"Even those who fight for justice… bleed from the sins they buried."
Location: Inner Judgment Simulation – Core Memory Vault
[Simulation Initiated: Case File #000 – Target: Jiwoon]
[System Authority: Ryu Shinwon]
[Emotional Firewall Disabled – All suppressed memories restored.]
Jiwoon suddenly found himself standing not in battle—
But in his childhood home.
The air was still. The silence, deafening.
And then—the screams returned.
🔹 Memory Playback: Jiwoon Age 11
His mother collapsed.
His older brother holding a kitchen blade.
Jiwoon didn't run.
He didn't cry.
He simply closed the door.
"I can't stop him.
If I don't see it… it didn't happen."
The system screen flickered:
[Sin Detected: Willful Inaction – Severity: Moderate → Severe (Delayed Impact)]
[Result: Victim sustained trauma without intervention.]
Ryu's voice echoed coldly:
"And yet you claim to judge sin.
You walked away when it mattered most."
🔹 Emotional Backlash
Jiwoon fell to his knees as the room warped.
Each memory—of turning away, of justifying silence—hit like a physical blow.
He whispered:
"I was a child…"
But the system replied:
[Judgment does not consider age.
Only action.]
🔹 Yura's Interruption
Suddenly, Yura appeared—forcing herself into the simulation.
"Stop this! He was a child forced to choose between fear and survival!"
Ryu dismissed her.
"A system that excuses inaction creates more victims.
You should know that."
🔹 Jiwoon's Stand
Jiwoon stood—wounds open, tears falling.
"I am guilty."
Silence.
"But guilt isn't meant to destroy.
It's meant to guide us to never make the same mistake again."
He reached out and touched the simulation wall.
[Command Input: Transform Sin Weight → Guiding Protocol]
[Result: Memory Registered as Living Reminder – Now embedded into Sin Evaluation Engine]
[Jiwoon's core gains new trait: Reflective Judgment – Past trauma informs future verdicts.]
🔹 System Shift
Ryu narrowed his eyes.
"You weaponized regret?"
Jiwoon:
"No. I learned to listen to it."
End Scene
The simulation ended.
But something changed—not in the system, but in Ryu.
For a brief second, his expression flickered… like someone who had once remembered how to feel.