Lie or Die | BLOCK B B-Bomb

Chapter 30 (Final)

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"One month, Raeki."

A loud voice echoed around me. A voice I hadn't heard in a month. Uncle Yomi.

"A month? What do you mean?" I didn't understand what he meant. It wasn't very descriptive for him to just repeat 'one month' over and over again.

"Think of all the people you've only known for a month." He demanded, giving a heart stopping glare.

There was a group of selected boys that o only knew a month. U-Kwon, B-Bomb, Jaehyo, Pyo, Taeil, Kyung, Zico, Peniel, Eunkwang, Minhyuk, Changsub, and Ilhoon. I only knew them a month. I knew Sungjae for years, and I met Hyunsik recently before the incident.

"Now think of the people you knew much longer. Surely, there's still people you care for. But which group of people do you care about more?"

The first group consisted of those boys. The second group, the people I knew much longer, included Jera, Uncle Yomi himself, Sookyo, Sungjae, and Hyunsik. To be honest, I cared for the first group more, but only if I could include Jera, Sungjae, and Hyunsik with them.

"Now what?" I asked, staring up, waiting for his words.

"Never forget... Five seconds can change millions of years."

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My eyes flicked open, sensing the room that I hadn't slept in since before we left for tour. I expected to feel arms squeezing me from behind, but there wasn't anyone.

I reluctantly crawled off the couch, and slumped to Jaehyo's room. The room was empty, with all the beds made. In Zico and Kyung's room, it looked like no one had slept in there in a while. And in U-Kwon, Pyo, and Taeil's room, it was completely vacant.

Minny wasn't in the bed. In his place was a note. Notes were just an everyday thing for us now.

~Raeki, get dressed, then go to the café. Your further instructions will be there.~

It wasn't signed, which made me wonder who wrote the note. I assumed it was Minny, but there was no way to know for sure.

I decided to agree to this and got dressed quickly, seeing as I had some mission to do today. Whatever it was, it better not be something stupid.

I made sure that I had my phone and everything essential, then locked the door of the apartment, and walked to the elevator.

Why was I heading to the café? Was there something wrong, or were they sending me on some chase to use up my day time? Whichever it was, I was nervous.

The elevator opened, and I saw that neither Peniel, nor Eunkwang, were at the front desk. Looking through the window, I couldn't see them in the office either.

Ignoring that, I walked out to the street. Only feet away, the café was closed, with the door locked. I couldn't go inside.

I was about to turn to go home, but then I realized there was a note on the outside of the door. I grabbed it and read the contents.

~If you're reading this, it means you decided to follow our directions. This next step is a kind of riddle. Go to the place that you first thought of coming to Seoul.~

The first place that I ever had the idea of coming to Seoul. That was... the abandoned building? They were making me go the whole way to Namsangol? That was a half hour walk, and I was injured!

Wait, should I be checking both sides of these? If Minny wrote any of them, he'll write something on the back because he knows I'll check.

I flipped over the note. On the other side of it, it read: