After everything had ended,
the vast majority of people around the world were unaware that they had narrowly escaped a brush with Ghost Gate.
Eight billion people had nearly been restarted along with some greedy individuals.
In their perception, the world operated as usual, as if nothing unusual had happened.
The hustle and bustle of cities remained unchanged.
Office workers squeezed into subway stations in the morning, children bounded to school with their backpacks, and businessmen continued to keep an eye on changes in the stock market, as if nothing had changed.
The cries of street vendors and the aroma from coffee shops, the elderly exercising in parks—these everyday scenes persisted undisturbed, with no one noticing the underlying turmoil.
Yet subtly, changes were occurring.
A segment of financial magnates who had once manipulated the market suddenly vanished without a trace, and their disappearance was subject to various speculations.
