Born to Rise : Becoming Vice President

Chapter 10: The Student Council's Counterattack & The Loyalty Test of the Secret Network

The atmosphere at Daehan International School was heating up. Not because of exam season, but because of an invisible pressure creeping through every hallway. The members of the Silent Defenders were starting to feel the presence of spies among them.

Min Hyuk—the ambitious Student Council President—did not sit idly by. After noticing the silent movement, he devised a counter-plan. He gathered a few elite students loyal to him and formed a special team called The Cleaners—a group of watchers tasked with infiltrating Gevran's secret network.

"I don't care who he's helping," Min Hyuk said coldly during a closed-door meeting in the student council room. "What I care about is preserving the school's image and social order. If we let someone like Gevran redefine power, then this won't be an elite school anymore."

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Meanwhile, at the Silent Defenders' secret base, Gevran sat with six of his members, including Soo-bin and two new recruits: Yoon-jae, a former delinquent saved from expulsion by Gevran, and Ara, a shy genius who was skilled at hacking the school's digital systems.

"We've got a problem," Ara said, showing data from the school's internal system.

"What is it?" asked Gevran.

"New cameras have been installed in the areas we usually meet. And our files on the library computer... were accessed two hours ago."

Gevran paused. "We have a traitor."

Yoon-jae clenched his fists. "I know who the new ones are. Want me to deal with it?"

Gevran shook his head. "We're not a gang. We find proof."

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In class, the tension grew. One of the secret members, a boy named Joon, was suddenly summoned to the teachers' office. Not long after, names suspected to be part of the "underground" movement began to leak. Disciplinary punishments were handed out arbitrarily.

However, the public reaction outside the school was different. A national investigative reporter, Lee So-eun, sensed something off and began writing articles exposing the injustice within the discipline system of elite schools.

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Climax of Conflict

One afternoon, as Gevran walked home from school, he was cornered by three student council members in a back hallway. They tried to intimidate him, threatening him to disband the network he had built.

"I'm not afraid," Gevran said, his voice quiet but sharp. "Because what I fight for is bigger than fear."

They shoved Gevran, nearly making him fall. But suddenly, Yoon-jae and Soo-bin appeared.

"You lay a finger on him, you're picking a fight with all of us," Yoon-jae said with a piercing stare.

For the first time, the student council's power started to falter. They realized: Gevran wasn't alone.

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Chapter Peak

Back in the secret room, Gevran wrote again in his journal:

> Sometimes the ones who betray us aren't enemies—but people afraid of change. I've learned this fight isn't just about standing up to bullies. It's about building a system where no one needs to be afraid to speak the truth.

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That night, the secret room felt heavier than usual.

The usual flicker of candlelight over maps and scribbled notes was replaced by silence. Everyone felt it: trust was beginning to crack. The betrayal hadn't just shaken their security—it had shaken their hearts.

Gevran sat at the head of the table, his face calm but unreadable.

"I won't ask who did it," he finally said. "Because the real question is—why did they?"

Ara looked up from her laptop. "We traced the access to one of the new members… Daehyun. But he didn't leak it for money."

"Then why?" Soo-bin asked.

Gevran opened a printed message left in their library stash. It was Daehyun's handwriting.

> "My brother was threatened. I had to choose between him… or the network. I'm sorry."

A long pause.

Soo-bin whispered, "They're targeting our families now."

Yoon-jae stood up. "Then we hit back."

"No," Gevran said firmly. "We adapt."

He looked at the board.

"From now on, we move in cells. No one knows more than what they need to. Only a few will be in contact with me directly. It's the only way to protect the mission."

Everyone nodded, though the weight of it settled heavy in their chests.

Trust would have to be rebuilt—piece by piece.

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Meanwhile...

Min Hyuk watched footage of Gevran and his friends from the new hallway cameras. He sat with his Vice President and a member of The Cleaners—Han Jisoo, a girl known for her icy demeanor and unmatched memory.

"We'll break them from the inside," Min Hyuk muttered. "Push one more, and their idealism will crack."

Jisoo hesitated.

"What if it doesn't?" she asked. "What if… it spreads?"

He looked at her sharply. "Then we burn the whole system down before it does."

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The Test of Loyalty

Two days later, an anonymous tip arrived in Ara's locker. A flash drive. No name. Just a symbol: a cracked phoenix.

She brought it to Gevran.

They opened it together.

Inside was a video.

It showed Soo-bin… talking to a student council member. Alone. Secretly.

Everyone in the room froze.

Even Soo-bin.

"That's not what it looks like," she said, panic rising. "I was getting information—he didn't know I was recording!"

But her voice trembled.

Gevran stood up slowly, looked at her, then around the room.

"This is what they want. To make us turn on each other. We've come too far to break now."

Then he looked at Soo-bin.

"But I need to know… did you tell them anything?"

She shook her head, tears in her eyes. "Never."

He believed her.

"Then we move forward."

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End of the Chapter

That night, the Silent Defenders activated a new phase: Project Mirror.

They would not only protect students.

They would begin to expose the corruption from within—using hidden cameras, testimonies, and anonymous data leaks.

But they all knew: the war was no longer just in the classrooms.

It had become psychological.

And in psychological war, the strongest weapon… is truth.

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Gevran's journal, updated:

> Fear is loud. Truth is silent—but it lingers longer.

Today, I learned trust is both fragile and sacred.

But once it's tested and survives…

It becomes unbreakable.

The real revolution begins now.

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