INSIDE MONSTER. THE FUGITIVE.

CHAPTER 37: FOLLOWING THE DEVIL

Looking behind Riu Te Jun and Ma Jun Ho, SolHi frowned. „I didn't think he'd give up on this so easily," she told Ha Rin, who was only one-step behind her.

„Honestly, I had the same feeling," replied Ha Rin, taking the last step toward SolHi. „He seemed determined to hunt us all night long. Even so, a single phone call was enough to make him leave. Interesting, what made him give up?"

„Perhaps HanSol had something to do with that. I sent her a message not long ago, telling her about the hunt. Most probably she pulled some strings to help us."

„Or that devil's boss," said Bear, making the two wince.

Looking behind them, SolHi saw the young man approaching them. Seeing SolHi squinting at him, Bear smiled. He knew SolHi looked at him like this because he showed up next to them so suddenly, although they knew that he was there to help them after they had informed him that they needed help. Unlike SolHi, Ha Rin seemed more scared than surprised, and this happened because she didn't know the young man. Only when SolHi told Bear, „Rather you are that devil. Otherwise, I can't explain to myself how you can appear so suddenly next to people" Ha Rin understood that SolHi not only knew him, but they had a good relationship too. „You are actually right," SolHi told her when she saw Ha Rin staring at Bear. „I know him. I also know what devil he is because... only Dja Iun could have such friends... devils."

„Should I take this as a compliment?" The man asked, approaching the two and looking in the same direction as them - at the few cops that were guarding the car the two women had left behind them.

„Think whatever you want," SolHi harshly replied. „Yet, no matter what you won't do, that car must vanish!"

„This is already something I can't handle," replied Bear, suddenly turning serious.

„Why?" Ha Rin asked, frowning.

„Because... maybe I'm a devil, as Detective Ian called me, but... I still don't have the power to make that car vanish. Only the two of you. So, before those over there don't realize that we are still around, I say to hit the pike."

SolHi cooked her nose. „Well, you are right," she eventually said. „I agree that we have to leave this place while we still can do that. Eventually, we don't know who's behind them. And, as far as I remember, I wasn't driving that fast to be pulled over by the police or be followed by them."

„Do you think they were waiting for us?"

„Most probably yes," responded Bear instead of SolHi. „I know the one you've followed."

„You know Hamster? How's that?" SolHi asked, stunned.

„Let's just say that I had the „luck" and the chance to meet him once. Anyway, it's not important where I know him from but what I know about him. And, if it's right what I suspect, he knew that you were following him right from the beginning."

„That's why he called the cavalry - he wanted to get rid of us and not only not to be chased."

„I also think this, Detective Ian. I also think that Min SinJu knew that you were spying on each of his movements. That's why I suspect that his best plan to catch two curious mice like you was to use someone as bait. And... the best bait in this case was Hamster."

„You are probably right, Bear," murmured SolHi, folding her arms over her chest and frowning. „Maybe Min SinJu knew that he was being spied on by us. Even so, something tells me that the envelope they gave Hamster has something important inside."

„I also think so," said Ha Rin. „And, if our hunch is right and they knew we were after them, they must probably have understood that after we left the club. Yes, I'm sure of that. If they had known that we kept an eye on the club, I'm sure that they'd have caught us there and not waited for something more. They had enough gorillas watching out that club, right? This wouldn't have cost them anything to catch me, especially when I was alone."