Special Investigation Team BTS Complete

EP 10. The Lipstick Murders (8)

-Wow

김여주

"Haa, haa, haa-"

My eyes, which had been closed, suddenly opened as I was struck by a sudden thunderbolt.

Heavy breathing filled my lungs, and the dust that had remained in my nose and mouth came out through coughing.

"Wow - I guess these days police officers work hard to maintain their bodies?"

김여주

“……You little shit….”

Through the dripping water, I saw a face I didn't want to see, and I became angry at the thought that I had made things worse by moving around alone.

Several layers of strong ropes bind his arms and legs, as if they had been tied at some point.

I couldn't move because the chair and my waist were tied with rope, and the end of the rope kept poking my ankles, which was painful.

"I'm sure you've all seen my work by now. You must be very surprised, right?"

김여주

"…pup."

"Hey, officer. Check this out. It looks like your team is looking for you."

김여주

"Who are you calling your older sister? That kid who's older than me."

"what?"

puck.

김여주

“Ugh….”

It seems that provoking Seok-Hoon Kim, who was playing around with his phone that kept ringing, was successful.

Of course, the price was pain.

Kim Seok-hoon punched Yeo-ju in the stomach without changing his expression, and Yeo-ju bit her lower lip hard to hold back a cough that suddenly burst out.

"Oh, I'm going to get a bruise. Since this is my last work, I tried to make it look as pretty as possible. Ugh, this won't work-"

Kim Seok-hoon stroked the female protagonist's face, which was distorted with pain, a few times, then took out a red lipstick from his pocket and opened the cap.

김여주

“…What, what are you doing? Let go. Aren’t you going to let go of this?!”

"Shh. Be good. Be quiet and you'll be liked."

Knowing what that lipstick meant, the heroine struggled with all her might to escape, but was helplessly dragged away by Kim Seok-hoon who grabbed her face violently.

"Hmm- You're the first one to write down numbers before you die. Are you happy?"

Kim Seok-hoon lifted the female protagonist's face so that her neck was visible, carefully brushed back the hair that was falling forward, and drew a large number 2 with lipstick.

김여주

"Shit, shit..."

"Shall we have some time to ourselves now?"

"It's time to turn off the lights, sis."

Bang bang.

김태형

"김석훈! 안에 있는 거 다 알아! 문 열어, 개새끼야!"

Taehyung, who arrived before the others, banged on the door, screaming as if the country was going to leave, and Jimin, who arrived late, looked around and stopped Taehyung for fear of being reported for making unnecessary noise.

박지민

"He's a serial killer. There's no way his house only has one door. You left this house less than an hour ago, so he couldn't have taken the woman out."

김태형

“Still… Still…….”

It's my fault. Even though I had my doubts, I left first, so the female protagonist...

Taehyung clenched his fists and raised his fingernails, swallowing the words he couldn't bring himself to say.

He didn't even realize that his hands were bleeding because of his anger at himself, his contempt for the culprit, and his regret for the female protagonist.

전정국

"Here! There's a door!"

At that moment, Jungkook's voice was heard as he was walking around the back of the house, and Taehyung and Jimin ran towards Jungkook.

Behind where Jeongguk was, there was another door that looked exactly like the one we saw from the front.

The only difference is that this is a padlock, not a door lock.

Jimin took a shovel from the yard and swung it at the lock, causing it to break without power and the door to open.

김태형

"My lady! My lady!"

박지민

"Kim Yeo-ju! Can you hear us?!"

The three people who entered the house walked around the house calling the female protagonist's name, and occasionally gathered items that appeared to be evidence in transparent bags and took them out.

전정국

“What is this white powder? There was a lot of it sprinkled around the bathroom.”

김태형

“…The bathroom? Yeoju said she was going to the bathroom and then disappeared.”

Surely you can use that powder to make a heroine… .

As I kept thinking only about the negative aspects, Jimin, who was next to me, started to walk while pulling on Taehyung's clothes.

박지민

"There's another door outside. Let's go."

As I followed Jimin out of the house, I saw that everyone else was gathered in one place.

Their gaze was fixed on the wooden door on the floor, which was already open.

김남준

“…I hear a noise from inside. I’m sure it’s down here.”

김석진

"Did you all get your ammunition?"

The rest of the team nodded at Seokjin's serious question, and among them, Hoseok, feeling uneasy, cautiously raised his hand.

정호석

"I… Team Leader, if you shoot live ammunition at a civilian, you will be required to take off your uniform, no matter what the reason."

Hoseok asked politely, not hiding his worried expression.

But Seokjin nodded as if Ho-seok's concerns were not a problem at all and just took a step into the basement.

