Special Investigation Team BTS 2

EP 26. Foxy's Doll Shop (5)

Exactly three days from then. For a full three days, the heroine didn't wake up.

Fortunately, thanks to Yeoju's quick response, Jungkook, Taehyung, Jimin, and Seokjin were able to completely recover from their mild addiction symptoms within three days, but for some reason, Yeoju did not wake up.

김석진

“…Hoseok. Have you tried contacting your older sister?”

정호석

“Sigh… You’re not answering my calls. You’re not replying to my texts either… I guess I’ll have to go home….”

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"Hey. Then we should go quickly. Don't worry about this."

정호석

"Still, the female protagonist,"

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"We're next to Yeonyeoju. You go to your older sister quickly. Contact me immediately when you see how she's doing."

The other team members had all been dismissed, leaving only the three of them to converse with somber expressions. They were worried about Hoseok's older sister, who had purchased a doll from the Foxy Doll Shop.

Hoseok, too worried about Yeoju to leave, just stomped his feet. Unable to bear it any longer, Seokjin and Yoongi kicked him out of the hospital room. They also made sure to tell him to call immediately if anything happened.

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“Haa… You should get some sleep too, hyung. It hasn’t even been that long since you got better.”

After Hoseok left, Yoongi, who had firmly closed the hospital room door, sat down on a makeshift chair, leaning against the wall. Yoongi, who had been telling Seokjin to get some sleep, had also been unable to sleep for three days, having been nursing him.

Seokjin nodded silently at Yoongi's words, sat down opposite him, and closed his eyes. He sat up straight, leaning against nothing, so how could he sleep so comfortably?

Yoongi let out a hollow laugh, remembering the time he'd volunteered for a war in another country. He'd thought he'd be a soldier his entire life, but now he was a police officer. Even thinking back, he couldn't believe it.

연여주

“…Team Leader.”

After confirming that Seokjin's breathing was even, Yoongi was about to close his eyes when he heard a rustling sound and Yeoju's voice.

His voice was hoarse from not drinking water for three days. Seokjin must have heard Yeoju's voice, as he opened his closed eyes and quietly called her name, pouring water into a paper cup.

김석진

"Are you awake? Would you like some water?"

Seeing Yeoju nod slightly, Yoongi pressed a small button next to the bed, causing the back of the bed to rise. Without having to raise her, Yeoju sat up, allowing her to drink the water Seokjin offered without difficulty.

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"Are you okay? Are you thirsty or anything?"

Yoon-ki worriedly asked Yeo-ju if she might be suffering from addiction. Yeo-ju, not understanding the implications of his question, simply shook her head in response.

연여주

“Please… Can I ask you just one thing…?”

김석진

"Yes, it's okay. Tell me."

He must have been so quick to say yes, knowing what he was going to ask. The heroine fiddled with the paper cup in her hand. Waking from a deep sleep and looking at them, she found herself unable to say the words she'd wanted to.

Where should I begin? That the Kim Yeo-ju they knew was actually Saita? That everything from her joining the special investigation unit to her lying about her death was a lie?

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"What is it? Tell me."

Unable to gather her thoughts, she bit her lips, and before she knew it, Yoon-ki's hand had reached out and brushed past Yeo-ju's lips. A bitter taste was felt on her lips.

연여주

"The special investigation unit is now… let go of Kathartish."

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"…what?"

김석진

"……."

Even the words he spoke were filled with strength. Yoongi and Seokjin blinked in confusion.

연여주

“Come to think of it, Saitaga… is someone I know.”

김석진

“…Ms. Yeoju.”

연여주

"It's not pity or foolishness. It's not that I can't catch Saita because of such shallow emotions... I'm trying to kill him."

민윤기

"...What, what have you been saying since a while ago? Why did you kill Saita? You should be arrested."

연여주

"You know he's not the kind of person who'll just be arrested. It's too disadvantageous for us to arrest him within the framework of the law."

Yoongi's face crumpled at the female lead's words that she would kill Saitah. Seokjin, though he didn't show it, felt the same. The atmosphere had strangely shifted, as if he was feeling uneasy.

김석진

"Ms. Yeoju, I understand how you feel. I understand everything, but... you woke up after three whole days."

연여주

"……."

김석진

"Fortunately or not, there are no signs of drug addiction, but their injuries are much worse than ours. If they were to kill us, we would have to kill them."

연여주

"……."

김석진

"We'll solve this case without you, Ms. Yeoju. Ms. Yeoju, can you rest at the hospital for a while? I'm asking you."

Seokjin's hands enveloped Yeoju's. His warmth covered Yeoju's coldness. Yeoju was speechless as Seokjin looked at her with a truly worried gaze.

연여주

“…I can’t just sit still and relax.”

김석진

"But what Yeoju needs right now is,"

연여주

"It's a test."

김석진

"yes?"

연여주

"What I need now is a test. How far can I challenge myself, how far can I overcome…?"

연여주

"More, we need to become stronger than we are now."

Seokjin, staring into the heroine's upright eyes, couldn't help but shut his mouth. The heroine, who had lost consciousness and then regained consciousness, had changed inexplicably.

Where was the confident and easygoing demeanor that always existed? What was left was a yearning to become stronger and a sense of purpose to achieve my goals.

He also showed impatience in between, which made Seokjin even more anxious. He acted as if he would sacrifice everything for one room, and he felt like he would disappear into dust after that one room. … He was anxious.

김석진

“…Is the heroine’s goal to eliminate Saitah?”

연여주

"no."

The female protagonist's voice filled the quiet hospital room.

연여주

"It's about eliminating catharsis."

No one could speak to the strong and solid gaze of the heroine.

