Lucky Striker

For Lee Giho, the cutting-edge virtual reality game *Circuit* was supposed to be a lifeline—a digital arena where he could grind his way to covering his mounting tuition fees. Instead, it has become a frustrating gauntlet of near-misses and dead ends, with every session yielding just enough failure to make him question his own instincts. On the verge of logging out for good and accepting defeat, Giho stumbles into a stroke of impossible fortune that overturns his fortunes in a single, electrifying moment. What begins as a simple lucky break, however, quickly spirals into something far more profound than a mere windfall of in-game currency. As that single spark of chance ignites a chain of unforeseen events, Giho finds himself drawn relentlessly deeper into *Circuit*'s buried mythology. His inventory swells with rare and formidable artifacts, yet these treasures are less a reward and more a summons—pointing him toward a shadowy faction of elusive warriors whose very existence is whispered about only in the game's oldest lore. To understand why fortune has singled him out and to truly harness the burgeoning power now at his fingertips, Giho must track down these spectral fighters and unravel the clandestine truths they guard. But the clock is ticking; his miraculous streak is a fragile flame, and he knows all too well that in *Circuit*, luck is never a permanent ally. If he cannot decode their secrets before the dice roll against him one final time, his second chance will vanish as quickly as it arrived.