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[10/10/2044]
10:30 A.M
Choi San >>> The Amigo

"Huh?? Again, what did you say?? I still didn't completely get what you're saying," Choi San says as he leans a little bit forward on the steel table, tilting his head and squinting his eyes. He did hear everything; crystal clear, but he just wanted them to repeat it because he loved how uncomfortable and agitated they seemed while saying it, as if they were being forced to do this by someone above them. He can read through their eyes the levels of hesitation and frustration as they stare at him. He wishes to be able to whisper into their minds and watch their eyes glow in horror.

The short, orange/red-haired man in the middle —Kim Hongjoong if San recalls correctly— takes a deep and long breath before he opens his mouth and repeats what he had said a moment ago: "Look, we want you to join the HALA-HALA team to help us stop The Scorpions," he says, irritation and discomfort clear in his voice and body language, there's clear distaste in his mouth as he keeps on clenching his jaw tight and pressing his teeth against each other, making the veins in his neck pop. To anyone else he would have seemed normal and very stoic; emotionless and professional, but San can see what's behind the mask— see through the cracks and read within the lines.

"And.. what's my prize??" San asks again, straightening his head and raising an eyebrow as well.

The deputy chief glares at him like he's about to choke the soul out of him with the angry and menacing stare he gives him. San has to hold himself back from cackling at how mad the small man is, especially with how his nostrils flare. How did this man become the deputy chief?? Why would they employ someone small and frail like him??? He certainly won't be able to control criminals or force them into cooperation because he's just so small.

Hongjoong opens his mouth and it seems like he's about to curse at him: "Are you—"

"If we succeed then you'll be set free; criminal records and your entire history will be erased as if it never existed and you will be able to walk around just like any other regular citizen. But, you're absolutely forbidden to commit any more crimes and the punishment will be harsh if you do so," the short and blonde female —Young Sarah— states with a calm and reasonable voice, giving him a soft smile at the end.

San stares at her and analyzes her face again for the third time. It's been quite a while since he had seen a foreigner around and it was very surprising for him to see her the first when she walked into this room. He easily figured out her ethnicity— which is white— and tried figuring out her nationality afterward. Is she an American or a Canadian?? Or perhaps she's Australian, but that would show through her average Korean accent— or she might be from Europe??? Whatever the case is, she's someone new to San's vision.

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