The bullet train didn't just derail; it became a massive, metallic projectile aimed at the Tokyo Central Tower. The blue barrier surrounding the tower crackled with thousands of volts of anti-glitch energy. Jin grabbed Mi-na, pulling her close as the black mana from his arm flared to protect them both.
"Zero! If you want her so bad, catch us in the fallout!" Jin roared, slamming his Glitch Dagger into the roof of the flying train.
[SKILL ACTIVATED: KINETIC OVERWRITE]
Jin didn't stop the train; he accelerated the "Error" of its flight. The Shinkansen slammed into the blue barrier like a hot needle through silk. The explosion of data and metal was blinding. In the chaos, Jin and Mi-na were propelled through the breach, landing on the cold, white floor of the System Administrator's Sanctuary.
Subject Zero followed, his golden armor scorched but his expression remains frozen in a perfect mask . "You've breached the Core, Jin. But look around. You didn't find a savior. You found a graveyard."
The room was filled with thousands of glowing glass tubes. Inside each one was a flickering human soul—fragments of hunters who had been "Deleted" or "Archived" over the years. At the center of the room sat a massive throne made of pure, unmoving gold.
A man with a face made of shifting shadows stood up from the throne. He didn't have a name, only a title: The Root Admin.
"Jin Kim. Rank F," the Admin's voice was a thousand whispers at once. "You brought the 'Living Glitch' to my doorstep. Do you know why your sister's blood turned silver? It wasn't to save her. It was to turn her into the final 'Key' to format the world's consciousness."
Jin felt a cold shiver. He looked at Mi-na, whose silver veins were now glowing so brightly they were illuminating the entire sanctuary.
"Rin! Tell me you have the bypass!" Jin screamed into the link.
"Jin... I found it," Rin's voice was trembling. "The master-file your father hid... it isn't a weapon. It's a System Restore for a human body. But to use it, you have to delete the Admin's control over the entire Tokyo server. You have 60 seconds before the 'Full-Format' hits your DNA."