Prologue

"Executive 001, we have a mission for you."

A strange voice echoed in a pure white room.

The room consisted of a simple all-white bed, a wooden desk and chair and a wardrobe. The room seemed to be designed as if it served the purpose of driving anyone to insanity.

A man was sleeping on the desk until he opened his eyes and sat up.

The man was a fairly well-looking man with hair as black as a raven and eyes as gold as the sun. He wore a plain white shirt and black jeans which did not seem comfortable enough to sleep in.

Perhaps it was because of the voice, he wore a scowl on his face while pinching his nose bridge, "What is it again, you scoundrels?"

"Executive 001, I would prefer you to not say that word again." the voice was heard again.

The man smiled with mockery and said spitefully, "Feeling offended? Good. Just shut up and leave me alone."

A sigh was heard, "Executive 001, the authorities have personally assigned a mission to you. There is no way of getting out of this one."

"It's been a while since those worthless beings assigned me anything. I'm intrigued. What's the mission?" the man said with a hint of amusement in his voice as he turned his chair around, staring at the ceiling lamp with his vacuous eyes.

"Another dimension traveller has been detected in 'World 222'. He is the 999th dimension traveller discovered. Although the management team has sent Executive 010 and Executive 247 to retrieve him, they have been unsuccessful."

"The legendary duo failed?"

"For some reason, we have no information on this dimension traveller. Not even the archives contain his information. Hence, the authorities have assigned you this mission of retrieving him back to the organisation, alive."

The man stared at the lamp impassively and said, "What if I refuse?"

"Refusal will result in grade one punishment. It is best for you to depart now. The management team will be waiting in the control room." there was no hesitation in the mysterious voice.

The man sighed, rolled his eyes in annoyance and snapped his fingers.

Instantly, the man was wearing a black coat which appeared out of nowhere. The man stood up from the chair and headed outside.

Outside the strange room was a lengthy hallway in white and grey. There were countless doors lining up from both sides of the walls.

The man remained monotonous and silent as he walked along the hallway. There was no one in this hallway. It was as if it was a deceiving ploy that would lure people into this isolated passageway which might lead to an endless cycle.

The walk continued until another path opened up at the front. The man continues to walk along the hallways until he stopped in front of a door which had a sign that said, 'Control Room'.

The man pushed the door open.

The room was filled with monitors as people in white coats were running around like it was the end of the world.

"Ah! You're finally here!" a lady with blazing red hair and golden eyes exclaimed. She beamed at the man as if he was her saviour.

She handed the man a file and said, "This is the world that 999 was originally from. He's recently spotted in 'World 222'. There's no time. You need to go now."

Ember then pulled out a backpack from a box under a desk, "Almost forgot! Here're your essential gears!"

"I don't need it." The man said in an unchanging tone and proceeded to flip through the file.

After a while, he closed the file and found Ember standing in front of him as though she had something to speak of.

"What do you want?" The man said with a blank expression.

"Don't act like you haven't known me for years, Eleutherius!" Ember pouted.

There was a flash of pain in Eleutherius' eyes before they returned to their usual aridity, "That's... not my name... I'm now merely Executive 001."

Ember stared at the man before her in surprise. She then shifted her gaze to the floor before dismissing herself, "Ah. Yes. Sorry about that. I will take my leave now."

Eleutherius glanced at her retreating figure with a pained expression as he clutched the file in his hand.

"There's no need to be sorry, Ember. I chose this myself. As I have long abandoned my identity to save 'them'..."