Chapter 44. The Mystery Circle
Headline: Giant Mystery Circle Appears in Hwaseong City – Aliens to Blame?
— A massive mystery circle of several kilometers in radius has appeared overnight in Hwaseong City, causing quite a stir. Residents are expressing their discomfort, and some speculate that...
Headline: Pitch-Black Mystery Circle Appears Simultaneously Around the World
Headline: Mystery Circle Appears in Hwaseong City... No Material Damage Reported
Kim Do-Joon scrolled through his phone, frowning at the articles about Hwaseong City. The news was all over the television and trending on search engines. As he scrolled down, he could see that there were hundreds of comments.
└ Maybe it was a prank with some kind of skill? Idk, sounds more plausible than aliens.
└ But it's not just in our country. If it’s a prank, how did it appear simultaneously around the world?
└ Aliens? Seriously? More like a terrorist group, lol.
└ Hwaseong... I live there... So please don't say that even as a joke...
Rather than aliens or terrorists, it might be related to the World Tree?
This thought naturally arose as Kim Do-Joon read through them. Nowadays, any phenomenon beyond comprehension was first suspected to be linked to the World Tree. Unsurprisingly, some comments echoed his thoughts.