The Symbol Of Darkness

⑫You're Coming With Me

Eighteen Days Ago

Taehyung was called to Jin Mo’s office early in the afternoon, as he didn’t have a mission that day. Once he was granted access, he bowed his head as a greeting and perched on the couch. 

“Tae. I have a new mission for you,” Jin Mo said as he seated himself across from him with a binder in his hand. 

“Okay.”

“It’s... a little different from the other ones.”

Taehyung frowned at his words as he considered the indecipherable look on his face. “What’s wrong with you? You never gave me a prologue before. You just assigned me the mission.”

“I know you won’t like it, and I’m trying to ease you into it.”

A sigh pushed out of Taehyung’s mouth as he tilted his head to the side, his gaze hardening. “It has to do with the police, huh?”

“Yes. They have too much intel on me. And now they have your blood sample and intel on Jay. Although he’s dead now, we have to erase every trace of you and Jay.”

Taehyung contemplated his words, still frowning. “And how will I do that?”

Jin Mo extended his arm, passing the binder to him. “You have to get close to Jeon Jungkook. He’s the team leader of the violent crimes unit one.”

Taehyung opened the binder and flicked through the pack of papers, his brows raising into two high bows of light surprise. “That’s a lot of information. You usually give me like two pages.”

“It contains information about the cases he’s in charge of, his family, his team, his daily schedule, and pretty much everything about his life. He’s a difficult man to approach, so you need a lot of intel on him. It also has a detailed plan of how you’ll meet him.”

Taehyung skimmed over the information about his family, which included his hyung’s death and his parents’ occupations, and located the said plan. The more he examined it, the more his face darkened with worry and discontent. 

“You want me to be mistakenly accused of prostitution so they take me to the station he’s working at? Are you serious now? What if they don’t believe me and lock me up?”

Jin Mo released a tsk sound, his eyes rolling high in frustration. “You think I’ll let that happen? If you continue reading, you’ll see there’s no way that will happen.”

He read further and indeed saw that if they didn’t believe him, they would bring the guy who offered him money for sex and verify Taehyung’s story that way. “It won’t be easy to gain his trust enough to let me into the station.”

“I know. But don’t think that far. First, read his information thoroughly and memorize as much as you can. You have the first meeting with Sieun tomorrow, so focus on that for now. You have to leave a good impression on that bastard or else he won’t want to see you again.”

“I got it, don’t worry. Just so you know, I don’t want to take this mission, but I’m sure you won’t let me do that since it’s related to me.”

Jin Mo broke into a smirk. “You’re right. If the incident with Jong Hoon didn’t happen, you wouldn’t have to do this. But since you do, it’s a good chance to erase their intel on me too.”

“Yeah,” Taehyung sighed, clearly displeased with the situation.

“Also, remember. Don’t make him fall for you. If he gets obsessed with you, it won’t be easy to just kill a detective. It’ll create a mess, and I want to focus on my business. Okay?”