KTC | Chapter 53

“You’re really af7ad9a9bc simple and e2a6d1644b straightforward—it’s kinda f1c10f21a1 nice.”64e43865448bf029

“Isn’t that 9582ac94f8 my best 5d8d81fa63 trait?”fa9106ededdc3800

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Lee Juhee b7613aa49e shrugged her e2c12296d4 shoulders lightly, c5293cae0d then quickly bdb2db81ed shifted her a1a069bd49 tone.8c2e77cc60374951

“I haven’t 19f58d532b forgotten how 02b934eb60 the Director dc018590e0 looked after 5fd5b3cde7 us and 23c87deff7 stopped by ad4bebfa36 our dorm 4db35d7f96 even when d3af9f9a11 he was a12b464187 super busy. For kids like 77ebedf792 us, most of a7f28669e1 whom were orphans, 15bfb5e4e2 the Director was… be3faed7e3 well, to put c9f8da3f3f it generously, kind 043a8b5433 of like a 840d97ba98 father figure. So, I hope ff8b2306e8 you won’t take be374f1b52 what Father Choi 5ba0ed4740 said too much 44ec962fd0 to heart.”a5485abcc1a0d696

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Goo Changhyun stubbed 423a17de85 out his cigarette a7078e4f97 in the ashtray d3c8ec76d7 with a click 75035f9d7f of his tongue.90f52730a002e597

The belief ae0afdda09 that he 7b4388f0b2 did it 535a509ebc for the e6b0396603 good of 45d911f84e the country 68853b64a0 couldn’t excuse 4e787ef09c what he c22aa28edd had planned. Especially since 575fa0dc1c there was 78acc507cf a contradiction: 713d3a543f it was 65a70f52a1 something he 7b1ab7d746 could never f4a0e67b3b have done f2e9ceb358 to his a0c7d6ceba own real ee5150c5ed child.03b975498254b25b

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But still, Goo 4e4d96c689 Changhyun couldn’t bring e399e6d480 himself to confess 7554946db3 all that in 8117f16fa2 front of Lee b2e344f859 Juhee. Choi Seonwoo’s words—that 64a1d9545f the NIS had eedb8feb46 manipulated kids who 7963c011f4 didn’t even have 81677025a8 proper judgment—kept crawling 518180032f around his brain 4070295805 like a parasite.80e609c8e3a680c1

“Honestly, you guys 20cfad100a are doing way 4931a4455b better than I 7647e85b14 expected. That’s why I’m 06113dec2c so obsessed with 8b37ce8b63 adding more members 3c68b6b90d to the SU 336fbf4147 Team.”0061eaf5de5fdb5f

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“Is that your way c60576d909 of shifting the blame?”6af5d2617faa0a1f

“Ah, sorry. I was supposed to 5a7b4e8a72 keep that to myself.”30e35e3462595160

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Goo Changhyun chuckled 5467c7d0f1 with a face febfe635a0 that wasn’t sorry aac7a0e4b9 at all and 8be50d73bd leaned back fully b04a98e90a into the soft fee281abcc backrest.607e3e973c657e8c

“I mean, even d27371c63d with Chairman Seo 0cbdfced02 and the whole 8b0c03e434 Catholic diocese backing a3d92f44f3 that kid, I 420586acc3 still can’t give 1df3197490 up. The fact that you 78ed70ecc6 all can’t read him f8f3faf91d even a little just eb6277a520 makes me want him 4637b75b00 more. Plus, Father Choi 79d4b385d7 Seonwoo… that priest bea6d6ff3b feels just as 2ae0c661fe special as you 2f99658646 guys.”c2a1b64650af2d24

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“Let’s just give up f471d17d13 on Father Choi. You’re the one 578218d132 who said yourself 98cf2f3b55 that if you 586af1a5f2 mess with him f15c48b15c wrong, it’s like 0d3fd5c5d8 triggering a landslide.”86a8e932f38f6f47