After finishing a conversation that could be said to be short or long, Seok-jin and Yoon-ki had no choice but to head to the hospital as Yeo-ju pushed them on the back, telling them to hurry and go back to the police station.

Yoongi took the wheel in place of Seokjin, who had been feeling unwell lately. The two didn't even exchange light conversation as they pulled out of the hospital's underground parking lot.

김석진

“…Yoongi.”

민윤기

"huh."

As I pulled out onto the road and started to drive at the green light, Seokjin, who had been staring out the window, spoke. "Yoongi." Seokjin's voice, softly calling his name, was low and muffled.

김석진

“I know I shouldn’t think like this… I really know I shouldn’t think like this….”

민윤기

"Why? What is it?"

김석진

“The heroine… seems to be Saitan.”

Squeak–!!!!

At the unexpected words, Yoon-ki abruptly stopped his car. Fortunately, there was no car ahead, but he almost caused a serious accident.

The car behind him rolled down its window and he could hear the sound of cursing, but that wasn't important to Yoon-gi right now.

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“Now… what….”

At first, I thought it was a joke. He was so crazy, I thought, that he'd even play pranks like this. But when Yoongi turned his head and saw Seokjin, he couldn't help but freeze like a statue.

Seokjin was… shedding tears.

김석진

"Actually… I saw it. When Ms. Yeoju sent us out of the store, and I was left alone to fight with someone inside… I saw who she was fighting with."

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"……."

김석진

"That person said he was Saita. From what I heard from Yeoju, it seems he was someone Yeoju knew from the past, and he used to go by the name Knight, but it seems he's currently working in Kathartish as Saita."

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"……however?"

김석진

“…I saw that face when he approached Yeoju.”

No. That can't be right. What the hell are you talking about? Damn it. There are so many women in the world with the name Yeoju. Please, I hope it's not who I think it is. Hyung. No. No, right? Just say no.

“…It was Kim Yeo-ju. Even though the clothes were different, it was Kim Yeo-ju. I’m sure of it.”

“How could I forget the heroine? How… How could I forget.”

"He came into the special investigation unit with plastic surgery. It was all… it was all fake, Yoongi. Then we… who the hell were we missing…?"

Who on earth were we missing…? Yoongi lowered his eyes without answering Seokjin's question. Anger? Betrayal? He couldn't define what he was feeling right now.

Until they arrived at the police station, Yoongi listened silently to Seokjin. Without any exclamations, without any responses, he simply listened.

In fact, the name Kim Yeo-ju was fake. Kim Yeo-ju was a member of an organization, but she faked her identity to enter the military academy and the special investigation unit just for experience. Her death was also… a fabrication.

Yoongi's heart sank hundreds, no, thousands of times at the unbelievable words, but he didn't show it and just turned the steering wheel naturally.

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“…Did you hear that?”

김석진

“…No. When Yeoju fell, I fell too.”

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“Are you going to tell the kids?”

김석진

"……."

Silence fell again. The police station appeared before their eyes, but neither of them made any move to leave their seats. Yoongi pressed his finger to his throbbing forehead, and Seokjin lifted his blank gaze.

김석진

“…Yoongi.”

민윤기

"…why."

김석진

“These days… I feel like my abilities are really lacking.”

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"……."

김석진

"I know. You already noticed my condition."

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"……."

김석진

“But… I didn’t know that Yeoju would find out about it.”

Why all of a sudden, Yeon Yeo-ju? Yoon-gi opened his eyes, which had been closed briefly due to pressing his forehead, and looked at Seok-jin. Seok-jin must have been looking at Yoon-gi, too, as their gazes met in mid-air.

김석진

“I just… I think I just said it all. You’re just my younger siblings that I have to look after, and I have to take responsibility for that.”

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"……."

김석진

"I guess I didn't realize it, but it was a bit burdensome. My abilities are lacking, so who dares to take care of someone like me?"

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"…brother."

Yoongi frowned at Seokjin's self-reproach and cut him off. For whatever reason, berating and whipping himself was never enjoyable.

김석진

“Well… I guess I was relying too much on you, since you were the one who caught those feelings and directly comforted me.”

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"……."

김석진

"You're right, you're here, listening silently beside me. Right?"

Seokjin narrowed his eyes prettily and smiled playfully. A teardrop was precariously hanging at the corner of his eye, but he didn't pretend to notice. It was Yoongi's consideration.

This time, as Yoongi stared silently, Seokjin lowered the corners of his lips, which had been smiling, and changed his gaze. His gaze was heavy, as if he had shown weakness at some point.

김석진

"So, now I will protect you."

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"……."

김석진

"I will make it so that you can rely on me as much as I have relied on you."

Does this simply mean 'will'? Or... ... .

Yoongi, who had been listening to Seokjin's story, felt that the "will" Seokjin spoke of wasn't the "will" he knew, so he changed the way he looked at Seokjin. His gaze turned crooked.

"Let's not fight over our women."

"Do you know what I mean, Yoongi?"

Perhaps it was the tears clinging to the corners of his eyes. Seokjin's figure, illuminated by the moonlight, looked quite hazy. His leisurely smile was a bonus.

Wow, the writing really sucks.... Where did you sell the plausibility, Able.... I just wrote this episode with Seokjin as the center! I'll take care of the other members' parts from next time.... 🤦🏻‍♂️

I'm not completely rested, but I'm adjusting my sleep schedule! I can't guarantee I'll be able to stick to the one-post-a-day rule, but I'll try! 😤

I think I dropped a lot of bait about Seokjin's emotional changes in today's article. I trust our Elfers. 😉⭐️

(excluding Saddam)

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