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Chapter 40 - EP.40 – Core of Judgment

"You were never just inside the system.

You were its contradiction."

The Tribunal's Heart – Unknown Layer

The air shimmered like cracked glass.

Jiwoon stepped into the core—an impossible space where light bent around nothing, and every breath felt like a confession.

This was where the Sin System was born.

And where it began to rot.

[Warning: You are now entering the Judgement Core.]

[System Integrity: Degraded – Authority Loopback Detected.]

Voices of the System

As Jiwoon advanced, fragmented whispers followed.

"He walks without shame."

"He remembers what we buried."

"Judgment was not broken by power…

It was undone by compassion."

At the center: a throne of logic, long abandoned.

Its circuits hummed with grief.

And sitting upon it—

Nothing.

The Trial Without Accuser

Suddenly, the system spoke:

[Auto-Trigger Protocol: Shadow Tribunal]

[Jiwoon is now subject to internal judgment. No jury. No appeal.]

Eri's voice echoed through his comm: "Jiwoon! It's pulling you into recursive logic—you'll be forced to judge yourself with your own sins!"

But it was already too late.

Chains of light and shadow surged forward—binding not his body, but his memory.

Flash Trial: Sin Reflection

Each of Jiwoon's past actions played before him.

The man he killed for mercy.

The law he rewrote without consensus.

The enemy he saved that later betrayed.

[Verdict Loading… Processing Intention vs. Consequence…]

And then—

The system hesitated.

Jiwoon: "Why?"

System: "You… don't match the database anymore."

System Fracture

A crack formed in the tribunal floor.

Jiwoon stood—unshackled.

[Alert: Logical Collapse – Jiwoon is not compatible with Judgment Framework.]

In his hand, the Origin Flame reappeared—calmer now. Not as a weapon. But as a key.

[Access Granted: Sin Engine Vault – Layer 0]

[New Directive: Prepare for Reformat]

End Scene

The floor beneath him gave way, revealing an abyss not of chaos—

But of root code, glowing with forgotten intentions.

Jiwoon didn't fall.

He descended.

And the system whispered:

"If you walk this path… you don't just change justice.

You redefine reality."

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