In Another Lifetime [Minchan]

Chapter 37

It takes a whole lot of guts to take the risk

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Chan was in a state of panick as well, as he quickly went off his horse with the worried soldiers with him, his face showed defeat and so much worry, fear and anger.

When they arrived near the borders, the others were waiting for them.

"Where's Minho?!" Allen quickly pulled Chan next to him with such a worried face, his cousin was nowhere to be found.

"H-He...he changed the plan.." Chan was dumfounded and sounded so broken, answering the younger.

"What are you trying to say?! Don't tell me my cousin is on the enemy's headquarters?!" Allen was panicking as well, the others gasping when Chan nod and gave him the letter Minho gave.

"Chan, I thought you swore to protect him. He will die in there?!" Jayden messed with his hair as for Jisung to hold tight from a worried Hyunjin.

"N-No, hyung cannot die out there! WE NEED TO GO BACK, THIS ISN'T HAPPENING!" Seungmin declared trying to calm down, he was in the verge of tears.

"He declared that this was part of the plan! I tried to stop him but he forced me to follow whatever he said! He begged to go, I did not want him to. But he was determined!" Chan defended.

"You are ridiculously very careless, Chan! He is going to die out there, alone! Why did you let him?! The plan was only to know where they are located!" Allen gritted his teeth and grabbed the older's collar.

"I did not know he will have a plan on his own! It was already too late because the enemy were close and Minho was trapped! All we could do was to let him with his plan and retreat before we all could get killed! I have soldiers with me." Chan told him, trying to say that he did what was only asked of Minho.

"This just makes me angrier, and proves that I could never trust you with Minho ever again." Allen snapped at him.

"Then let it be whatever is in your mind! But whether you would even believe that I did try to protect him at all. Hopefully, that paper will answer all of your question." He told him as for Allen to open the sealed paper.

Chernobyl

"This does not answer our questions! What is Minho trying to do?" Jayden asked.

"Wait... I think I may understand this." Seungmin paused for a moment.

"Is this some kind of ICT class trick?" Felix asked making Seungmin snap his fingers, finally understanding the concept.

"No.. much more than that. The CIH virus, also called "Chernobyl," was like a hidden bomb inside a computer. It looked like normal software, so people didn't know it was dangerous. Once it got into a computer, it stayed quiet for a while, waiting for a certain date to attack. On that day, it woke up and started destroying everything. First, it deleted all the files on the computer, so nothing could be used or saved. Then it went deeper and broke the part of the computer called the BIOS, which is what helps the computer start up. If the BIOS is broken, the computer can't even turn on and it becomes totally useless. This virus didn't just mess things up, it could actually kill computers for good." Seungmin explained to them.

"What?" Jayden asked him, very much not known to any technology, or something Seungmin is describing.

"Oh right. What I meant was, Chernobyl refers to a specific enemy that disguises itself as harmless and non killing when it enters the target. But if awakened, it targets the surrounding things, which means killing them. Then to the main target which will finish all caused damage. As of right now, Minho is the virus. He's.. going to attack when the enemy thinks he is harmless but will kill them one by one, and they'll never see it coming." Seungmin pointed out telling them what they needed to know.