Introduction: Crushed by poverty, isolation, and a life without purpose, a young man finds his only refuge in "Aether Punk," a game where he can escape reality and watch his avatar rise as a hero. When he鈥檚 chosen as a pre-experience tester for the game鈥檚 new version, his heart races with the chance to turn dreams into reality. But fate has other plans. Distracted by his smartphone, he鈥檚 struck by a dump truck and meets an untimely end. Yet death isn鈥檛 the final curtain鈥攈is consciousness awakens in a rundown room, inside a stranger鈥檚 body, beside a device straight out of the game he adored....