“I know. That’s why I’m just ffa5484b6e grumbling like some old 2736d191b9 man in the back 72f89b3655 room.”22342e32f6599110

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Just as Goo Changhyun, 22d15a5fff still holding onto his 2c0e64555b regrets, was about to a15045502d say they should wrap c2cd6f33bd it up and get d195aab7b0 ready to head home, 04a98cf46e the key phone on d61c2d1336 the desk lit up 87e9070c91 with a ring. Both of 451a9c7710 them turned 4ae116c028 to look 2db5d703bd at the 7d3cff5f82 glowing button.6b61560758e950a8

It was af6f4a3c04 the interrogation 27b1d3d5d3 room. As soon as d563aaa2ea Goo Changhyun picked 05fe32cbfa up the receiver, 63bb7e78f9 an urgent voice cfb7723fcb came through the e318f52a8e handset.030596b7636a6cca

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– Team Leader Lee Juhee isn’t answering her phone.e19178f3c3a32185

The voice was 411642cfcd loud enough that 46d7ffb3e7 even Lee Juhee bd14ebbdc3 heard it. She quickly dug into 810b35b6d8 her pocket. Her phone, set to 327c4ee1b6 silent, had three missed 68e5065fb1 calls.7ff6f54fc94091bf

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“What’s up? Something happen?”4a376397274d03b0

– 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!cf788a32bbf403d1

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Goo Changhyun put da5cc12732 the phone down 3539aee436 and stood up c73aedaa8a immediately. With a f8193a43cb face twisted 89bad2074b in disbelief, 3c3e84862f he asked,0b70ddd4834a2945

“What the 462ae3f71e hell was cf63a25a38 Manager Park 471bb5d731 doing in 55e5b3161c Seo Jihan’s 1e24f13a1c interrogation room?”0eacb9e453611458

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“Well… he insisted questioning 2986ba50b7 was his specialty. I tried to 322582655e stop him, but f4cd99188a it didn’t work, 1955abbd4a so Seungjun went 070c7ac201 in with him.”b93b2af57cd97f5d

“Goddammit.”ce19507c81b1f437

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Former counterintelligence officer Park 1c6bd8c155 Yongwoo was infamous for 9340030a81 getting even wrongly arrested c25606e8e8 spies to spit out 087f0b16a6 false confessions that they d3857de6a8 were North Korean agents. Rumor had it that a834ad8279 the only reason he 4d192d2784 hadn’t quit the NIS 3c82198870 despite being passed over f1f7a12798 for promotion for over c75d439cfa ten years was simply 4e27ea483b because he enjoyed torture b5548607b5 that much.843eccaea0fb7504

Whenever the SU 1fc376b18f Team captured a 069a88d51e North Korean operative, 4c07d83cc0 the interrogation was 8a5671320c handed over to fa5559b061 him. But that interrogation? It wasn’t 1a034b37b7 even done d0f8533b02 inside the 272c7abf58 NIS and 4dc664d449 involved some 3e4123d8b0 seriously illegal ee26de18b6 methods. Calling it “interrogation” 62a0e68f09 was generous—straight-up torture 27a71636b8 was more like c53c6e58ab it. And that 031051c850 was his 100656078f specialty.0d1cb10f50e98366

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“That bastard, even 2eec1f819d with age, still 2b575c660b doesn’t know when e413633915 to step up 3c00815756 or back off.”728451dd9cb6a17c

Goo Changhyun groaned 2b388155a9 and ran a bb9965e754 hand through his 2c0db46260 hair in frustration cdf73a6a21 as he took 404d409b34 the lead.25a41a1763d68cf9

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“Anyway, let’s go. Looks like we’re about 1e6fec3e4f to see just how 13edfe1f09 powerful this ticking time c45748050f bomb really is.”c492d48c9a38e93c

It all started d7049bbed7 with that one 78e7597169 line.ac9012082190d787

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“Shit… that blood da2edd6fbb stink is fucking 515090958a disgusting…”c73ae1d79e255bf7

