RE Beginning: FAITH ~V~

Chapter 42

"Do you want me to call Yoongi over too?" Luna asks as the silence stretches between them.

Luna loves comfortable silences. But this is suffocating, unbearable.

"No," Taehyung frowns, "He'll just compare me to a criminal again,"

Namjoon raises his eyebrows, giving Luna a look. Even he can tell exactly how this is going to go. At this rate, she doesn't even want to convince Taehyung to work for The Reapers. She just wants him to be comfortable with her working for them. Will he really leave her?

"So..." Namjoon clears his throat, "What do you know about The Reapers?"

Taehyung turns his gaze to him, narrowing his eyes.

"I know it's a huge mafia that Luna was fleeing from because you guys made her do things she didn't want to do," Taehyung says firmly, "I know you are criminals,"

"That's fair," Namjoon nods, "What do you know about the current Reapers?"

"I don't know what you mean," Taehyung mutters.

"Well, the criminal syndicate you are talking about died with our dad," Namjoon explains, "So what do you know about our current objective?"

"What could have possibly changed that's so different?" Taehyung snaps, "You still kill people, hurt people, and do illegal things. Seokjin and Hoseok are evident enough,"

Namjoon nods as if slowly getting a feel for Taehyung's opinions and mindset. Luna bites her lip, watching on nervously. She has no idea whether Namjoon has ever experienced this sort of disrespect, knowing he can't resort to violence. But, then again, he has changed a lot.

"Okay, let's say we didn't get involved," Namjoon emphasises, "What do you think would have happened?"

"Well..." Taehyung's frown deepens as he folds his arms, "We had some evidence..."

"Enough for a conviction?" Namjoon asks.

"Well..." Taehyung looks down at his lap.

"Now, let's say that you did have enough evidence," Namjoon interrupts, "Do you think he would have gone to jail?"

"Of course," Taehyung scoffs, "Why wouldn't he?"

Namjoon pulls out his phone, scrolling for a moment before passing it to Taehyung. Luna shuffles closer to Taehyung so she can read it too. It's a collated report on all of the government and police officials that have been reported to have done illegal things, along with evidence. At the end of each individual is a summary of their punishment – nothing.

"This is just in Korea," Namjoon mutters, "One of those government officials is still in office, even after a plethora of proof was found against him,"

Taehyung's eyes slowly become colder and colder as he reads on, his hands shaking a little from the repressed rage.

"So..." Taehyung sighs, "Our only option is to kill them?"

"You have a better suggestion?" Namjoon asks, "I'm all ears,"

"Media," Taehyung starts, "You could appeal to the public!"

"Report number 3," Namjoon points to his phone, which is still in Taehyung's hands, "Someone went to the press. It was buried so fast, and they vanished,"

Taehyung grits his teeth.

"The internet," He snaps, "Nothing can be deleted from the internet forever,"