At Atria Biotech Lab, results are everything. Minji has built her place inside a system that doesn't tolerate mistakes-where pressure is constant, and questioning the rules isn't part of the job. But when an external audit is announced, everything shifts. The arrival of a young inspector disrupts the fragile balance Minji has fought to maintain, her presence lingering like a quiet threat-watching, questioning, getting too close. As tensions rise and collaboration becomes unavoidable, Minji is forced to confront something she's spent years avoiding: What if the problem isn't failure... -but something buried inside the system she refuses to question? _______________ All rights reserved © This story was NOT written with AI, but translated with its help. Everything else comes from my overly imaginative-and emotionally intense-brain. ⚠️