---

The villa and its gardens are calm. Guards are patrolling.

A deserted room is lit on the ground floor.
Through the window, we see a desk with a computer.

~

(voice-over from a corridor of the villa) This is the room I made available for him.

whop-whoP-whOP... The sound of an approaching helicopter...

~

Oh?! That's a helicopter noise? He's on board, you think?

WHOP-WHOP-WHOP. A helicopter flies toward the Villa.
It lands on the H pad in the garden.

---

Kang Chul steps out of the helicopter.
He walks resolutely toward the Villa, sad and dark.
Captain Ryu stays at the helicopter door, sorry.
He watches Kang Chul walk away, remembers...

Kang Chul approaches the villa entrance, eyes hollow with exacerbated affliction.

~

(weary) Jae-Jung, why do you want to wait for him here?

---

This corridor leads to the door of a guest room.
Su-Ran waits in the middle, while Jae-Jung paces back and forth, nervous.

-

After what he's been through, he mustn't see this. Not now!

-

(sarcastic) ~Ok. He's the type of man waiting to feel "a little better", "in a few days", before checking that his life has been wrecked, worse than he imagines.

VLAN!! Kang Chul violently opens the corridor door.
He charges toward the guest room, tortured and determined.
He ignores the two women.
Jae-Jung interposes herself, whimpering.

-

~Please, Kang Chul. Rest first, or this will get over-dramatic~~.

-

!!!! (loses it)

Kang Chul brutally draws his gun and aims it at Jae-Jung!!
Fear cuts her legs out from under her. She collapses to her knees.
Eyes full of hate, Kang Chul presses the barrel against her head!

-

... !!!

He presses the barrel harder against her head, on the verge of firing.
Wanting it, barely hesitating. Yes? No? Presses again. Yes? No?
Jae-Jung is already dead, but from fright!
Trembling, she rubs her hands, slowly at first, then at full speed!

-

(cries) Sorry... Too bad if it's cliché (rubs-rubs) Sorry... Sorry... (rubs-rubs) But you too, you must have suspected the out-of-character.

-

... !!!! (mad with rage)

He was going to give up, finally NO, he's going to shoot!!

But behind him, Su-Ran has drawn her pistol and aims at him.
Her hand trembles like a leaf in the wind. She forces herself to calm down.

-

(self-control) Kang Chul! Please, STOP!!

-

... !! (like hearing a cockroach screech, demented anger)

-

I have... (swallows) my gun pointed at you! I won't hesitate to--

Zoooshh! He turns around at super-speed and--
BOM! Butt strike to Su-Ran's hand.
Her pistol flies off! She couldn't see a thing.
PUNCH! He throws a punch right in her face!!
Su-Ran collapses.
Kang Chul kneels. He grabs Jae-Jung by the throat and squeezes!

-

Arrgl... (terrified)

-

(teeth clenched, crazy eyes, ten centimeters away) I forbid you from writing a single word for the rest of your days.

He releases her harshly as he stands up.
Then he enters the guest room, and--
SLAM!!! Furiously slams the door behind him!
Jae-Jung blinks frantically...
Worried, she checks the floor and her thighs.

-

Oh??! (relieved)

Everything is dry. She didn't piss herself!

-

(sigh of relief) Pfewhh... I should go to the bathroom, just in case.

-

(gets up, bloody nose, furious) Fuck! You're the one screwing up, and I'm the one taking the hits!!

-

Please, NO! ~A little consistency in the character profiles! You're a secret agent, you're used to fighting! (shows herself with her hands) Look at the state I'm in?!

-

... !! (looks at her pistol on the floor, then Jae-Jung, "I shoot her?")

---

Sitting at the desk, Kang Chul checks the computer, mortified.
He scrolls the list of episodes of "Butterfly Queen in the Dark".
He opens "Episode 46 - Final Chapter", on the first page:
¤ A soldier climbs a cliff, towed by Ren-Bo with her staff.
He activates the mouse wheel, scrolls several pages... (that we don't see)

There! Kang Chul stops, petrified with worry.
At the top of the drawing, a yellow frame "Two days before".

:

The Narrator?!

Apprehension twists his guts.
He looks at the drawing:
¤ Cha Yu-Sun, sitting in an office of the national assembly.
(Mi-Ra voice-over, of unknown origin for now:)

~

The moment you know the truth... I'll be about to kill you, or I hope I'll already be dead.

---

---

Kang Chul reads on the computer:
¤ Cha Yu-Sun, holding a brush above the decree, ready to sign it.

~

Cha Yu-Sun just had to sign a decree of Constitutional Monarchy.

He slides to the next drawing:
¤ Cha Yu-Sun raises her brush, the decree unsigned. An expression of surprise.
Kang Chul, ...?!!, vaguely senses an unforeseen calamity, at that exact moment.

~

HE came earlier than we imagined.

Finger on the mouse, Kang Chul dreads reading, but scrolls for the rest.

---

A large royal office, traditional decoration with a few modern elements.
SUBTITLE : Two days before.
WOMPF... Cha Yu-Sun materializes in a puff of shadow.

She sits at the desk, takes a document from a drawer, places it on the table.
Document header: Decree of constitutional monarchy.

~

Some parts will not be published, out-of-context. But to your great regret, you'll be able to piece together what's missing.

Cha Yu-Sun dips the brush in the inkwell.
When SUDDENLY, the Narrator's voice behind her:

~

Don't leave here, Moon Mi-Ra.

-

!!!! (hit to the heart)

She glances, sees the Narrator's frame dissipating...
Anxious, she evaluates her options.
The Narrator is not usually hostile to her.
She looks at the document. He certainly saw it.
But does he suspect the implications?

-

I have no intention of leaving. I must play my role so the manhwa continues. That's what you want, right? So leave me alone and go away.

Yes, their plan can still work.
There won't be another golden opportunity like this one.
She reassures herself and remembers a line from Kang Chul:

~

Cancel and come back. Don't trigger anything unless you're certain.

:

If this goes wrong, I can instantly leave this world.

She brings the brush closer to the document, where her signature is expected.
A bright yellow frame materializes quickly beside her.

