AUTHOR NOTE : Who is the person whom DongHae and Kyu met? Also how is Krystal’s attitude when she has to accept Sungyeol as a part of the NICT? Without further ado, let’s see it in the Chapter 4 of The Silver Bullet!

 

TRANSLATOR NOTE : Sorry sorry sorry for the late update, I was really busy 

 

 

Soundtrack: TVXQ - 'Athena'

 

 

CHAPTER 4

HongDae Area
09.30 AM

 

“We’re here too early, you know…” says DongHae while sighing and his eyes blink a few times as he sees the nameplate of a mini market in front of him. CHUL-Mart.

 

“It’s better in the morning, right? Than in the night?” says Kyu while pushing DongHae’s shoulders.

 

“But I’m not in the mood to have an affair with him… Holy…” says DongHae weakly and his steps feel heavy to step into that mini market.

 

Inside the CHUL-Mart

 

DongHae and Kyu’s clothes look more casual. DongHae wears a light blue denim jacket and a pair of black skinny jeans as well as a pair of Converse shoes. While Kyu wears a black jacket, light blue pairs and Toms shoes. The two bow, greeting a woman standing by the cash register. They walk towards an iron door beside the refrigerator.

 

They open the door, walk towards the back of that mini market, along a narrow corridor with high walls. Decorated with some plants in flowerpots, there is another iron door at the end of the corridor. The two walk towards the second iron door, Kyu walks while closing his nose. That alley smells a bit like urine and fishy trash.

 

They reach the rusty second door. DongHae immediately pushes the door knob but it is locked.

 

“Eh… It’s so unusual that it’s locked…” says DongHae, he feels a bit weird.

 

“Open this quickly…”

 

“It’s locked, stupid!” yells DongHae.

 

KNOCK. KNOCK.

 

Finally because Kyu isn’t patient, he knocks at the door.

 

SREK! There is a part of that door that slides open. There is a pair of eyes, peeping from behind the door.

 

“Password?” says the person behind the door.

 

“Huh?” DongHae is surprised.

 

“Password? What the hell?! Open it quickly!” says DongHae annoyed by the doorman’s greeting.

 

“Password…” that person keeps asking for a password.

 

“Aish for real… Come on man… Just open the door!” this time DongHae gets a bit angry, he hits and pulls that door.

SREK! The small window where that doorman was peeking through slides shut.

 

“What the?! Hey man! ISH… Jinjja… Yah!! Jugullae? Don’t you know me? Lee DongHae, I’m Lee DongHae!!!” BUMP! This time DongHae rages, he kicks that iron door with his right foot.

 

“Calm down, who is Lee DongHae, actually, huh?” says Kyu while pulling DongHae’s body so that he gets away from the door.

 

SRAK! Once again the doorman appears, “I’m ASKING, the password? If you can’t answer please go…”

 

TRACK!

 

Kyu puts his firearm’s muzzle right in front of the doorman’s eyes.

 

“Open the door or you will lose your head…” says Kyu casually.

 

“P.. pp.. password? Three months pregnant bear…” says the doorman in fear but the door is still not open yet.

 

“Huh? What the hell, three months pregnant bear? Open the door! Open it!” says DongHae even more rabid.

 

“Hey… hey bro, what’s happening here?” suddenly there’s a voice coming from behind Kyu and DongHae.

 

A guy with sunglasses approaches them. His appearance attracts quite a lot of attention. A red blazer, a shirt with a floral pattern, a pair of khaki pants as well as a pair of leather shoes. He slips his Rayban Aviator on his shirt.

 

Kyu quickly points his gun’s muzzle to that guy.

 

“Woow.. woww slow down… urgh…? DongHae?” says that guy, recognizing DongHae.

 

DongHae immediately smiles a bit, “Hello, Heechul hyung…” says DongHae while waving his hand.

 

===

 

Please, is there a duster or a fly swatter?

 

I want to slap her face with the tool I just mentioned.

 

She just stared at me with a really annoyed face. As if she didn’t have any face bones.

 

NICT Dorm Area
09.30 AM

 

“This room at the very end is for you… Later you can go in with your ID card…” says Krystal while pointing at that door.

