KILLER | Jeon Jungkook |

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"There is no difference, they all are same." I said to Jungkook when I saw him getting frustrated after seeing everything same in all note.

"Yn, do you remember the first time you received this?" He looks at me with hopeful eyes.

I was feeling so bad that now I am about to break his hope because I don't remember at all when I got this parcel for the first time. I shook my head slightly for no.

He sighed in frustration. "It's so frustrating I can't figure anything out even though I have clues-"
"Jungkook! I remembered when the first time I got this parcel, I mean" I took my phone and opened my calendar, "I remember when I got this parcel for the first time, I was so busy with work that time, so I set a reminder and a note in my phone that I would tell dad about it, but despite that, I forgot."

"I received this parcel for the first time on 20th January."

"20 January" Jungkook repeats and he takes out his phone and calls someone. "Check on 20 January, 2023 and let me know if we received any missing or death reports on that day."

"Okay, send me a copy of that report."

Jungkook hangs up and immediately a notification pops up on his phone.

"I knew it!, this perfume is being sent to you by none other than the serial killer. He killed his first victim on the day he sent you the first parcel."

"On January 15, 2023, a woman named Kang Linda was reported missing. when her husband found out that she was having an affair, they had a very serious argument, and she angrily left the house in the middle of the night and when she did not return, her husband reported her missing but he did not tell that they had had a huge argument. And five days later, on 20 January 2023, her death body was found in a very bad condition, as if someone had vented out all their anger on her, and Linda's husband, who had hidden about their argument from police was suspected for this and because police couldn't find any more evidence, the police arrested him for murdering Linda."

"But that murder was not done by Kang Tae Ju but by our serial killer who thinks he is doing a good job by killing those girls."

"And his second victim was Song Jia almost 3 months later on 18th March 2023, and on the same day you received the parcel again." Jungkook looked at me, and I just shrugged. after listening to Jungkook's words, I was almost in shock and I didn't know what to say or how to react.

After this, only one question was roaming in my mind that who is that serial killer and why is he sending this to me?

"Why me?" I look at Jungkook.

"This is the biggest question, he is not just send this parcel to you on the same date, even on the day you go to restaurant TinyTalin, one of the girls present there on that day becomes his next target."

As Jungkook tells me all this, I remember, Jungkook asking these questions, being angry on me without any reason, Officer Seojun giving me that strange look and asking strange questions in the hospital, now everything was connecting, now I was understanding everything.

"You guys suspected me, you guys thought I was a serial killer, because all the leads you guys were finding were pointing towards me."

"Yes! He is keeping an eye on your every moment, when do you go out, where do you go, at what time do you come to your house, he knows everything. He does everything in such a way and at such a time that if there is any clue, it will be related to you."

"So it means that he is using me to protect himself and he is sending this perfume to me so that everyone suspect me because this perfume was found on his victims. He even sends parcels on the same date on which he either kidnaps people or murders them." A question arises in my head. I quickly pick up the note that came yesterday and read it again.

"Jungkook this" I give him the note, "What could this mean? Is he the one who murdered Hyojoo?" My voice wavers.

"I think so." Jungkook speaks in a low voice.

"But why?" I raised my voice. "And if he killed Hyojoo then why did he kill Mr. Choi?"

"Yn calm down, he prey on girls who are cheating on their partners and he thought that Hyojoo was cheating on her boyfriend with Choi and because of this he killed her and when he found out the truth he killed Choi."

I groan in frustration and cover my face with my palms and lower my head.

Jungkook grabs my arm and pulls me closer to him, moving my hand from my face, make me look at him.
"Yn listen to me, this serial killer could be anyone, maybe one of the people we know, the ones we see every day. I can definitely say that he is someone close to us whom we know so I want you to take care as much as you can." He caresses my cheeks with his hands, "I never wanted to tell you about this, but even if I don't want to, I have to tell you everything."

Jungkook is about to say something when my phone rings, seeing Minsang's call I excuse myself to pick up the phone.

"Yn, you will not say anything about this to anyone." Jungkook whisper.

Nodding to him i picked up the call, "Hmm!"

"What hmm? Where are you? When I came to the office, Yuna told me that you gone back home without telling anything?" Is there a problem?" Minsang asked all questions in one go, when I got call from Jungkook, that time Minsang did not come to the office and I went back home without telling anyone anything, so this was obvious that he going to ask these questions. But my concern was not this, my concern was what answer should I give to him, I can't tell anyone whatever is happening.

"Yn!? Are you there?"

"Hmm, i..em..i had to give some important file to Dad, and I forgot to give them, so, when dad called me I went back home without telling anyone, After giving them those files, I was about to come back to the office."

"Yn-" "Minsang, let's talk in the office, I'll hang up now." Before he could say anything, I'd hang up.

I looked at Jungkook who was typing something in his phone, I walk towards him.

When he sees me he puts his phone aside and said to me, " Yn I have a plan."