𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 (𝟭-𝟲). ❥ cix.

6.07 ;; failure

It was when they started walking through the streets that Byounggon realized he was terrified.

Jinyoung was leading them out, as he always had, having extensive knowledge about this area. He lived here, of course, but leaving at 3am on a random Tuesday was definitely not in anyone's schedule.

"Where are we going?" Hyunsuk asked, the question that was the elephant in the room.

Jinyoung didn't answer, feet crunching in the leaves of the grass they were cutting across. It was a field, Byounggon realized, but he didn't know what was at the end of it.

Did Jinyoung?

It stayed quiet in the group as they continued trudging along, finally crossing the field and approaching a highway. Jinyoung directed their attention to a building beside it, a 24 hours PC Bang.

"Jaeseok and I would always come here to check on our cases," he said softly. "We'll use it too."

Jinyoung opened the door to the PC Bang and let the otheres enter first. It wasn't very busy, as expected for 3am on a Tuesday, but there were still the few stray people that didn't spare the group a second glance.

Byounggon watched Jinyoung simply speak to the people at the front desk, and the lady at the front desk waved them in easily without Jinyoung having to pay.

"I'm a regular," he explained. "She knows why I'm here."

Byounggon was terrified to be here.

They arrived at their computer, one that was tucked into the back corner of the PC Bang, and Jinyoung gestured to the search engine. "Byounggon?"

Byounggon perked up.

"Do you want the honours?"

Byounggon reached out for the keyboard, typing in the characters slowly. He was terrified of the results that he knew they were going to get.

이서준.

"Oh my god," he whispered.

Articles. Articles upon articles, no more than a day old, covering the discovered of the dead camp leader. Seunghun jumped ahead of Byounggon, clicking through each of them carefully.

They all did the same thing. Painted Seojun as an innocent man who had died unexpectedly, killed by a group of teens at the camp under his care.

That didn't even cover the forums.

Discussions upon discussions, threads last updated mere hours or minutes ago, all on the topic of Seojun. He looked innocent to them. They wanted the perpetrators caught, even their names released to the public.

"This is so much worse than I expected," Jinyoung said, and with Jinyoung saying that, it only made Byounggon feel more terrified and uneasy.

Before they could look at the text any longer, Yonghee reached out and closed the tabs, clearing the search history as well.

"Let's go," he said simply. "I don't think it's a good idea for us to stay in one place for too long."