 

Without further ado I immediately open that door with the ID card Amber gave me earlier.

 

The door automatically opens, I push it right away and I look into the room.

 

It looks like a hotel room. There’s no window though, as this NICT headquarter is located underground.

 

“I’ll wait in the gym in five minutes…” she says and goes out.

 

“Ah alright…” I say politely. Luckily my patience nerve is still thick so I can still endure it dealing with her who treats me like that. Why is a sunbae treating her hoobae like that? This way she can’t be respected by her hoobae.

 

Gym? Leeteuk said before, Krystal was asked to do some tests with me. Ah maybe body fitness test. At most I’d get ordered to run on a treadmill, easy.

 

A few moments later.

 

Like a lost child, I walk in all directions inside the NICT. Gym… Where is the gym. Krystal didn’t tell me where the gym is. At last I come into the Lab and Autopsy room, hoping that I can meet someone and ask where the gym is.

 

I take a peek, look to the left and right. Meh, it’s quiet as well…

 

“Sorry, what are you looking for?”

 

“Huah!” I’m surprised, that voice came from behind me. A voice of a woman with quite a tall body. She smiles to me while putting her white coat and bag on the lab table.

 

“A… annyeong haseyo…” I say while bowing.

 

“Do you know where the gym is?” I ask right away, a bit awkward because of the weird first meeting, I look like a stalker.

 

“Gym? It’s in the main building… in the third floor… You have to go up… hihi…” she says with a smile.

 

“Ah… Is that so… alright, thank you…” I say and get ready to leave that room.

 

“You… you’re that new agent, aren’t you?” asks that woman.

 

Dang! I was so surprised and too awkward, I almost forgot to introduce myself.

 

“Ah yes… I’m Lee Sungyeol… I’m a new agent…” I say while bowing.

 

“Ah… Hello Sungyeol-sshi… I’m Sulli… I’m the one in charge here… Lab and Autopsy…” she says with a friendly smile.

 

Really different, two out of three girls here are so friendly, just one… is weird, Krystal it is.

 

Yes… Really… weird…

 

“Attack me!” she yells a moment after I go into the gym room which is quite bright because of the sun-drenched morning.

 

NICT Gym

 

What else is this? Krystal stands in the middle of the gym room. She has got dressed in a Taekwondo outfit. She crosses her arms as if she was looking down at me.

 

“Attack me quickly…” says Krystal again.

 

“Attack? How? And what for?” I ask, confused.

 

She sighs and wipes her face. “This is part of the physical test… Than asking you to run on a treadmill for three hours, this one is better, come fight against me… I can give an evaluation about your physical and fighting skills right away…” she says.

 

“Are you sure?” I make her clear that I am a guy. If I attack her with my strength, there is a ninety percent possibility that she would lose, even after wearing a Taekwondo outfit.

 

She only raises an eyebrow, responding to my words.

 

Krystal, you will regret it!

 

HYAA!

 

POW!

 

BIF!

 

BAM!

 

At first when I ran to attack her, she moved to pull to one side, then she kicked my right foot until I lost my balance, pulled my body and tossed my body. Then I managed to land on my chin on the mat.

 

I didn’t accept her behavior. I stood up immediately to hit her with my right fist. However, she blocked it and once again she pulled my shirt and tossed my body to the air.

 

Once again I landed on the mat on my shoulder.

 

Lastly I stood up again and didn’t want to repeat the same mistake. This time I reinforced my feet defense so it wouldn’t get paralyzed by her again. I managed to hold both of her hands so she wouldn’t try to throw my body again. Then she smiled and kicked my stomach with her right foot.

 

At last I was knocked out with a pain in my stomach because of her kick.

 

“Hufh… W… who are you, actually? Why are you so great…” I say, breathing heavily because I’m breathless.

 

“Krystal Jung…” she fastens the black belt she is wearing.

 

Damn, I’ve just read it carefully… that there’s something written on that belt: Krystal: Master of Martial Arts.

 

“So weak… Even your score when you got the pass during the training was better… Now I’m giving a C, okay?…” she says with a smile. Finally she can smile after having embarrassed me like this.

 

“Yah!” I say while trying to stand up.

 

“You surely would not win at wrestling in bed!” I yell.