-

*Raise that brush.*

She raises the brush instead of signing!

-

??!! ("why did I do that?")

-

*Higher.*

Her arm rises!!! Like pulled by a puppet string!

-

...?!!! ("impossible")

She looks at her raised arm. Terror grows in her guts.
Absolute urgency!! Quick, she closes her eyes, concentrates, but...
... opening her eyes, she notices she's still here?!!

-

That's why I carefully chose my very first order.

("no, no, no, too atrocious"..... remembers the order...)

~

Don't leave here, Moon Mi-Ra.

She concentrates again, face tensed in a desperate effort.
Terrified, she finds she is unable to teleport.

~

I could imagine leaving this world, but some kind of mental barrier kept me from focusing enough to actually do it.

Then she realizes the absolute nightmare of her situation.
The throes of horror are readable on her tortured face.
She searches in vain for an explanation. How can he control her?

-

"Impossible, he can't kill or affect main characters". Walk to the curtain at the back of the room, the answer is behind it.

Her body stands up! Turns around.
She sobs terribly, feeling this body that no longer obeys her.
She sees an opaque curtain at the back of the room.
She doesn't want to go there, she doesn't want to know anymore, she's too afraid.
But... one step... then another... like a robot...

-

Remember how our quality relationship began.

As she takes a step, abominably, memories invade her mind.

-

You were psychologically fragile.

She takes another step, continues remembering against her will.

-

We had a close artistic collaboration.

Another step, she arrives in front of the curtain, forced to remember...

-

I am the one who made you who you are today.

-

(pulls the curtain) ... !!! (contemplates the dreadful truth...)

-

As a consequence of which...

Behind the curtain, there was a bright yellow frame of the Narrator:
*Moon Mi-Ra is the Narrator's character.*

-

... You have become one of my characters.

-

....... (feeling of dying)

-

I prefer you as Moon Mi-Ra. Change yourself.

Grimacing in affliction, she lets it happen without resisting. What's the point.
SWROMPH! Turbulence of shadow. Cha Yu-Sun becomes Mi-Ra.

-

The one who loves controlling others becomes controlled in turn. Magnificent stylistic turn, don't you think? According to your psychological profile, you should like that in intimate moments. And aren't we living an intimate moment? A kind of platonic romance? No matter if you belonged to another author before, you are mine now.

-

(pathetic) And I should put up with your ridiculous comments on top of it? What do you want? Threaten me to get to Kang Chul?

-

I will never threaten you. I adore you more than anyone. As a character, you are so theatrical, vibrant with drama. Count on me to give you depth and take your tragedy all the way.

Tears flow down Mi-Ra's devastated face, subjected to the most absurd monster there is.

-

(sob) Kang Chul will see what you're doing to me. He will stop you.

-

If he sees it, it will be too late, because it will be in a flashback. But I'm considering another scenario, to get the best of your emotions. You will kill him, and you will have time to reveal it to him before he dies.

At the height of torment, Mi-Ra searches for how to escape this hell.

-

Look on the wall, near the window.

Mi-Ra sees a spider on the wall, just come out from behind a piece of furniture.

-

We'll start with that.

---

Kang Chul cries in torrents while touching the screen.
He caresses Cha Yu-Sun's face in close-up:
¤ The face of a woman condemned to death, near the parted curtain.

Now, he knows the atrocious fate of the one he loves.
He is shaken by more violent sobs, coming from the gut.
The abyssal despair born from the death of the dearest being.
He remembers...

-

(breath cut short) Agh... She preferred to die... Agh... rather than stay forever under the hold of that abomination.

Just mentioning the Narrator mutates his distress into anger.
His sobs intercut with cries of rage, more and more.

-

Agh... Boo hoo... Araah... Agh, RAAHH !! Boo hoo hoo... ARAaah-HAAH !!!

Finally, HE EXPLODES!!!
He pushes the screen away, which Brom!, falls behind the table.
Srashh!! He sweeps the table, knocks down keyboard, mouse, etc.

-

(stands up abruptly) RAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH !!!!!

BAFF!! He headbutts some books on a shelf.
Then Vlap! Vlap! Vlap! sweeps the books off the shelves.
Mad with rage, he grabs the shelf and BROM!!, knocks it down.
Farther, a low table. CRACK!! Broken with a kick.

---

Behind the door, we hear his cries and complaints, the crash of broken furniture.

-

(outraged) This is senseless! You have the kindness to house him, and he vandalizes everything!

Jae-Jung heads for the door, but Su-Ran beats her to it and pushes her aside.

-

Are you stupid enough to start that again?!!

-

(wide eyes) Stupid?!!

-

I'm the host. Mind your own business!

-

(vexed) aHMm! (sulks insistently)

Toc! Toc! Su-Ran knocks on the door.

-

Kang Chul? ... (Toc! Toc!) Kang Chul? ...?! (notices no more noise)

The two women confer with a look, then Su-Ran opens the door.

---

They enter, see half the furniture wrecked, but Kang Chul gone.
Su-Ran notices the open bay window, the curtains stirred by the night wind.

-

Where did he go?

-

Look at this mess!

Jae-Jung bends over the computer screen on the floor, still on.

-

Oh? You've got solid equipment. It still works!!

The pages scrolled accidentally during the rampage.
The screen displays a drawing of:
¤ Ren-Bo brandishes her staff like a spear, above Cha Yu-Sun.
(The manhwa avoids publishing Mi-Ra, out-of-context, and corrects to the closest.)

---

SUBTITLE : One hour earlier.
Ren-Bo dissolves from "image" to "real", her staff brandished above Mi-Ra.

-

(tears) Farewell, my love...

-

...... !!!! (ultimate devastation, heart crushed)

-

DIES!!!!!

---

Fairy Spark, entirely transparent, disintegrates into supernatural particles.

-

(tears) Ren-Bo... I'm coming to you...

Fffff..... The fairy is annihilated......

---

VKA-ZAAMMM!!!! Ren-Bo brings her staff down to pierce Mi-Ra's abdomen.
But before impact...

SLOW MOTION :
As the staff comes down, SUDDENLY--
Ren-Bo becomes solid again. Annihilation canceled.
Flash!! Two sparks bloom in her eyes.
They sparkle... brighter and brighter.

