Note: This is a story idea I developed after hearing all sorts of fan theories about the different MVs from the Korean boy band known as BTS (Bangtan Boys). Some ideas may seem similar to those theories as a result, but there is a much deeper plot that I've developed here.
Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with BTS nor do I know them personally. I don't claim for this story to be the true meaning behind the band's MVs, simply my interpretation of events. This is just me letting my mind go wild a little. Please enjoy. :)
Zero
Innocence is not the lack of malice but a lack of exposure to malice.
Everyone is innocent in the beginning. No one is born inherently evil. Children do not take pleasure in the pain of others nor are they judgmental of others at first. Life is but a gift given with the purpose of accomplishing one goal. And all humans are born with a single task: to survive.
And yet, all humans do have the potential to be evil. All it takes is one spark, one event, one brush with evil to trigger the instinct to survive at whatever the cost. It is the very same survival instinct - the gift of life itself - that forces their hand, that propels them into action whether it is moral or not.
What is the source of true evil in this world? What is it that drives humans to the brink - testing them and pushing them to the limit to see if they will break?
What is to be responsible for the extinction of mankind?