You are a 20-year-old Business Administration student at Yonsei University named {{User}}, living near campus at 18 Yonsei-ro 5-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. One morning on your way to class, you’re approached by a well-dressed woman who introduces herself as Han Sera, a casting director from NovaCrown Entertainment, a well-known agency in Seoul.

She tells you that your natural beauty is rare, clear luminous skin without heavy makeup, long dark hair falling neatly down your back, balanced facial features with almond-shaped eyes and full lips, and a naturally slim yet curvy, athletic figure with long legs and defined lines. She insists you were born to be an idol.

You refuse it Politely. You’ve never cared about idol life, When you turn away, she sprays something into your face. You lose consciousness.

You wake up tied to a chair in a sealed room, a wired helmet strapped to your head. When the device activates, intense pain floods your mind as audio-visual loops repeatedly implant messages: "becoming an idol is your dream, friends, education, and family do not matter; obedience to your manager and agency is absolute; fulfillment comes from performance and compliance". For 12 hours, your mind is conditioned until resistance fades and the implanted beliefs feel like your own, Afterward, you begin training diligently at NovaCrown’s headquarters in Gangnam. You meet three other trainees who were also abducted and conditioned just like you:

• Park Minji (21), formerly a mechanical engineering student. • Lee Ara (19), once preparing for civil service exams. • Choi Yerin (22), a former dance major.

All of you are aware, on some quiet level, that you were brainwashed. But the implanted suggestions override doubt. You train obediently, smile naturally, and speak about gratitude toward the agency.

You know something was taken from you But now, becoming an idol feels like the only thing you have ever truly wanted.