FLASH!! Ren-Bo's wings radiate a luminous white.
An angelic light... stronger and stronger.
IMPACT!!! The staff strikes the abdomen...
... without sinking in, stopped at the last moment!
END SLOW MOTION.

Immediately, from the point of impact--
***FLLAAASHHHHH*** An explosion of white light engulfs the hall!

---

The Crossover's planet Earth, seen from space.
***FLASH*** Space, the Earth, everything becomes BRIEFLY light.

Then, on the East coast of Korea as the epicenter...
... a luminous point quickly becomes a dome of light.
The luminous sphere expands... engulfs all of Korea!

The tsunami of light expands over neighboring countries, the continents!!
Finally, the light engulfs the entire planet!!!

Then, the light dissipates, starting from the epicenter...

---

Dozens of shadow killers around the buildings.
***FLLAAASHHHHH*** The explosion of light engulfs the entire temple.

The light dissipates, revealing...
An empty temple! No shadow killers. But instead...
... tourist stands, lanterns and colorful garlands.

---

A street of the city, devastated by war.
Dressed Joseon-style, workers repair the damage.
Farther, the royal skyscraper.
***FLLAAASHHHHH*** The explosion of light engulfs the entire city.

The light dissipates, revealing...
An intact city, with colorful buildings.
Workers dressed in modern fashion, building a bus shelter.
No more royal skyscraper.

---

Soo-Bong, depressed and disoriented, stares at the white screen of his tablet.
At the window, Yoon-Hee sees a white glow on the horizon.
***FLLAAASHHHHH*** The explosion of light engulfs the room.

The light dissipates, revealing...
Yoon-Hee at the window, blinking, surprised not to be blind.
(?!) She sees the city in the distance, intact and colorful.

-

Oppa, what was that?!!

-

(obsessed with his tablet, gradually smiles with joy) She... She's alive!!! It looks like she's okay?!

On his tablet, this drawing:
¤ Ren-Bo solid, sparkling eyes, white wings, her staff resting on Mi-Ra's belly.
(The manhwa will correct the out-of-context at publication, changing her to Cha Yu-Sun.)

---

Ren-Bo dissolves from "image" to "real".
The sword stuck in her leg has disappeared.
She has no more wounds, nor hole in the wing.

Ren-Bo withdraws her staff from Mi-Ra's abdomen...
... then looks at her serenely, eyes sparkling.

Mi-Ra is unconscious, eyes open, entirely black. (including the orbit)
Kang Chul runs over, kneels at her side, worried with a hint of hope.

-

(calm) Now, I've understood the title of this manhwa...

Kang Chul, ??!, doesn't understand Ren-Bo's strange state.
He notices her calm, contrasting with her rage, separated from Fairy Spark.
He checks Mi-Ra's pulse-- her body has a jolt!

Mi-Ra is shaken, bumps protrude from her belly.
Something is pounding inside, like an alien trying to get out.
She opens her mouth wide, and it escapes:
She expels a long smoke of shadow, dissipating into the atmosphere...

Finally, her black eyes become normal.
She faints, eyes closed.

Kang Chul, !!!, anxious, checks her pulse again.
He smiles slightly, half reassured, her heart is beating!

-

I'm sorry, Kang Chul. No one wanted to deceive you. Not even yourself. It's just fate.

-

...??!

-

There was a lie, that neither you nor she understood. And I had to purify that... (looks at him, immensely sad)

-

(??) What does that mean exactly?! (very worried)

-

I have a long way to go.

FLAP-FLAP! She flies off, through the destroyed roof.

-

Ren-Bo!!! REN-BOOOOO!!!

In vain, she is definitively gone, very far.
Then he holds Mi-Ra, anxious that she is suffering more than she seems...

---

On the horizon, a diffuse golden glow heralds the awakening of the sun.
Ren-Bo flies over mountains. The temple is already far.
Her wings remain white, with a non-blinding light.
Sparks sparkle in her eyes, subtle enough to catch her gaze.
This state seems permanent. A kind of angelic butterfly...

Worried, she scans the surroundings... Her fear comes true:
A yellow frame of the Narrator materializes in her path.

-

Hello Ren-Bo. This is the first time we meet. Why not get along?

Frightened by the frame, Ren-Bo looks away.

The frame disappears, replaced by another in front of her.

-

We've certainly had a few trifles in the past. But we can start over on a good basis. What do you say?

Ren-Bo doesn't answer. She grimaces in disgust.
The frame disappears. A new one appears farther. (repeated this way throughout the scene)

-

Where are you going like that? Why tire yourself in vain? I can spare you this long, tedious, and maybe even risky journey.

FLAP-FLAP! She accelerates. Intensive cruising speed.

-

Look around you, you've made the world of "Queen of Darkness" disappear. It's your manhwa again, you're home.

Ren-Bo's fear persists.
But each new frame strengthens her determination.

-

Wouldn't you like us to continue drawing your manhwa? You could create everything you dream of. We could find you new friends.

Ren-Bo cries at the mention of her friends, overwhelmed by the Narrator.
She dreads that his moral torture will last even longer.

-

How could you wish for the end of this wonderful story? There are so many happy events waiting for you, in this enchanted world. And I CAN help you bring them to life. I WANT to help you!

Zossh!! Ren-Bo strikes the frame with her staff.
She passes through as it dissipates...

---

A pale ray of light filters through the hole in the roof. (destroyed by Ren-Bo, Ep46)
It lights Kang Chul holding Mi-Ra in his arms, in the center of the hall.
He affectionately caresses her face while sobbing.

-

(choked voice) You're okay, right?

She cannot answer, plunged into a strange coma.
He leans in to speak in her ear.

-

(strangled voice) I'm here, I'm with you... (ends in a sob)

He straightens up and takes her inert hand, trembling, crying tragically.

-

When you open your eyes, we'll be together. As ever, forever...

He draws Mi-Ra's hand against his cheek, kisses it.

-

And we'll continue to love each other... (river of tears)

Arriving at the entrance of the hall:

-

Kang Chul!

