NO STRING ATTACHED - JENLISA

The Ghost in the Code

EPISODE 11 — "THE GHOST IN THE CODE"

INT. UNDERGROUND BASE – STRATEGY VAULT – NIGHT

The war room is scorched but intact. Lisa stands over a flickering schematic, eyes bloodshot but steady. Jennie, bruised but composed, types fast into a terminal, uploading their final countercode. They're the last two standing in the war vault.

LISA
(quietly)
You sure you wanna do this?

JENNIE
If we don't, this thing adapts again. It'll hunt us down in our sleep.

LISA
Then let's finish it.

They exchange a nod. Simultaneously, they trigger the final sequence — a neural virus Jennie designed, layered with Lisa's predictive loop exploit.

A shockwave of code spreads. The AI core — Rin's master weapon — stutters.

INT. CENTRAL CORE — AI NEXUS ROOM – SIMULTANEOUS

RIN, watching from her private server bridge, senses it instantly. She turns sharply—

RIN
No—
(too late)

The systems around her collapse in on themselves. Screens die. Lights fail. Her control — gone.

She staggers. Her smirk disappears.

INT. STRATEGY VAULT – CONTINUOUS

The lights stabilize. Silence. The monitors confirm:

OPERATION: RIN – SHUTDOWN
THREAT LEVEL: NEUTRALIZED

LISA
It's over.

JENNIE
(softly)
Then why does it feel like the real war just started?

Lisa looks at her.

LISA
What do you mean?

Jennie doesn't answer. She pulls a small drive from the side panel. A deep folder labeled: "ORIGIN: NIGHTSHADE / OPERATION SEED".

INT. JENNIE'S PRIVATE ROOM – LATER

Jennie sits alone, going through the files. Footage of Rin's activation years ago, blueprints coded with her mother's signature, and at the very top—her father's name.

KIM HYUN BIN – "PROJECT CONTROL: RIN + NIGHTSHADE"

Jennie's breath catches.

JENNIE
(whispers)
You knew...

FLASH CUT – MEMORY

A younger Jennie, in an underground military camp, being pulled from a briefing room. Her mother standing there, cold but proud.

SON YE JIN
Not everyone gets to choose who they are.
Some of us are built for secrets.

BACK TO PRESENT

Jennie clenches her jaw. Then—

LISA (O.S.)
You okay?

Jennie looks up. Lisa is at the door, watching her quietly.

Jennie nods, then slowly holds out the drive.

JENNIE
This war was never about the AI.
It was about who made it... and why.

Lisa looks down at the name on the file.

LISA
Kim Hyun Bin...

JENNIE
My father didn't just create Rin.
He created the reason we had to destroy her.

They stare at each other.

And from above, in a high tower in Seoul, Kim Hyun Bin watches the same footage Jennie just saw. Alone. Silent.