01 | Reborn Beforelife

3 | whelve

whelve (v.) to bury something deep; to hide.

THEY KILL THE PEOPLE WHO GO ON THEIR WAY to regain their independence. Diana rules their organization, where she'd decide what to do and where they will attack. Diana and her comrades were desperate and they kept fighting. They've been walking on a storm for almost four years and they didn't even see the sun for once. Diana enters a hall where all her comrades were waiting. She plans to kill those Japanese agents who want to kill them.

"We can't proceed to our plan for today," Diana says as she walks towards her lecture podium desk in front. "I found out those agents who were hunting us knew about our escape route--" She pauses and lets her comrade at the back speak. "Go ahead."

"What will you do?" The man asked.

"Simple—we will disguise ourselves as normal persons at that place with our guns hidden in our pockets. A sniper should be at a building. Shoot every agent who's waiting for us, man, or woman. We have to be prepared as much as they were prepared. I hope this won't be the last time we will gather around like this. I hope we're still complete after this. Good Luck." Diana informed and did a formal bow in front of them and left the hall.

Diana walks out of the place and hides her face with her hat. "Madam Diana!" Someone shouted behind her, so she stopped and faced her back. A comrade approaches her. "Boss, take care. We will do our best. You look great with the hat," He bows and left her.

***

"Boss, I'm sorry, but the agents knew about our escape route. I'm sorry. Do you have a plan?" The man informs.

No way. Am I the spy?

"Why are you apologizing?" She frowns. Was she mistaken as another person or not? Is she betraying her friends?

"Diana, some of our guys didn't make it,"

Guys? Did people die? She thought. She bowed her head and as if she was struck by lightning. Did the real Miyeon do this, that's why Chi-won got killed? She rubbed her hands on her arm and mouthed, "Sorry." She turned her back on him and continued to walk.

She was dumbfounded the whole walk and proceeded to the hotel instead of proceeding to the library. She called for Tae Hee in the lobby so they could talk. She started with a gulp and a sigh. "Tae Hee, I think someone will get killed because of me. I don't know what to do, it's someone I care the most. And I even think that I betrayed that person." She says in a wobbling voice.

"Suddenly? Did something happen?" Min Tae Hee asks. Miyeon slips out her hat and puts it above the desk in front of them. She didn't have proof if she was the spy or she was just mistaken because of the hat. She can't even tell anyone that she was originally from a different life 80 years from now, she'd be called crazy.

"Earlier, someone called me, Dian--" She pauses and rethinks what she just said. She's putting herself into trouble by telling them that she was the spy. Butcher can't even prove herself if she was.

"Called you what?"

"Dubu, someone called me dubu because of my pale skin," Miyeon suddenly changes her facial expression. But Tae Hee on the other side doesn't believe her because she heard 'Di' first, not 'Du.'

Miyeon stood up and was ready to leave, but Min Tae Hee said: "Who's going to die?"

Miyeon gave a faded smile: "It's someone who...someone who...someone who will make me regret." Honestly, she doesn't know what to answer, is it someone she betrayed, someone who loved her, someone she killed without pulling the trigger? How can she describe Chi-won?