𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞 | 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ✓

Chapter 79

Mingyu would never forget that dusk when he watched helplessly as his best brother took multiple bullets and lay dying in the mud.

For an instant, Mingyu felt as if he had gone deaf. He couldn't hear the gunfire raging around him, the explosions in the distance, or the shouts nearby.

Ignoring his comrades' tugs, he crawled desperately toward Jaehyun, grabbing his hand and screaming his name at the top of his lungs.

Jaehyun looked at Mingyu with bloodied, mangled eyes.

"I'll take you away, I'll take you back right now," Mingyu sobbed, snot running down his face onto Jaehyun's. "Old Jaehyun, hang in there. We're going home."

Jaehyun used all his remaining strength to grab Mingyu's collar, choking out a single word: "Go!"

"I won't leave you. I'm taking you with me."

Mingyu said this while trying to lift Jaehyun onto his back. Just then, two stray bullets flew by, exploding right next to them. Mingyu nearly got blown away.

Amid the flying rubble and debris, he shielded Jaehyun with his own body, crying like a lost child.

"Let's go!" The squad mates provided cover fire while running over to pull Mingyu away. "Forget him, let's go!"

Mingyu was dragged away, watching helplessly as Jaehyun lay in a pool of blood.

He couldn't make another sound, but his lips kept moving. Mingyu would never forget that bloody scene.

Jaehyun was telling him: "Take care of my girl..."

**

Mingyu awoke from the nightmare, drenched in cold sweat. He checked the time on his phone, then took a combat shower and got dressed to go to the airport.

Jungkook got off the plane and immediately went with him to the squadron to complete the handover. On the way, Mingyu briefed Jungkook on the situation.

The biggest drug lord near the Nidan District border was Wei Xun. This year was a bumper harvest, and soon he would have a large shipment ready for export. The squad had to seize this opportunity and try to arrest him within the country's borders.

But Wei Xun was extremely cunning and difficult to apprehend. The disastrous raid half a year ago had cost the lives of several excellent squad members, yet the drug lord remained free.

Jungkook's arrival also reinvigorated the weary and frustrated squad. Many were alumni from the same graduating class, and they knew Jungkook's capabilities well.

In the next few days, Jungkook barely slept, constantly discussing capture plans with the squad.

"Not long ago, we captured a drug trafficker boss in City B. That news is still confidential. We could make use of his identity."

Mingyu looked at Jungkook, suddenly grasping his intent: "You mean..."

"I heard this was a bumper harvest year. It's already harvest season, so there's a huge stockpile of drugs... Wei Xun must be anxious to unload it all. Since he's so eager to sell, we'll buy from him."

"You want to impersonate the drug trafficker and make a deal with him. We've tried that tactic before, but Wei Xun's rule is he never meets buyers himself. He always sends trusted subordinates, and we've caught several of his 'confidants' but he remains free."

"So now he has no one left, right?"

"Right, but he'll groom new people."

"Then who do you think he'll send for this deal?"