At the sub-basement, Joong Ki steps into an empty corridor that leads him to a glass door that requires a two-step identification verification for entry.
Behind that door houses an expansive glass conference room, where Yoona, Secretary Kim, the head of JSS, and Chief Joo are reviewing the profiles of the scholarship foundation's board of directors who had sought after her dismissal.
Joong Ki takes a seat and after Yoona plans for a long time she has finally decided what to do with the traitors who tried to steal Yoona's share from Choi Kayne.
Seeing Joong Ki waiting patiently outside, her face splits into a faint smile before composing herself once more.
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Anna overhears Mi-ran and gossiping about Joong Ki being part of Heaven Ten downstairs. Mi-ran's world comes crashing down when she realizes that means there's no one on night duty tonight, and Anna looks up to the cameras.
Joong Ki steps inside the glass-encased conference room once the others leave. He admits he's impressed by this structure Yoona probably spent a pretty penny to have built. Not only are they several stories underground, but it's also soundproof, making it ideal in keeping out potential eavesdroppers.
She wants to hear every bit of his life story because not everyone runs into a den of enemies with an umbrella and handkerchief these days. She's curious about the man behind those actions, and when Joong Ki asks what she really wants to hear, she raises her eyebrows in surprise. "But it's true," she thinks to herself.
Since she's heard about his army days, Yoona says she'd like to learn more about his time in Iraq. She tells him, "Soon we'll begin the hunt on Park Kwan-soo. Is that enough of a reason for you?"
His eyes flicker, attentive now, as she reminds him that no one will know what they share here thanks to these soundproof walls. He asks who's listening in on the mics in this room then, and Yoona identifies the computerized voice as her Magic Mirror, like the one in Snow White.
He scoffs at that, so to prove it, Yoona chants, "Mirror, mirror, who in this land is fairest of all?" Her computerized magic mirror voice answers, "Snow White."
While Anna picks up on a news story about her father visiting a church tomorrow, Yoona shares how her Magic Mirror is smarter than the other artificial intelligence systems available today.
This room acts like the brain of JSS, a hub that stores all the secrets of the world. Her Magic Mirror is a highly-advanced software whose function is to comb through all that information and give her the most accurate answers to her questions. So if Joong Ki shares his story, Magic Mirror will satiate his curiosity.
"Why do you think there would be things I'm curious about?" Joong Ki posits in return. Yoona replies that he wouldn't have joined the JSS if he weren't curious. She knows he doesn't have a comeback for that, and tells him that she's the only one who can access the encrypted data because Magic Mirror only responds to her voice commands.
"... That's the reason why I must kill Park Kwan-soo," Joong Ki states, his bottom lip quivering. Yoona considers that a good enough reason, so she instructs her computer to answer all of Joong Ki's questions.
Per Joong Ki's request, Magic Mirror brings up Representative Park's activities on September 15, 2015.
But the Magic Mirror could not answer Joong Ki's next question - why he was there.
Yoona instructs her computer to widen its search parameters, and now Magic Mirror states there was a 53.3 percent chance the politician was in a secret meeting. When Joong Ki asks with whom Representative Park was speaking with, the computer asks for a location.
He gives it, and the computer generates four names: Representative Park, Rania, an unidentified Blackstone agent, and the leader of the Kumar group Abdul Omar. He asks for the reason for their meeting, only for the computer to state that the reason is unknown.
So Joong Ki asks why Representative Park had Rania killed, to which Magic Mirror says there is a 68 percent chance it was because she knew information that couldn't be leaked. Joong Ki slams his fist on the table upon seeing the results, and asks to find out what the men discussed.
But that information can't be traced either, and Yoona says it's pointless to inquire more deeply when the data isn't there. Then Magic Mirror states that Abdul Omar escaped the CIA's grasp two weeks following that meeting and assembled a new military group.
Yoona wonders if that means Representative Park has been supplying arms to Abdul Omar's men.
Joong Ki gets up to leave, but he refuses the offer to stay in the JSS residences just because he's part of Heaven Ten now. But Yoona emphasizes that she protects her inner circle including their families.
He says that sounds an awful lot like calling him her slave, and Yoona says she's never betrayed anyone who hasn't ever betrayed her. To that, Joong Ki bites back: "There's no such thing as a master who does not betray his slave."
He turns to leave, but then looks back at her: "There are people who don't betray their friends, though. Isn't that right... friend?"
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Agent J7
FanfictionJoong Ki is a former secret agent for the JSS Security. While in Iraq, he gets framed for the murder of his comrade. As a result, he runs away and becomes a fugitive. He goes to South Korea and by chance, gets offered to work as a bodyguard by Choi...
