Wide establishing shot of Incheon Airport arrivals hall. Massive windows show Seoul's skyline at dusk. Crowds stream past. Soft golden-hour lighting filters through.

Ha-rin walks through the crowd, looking left and right. No signs with her name. No excited friends. Just strangers.

Ha-rin pulls out her phone. She dials a number with a familiar name saved: 'Madam Yu'.

The phone rings out. Ha-rin's face falls as she stares at the 'Call Ended' screen.

Ha-rin walks alone through the airport parking area, pulling her suitcase. Night has fallen. The city lights twinkle beyond.

Ha-rin arrives at Madam Yu's bar in Hongdae. It's closed. The lights are off. A handwritten sign says 'TEMPORARILY CLOSED'.

Ha-rin walks away from the bar. She finds a jjimjilbang sign down the street. She heads toward it.

Ha-rin in a jjimjilbang sleeping room, lying on a thin mat. She has her phone out.

Ha-rin watches DRAG THRONE on her phone. We see the episode playing.

Flashback sequence - Ha-rin in drag on the DRAG THRONE stage. Her drag persona is stunning.

Flashback - The moment Ha-rin lost. The judges' scores are revealed.

Back to present. Ha-rin in the jjimjilbang, watching her own crying face on screen.

Flashback - Brazil. La Estrela putting the star crown on Ha-rin's head.

Back to present. Ha-rin closes the video. She stares at the ceiling of the jjimjilbang.

Next day. Ha-rin, now wearing the same clothes but with slightly more composure, enters a nightclub during the day.

Ha-rin tries another venue. Same result. Then another.

Ha-rin sits on a bench. The weight of realization hits her.

Ha-rin walking through Seoul streets. The city that raised her, now hostile.

Ha-rin finds a flyer on a wall. The House tournament.

Close-up on the flyer details.

Ha-rin's realization. She realizes she has nothing left to lose.

Ha-rin's determination. The cliffhanger moment.

Final panel. Ha-rin's hand clutches the photo of La Estrela in her pocket. End of chapter.