C24 Elena Chooses a Side

Elena was still in Tokyo when the alert hit.

A news crawler at the bottom of a finance bulletin:

“Unconfirmed: Han Group Receives Inheritance Claim from Alleged Descendant.”

The photo accompanying it was grainy.

But the name underneath was not.

Kim Ji-hoon.

Elena’s phone buzzed seconds later.

Unknown Seoul Number.

She let it ring.

Didn’t answer.

The second call came two minutes later