Extreme close-up of the specific text on the UI: 'Survive for her. It is the only way.' The letters seem to burn into the screen.

TOP: Min-Su's eyes widen dramatically. The pupil shrinks. BOTTOM: A flashback panel showing Min-Su in the hospital hallway from Chapter 2, face in his hands.

TOP: The golden UI window flickers with static. For a split second, the screen acts as a mirror/window. BOTTOM: In the static, we see the hidden variant of Min-Su (min-su_future). A hooded figure in an abyssal cloak sitting on a throne of r

Tight close-up on the future figure's left wrist resting on the arm of the throne. He is wearing the exact same cracked digital watch, heavily modified with glowing blue circuitry.

TOP: Min-Su looks down at his own left wrist, at his cracked watch. BOTTOM: Min-Su staggers back, dropping his dagger. The sheer existential horror washes over his face.

Min-Su stares directly at the glowing UI, his face pale, trembling.

TOP: The Executioner boss resumes moving, raising its massive guillotine blade to strike them both. BOTTOM: Tae-Jin yells at Min-Su, pointing at the dropped dagger.

LEFT: Min-Su bends down and picks up the black dagger. RIGHT: The UI flashes insistently in his face.

Min-Su swings the dagger—not at Tae-Jin, but directly into the holographic UI window, shattering the projection like glass.

TOP: The system registers the action. Red warning text flashes. BOTTOM: Min-Su stands tall, stepping in front of Tae-Jin, facing the Executioner boss.

The golden number '1,000,000' dissolves into pixelated dust, drifting away into the darkness.

TOP: Min-Su turns his head slightly, looking directly out of the panel, locking eyes with the reader/camera. BOTTOM: Extreme close up of Min-Su's face. The deadness in his eyes is gone, replaced by a furious, burning defiance.

Min-Su charges directly at the colossal Executioner boss, dagger raised, a suicidal but completely free sprint.