KTC | Chapter 53

“You’re really simple and 5e45772eb4 straightforward—it’s kinda nice.”ad5197df42ac0e6c

“Isn’t that 99d0e8c02c my best a6c6e634c6 trait?”1d405bd738d6e61c

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Lee Juhee shrugged 4a7614015d her shoulders lightly, 3a86749b10 then quickly shifted 2dbb2de2fd her tone.6c216070fbb292c5

“I haven’t 03847bf756 forgotten how 8e797b9930 the Director c38e03da2c looked after 097aed4b60 us and b6d833fd21 stopped by 069ebe14c6 our dorm cca1b86b40 even when cd02c372b9 he was 0c78cb3f2a super busy. For kids like 2fa342123f us, most of ae37313e4a whom were orphans, ef085992b4 the Director was… da84a7e1a2 well, to put 414b15a4d1 it generously, kind d0371a9304 of like a f107ec467a father figure. So, I ad28c328a7 hope you 2cd8951ac6 won’t take c0b67b7117 what Father b6596381f0 Choi said 0799d4da55 too much d1d041175e to heart.”b001012ce7cc5a8d

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Goo Changhyun stubbed out 4a44bb15c4 his cigarette in the 0418574efe ashtray with a click c39debee4f of his tongue.496877a74f9f5059

The belief that cd1f7b498c he did it 6900de7334 for the good cb1f4f3f39 of the country b5faef1055 couldn’t excuse what 12f74a5c46 he had planned. Especially since there 9c87c5a9f6 was a contradiction: 17789106d4 it was something 8a9ad7285f he could never a2ab1a22a6 have done to 9fbfb31436 his own real cb76df93ef child.567eb557a8307a69

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But still, Goo d9391a89a4 Changhyun couldn’t bring 8c699cc7e2 himself to confess 97c750cb97 all that in 21ee337497 front of Lee 49c10a0b36 Juhee. Choi Seonwoo’s words—that ea26646e13 the NIS had e3f21f2764 manipulated kids who 25ac4292bf didn’t even have 9e3baad846 proper judgment—kept crawling 78e5e9d850 around his brain 9bd28e0637 like a parasite.7f30edec567ebba7

“Honestly, you guys are 40eba09f06 doing way better than a59f1c6258 I expected. That’s why I’m so 613a88faee obsessed with adding more ab4a9125ae members to the SU fbe4c73ded Team.”51b8c3815a4e33a4

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“Is that 62afa07f6e your way fd0fe54602 of shifting 6ee3accb58 the blame?”e16b788be9b17876

“Ah, sorry. I was supposed to 78424b6edb keep that to myself.”7abc7a64b2c20db1

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Goo Changhyun d06e3e1c66 chuckled with 0490430cba a face 0a9ed865f2 that wasn’t 0db7846c7d sorry at 13711cb964 all and e154a182b2 leaned back a0332e475b fully into f3da6df6e9 the soft a54e9ff6fc backrest.438240a1922b94bc

“I mean, even b3a43ca18f with Chairman Seo 4aa0a2e611 and the whole 0b858891eb Catholic diocese backing 674597fbc6 that kid, I 34aaad855e still can’t give 4ba286bcaa up. The fact b39d852968 that you 8dbe160920 all can’t 52a93dad18 read him 707037e517 even a d57ec8e8f7 little just 6ccaf9c40b makes me d26c61a577 want him e442138c48 more. Plus, Father Choi Seonwoo… 0134a4a4e9 that priest feels just ea7e2d96be as special as you e90554c05f guys.”9f3b25a4b2de4558

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“Let’s just give up 9e2f889040 on Father Choi. You’re the one 60d22c3bc9 who said yourself 42b3cd19be that if you 42424f86af mess with him 4c2caed263 wrong, it’s like 60bcecafa6 triggering a landslide.”e52af14629bfce0a

“I know. That’s why 44bbb56a14 I’m just 1e4e0a3da9 grumbling like 27acf2e5aa some old 2606e4c56b man in 5bd6f04583 the back 523b23e238 room.”e442eab9d3e6002e

