The massive stadium room is buzzing with high-stakes teenage energy. 180 boys, aged 13 to 19, have already taken their seats on the tiered pyramid chairs. They are laughing, flexing their dance moves, and sizing each other up.) TRAINEE LEE MIN-HO (Age 19, Team 1): (Looking down from the top row) "Man, everyone here looks so tall and intimidating. The competition is going to be brutal." TRAINEE SHIN MIN-GYU (Age 17, Team 8): (Squinting at the big LED screen) "Wait, look at the contestant counter. It says 180/181. There is still one empty chair left at the absolute bottom. Who is #181?" (Suddenly, the heavy metallic double doors at the back of the room slowly slide open with a loud hum. A sharp, white spotlight hits the entryway. The chaotic chatter drops instantly. 180 heads turn toward the back.) (The camera focuses on a pair of small, crisp white sneakers stepping across the threshold. The silhouette is shockingly small. As she steps out of the fog and into the bright light, the entire stadium goes completely, dead silent. Jaws literally drop.) TRAINEE KANG JIN-HYUK (Age 18, Team 2): (In a solo interview cut, eyes wide) "I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. I blinked three times. It was a girl. A literal girl walked into an all-boys survival show." TRAINEE MOON SE-YOON (Age 19, Team 4): (Staring open-mouthed from his seat) "Wait... is she a child? She looks so small!" (The camera pans up her outfit: a neat, oversized school uniform blazer tailored for dancing, and her long hair tied back in a high ponytail. It is 12-year-old Han Ji-an. She carries her backpack on one shoulder, looking remarkably calm as she walks past the rows of towering teenage boys.) TRAINEE LEE EUN-CHAN (Age 16, Team 9): (Leaning over the railing, whispering frantically) "Look at her badge! It says she was born on February 14, 2014! She's 12! She is the only 12-year-old here!" (Ji-an stops right at the center mark of the floor. She looks up at the massive pyramid of 180 older

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