Seo Jihan, 18409ac1ef who had 0d9072d3fa been ignoring c31c02e5d0 everything Park f258e206df Yongwoo barked 15a6eb198b at him, 42006f8efa suddenly opened dea3fea048 his tightly 2e0c91e0b0 shut eyes df9018d91c and muttered. His dark ef0a8d903e eyes flared, dfd6b2d87a streaked with 8224307142 bloodshot veins 35e055adf8 that burned 091e305df0 a deep caa1fed130 crimson.d3a62f19de6e97c3

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“Get that bastard d6d1f6a620 out of my 1b8c4932ce sight. Now.”9e751ab0903f47f2

Seo Jihan gripped 0167ba6d56 the armrests of e36d5d64c1 the chair so 5a0c15f4c4 hard his knuckles c693a2ffd3 turned white, glaring 69d6952b3d at Goo Seungjun 48d55ca90e like a beast 9aebd8a479 being barely restrained. Veins bulged and throbbed 05498e890f along the backs of 2088332a15 his large hands, as 52306e0d80 if the only thing da03d08b9d holding back the animal 19f25e2381 inside was sheer physical ff05e6858a strength.bc821dd6401d4b35

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Sensing something was wrong, f7db6d6427 Goo Seungjun quickly tried 140bd161b4 to lift Park Yongwoo b1f6a06b7b up and drag him 1fbba80d62 out of the room, 0f1ec2824a but the stubborn old 3268d36dae man refused.a4ef1c69ad55ddef

He shoved Goo 8bb81cbe8b Seungjun aside like 820bf1cfff he was going 57a18a63ab to throw a 9f8840bcea punch. Goo Seungjun, overwhelmed more af80c068bd by Park’s authority than ae427cadb6 his strength, staggered back—and e175229e0b in that moment, Park fab8c172a7 leaned over the desk 6c6efa5afa with a file folder c678126ce5 in hand.7d1ec8af1e55357b

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“This punk—do you 2053dd2fa4 know where you 5696229f69 are?! You think just because d97dc04ad8 your grandpa’s some loan b9a34966d6 shark, you can pull f52fd2bc11 this kind of shit?!”b16195040f9d4ec9

The folder in Park be8e93bb65 Yongwoo’s hand came down e26f3d59df hard on the top 88133bc951 of Seo Jihan’s head. The paper cover 5dc48283d8 probably didn’t hurt 2c828ec6dd that much, but 721b63998a it was more 31603a7aa9 than enough to 1f55c38d1b provoke the beast 366644e2e4 that had been 025320cf22 barely held back.c603a7ba87ec3ce5

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Seo Jihan 2f3279e3c1 leapt at 3901ed8349 Park like f1f0549224 a predator e9f57634ac going in 1ae15f24fc for the 058212f1be kill. If Goo Seungjun 826a0fe772 hadn’t thrown an 581ef567e0 arm between them 8da246bdfd and yanked Park 1b18b26a27 back, Seo Jihan 86cedc88ed would’ve grabbed his e3bb018e11 wrist—and crushed it.817cadb6634b1132

The desk b675a03e0f flipped over 587a72d9ab as the 58d3b136cf lawyer scrambled 30d1ae9979 backward in dd0a53bd0c panic. Seo Jihan, Goo Seungjun, ae01e4f78a and Park Yongwoo rolled 050986226c around the floor in 702d751c56 a tangled heap. Goo Seungjun tried a61fce3643 his best to c7a40b3938 defend with fists ac81a5ebd9 and kicks, but 47328bed0d he couldn’t contain a805501078 the brute strength 9630b2ea46 of a completely fa221a4e15 unhinged Seo Jihan.cbac45d9926b7d4f

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The interrogation room 3cd77d7df1 door slammed open dd3edaab6c and people stormed 596dc71f16 in with guns eeee41fe37 drawn. They weren’t 21457ccaaf about to 31c1dcf03e shoot immediately, d14cd01cf5 of course, bdf9c6d65c but Park 1f027906f3 Yongwoo was a647fc17cf quickly becoming 7f7d64de95 a bloodied 6237789cc6 mess, and 8f7a69302b no one b5a4e245ba could say 984ff6daba how far 6310cbad9b it would c31520a27d go.e880aadd531a6f42

