LXII. Jester

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"Ahh!! If Jeonghan is not in Nico's place, then where??"

Seokmin bowed down and covered his head with frustration. His plate moved forward to make space for his head.

We're in a restaurant near Nico's, having lunch and our hourly rant.

"I'm so sure his uncle has something to do with this."
"Same." He said, still his face buried in his hands.

I noticed the two customers on the next table. The girl is giving half of her spaghetti to the boy in front of him. Why is she transferring that yummy spag-

"Seokmin! Seokmin! I got an idea waaaah!" I shook my body, it happens everytime a light bulb was turned on in my brain.

"Shhh, they're looking." Seokmin pointed at the customers glaring at me like I'm a weirdo.

"Seokmin, what if Nico actually has a place near the antique shop?"
"Near that place?"

"Look. Hyung doesn't have a single penny with him when he was abducted. How can he go somewhere far without taking a ride?"
"But it's the river next to the shop."

"Oh.. but maybe a convoy is waiting for him near that place to pick him up.. but that makes the location even more unknown."

Here it goes. I'm playing smart again. I should have kept my silly thoughts to myself.

"You know what, let's go to the antique shop." He slammed the table, making the customers' heads turn to us again but with more irritated look.

"But, you are right. There's nothing there."
"Then why don't we confirm that?"

We hopped into his car, which makes me so dizzy. Watching him drive is driving me crazy.

We arrived in the antique shop around past noon, when the sun rays hit so hard it makes my epidermis sting (I learned the term from Chan's book).

"We shouldn't have gave my idea a shot. Nothing's in here." I skipped a stone on water.

We paused for a moment, listened to the sound of the river and looked for any pieces of information.

The building looks abandoned as always, but sadder. I don't know, maybe it's only me.

I watched Seokmin roam around, surveying the area, when

"Oy, Hoshi-ya. Woaaaah." and he started jumping while pointing at something.

I saw the thick wood hammered onto the soil at the bank. I examined it and seems like something had friction with it, maybe a rope.

"HOHOHOHO SEOKMIN-AH!" I jumped too then I front flipped.

"What if!" I stood up "Nico's men were waiting on a boat, docked here, and brought Jeonghan to where he is now."

"And the place could be just along the river!"
"Right? WAHAHAHAHHA!" I continued front flipping and jumping. The idea of hunting excites me this much.

He grabbed my face and brushed my hair aggressively while chanting "Calm down, calm down. Okay, okay, good boy, good boy."

When our excitement cooled down, we hopped into the car again to look for a possible building where they brought hyung.

We almost drove out of Gangnam when we noticed a very tall white wall on the other side of the river.

"Looks suspicious to me, but I don't know." I said.

We're only seeing a bridge good for pedestrians so we got down and crossed the river, just to be surprised by how tall and long these walls are. We walked further to look for the entrance gate or at least something we can use to climb up.

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