[Contest] You're Surrounded

You are surrounded 04

[Securing the escape route. Gangryeo 1 Team will be deployed immediately."

An order came down from above. It seemed like something quite serious, given that the team leader wasn't giving the order directly.

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"What's going on?"

민윤기

"He's carrying a weapon and making a fuss."

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"...yes?"

민윤기

"He was running around with sashimi, poking people here and there, and then he got caught by the police and ran away. We had to catch him."

Senior Yoongi spoke indifferently, as if he was talking about what he had for breakfast yesterday, and Senior Jimin turned his arm away and kept grumbling that it was annoying.

김석진

"Min Yoongi. You stay here. And Jungkook and Jimin are waiting here, in Section A."

민윤기

"Where is the criminal kid?"

김석진

"I don't know. This kid's hiding. He's probably in an alley somewhere."

...Please, don't talk so innocently, like you're talking about a drama. But unfortunately, my inner voice wasn't heard, and the team leader was still explaining his plan.

김석진

"Hoseok, you should take Taehyung to section B. And Namjoon, you should go to section C. You all know what to do without me saying it, right? Don't turn on the radio, and use your earphones to send and receive signals."

정호석

"Then what does our youngest do?"

At my senior's question, the team leader smiled confidently and put his arm around my shoulder. I saw Yoongi's eyebrows twitch, but I pretended not to notice. It seemed Yoongi really liked the team leader.

김석진

"Our youngest..."

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"..."

김석진

"Come with me to Zone D."

D-area. It's called D-area, but it's actually quite far from the criminal's hiding place. In other words, it's absolutely impossible for the criminal to escape.

Namjoon said with a dumbfounded laugh at the team leader's confidence.

김남준

"...Are you saying you're going to take out the youngest right now?"

김석진

"You're taking me out? You're trying to get me back."

김남준

"...Then I think you should explain this situation..."

Everyone nodded and looked at the team leader. The team leader briefly played with my hair, then smiled and said,

김석진

"That's right. I'm taking it out."

...huh?"

김석진

"If you're going to do it, you guys should be the team leaders."

It was the complete defeat of the seniors.

Through the earpiece, I could hear the seniors speaking in a deliberately over-the-top voice. It seemed like they were joking around because I was nervous.

As the team leader stroked my head and smiled, I slowly began to accept the situation, my tension gradually relaxing.

김석진

"...Huh? Are you talking about now? I can't right now. No, shit... That's not the problem!"

As I was sitting comfortably in Zone D, enjoying the peace, the bell rang out of nowhere, not the part of the team leader's chorus.

김석진

"...Youngest."

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"yes?"

김석진

"I guess I should go back there again."

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....What the heck. What did I just hear?

김석진

"Just stay alone for a moment, okay? I'll be back in a minute!"

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"...No, I..."

김석진

"If anything happens, scream right away because I'm here!"

...And so the team leader left.

Being a team leader seemed like a truly difficult thing. He must have felt truly sorry for me. He turned around several times as he ran, checking on me, and every time our eyes met, he mouthed an apology.

Looking at it this way, it seemed like the team leader wasn't such a scary person after all. After all, he bought me beef.

민윤기

[Youngest. Is everything okay?]

It's Senior Yoongi. He seems to be waiting at the main gate, but surprisingly, the surroundings are quiet.

민윤기

[It's really quiet here now because everyone is gone.]

전정국

Senior, please come to Area A. There are a lot of people here.

민윤기

[Shut up. I love to think.]

If it's Zone A, it's probably an alley connected to the market. So, of course, there's bound to be a lot of people.

Knowing that the team leader wasn't by my side, my seniors checked on my safety in this way. Thanks to them, I was able to shake off my fear.

rustling-

김태형

[I heard the manager just called the team leader. Please understand. The team leader is the only person I can't attack.]

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"Ah...yes!"

김태형

[Since you and I are close, if anything happens, scream right away. Got it?]

Senior Taehyung seemed to have a knack for reassuring people. Hearing his words, I began to relax, just like before.

Thump- thump-

민윤기

[By the way, where did this kid go?]

김태형

[There are a lot of people in Zone A, so watch carefully.]

박지민

[We're already checking each person one by one,]

김남준

[Zones B and C seem to be just peace itself.]

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"Oh, here too...huh?"

The conversation fell silent. Feeling compelled to report, I too turned on my phone and joined in the conversation.

but...

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"...Senior..."

The conversation stopped with a shadow falling in front of me as I sat crouched in the alley.

김태형

[Youngest?]

When I raised my head, a man was looking down at me and smiling.

박지민

[○○○. Answer me.]

민윤기

[...Fuck, someone get over there right now!]

As Yoongi, who couldn't leave his seat because he was alone, shouted, Taehyung and Jimin's voices could be heard, but I couldn't hear what they were saying.

전정국

[What's wrong with you? What's wrong?]

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"I'm sure no one comes here..."

This place, where I'd entered with only a careless thought, was more dangerous than I'd imagined. It wasn't a place where someone like me could casually wander in and out.

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"A knife...a man with a knife...senior..."

A man approached me with a chilling smile. In his hand was a sharp, gleaming sword. His eyes were filled with what some would call "madness."

My head was spinning and my legs were numb, and I couldn't hear a word the seniors were saying. My legs gave out, and I, as if possessed, squeezed out my last words.

