The Outbreak of War

“Phew.”

Early morning.

Yu Yena took a sip of coffee and looked out the window.

The view of Neo Seoul in the middle of the morning rush. Even though she saw it every day, it felt especially alien today.

Yu Yena had not come to work earlier than everyone else today.

Nor was she the sort of person who began her mornings elegantly with coffee and brunch.

She simply hadn’t been able to leave work.

She only drank coffee because she couldn’t concentrate without it.

Given how meticulous she was about taking care of herself, she usually avoided coffee—the deadly poison that followed an all-nighter.

But what could she do...