김석진

"Yes. Even though we appear to be police officers now, we are soldiers."

김석진

"A soldier must unconditionally follow orders from his superiors. And the responsibility for those orders lies with me, the one who gave the order."

정호석

“…I will follow.”

Seokjin took the lead, followed by Yoongi, Taehyung, Namjoon, Jimin, and Jungkook, and lastly, Hoseok closed his eyes tightly and went down to the basement.

A lifelong dream: becoming a soldier. Even if I have to fire live ammunition here and take off my uniform, I have no regrets, having protected my people.

Ho-seok, united again and again, reached for the gun in his back pocket.

The path down to the basement was so dark that I couldn't see anything.

It was so dark that I had to walk with my knees bent and my back bent, leaning against the wall.

After walking for quite some time, he saw a faint light not far away, and Seokjin continued to walk forward, signaling for them to follow him slowly.

김석진

"One, two, three and the door will open."

김석진

"one."

김석진

"two."

김석진

"three."

Seokjin boldly opened the door and aimed his gun.

But when he saw that the person in front of him was not Seok-Hoon Kim but the female protagonist, he slowly lowered the gun.

A half-unbuttoned collar on a see-through shirt soaked in water.

Plus… the number 2 drawn on the neck.

Seokjin, who had known in advance that all the victims would be numbered after death, could not help but be visibly flustered.

The worst-case scenario that I had imagined unfolded in my head.

김석진

“…My lady.”

As Seokjin called out to Yeoju with a trembling voice, overcome with guilt, Yoongi, who was following closely behind, called out to Seokjin.

민윤기

"Team Leader!!!"

-Kkang

김석진

"……."

"You, you, you, you, what the hell are you!!!!"

It was instinct. My body instinctively sensed danger and I blocked the iron pipe that was about to hit my head with my arm.

I heard a duller sound than I expected, and I felt my arm starting to hurt more and more… I felt like it had hit my bone.

민윤기

"That kid is real."

Taking advantage of the moment when Seok-Hoon Kim was flustered, Yoon-Ki pushed him away with his whole body, and only then did Seok-Jin come to his senses and slowly lower his raised arm.

Namjoon and Taehyung, who had been watching through the narrow door, also rushed to subdue Kim Seok-hoon, while Jimin and Jungkook approached the unconscious female protagonist tied to a chair.

Hoseok, who was the last to arrive and assess the situation, saw blood dripping from Seokjin's arm and tore the shirt he was wearing and applied pressure to Seokjin's arm.

박지민

“…Kim Yeo-ju. Kim Yeo-ju, wake up.”

전정국

"Knife. Where's the knife? Quickly, this string…!"

Jimin put his finger under Yeoju's nose just in case, and after confirming that she was breathing, he let out a sigh of relief and called her name.

Because the clothes were ripped and torn, I couldn't touch them carelessly, and I had to be extra careful because I might wake them up by shaking them violently and they might get startled.

박지민

"Kim Yeo-ju. Yeo-ju."

김여주

"Ugh, ah, it hurts…."

Bam.

When Jeongguk cut the rope that was binding Yeoju's arms, Yeoju suddenly felt pain as blood rushed to her, and she groaned, crumpling her face.

He shook his head, trying to come to his senses with an expression that was almost like crying, and fixed his gaze forward, but then he gasped in surprise at the sight of Jimin's face right in front of him.

김여주

"Uh, uh, ji, ji,"

박지민

“…Are you okay? Sorry for being late.”

김여주

“…You little shits!!!!!!”

Crackle–

박지민

"……."

전정국

"Uh… Uh…?"

김남준

"What, what's going on…."

As soon as the female protagonist opened her eyes and saw Jimin, she swung her arm, which had lost all sense, and slapped Jimin on the cheek. The sound was so loud that everyone present's eyes were fixed on Jimin and the female protagonist.

김여주

“Why, why now…,”

김여주

"Uh, huh?"

Po-ok–

The female protagonist, who was trying to get up from her seat, lost her balance and fell forward, naturally burying her face in Jimin's chest, who was right in front of her.

The female protagonist, more flustered by the fact that she had lost her balance and fallen on Jimin's chest than by the fact that she had hit Jimin's cheek, remained still with her body frozen, and Jimin sighed and gently tucked the female protagonist's messy hair behind her ear.

Unlike the affectionate gesture of ruffling her hair, her gaze was… very cold.

"I just wanted to hit some guy and hug him. Okay?"

"It's like going between hell and heaven. You're giving me a bottle, giving me medicine, and then tempting me on top of that?"

"Answer me, lady. Is it correct?"