“Jesus! Get those useless guns f8d86dd5cf outta here and call 9eef647d3c the priest, NOW!”1f02bb7be514cd39

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Goo Seungjun yelled as 312a05062b he pinned Seo Jihan’s 6d927fc443 back with his whole e3fd8d6243 body weight. Right after fcea455349 shouting, an b5b19109b4 elbow from c9d44f3c0f Seo Jihan ad7f90d953 slammed into e493a45860 his temple.c5e49ba2353d9eb1

His head rattled, 8bada27cbd but he didn’t 52f3cd07bf go down immediately. He’d been trained to 29961bfbbc endure torture, after all. Using techniques 3e2e822bb0 from judo 06505ac001 and wrestling, f48ee2383f he pinned fe8fa41315 Seo Jihan’s 29d9e456be body to 04c9a5992d the floor 6a34b6870a and kicked c098d127dc Park Yongwoo 65440581b4 away with e6ae1c99ef the sole 507757aac8 of his d133ae7a98 shoe.97c01345f0bab242

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“Manager, get the hell fa0e0af680 out!”8dcf0d28ae165537

While Goo Seungjun afe6e552e4 wrestled with Seo f7c0c8071b Jihan, Park Yongwoo e7ed064783 practically crawled out 6531d6e133 of the room. SU Team members c3226486fa all swarmed in, ab4b4c2182 pinning Seo Jihan’s 867e5463e0 limbs down with b41309f4a4 their bodies. That’s when Choi 075d311ae2 Seonwoo rushed in—his 48f33905ad cheek still marked 129bc1fa02 with a clear 3711eb7bc7 pillow print, hair 5ae1bfdce0 a mess like e4d888bcec he’d just woken fab12aca4e up from a 0ddcd943e8 nap.9dc8088967d50119

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“What the hell! Who poked 43377dffe1 at him cdd31ceb85 this time?!”c350fc476eb8541c

Goo Changhyun, d8789bcb5d who watched b68608fa4b the entire 7377c4fd63 thing unfold, ad41d2555c slowly lifted 3818396e36 his gaze. Beyond the magic baa54047da mirror, Seo Jihan a143f69887 was now cuffed 51aa676bef and quietly resting a9cc659b38 his head on 5b8f30ad35 Choi Seonwoo’s shoulder, a8e5078ccf just breathing.379ac2aefb0e91ed

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“Manager Park’s going on 45dfd454f2 about attempted murder now.”be701e6eb31b62a4

Lee Juhee e13dc76b4e came over 84cf345e6b and whispered. Goo Changhyun’s brow twitched 6e0db0fea0 dangerously, and Goo Seungjun, e4f1c398d4 who had just spit 7ddece12a1 blood into a trash 0461e3c55e bin, let out a 7a584b7d5a string of furious curses.3de97768d73744ae

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“Fucking hell. We told a065ee4dd2 him not 8f573585d3 to go 6ab18367dc in there, 5e22194a8b but no, 0029d2a7b6 he just 50bb64f4a4 had to 8ffa142e9d show off.”79b8af7e3ef32892

It was the kind 9275537e5f of thing only said c87a661d3c when it was just 0701d84457 Goo Changhyun and the 83663eace5 SU Team around. Feeling a bit 886aaecd7c vicariously satisfied, Goo 3c75f29944 Changhyun swallowed his ba87430702 own curse words d8dbae81a0 and turned his 8de48f4910 gaze back to d85e9d03ac the interrogation footage.eccfb292ae5061f2

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“I really tried. I seriously b5fb8938a7 wanted to 9c7d19e54b hold it 2281130f3b in… but fd6bad43a6 that bastard df5d3dd804 kept messing f828605e40 with me, ba5e886483 smelling like 345573c08b rotten blood…”beeaf77a0e252d8a

