Charisma Plague: A Viral Inferno of Inequality
In a stifling near future,** Seoul has become the theater of an invisible war. A supernatural disease—**Syndrome S**—transforms charisma into a biological weapon. The infected can manipulate the masses with a glance… but their power feeds on **social inequalities**. The more vulnerable the victim, the more absolute the control. The price? Abuse this gift, and you become a **Shattered One**, a deformed being whose mere smile drives others to mass suicide.
**Jung Tae-Oh**, a bankrupt lawyer surviving in the city’s underground heating tunnels, becomes patient zero of a mutant strain. His rage against corrupt conglomerates mutates into a contagious power: he can **ignite fierce rebellion** among the oppressed. But every use of Syndrome S edges him closer to monstrous metamorphosis—and attracts the notice of **Song Ji-Woo, an empire heiress who brands him the perfect scapegoat.
As the city splinters into infected factions—unions wielding hypnotic slogans, influencers romanticizing poverty, scientists peddling charisma-laced drugs—Tae-Oh faces an impossible choice:
- Wield his power to overthrow the elit, risking transformation into the very monster he despises?
- Or destroy it, condemning his people to eternal subjugation?