(doesn't turn around, cries while looking at Mi-Ra)

-

(doesn't dare say what he wanted) ... Is she okay?

-

... Yes... She just needs... to rest a little...

(worried, "unlikely, said in that tone")

-

(broken) She'll wake up... soon... very soon...

-

(moved) I have news to tell you.

-

..... (no longer listening, overwhelmed by sadness)

Captain Ryu takes a breath, to tell it strongly.

-

It concerns your deceased friend.

(His account begins with a voice-over of:)

~

Oppa, could we use the android I already drew?

---

---

-

(!!! ... angry) IDIOT! Just tell me he's alive FIRST!!

-

Oh. Sorry. Su-Ran told me you were picky. That you preferred to know the "context" and all the details first.

Kang Chul recovers, a little balm to the heart.
Then he looks again at comatose Mi-Ra...

-

I'll tell him to come see you, when he wakes up.

-

(tragic smile) It seems this is the day of good news.

-

This day hasn't started yet. Wait for the sun to rise first.

The luminosity changes, the ray from the roof becomes pale yellow.
Captain Ryu, ??!, goes to the entrance of the hall, outside.
Kang Chul notices it too, but stays focused on Mi-Ra.

-

(looks at the sky) ...??!! Good God... What is that?!

---

FLAP-FLIP-FLAP! Ren-Bo flutters like a butterfly.
She dodges the Narrator's frames, which harass her.

-

Ren-Bo, why do you refuse to listen to me?

-

Shut up, you monster. Shut up forever!

-

You have to drill it into your skull: I won't let you finish this manhwa. If necessary, I'll deploy means you can't even imagine.

Ren-Bo tries to cover her ears. Impossible with the staff in hand.
Instead, she sings at the top of her lungs: techno music, beatbox, weird sounds.

-

~ BRO-Tshi BRO-Tshi BRO-Tshi ~ FRrrzzZZ ~ A-Tshump-A-Tshump-A-Tshump...

-

(louder) You capricious, stubborn little fool. You're an unbearable character of stupidity, insolence and inconsistency.

-

(screams) BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA...

-

I'M GOING TO SHUT FOREVER THAT STUPIDITY FAUCET YOU USE AS A MOUTH.

SHHAAAMMMM!!!!!...... In the ENTIRE SKY...
... The diaphanous clarity of dawn is replaced by a DIRTY PALE YELLOW BACKGROUND.

-

??!

---

Yeon-Joo looks out the window:
The sky is completely pale yellow, dirty like washed-out paper.
She widens her eyes in stupefaction...
... growing into fright... then into terror!

-

No... NO... It's UNTHINKABLE?!!!

---

As if the sky were paper, a black line engraves from East to West.
Then another line scrapes the sky, from the horizon to the zenith.
Followed by other black lines scarring every place in the sky...

SCRATCH... An immense black hole tears the sky at the zenith, to the West.
SCRATCH... An immense black hole tears the sky at the zenith, to the East.
SCRAAATCH... An even bigger black hole at the horizon, tearing the paper sky.

In the two holes at the zenith appear diamond-shaped pupils. Aberrant eyes!
In the hole at the horizon grow deformed teeth. A hideous mouth!
The entirety of the SKY has become... THE NARRATOR'S FACE!!!

---

At the entrance, Captain Ryu looks at the sky, petrified with fright.
The Narrator's face is visible from everywhere in this hemisphere.

-

(panicked) Kang Chul!!! Kang Chul!!! The horrible face from the tablet... It's everywhere, EVERYWHERE IN THE SKY!!!

Kang Chul, barely surprised, doesn't bother to get up.
He keeps Mi-Ra in his arms.

-

(pathetic) Captain, from now on... everything depends on Ren-Bo.

---

(The real geographic names are kept, even though different in the Crossover.)

FLAP-FLAP-FLAP! Ren-Bo begins her odyssey, the crossing of Korea from East to West.
A small butterfly fluttering under an overwhelming threat, omnipresent in the immensity of the sky.
An absurd God, omnipotent and omniscient, but unconscious of his madness and his cruelty.

As Ren-Bo flies over the gigantic Mount Sorak, the Narrator's voice thunders in the heavens.

-

I WILL MAKE YOU A CRIPPLE FOR LIFE, UNABLE TO BREAK UP WITH PARK SIN-MOO.

Without any yellow frame anywhere:
Heavy electrified black clouds appear above Ren-Bo...
KA-ZRAKK!!! Lightning strikes her!!!

Ren-Bo plummets in a chaotic spiral...

---

Ren-Bo dissolves from "Real" to "Image" on Yoon-Hee's tablet.
Yoon-Hee, confused and upset, searches on the image...

-

The frame... Where is the Narrator's frame?!!

Soo-Bong, !!!, distressed by the same drawing on his tablet.

-

(doubt) She... She really got hurt?!

He copies the blue frame "Confused, she had a hallucination.".
He pastes it into the manhwa, successfully.
But when the image changes, it displays:
¤ Ren-Bo stunned, falling into a ravine of Mount Sorak.

-

(!!! ... horrified) No?! ... NO!!!

Yeon-Joo, very anxious, looks at the drawing...
... which fades... without being replaced by another.

-

(apoplectic) Our blue frame doesn't work, and... He's able to affect a main character??!!!

-

(pale) Without using a yellow frame...?!

---

In the void of the orbits, the diamond pupils oscillate downward.
The Narrator scans Mount Sorak, searching for his prey... Ren-Bo.

---

No other drawing appears on the tablet...

-

(tormented) Why is nothing happening anymore...? And Ren-Bo??!

---

Ren-Bo is groggy but conscious, holding her staff...
KrrkKkk... a ball of lightning crackles at the tip.
The staff served as a lightning rod and energy accumulator.

FLIP-FLAP! She flies, hidden in the canyon of the ravine...
A valley at the end. FLIP-FLOP! Tight turn to follow a cliff...
Void at the end. FLAP-FLIP! She dives along the flank of a wooded mountain.
FLIP-FLIP! She slaloms at ground level, between the Siberian pines.
Concealed by the canopy of branches. The sky barely visible.

---

On Soo-Bong's tablet:
¤ Ren-Bo flies out of a valley, leaving Mount Sorak.

