Special Investigation Team BTS 2

EP 25. Foxy's Doll Shop (4)

Losing consciousness, what the heck. I didn't have time to worry about that right now. I felt like I was suffocating.

The special forces team members clearly mistook Han Ye-seul's face for Kim Yeo-ju. But... this person in front of them now has Han Ye-seul's face.

And she is called… Knight.

"Yeah, well. I didn't recognize you because your face changed so much. Why are you here? Shouldn't you be in the hospital?"

연여주

“…Really… you’re my sister…?”

"I heard you were in the hospital. I came here on purpose at that time, and what is this?"

연여주

“…How did you know I was in the hospital…?”

"Get out now. Even if you have a strong tolerance, this is quite strong. The aftereffects will be no joke, right?"

연여주

"knight!!!!!!!"

Bam-!!!

The jackknife that grazed Knight's face shattered the doll behind him. Literally shattered. The wooden doll lost its original shape and shattered.

A red line ran down his once smooth, white skin. Even as a single drop of blood flowed down, Knight's expression remained unchanged. Instead, he burst into laughter and looked at the female protagonist.

"Knight… As I said earlier, it's been a really long time since I've heard that name. I changed my name. I really like it. You probably know that, right?"

연여주

"……no way."

사이타

"Saita."

연여주

"……."

사이타

"We met once before when we met the congressman, right?"

My heart sank. Kim Yeo-ju, whom the team had so desperately missed, turned out to be Knight, and the Knight who had gone missing ten years ago turned out to be Saitah.

The heroine resented Knight, who saw her in a way so different from the past. Why did you appear like this? Why did you appear like this? Why. Why!!!

사이타

"I spent some time fixing his face. There was a dead kid in our organization, so I changed his face to look exactly like his. What do you think? Doesn't his face look pretty good?"

연여주

“Our organization…?”

사이타

"Katartish. It's an organization I've been focusing on for the past ten years. Well, it took a while for it to become famous, though."

Knight, or should I call him Saita now? Saita was fine even in this drug den. In fact, he was enjoying himself, taking deep breaths.

Ah. Memories I'd forgotten came flooding back. Why my sister cared for me. Why I developed drug tolerance. Why my sister... coveted me.

연여주

"Ugh, uh, unnie…. Is this a painkiller, huh…?"

나이트

"Oh, right. This is the new painkiller I made. How is it? How does it feel? Feel good?"

연여주

“I… can’t breathe…. Aww, my, legs, won’t move…. Haa… Unnie…….”

나이트

"Ah… why? I didn't put any paralyzing ingredients in it. Just wait a minute. I'll get you some other medicine."

… That's right. I had forgotten. No, I wanted to forget. Because she was an infinitely warm sister to me. I wanted to believe that this, too, was love. I knew she was injecting me with a new drug every time, but I pretended not to notice.

연여주

"……Sister."

사이타

"Just get out of here. If you keep doing that, you'll really collapse. Then I told you I won't be able to see you again."

연여주

“Sister… Sister, are you Kim Yeo-ju…? That’s not your real name….”

사이타

"Well… your name is pretty. I tried using the name Yeoju. I tried to pretend to be righteous, so I went to military academy, and I also tried my hand at military life to gain experience. It wasn't fun."

연여주

“…Sister.”

사이타

"During my time at the military academy and in the military, Sabra and Psyche took care of the organization well. I was getting bored with the special forces, so I switched them with some corpses that had been frozen."

Yeo-ju clenched her fists as she watched him speak so matter-of-factly, as if he were telling her an old story. Knowing how much the special forces team members missed her, her heart ached.

Saita chuckled as he watched the heroine's gaze turn increasingly angry. It was the reaction he had been hoping for.

사이타

"They're retards too. How could they have thought a member of the organization would be defeated so quickly by a mere soldier? It was hard to endure all the whining and complaining about Psyche's pain, heroine."

연여주

“…Stop talking. I can barely hold it in.”

사이타

"I had a hard time texting Sabra just to show them. I even tolerated her grumbling about having to text me."

연여주

"…hey."

사이타

"Can't you give me a hug for my hard work?"

bang-!!!

Without a word, he pulled the gun from his waistband and fired. However, perhaps due to his crippled condition, his vision was shaky and his stomach was tensed, so his collar didn't even come close to Saitah.

I threw my gun nervously at the repeated misses. I saw Saita, bending over and laughing loudly, in front of me.

연여주

“Fuck….”

I felt my mind's limits. I saw Saita's face, a smile gently lifting one corner of his mouth.

사이타

"See you later, my Nero."

thud-!!!

The heroine's body, unable to keep her balance, slumped helplessly to the floor. Lost in thought, she suddenly recalled her boss's words, even in her unconscious state.

Traitors, by death.

A clear tear flowed down between my heavily closed eyelids.

In this acrid, smoke-filled place, countless corpses, both male and female, filled the space. I kicked the bodies blocking my path, sending them to the side. In the distance, I saw a man clutching his stomach, wheezing.

사이타

"Nick."

최연준

“…Cough.”

사이타

"You lied to me so well, didn't you? Is the heroine in the hospital? A-3 is in the hospital, you punk?"

Yeonjun's body jerked with a dull thud. His intermittent breaths were ragged.

