The Chosen

Scrupulously Seeking

The morning after the chaotic report regarding the missing persons, the Chosen Squad were staring at the ceiling of the bedroom. They were back in the Chosen Suite in Neither Province. With nothing else to do, the undeniable fact slapped them hard on their faces. Despite visiting so many provinces during the investigation, they never found the last Chosen.

"Where is he? Why can't we find him?" Daniel was running his hands through his hair.

"I can't believe after all the trouble that we encountered, we still haven't found him." Jisung mentioned.

"Daniel-hyung, his locket is the only one left, right?" Kuanlin asked Daniel, "Why don't we have Minhyun-hyung touch it? Who knows, maybe his power and our intertwined destiny as Chosen might actually give us a very helpful clue."

"Well, we could a least try something rather than doing nothing." Minhyun agreed to Kuanlin's idea, "But remember, my power only activates randomly. Don't get your hopes up."

Daniel grabbed the box that houses the only remaining ownerless locket out of the eleven that BoA originally entrusted him.

"Here, Minhyun-hyung. Why don't you try." Daniel urged and Minhyun gently made contact with the locket, "Oh, I hope he sees something, anything." Daniel was desperate.

True enough, as he said those words, Minhyun received a premonition. They were about to celebrate but Minhyun's confused expression hinted them about something unpleasant.

"What is it, Minhyun-hyung? Are you okay?" Jaehwan ran toward Minhyun, "What did you see?"

"My premonition was fragmented and I saw four things. At first I saw fish, and then rice, but after that, I saw eleven silhouettes, and finally a glowing dog." Minhyun elaborated what he saw in his premonition.

"Fish... Rice... Eleven silhouettes... Glowing dog..." Jinyoung slowly repeated the four items, "I think it's safe to assume that the eleven silhouettes should be us, Daniel-hyung included."

"Why include me? I'm not the Chosen." Daniel reacted.

"Yes, but the premonition has something to do with the eleven of us finding the last Chosen." Jinyoung clarified.

"But what about the other things?" Seongwu said, "The fish, rice and glowing dog."

"We can't be sure for now. However, keep those in mind. They might come in handy later. I trust in Minhyun's powers. Those three items have something to do with the last Chosen and, therefore, pertains about the future. We also shouldn't completely assume that the eleven silhouettes are us. There are still chances that it might be a different group altogether." Sungwoon rationalized.

"Meanwhile, we should really keep up the pace and search for our center actively. The sooner we find him; the sooner we can restore peace in Hallyu." Woojin pointed out.

Thus began the Chosen Squad's active search for their last member. Forget about every search that they did in the past, they claimed to search with triple the effort than all of their previous searches combined. But with no idea where to start, they just teleported from province to province, briefly visiting their friends along the way, asking if anything unusual happened. They knew after all that the Chosen often appeared after something unusual happened.

"No. As far as we're concerned, both New Brand and BN-Miuzek were peaceful." M By M reported.

"Nope. Nothing unusual happened here in Pantazio." Troas stated.

"Hipstars is fine so far." Ex-Monster told them over the phone.

"Except for the ongoing repairs, Kyuub's status is normal." Five-Sided Polygon said.

"Arbee-W is doing fine as well. No troubles whatsoever." Mommymoo comfirmed.

Finally, reaching what seemed to be another dead end to their search, they opted to ask SVT last. They put SVT last since they knew it will hard to leave Carat once they get inside, especially with how clingy SVT are.

"Hello, guys." Jihoon greeted after they materialized, "Ok. Wait. Stop. No hugs allowed. Official business... probably."

"So, how may we help you?" Jeonghan asked while the rest sulked at the lack of skinship.

"We are actually looking for the last member of the Chosen." Daniel revealed, "You haven't noticed anything unusual here in Disple, have you?"

"Well, according to the copy of the reports Newest-W handed us, there was nothing unusually during the time we were in Whygee and Hipstars." Joshua recalled.

"Oh... Is that so?" The Chosen Squad plopped down to the nearest seat, "Another day wasted."

"Sorry to hear that." S.Coups sympathized, "Speaking of sorry, Mr. Shin Daenam, Mr. Kim Shidae and the rulers of Emildy and Iffincy would like to sincerely apologize to you for their inexcusable behavior yesterday."

"Tell them we forgive them... but not today." Sungwoon replied to the apology, "Maybe next week, or maybe next month."

"Ooohhhh... Burn..." Dino reacted.

"Well, we should be going now. Thank you for your time." Minhyun told SVT.

"Sure. Anytime." S.Coups replied.

The Chosen Squad returned to their room in Neither Province and resumed their position earlier, staring at the ceiling. Meanwhile, Daniel was pressuring himself too hard.

"Some Seer Successor I turned out to be. Cannot even find the last Chosen." Daniel muttered.

"Relax, Daniel. You've already done enough." Seongwu patted Daniel's head, "It may take time, but you will find him and complete your mission."

"And besides, hyung, we are now here to help." Woojin also tried to ease Daniel's mind.

And another evening passed. The Chosen Squad just hoped they will have better luck tomorrow than today.