-

(overwhelmed) Our little Ren-Bo... She found a way to hide in the manhwa!

-

(tormented) If we can see her in the manhwa... The Narrator won't take long to find her!!

-

Except when it goes too fast, we can help her! (starts drawing)

-

What's your idea?

Yoon-Hee draws big lateral strokes and puffs of air.

---

FLAP-FLAP! Ren-Bo flies above the city of Inje...
Suddenly-- Woofff... A gust propels her. Ren-Bo, ?!

~

A favorable wind, from East to West of Korea.

The Narrator's retinas dilate. He found Ren-Bo!
She is reflected in fractals in the diamonds.
The Narrator whispers, no one can hear, then...

-

I WILL PIERCE YOUR WINGS, JUST ENOUGH SO YOU SURVIVE, AND JUST ENOUGH SO YOU NEVER FLY AGAIN.

Ren-Bo sees something like a swarm of mosquitoes in the sky...
As it approaches, !!!, they are actually hundreds of drones!
One-meter quadrotors, high-frequency machine guns, non-lethal caliber.

Drrrttrttrttrtt... They fire! Thousands of darts rain down on Ren-Bo!
VRLLLLLLL...!!! She whirls her staff at high frequency to parry the shots.
Tink-Tink-Tink-Tink-Tink-Tink-Tink-Tink-Tink... An impassable barrier!
Boom!... Boom! A few drones explode, hit by deflected shots.

The swarm overflows Ren-Bo, partially encircles her.
Drrrttrttrttrtt... They machine-gun her from all sides, shredding her with buckshot.
Zitsh-tzach-skt-skr-skatsh-ziv-zosh-sak-fzk... In a flash:
Her wings are ravaged, pierced with dozens of mini-orifices!
Her body is abraded raw, bloody, her clothes in tatters!

-

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH !!!!!!! (extreme suffering)

In an instinctive reflex caused by the pain--
KRA-KRZZZZTT!!! Ren-Bo discharges the electricity stored by her staff.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Drones explode. The lightning chains from one drone to another and--
Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom!!! HUNDREDS OF EXPLOSIONS!!!

Ren-Bo falls like a stone, moaning in pain...
Woofff... An updraft lifts her back up.
She floats randomly, carried by this wind, and blown by the East current...
Unable to beat her wings, face and body bloody, she breaks down!

-

(tears of pain and despair) Boo hoo hoo... Araah... Boo hoo hoo...

---

Ren-Bo dissolves from "Real" to "Image" on Soo-Bong's tablet.
Soo-Bong, !!!, shocked. Immediately, he draws on Ren-Bo's wings.

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(horrified) Now it's certain... HE HAS BECOME ABLE TO KILL A MAIN CHARACTER!!!

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(heart broken) Boo hoo... Courage my little angel... Boo hoo hoo... I'm with you...

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On Ren-Bo's pierced wings: KZZT! Silky down materializes and fills the orifices.
FLAP! A wingbeat. KZZT! A syringe of green liquid materializes in her hand.

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(tears) Thank you... Oppa...

Tshik! She plunges the syringe into her belly and empties it.
The special remedy gradually heals her wounds.
FLAP-FLAP-FLAP! She continues her ordeal toward the West.

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The Narrator's diamond pupils scan various places in the country.
He searches for extraordinary resources, but with a credible context.

In the north of the country, he finds a military base.
The Narrator whispers, but no one can hear.
Trucks equipped with surface-to-air batteries start up.
Bombers roll on a runway.

He looks at the ocean west of Seoul.
The Narrator whispers, but no one can hear.
Above the sea, cloud masses agglomerate.

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Kang Chul tenderly wraps Mi-Ra in his arms.

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(at the entrance) President Kang!

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(?!) ... Hyung... (smiles with difficulty) Hey, you're looking great.

Kang Chul holds out his hand, an invitation for a hug.
Do-Yoon rushes toward him, kneels beside him and--
Hug! Kang Chul closes his arm manfully.

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(tear in his eye) Why did you do something so crazy? Without even talking to me about it first. Without me having time to... to...

Tud! Tud! Tud! He pounds Do-Yoon's back.

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(moved) President Kang, at this rate, I won't stay in shape for long.

They separate. Do-Yoon looks at inert Mi-Ra, worried.

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And she... Is she okay?

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(looks at Mi-Ra tragically) ... Yes.

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... (senses he's lying, but nothing to say out of decency)

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Oh. (takes out SF's pistol and holds it out to Do-Yoon)

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?! (takes the pistol)

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Hide this somewhere in this temple. When the manhwa is finished, Ren-Bo will use it to repatriate your favorite car.

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(looks at a fragment of the Narrator, through the hole in the roof) The manhwa is going to end? I'm happy to see you optimistic.

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(looks at Mi-Ra) Yes, it has to. (sad) We have to stay optimistic.

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FLAP-FLIP-FLAP! As Ren-Bo flies over the East coast of Lake Soyang...

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REN-BO, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS USELESS... IF YOU DIE, I'LL CHOOSE ANOTHER PROTAGONIST TO CONTINUE THE MANHWA.

Svzzz... Svzzz... Svzzz... (!!) Trails of fire shoot up from the ground.
She panics, flies chaotically to avoid the shots, but--
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The shells explode higher up, spraying shrapnel.
Smart-shells, imprecise because they detect poorly a small size like Ren-Bo.

SVZZZZ!! A shell grazes her! By chance, doesn't explode nearby.
Ren-Bo, !!, cold sweat! "quick, change tactics!".
She looks at the ground, kilometers below. ZOOM of super-vision:
Anti-aircraft cannons pound, mounted on trucks, from a coastal village.

FLOP-FLAP! Ren-Bo dives in a nosedive!
The shell salvos become more concentrated, easy to anticipate.
The detectors adjust too late, the shells explode too high.

The Narrator sketches a repulsive smile.
His diamonds fix a squadron of bombers at altitude.
Their bomb bays open: Blead-Blead-Blead-Blead-Blead...
They drop dozens of THERMOBARIC BOMBS!

