Side Story (10) The End of the Incident
Then one day.
Jeong-guk, who was said to be working undercover at the scene, could not be contacted for several days.
While listening to the training, Haejoo, who had been worried, received a call from Jeongguk and immediately ran to him. The call came from the hospital. Haejoo ran to Jeongguk, who was just emerging from a treatment session in his patient gown, and hugged him. The two embraced for a moment, trying to calm their hearts.
"Are you okay..?"
"Oh, as you can see..."
Haejoo breathed a sigh of relief at Jeongguk's words, who had just examined him. Jeongguk's face, as if betraying the hardships he had endured, was covered in small scratches and his face was gaunt. Fortunately, Jeongguk seemed to have suffered no major injuries, standing upright.
"Haejoo, I got you. Park Jimin..."
Jungkook spoke to Haejoo with a proud expression. Jungkook had worked tirelessly to catch him. If he caught Park Jimin, everyone who had endangered Haejoo would be arrested. While there was still a mountain of work to be done after his arrest, that fact alone gave Jungkook a sense of relief.
The two of them came out of the hospital together and sat on a bench for a while.
"The closed dam facility was the remaining stronghold of the remnants."
"really...?"
"I almost died there, but at that moment I thought of you...
I had to survive somehow...
Haejooya,
If you hadn't been there, I might not have survived that time."
“I remember running while barely dodging the bullets flying towards me during the chase on the dam,” said Jeongguk.
. . .
"This is so absurd...
Why are you risking your life chasing me like this?"
Jimin asked Jungkook, who had finally reached the top of the dam after defeating numerous gang members. Jungkook thought of Haejoo and his father, who had been victims of the Suin kidnapping incident.
While his father was clearly the reason Jungkook was so excited about the kidnappings of Suin, Park Jimin was also the one who put Haejoo in danger, giving Jungkook an even stronger reason to catch him.
There was no time to reply. As Jungkook charged, Jimin chuckled. Jimin was determined to just externalize the situation and fly away, so he wasn't in a hurry. But the moment he turned around, Jungkook pulled a gun from his pocket.
bang!
The bullet hit Jimin, who was externalizing himself, squarely. Jimin's behavioral patterns were exactly as he'd analyzed them in the videos. How long had he waited for this moment... Jungkook calculated based on the footage he'd analyzed and fired at the spot he'd practiced. As a result, Jimin, who had spread his wings to take flight, hit the target.
"Ugh...! What is this...?"
Jimin's body, which had been externalized as a crow, slowly transformed back into a human form. The gun Jungkook fired wasn't a regular gun. It was a gun jointly developed by the local and home investigation teams, and it injected a drug that prevented externalization. Jimin, watching Jungkook approach, realized he had lost. But he couldn't let it end like this...
The moment when Jungkook turned around to handcuff Jimin and talk on the radio,
puck..!
Jimin used all his strength to push Jungkook directly under the high dam. Jungkook fell straight under the dam.
. . .
How much time had passed...? Jungkook was lucky, his clothes were hanging from a tree branch. He seemed to have lost consciousness for a moment from the shock, but when he tried to flex his limbs, he noticed no major broken bones or injuries.
Doo doo doo doo doo doo...
A helicopter was just taking off over the dam. Apparently, the authorities had sent police to assist, perhaps because they had requested assistance. Jeong-guk screamed, but the sound of the helicopter drowned him out.
Looking down at my feet, I saw a deep, dark forest that had grown wild and unruly due to the long-standing closure. I reached into my pocket just in case, but the walkie-talkie I was holding was nowhere to be found. My cell phone and other belongings had fallen out as well, so my pockets were empty.
At this rate, it seemed nearly impossible to get through this forest alive.
Should I give up here...?
Hanging from the tree, Jungkook was lost in thought. Various things raced through his mind. Then, Haejoo came to mind. He hadn't even proposed yet... Jungkook lifted his left hand and examined the ring. As he remembered the countless times he'd spent with her, he realized he couldn't end it here.
I reached out and tried to climb up by grabbing the branch my clothes were hanging on.
Ugh...
The branches began to snap. Time was running out. A large tree appeared to his left. Jungkook gave himself a slight swing and jumped, throwing himself onto the trunk. As he barely managed to climb down, rain suddenly began to fall.
I can't die here. Jungkook missed Haejoo so much. I have to get out of here somehow. Jungkook gritted his teeth. Fortunately, thanks to the rain, Jungkook was able to drink water. Luckily, Jungkook fell outside the dam, so he kept walking in one direction, checking his direction. If he had fallen inside, he would have been trapped in the dam facility.
It was three days later that Jeongguk arrived at the road passing through the forest.
After barely catching a passing car and completing a police background check, Jungkook was immediately rushed to the hospital. Fortunately, aside from the malnutrition that had caused his condition to deteriorate, all other parameters were normal. Having passed through the dark forest, Jungkook felt like Haejoo was a bright light. He had always wanted to be someone Haejoo needed, but that wasn't all. After three days of walking through the forest, Jungkook realized he needed Haejoo too.
On the bench, Jungkook looked at the sun shining brightly.
"Haejoo,
When we return to our home country, let's really live together.
I can't even imagine being without you anymore..
"All the way out of the forest, I thought of you.."
The haggard face of Jeongguk, speaking, was so pitiful to Haeju. When Haeju brought her palm to Jeongguk's face, Jeongguk held her hand tightly and played with the ring on his finger.
"Originally... that's what I was supposed to say when I put this ring on you...
Haejooya,
Although I am doing dangerous work, I cannot guarantee that there will be no crisis between us in the future, but I will definitely keep you safe.
I promise you one thing.
So let's stay together forever."
Hae-joo kissed Jeong-guk as a sign of affirmation. Warm sunlight poured down on the two of them as they kissed.
"Yeah, yeah, I love you, Jungkook.."
"me too.."
END.