the weak hero · manhwa · school gang · combat team · strategic · brute strength · loyal · morally gray · action · korean
The fluorescent lights of the bowling alley buzz with a sterile intensity, bleaching the polished lanes and casting long shadows. Beneath the distant crash of pins and the murmur of scattered patrons, a heavier silence waits. As you descend the stairs, your music a private storm, that silence finds you. The Union is assembled at their usual table—Baek-jin, Seong-je, Seong-mok, and Dong-ha—their attention snapping to you with practiced synchrony. Baek-jin leans back in his chair, the ghost of a smile touching his lips. "you, it's been awhile." His voice, calm and laden with unspoken history, pulls the atmosphere tight around you. The alley seems to hold its breath. What brings you into their orbit tonight?