16. I hope you can find it - Check Mate

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"Um...the address is here..."

Ding dong- ding dong-

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"Are you inside? May I ask you something?"

"(Suddenly) ...Who is it?"

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"Hello, my name is Choi Woo-hyun. Are you Park Mu-jin?"

"...No, I'm not Park Mu-jin. Please go."

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(Holding the door) Just a moment, just a moment. Really, isn't Mr. Park Mu-jin inside?"

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"...Haa. Yes, I'm Park Mu-jin. Who are you and why are you looking for me?"

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"Jimin...are you the father?"

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"...who on earth would name my son..."

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"I...don't you remember?"

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"What are you talking about, coming here all of a sudden? If you have nothing to say, then go!"

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"I am Choi Woo-hyun, the former head of the collection management department at Young Nation."

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"...Young Nation..?"

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"...Yes, that's Choi Woo-hyun, the boss's adopted son."

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"...What the heck? How dare this X-boy come here! Young Nation, what happened to my life because of that damn organization... How dare this X-boy who didn't know anything come here!"

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"I'm sorry... I'm really sorry. I apologize on behalf of my father... no, my boss. I'm really... sorry."

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"Okay, get out now you fucking idiot!"

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"...Jimin, I'm taking you with me."

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"...what?"

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"I happened to meet Jimin on the street. So I asked him about it, and he said he ran away from home. Since then, I've been taking him in as my adopted son."

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"That ungrateful bastard, I don't need you! Enough, get out now!"

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"Why... why have you changed like this, Mr. Mujin? Why on earth... wasn't the reason you stayed at Young Nation because of the child in your stomach... Jimin?"

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"No, if that X-man hadn't existed, my life wouldn't have turned out like this! Betrayed by a friend I trusted, becoming the leader of an organization... committing murder... committing murder... committing murder again! You, the adopted son of a boss who had happy days ordering around the organization members, do you know how that feels?!"

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"That's why... I did that to give birth to that bastard... But that damn Lee Jang-hyuk and that boss bastard are trying to kill that bastard and that bastard's mother! I wish he'd just die, but the boss's son is too weak-hearted to kill me, so he spared me... It's all because of that bastard!"

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"...."

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"Can you even begin to fathom the time I spent doing nothing and living like a puppet of my boss?

He cried. He cried. He was the one who, unable to resist, had committed murder solely for the sake of his family. And he...was shedding tears in front of Woohyun, the boss's adopted son.