INSIDE MONSTER. THE FUGITIVE.

CHAPTER 16: HUNTING

A large number of police dogs were seen checking the area where SolHi and Ha Rin vanished in the forest after the accident. Yet, not finding them, they decided to enter deeper and deeper into the forest. Not only the police officers, who controlled the police dogs, entered the forest but also many detectives, having only one thought in their minds and a single order to fulfill: to catch the two fugitives, who were considered very dangerous, as soon as possible.

DooSan was also there, although the General Attorney prohibited him from doing that. The reason? His physical and emotional closeness to Ian SolHi. To make sure DooSan would stay away from that place, the General Attorney even threatened DooSan with firing him. Something DooSan cared the least about because he knew what many ignored - the truth and that Ian SolHi was innocent. Yet, even if he knew that, he was also aware that SolHi's escape complicated things a lot, endangering their secret operation.

„Something that should have been a priority for you too, SolHi," he hissed through his teeth at one point. „You did the opposite though - escaping prison. Why? Didn't you trust me or couldn't wait for one more day? If you had waited... you would have been about to be released now. Your escape instead..."

„Are you talking to yourself recently?" DooSan suddenly heard Iun Min Hiok's voice behind him, something that made him wince and stare at his friend.

Seeing Min Hiok at only a few steps from him, DooSan frowned. He was also amazed to understand that Min Hiok heard his words, although he thought he said them in his mind only. Min Hiok's grin said the opposite though.

„You are actually right," added Min Hiok, smiling. „That you shake inside when you feel discovered. And... what I said were just words, ignore them. A simple joke."

„A joke of bad taste," DooSan furiously growled. „Just as you know I'm not in the mood for jokes right now."

„Of course, I know that," replied Min Hiok sternly. „Yet, even if I know that, you can't do anything. For the moment. Just as anybody can't do anything because... Ian SolHi's escape makes things worse." DooSan stared at him, eyes widely opened. „Where do I know this from?" DooSan nodded. „I also know things, even if I sometimes seem indifferent. And I see things pretty well. Otherwise, I would have been buried a long time ago. I'm not the only one who knows things, by the way. San DuSik also knows a lot. And... to be more precise about him, I'll tell you this: he asked the Court for the lethal injection for the two fugitives once they are caught."

„Has he lost his mind or what?" DooSan yelled when he felt the blood madly flowing through his veins.

„What about not yelling, huh?" Min Hiok hissed. „It's the last thing we need right now."

„What do you want me to do then? Jump up because of joy after I heard such news?"

„Well, it's exactly what I want. Why? Because... this way, you'll get what you have always wanted: Ian SolHi's case to be closed. This will happen eventually - when she loses her head, of course."

„Ia, Iun Min Hiok!" DooSan growled through his teeth, staring with hatred at his friend. „I told you already that I'm not in the mood for jokes. Moreover when you know that SolHi..."

„Yeah, I know that she's innocent. Yet, the rest of the people think she's guilty, a woman sentenced to death, by the way. An assassin, DooSan. All this is a good reason to be hated by others."

„Tell me something new," DooSan growled. Then, he deeply breathed in and out to calm down because he felt his heart pounding in his chest as though it would have suddenly turned into a wild bird that was locked inside a cage. Later, when he felt confident again, DooSan looked at his friend, asking him in half a voice, „What about the evidence? Has Park GhiYon been able to prove something?"