 

SLAP!

 

It seems now I understand a bit why this kid is in the NICT. She is really scary. Yes, SCARY. Beside being great at martial arts, her slap is also really hard. The second slap I got from her this time made me fall, again.

 

That iron door is finally open. DongHae who is already mad only hits the guy with the sturdy body and tanned skin who has been guarding the door.

 

“Taecyeon, next time let him go in… He is my dongsaeng…” says Heechul.

 

“Sorry hyungnim…” says the guy called Taecyeon.

 

“Sorry sorry, he has just worked since a few days, his body is sturdy but unfortunately his brain is empty…” says Heechul while walking in front of DongHae and Kyu.

 

Then the three arrive in the main room of that house. There are a lot of mahjong tables everywhere and there is also a mini-bar close to them which displays many alcoholic drinks.

 

“Hoho… This is a nice place…” praises Kyu while observing the whole room.

 

“Wow… wow you indeed have a good taste… unlike this fish here…” Heechul praises Kyu.

 

“Yes, it would be even better if the police would come here tonight…” says Kyu with te hands on his hips.

 

Heechul immediately falls silent, “what’s the purpose of your visit? Do you want to close this place?” asks Heechul while opening a drink bottle in his mini-bar.

 

“Why would we be bothered to close HongDae’s Macau like this… It’s the police’s duty… We’re agents… We don’t have any affair with your place, Hyung…” says DongHae while lifting a small glass, asking for the wine Heechul just opened.

 

Heechul pours the wine into DongHae’s glass and he pours it to another glass. The glass is then taken by Kyu.

 

“Kosta Browne… not bad…” says Kyu as soon as the wine reaches his tongue.

 

“Tch… Your friend really has a good taste, Hae… Even after just one try he knows this wine right away…” says Heechul.

 

“Hyung… Have you already heard about yesterday’s news from Gangnam? Hana Bank…” asks DongHae without further ado.

 

“Of course, the robbery, right? It took customer’s money… And I heard that the robbers escaped by pretending to be hostages…” says Heechul.

 

Kyu is bewildered listening to Heechul, the information about that shouldn’t be massively published to the public, but Heechul, who happens to be outside the NICT, was able to get to know about this.

 

As if he was proving that he could get any information about the state’s intelligent agency only through the progressing issue in the society.

 

“So?”

 

“Hyung… What do you know about Silver Bullet…?” asks DongHae.

 

“Silver bullet? The 190 one or 250? For Caliber 45? Just use 190…” says Heechul.

 

“Not that… Silver Bullet, Russia…” answers Kyu.

 

Heechul falls silent, he then empties his wine first. And then he puts down his glass.

 

“Just stop it…” says Heechul.

 

DongHae and KyuHyun immediately glances at Heechul.

 

“Wae?” both ask almost at the same time.

 

“You want to ask for my help to reveal Russian intelligent agency’s archive, right? Just stop it…” says Heechul.

 

“Do you know something? How could you know that Silver Bullet’s archive is protected?” asks DongHae.

 

Heechul wipes his face and ruffles his hair.

 

“No… I don’t know… At any rate, just stop it… Don’t you get involved with the Silver Bullet…” says Heechul avoiding DongHae and Kyu, walking towards another room.

 

“Hey, Hyung! I haven’t finished talking yet, Hyung!”

 

===

 

NICT
10.00 AM

 

Again I walk alone disoriented. Like playing a game, Krystal just gives a message and I have to find her. “I’ll wait for you in the shooting area… in 20 minutes…”

 

Where is the shooting area?

 

I just realize something, there is an abrasion around my left wrist. Maybe this is the result of the throw after throw of the judo, taekwondo, karate or whatever the name was. It keeps bleeding.

 

Ah I better just go to the Lab and Autopsy, there’s surely a bandage there.

 

“Excuse me…” I say while glancing left and right again.

 

“Yes?” asks Sulli who is observing through the microscope.

 

“Can I ask for some antiseptics or a band-aid here?” I ask slowly.

 

“Hmpff…” Sulli suddenly laughs, stopping her action and takes her glasses off.

