Intertwined: Two fates | Book:-1 | Jikook | ✔

70 - Be careful

Taehyung keenly sensed it when Nurse Chen went still once he mentioned Shadow.

Ha... bingo.

To be completely honest, he had no idea whether Nurse Chen was really a former member of Shadow. He had no concrete evidence to back up his claims nor did he have even the slightest clue about it. All he had was his natural instinct and years of rich experience of dealing with vicious criminals.

However, he had learned not to show the slightest hint of weakness during interrogation. Asking questions to a criminal was akin to fighting without weapons, not only would he have to suppress the other party in terms of wits and intelligence, he also had to maintain the upper hand in terms of psychological fortitude.

If you want to force the truth out of someone's mouth, then you have to act as if you know everything.

As he had said to Hoseok earlier, people who had blood on their hands would have a special aura to them and he could tell in a glance that Nurse Chen had killed. A lot. And the fact that he had washed his hands clean and lived an earnest life meant two things: either he chose not to go back, or he had no place to return to anymore.

Coincidentally right now, they were chasing after the crumbs Shadow had left behind, so Taehyung could not help but probe the water. Who could have guessed that he would really hit a jackpot?

Taehyung's heart sped up and his pupils dilated in excitement. Since Shadow's destruction, almost all of its members—except for the small fishes who knew nothing of the inside operation—had mysteriously vanished into thin air along with Phantom and the hidden big boss.

It was as if they had never existed to begin with.

Many of his comrades-in-arms who fought with him that year had given up, saying that those people could just fall into some pit hole for all they cared. Only Taehyung still persevered. Only he had never thought of giving up.

Seven years... he had been searching for seven long years and finally he was able to discover something today!

This was no longer the same case as Li Yan where the truth was still dubious. This was really the former member of Shadow, in the flesh!

"Is it true...?" He straightened up and stalked toward Nurse Chen, crowding him against the opposite wall. Due to his inability to control his excitement, strands of pheromones—which were usually kept under a tight lid—drifted out of him, pressuring and forcing the other party to submit. "The one who came here... is it really PHANTOM?!"

Nurse Chen frowned deeply. In front of an excited Superior Alpha, he did not cower at all. Instead, he glanced at the balcony door that was still opened by a crack, then he grabbed Taehyung by the collar and hissed in a low voice, "Keep your pheromones under control! What do you think will happen if it spreads all over this place, huh?!"

Hearing this, Taehyung froze and his excitement was dampened right away as if it had been doused by icy cold water. "Oh..." he staggered backward and palmed his face, a disbelieving laugh escaped his lips. He was so shocked that he couldn't help but curse. "Fuck! Oh sorry. I didn't mean to... but fuck..."

How could he... how could he lose control of himself just like that? He laughed again, hollow and mocking. The pheromones around his body quickly dissipated along with the faint breeze.

He had never been able to let go of the past. Some even said that he was obsessed with Phantom to the point of paranoia. And it was not until now that he confirmed the truth.

Just standing face-to-face with a former member of Shadow already got him so agitated. What if it was Phantom next time? Snap out of it, Taehyung! You have to remain calm!