Disclaimer. This story will discuss some sensitive topics. My treatment of such events is by absolutely no means meant to be offensive or disrespectful. I am fully aware of the sentimentals behind them and my retellings of these stories are purely ficitonal and for entertainment purposes.

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The modern world. Over 7 billion residents. And only a nanoscopic fraction of that number are aware of what happens underneath the metaphorical crust of the Earth. Sure, there are plenty of rumors and theories out there--over 99% of which are essentially false or otherwise intentionally false--but few know about the /true/ Illuminati.

Actually, looking at it another way, it doesn't seem like there are "a few" at all. The Illuminati, though discreet, has its reaches far and deep, in government and agencies in countries all around the world. Needless to say, its stealthy influence is rather massive. But influence for what? The Illuminati aims to erase all borders of the world and unite the planet's peoples under one metaphorical landmass, under one set of rules and under one rule. Essentially, strip the cultures bare and instill instead one uniform, pandorial, centrally-determined ethnicity.

Governments and their agencies have acted to oppose the goal of the Illuminati but both luck and power have failed them. However, the turn of the 21st century had brought on a new method of opposition against the Illuminati. For who would ever think an entertainment company was involved in underground Illuminati operations?

SM Entertainment. There was a reason why it seemed to be loaded with money. Ever since its creation, the anti-Illuminati government and agencies of South Korea have pumped in billions of funds to aid the organization in fighting the Illuminati. On the surface, SME was an immensely successful entertainment agency with extremely talented, hard-working, and well-promoted music idols. But beyons the screen and stage, it and its "artists" were actively fighting against the Illuminati. Established by Lee Soo Man, a survivor of an agency once destroyed by the Illuminati, the company has become labeled by the general public as being "evil" for reasons beyond the vision of the peripheral scene...