 

“Sungyeol-sshi, this is indeed a lab here, but for serious wounds… not to ask for small medicine like that… If you need antiseptics, band-aid or generic medicines you can find them in your room.. The drawer on the wall in your room should already be complete with medicines like that…” answers Sulli.

 

“Ah mian… I still don’t know much… Sorry sorry…” I bow a few times and get ready to leave the Lab.

 

Damn this is because of Krystal, she should be guiding me in the NICT, not leaving me alone and letting me touching this place by myself.

 

“Wait…” says Sulli, making my steps stop.

 

“Sungyeol-sshi… you have already visited this far to the Lab, why don’t I treat you…” says Sulli with a smile and approaches me.

 

Sulli is next to me. She pours some alcohol onto my wound.

 

When looked from close, this girl is really elegant. I don’t know but I feel comfortable being next to her.

 

“Just finished the test for physical skills? How come you became like this? Did you fall from the treadmill?” asks Sulli.

 

“Aniyeo… just now I was thrown with Taekwondo and Judo moves or whatever…”

 

“Taekwondo?… You mean Krystal, right?” Sulli can guess that person.

 

“Em..emh…” I nod slowly.

 

“How could she? She should have helped you get to know the places here… but instead she is so cruel… I’ll report to KangTa-sshi later…” says Sulli with a smile, she apparently wants to cheer me up.

 

She is like an older sister, while I’m like a kid who came crying because I was bullied by the other kids. Crying and complaining to my older sister, so she could defend me from the kids who bullied me.

 

“So, it’s finished…” says Sulli as soon as she is finished treating my wound.

 

“Ah thank you…”

 

“So? Where are you asked to go to now?” asks Sulli.

 

“Shooting area…”

 

“Fifth floor… and Sungyeol-sshi, this time you definitely can defeat her…” says Sulli.

 

Defeat? What does it mean? He… he… hehe… I don’t know why I’m imagining something that makes me smile by myself on my way to the fifth floor.

 

NICT Shooting Area

 

BANG. BANG. BANG

 

A revolver is heard being fired three times. The firearm is shot by Krystal who is shooting the target in front of her.

 

I take a peek at the score board, out of those three shots… the level of the shot accuracy is 87-83-86.

 

I immediately stand beside her and lift the revolver that is still empty.

 

Krystal takes her protective goggles and ear protection off.

 

Then she puts three bullets in front of me, ‘the minimal score is 80…” she says.

 

I immediately insert the three bullets into the revolver. Click-click-click crack!

 

Crack! I the hammer right away and aim straight to the front.

 

“Hey wear the ear protection first-”

 

BANG. BANG. BANG. I shoot the target in front of me, but with my eyes and head looking at her who is standing beside me.

 

“YAH!” she yells seeing my action.

 

“YOU are that great, huh? That’s wasting bullets, you know! Why are you shooting by boasting like that?” she shouts loudly.

 

BEEP! My scores appear right away, 98-96-99… She shrugs when she sees my scores. Then I spin the gun like a cowboy and put it on the table.

 

HAHAHA…

 

She is weak at shooting matters, she only gets minimal scores. Maybe this is affected by her temper. She is skilled at martial arts because it’s affected by her hot temper. However, it’s not the same at shooting, it requires calmness and accuracy, not temper and the will to quickly pull the trigger.

 

===

 

“Ah! Come on hyung! Don’t play hide and seek like this!” says DongHae while pushing Heechul’s shoulder.

 

“I’ve already told you, haven’t I?! You better throw in the towel and just make a fake report about the Silver Bullet…” answers Heechul, then he sits down on a maroon red sofa. His feet can’t be still, wiggling, as if showing his nervousness.

 

“Yes… What’s Hyung’s reason so that we shouldn’t interfere with the Silver Bullet?” forces DongHae.

 

“Is there something related to nuclear?” asks Kyu.

 

Heechul snorts and his eyes blink a few times. “That’s one of them…” says Heechul, starting to open his mouth.

 

DongHae then becomes silent, he is ready to listen to Heechul.

 

“Do you know the explosion of the nuclear plant at Chernobyl in 1986?” says Heechul.

 

The two nod.

