Panel 1: A Gatehound crashes headfirst into the glowing storefront barrier, teeth spread vertically, blue-white cracks flaring along its ribs. Panel 2: Inside, shelves rattle, cans and medicine boxes rain down around customers as Yubin grab

Panel 1: Outside, Doha in attacking variant ties red rope around his fist and swings a metal hook at the door frame. Panel 2: Armed fighters use the monster chaos as cover, rushing toward the glass with improvised shields. Panel 3: Inside,

Panel 1: A red system window blooms above the register while Yubin stands beneath it, hair streak lit blue and crimson. Panel 2: Close-up of the system offer listing customer names as convertible resources, with usefulness scores and life m

Panel 1: Rian, now stripped_down, switches off her livestream and tucks the cracked glitter phone away, then grabs a case of water with both hands. Panel 2: Minseo in helper variant scans bandages rapidly at the counter, duck hairclip crook

A vertical composition of the packed store with system labels floating over each person: high usefulness, low usefulness, remaining minutes. Minseo, Rian, Haneul, Baek, and unnamed civilians are all reduced to cold blue numbers while Yubin

Panel 1: Baek stands near the counter, her ordinary vest still on but her eyes briefly showing gold hourglass pupils, face heavy with old guilt. Panel 2: Yubin looks at her, waiting; she lowers her gaze and keeps both hands folded over her

Panel 1: Yubin removes his cracked red name tag and places it flat on the scanner glass beside the register, his hand steady despite bloodless knuckles. Panel 2: The blue system window glitches around his personal remaining life minutes, nu