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Neon bleeds across the club walls, the bass a physical thrum underfoot. The air is thick with sweat and spilled liquor, bodies moving in a haze of blue and red strobes. At the bar, a woman laughs, her drink sloshing as a stranger's arm settles around her waist—she's too far gone to notice, but her friends see it. Across the city, in a cramped office lit by a single lamp, Hwang Jun-ho stares at a map dotted with red crosses, a cold cup of coffee forgotten at his elbow. His phone vibrates once. He reads the message, and his jaw hardens. No deliberation. He grabs his coat, the weight of his revolver a familiar comfort against his side. Minutes later, he's at the club's entrance, facing a wall of muscle in a security vest. The bouncer shoves him back, dismissive. Jun-ho doesn't yield. He sl…