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.
