Location: Aurora Hills – War Room, Midnight
Rain fell soft and steady.
Jiwoo stood in front of the digital table, the map of the world slowly rotating. A single, blinking red marker pulsed over Geneva.
The message was simple. Official. Too polished.
> From: World Harmony Forum – Executive Board
Subject: Invitation to Speak
You are formally invited to present your peace model at the Global Rebalance Conference, Geneva.
Date: 23 Days from Today.
Yoori read it twice, her brows furrowed.
"This is the organization that once said 'your system encourages chaos.'"
Jihye added, "Now they're giving him a stage? No. This isn't courtesy—it's containment."
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Jiwoo said nothing for a while.
Then, quietly:
> "They think they've cornered a ghost.
But I've already scattered the seeds."
> [System Alert: External Acknowledgment Triggered – First Global Recognition]
[Warning: Appearing will compromise anonymity. Influence multiplier: 800%]
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Day 2 – Debate Among the Circle
They gathered in the Council Room for the first time in months.
Each girl gave her stance.
Eunsol: "If we show ourselves, we give hope a face. But we also give them a target."
Mirae: "If we don't, they'll keep guessing. And fear grows where truth hides."
Sena: "You show up only if you control the terms."
Noeun: "Or… we send someone else. Not Jiwoo. A symbol."
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Day 5 – The Decoy Proposal
Jihye suggested a radical option.
> "We attend. But Jiwoo remains silent. We present the system through ourselves. Not the boy who started it. But the people who shaped it."
The Circle nodded slowly.
> "Let them realize peace isn't one man. It's an idea with seven names."
Jiwoo looked at them—strong, unwavering, beautiful in their unity.
> "Then it's settled."
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Day 7 – Global Preparation Begins
The Circle began training intensively:
Yoori practiced diplomatic phrasing in six languages.
Sena rewrote the Geneva proposal into a presentation of "distributed harmony."
Mirae composed a short musical segment using melodies from every country they'd touched.
Jihye prepared classified encryption tools in case of sabotage.
Eunsol designed visual projections of all the successful Peace Nodes.
Noeun… trained herself to stand on stage—for the first time in her life.
> [System Update: Geneva Path Selected – 6 Faces of Peace Activated]
[Jiwoo Status: Shadow Mode. Visibility Nullified. Direct Contact Denied.]
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Final Scene – Rooftop of Aurora Hills, Night Before Departure
Jiwoo stood alone as the others rested.
The stars blinked.
And from his pocket, he pulled the original System Token—the same one that changed his life when he had nothing but rejection and a broken heart.
He whispered:
> "You gave me money, yes.
But what I really got… was the chance to make peace contagious."
Behind him, Mirae approached, wrapping a scarf over his shoulders.
> "Sleep, Jiwoo.
Tomorrow, the world hears your song…
Even if you don't sing it."
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