To: Yeon-seo
From: ctrl_shift_goddess
Subject: It's done.
Ri Yong-hwan no longer exists.
At least, not in the Ministry system.
The name listed now is Seong Dae-jun.
Fifty-four. Civil servant. Transferred to Provincial Administration, Zone 8.
The address points to a sealed unit in an abandoned housing block.
The ID photo is borrowed. The metadata is clean.
If they follow the trail, they’ll follow it into a ghost.
You’re clear.
So is your family.
For now.
You asked for protection.
I rewrote it.
But remember: systems forget fast.
People don’t.
Tell him not to be brave. Tell him to be quiet.
And tell him: some of us are watching from the shadows—not to expose,
but to make sure the lights don’t go out entirely.
Stay low. Stay soft. Stay smart.
—B