"When judgment becomes a weapon, the innocent bleed louder than the guilty."
Location: Codex Distortion Zone – System Layer Collapse
[System Alert: Codex Layer Breach – Integrity Level: 51%]
[Entity Signature: Black Zero – Unknown Architecture]
Ryu Shinwon and Jiwoon watched in horror as lines of corrupted code began twisting the foundation of both systems.
🔹 The Inversion
Where Jiwoon's system judged sin based on intent and consequence…
And Ryu's judged based on absolute law…
Black Zero's system judged based on impact against its own doctrine.
[Inverse System Rule #1 – Any action against my will = Sin Absolute]
[Inverse System Rule #2 – Remorse is weakness. Guilt will be erased.]
Yura gasped.
"This isn't justice… this is dictatorship disguised as divine will."
🔹 Black Zero Appears
A figure emerged from the code fissure.
Clad in a cloak of fractured sigils, face hidden by a shifting mask, voice glitching across frequencies.
"You gave the world judgment with mercy.
He gave it order without heart.
I give it certainty without chaos."
Jiwoon:
"You're not trying to save the world.
You're trying to overwrite it."
🔹 System Override Attempt
[Black Zero attempts Codex Takeover]
[Target: Jiwoon's Sin Grid]
Jiwoon's armor began to distort. His system shrieked.
But Ryu stepped forward.
"I may have built this system without empathy…
But I won't let it be turned into a machine for conquest."
Together, Ryu and Jiwoon initiated a dual firewall.
[Protocol Fusion: Sin Firewall – Twin Authority]
[Temporary Barrier Created: 10 Minutes]
🔹 Countermeasure Activated
Jiwoon activates: Breath of Dread – Veil of Moral Shadow
[Effect: Masks user's internal system values from external override]
Ryu activates: Lawbind – Founder's Lock Clause
[Effect: Seals critical root paths for 60 seconds]
They force Black Zero back—but only briefly.
🔹 Final Exchange
Black Zero:
"This world has tasted two kinds of justice.
Now it will know fear that never questions."
As he vanishes into a shadow portal, he leaves behind a single fragment:
[System Artifact: "Judgment Seed – Inverse"]
Status: Growing. Unstoppable once rooted.
Jiwoon clutches it.
"It's a virus… and a test."
End Scene
The system is still standing—barely.
And now, two system creators must defend it…
Not just from sin.
But from what happens when judgment forgets who it's meant to protect.