 

“That’s when the name Silver Bullet started to come out… The forensic team of the Chernobyl explosion found many used bullet shells at the nuclear research center that exploded… Those bullet shells were already covered by ash until the color turned like silver… It was also reported that the explosion happened intentionally, there’s a Coup d’etat and those bullets were the ones which killed the scientists there…” explains Heechul.

 

“So what’s the relation to the company which has an account in Switzerland? From previous incident there was a sum of money being transferred to an account at the Swiss Bank on behalf of the name Silver Bullet…” says Kyu.

 

Heechul falls silent for a moment.

 

“Wait a moment, I’ll continue my story first… That’s a discourse in 1986… until 1989… In 1990 the news about the Silver Bullet disappeared just like that… A decade later in the 2000′s Russian’s intelligent agency received lots of murder cases of the state’s officials and the criminals used silver bullets to shoot… I don’t know if there is still a relation with the 1986 case or this new one…” says Heechul.

 

After listening to the story, DongHae and Kyu make their own assumptions. What’s the relation of Heechul’s whole story with the fact they are facing now. However, it still seems blur to conclude their assumptions, because there is no information as facts from the past..

 

“If the NICT really wants to take this matter… I better tell you something… In folklore, the Silver Bullet is used to kill a werewolf… The idiom says that the Silver Bullet means finding another way to achieve a solution even through an extreme way… In the case of the year 2000, twelve years until now is enough time for the Russian intelligent agency to solve the case… There’s likely a silver bullet within Russia that is running in their blood… Someday they will shoot the heart to death…” says Heechul.

 

Kyu and DongHae fall silent.

 

“You mean there is a spy… within Russian intelligent agency, huh?” DongHae understands Heechul’s words.

 

“Yes… You must be able to be alert… Maybe the Silver Bullet is already within Russia… It’s dangerous if you’re involved too far… Maybe Russia that is infiltrated by the silver bullet will be your opponent instead…” says Heechul.

 

GULP

 

DongHae and Kyu fall silent.

 

===

 

NICT
Director Room
11.00 AM

 

KangTa just arrives in his room, then Leeteuk comes into the room.

 

Kangta opens lots of files in front of him.

 

“How’s the case progressing? Is there already a bright point?” Kangta asks Leeteuk.

 

“Kyu and Hae are visiting our informant… Maybe they’ll be back soon…” says Leeteuk.

 

“Then… Amber and L are visiting previous scene, taking recorded files from the nearest CCTV a moment before and after the incident…”

 

“How’s the new agent?” Kangta asks about Sungyeol.

 

“He has already done various tests… The results still aren’t that far from last year’s results when he did his training… His close fighting skills and physical strength aren’t that good… But he can shoot very accurately… Maybe he’s suited to be a sniper…” answers Leeteuk.

 

“Suited to be partnered up with Krystal? I think the two can complete each other…?” asks KangTa.

 

Leeteuk sighs.

 

“Theoretically yes… The two should complete each other… However, according to L and the others, the two don’t get along well… I don’t know, Krystal seems to be rejecting Sungyeol’s presence…” says Leeteuk.

 

“Could it be that Krystal still doesn’t accept, that Victoria is replaced by Sungyeol…?”

 

“Hm probably yes, sir…” answers Leeteuk.

 

“If so you have to find a way so the to can be close… Buy them vacation tickets, for example…” KangTa kids with a smile.

 

===

 

Hana Bank
11.00 AM

 

“L-sshi…” says Amber, calling L who is squatting in front of Hana Bank which is hemmed in a police line. He looks at his iPad, the CCTV recording.

 

“Ah… Yes… What’s up?”

 

“The CCTV recording has already been received by SeoHyun… Maybe it will be investigated by Krystal and Sungyeol soon…” says Amber.

 

“Hmh… hmh alright…” says L, turning off his iPad.

 

“What are you thinking about, L?” asks Amber.

 

“Ah no… nothing…” says L.

 

“Aigoo… Relax a bit.. Since a few days you have been too serious… It’s lunch time soon… Do you want to get food first, or not?” asks Amber while nudging L’s elbow.

 

“Y… yes sure…” says L quickly. However, his mind still seems to be stuck on something that he has been thinking about since earlier.

