the sky tears apart and reality folds into nightmare, Carl doesn't hesitate — not for a second — before shielding the one thing he refuses to lose: Donut, his brave, ridiculous, royal-hearted cat. As their world shatters around them and the system hurls survivors into a new level wrapped in madness and masked cruelty, Carl finds himself facing not just monsters, but something far more dangerous — spectacle. A masquerade. A trap wrapped in velvet.

And yet... amidst the horror, there's tenderness. There's a quiet strength in the way Donut trembles but holds on, her golden eyes trusting him without question. There's love in the way Carl carries her — not as a pet, not as baggage, but as his partner, his constant, his only light.

The Butcher's Masquerade is a place where survival wears a mask, and death dances in glittering gowns — but Carl and Donut enter it together. Heart to heart. Soul to soul. One man, one cat, and a bond that no game, no god, no grotesque masquerade can break.

Even in a world gone mad, love still chooses to fight.