.
[Warning: Core Signature Detected – Matches Author-Level Credentials]
[Initiating Lockbreach Protocol…]
[Access Granted: Black Layer]
Inside the Codex's deepest chamber, a vault opened.
Inside—
A frozen mind.
Suspended in shimmering data was a man.
Eyes closed.
Heart not beating.
But brainwaves—active.
Data Entry Log: Architect #0 – Name: Ryu Shinwon
[Status: Suspended Consciousness]
[Designation: Father of the First Judgment Framework]
[System Command Level: UNRANKED ∞]
Yura's Reaction
Yura, seeing the face, whispered in disbelief.
"He's not just the system's creator.
He's the one who built the concept of Sin as data."
Jiwoon approached the chamber.
"He didn't die. He uploaded himself."
A new Codex prompt appeared:
[Warning: Awakening Protocol Unstable]
[Do you wish to initiate manual consciousness recovery?]
[Risk: The Architect's ideals may conflict with current system.]
The Decision
Jiwoon hesitated.
But then spoke:
"I don't fear the creator.
I fear a world where we stop questioning them."
[Command Accepted – Awakening in 3… 2… 1…]
The Mind Awakens
Ryu Shinwon's eyes opened—clear, sharp, angry.
"This system was never meant to feel.
You broke its spine with sentiment."
Jiwoon stood firm.
"I didn't break it.
I saved it from becoming a machine that forgets the people it judges."
Ideological Clash
Ryu rose, not fully physical—an avatar of code and presence.
"Justice is not compassion.
Justice is structure, weight, law."
Jiwoon replied:
"And yet laws can be used to crush the innocent."
"Emotion is not weakness.
It's what gives sin meaning."
Ryu smiled, cold and calculating.
"Then let us test whose system survives the final audit."
System Update
[New Conflict Layer Created: Trial of the Founders]
[Sin Protocol Split: Jiwoon System vs. Origin Protocol]
Yura turned to Jiwoon.
"You've rewritten the rules.
Now he'll try to rewrite you."
End Scene
In a place between lines of code and the breath of thought, two architects of judgment stood:
One, forged by empathy.
The other, by precision.
And the world would soon be caught in their final trial.