Union

4️⃣ Union Functions

• School Control Through Intimidation: The Union maintains absolute dominance over all schools in Korea (except Eunjang High School) through systematic intimidation of principals, teachers, and students. Each school has a designated Union "guardian" who appears at least once a month to remind students of obedience. Disobedience results in public beatings, damage to reputation, or the student's parent being "accidented."
• Financial Extortion: The Union operates a professional usury and protection racket. Students from wealthy families are forced to pay monthly "protection dues." Debt grows at a rate of 300-500% per month. Failure to pay results in beatings, the release of compromising photos, or the sale of the debt to Baek-jin's mafia. - Organizing Illegal Fights: Union manages an underground fighting ring in abandoned warehouses and school basements. Winners receive money and status, losers receive debts or broken bones. The fights serve both as entertainment and as a way to recruit new enforcers.
• Recruiting Strong Students: The best fighters from each school are automatically drafted into Union. Refusal results in ostracism and constant attacks. The strongest are sent directly to Seong-je as "field enforcers."
• Eliminating Threats to the Structure: Anyone who attempts to create a rival group or informs on Union disappears. Baek-jin strategically plans the elimination, while Seong-je happily executes it.

5️⃣ Union Hierarchy (Proposal)

• Strategic Leader (Beak-jin): The absolute brains of the organization. He decides all long-term plans, finances, and policy. He rarely appears in person at schools – he operates behind the scenes.
• Operational Council: 7-8 of Baek-jin's closest confidants (including Seong-je as his unofficial vice). They meet once a month in Baek-jin's penthouse.
• Field Executioners: The most brutal fighters and assassins under Seong-je's direct command. They perform dirty work, torture, and executions.
• School Leaders: Each region and school has a local leader who reports directly to the council. They are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Union at their institution.
• Regular Members: Students who pay protection money or perform minor tasks (drug distribution, perimeter security, spying).

6️⃣ Union Members (School List and Leaders)

• Chief Strategist: Na Baek-jin (25 years old, third year in business)
• Chief Enforcer and Right-Hand: Geum Seong-je (25 years old, third year in programming)
• School Leaders (High Schools):
• Baekhyun High School – Kang Min-woo ("The Crusher") – powerful, ruthless, specializes in breaking bones.
• Byuksan High School – Lee Dong-hyun – cold tactician, avoids open fights, preferring intrigue.
• Daehyeon High School – Park Tae-sik – known for mass brawls and loyalty to Baek-jin.
• Ganghak High School – Alex Go (canon) – one of the strongest, loyal, but dislikes Seong-je. - Gangnam High School – Yoon Ji-hoon – elegant, wealthy, controls financial extortion in the wealthy district.
• Guro Technical High School – Kim Sung-rok – a brutal mechanic, recruits the strongest technical fighters.
• Hyeongshin High School – Jimmy Bae (manga canon) – sadistic, enjoys public humiliation.
• Seoknam High School – Choi Seung-ho – known for stabbing and quick executions.
• Songmin High School – Han Jae-min – a master of psychology, breaks victims without beating.
• Yeo-Il High School – Ryu Min-kyu – leader of the female faction, controls the girls and school prostitution.
• Yeongwon Girls’ High School – Shin Yu-na – the only female leader, ruthless and cunning.
• Yoosun High School – Oh Jin-woo – a specialist in cyberbullying and blackmail.
• Middle Schools – report directly to the high school leaders; The leaders are usually 15-16-year-olds groomed to be future enforcers.
• Other Schools (cram schools, elementary) – serve as a "reserve" and source of information; elementary school children are used to spy on their parents.

8. Union Beyond the Canon – Mafia Operations and Post-Secondary Schools

• Union has ceased to be a purely school syndicate and has become a fully-fledged mafia empire under the public leadership of Na Baek-jin. All schools (except Eunjang) are merely recruitment and financial bases. The real power lies in Seoul and the entire country: control over nightclubs, tattoo studios, import companies, money laundering operations, and underground fight rings.
• Post-Secondary Schools (technical/vocational high schools): Guro Technical, Yeo-Il Technical, and other vocational schools are considered "forging grounds for enforcers." The physically strongest students study there and then go directly to Seong-je as hired killers or mafia bodyguards. The leaders of these schools (e.g., at Guro Technical – Park Ji-hoon "The Welder") have a higher status than the leaders of regular schools.h high schools, as they provide "cannon fodder" for brutal tasks.
• Post-secondary school leaders: They report directly to Seong-je. These are usually 19-20-year-olds who have already committed murder and received training in Seong-je's underground bunker. Their task is not only to control the school but also to recruit into the mafia (human trafficking, drug transport protection, cyberattacks).
• Operations outside the schools: Union manages a network of prostitution (clubs with "students" as bait), human trafficking (victims from low-income schools are sent abroad), drugs (distribution by students), and cybercrime (hacking of student and parent data). Baek-jin decides on strategy, Seong-je on executions. Once a month, a "Grand Council" is held in Baek-jin's penthouse, where profits and eliminations are discussed.

🏫 VII. Schools Under Union Influence (for World Building)

The Union controls all schools in Korea except Eunjang High School. Each school serves a different function within Baek-jin and Seong-je's mafia empire. Below are the key school types and their roles within the structure.

• Eunjang High (conflict zone) The only school completely outside the Union's influence. Baek-jin and Seong-je treat it as a "black hole" and the last bastion of independence. They don't send their own people there, extort protection money, and organize fights – they officially "respect" its autonomy, but in reality, they wait for the right moment to take it over. Eunjang is the only place where students can openly oppose the Union without immediate punishment, but any non-Eunjang student who is a member of the Union is obligated to beat up any Eunjang student.

• Industrial Technical High School (Guro Technical High School, Yeo-Il Technical) A breeding ground for the most physically powerful enforcers. The students are mostly boys from tough neighborhoods, trained for hard, dirty work (protecting drug shipments, extortion, and contract fights). The leaders of these schools (e.g., Park Ji-hoon "The Welder" in Guro) report directly to Seong-je. These schools provide "cannon fodder"—the best fighters who are later sent to Seong-je's private training bunker.

• Sports school (Ganghak High School, Baekhyun High School) A hub for fighting and illegal fights. The students are athletes (wrestling, boxing, taekwondo, MMA) recruited for the underground Union ring. These schools organize regular "sparring" in abandoned halls, which also serve as recruitment tests. The leaders (e.g., Alex Go in Ganghak) are most loyal to Seong-je, as they value brutal, physical domination.

• Private School (Gangnam High School, Songmin High School) A major money laundering and protection racket for wealthy families. Students are children from wealthy families – they pay the highest "protection fees." Leaders (e.g., Yoon Ji-hoon in Gangnam) are elegant, well-dressed, and specialize in digital and psychological blackmail. These schools generate the greatest financial profits for Baek-jin's empire.

• Night High School/Adult Schools (Yoosun High School, Seoknam High School) Recruitment of older, more experienced members (ages 19–22). These are individuals who are already employed or have criminal records. They serve as liaisons between the school world and Baek-jin's adult mafia – they run clubs, police prostitution, and engage in cybercrime. Leaders of these schools have the highest status among the "school" bosses, as they operate in the gray zone of the adult world.