The underground lab was gone.
Flames still flickered from the collapsed ruins, sending black smoke into the Seoul night.
Seojin stood at the edge of the wreckage, watching the last remnants of her mother's empire burn.
Minji and Kade were silent beside her.
It was over.
Wasn't it?
Seojin's fingers twitched.
The weight of what she had done—what she had lost, what she had chosen—settled over her.
For the first time in her life…
She had no enemy left to fight.
No mission.
No purpose.
Just herself.
Nari's voice crackled in her earpiece.
"Seojin… are you okay?"
Seojin exhaled slowly. "I don't know."
Minji crossed her arms. "It's done. We won."
Kade's jaw was tight. "Then why doesn't it feel like it?"
Seojin stared at the wreckage, an unease growing in her chest.
Something still felt wrong.
Her mother's final words haunted her.
"One day, you'll know the full truth."
She had destroyed the system.
She had ended Phase Two.
But… had she really?
Or had she only destroyed what her mother wanted her to find?
Then—
Seojin's phone buzzed.
She pulled it out, frowning.
A new message.
From an unknown number.
Welcome to the next phase, Seojin.
Seojin's breath caught.
Her hands shook.
She turned the phone toward Minji and Kade.
"This isn't over."
Kade's grip tightened on his gun. "You think your mother had another backup?"
Seojin swallowed hard. "I think she planned for everything."
Minji cursed under her breath. "Then what do we do now?"
Seojin clenched her fists.
She had burned her past to the ground.
But her mother's shadow was still there.
Still waiting.
Her battle wasn't over.
It had only just begun.
End of Chapter 122