 

NICT
11.05 AM

 

I’m sitting while looking at my computer, replaying the CCTV clip a few moments before the armed troop went into action, and a few moments after that troop escaped by pretending to be hostages.

 

I replay that clip, fast-forward, and rewind it again, fast-forward and rewind it again… Nothing… I still don’t sense anything weird.

 

“Sungyeol-sshi… There are still recordings from the buildings around there…” says SeoHyun.

 

Fast-forward… Rewind again… Fast-forward, rewind again… They surely left at least one trace.

 

Until finally I go back to the recording to the moment after the bomb explosion and the NICT saved the hostages. They are six in total, they surely would split when they were about to escape from the scene.

 

I fast-forward it again until finally I find something interesting. Two vehicles made in Germany accidentally captured by the camera were going out of the shopping center, a BMW X3 and a BMW Series 3. Maybe these cars coincidentally went out next to one another, however after paying the parking fee, the BMW X3 seems to have waited for the Series 3 and finally they disappeared from the CCTV very quickly.

 

These two vehicles are suspicious.

 

“Have you smelled something, Sungyeol-sshi?” asks Leeteuk while looking down a bit, he also looks at the recording I am playing back.

 

“I don’t know… But these two vehicles are weird… Both are from Germany… And both went out fro the parking lot at the same time… When one of them was already out, it seems to have waited for the other one before moving off…” I say, explaining the point in my mind.

 

“Hemh… Is that so? So why don’t you just go investigate it?” asks Leeteuk.

 

“But aren’t there already L and Amber in field…?” I ask.

 

“Go investigate it… This is your first task…” says Leeteuk while squeezing my shoulder.

 

“Find out the owner of those two cars, if your findings indeed turn out to be a positive result, tell us as soon as possible…” says Leeteuk.

 

“Krys… You accompany Sungyeol…” says Leeteuk.

 

“Huh? Him?” asks Krystal, pointing at me.

 

BAH! I should be the one saying that.

 

NICT Vehicle Area
11.15PM

 

NICT’s vehicle parking lot. I don’t know which vehicle I.. ah I mean we.. we are going to drive with to go to the previous scene. I accidentally see a white sedan car, similar to my Lancer Evolution III. I walk faster and make sure that it isn’t my car because the bonnet is open and all four tires are being stripped down.

 

“Hey what’s happening?! What are you doing with my car?” right, my worries happened. There are two people stripping down my car.

 

One youngster who is busy with my car’s engine immediately looks at me.

 

“Oh, sorry sir, we’re testing if it’s proper and installing some systems in it…” says that youngster. He seems younger than me, the name tag on his chest says ‘Sungjong.’

 

I see there are lots of strange cables in the engines.

 

“What is this?” I ask again while pointing at the bunch of the strange cables.

 

“GPS system, sir… Later the central computer will be able to detect the position of this car… After this the vehicle registration will also be changed…” explains Sungjong.

 

“And hey, what the hell is this?! Why did you replace the exhaust?!” I get even angrier when see my Tuner Medallion was taken off its place and got replaced by a really standard exhaust.

 

“Sorry sir, there are some parts against the rules in South Korea… That’s why we changed it into the usual way…” explains Sungjong again.

 

“But don’t throw it away, okay? Don’t dare throwing it away!” I bought that rare exhaust with my own sweat.

 

“Shut up… You’re nagging over such an old car…” says Krystal while looking at my vehicle.

 

“This is indeed a second-hand car, but it’s the result of my own toil, okay?! And the modification I did was also done with much care…” I say a bit angrily because she underestimated this car.

 

“Yeah whatever… Hurry up… Are we going off or not? Why do you make a big deal out of it? Your car will work again at least tonight…” says Krystal while walking towards the car we will drive with.

 

“Hey… Don’t strip it further down nor replace more items, okay?!” I protest to Sungjong. He only smiles.

 

Annoying.

 

A key with an H logo, I thought it was a sedan car above 1500cc. The fact is that the car is an MPV with 1500cc capacity and an i-dsi engine. A first-generation Honda Jazz with a facelift! A red GD3.

