Chapter 23: Facial Composition

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Facial Composite - a graphical representation of one or more eyewitnesses' memory of a face, as recorderd by a composite artist.

Nagsilaglagan ang mga babasagin at mamahaling bagay na nasa lamesa ni Chairman Choi nang hawiin niya ito gamit ang kamay niya dahil sa galit.

Nilabas ni Hyunjae ng cellphone at pinindot ang calculator. "Apple iMac pro, five million won. Apple iMac keyboard, one hundred thousand won. Desk lamp, three hundred thousand won. Expensive vase from china, eleven million won. What else are broken? Hmmm."

Nakadekwatro siya sa office sofa habang binibilang ang halaga ng mga nabasag ng kanyang ama. "You wasted more than twenty-seven million won, congrats."

Hinampas ni Chairman Choi ang table gamit ang dalawang kamay. "Bakit minamalas ako ngayon? First is the underground poker, and now the underground club?! What kind of brain do those morons have?!" Halos magsisigaw na ito sa galit.

"Easy, you still make a lot of money," sagot ni Hyunjae habang nag-iscroll sa isang store app, tumitingin siya ng iba't ibang klase ng MacBook. "Shall I order this for you?" 

Nang hinarap niya kay Chairman Choi ang cellphone para ipakita dito ang napili nyang MacBook ay binato siya nito ng isang matigas na bagay, mabuti at mabilis siyang nakaiwas kaya hindi 'yon tumama sa kaniya.

Tumayo siya dahil sa gulat. "Fuck?! I'm just helping you!" reklamo niya dito.

"What you are doing doesn't help," mahinahong sagot ni Chairman Choi. Huminga ito nang malalim bago ibagsak ang sarili sa swivel chair.

"What do you want me to do? Help you break things?" tanong ni Hyunjae habang nakataas ang kilay. Umupo ulit siya sa sofa at tinutok ulit ang atensyon sa cellphone. "I'm good at things like that."

"I heard your classmate died, the guy who found dead near the club." sabi ni Chairman Choi.

"Hmmm…" Binaba ni Hyunjae ang cellphone sa glass table at nilingon ang ama. "That is why I'm here, to tell you about that."

"Why do you just say now?" seryosong tanong ng Dad niya.

"You were breaking things when I came here, you are mad so I just decided to listen to you first."

Tumango si Chairman Choi at kinalma ang sarili. "Sorry, I've been stressed lately."

Nagkibit-balikat si Hyunjae. "You're right, the guy who died due to holpdup not too far from the underground club was my classmate." Kinuha niya ang cellphone at pina-ikot ito sa pagitan ng mga daliri.

"And I also found out that the two students who died in the riot that happened in underground poker were also studying in my new school, it wasn't mentioned in the news," dagdag pa niya. 

"Really?" gulat na tanong ni Chairman Choi. Napahawak siya sa ulo dahil ngayon niya lang nalaman. "I didn't have time to find out who the dead were and what they were doing in life."

"That's your mistake." Ngumiti si Hyunjae.

"What do you mean?" tanong ni Chairman Choi.

Tumayo si Hyunjae at nagpunta sa liquor cabinet para tumingin sa iba't ibang mamahaling alak ng Dad niya. Pinasada niya ang daliri niya sa mga ito habang pumipili. "The guy who was investigated for allegedly killing those two students, also used to be a student at my new school." Sumeryoso ang mukha niya at huminto ang daliri sa isang bote ng alak na napili. Kumunot naman ang noo ni Chairman Choi sa nais nitong sabihin.

"He hasn't been to school since he was hospitalized because of being beaten by his classmates. Shin Jiyoung, Seong Daeyoo, and Song Jihyuk, were among those who hurt him."

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