(ENG)(BTS/JINCENTRIC) INNOCENCE
Chapter 23
In the dining room, the two young men occupying each side of the table stared quietly at the cereal bloated in the black porcelain bowl. Kim Namjoon raised the face revealing a slightly red hand-imprint on his right cheek and a tear on his lower lip, then cleared his throat to break the gloomy atmosphere.
-"I don't know how to cook, so I only have cereal and milk."
Kim Seokjin stirred the flaccid cereal in the bowl with a spoon and brought it to his mouth, chewing slowly.
Since the other one kept ignoring him, Kim Namjoon couldn't help but continue the one-side conversation.
-"What happened this morning..."
-"It's just like being bitten by a dog. Not a big deal"- Not letting the detective finish his sentence, Jin calmly raised his eyebrows and cut off the other's explaining intentions.
A wave of anger rose in Namjoon's inner world, followed by the darkened expressions. He was about to respond with some sarcastic jokes he often used, but he noticed Jin's tired eyes. The words nearly coming out of his mouth were immediately swallowed back. Namjoon sniffed, moved his eyes to the tasteless breakfast, and began to load his empty stomach with cornflake and low-fat milk.
After a few minutes of silence, Jin dropped the spoon lightly with a request.
-"I wanna meet Lee Sohan and Hwang Yiri."
After finishing the boring breakfast, Kim Namjoon reached out his hand to help him go. But, soon, Seokjin quickly brushed his hand away and held on to the wall to gain momentum.
His good intention was refused, Namjoon frowned at his stubborn attitude. Suddenly, the memory of this morning came back, causing his ears to slowly turn red.
To be honest, he didn't understand why he did that. He didn't have the habit of hugging pillows or any stuffed animal. Still, when he woke up this morning, he surprisingly realized himself hugging Jin like a koala bear. Perhaps it was the strange warmth that attracted the person who always lived cold and lonely like him. Without any consciousness, he approached and wanted to hug that warmth tightly as if he was afraid of losing it.
Those thoughts flashing through made Kim Namjoon dumbfounded for a few seconds and then suddenly smiled sadly. His gaze was still fixed on the trembling back in front of him.
"If he knows the truth...Kim Namjoon, stop fooling yourself, wake up"
When he saw that Jin was about to fall again, Kim Namjoon no longer gave in with the other's stubbornness but ran over and pulled Jin's waist closer to him, threatening.
-"Let me help you, or else I'll carry you like yesterday if you don't mind."
Kim Seokjin glared at him but finally compromised.
The car stopped quite a distance from alley 21, so the two had to walk to the BT bar. Along the way, Kim Namjoon explained more about the bar and the owner Min Yoongi. The tattered bar BT turned out to be a cover of an underground organization, RSJ, specializing in trading information. Min Yoongi was the main hacker with the nickname Suga.
Actually, Min Yoongi had already told Jin this information, but he still pretended to be a bit surprised.
Due to the nature of the profession, Namjoon needed a large amount of information and data, so he gradually became a long-term partner of RSJ. In return, he also provided them with a lot of confidential information. Jin wondered if this was illegal activity, but he also knew that everything had its own price. You wanted to protect something; you had to sacrifice others, including breaking the law. However, there should be a limit.
-"Consider it a win-win relationship."
Kim Namjoon had just finished his speaking when the two of them caught Min Yoongi standing in front of the bar like a drunker.
-"Every time cleaning up your shit, my fucking life got shorter,"
Yoongi said irritably, leading the two of them to the basement below the bar.
It was quite the opposite when Jin witnessed the scene below. The basement was extremely modern and organized compared to the shabby look of the upstairs bar. From the layers of doors installed with intelligent technology to the advanced modern equipment around the room, Jin couldn't help but admire this place's innovation.
Min Yoongi led them to a small room at the end of the hallway. After he swiped his fingerprint, a "click" was heard and the cold metal door opened to reveal Lee Sohan chained to a chair. His bruised face and fight marks on Boss Hugo shirt were the evidence for yesterday's battle. When he saw Jin and the other two enterings, he yelled and cursed.
-"Bastard, you and that bitch dare to trap me. Do you know it's illegal to kidnap me here? If I get out of here, I'll destroy..."
Before he could finish his menace, the angry and impatient bar owner had headed towards him and gave him a punch right in his nose, causing two red lines of blood to slowly run down.
-"Shut the fuck up. You're making my head ache. Scream one more time, I'll cut your tongue"- Min Yoongi impatiently grabbed Lee Sohan's hair, warned
This bloody and violent scene quickly provoked the goosebump on his body. However, despite a bit of fear, Kim Seokjin still calmly stepped towards Lee Sohan, who was still stunned after the punch with the help of Kim Namjoon. He raised his voice.
-"The USB Ms.Hwang gave me is empty? Where is the information?"
-"Haha. Do you think I'll keep it? Forget it. I've erased all traces. Don't waste your time here chatting with me"- He laughed painfully.
-"A calculative person like you dares to throw away your lifebuoy? Isn't that the condition for you to exchange money from Park Jaehwan?"
Kim Seokjin raised his eyebrows and retorted
-"Oh well. Based on what you told me yesterday, Ms. Hwang would probably know where those documents were kept. Did you see the person who just punched you? He's a hacker, so everything you've hidden will eventually be revealed. If the dirty things you do reach the ears of your beloved son in England, I don't know how disappointed he will be" – Jin pretended to make a sad face
-"You...." He stared at Kim Seokjin with a stiff mouth. After a while, he laughed bitterly, "No need to play tricks. Once the documents are leaked, Park Jaehwan will not let my family and me alive. Either way, I'd rather die in your hand."
-"Your wife and children in the UK will be protected if you cooperate"- Kim Namjoon suddenly spoke, making Lee Sohan and Kim Seokjin both turn to look at him.
After reaching an agreement with Lee Sohan, the three left the room and went to the opposite. Seeing the woman wrapped in bandages almost all over her body, Jin sighed, motioning for Kim Namjoon to lead him to the chair next to the bed.
Perhaps due to the noise, the woman on the bed was startled and woke up. She smiled tiredly when she realized Jin's existence.
-"Lucky you're fine."
-"Thank you. If it wasn't for you to signal me after I drank that Americano, I would have gone to see my ancestors by now."
-"Um..can I talk to you privately?" Hwang Yiri nervously glanced at Kim Namjoon, then Min Yoongi, and finally looked at him.
Jin turned to look at Kim Namjoon. Catching his gaze, the detective nodded and followed Min Yoongi out, not forgetting to close the door.
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