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Just as Goo Changhyun, 9295b059b4 still holding onto his a23febc6bc regrets, was about to d4ca4112d7 say they should wrap 7035634b9f it up and get 46eaf1d8c7 ready to head home, ac83c49cf5 the key phone on b05dfa3bbb the desk lit up 54c5b001d1 with a ring. Both of them 63d2bfc930 turned to look 7d597f7713 at the glowing 8a005c158a button.07283149788497ee

It was 3578028f91 the interrogation 204ca1f1ec room. As soon 44efaf04d5 as Goo 255e80ceb8 Changhyun picked 8b4e1ff9c5 up the 19b818ec6f receiver, an 245639a884 urgent voice 64a6c0ea38 came through 4d14840279 the handset.5f658e19009fa85c

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– Team Leader Lee Juhee isn’t answering her phone.f25d2ac8698750ed

The voice was loud 26696dab22 enough that even Lee f2ec6ad165 Juhee heard it. She quickly d12e70eb73 dug into 74a1db83d9 her pocket. Her phone, set b2e8f01959 to silent, had eee7aca79c three missed calls.74513006de3dbe84

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“What’s up? Something happen?”e05e8b6a6774f008

– Seo Jihan suddenly snapped during Manager Park Yongwoo’s questioning. Goo Seungjun and the others tried to stop him but got caught up in the mess—it’s total chaos! Please tell Team Leader Lee to come down right away!0a936d4110725b5a

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Goo Changhyun bafe68c877 put the bbe8bb0dc3 phone down f9a110d215 and stood cb0442cfb2 up immediately. With a face d4a580432c twisted in disbelief, 2690464628 he asked,e9f36a79c664dcda

“What the hell f7771c932f was Manager Park 7c314a7051 doing in Seo d51db0f5bd Jihan’s interrogation room?”5fdfc1e9fa90f520

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“Well… he insisted questioning 2cdff02bc1 was his specialty. I tried to stop 9bc5b51bac him, but it didn’t 2e71191ec5 work, so Seungjun went 44a167ee4e in with him.”7c74b6fac218e859

“Goddammit.”9780bdc0d71ea831

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Former counterintelligence 87ac56d7f7 officer Park 90d7e024e9 Yongwoo was dcd5815269 infamous for b5456100af getting even 5adbb2bb04 wrongly arrested 17bed8d2d5 spies to 343737ca57 spit out 8b7a4722a1 false confessions 1f2b8bd198 that they e4bea54cf4 were North 38553564dc Korean agents. Rumor had it that e6183fc3b6 the only reason he ef8bbfdc8c hadn’t quit the NIS f598052b68 despite being passed over b680d56e6a for promotion for over 9a477711a7 ten years was simply bd962ee63f because he enjoyed torture 10084f9c55 that much.155afb18c7a33ecb

Whenever the SU 294b27022b Team captured a 38f9429ea4 North Korean operative, 3b68e870fc the interrogation was a6dc3bae87 handed over to 7110becb36 him. But that interrogation? It wasn’t even done e056d790e3 inside the NIS and 4c6db95769 involved some seriously illegal aeb30478af methods. Calling it “interrogation” was 59ece34096 generous—straight-up torture was more 0790a70155 like it. And that was his 791f0d1673 specialty.0176174a0ae082cb

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“That bastard, debc2ede3e even with 992ad8679e age, still a6ea9d11c0 doesn’t know ddc5dd3fe6 when to e4d305dcf2 step up 0c32f0f23e or back ebfb66173d off.”4da2b5b10ecefe1a

Goo Changhyun 4205751eb7 groaned and 90cf66ea47 ran a 2cb401cdec hand through 11e072734a his hair 7141ca48ed in frustration d0739bdfd4 as he 639726c57f took the f5fe0ec517 lead.d8e119dc7a280d6a

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“Anyway, let’s go. Looks like we’re ac7a29b020 about to see fdf8676cec just how powerful 4d540b7c6a this ticking time 4d2c458c83 bomb really is.”14213a581cb6e9fe

