1982 - Seijin City
"The experiment is to reform the candidates' minds back to their five year-old selves, program them to be extremely obedient and always behave to their prospective owners," Hoseok explained.
"Prospective what?"
"Future masters."
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Jihyun
My eyes immediately get teary, as I'm trying to believe what I just heard. Is someone trying to play around with me? How could someone be this cruel to me?
No. This is a joke.
"Eomma?" Jungkook walks towards me, tries to reach my hands. "Eomma, why are you crying?"
"Don't touch me!"
Suddenly a crash sound roams, coming from the area where Unnie and Oppa are. What happened? I have to check-argh!
"Don't go, Eomma! Please," Jungkook cries while pulling my shirt. "Appa said, you won't leave me alone."
"GET OFF ME!"
Jungkook groans, falls down after I push and kick him away. His crying sound just becomes louder and louder as I'm walking away, leaving him.
"Noona, where are you? I'm scared."
I stop.
No. That mental guy is not Jimin. Why do I keep rewinding Jimin's crying right now?
"Eomma..."
Jeez! God dammit!!
I walk back to Jungkook who's sobbing really hard. Tears are pouring down his white cheeks, while his cuffed hands are covering his face.
How could this guy act like a 5 year-old kid?
The voice said I'm the only one who can break Jungkook's cuffs. When I kneel down to check them out, Jungkook's crying slowly dissolves, as I feel like he's looking at me like a kid full of questions.
The cuffs are made of iron and it fits Jungkook's wrists. When I pull the cuff, Jungkook screams in pain. Apparently the cuffs make his wrists bruised, leaving a red mark.
Just like the voice said, I put my right thumb on the round surface in the middle of the cuff. Weird things happen. The cuff vibrates a couple of times, then-clack! It breaks, just like that?
It's no joke. It's really open with my thumb.
Why?
H-
How?
"It's open!" Jungkook exclaims excitedly.
I look at Jungkook sceptically who's also looking at me amazedly. How could it be open with my fingerprint?
I do the same on the cuff on his feet. It opens too!
"Gomawo, Eomma!" screams Jungkook while hugging me, all of a sudden. "Thank you so much for opening them!"
"Wh-GET OFF ME-"
DAR! DAR!
"OPPA!!"
I gasp. My eyes widen in horror. That's Ara Unnie's screaming.
