New York. Inside FBI Headquarters.
Inside Deputy Director Mick's office, Gerard, head of the joint task force for the Colombia nuclear incident, and Senior Agent Sophie sat across from Mick. They were seated formally, the atmosphere tense.
The joint task force had since been disbanded, bringing the case to a successful conclusion. Gerard and Sophie had returned to the FBI to resume their previous duties.
But Sophie knew that things could never go back to the way they were.
Over the past few days, she had used a virtual reality device to complete all the game missions in the "True Apocalypse Game." Although she had been tortured to death and back countless times in the Gray Tide apocalypse, the experience had left her utterly shaken.
Everything was so real. Combined with recent real-world news, including the Petrification Disease outbreak, it made her realize just what kind of danger Earth and human civilization had faced.
