Inside the Observation Room 71-A at Chungnam National University Hospital, South Korea, there is a teenage girl who appears to be around 18 years old.
She has a face resembling a mix of Japanese and Korean features, with black eyes and shoulder-length wavy hair.
She looks like an ordinary patient sleeping peacefully.
But in reality, she has been in a coma for the past 20 years.
She hasn't aged at all.
Her hair hasn’t grown.
She doesn’t breathe air.
There is no heartbeat.
Her skin is soft, but cannot be pierced by needles.
And yet, her body remains warm, and she emits a fragrance no one has ever encountered before.
No identity has been found, and she has no fingerprints.
By order of the Korea Anomaly Division (K.A.D.) and the South Korea Anomaly Response Division (S.K.A.R.D.), she was given the name: Yun and placed under strict surveillance.
KAD is responsible for monitoring and analyzing Yun’s activity and behavior.
SKARD handles all military operations, including security and defense measures related to Yun.
For 20 years, there has been no physical activity from Yun. Only slight changes in her brainwaves were detected, as if she were dreaming.
Until March 21, 2021, at 03:47 KST, when Nurse Kim Hye-Jin, during a routine checkup, saw Yun open her eyes and speak a word in Korean:
"Seed."
Shocked, Nurse Kim immediately ran out to call the doctor usually in charge of her case, Dr. Lee Min-Jae.
But when they returned, Yun had gone back into a coma.
Seasons changed, years passed, but Yun remained in her coma.
Untouched by time.
The doctors who once treated her had moved on, retired, or passed away.
The nurses who once whispered about her were replaced by fresh faces who only knew her as “the girl in the deep sleep.”
The KAD and SKARD members who once handled her case were now replaced by a new generation who only learned about Yun from archived records.
Then, 52 years later, on April 2, 2073, at 09:00 KST, Nurse Kang Ji-Won saw her standing, staring out the window.
Dr. Jung Tae-hwan, a current KAD member handling Yun’s case, wanted to question her immediately, but due to the rarity of the case, he chose a slow, careful approach.
SKARD was also notified of Yun’s awakening and advised caution in gathering information from her.
Day after day, Yun would only sit or stand, gazing out the window—
As if waiting for something.
She did not speak, nor respond to doctors or nurses.
Like someone blind and deaf.
They knew Yun was aware of their presence, but she simply seemed indifferent.
She didn’t eat, didn’t drink—as if she needed nothing to stay alive.
One thing was certain: her eyes slowly began to turn blue, as if something within her was beginning to awaken.
On April 10, 2073, at 09:00 KST, when Dr. Jung came to examine her again, Yun looked at him and said,
"May I go outside?"
Dr. Jung paused, then asked,
"You understand Korean?"
Yun replied with a faint smile,
"I can understand anything that lives, that has a soul."
Dr. Jung responded,
"Give me a few hours to prepare everything you need to go outside."
"Alright," Yun said, turning her gaze back out the window.
At 10:14 KST, Dr. Jung returned with a third-generation SKARD's Lieutenant and a wheelchair.
"Yun, you’ve been granted permission to leave the room, on the condition that you remain under tight security. We don’t know what or who you are. We also don’t know what abilities you might have," SKARD's Lieutenant explained.
With a slightly sad but smiling face, Yun replied,
"Yes, I know I’m not like you. Does that make me dangerous?"
"We don’t know," answered him. "Please sit in the wheelchair; I’ll take you outside."
Yun initially refused, as she could walk on her own.
But after the SKARD's Lieutenant explained that it would help her appear more "normal," Yun agreed.
While pushing her wheelchair through the garden, he introduced himself. Strangely, before he could finish saying his name, Yun interrupted:
"I know your name, Kim Joon-seo. I know the names of everyone I meet."
Lieutenant Kim stopped the wheelchair in front of a park bench and sat down.
"What are you, Yun?"
"I don’t know. I don’t remember how I got here," she replied, sitting next to him.
"Do you remember who you are, Yun? A name, perhaps?"
