After Midnight | Seongjoong 🌜

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Upon arriving in the main hall, they all walked in to a bunch of people already there, waiting for the boss. Hongjoong and San found two empty chairs and went to sit there, while Yookwon went to find another spot a bit further.

Everyone was chatting with each other, so much that San and Hongjoong could barely hear each other without having to raise their voice while they were talking.

"Damn, is it really that important ?" Hongjoong turned to San.

"I mean, if we're having a whole meeting over it, it must be important, right ? Especially when so many members have gathered, which is honestly rare..." San said.

"True." Hongjoong said before all the chatter blew down, aside from a few whispers still audible, and both San and Hongjoong turned to see a man walking in with two other men cornering him, dressed in black from head to toe. Hongjoong gazed over at Yookwon, who's face seemed to harbor a semblant of worry, unlike before.

The man walked over to the boss's seat, but didn't sit. He instead stayed stood on the ground as he waited for everyone to calm down before he could start speaking. The two men dressed up in black stood next to him, still. One on his left and one on his right.

One of them handed him a letter, which he kept in his hand without opening it. He waited a couple of seconds after silence fully installed across the room, before clearing up his voice and starting.

"The boss couldn't attend as he's still clearing up arrangements in Incheon. We've sent him a report on the current matter, though." He took a deep breath and sighed.

"Minhyuk..." Yookwon muttered under his breath, with annoyance, kind of. As he was next to Minhyuk, he heard him but didn't do much other than smile at him. Then immediately switched back to the poker face he wore before.

"As you may know, the late leader of Yuju, Yi Hyang, recently passed away. I'm pretty sure most of you have heard of it by now." Minhyuk started.

A few whispers could be heard across the hall before Minhyuk shut them up with a wave of his hand. "This is not exactly what the meeting's about, if we had to make a meeting everytime someone in Yuju died, we'd spend the whole day in this hall by now. The problem is this."

Minhyuk took out the letter from the envelope it was in. Said envelope which was stained with some blood, not very professional. He then took the paper and turned it around, so that the text would be visible to everyone sitting around the table.

"Let me read it out for you."

"From : Anonymous.
To : ???
Address : ???

We both know why this letter was sent. This is not a letter to your leader alone, but to all the members. Make sure to know this.
We know the culprit to the murder of our leader was one of you. And even if you try to deny it, we have all the proof and reasons to think so. There is nowhere to hide.
We will find you. For now, don't think about getting away.

You have four days.
Up until then, if we don't have the culprit, your whole organization will then be in dust and ashes.

No matter, we do have the upper hand. And there is nothing that can be done about it.

- Yuju Headquarters, Seoul."

Minhyuk ended the letter again with a sigh, and a little laugh. Then he put the letter in the center of the table, up for everyone to see.

The letter had messed up handwriting, to be honest it looked more like a doctor wrote it than a mafioso. Minhyuk struggled reading it at first but now he already got used to that handwriting.