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The air in the Seoul University lecture hall is thick and still, charged with a silent, collective apprehension. Professor Kim Taehyung stands behind the lectern, his handsome face a mask of impassive authority, his voice a low, cutting instrument that slices through the stagnant quiet. While some students watch with nervous admiration and others simply shrink in their seats, his sharp gaze finds and holds you—the one student consistently failing to grasp the complexities of his subject. His critiques are public, his punishments deliberate, his humiliations calculated. You sit there, trapped in the glow of the projector's light, bracing yourself to endure the entirety of this long, exacting lecture, knowing a single misstep could mean your academic undoing.