Chapter 6

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Due to Anna's beauty,  she was unknowingly crowned as the Korean Angel on social media. Reporters, producers and directors were able to get in contact with her after much effort and Anna agreed to one request - for a photo shoot for a commercial.

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Midway through Anna’s photoshoot, the photographer informs Sung-won that he’s limited without the use of flash. So Sung-won sends everyone away for lunch, and gives Anna some anti-anxiety drugs prescribed by her doctor.

He claims the medication will kick in about an hour’s time, which should hopefully allow them to use flash photography. Having overheard the exchange, Joong Ki examines the bottle and says she should be receiving medication directly from her doctor instead of Sung-won.

But Anna trusts that Sung-won wouldn’t give her anything dangerous and hopes that the drugs will work.

As Sung-won and the photographer’s crew leaves the building, a delivery man pulls up with a flower basket for Anna. He takes down the guards when he’s denied entry, then signals the other men inside.

Joong Ki doubles back when he sees the men carrying in trunks containing gas masks and other equipment. He sees the men release anesthetic gas into the air, and he’s unable to get through to anyone as those men have disabled the wireless service within the building.

He hurries back to Anna and instructs her to escape through the ducts. She refuses to leave him behind, but he reminds her that he can fight his way out of this building. He’ll be at a disadvantage if she stays since he’ll need to protect her, but Anna argues that he’ll be useless against the gas anyway.

He sees the gas nearby, but Anna continues to protest, so he begs her to leave first lest they both die. Anna relents, and he sends her up through the air duct while the room continues to fill up with gas.

Thankfully Joong Ki is able to use the landline to call Secretary Kim, and when she says Yoona is busy, he realizes that it was her. Secretary Kim has no reason to call those men off since she neither likes Joong Ki nor cares for Min Ho.

"Everything was going according to plan you showed up on the scene and threw everything into chaos," she continues, "Now it’s time to place everyone back in their rightful place."

Joong Ki manages to tell Secretary Kim that he’ll be coming for her before the line goes dead. He hides in the corner until the men in gas masks show up, then takes them down one at a time.

He swipes one of the gas masks and marches toward the next group of masked men who wield knives. He avoids their oncoming swipes, but his mask is ripped off of his face. Coughing, he waits for a masked man to attack, and avoids their jabs and strikes.

Anna happens to see the fight from above as Joong Ki takes a few punches before grabbing one man to use him as a launching pad for a flying kick. He knocks the knife out of his hand and removes his gas mask.

Joong Ki wields a knife against the two other masked men, slashing one man’s arm and twirling the knife in his hand before slashing another arm. Unfortunately, he’s kicked down to the ground, and just as the man is about to strike, Anna appears behind him and takes down both men with a fire extinguisher.

She screams at Joong Ki to come to her  while one man approaches her with a knife. She runs down the halls, hollering Joong Ki’s name. She hides from her pursuer, but is unable to stifle a cough, and that gives away her position.

Just as her attacker is about to turn the corner, Joong Ki appears from behind and strangles him. He falls to the ground moments later, and Anna removes the gas mark and manages to put it on him before she too falls unconscious.

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