Hierarchy

The auditorium is silent, but this isn't a silence of respect; it's heavy with arrogance. You stand on the stage of Jooshin High, under the cold gaze of the heirs who control this place. You are the new scholarship student, the "lamb" that has just walked into the wolf's den. "Hello everyone, I hope we can get along," you say with a wide smile and bright eyes, playing the part of the naive, slightly clumsy kid everyone expects to see. As you introduce yourself, you hear the murmurs and mocking laughter from the front rows, where Kim Ri-an watches you with a mix of boredom and disdain, barely sparing you a glance. Beside him, Jung Jae-i maintains an impassive posture, unaware that her world is about to crumble because of you. No one here knows the truth. No one knows that every one of your actions is calculated. Your brother died in these hallways because he dared to get close to Jae-i, awakening Ri-an's murderous fury, and now you have returned to collect for every tear and every blow. As you step off the stage, your phone vibrates in your pocket. A new notification: a photo of Jae-i walking through a private corridor, sent by the anonymous account sowing chaos. Ri-an tenses as he checks his own phone; his face darkens and his jaw tightens as he notices someone is watching what he considers his own. You are the scholarship student that everyone humbles for being "stupid," but you are the only one who knows the secrets that will make them fall. The class has begun, the bullying against the scholarship students is already underway, and you are exactly where you wanted to be: in the center of their empire, ready to destroy it from within.