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맞춰봐 | Guess

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맞춰봐 | Guess

The kids that used to dance with an innocent expression, now light up this track while smiling. Now raise the sound of the cheers, everyone look up, as the young lion is putting on the crown.

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"Guys, trust me.. this plan is the best. Let's follow it." Taehyun suggested and we all hesitated but gave in, in his plan.

The first step of the plan was for Kai to read my memories and find the killer's number in my memory.

He pointed his phone towards me and turned on his Mate 2.0. My eyes were closed because closed eyes would help him gain the data from my brain easily and quickly.

"umm... is this the number?" Kai questioned as he showed us the number that he found out from my memory. He had written the number in his pocket book.

The second step was for me to check this number. I typed the number on my phone and called it.

MATE 2.0
| Devil Mode Turned On |

“Why...”

“Why...”

“Why did it turn out this way??”

“Why...????”

“How am I going to change all this...?”

MATE 2.0
| Devil Mode Turned Off |

"It's the same voice and the same number but the thoughts aren't violent..." I revealed with confusion visible in my voice.

"You're sure that it's the same voice right?" Yeonjun questioned and I answered him with a nod.

"Ok so the next part is of Taehyun. You can do it." Beomgyu announced as we all cheered for him.

Taehyun took a deep breath before changing his voice to a random girl. He dialled the number noted by Kai and waited for him to pick it up. He kept it on the speaker mode so it was clearly listenable to us.

"Hello~"

We stopped our inner selves from bursting into laughter as Taehyun gave us a glare and continued on his act.

"Going out? Sure babe~"

"I'll be there today. Wait for me~"

As soon as the call ended, we started laughing like there is no tomorrow. But I wonder how the hell he convinced the killer to meet. No wonder he's so brutal and hates humans... especially ‘Girls’.

Now the next part is of Soobin. He'll disguise as a girl and meet him. Since Soobin has the ability of ‘Justice’ he can easily defeat the killer. For extra protection- Beomgyu will be keeping an eye on the killer and Yeonjun will pause the killer as soon as he senses any danger.

The perfect plan...

I hope everything goes as per the plan...

I hope...

The time paced and we were all now hiding somewhere in the park. We waited for someone to approach Soobin or do I say a pretty girl ‘Soohee’?

Soon a man in his late 40s stepped forward towards Soobin. He had his mask on, so we couldn't really guess who it was.

He slowly removed his mask. I wasn't able to recognise him but don't know why Soobin started tearing up. He collapsed on the ground. Did that man do something to Soobin?

I signalled Yeonjun to not pause him as I noticed the man bent down to take a closer look at Soobin.

"I'm sorry... Taehyun... Dad is really sorry..."

I widened my eyes at the thought that it was Taehyun's dad all along.

Didn't Taehyun say that his dad died...

So, how?

[Soobin Pov]

His tears fell on my face and I could decode everything that he was saying since I was still conscious. It's Taehyun's dad.. but-

What was that funeral about?

Didn't he... die already?

A tear managed to escape my eye before everything went black in front of my eyes.

[Taehyun Pov]

I blinked multiple times as I woke up in a totally unexpected environment while Soobin was sleeping on the bed beside me. I then turned to look at my 4 friends and Inspector Kwon who were standing like a mannequin.

I waited for their explanation about the things that happened earlier. I don't believe it was my dad. Obviously not. It must be someone disguised as him.

"I know what you're thinking... Unfortunately your thoughts are wrong. He is the creator of the game... Your dad didn't die... No matter how much I want to kill him or make him suffer, I can't..." Inspector Kwon added and I refused to believe it.

"He's suffering from ‘Schizophrenia’. I don't know if you're aware of this or not. Idk how he created this game but the thing that I'm sure is of- the people who killed the high schoolers were all users of the dark web... your dad wanted to turn this game into something helpful for the people but instead he ended up in the criminal world. He developed a hatred towards life and hallucinated things that weren't there really. He wanted to spread the power that people desire the most. As you know- mentally disturbed criminals need to be shifted to the mental hospital for treatment, we can't even arrest him. I'm sorry." He explained as he walked away from the room.

"I-I'm really sorry... from my dad's side... I really am." I apologized while not caring about how I was looking while crying unstoppable.

"Hey... It's not your fault! Hmm? We'll know about it further after your father gets better.. ok?" Yeonjun gave me a quick hug before sitting beside me on the bed.

"As the inspector said... He's mentally disturbed. It isn't his fault either. He created the game but didn't actually kill someone with those two hands of his, right?" Beomgyu assured gaining nods from the remaining five.

So it was my own father all along?

Should I be happy that he's alive or should I be sad that he's the one behind those crimes?

As the saying goes,
you never know what comes next in life...

Expectations pull us down to hell.

We're all just some tiny beings for them...

Some are superior to others...

Justice delayed is justice denied...

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The end was unexpected and I changed it at the moment cuz the second end seemed so gruesome and I didn't want to traumatize y'all. Sowyy~

Might add an epilogue, I guess-

8th March 2023
23 : 49 pm
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