You don't meet people like her by accident.
Not when she already knows your name.
Dr. Lee Hyun-joo. Except… not quite.
"You know my sister," she'd said. And glanced at the mirror.
Su-yeon.
Ji-hoon stared at the card. The symbol. The eye inside the mirror.
The same as in his dreams.
Her offer was clear: Trust me. Not her.
But which sister was which?
That night, Ji-hoon stepped into the lab. The mirrors pulsed. His face multiplied.
"The third presence is real," she said. "And growing."
"What is it?" Ji-hoon asked.
"The space between you and him. The mind behind both masks."
She offered pills. Suppression.
And from the mirror, a voice: "Don't trust her."
Who's lying? Who's alive? Who died in my apartment?
"You're special," she said. "You can end this."
But the mirror said otherwise: "She's using you. Just like she used her sister."
Su-yeon killed Hyun-joo. And called herself by her name.
Now—Ji-hoon stood before the convergence machine. Su-yeon behind glass. The process humming to life.
"Are you ready?" she asked.
Ji-hoon looked into the mirror. Saw three faces. One choice.
"We're ready," they said as one.
→ [To be continued in Episode 41]
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