"They say the dead don't speak. They lied. They scream, and they remember every face that let them die."

Adrian Ace Miller was a professional at doing nothing. A shut-in gamer and a self-proclaimed coward, his only goal was to survive another day of unemployment. But when the world tilts and he wakes up in the clinical, shadow-drenched halls of Nox Corporation, "survival" takes on a terrifying new meaning.

Recruited as Unit 091, Adrian is no longer a player—he is an "asset" in a high-stakes experiment where ghosts are the currency and fear is the fuel. Beside him stands David Halter, a man who claims to be his "shield," but who is slowly losing his own humanity to protect a ghost from his past.

How many pieces of yourself must you cut away to survive? When the "Coward" finally finds his courage, will there be anything left of the man he used to be?

"Warning: Entry into Nox Corporation may involve: Coarse language, experimental psychological distress, and the occasional loss of humanity. Proceed at your own risk."
                                                                                                                                            -Unit 091

My voice came out as no more than a whisper. All the air from my lungs was gone, and my limbs were tired.


I crawled with every ounce of strength left, but my body refused to obey—each centimeter felt impossibly far.


"N—no. Everything is fake. Fake! This is a simulation! A set!"


I had lost all reasoning. The darkness felt cramped and suffocating. 


But there was one I could never forget.


Chapter 14 - Episode 12: Dark