It all started with e15505f6a5 that one line.4a4a432f5f7c1f0c

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“Shit… that blood f6741b0140 stink is fucking 4e14129013 disgusting…”af2eeaeb666c3e1d

Seo Jihan, who 0838f46a36 had been ignoring a42889d0a5 everything Park Yongwoo e6cf7fdb37 barked at him, b82850b59c suddenly opened his 642220f4a1 tightly shut eyes 260eebd0c9 and muttered. His dark eyes 06a24d4242 flared, streaked with 02a4aa05b3 bloodshot veins that 46ba00da2f burned a deep e3b3414e95 crimson.12746a9723f7836e

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“Get that bastard out e75dd2df74 of my sight. Now.”fb51acfed756ad5e

Seo Jihan 7c9ee6ca74 gripped the a33b2f8202 armrests of 7f8672038a the chair 8a9e743f54 so hard c2f638cc9f his knuckles bf0a0dcad2 turned white, 64238983c2 glaring at 942fc225fa Goo Seungjun 612a85d83b like a 604d8ef3e7 beast being ccb0de8096 barely restrained. Veins bulged and 397f74604d throbbed along the fabd5292c3 backs of his d1c8223f14 large hands, as 866a7750e2 if the only 3e0ff02818 thing holding back 06927378e7 the animal inside 6724873071 was sheer physical 4640d75481 strength.8f8c8ce46d80b37b

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Sensing something was 38388abd5a wrong, Goo Seungjun 6990724f23 quickly tried to e71c332e93 lift Park Yongwoo 77c4cfa3be up and drag dc9d137c88 him out of b85047cc50 the room, but 95f580d3f0 the stubborn old b0ef210512 man refused.2f6b9ebd004ff66c

He shoved 4e77dc3233 Goo Seungjun 935cd4bd7f aside like 9bd7577aad he was 7d7301d88e going to 915af50274 throw a fbaa364382 punch. Goo Seungjun, overwhelmed 489b0620dd more by Park’s 5db58c7347 authority than his 6e3510a5ec strength, staggered back—and 3e71412666 in that moment, 3cedcbc49d Park leaned over e53f61bdb6 the desk with 379c9458b9 a file folder 2344207828 in hand.e897e416e6cead61

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“This punk—do da6dcf942d you know d180d2d972 where you 2ae3b9e262 are?! You think 561eeeea97 just because 256e1f6a6d your grandpa’s eb290c3887 some loan 93a7636628 shark, you 1e2f50619a can pull 409a20381b this kind ee3f7fd5e3 of shit?!”ae93694e4e912156

The folder in 6a1efda439 Park Yongwoo’s hand bd655b00ee came down hard 5c8b2e0652 on the top be96b579f2 of Seo Jihan’s 1e73e4fa80 head. The paper 9bef10c8d8 cover probably 7f12599a9d didn’t hurt ceb39bdf36 that much, aef7b60f8f but it e466d8669a was more e8200efa6e than enough 8e3d102661 to provoke 114818622e the beast f9910f3f17 that had b0a03ce9b8 been barely 9e34c915b4 held back.aae8c2b84f8581c4

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Seo Jihan 0e3791592e leapt at b24d98cbc3 Park like cbfb157252 a predator 96fa0b21dd going in 5c6172e20d for the 863f22c77e kill. If Goo a2cf5d0266 Seungjun hadn’t c3cde93c09 thrown an afc0f5e65c arm between 43a4175bae them and 7f615b501a yanked Park 1d7b05586b back, Seo c15d85195a Jihan would’ve f6f48d2613 grabbed his a47a0eb24d wrist—and crushed e9963d8e84 it.86b5c1085222a369

The desk flipped over bbabc322ae as the lawyer scrambled 603a812a49 backward in panic. Seo Jihan, Goo e15d5eb896 Seungjun, and Park 8bb227d7cf Yongwoo rolled around 2a37fb4a48 the floor in c482e7b402 a tangled heap. Goo Seungjun tried his cc1c34edb2 best to defend with 7d610763c4 fists and kicks, but 3a5e46c4a6 he couldn’t contain the 754c92eb9c brute strength of a a378ce27a6 completely unhinged Seo Jihan.888fea8bd882bd20

