𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐒

49; 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩

"hello. may i ask why..." jeonghan started, walking towards the group of people who wore white—meaning that they were koushi's people. "you're hiding here?"

"seventeen?" a guy asked, tending to his teammate's wounds. when jeonghan nodded, he continued. "your member, joshua, was previously helping us fight off yi-eun's people who were thrashing the whole place and killing mundanes. but, he was called for backup and we were left to die."

"look. our squad leader is dead. dead!" another said, looking a little too young to be involved in this business. but then, they entered this world at a young age too, so who are they to judge? "we'll never win against w systems."

"what's your squad leader's name?" jeonghan asked, while the seventeen members behind him start to notice that their abilities are coming back. jeonghan smirked. he can now do his magic tricks. just in time!

so, that magic ability disabler gas only lasted for a few hours, eh?

"hitch." the guy holding her says.  "i'm changbin, youngest is jeongin, that's seungmin." the woman with platinum blonde hair, hitch, was what jeonghan set his eyes on.

"jeonghan." seungcheol called. "we're getting feedback from joshua. dk, you, and i stay with hitch's squad, the8, junhui and vernon will go to where yi-eun is, while hoshi and woozi will tend to the recovery and rehabilitation of the city and the people. got it?"

"but what about me?" seungkwan asked. hey, of course our diva needs some time to shine!

"you're going with the8, but you stay with mingyu at all times when you get there. got it?"

"yes sir."

jeonghan turns back to hitch, kneeling down. the woman looked like she would claw at jeonghan even if she was unconscious. "i'm not sure if i could use my ability right now, but, you see, the others just started noticing that their abilities are back. so, let's try."

"i was kind of thankful that she got hit," seungmin admits, earning a glare from changbin and jeongin. seungcheol, seokmin and jeonghan share knowing looks. "truthfully." seungmin gazed eerily at the acclaimed swuad leader.

changbin almost threw a dagger at seungmin. "when did she get hit? we found her unconscious. we."

only one meaning, there's one thing that seungcheol would like to clear out. "did you see her get hit, or..?

seungmin continued staring at hitch's body, slowly degrading into a corpse.

only one place. there's only one place where you could learn that gaze from. and, as per wonwoo, seventeen found out that the only place where they teach that manner of glaring and speaking—is w systems.

"PAN OUT! WEAPONS, SEOKMIN! JEONGHAN, GET HITCH!" seungcheol shouts, pushing the squad members out of the way. "i hope you'll set aside your feelings for this betrayer right here."

"mingyu!" minghao was the first one to approach the two standing on top of a low building's rooftop. specifically, he jovially approached mingyu. "jesus, you stupid fuckass! joshua told us that you can't walk properly! what are you doing?!"

"ooh..." vernon says, a hand clasping his mouth. minghao kicked him, hoping it to be clandestine—but the fucker overreacted. "what?! i said nothing! i totally do not ship haogyu!"

"is shipping like, all you can think of? you always start these nonsense stuff!" minghao retorted.

"don't hit my baby!" seungkwan says, throwing a piece of rock to the back of minghao's head to waste time. minghao stuck his tongue out at seungkwan.