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82: TWELVE DAYS OF WAR

Penulis: GOLDEN TREE
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DAY 2 – MARCH 17TH – 6:00 AM – WAR ROOM

Sleep was a luxury none of them could afford. The war room hummed with constant activity—phones ringing, keyboards clicking, voices overlapping in urgent whispers.

"Media contacts have received packages," Han reported, eyes bloodshot from twenty hours straight at screens. "Three major outlets. Two internationals. One Korean. All containing Kang's fabricated evidence against us."

"Timeline?" Chaewon demanded, downing her fourth coffee of the morning.

"Stories are being fact-checked now. Standard journalism protocols. They'll likely publish Day 5 unless we give them reason to doubt the information before then."

"Three days. We have three days to plant doubt." Chaewon turned to Seraphina, who looked haggard despite her designer clothes. "Which journalists did Kang bribe? Who's already compromised?"

"Richard Chen at International Herald. He's been on Kang's payroll for two years. Park Ji-hoon at Seoul Economic Daily. Kang has dirt on him—affair with
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