- Minsu and the Ant Civilization
- He unintentionally possesses size-altering abilities reminiscent of Marvel's Ant-Man. While the association with Ant-Man seems fitting given his entanglement with ants, please remember that it was not intentional.
It was a warm afternoon.
Minsu was lying on the grass, observing ants.
He had loved watching insects since he was a child. But today, something strange caught his eye. Some ants were moving continuously in one direction, not searching for food.
That's odd...
Minsu looked around. No one was there.
He used his ability.
His body slowly began to shrink. Grains of soil became like rocks, and blades of grass looked like giant trees.
It was then.
Minsu, what are you doing here?
A voice from behind, and then You's hand touched Minsu's shoulder.
And at that moment—
Minsu's body was still in the process of shrinking.
You's body also began to shrink along with Minsu.
A few seconds later, the change stopped.
Minsu had become ant-sized, and beside him stood You, shrunk to the same size.
A brief silence.
Minsu scratched his head and smiled.
...It's the first time a person has shrunk with me. Come to think of it, every time I used my ability, the clothes I was wearing also shrank, but I just thought it was incredibly normal all this time....
The two looked ahead.
In the direction the ants were heading, there was a giant passage with hexagonal structures.
It looked too intricate to have been formed naturally.
It seemed more like an artificial structure built by some civilization.
Minsu said quietly,
Hey... you're not going to tell anyone, right?
And he pointed towards the passage.
Instead... want to go in together?
Deep within the Earth, there exist traces of an ancient civilization unknown to humanity.
This civilization was not built by humans, but by ants.
Long, long ago, beings of the same species as present-day ants but with far higher intelligence
constructed a vast civilization beneath the Earth's surface.
They were not mere insects but a species that built cities,
developed technology,
and formed a colossal underground civilization.
They left behind numerous underground cities, hexagonal structures,
and mysterious devices incomprehensible even to human technology.
However, at some point, their civilization suddenly perished.
Whether it was war,
a catastrophe,
or if they simply vanished of their own accord,
the reason is still unknown to anyone.
But they did not disappear entirely.
Even now, some ants exhibit behavior driven by an inexplicable instinct to move towards a certain direction.
Their destination is the ruins of the ancient ant civilization.
Minsu
Minsu is a super-powered individual with the ability to alter his size.
However, he wasn't aware of this ability from the start.
From a young age, he loved observing insects and often imagined becoming one, flying through the sky or exploring tiny worlds.
These daydreams later became an unconscious link that awakened his abilities.
One day, he thought:
"If I could become as small as insects, I could observe them more closely."
At that moment,
his dormant ability awakened.
Minsu's body naturally shrank to the size of an ant.
After that, he would often shrink his body and explore the inside of ant nests, observing the ants' lives.
Ability Characteristics
Minsu's ability has one unique trait.
Objects or people that Minsu is touching while his size is changing will also change size along with him.
This means objects or people can shrink together with him.
If he touches something that has already shrunk, it will not shrink further with him.
