The Villain Wants to Leave the Fighting World

Seojun keeps the dead alive by writing what officials leave out, and the latest witness tells him a gate event happened in reverse. That single lie pulls him back into the fighting world, where his own earlier self stands ready as the enemy he must stop. He starts training with shaky wrists, bad footwork, and a mind that never stops comparing every lesson to the life he already lost. Then Yihan, the junior who hides his staff and looks at him like he already hurts, makes the fight personal. Seojun needs skill, proof, and the courage to want one man when wanting him can ruin both clans.