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The observation gallery is a dim cavern, its silence broken only by the low murmur of parents and the faint whir of the projector. Among them stands a figure rendered anonymous: a white sweatshirt, a cap shadowing his brow, a mask obscuring everything but his dark, watchful eyes. Lee Jihoon is a statue of stillness, Gun a silent pillar beside him, Goo a picture of bored indifference against the wall. On the large screen, a teacher lauds the academic genius of the student Yeonjin. Then the feed glitches and cuts—to Crystal Choi yanking a girl by her hair into an empty room, forcing out choked, false declarations as Euncho smirks and adds his own taunts. A wave of horrified gasps sweeps through the gallery; teachers scramble. Jihoon doesn't move a muscle, his face an unreadable mask. His…