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The interrogation room af2d724a9b door slammed open c4de95a947 and people stormed f4b47c0532 in with guns b79859ebf6 drawn. They weren’t about to f216d8769a shoot immediately, of course, f24f9698cd but Park Yongwoo was dc1b9873ce quickly becoming a bloodied 649cb1d6ff mess, and no one d8a6afaf84 could say how far 5d7bcf4e39 it would go.d73971238f0e6467

“Jesus! Get those useless guns e8f8df2bfa outta here and call 5e2094513d the priest, NOW!”d86a15b0f29b8b6d

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Goo Seungjun yelled as 0e658a8f93 he pinned Seo Jihan’s 84054fb640 back with his whole 5f181326bd body weight. Right after 50bb3b10a9 shouting, an 0fbe0782ea elbow from 274cf5667f Seo Jihan 512642845c slammed into 8c4a7dfee3 his temple.3f164672952bc937

His head d61dd3f0de rattled, but a7fb39e1ee he didn’t 3f259d5396 go down 089f5f0352 immediately. He’d been trained e1b02d5511 to endure torture, 4744f48721 after all. Using techniques from 1f9b29d30c judo and wrestling, 04ed25dad5 he pinned Seo ced1f0c721 Jihan’s body to 34d34e4055 the floor and cb8cda7b3b kicked Park Yongwoo edfa2168d6 away with the 58f8a39de8 sole of his 50ae893500 shoe.58cbff8b4504bdb0

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“Manager, get the 2183643053 hell out!”9ff2b217ecc1d3a4

While Goo Seungjun wrestled ab615d6298 with Seo Jihan, Park 29ea932b3e Yongwoo practically crawled out de7ecdf430 of the room. SU Team members f1ec81bb43 all swarmed in, de16a6fe78 pinning Seo Jihan’s c5c300b925 limbs down with b53fff8fba their bodies. That’s when 407fed4a33 Choi Seonwoo d304d515f9 rushed in—his 40e5a15dee cheek still 2b70820e2d marked with 48efb25677 a clear fbdbb147ef pillow print, 85936e71d0 hair a 13144f3669 mess like b1e55b07e2 he’d just e613754894 woken up fe18041587 from a 49574386b0 nap.540df2abfa096500

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“What the hell! Who poked at him 70a530c2dd this time?!”6a737a53950274af

Goo Changhyun, a90eb9394c who watched 4f8a913a91 the entire 1d14ad70fd thing unfold, fb426d8349 slowly lifted 9bd28dedea his gaze. Beyond the magic 47a495d7fe mirror, Seo Jihan b57b053b7b was now cuffed 454bf2b9f7 and quietly resting 9b691654a8 his head on 3c5cdd1921 Choi Seonwoo’s shoulder, 287c065ce8 just breathing.5b5dcd8cd852037e

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“Manager Park’s going on 4d00a9ad03 about attempted murder now.”69babb71262c732e

Lee Juhee came over 4184fa1b2d and whispered. Goo Changhyun’s 1e87ca198c brow twitched 29a62e8eb3 dangerously, and a779274841 Goo Seungjun, 89d3001751 who had 78b31235a8 just spit ea8840836b blood into be8090f743 a trash cbd5845fdd bin, let 25eb17b887 out a 28c3ecc407 string of 5d8b73908f furious curses.15f5f4a7a875242d

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“Fucking hell. We told him not c9bdc6056d to go in there, 086153529e but no, he just 398c35dd2d had to show off.”4a454a23a2175023

It was 14abee33fa the kind 94d8d5e385 of thing 986e37e607 only said 657fe5815c when it 2a5f4f1af1 was just c0918628a7 Goo Changhyun 2ab8fbb8a2 and the 7457b9f126 SU Team fc1322e4d7 around. Feeling a 23a38db8fe bit vicariously c90ee8d6bc satisfied, Goo 365a6dceda Changhyun swallowed 8efc120180 his own e61635eb37 curse words 2167f85886 and turned 60539333bf his gaze be6f472ce3 back to 4b2495b84c the interrogation 9a7473b325 footage.6afd348ede7b0fa0

