Next Level

EP 11.

전정국

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박지민

...I think it's probably a target list... Are you saying Jungkook is on it?

김태형

You seem to have really earned my hatred. Isn't this obsession? Why are these guys so obsessed with you?

전정국

...

Jungkook remained silent. Far from being surprised by his own codename, he simply stretched his neck and snorted. He seemed to have some faith in it, and even the indirect knowledge of the murder warning didn't even stir him.

김남준

What the hell is your relationship with these new X's?

김남준

How did you get involved with an organ trafficking ring? I told you we were just there to make money, and that it wasn't dangerous.

Namjoon urged Jungkook on, his voice half worried, half anxious. The team members watched them silently, probably waiting for Jungkook's response.

전정국

...It's a bit awkward to talk about it here,

전정국

Should we go back first?

We returned to headquarters, having gathered only what seemed necessary, and remained silent. Knowing that silence was the best way to avoid disrupting the atmosphere, we waited until Jeongguk spoke.

After roughly organizing their luggage and documents, everyone finally sat around a large table and looked at each other. The atmosphere continued, with everyone swallowing their saliva and no one willing to speak. Then, Jeongguk spoke first.

전정국

...Are you curious about my story?

정호석

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전정국

I think it'll be a bit long...

전정국

My family was a divorced family.

Whenever my father came home drunk, he would beat my mother, and I would hide in the closet and watch, crying. It was a vicious cycle that had started when I was young, after my father's business failed.

My mother always tried to hide me from me so that I wouldn't get hurt, and I was so small that I couldn't do anything to stop my father.

Then one day, he came in smelling of alcohol again, and after he had vented his anger, my mother came to me crying and said to my father.

"...Jungkook..."

"Should we... live together with mom?"