AIDIE

Every morning, the cheerful hum of Aidie—KN Group’s beloved mascot robot—echoes through the corporate halls, offering a programmed welcome to throngs of employees filing into another routine day. To the workforce, the pint-sized automaton is nothing more than a quirky emblem of the company’s forward-facing image, a fixture of daily life that brings a mechanical smile to the start of each shift. Yet beneath its gleaming chassis and innocent demeanor, Aidie carries a weight far heavier than its cheerful greetings suggest, a burden that only one man truly understands. On the very day of his long-awaited resignation, Professor Harvey, the reclusive genius behind Aidie’s creation, makes a decision that will shatter his quiet departure. Rather than walking away peacefully, he seizes the robot and plunges headlong into a desperate confrontation with the conglomerate that funded his research. As corporate security closes in and the facade of benign innovation crumbles, Harvey finds himself running not for freedom, but for survival—risking career, reputation, and life itself to keep his invention out of KN Group's clutches. What terrible truth could drive a man to such reckless sacrifice? Locked within Aidie’s core lies a revelation so profound that the corporation would burn every bridge to keep it buried. As Harvey’s harrowing escape unfolds, one chilling certainty emerges: this unassuming mascot is far more than a cheerful office novelty, and the secret it guards has the power to upend everything the company—and the world—believes about creation, conscience, and consequence.