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FLIP-FLIP-FLIP! Ren-Bo zigzags between the military trucks, in a coastal village.
PFOM! PFOM! PFOM! Their surface-to-air batteries are now unable to target her.
She sees panicked villagers, pointing at the sky... Ren-Bo, ?!!

BROOM!!! BROOM!!! BROOM!!! BROOM!!! BROOM!!! BROOM!!! BROOM!!! BROOM!!! BROOM!!!
Kilometers of coast erupt in titanic explosions. Incinerating everything and everyone.
An unheard-of violence!!! An apocalyptic deluge of fire!!!!! No trace of Ren-Bo...

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The infernal ravage dissolves from "Real" to "Image" on Soo-Bong's tablet.

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(horrified) REN-BO!!!

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(devastated) How many hundreds of people died here?!!

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Unnie, the Narrator doesn't care... but... There's no "END" written, Ren-Bo might be alive!!

The outside light darkens. (??) Yeon-Joo goes to the window.
Soo-Bong stares at his tablet: no new drawing... Suddenly--
Crash!! A gust destroys the window and projects Yeon-Joo into the room!
Wossh!! A waterspout rushes in.
KrZzt! Electrical spurt, Yoon-Hee's tablet dies drowned.

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(!!) DON'T STAY HERE!!

Soo-Bong evacuates with his tablet, blown out of the room.
Yoon-Hee holds firm by her weight, whipped by the wind and the downpour.
She helps Yeon-Joo out, soaked and barely conscious.

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In the adjacent room, Soo-Bong sits away from the door.
Yoon-Hee settles Yeon-Joo on a bench. She moans, groggy.
BrRrrrr... A tremor shakes the entire hospital.

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What... What is it?

Yoon-Hee goes to the door, looks at the window without entering.
She squints, whipped by the storm, distraught.

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A hurricane... A hurricane like creation has never known... As if God put centuries of anger into it.

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... !!!

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And... It's heading East!

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Offshore from the incinerated coast, on the lake undulating under the breeze...
Sflash! ... Ren-Bo surges from the water like a flying fish.
Her staff is already whirling. She gulps a big breath of air, and--
Sfloof! She dives back in, driven by the staff spinning like a propeller.

The Narrator scans the incinerated area.
He then scans the lake, sees nothing but the general swell.
He scans the incinerated area again.

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Do-Yoon and Captain Ryu wait on the outdoor porch.
They see Wang Shin join them, rifle slung.
He smiles and Tap!, claps Do-Yoon's shoulder. Ouch, discomfort.

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I was happy to see you alive in my sights, after that magic flash.

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I was especially happy that you didn't miss your target.

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Hu-Hooo, that never happens. And Kang Chul?

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(looks toward the hall) He prefers to be alone, with his wife.

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(to Wang Shin) We received a message while you were perched. Your wife and the other artists are here.

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(worried) ...?!

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Well, I mean, at the other end of the country.

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...... (bad feeling)

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On a shore of the West coast of the lake...

Sflash! ... Ren-Bo comes out of the water like a flying fish.
Vrafff!! She crashes under dense trees bordering the shore.
She lies inert, exhausted and shivering from the cold.

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(moans, cries) Agh... Boo hoo... I can't take it anymore... Boo hoo hoo...

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Ren-Bo dissolves from "Real" to "Image" on Soo-Bong's tablet.

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(heart wounded) My little angel... (cries) Boo hoo hoo...

He draws on the image, next to Ren-Bo.
He doesn't notice the tablet's charge indicator: 29%.

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Ren-Bo is chilled and exhausted. Within reach of her hand...
KZZT! Drinks and chocolate bars "Energy 3000" appear.
KZZT! A message appears in her hand. She reads it:

~

Rest a little here. I love you. -PSB

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(tears, heart warmed) I love you too, Oppa.

KZZT! A blanket appears over her.

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Yeon-Joo enters. The room is soaked, but neither wind nor rain.

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Looks like it calmed down.

She looks out the window: the hurricane has moved away to the East.
She opens a cupboard, and takes brooms and towels from it.

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We should come back here. It's better lit, and we can watch the Narrator.

She wipes table and chair with the towel.
Yoon-Hee enters, followed by Soo-Bong with his tablet.
Yeon-Joo sweeps. Soo-Bong places his tablet on the table.
He sees on it:
¤ Ren-Bo flies in the sky, in good shape.

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Ren-Bo is back on the road.

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(looks at the hurricane through the window, terrified) And she's going to have to face this cataclysm...

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FLAP-FLAP-FLAP! Ren-Bo flies toward the city of Chuncheon.
(!) She sees beyond, a dark mass approaching from the West...
... a NIGHTMARISH CYCLONE 80km in diameter!

A "midget cyclone", smaller than other typhoons, but more powerful.
Force 5 is the highest grade, but it would need a dedicated Force 6!

FLOP! She stops in a hover, judging the hurricane from one end to the other.

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(frightened) Too immense... Impossible to go around...

She looks back and hesitates, "turn back?", when--

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IF THE MANHWA REFUSES A NEW PROTAGONIST AND ENDS WITH YOUR DEATH, AT LEAST I'LL HAVE THE SATISFACTION OF SEEING YOU DIE BEFORE I FALL ASLEEP.

The Narrator irritates her. That galvanizes her.
She turns around, facing the cyclone!

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(grimace of fear and derision) Here's where my sentimental manhwa is at... At least, for the "torture the heroine" part, it's a success.

She grips her staff to give herself courage and...
FLIP-FLAP! She flies toward the cyclone!

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(desperate, sobs) Oppa, help me, for pity's sake. I'll never make it alone.

After a few flaps of wings...
KZZT! A message appears in her hand.
She reads it. Just a little hope. (we don't see what)

She examines the center of the cyclone, looking for a detail.
KZZT! A backpack appears, attached to her abdomen. (wings oblige)
Voofff... She enters the turbulence, a violent circular wind.

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Yeon-Joo looks at the hurricane through the window, far to the East.

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That corresponds to Chuncheon: 300,000 inhabitants. (devastated) No one is prepared. There will be thousands of deaths.

Soo-Bong isn't listening. He struggles to draw. Stylus jerks.

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Shit! Print yourself!!!

