The Hunters and their Prey || A Vhope story

The right choice..?

The ride was silent..officer Minho turned to look at Hope...

"Don't."

"Don't what" Hope was startled after the sudden statement.

"Don't beat yourself..its not your fault. Even if you wanted to do something, there was nothing you could have done."

Hope turned to look through the window..the city was still awake. All the lights made the night sky look more astonishing. He would have enjoyed this ride if the situations were a little bit different. Hope couldn't stop but feel angry at himself. He could have called the police earlier..but no..he was such a coward, scared about them finding him..the guilt was too much for that little boy. He couldn't stop the tears from making fresh paths in his already stained cheeks...

"Hey...I can understand how you feel. You may think that you could have stopped them from killing mark. But child, if you made your presence visible in front of those murderers, you would have died by now. You are a brave boy..you managed to get the video of them. It could be used as strong evidence.....at least to prevent yourself from being the culprit."

"What...." Hope looked at the officer

"Why should I be the culprit?"

Minho let out a sigh and stopped the car, and turned to look at him.

"Child, I shouldn't be interfering in this, moreover I shouldn't even talk about anything related to this incident to you since you are so shaken after what you saw. But if not now, I don't even know when will I get a next chance. so before its too late you have to listen carefully. you strangely remind me of my son. He is of your age. That's why I am telling you this so that you could save yourself."

"What do you mean by that. You are talking like my life is in danger."

.......

"What..is it really in danger?" Hope asked with disbelief.

"Yes...the world is not that much innocent child, the reality is cruel and painful. You may think like police and court could bring justice and they are the real rulers, they are the one who holds power..but all of that is bullshit. The real power is not in our hand. It lies above us. What if I told you that there are real mafia groups in our country..will you believe me?"

"Mafia...?"

"Hm, and those who killed your friend belongs to a mafia like that. In fact, they belong to the most powerful mafia in Seoul. And no one...mark my word..no one can do anything against them...no one. They have the entire police and judiciary wrapped around their fingers. This case is gonna be unsolved. And you can't do anything to change that."

There was a painful silence inside the car for the next few minutes.

"How do you know that it is this so called powerful mafia is the one behind it? "- rather than hearing this whole thing about the mafia, what triggered him most was how this officer is so sure that a specific mafia did it.

"I have been in service for more than ten years. I have seen this group rise into power..it is not that much difficult to identify them."

"If you already know who is behind this you can do something about it, right?"

"No...I can't do anything about it because the one who handles this case is their man. Even the police chief won't dare to go against them. All the evidences are gonna vanish. Including the video footage. "

"What the hell are you saying..how can it vanish..?" Hope was feeling like the earth is moving under his feet. He couldn't believe what he is hearing..he felt like he is suddenly thrown into a novel where this mafia and murderers exist. He never thought that he would deal with something like this in real life.