East

Chapter 12

June 03 | 19:30

On the street outside his office Rae-Won finished dialing Sora and put the phone to his ear.

"Sora, you have to keep moving. You're very close to Namdaemun market, so go one street east and then south. Go down in to the underground arcade, buy something to change your appearance, then get out as soon as possible on the other side of the road. Meet me at Gate Eight on the west side of the market. I'll be there in twenty minutes."

He stopped a taxi and got in.

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Sora knew that Rae-Won was right and that the best idea was to keep moving. Moving and turning. She now knew what a real situation could do to a mind. If she had been playing the 'game', she would never have moved in a straight line and gone to ground like she had tonight. She jabbed a finger against her head and admonished herself that she needed to be alert if she wanted to see tomorrow.

She stood and started moving deeper in to the garage. The stress was beginning to make her feel tired, the backpack feeling heavier with every passing minute. Realizing that she was walking out in the open she moved to the left to get between cars. She felt something whistle past her and heard two impacts as something hit a metal roof support.

That woke her up. The sound was familiar from the roof. She ducked between two cars and kept moving, jumping over a low barrier and almost hitting several people walking by in the alleyway. She turned to her right and ran, dodging between groups of people, not caring about the looks they gave her.

***

Back at the scene of the assassination, Ryu Ji-Mun called his office. 

"I want men sent to the homes and workplaces of Park Ye-Jin and Jung Rae-Won. They are to be detained for questioning about the shooting of our agents tonight - - They also have a younger female accomplice, bring her in as well. A photograph of the girl is on its way."

Orders issued, he made a second call to the contract assassin. 

"I know who she is, or rather I know who she works for - - An ex-NIS agent, Jung Rae-Won - - I've sent men to find him. Do you know where the girl is now? - - You missed? - - Okay, I'll send some men to that area. I don't want you leaving more dead bodies on the streets - - We'll be in touch. You should consider going to ground for a while, before the next phase."

***

The shooter ran after the photographer, gun held ready in front of her. She lowered it as she saw the people in the alleyway. She was aware of the photographer running to the east. Her phone vibrated.

"Yes," she said and heard the irritation in her own voice, " - - Who? - - If you know who he is, take care of him, he's an untidy detail, one of several - - She was just in a parking garage a couple of blocks to the south. I fired at her but she got away - - Yes, I missed. She seems to have the luck of the devil - - But if I see her first I'm going to take her out."

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