𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡

❝code nine❞

January 29, 6:29 PM

BASEMENT CELL
DIAMONDS' RESTHOUSE

"Hello?! Let me out!" Zibo exclaimed, shaking the bars of the cell.

He has no idea where he is nor how he ended up in there. The last thing he remembered was Xinchun telling him to go further down the tunnel and that was it. Total blackout.

"Hello!!!!!!" Zibo screamed a bit loud than before. "Once my team finds out you kidnapped me, you'll be sorry! You messed with the wrong group!!!"

"That's not gonna work," A voice from the cell beside his, spoke.

"W-who -?" The room was dark, so Zibo couldn't see who it was.

"I'm Kim Yongguk," The man introduced himself. "And its pointless screaming. This room is soundproof."

Zibo sighs as he got curious on why there was another man inside, "How did you end up here?"

"You know the Road Knights?"

The younger scoffed, "How could I not? They blew up our cabin!"

Inside his cell, Yongguk slowly nods, realizing who he was talking to, "You're a member of the Spades, I assume?"

Zibo stutters, "H-how did you? Are you one of them?!"

"Relax kid," Yongguk says. "You could say I was,"

"What happened?"

"I betrayed them," Yongguk explains. "Eight years ago,"

"Wait, you mean to tell me you've been here for eight years?"

The older chuckled at how naive the young boy was, "No, silly. I was on the run for about six years. They only found me, two years ago and locked me up here."

"What did you do?" Zibo asks, sitting cross-legged on the ground. He wanted to lie down on the bed but it was too hard.

"It's a long story,"

Zibo shrugs, "We have all night."

Yongguk nods. He felt like he could trust the young boy. But before he could tell the whole story, he wanted to know one thing. "Do you know Shi Zhenya?"

Zibo furrowed his eyebrows, not expecting the question. "How do you know my jiejie?"

Yongguk smiled and this time he knew he could indeed tell him the truth, "She's my sister."

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January 30, 12:05 AM

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