The van door slammed shut with a metallic finality, cutting off the rhythmic chanting of the crowd in Myeong-dong. Inside, the air conditioning hummed, but it couldn't cool the heated atmosphere. The manager, a man whose career was currently tied to the stability of a digital graph, was breathing so hard his shoulders hit the back of the seat with every gasp. He didn't look at Kang Joon. He was staring at his tablet, where the Starline Entertainment stock price was beginning to dip in response to the chaos.
Kang Joon leaned back, his eyes closed. To the others in the van—Gun-woo, Jae-hyun, and the silent, terrified staff—he looked like he was mourning his career. In reality, his mind was a high-speed processor, navigating the blue-tinted interface of the System that flickered behind his eyelids.
[System Notification: 'The Lucky Plan' has been forcefully triggered!]
[Condition Met: Publicly challenged the 'Market Creator' while maintaining a 'High-Risk' Rank 1 position.]