"No. But everyone calls me Yun, don’t they?"
"Yun is a subject name. It stands for Yielded Unknown Neotype. To us, you’re a new being of unknown origin. An anomaly. Do you remember anything about when you first arrived here, Yun?"
"No, I truly don’t remember anything."
"How about ‘seed’? Are you familiar with that word?" Lieutenant Kim asked.
Hearing that word made Yun’s head hurt. She clutched her head tightly, then fainted.
Seeing this, Lieutenant Kim quickly carried Yun back to her room, leaving the wheelchair behind in the garden.
After Doctor Jung confirmed Yun was merely unconscious and asleep, Lieutenant Kim looked at the sleeping Yun—who seemed like a normal girl—before returning to his private quarters on the 9th floor.
Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) — March 19, 1996
The ground screamed.
At first, it was mistaken for an earthquake—localized and brief, like a breath caught in the lungs of the Earth. Military seismic sensors, buried under the soil of the DMZ, picked up the tremor. But the data was… off. The waveform wasn't consistent with tectonic movement. It pulsed. Rhythmic. Intentional.
The South Korean military dispatched a black ops recon unit by midnight. They expected sabotage, maybe underground drilling by the North. But what they found in the fractured basin beneath the hills of Goseong was something no human had ever documented.
A crystal.
Floating. Pulsating. Embedded within a sphere of untouched soil, surrounded by scorched roots and dead insects.
It was small—no larger than a human heart—yet impossible to move. Every tool snapped, every machine shorted. Yet somehow, it sang.
Not audibly. Not even through machines. But through thought. Those who stood near it for too long described dreams of a burning sky, of a weeping girl, and of a voice saying the same phrase again and again in countless tongues:
"When she arrives, one remnant shall emerge."
April 1996 — Seoul National Assembly
After multiple failed extraction attempts, the artifact—now code-named "Anomaly Crystal"—was placed under direct military observation. A coalition of scientists, linguists, and psychologists was formed. The government called them the Korea Anomaly Division (KAD).
At the same time, a new military unit was founded. One without political oversight. One that operated in full secrecy. Their task: defend the Seed, prepare for all threats, and monitor the impossible. They were named the South Korea Anomaly Response Division (SKARD).
Neither KAD nor SKARD could explain the object, but every major religion and ancient manuscript they cross-referenced whispered the same themes:
Two flames.
A divided god.
A judgment born from love and ruin.
September 1999 — The Prophecy
The Crystal began glowing intermittently. A ripple of light pulsed from it every 13 days. KAD began deciphering what appeared to be visual codes—etched not in the crystal's surface, but in the light itself.
These codes—later called the Crystal Prophecies—
"From the ashes of the First World, one shall arrive who bears no past, no name, and no allegiance.
She shall be loved. She shall be feared.
She shall become.
And through her, we shall be judged."
Some Prophecies using an unknown language that looks very ancient. Hard to think, hard to believe.
A specialized translation team, Korea Echo Division (KED) was assembled with the primary task of analyzing a mysterious prophecy that, up until now, had defied all attempts at proper interpretation. Despite extensive efforts, the meaning behind its cryptic language remained elusive. Within the organisation, opinions were divided regarding the prophecy’s true nature. Some believed it served as a guide — a message meant to lead humanity toward a specific path or outcome. Others, however, viewed it as a dire warning — a foretelling of events that, if ignored, could bring about catastrophic consequences. As debates continued, the urgency to unlock its meaning only grew stronger.
A year later, in the early days of 2001, something fell from the sky. It wasn’t a meteor.
It was a girl.
Upon arriving at his office, Lieutenant Kim sat at his desk.
He looked at the clock — it was still 11:16 KST — and fell silent for several minutes.
Then, he retrieved the archive file on Yun from the cabinet near his desk.
Lieutenant Kim wanted to re-check everything that had been gathered about Yun.
Maybe something had been overlooked, he thought.
_____________________________
[CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT — K.A.D. / S.K.A.R.D.]
