Effect: The Next Generation [✔️]

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Days passed, but Renjun and his team still had no idea who the mysterious attackers were, or what their motives were.

They confirmed that there were seven of them that looked exactly like them. They've tried to corner them, but they're already gone by the time they show up at the scenes.

Despite their stress, the seven brothers didn't show it in front of their wives and children. Instead, they spent time with them, and only returned to their research afterwards.

Additionally, Renjun and his team have to worry about their yearly anniversary party. This special party is a commemoration of the day they became a twenty three member team.

That day is just in a couple days, and the brothers couldn't be more stressed. But before they could worry about that more, they received yet another alert of yet another attack.

This time, Mark volunteered to handle it on his own. This attack in particular wasn't as bad as the others by the look of it, so his brothers agreed to let him go alone.

Minkyu was worried about his father, but with Nora's help, Mark reassured him that he'd be alright and would return home as soon as possible.

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Mark followed the culprit from the attacked village, all the way to an abandoned ruin.

He used his ice to keep up with him easily, and soon enough, they made their way into the ruins. The culprit kept running, but they soon reached a room that would be his dead end.

Mark took this opportunity to use his ice to block off all of the exits that he could use to escape.

"Finally... You and your buddies are a real pain in the ass, you know that? Now, let's settle this, here and now"

Mark lightly panted, exhausted from chasing him.

The culprit was just as exhausted as Mark. The only sound in the room was the sound of them trying to catch their breath. But, Mark's breath hitched when he finally saw the culprit's face.