Chapter 1

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"One buttery nipple, please

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"One buttery nipple, please."

Namjoon taps his fingers on the counter impatiently, dying to down the sweet shot he had been craving all day.

Well, shots.

The bartender pours the shot with gusto, confident in his drink-making abilities though the glass starts to overflow.

Namjoon takes note and chuckles. "How's the drink training going, Xander?"

Xander smirks. "Oh you know, great. Getting better at this shit everyday." He wipes the counter with a damp washcloth that he seemed to pull out of thin air.

"I can see that." Namjoon says before shaking his head and taking the shot.

"Another," He winces as the alcohol burns his throat. He will never get used to that feeling.

"Sure thing, Thor." Xander responds in a comical voice, something he would do often.

Namjoon trains his eyes up towards the TV above the counter watching an inaudible woman discussing the latest news. The headline reads "Busan massacre"

"Xan, turn that up, please."

Xander places the newly made shot in front of the man as he slouches on the bar stool, attentive to the television and turns the volume up with the remote.

"...are still investigating the crime scene with six deceased and one critically injured and in the intensive care unit at Busan Medical Center. Witnesses say the unidentified suspect jumped from a two-story window, covered head-to-toe in the victims' blood and disappeared into the city."

Namjoon downs his second shot of the night, eyes narrowing at the screen ahead of him.

The screen flashes to a police detective, many microphones being shoved into his face and endless voices shouting questions at him. The man nervously stands at the podium as he provides the public with new information.

"Police have uncovered that the victims themselves may not be victims at all, but the result of karma,"

The screen lights up with a picture of an older Korean man.

"Kim Chihoon, one of the deceased and the one who sustained the most vicious attacks from the killer was the head of a black market operation that forces captured men to fight to the death for entertainment and gambling purposes. We are assuming for the moment that the killer may be one of those captured and forced to fight for him, but since we have not uncovered any files kept by Kim Chihoon of his fighters, it is impossible to know unless new evidence is discovered..."

Xander turns to Namjoon after listening to the TV with him.

"It's always some bullshit in Busan, isn't it?"

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