Chapter 19

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Chapter 19
All That There Is

LEE MINHYUK

After I drove Song Harin home, I called Eunkwang and Peniel over my house and there, I told them everything that I've found about Changsub.

By the evening, we began our search party. "Just like the old times." Peniel said, putting in ear-piece that would allow us to communicate before we all separated ways.

See, Peniel and Eunkwang are people who got out of the Alphas too. The three of us were the closest to each other among all the men in the organization, but we never showed it to anyone. When the three of us were alone, we talked about our lives before joining the Alphas. We did exactly what Han Hyunbin told us not to do.

And I realized why he forbade us to open up to each otherㅡbecause he was afraid we'd realize how unworthy it was to stay in the organization, afraid that we'd form some sort of brotherhood, and we'd turn against him.

Eunkwang was the nice guy who made most of our missions back then successful. People found it easy to trust him.

Peniel was our tech and one of the look-outs. He managed to crack even the hardest code we've ever encountered.

The three of us went to places where Changsub had been seen lurking.

And as I drove around, I thought about what could have happened to him in five years. I thought about how closer we were than I thought. All these years of thinking he might somehow wind up dead someday, or come back alive and we could leave everything behind and live a new and ordinary lifeㅡand now, we were both in the same gang and never crossed each other's paths. He might have gone astray and I don't know how to feel anymore.

How did all of this happen? Is this a punishment for everything that I've done?

"Eunkwang hyung, the drone is too close to the roof." Peniel's voice was suddenly in my ear.

"I know. It's harder to control since it's windy." Eunkwang replied.

Their plan was to use the camera with the drone to look for the rooftop close to the one in the picture of Changsub near Gangnam.

"I think that's the one. Minhyuk-ah, should I go up and check?" asked Eunkwang.

"Alright. Be careful. I'm on my way back there."

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SONG HARIN

"What have you gotten yourself into, noona?" Jinho asked worriedly that night when I called him, and asked if he could take care of Hwayoung for a while.

"I just have to help find him, and then I'm coming back for Hwayoung. I just. I need to make sure she's in safe hands."

Hwayoung was already sleeping in Jinho's car. I told her that she'll be spending time with her uncle Jinho and her grandma.

Jinho still looked unconvinced. "We are looking for him, noona. It's not your job to meddle with something as dangerous as this." He looked at me and sighed when he realized I wasn't going to change my mind. "Fine. But remember your bracelet, okay? Just press it and I would know that you need help. It has a tracker that becomes activated once you press it so I'd know where you are."

"Thank you."

"Haneul hyung would kick me in the ass, if he knew I'm letting you do this."

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