“Outskirts of Seoul.
A closed private hospital is floating.
“There is no national certification, and it has been six years since my entry and exit records were cut off.”
Jeong Ha-yoon's voice continued.
“But what’s strange is,
The CCTV there is still running.
Someone is keeping the internal equipment powered on.”
“…Give me the coordinates.”
Dohyun didn't hesitate.
“Dohyun.
There… there is something,
“There is no guarantee that all memories are true.”
"doesn't care.
Whether I am real or fake,
“I’ll go there and judge for myself.”
The hospital is on the side of a mountain,
It was at the end of a winding road that was neither long nor short.
The sign was erased,
The iron door was covered in rust.
But the door was not locked.
He was quiet,
I stepped into the old hospital.
A lobby with little light.
A few chairs were overturned,
There was a thick layer of dust on the reception desk.
but…
That one wall,
Above the glass sign with the frame half broken
There were faint letters left.
[Clinical Research Center A Building →]
“Here… I’ve seen it before.”
I was out of breath.
I had a memory.
It wasn't specific, but—
The structure of this hallway,
The slope of the floor,
Even the spacing between fluorescent lights.
Here, I… walked.
As I opened the door at the end of the hallway,
A small room appeared.
Inside there is a desk, a bed,
and-
A wall full of boards with pictures and diagrams.
List of experimental subjects
A-01 / A-02 / A-03 …
Note: A-01 Entering the stage of behavioral pattern autonomy
Observer setup successful / External response stable
"…'setting'?"
And next to it stood an old mirror.
He walked slowly towards the mirror.
Your own appearance.
A familiar yet unfamiliar face.
In my memory, there is a face that I always believed was ‘mine’
It felt so unfamiliar at that moment.
He stood in front of the mirror and muttered.
“…It’s not a face I made,
“It was a face made by someone.”
The self beyond the mirror
He stood there expressionless, as if answering.
"however…"
“I’ve lived with that face.”
He found a picture on the board.
A photo of someone looking straight ahead.
The file was labeled ‘A-01’.
And underneath it, there was a note attached.
“D.H Protocol activated.
The subject's memories are completely structured.
“Settings have been completed so that you are not aware that you are a test subject.”
“Further course of action: Surveillance required.”
Dohyun closed his eyes.
Target of surveillance.
Memory implantation.
A protocol that prevents you from doubting your own face.
All of this means one thing.
He wasn't originally 'Lee Do-hyun'.
Or,
Even the personality of ‘Lee Do-hyun’ may have been part of the experiment.
Suddenly, the phone rang.
It was Hayoon.
“Dohyun… I’m talking about the hospital you’re in right now.”
"…why."
“The CCTV over there… just turned off.
Someone might have seen you.”