The three men did not say anything other than pointing their pistols at him. Almost a minute later, Jaehyun raise his hands up as he said "Alright, alright. We're going back." Yuta and Mark looked at him with confusion on their face as Jaehyun raised his hands up. He lightly shook his head as he made eye contact with Yuta and Mark, as if he was planning something. In a state of confusion, the duos slowly backed away from Dongjun as they followed Jaehyun behind with Dongjun laughing.
Just then, Jaehyun stops in his track and almost instantly turned back and threw 2 daggers at Dongjun's forehead and chest. Dongjun's laughter stops as his eyes twitched and collapsed to the ground. Jaehyun approached him and stepped on his hand which the lighter was held. He then pulled a trigger on Dongjun's head, making sure that he is already dead. Jaehyun looked at Mark and Yuta, telling them to start searching for the remaining documents and files that were not damaged.
"Are you guys done? We don't have much time." Ten said through the earpiece. Hearing Ten's statement, Jaehyun let out a 'tch' as he informs Mark and Yuta to wrap up what the three of them were doing inside the room. As they finished gathering the documents and downloading the software documents saved inside the desktop which was located in the other room, the three left the building without being able to locate the opposing leader upon meeting up with their assistant, Dongjun.
——... "Give me a break..." Harin said as she collapsed to the training mat after several rounds of training with the punching bag, panting uncontrollably. Jaemin held onto the punching bag to stop it from swinging back and forth before walking towards the lockers and took out his water bottle to quench his thirst.
"You need to hold out for just a few more hours. This is the last training session before you can finally start your first task." Jaemin said as he wipes off his sweat with the towel he had on his shoulder. Harin did not say anything other than stare at him.
"Fine, fine. You can go for a quick snack break. Be back by 8:40pm. You're lucky I'm in a great mood because I'll be giving you only 15 minutes to grab some snacks." Jaemin says as he stores his water bottle in his locker before following Harin and Jisung out of the training room.
As the two Js were eating their noodles, Harin was staring at the corner of the ceiling, as if she was deeply in her thoughts. "Jae, I have a question - How is it that almost all of my classmates thought the reason I was gone for a month was because I got into a car accident? Wasn't I caught up in some gang attack at home? Not even the media talked about it. Is there something I don't actually know?" Harin asked. Jaemin who was about to put the noodle into his mouth stopped in his track and stared blankly at it in silence.
"Usually, if there is any incident that is caused by gangs, the news anchors don't usually report about it for the safety of their family. Gangs such as Red-Eyed Dragon, MB and SKARLET are a few of the gangs who would give money to reporters and news anchors to shut their mouths. If they do not shut their mouths after receiving the money, their family are either taken away and transported to other countries or they themselves get killed. The authorities do not take any actions against them doing these to news anchors and reporters as they are more powerful than the authorities. Because of that, now, the authorities do not take any actions if there happens to be news that is likely caused by gangs." Jaemin said. Harin let out an 'oh...' before reaching for her iced coffee.
"However, the media would release articles if an important person in their gangs is killed or has passed. Like the late Nakamura Hanbei. He's the father of SKARLET's leader, Nakamura Hiroto. The media released an article about it just a few months ago." Jaemin added on.
"Oh... so that's why my mother's death was not mentioned in the news..." Harin muttered to herself.
—— "Harin!" Meiru called out as she hugged her friend tightly. "Woah, woah. Calm down, you're literally strangling me." Harin said as she aggressively pats on Meiru's back to get her to stop hugging tightly.
"How can I calm down? You've been gone for like what? A month! Not to mention you got yourself in an accident, I almost thought you were dead!" She answered as she faked a tear.
"Alright, alright. But I'm here now, standing in front of you." Harin said as she embraced her friend in a hug. Now she felt her shoulder wet and as soon as she realised it, Meiru was actually crying. "Hey, hey! You're making my shirt wet!" Harin said as she frantically searched for a tissue.
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honestly forgot about Meiru's existence for the past few chapters💀