Yeonjun coughed up the blood that was welling up in his throat, then struggled to get up and leaned back against the wall. There was no fear in Yeonjun's eyes as he looked up at Saita.

최연준

“Haa… I was definitely in the hospital. Shit.”

프시케

"Look at that. The kid still hasn't come to his senses. Are you really going to die if you keep doing that?"

사브라

"Leave it. It's just a desperate struggle to survive. I like it. It's fun."

Psyche and Sabra, who were smoking marijuana nearby, chimed in. To them, the Fed looked like an earthworm, a reference to the proverb, "Even an earthworm will squirm if you step on it."

A worthless, insignificant being. A being that could never be overcome, no matter what. A being that could be killed at any time. Nothing more, nothing less.

사이타

"Listen carefully. I want Yeonyeoju, no, Bombay, not a brat like you. So, play along, you little fox."

최연준

“You… can’t keep up with Yeon Yeo-ju even if you do that. Look at it now. You can’t show your impatience in front of Yeon Yeo-ju, so you’re acting like a jerk in front of me, right?”

프시케

"Oh my, look at him?"

최연준

"I knew it from the moment you started using Yeon Yeo-ju as a drug test subject, damn it. That foolish lump of shit knew it but still let it slide. ... He just got taken advantage of like a retard."

Yeonjun's eyes, blazing with anger, trembled. He seemed to be thinking of Yeoju.

Despite Sabra's attempts to stop him, Psyche, who had been sitting quietly beside him, continued to tease Yeonjun, claiming he had a romantic side. The atmosphere grew tense.

Saita took a deep breath and called out to a member of the organization standing by the door. The member quickly approached Saita.

사이타

"Just make it until it's almost dead. Oh, and don't worry the heroine too much, so just touch the child's face a little."

"yes."

최연준

"……."

사이타

"Why don't you keep being that little rat? I won't stop you. Let's see how far you two, who are nothing at all, can go together."

With those words, Saita turned around neatly. Behind him, he could hear Yeonjun's screams, Psyche's laughter, and the sounds of other members rushing in, but those were completely out of his mind.

The face reflected in the elevator door was dark. The wound that had passed under my eye only now began to hurt. Thinking back on what had happened earlier, my teeth ground together.

사이타

“…Yeon Yeo-ju.”

I didn't know he'd be able to throw a jackknife with that mentality and body. Anyone who saw that situation would have thought he'd missed the mark by stabbing Saitah in the face, but that wasn't the case.

Saita, who was looking straight at the heroine, knew. The heroine's eyes were fixed on Saita, but the tip of the sword was angled so that it would graze under Saita's eye.

I tried to smile and maintain a poker face as the heroine jackknifeeded, but I couldn't. All I could do was keep a blank expression.

There was a murderous glint in the heroine's eyes. Seeing that murderous glint, something I hadn't known since we'd always been allies, made my stomach churn.

The jackknife passed my ear with a sharp sound, and only after about three seconds had passed did I regain my poker face and burst into laughter. True, my fingertips were trembling even then, but I naturally hid them by putting them behind my back.

사이타

“Haa… Bombay.”

Saita, riding the elevator, covered his eyes with one hand and quietly called Bombay's name. He was so enamored with her that he wanted to kill her.

Because she had been injected with drugs since she was very young, she had no problem developing a tolerance. Furthermore, the female protagonist's body's ability to detoxify itself from drug addiction was strong, making addiction unlikely.

Saita knew the heroine very well. She only truly transcends her limits when her people are hurt, when her people are in danger.

That's why Kathartish destroyed the organization Yeoju belonged to. To push her beyond her limits. To grow and become stronger, just a little more, no, much more, and join me.

however….

사이타

“Fuck…. Those bastards from the special investigation team….”

The puppies who had briefly played with her shook the quiet, yet still-quiet Yeoju's heart. It was unexpected that Yeoju had joined the special investigation unit, but I couldn't be angry at her. She was my beloved younger brother.

The special investigation unit had to be eliminated as soon as possible and Yeo-ju had to be brought back. Before she was tainted by them. Before she completely withdrew from the organization. She had to be brought back.

사이타

“Lady, you… shine the most when you have blood on your hands.”

Saita muttered, caressing the photo of the heroine tucked between his necklaces. He touched it carefully, as if it were truly precious, fearing his fingerprints might remain on the photo.

The plan Yeoju had laid out since joining the organization was finally beginning to be put into concrete action. Neither the dream of conquest nor Yeoju could be lost.

To rule the world with my beloved brother. No, to obliterate everyone in the world except for my beloved brother and myself. That's why I was born, and that's why I live.

Saita closed the lid of the necklace containing the photo and gently kissed it. The elevator doors opened, and Saita's eyes, closed and opened again, changed.

사이타

"Prepare a clean shirt. I'll be away for a long time, so get a place to stay."

I'll be waiting, heroine. Show me your limits.

Kiya, do you get it now?! I really didn't know what to say to those who asked about Kim Yeo-joo's whereabouts! Kim Yeo-joo has so much screen time! I couldn't shout out, so I was frustrated and teary-eyed 😭

Let me just say this... Kim Yeo-joo's appearance in Season 1 was all an act. All of it. An act. (Even her name was a lie.) I kept my promise to save Kim Yeo-joo! I'm innocent! 😉

(excluding Saddam)

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