File No.: K-GA1127-X / SUBJECT_YUN
Korean Anomaly Division (KAD)
South Korea Anomaly Response Division (SKARD)
Access: LEVEL 7 – RESTRICTED TO JOINT-CERTIFIED PERSONNEL ONLY
/////// SUBJECT PROFILE ///////
Name (Designation): Y.U.N.
Code Name: Yielded Unknown Neotype
Estimated Age: ±18 years (based on morphology)
Biological Sex: Female (based on biological markers)
Date of Discovery: March 17, 2001
Discovery Site: Daejeon, South Korea
Containment Site: Chungnam National University Hospital
Room Number: Observation Room 71-A
/////// PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL & BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION ///////
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 48.2 kg
Hair Color: Deep black
Eye Color: Dark brown-black
Current Status: Stable (non-responsive; coma with low brain activity)
Threat Level: Passive (currently)
Additional Notes:
EEG shows non-standard brainwave patterns — resembling theta waves but layered with unknown frequencies.
Exhibits no physiological need for food or fluid.
Does not require oxygen; no identifiable air component needed for respiration.
Body temperature stabilized at 39°C.
No cellular degradation observed.
Physical injuries heal rapidly (though not instantaneously).
No response to visual, auditory, thermal, or pain stimuli.
/////// INCIDENT REPORT ///////
Eyewitnesses reported seeing a "burning object falling from the sky."
No crater, meteor fragments, or foreign materials were found at the site.
Subject was found unconscious, covered in blood, with parts of her body emitting natural-colored fire.
/////// COLLECTED BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES ///////
Blood: Taken at initial discovery; biologically unidentifiable.
Saliva: Taken during early lab examination; unidentifiable.
Hair: Collected during early observation phase; unidentifiable.
/////// SECURITY PROTOCOL ///////
Full collaboration between KAD (medical & research protocol) and SKARD (security & tactical response).
Monitored 24/7 by two rotating SKARD personnel.
CERULEAN LOCK protocol to be initiated if subject awakens and exhibits unanticipated behavior.
/////// RESPONSIBLE DIVISIONS ///////
Dr. Lee Min-Jae
Director of Anomalous Entity Studies (KAD)
Col. Park Hyun-woo
Field Operations Commander (SKARD)
Date: March 25, 2001
Korean Anomaly Division (KAD) × South Korea Anomaly Response Division (SKARD)
_____________________________
Lieutenant Kim turned to the next page.
Attached were photographs of Yun at the moment of discovery — unconscious, covered in blood, parts of her body still emitting natural-colored flames.
It appeared Yun may have briefly regained consciousness when the KAD and SKARD team arrived — but her condition didn’t allow her to remain awake for long.
The following pages contained only routine checkup logs, until the date Yun awakened for the first time.
_____________________________
[CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT – K.A.D. × S.K.A.R.D.]
DATA UPDATE (CODE: YUN-Δ1)
Update Date: March 21, 2021
Compiled by: Dr. Lee Min-Jae & Anomaly Medical Team
File Ref.: K-GA1127-X / SUBJECT_YUN
Joint Division: KAD × SKARD
Access: Level 7 — Restricted
/////// INCIDENT: TEMPORARY CONSCIOUSNESS ///////
Time of Event: March 21, 2021 — 03:47 KST
Duration of Consciousness: ±5 seconds
Personnel Present: Nurse Kim Hye-Jin (Level 2 Access)
Event Summary:
At 03:47 AM, Subject Y.U.N. suddenly opened her eyes for the first time since her discovery in 2001.
Nurse Kim Hye-Jin was performing routine non-invasive examination at the time.
The subject looked directly at the nurse with a blank expression and spoke a single word:
"Seed."
(Original Korean: 씨앗 — ssi-at)
The nurse immediately left the room to summon the on-call physician.
However, by the time the team returned, the subject had already reverted to a coma state.
No signs of conscious activity remained.
