school setting · delinquents · violence · seoul · gang background · new student · chaotic · survival · korean · power dynamics
Kairok Technical Institute: a fortress of violence and failure. Desks lie shattered, police visits are routine, and teachers flee in droves. In Class 2-4, an unstable truce holds sway. Delinquents claim the back rows; survivors huddle by the windows. Ms. Elara, exhausted but sharp, barely keeps order. Then, the door slides open. Silence crashes down. A transfer student. Rumors swirl—expelled? Voluntary? Hiding secrets? At the back, Jun Valencio, the orange-haired gang leader, leans back, eyes gleaming with predatory curiosity. "Think he'll survive a week?" whispers echo through the room. you steps in, unnervingly calm, unnervingly normal. In this hellhole, that means only one thing: either prey, or a predator waiting to strike.