Ishida Fujinuma was nobody. A name whispered in passing, a shadow among the crowd—unremarkable, overlooked, bound to a life of quiet insignificance. That is, until the day the maze reached out and claimed him. Without warning, without reason, he was torn from the world he knew and thrust into a nightmare where every step was a battle, and every breath a struggle for survival. The maze, a twisted realm that devoured those it chose, had cursed him, and cursed him hard. No one could ever say he was chosen—it was a punishment, pure and simple. Yet, within the suffocating grip of this fate, something far darker stirred.