/////// MEDICAL & ANOMALOUS NOTES ///////
No significant changes in EEG results before or after the event.
Utterance recorded by audio monitoring system and verified.
The word “seed” had no identifiable environmental context during the incident.
Only a minor spike (~2.1%) was detected in the non-standard frequency band.
/////// FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS ///////
The event area was resecured by joint security teams.
Linguistic team assigned to investigate possible hidden meanings of the word “seed” in interdimensional or exolinguistic contexts.
fMRI scheduled to detect possible residual or trauma-related neural activity.
Nurse Kim Hye-Jin underwent standard psychological evaluation after contact. No abnormalities found at this time.
/////// RESPONSIBLE DIVISIONS ///////
Dr. Lee Min-Jae
Director of Anomalous Entity Studies (KAD)
Col. Park Hyun-woo
Field Operations Commander (SKARD)
Date: March 21, 2021
Korean Anomaly Division (KAD) × South Korea Anomaly Response Division (SKARD)
_____________________________
Then came routine checkup logs until Yun’s second awakening.
_____________________________
[CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT – K.A.D. × S.K.A.R.D.]
DATA UPDATE (CODE: YUN-Δ2)
Update Date: April 2, 2073
Compiled by: Third-Generation Anomaly Monitoring Unit
File Ref.: K-GA1127-X / SUBJECT_YUN
Joint Division: KAD × SKARD
Access: Level 7 — Restricted
/////// INCIDENT: BEHAVIORAL SHIFT ///////
Date Detected: March 28, 2073 — 06:12 KST
Observation Duration: 5 consecutive days (until time of report)
On-Duty Personnel:
Nurse Kang Ji-Won (Level 3 Access) – KAD
Lieutenant Kim Joon-seo (Level 6 Access) – 3rd Generation SKARD
Former Personnel (Deceased/Retired):
Dr. Lee Min-Jae (deceased 2062, old age)
Col. Park Hyun-woo (deceased 2065, old age)
Nurse Kim Hye-Jin (retired 2041)
/////// EVENT SUMMARY ///////
At the start of the morning shift, Nurse Kang Ji-Won discovered Subject Y.U.N. standing alone near the observation room window.
No record indicated she was moved by staff or mechanical systems.
CCTV footage was disrupted during the time the subject presumably awakened.
The subject exhibited a consistent behavioral pattern:
Standing or sitting near the window.
Staring outside without speaking or reacting.
Showing no awareness of other people, sounds, touch, or environmental changes.
/////// OBSERVED PHYSICAL CHANGES ///////
Eye Transformation:
Iris color shifted from dark brown-black to pale blue, emitting a faint glow only detectable through direct observation.
Standard video recordings failed to capture this glow; high-spectrum sensors required for proper visualization.
/////// SPECIAL NOTES ///////
Subject displays no basic human needs such as food, water, or sleep.
No response to verbal communication or sensory stimuli.
Some personnel report mental pressure or “compression” sensations when staying in the room for prolonged periods.
Subject appears psychologically isolated, as if not existing in the same physical reality as her surroundings.
/////// FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS ///////
Surveillance level raised to Alert Level 3.
Multi-spectrum optical and electromagnetic field sensors installed.
Linguistic and Interdimensional Ontology teams reassessing the term “seed” in relation to potential non-human transition phases.
Security protocol CERULEAN LOCK remains active and ready to deploy if sudden behavioral shifts occur.
/////// RESPONSIBLE DIVISIONS ///////
Dr. Lee Min-Jae
Director of Anomalous Entity Studies (KAD)
Col. Park Hyun-woo
Field Operations Commander (SKARD)
Date: April 2, 2073
Korean Anomaly Division (KAD) × South Korea Anomaly Response Division (SKARD)
_____________________________
For several hours, Lieutenant Kim reviewed all the medical data in the archive.
Strangely, he could not find any expanded documentation regarding the word "seed."
As if it had been deliberately hidden by KAD.
The details should have been recorded since Yun first awakened.
Why would KAD conceal it?
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