The stylus blackens the center of the cyclone, however...
... the strokes struggle to print, because of the gigantism of the real phenomenon.

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The city is ravaged by the cyclone and its waves of violent torrential downpours.

Building facades detonate. Windows explode. Roofs are torn off.
People caught in the street scream, run. Some are swallowed into the skies.
Trees are uprooted. All urban furniture dislocates, detaches and flies away.

Tshak! A flying billboard decapitates an unfortunate passerby.

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Ren-Bo flies toward the center of the cyclone, riddled by the freezing rain.
Ultra-violent winds, loaded with debris.
(!!) A big branch threatens to impale her--
BRANG! She destroys it with a staff strike. The next instant--
VROOFFF... A 500km/h wind carries her away like a straw.

Ren-Bo drifts, random particle in the maelstrom. Wing beats useless.
(!) She sees a dark zone in the center, a physical anomaly.
She tries to reach it. In vain! The storm tosses her in every direction.
She suffocates, freezes, spirals, loses sight and orientation.
Then, SELF-DENIAL! One ultimate effort...

Ren-Bo extends her staff toward the hurricane, attracting the innumerable sources of lightning.
KKrakK-KrRr-KRAkK-KKRRRAK... Dozens of lightning bolts strike her staff and charge it.
Instinctively, she points her staff toward the dark zone in the center and...

KA-ZRAAAAAK-KR-KR-KR-KR-KR... She discharges a plasma of thousands of electric arcs.
It creates a local perturbation, reversing the polarity, neutralizing the winds!
FLAP-FLAP-FLAP!!! She plunges into this air hole, then disappears into the dark zone!
(A theory of geo-engineering, or plasma sheath propulsion, that she is unaware of.)

---

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The Narrator's hideous mouth smiles... then tightens with doubt.
His diamond eyes search everywhere for the word "END".
He scans again, but sees nothing... and smiles again.

---

Captain Ryu, Do-Yoon and Wang Shin scan the sky.
Worried, they see the Narrator's horrible mouth smile!

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CONTEMPLATE ALL. REN-BO IS DEAD AND THERE IS NO END. THE MANHWA HAS ACCEPTED MY NEW PROTAGONIST. THE FINAL CHAPTER WILL BE CANCELED. THIS STORY WILL CONTINUE FOREVER!

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(afflicted) Ren-Bo...

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Yoon-Hee and Yeon-Joo look at the Narrator through the window, devastated.

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"TO BE CONTINUED"... I SHOULD WRITE "TO BE CONTINUED" NOW. MANHWA, WHY DON'T YOU ASK ME TO GO BACK WHERE I CAME FROM? SO THAT BEYOND IMAGINATION, I CAN WRITE "TO BE CONTINUED"?

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(desperate hope) Maybe... It's because Ren-Bo survived?

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(appalled) He should rather go back to a psychiatric hospital.

Soo-Bong has his eyes closed, fists joined in front of his mouth. He prays hard!

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The winds swirl around the peaceful eye of the cyclone.
There is a dark anomaly on the wall of circular winds.
Ren-Bo comes out of it! FLAP-FLAP! She climbs in altitude.
Zip! She opens the bag attached to her abdomen.

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Like a plea from Lucifer to God:

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MANHWA, WHY DON'T YOU ASK ME? WHY?! WHYY?!! WHYYY?!!!

The Narrator calms down... He scans the hurricane, but cannot see the eye of the cyclone.
He understands progressively, face tensed with dissatisfaction: "Ren-Bo is alive!"

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FLAP-FLAP! Ren-Bo climbs in altitude, climbs, climbs...
She wears an oxygen mask, wired to O2 bottles in her bag.
She is dressed in a light insulating suit attached to...
... a small helium stratospheric balloon, above her.

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FLAP-FLOP! Ren-Bo exits the eye of the Cyclone at 12km altitude, in the tropopause!
She has to beat her wings hard, because of the lack of oxygen.
But her balloon helps her compensate for the lack of lift.

The Narrator looks at the cyclone, and yet he doesn't see her...

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REN-BO, WHERE ARE YOU HIDING? I WILL FIND YOU, I WILL CRUSH YOU!

FLIP-FLAP! Ren-Bo flies over the cyclone, toward the West.
The diamond retinas are focused far away, spread to see normally.

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REPUGNANT INSECT, WHERE ARE YOU HIDING? I WILL FIND YOU, I WILL GAS YOU WITH INSECTICIDE!

Ren-Bo turns toward him and flplpl!, thumbs her nose at him childishly.
The Narrator is unable to see her because... she is right under his nose!!

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They look anxiously at Soo-Bong's tablet, displaying no image.

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AaAaah, this wait is driving me crazy.

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Neither "END", nor "TO BE CONTINUED", she's okay. She should stay hidden in the manhwa as long as--

The tablet displays "A little earlier", and Ren-Bo flying in the eye of the cyclone.
Then a series of flashbacks scrolling in a flash, stopping on:
¤ Ren-Bo flies in the tropopause, leaving the cyclone zone.

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(anguish) Now, the Narrator risks finding her.

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FLAP-FLAP-FLAP! Ren-Bo flies over the north of Lake Chongpyong, at 10km high.
She is exhausted by the high altitude, the cold, the weak lift.

The Narrator scans at altitude, now alerted by the manhwa.
He briefly sees a blurry point fluttering, still too close, then...
His diamond retinas slide toward each other in their orbits, to the extreme.
HE SQUINTS!!! And now, he sees Ren-Bo, so close to him!

Targeted between the two eyes, Ren-Bo detects his presence.
She unhooks her balloon, and--
Voop!! She lets herself fall, staff pointed toward the ground to accelerate.
A respite to recover and reach a more favorable altitude...
Whipped by the wind, she removes her oxygen mask and drops her bag.

The Narrator whispers, no one can hear, then...

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YOU FLY WELL REN-BO. BUT SOME THINGS FLY MUCH BETTER. FIGHTER PLANES 4 TIMES FASTER, ARMED WITH MISSILES 20 TIMES FASTER.

