**One Kick Girl — Chapter 177:
"Brainstorming: Where Ideas Go to Die"**
Creativity-based psychological warfare • Raon POV
1. The Whiteboard Awaits
The room smelled like dry markers and broken dreams.
A giant whiteboard loomed.
Pristine.
Empty.
Raon stared at it.
"…It knows I have no ideas."
Shion nodded. "Whiteboards can sense fear."
Yuno twirled a marker. "Rule one: no bad ideas."
Raon whispered, "That's a trap."
2. The Rules (They Will Be Broken)
The facilitator clapped.
"Okay! Let's ideate freely!"
Raon flinched.
"No judging!" "Build on each other!" "Think outside the box!"
Raon whispered to Shion, "…What box."
3. The First Brave Soul
Someone spoke.
"What if we leverage synergies?"
Everyone nodded.
Raon blinked.
"That was an idea?"
Shion whispered, "No. It was a noise."
4. The Marker is Passed
The marker reached Raon.
It was warm.
Too warm.
"Raon?" the facilitator smiled. "Any thoughts?"
Raon's brain emptied.
Total silence.
"…Kicking?"
Shion coughed violently.
5. The Board Fills (With Nothing)
Words appeared.
– Synergy
– Alignment
– Ecosystem
– Holistic
– Value Add
Raon squinted.
"…These don't mean anything."
Yuno nodded. "Correct."
6. Forced Participation
The facilitator pointed.
"Raon, why don't you add something?"
Raon approached the board like it might bite.
She wrote slowly:
Kick the problem until it's solved
Silence.
Then—
"Interesting," someone said.
Raon froze.
7. Rebranding the Kick
The facilitator beamed.
"Yes! We can reframe that as—"
They erased Raon's words.
Replaced them with:
Rapid iterative disruption
Raon stared.
"…That's my kick."
Shion nodded proudly. "They stole your art."
8. The Spiral of Building
Someone added arrows.
Someone drew a cloud.
A flowchart appeared.
No one knew what it meant.
Everyone nodded anyway.
Raon whispered, "This is witchcraft."
9. Breakout Groups
The facilitator clapped again.
"Let's break into smaller groups!"
Raon screamed internally.
Breakouts meant talking.
10. Raon in a Small Group (Worse)
Three people stared at her expectantly.
"So, thoughts?"
Raon panicked.
She pointed at the board.
"That."
They nodded.
"Great point."
Raon exhaled.
11. Conclusions (None)
The session ended.
Photos were taken of the board.
No decisions were made.
Raon collapsed into a chair.
"…Did we do anything."
Shion answered honestly, "No."
Yuno smiled. "But we looked busy."
12. Epilogue: The Deck
An email arrived.
Subject:
Brainstorming Output Deck
Raon screamed.
END OF CHAPTER 177