There was no choice. As soon as I was born, I was thrown into the world in Hell Mode.

Shut-in, outcast, loser, hikikomori. Those were the keywords of my life.

Because I was blind.

It was only natural that I ended up locking myself away in my room. It was inevitable that I couldn’t understand a world I had never seen.

Then, one day, a strange message appeared before me.

[You have awakened.]

Ah, so this is what they mean. When people say they’re seeing things.

For the first time in my life, I saw something.

"Is this a dream?"

At first, I really thought it was a dream.

But wouldn’t that be strange?

Blind people dream too, but for someone like me, who was born blind, dreams don’t contain visual elements. Light, colors, shapes—those were just foreign concepts I had never experienced. To me, they were nothing more than abstract shadows conjured by my other senses.

"Maybe I’m dying."

I closed my eyes and opened them again.

But the message was still there, stuck in my vision.

I rubbed my eyes. I waved my hands in front of me. Still the same.

"…This is starting to get creepy."

And then—

Ding!

A clear sound rang out, and a blue message window unfolded before me.

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[Status Window]

Name: Kim Hamin
Level: 1
Unique Skill: Reversal (F-rank)

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An F-rank skill.

"Figures."

For someone like me who started life in Hell Mode, born blind, it was a fitting rank.

As I waved my hand around, I must have accidentally pressed something, because the skill description popped up.

Ding!

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[Unique Skill]

Name: Reversal
Rank: F
Cooldown: This skill can only be used once.
Description: Can momentarily reverse the properties of an object, situation, or concept.

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Well, it’s just a dream anyway.

I had no intention of taking this seriously.

So I decided to just try it out.

"Then let’s reverse this F-rank skill called Reversal."

I said it like a small joke.

But… something felt off.

The blue window in front of me began to ripple strangely, then suddenly exploded in a burst of blinding light.

For someone who had never seen light before, it was an overwhelming sensation, as if I would go blind for the first time in my life.

The text in the skill window began to change.

Fwoosh!

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[Unique Skill]

Name: Reversal
Rank: Ex
Description: An absolute power that can overturn the very nature of the world itself. Even fate can be defied with a single use.
Cooldown: This skill can only be used once. If not activated within 3 seconds, it will disappear forever.

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"…What?"

Ex?

From the lowest F-rank to suddenly Ex-rank?

More importantly—

Tick. Tock.

I could see the seconds counting down.

3 seconds. 2 seconds.

The pressure of having to use this seemingly incredible ability before the timer ran out!

But…

I had no idea how to use it.

My mind was going blank, and before I knew it, I found myself pointing a finger at myself.

"Then… can I use it on myself?"

It was just a sudden thought.

Time was running out, and a blind person like me had nothing else to focus on.

Without sight, the only thing I could perceive first was my own body, my own senses, my own existence.

So I used the skill on myself.

The moment the words left my lips, everything stopped.

Time froze, the air stilled, even my heartbeat seemed to halt.

No—perhaps the entire world had come to a standstill.

But I felt it, unmistakably.

The chains that had bound me, the darkness that had shackled me, shattering one by one, breaking apart and finally reversing.

And then—

For the first time, I truly faced my world.

I could see.

But, I could see too well.