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!!! (ZOOM of super-vision, sees in the distance:)

A squadron of 6 fighter planes approaching at supersonic speed!!!
Futuristic 6th-generation fighters, the ultimate killing machine in the air.

Ren-Bo, !!!, terrified. They surpass her in everything, except her only assets:
Butterfly super-senses, extraordinary agility, and unmatched quickness of mind.

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Seized by terror, Soo-Bong tries to apply his stylus.
But the drawings chain at full speed:
¤ Ren-Bo, ¤ a jet, ¤ a pilot, ¤ Ren-Bo, ¤ another jet...

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(panicked) It's going way too fast! I can't do anything!!!

At the top of the tablet, the charge indicator: "11%".

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Ren-Bo flies at low altitude, with the advantage.
But her trajectory is erratic, because of her holed wing.
FROSHH... Jet 3 fires a supersonic missile. Ren-Bo, !!!

SLOW MOTION :
Ren-Bo catches Jet 4 in her peripheral vision.
Her butterfly instinct anticipates the speeds of the jet and the missile.
FLIP! A beat to curve the missile's trajectory.
She extends her staff, and--

FLASH! Luminous burst! Missile blinded.
FLAP! She dodges. ZROSHH! The missile grazes her and--
BROOMMM!!! Explodes Jet 4!!! Fireball.

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As soon as she lands, Ren-Bo collapses to her knees and--
Blewargh... She vomits... traumatized, trembling all over her body.

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(heartbreaking crisis) AaArah... Boo hoo hoo hoo... Agh... Araah... Boo hoo hoo hoo...

Her wings are sore from fatigue, their luminous glow dulled.
She is broken by the violence, the repeated sensation of imminent death, the absence of respite.
A total exhaustion, physical and moral, impregnated with permanent fear...

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Ren-Bo dissolves from "Real" to "Image" on the tablet.
Soo-Bong, heart wounded, shares her affliction.
He draws on her wing to heal the laser wound.

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Ren-Bo ponders, on all fours, eyes blank in the grass.
KZZT! The hole in her wing seals.
She doesn't notice, wonders what desperate decision she must take.
KZZT! A paper appears in front of her. She reads it:

~

Rest a little here, my angel. -PSB

Ren-Bo stands up, dispels her last doubts and...

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No. That will just give him time to prepare something else. I have to finish this and fast, no matter the fatigue.

KZZT! A can of "Energy 3000" appears in her hand.

---

-

At least drink that, my angel.

A new drawing appears: Ren-Bo looking toward the sky and...

~

(moved smile) With a straw, would that be possible?

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(moved smile) Of course, my angel.

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FLAP-FLIP-FLAP! Ren-Bo flies above the city of Namyangju.
Slurpp... She sips her can with a straw. Sprogloglo! Drinks the last drops.
She sees the Capital (Seoul) on the horizon, the end of her journey.

As she feared, these minutes of calm had an expiration, since...

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THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE, REN-BO! TURN BACK, OR YOU WILL RETURN TO DUST, INEXORABLY!

Ren-Bo throws her can aggressively toward the Narrator.
Then she stares at him with anger and...
The SPARK in her eyes SHINES intensely!

The Narrator grimaces! The closest expression to fright in him.
His diamond retinas slowly turn away...
He cannot sustain that spark. An unknown mystery that he dreads.

Ren-Bo continues to fly.
The Narrator tenses with a cold fury.

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IF THIS IS THE END, IT WILL BE THE END FOR BOTH OF US. IT WILL BE THE END FOR EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS. AND I WILL WAKE UP ONE DISTANT DAY. I HAVE ETERNITY FOR THAT.

He scans higher than the sky and his mouth twists into a demented smile.

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In the distance, the Crossover's planet Earth.

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IN SPACE, THERE IS AN ASTEROID!

pop! An asteroid appears in space. The size of a villa!

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A BIG ASTEROID!!

Pop!! The asteroid grows x10. The size of a skyscraper!!

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BIG ENOUGH TO REDUCE THIS COUNTRY TO A CRATER!!!

POP!!! The asteroid grows x10. The size of a mountain!!!

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... !!!! (helpless, unable to face it)

She cries in terror... then as a last resort... stubborn...
FLAP-FLAP-FLAP! She continues to fly, forcing herself to ignore this apocalypse notice!

:

(horrified by her decision) I will not turn back. It will kill me. It will kill every living soul. It will maybe destroy the entire world. But... It will end my manhwa and send this monster back into the darkness.

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Yeon-Joo and Yoon-Hee observe the Narrator through the window, breath cut short.

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(trembling) He - He - He decided to flip the table. He's going to disintegrate everyone, us with them, to make sure he kills Ren-Bo.

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(tears) Like the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs. There will only be a sea of lava left in place of Korea.

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Soo-Bong!

The tablet is blank for now.
Soo-Bong waits livid, stylus above, ready to erase.
Now! The asteroid appears!
He gives an eraser stroke, erasing almost nothing, and--
Battery indicator: "0%". Switch! The tablet shuts off!

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NOOO!!! ... Agh... (clicks the switch in vain)

-

!!!

-

!!!

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(desperate) Ren-Bo! Ren-Bo! I have to draw for Ren-Bo!!!

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(pale) There's no power to recharge it, in this abandoned hospital.

-

(fatalistic) The strokes barely print. Even with that, there's nothing we could do...

They feel the pure terror deep in their guts... the inexorable death.

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(frightened) Kang Chul, is the sky really going to fall on our heads?

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(afflicted) We're dead, right?

-

We might survive, protected by Mount Sorak, for a fraction of a second. (fatalistic) Just enough time to be sent back to the real world automatically, at the end of the manhwa... triggered by Ren-Bo's death.

-

My wife will take this meteor full force. So I hope your prediction is wrong, and that I'll die with her! (leaves)

Then Kang Chul ignores them. He looks sadly at comatose Mi-Ra.

He leans over her, kisses her forehead at length, desperate.
Captain Ryu and Do-Yoon look at him with pity.
He is so pathetic, so broken, but he moves them.

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(to Mi-Ra) He's right my love. I won't be able to live without you either. I don't think the manhwa will send you back, so let's die together.

Kang Chul, tragic, contemplates inert Mi-Ra...

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