The S-Unit was flawless.

  Their uniforms—pressed without a wrinkle.Their tactical movements—synchronized within 0.3 seconds.Their AI—calculating humidity in real-time.

  Doyun watched them and muttered,"We'll never be like that."Minseo:"We can't even finish a sentence together."Jinguk:"That's what keeps us alive."

  S-Unit entered the field.Their operation flowed perfectly.Exactly like the manual.But the monster—had never read the manual.

  Signals overlapped by 0.7 seconds.Comms came through at the same time.Deployment order got mixed up.

  And in that sliver of confusion,the monstertore through them.One by one.

  Two dead.Three critically wounded.

  Stolen novel; please report.

  The report read:

  "Mission Failed.Margin of error: 0.2%.Cause: Unforeseen variables.Result: Near-total loss."

  Jinguk:"They were perfect.So why'd they all die?"Doyun:"Because they were perfect.No gaps.And with no gaps—nowhere to run."

  "Precise systems are strong.But the world doesn't care about precision.The world is always…just a little off."

  ***

  EP.9 – Flawed Teamwork Finds a Way

  Minseo forgot her tank.Jinguk misconnected the sprayer.Doyun gave the wrong orders.

  Jinguk:"Are we seriously this bad?"Minseo:"And yet, we keep surviving like this."

  The monster was water-adaptive.Its mucus floated lighter than water.The whole place was slippery.

  They split into teams—and no one followed the plan.

  Doyun fell—and Minseo slipped trying to catch him.Jinguk accidentally cut a power cable.

  That chain of mistakesthrew the monster off.

  It lost its pattern.It couldn't adjust.It was overwhelmed.

  Pure accident.But lethal.

  All survived.Equipment destroyed.

  The report read:

  "No coordination.But effective.Control failed.But mission successful."

  Doyun:"We were out of sync.And that gave us room.To move.To adapt.To survive."

  "Perfection shatters.Imperfection leaves gaps.And sometimes—that gapsaves someone."