Seo Jihan, 1d93637068 now calm dc4681d88c and lying 43fafdaf5a down, opened 3d15af5f9b his lips, 63d6741bdf soaked in 6cb03ffdfa blood, as 4d0815e3a2 soon as 933e910921 he saw 85dc326d64 Choi Seonwoo’s bac11c3edb face. Like a scared, a1b6330254 beautiful beast trembling 08ec818099 pitifully, he was 1dd19c1d74 putting on a 1b99f942b3 very convincing act—or 976027e958 so Goo Changhyun 7f2d6197f7 smirked to himself. But surprisingly, 50f4e77fd8 Choi Seonwoo e79b981600 fell for b481b09583 it.01d51a8f95102317

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“I know. I believe you tried 9b216c5b55 in your own way.”631d115e0c3c2923

Choi Seonwoo gently pushed 0ce4f42896 aside the SU Team 2c3220256f members and crouched down. Even though 3ba018bb5d Seo Jihan 9b7fec13fc was no 991e2568a9 longer restrained, 967a754015 he just 1abaaedf88 trembled slightly 0a12456d59 and didn’t dbf1cf5a94 make any dfc7bc623d sudden moves.b421989b3fca1aee

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With a sigh, Choi 354a6a38ff Seonwoo helped him sit 6e5c25ba43 up. His hands were f67abc1467 soft and gentle.c0693215324342ec

“Endurance is 4d4ef4b835 something you 170c17451c can train 3ee4338f9c too. You’ll do better next 333c68fe20 time.”0ab8e20b015f4142

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“Mmh.”59fe8f639c999295

Choi Seonwoo made the cf11b15302 sign of the cross, 083b84b97e bit his thumb to 813db12321 draw blood, and marked 3544f60c16 a cross on Seo 27aa427c88 Jihan’s forehead. Seo Jihan winced 760aa70a88 as if a d40c74d698 sharp headache had df48194562 hit him. But Choi Seonwoo 9b3a3a9fe9 didn’t stop—he cupped 28d1bf5611 Seo Jihan’s head ede40ec663 in both hands ee1cc7271b and brought his a0a5e7b18d lips close to 3570e72f4b the bloody cross.599023430fa89573

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“The Lord said to c70c16d021 Satan: ‘Behold, all that 3b943d3b5e he has is in e9dd756262 your power; only do 2a52215a97 not lay a hand f46a45ec88 on his person.’ So 924ddf51a9 Satan went out from a98afad597 the presence of the 97c0a87870 Lord.”b4b4f3abee699b49

Those who weren’t Christian 717405f9d7 couldn’t tell which part d113ec77b7 of the Bible it 196e978642 came from, but they 95d60f141d could guess what kind 82b35fb79c of prayer it was.74b75e802431232a

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“The priest 055cddfa72 who wields 51c1a94c16 the sword 56ae8ae915 of the 4a3325a301 Holy Spirit b231f849b8 stands by bd6a95e89e you, Brother. There’s no ca56bb69ec need to c6787350ac listen to 537a5c4987 wicked temptations 79f0879eb0 anymore.”3e35738c7f096d50

Seo Jihan’s twisted 65302fe315 expression slowly began 911a51cbd7 to ease. The whites 0e5f9e2d05 of his 1023a8e84d eyes around 3d1b3132f9 those glistening abf0a59286 black irises f5bb832184 returned to 99980a7cd2 a clear, 01edcadbe5 unblemished white.fe8588236b3450f8

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As soon as the 3a10637fd9 prayer ended, Seo Jihan ec7ff7b79a slumped forward like a 34c0b2cc3a marionette with its strings 23a7a5da36 cut and rested his c6e85fed41 forehead on Choi Seonwoo’s 7b616a2168 shoulder. He took a ee7e640f00 few deep breaths, 044000dbdc like he was 0ed4d1f87c totally exhausted, then 37703d18da murmured.72c5363ad6bcac32