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"...I'm scared...senior..."

After my last words, no more sound was heard from the ear.

but....

범인

"Hello, pretty police officer."

A man who looked to be at least 40 years old said with a grin.

범인

"I think I need to pass through here. Could you please step aside, officer?"

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"Oh, no!"

It was simply courage. Having stepped into this place with complacency, I had to fulfill my assigned duties. If I were to ruin the plan on my own, it would undoubtedly lead to an irreversible accident.

I would never do that.

범인

"...You said no?"

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"Yes... No, no! You can't go out, here!"

범인

"Hey, girl. Here's this in my hand. This is a knife. Can't you see?"

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"Well, still...!"

범인

"You still seem young, so don't show any blood and get out of the way while I'm talking to you nicely."

The man began to walk, as if intending to just run through me, and I was startled and blocked his path again. Suddenly, the man screamed and began swinging his sword wildly.

If you're not careful... eek!

범인

"Hey, you XXX bitch, get out of here!"

Is that the weapon-wielding, swearing thing that Yoongi was talking about earlier..!

Feeling like my stomach would burst if I stayed like this, I lowered my body and retreated as far as I could out of the alley. I held onto the vain hope that if I stayed out there, the police on patrol might spot me.

범인

"Who are you to stop me!"

Honestly, it's too late to say this, but it was really scary. I almost fainted.

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"Ahhh!"

Eventually, the knife he was holding grazed my arm. Fortunately, it wasn't a deep cut, but it was excruciating pain, something I'd never felt before, and blood continued to ooze from the arm I was holding.

...If I had known this would happen, I would have come wearing a padded jacket.

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"Ah, sir. Calm down first... aaaah!"

...Unfortunately, I don't know how to scream "Gyaaak" like other heroines. No, what kind of woman screams "Gyaaak" in a situation like this?

The man immediately started lunging at me with a knife, and I was instantly thrown to the ground, covering my face with my arms, helpless at the horrific situation that was about to unfold.

puck-

"....Whoa, shit..."

In an instant, a sneaker hit the man squarely in the face. He covered his face and fell away from me. I sat up and turned my head to see my senior gasping for breath.

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"...senior?"

김태형

"I barely got it right."

Taehyung, who had apparently kicked off his own shoe, scrambled to pick it up and put it back on. Hoseok, who had followed, ran over and helped me up. He then began to examine my condition. His warm touch must have eased my tension, and tears streamed down my face.

정호석

"Are you okay? I'm really late, sorry... Don't cry."

김남준

"You must be very surprised."

Senior Namjoon spoke soothingly to me. Tears began to stream down my face, and each of the seniors awkwardly tried to soothe me. "Huh?" At that moment, Senior Hoseok, who had been observing my condition, let out a startled cry. The seniors who had followed, one by one, gathered around to examine my arm.

Soon the atmosphere became unacceptably tense.

전정국

"...The youngest is crying. He's even bleeding... What should I do?"

Then, Taehyung pretended to be worried and answered.

김태형

"...It's not like this is my first time writing a statement...Should I just blow it up?"

...yes?

My prediction didn't seem to be off the mark. Namjoon, who had been stroking my hair, stood up and looked the man up and down, once again grasping the knife.

I saw it.

Namjoon-sunbae looked at the man's lower body for another two seconds and smiled.

김남준

"The quotes are out. Two for the top and bottom. Done."

What the...! I wanted to scream, but the expressions on my seniors' faces were so frozen that I could only hold onto Hoseok's arms.

정호석

"...Ah, first we need to stop the bleeding..."

Hoseok, who had been listening to his seniors, looked at my arm and, as if remembering something, suggested we stop the bleeding. Just as I was about to nod, I froze.

The senior's face, which had always smiled for me, hardened. In that moment, warning signals began to blare in my head, echoing with the words of senior Jeongguk on the first day.

-He's usually quiet, but when he goes crazy, he goes crazy..-

The atmosphere right now is like a sheet of thin ice where even a fire octopus would cry. It's chaos, chaos, chaos. Shit, this is going to be chaos. Hahahaha.

정호석

"...neck."

"yes?"

정호석

"Did that kid strangle you too?"

Ah. I must have drowsied up for a moment when I laid you down on the floor earlier. I was so out of it that I didn't even realize I was strangled, so I unconsciously touched my neck.

정호석

"Your neck is red. How hard did you squeeze it..."

At Hoseok's words, the seniors all stood in a line. The situation soon became a standoff between the culprit and the five seniors. Jeongguk was the first to speak.

전정국

"Should I just kill him?"

Then, a voice came from behind the senior. That voice was definitely...

민윤기

"From today onwards, you will become inanimate, kid."

It was Senior Yoongi, who had always been there. He was the one who, besides Senior Jungkook, had been surrounded by many others, urging them to take care of him. Detective Min Yoongi. They said that on days when his stage-breaking tendencies surfaced, a disaster of such magnitude that the Earth would collapse would strike...

It seemed like today was that day.

김태형

"Just kill them. What's the big deal?"

As if Taehyung's words were a signal, two of the five seniors stepped forward.

This is a big problem.

정호석

"...Everyone, get out of the way."

박지민

"..."

I had a feeling a huge storm was coming. My premonitions are always right.