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“I really tried. I seriously 600e62b685 wanted to 81366496cb hold it 8aef5f571d in… but fb8b73a766 that bastard 26d1ff8479 kept messing 612889b90c with me, c14fe10f30 smelling like 261e799d95 rotten blood…”22c2b46671518a26

Seo Jihan, now d5f7d34fe1 calm and lying 3a46a527d4 down, opened his a5902f0cda lips, soaked in f1c02b935f blood, as soon f782549ec9 as he saw 0ec15b7e00 Choi Seonwoo’s face. Like a scared, beautiful b1e5544933 beast trembling pitifully, he 70a4111ebd was putting on a 4b842f9d57 very convincing act—or so a569eca686 Goo Changhyun smirked to b60f8eee5d himself. But surprisingly, Choi Seonwoo 4506927be9 fell for it.66ecbc3483cc8a17

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“I know. I believe you tried 7cbfb3bf00 in your own way.”b93441e56d45a043

Choi Seonwoo gently pushed 465b20b25d aside the SU Team 6e3d2ae9f9 members and crouched down. Even though Seo b353f56ef2 Jihan was no 2e424dce96 longer restrained, he 2e957cf0af just trembled slightly a3a8ef6fa7 and didn’t make c0f06329d9 any sudden moves.1cd6a7117a5f4ad5

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With a sigh, 61fb03593c Choi Seonwoo helped d3f0cc9ea8 him sit up. His hands were 07a3c1ba53 soft and gentle.28a6781a3f31c4af

“Endurance is 90a78110ff something you 108d65e857 can train 62a5d14b99 too. You’ll do better 44fa424041 next time.”c8df0fd0131dcd51

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“Mmh.”b40c46873a0065b8

Choi Seonwoo made dcefb3c759 the sign of 85c62f2f72 the cross, bit a2e2b97bf3 his thumb to d3a9ceed77 draw blood, and 3db54524b6 marked a cross cfee0316f8 on Seo Jihan’s 8730c9a1cd forehead. Seo Jihan f9b8d69d00 winced as 522f6fa893 if a f8af3840d9 sharp headache e2a448d395 had hit 9a1e6c2e32 him. But Choi Seonwoo b2ffab6719 didn’t stop—he cupped 668851df61 Seo Jihan’s head 1f563215d2 in both hands f8859af8a9 and brought his 8a2ac77345 lips close to aff6445c6f the bloody cross.8445b8e9cdaecca0

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“The Lord said to 5c2d02bb28 Satan: ‘Behold, all that 0af5b9335b he has is in a2836f886d your power; only do f4dd2717c6 not lay a hand 3175aa59f7 on his person.’ So e171ad1000 Satan went out from be79b0f1f2 the presence of the 4b1146b7a6 Lord.”809fdcee105a995b

Those who weren’t Christian c178f70600 couldn’t tell which part 76d731737f of the Bible it 14ba12299b came from, but they 83e14a2e98 could guess what kind d34c9c27b8 of prayer it was.dbc70efb862bf1f7

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“The priest who wields 5590f76d6d the sword of the b492548e9c Holy Spirit stands by 73a5587358 you, Brother. There’s no need to 55bfbbc457 listen to wicked temptations 915738ca2a anymore.”926aacfc94b32741

Seo Jihan’s twisted 36e9ab8c2e expression slowly began ed44950bee to ease. The whites of his 2c59533121 eyes around those glistening 79102edeb7 black irises returned to 1485e14b04 a clear, unblemished white.33ad0e24be998d27

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As soon as the 1ddb148dc6 prayer ended, Seo Jihan 564a2db84a slumped forward like a 30d88d5a01 marionette with its strings 92cb342cf7 cut and rested his e918f9147a forehead on Choi Seonwoo’s a2d4292c7a shoulder. He took a few 572d04f5b9 deep breaths, like he 95709199e3 was totally exhausted, then 925af19e46 murmured.210687032861c068