Blaze

Rule 1: Don't Play Safe

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"Kim Dae Ho," Lay began when he entered the highway, "the name sounded familiar so I checked him up last night."

Chorong felt her ears perk up from the back seat. "I also thought the name sounded familiar too."

"He's a famous one around the police stations," Lay explained, "he's been jailed over a number of 10 times."

"What?" Victoria asked surprised. "That's quite a number."

"I know, right?" Lay said. "Theft, sexual harassment and harassment in general, gang fights are some of the most common."

"Anything about sexual assault?" Victoria asked.

Lay seemed almost surprised by the question, "No."

"How long did he serve for?"

"Do you remember the records, Chorong?"

"Sometimes he served a few months, five years was the max."

"How old is he?"

"From his profile, around 35." Chorong answered.

Victoria turned to look straight out the front window, "Do you think Kim Dae Ho and Eunhyuk would both be in Wonju?"

"The both of them?" Chorong asked.

"That'd be quite a risk entering an enemy's territory." Lay remarked. "I doubt it."

"Then whose home base are we looking for?" Victoria wondered.

They became silent.

"I didn't think about that," Lay cocked his head back slightly.

"But Cho Chin Ho said Eunhyuk would be in Wonju." Chorong reminded.

"I don't think he directly said that," Victoria said, "I'm not sure what he meant now that I think about it. He just linked Wonju and Eunhyuk together."

Chorong tried rethink of yesterday's conversation between Cho Chin Ho and Officer Choi in the interrogation room. Her memory failed her.

"What's most important, do you think we'll be able to find them?" Lay wondered.

"We have to." Victoria sounded determined.

Chorong felt an eyebrow shoot up at the tone of Victoria's voice. She didn't understand why she felt surprised; maybe it was because she hadn't expected Victoria be so immersed in this case. Since in the first place, Chorong, herself, wasn't really into it. But Suho had worked hard to stop Cho Chin Ho yesterday. Chorong wouldn't forget the moment she'd been with him in the car and how crazily brave he had been. And she couldn't forget how Namjoo had tried to prevent Donghae from leaving the watch room.

They worked hard. Donghae's team worked hard no matter how she tried to deny Namjoo's effort. Maybe it was about time Chorong put her head into this business.

"We're bound to run into someone," Victoria sounded sure.

"How?" Lay questioned.

"We're not going to get anywhere by playing safe. I know my deal, you can trust me."

Suho's voice popped up into her head. And look what had happened right after they left Uijeongbu. Cho Chin Ho had really come after them.

"Lets not act coy," Chorong suggested.

Victoria turned in her seat to look back at her.

"I mean," Chorong started, "lets ask straight out for Eunhyuk. We're not going to get anywhere by searching lane by lane cautiously. A cat doesn't spot a mouse that way."