"Man, this place looks awful." Namjoon said.
"Uhm thanks, man." Vernon shook his hand.
Everyone's wearing simple clothes and holds no special weapon but they're intimidating.
Especially their leader, Namjoon. Last time when we fought in Wonwoo's place, I witnessed his endurance against Minghao's agility. If they're truly on our side, this is going to play well.
"You, Soobin!" Namjoon pointed at a tall kid.
"Leader!"
"Check the situation upstairs. Make it quick and come back alive."
"Yes, leader!" He ran away.
"Why are you here?" Vernon asked.
"Wonwoo. He asked for our help."
"Tsk. Now you want to help." Minghao butted in.
"Don't take it personally. Last time was business. Besides, we're not going to kill him."
"Don't take it personally, too. If you get in my way, I'm killing you."
"Kyaaaa you're so cool!" Jun hugged Minghao from behind.
"Okay. Enough of this." I said. "When the kid comes back, we'll start planning. Thank you for coming, it's really a great help."
"Oh. The rich kid is sweet." Namjoon pointed his monkey wrench at me.
We continued to check up on others' wounds and looked for some snack. I'm starving but we don't have even a single candy here. After a couple minutes, the kid came back.
"Leader!" Soobin panted and is helped by his members.
"Report."
"Yes! Fourth and fifth floors are packed with armed men. The gunshot noises came from the sixth floor.
There are a lot of casualties but I can't tell from which sides they are. The floor is also too dusty, it's hard to see. But I saw a man, leaning onto the corner with his arms bleeding. He's wearing a coat, brown maybe."
"Seokmin!!" Hoshi rushed to the stairs but Jeonghan stopped him.
"We need to wait."
"But hyung."
"We will rescue him, okay?"
That made Hoshi calm down a little.
"I also saw two men, one six-footer and the other has eye glasses. Their postures looked tired and worn out, but they were sheilding the bleeding man."
"I see. We're on defensive." Vernon said.
"There was also a man in the center of men holding machine guns. And a woman- ahhh I got goose bumps- she looks like an evil. She was swaying a chainsaw to the man. He's fast, but he's covered in bruises and is beaten."
"A man?" I asked.
"Yes, in tuxedo. He's built slim and has perm."
"Must be V." Vernon said.
Thank god he's still alive. We don't have much time, though.
Also Seokmin. He needs to be treated soon.
"How did you manage to take a look without getting noticed?" Jeonghan asked.
"The fire exit. I walked up to the fourth floor but there were armed men. So I looked for the fire exit and climbed up to the sixth floor."
No chance. We can't win this. Armed men everywhere and look at us.
"Hey Joshuji."
Jeonghan's face is just an inch away from mine.
"Hey!"
He cupped my cheeks and rested his forehead to mine.
"I know it's too much to take in, but we can't afford to get distracted right now."
"I'm sorry."
I keep on thinking about what it is like to face a veteran mafia. It's scary, but he's right. I should focus and stop distracting myself.
Distraction..
"Okay, lovebirds. A plan. We need a plan." Minghao called.
"I think I got one."
They walked closer to me and I made sure to make myself heard.
"As you may have already decided, we'll be walking up the fire exit.
We need to split into two groups. One group will enter the sixth floor through the fire exit. The other will go through the main entrance."
"We need to come from either the fifth floor or seventh to do that." Jeonghan said.
"About that, seventh is packed. I also saw piles of gasoline containers there." Soobin added.
"Okay, let's enter the fifth."
I continued
"If Jas and Nico noticed the commotion in the floor below them, they'll be preparing to meet us in the main entrance.
Both groups will enter the sixth at the same time. So the fire exit group will be on stand by until they heard a sign that the main entrance group is on."
"I see. A squint tactic."
"Yes, but that group will have to face the crowd. So I volunteer to be in that group."
"What on earth?" Jeonghan raised his brow.
"I'll be on." Minghao said.
"You know we need you for Jas."
"Joshua's right. Save your energy for later." Jun replied. I can hear his worry.
"I've been saving it all night. I'll have a lot when I face her. Besides, we need this to be quick. I can swipe the whole squad in a minute."
"Too full of yourself." Namjoon laughed.
"I'm just being honest."
"I'll lend my people to you."
Namjoon faced his group. He pointed at some people and they moved forward.
"There. Help our flower boy clean the room. Make it quick."
"Yes, leader!"
"I'll go, too. I'm quick." Jun volunteered.
"Hay. Sure. At least I can keep my eye on you." Minghao said.
"So, see you guys on the sixth floor then?" I said.