 

“Your car?” I ask Krystal while pressing the remote key. She immediately opens the front passenger door. Just at the first look I can feel something’s wrong with the paint from the bumper up to the door. It looks like a crash in the past. Furthermore, when she opened the door earlier, there was a little noise from the door hinge.

 

I immediately start the car, the engine sounds really noisy.

 

“Yah when was the last time you changed the engine oil? This is so noisy…” I ask wondering.

 

“Maybe six months ago… Maybe more…” she says casually.

 

“Huh? Seriously? But it can-”

 

“Ah why don’t you just move off?! Don’t be fussy… You’re an NICT agent, not a mechanic… The ones who look after cars are mechanics like Sungjong just now… Do you want to investigate your findings or not? If not you better just leave it, it’s just a waste of time!” She says with quite a loud voice. Without answering her I immediately step on the gas and go leaving the NICT.

 

Please, if we go through the Banpo bridge later, I want to kill her and then I’ll throw her body into the Han river.

 

Gangnam
Baskin Robbins
11.04 PM

 

L and Amber are just seen going out from the ice cream store. Amber carries a plastic bag with a few cups of ice cream while L is enjoying a scoop of ice cream in his right hand.

 

L still looks blank, it seems he stills thinks about something.

 

“Amber…” says L.

 

“Wae?” Then L whispers something to Amber.

 

The whisper from L makes Amber surprised, “Huh? Seriously?”

 

L nods.

 

“Don’t joke around, that’s too much, bro!” Amber pats L’s shoulder.

 

“I… I didn’t joke around… We need to step in soon!” says L.

 

Amber just swallows. “A.. alright I’ll call Captain first…”

 

Gangnam
S Shopping Center
12.15 PM

 

The BMW X3 as well as the Series 3 went out from this place. A moment after entering the shopping center I also go to the administration room of the parking lot to get information about the two cars I suspected.

 

“Alright, can you send me the file?” I say to the employee who showed the license plate of those two vehicles. By the way… my cellphone was taken by L earlier this morning and he hasn’t returned it yet. Yes, yes I just remember. I immediately look at Krystal who stands behind me.

 

“What?” she asks.

 

“Cellphone please? May I borrow it? I want to send a picture to SeoHyun…” I say.

 

“Ish…” Krystal takes her white iPhone 4 out from her pocket.

 

She doesn’t give me her cellphone, but asks the employee to send her the file.

 

“You should’ve asked Sulli for a new cellphone…” whispers Krystal.

 

NICT Agent Room
12.15 PM

 

“Leeteuk-sshi… I got a picture from Krystal… Two license plates of the cars suspected by Sungyeol…” says SeoHyun. Leeteuk immediately stands up from his seat.

 

“Track the car owner…” orders Leeteuk.

 

Within a few seconds, SeoHyun easily gets access into the police’s computer, she immediately tracks the owner of those two cars.

 

“The owner is the same, in the name of one person, a Korean…” says SeoHyun.

 

“One person? Try to access further into the police whether there is a report that those two cars had been stolen… or not…” says Leeteuk.

 

“Nothing… There is no report which indicates any theft of those two cars… The owner’s name is Kim Kook Jong…” says SeoHyun who shows Kim Kook Jong’s data.

 

“This person lives in Anyang now…” SeoHyun adds.

 

Leeteuk seems to be thinking about something, “Tell Sungyeol and Krystal to keep going with their investigation…” says Leeteuk.

 

Gangnam

 

“Mwo?” she yells loudly, I almost spill the pop corn I was eating.

 

Then her face changes, she looked angry before, now she looks disappointed. “De… arasseo…” she says, then she hangs up the phone. I look at her beside me, without asking, only putting a confused face. She then takes a few pop corn from me.

 

“Yah, finish your snack quickly, then we’ll go to Anyang…” she says.

 

“Anyang? Wae?” I say, confused.

 

Seriously, since morning I haven’t eaten properly yet, but now we’re already asked to go yet to another place.

 

“The car you suspected is located in Anyang… Leeteuk ordered us to investigate it further…” Krystal says while sighing.

 

Not even five minutes later we immediately drive off to Anyang. 22 kilometers from Seoul is quite far.

 

What I’m worried about is only one thing. Can this car drive that far? Because somehow it seems this car will be broken soon. The gas pedal often feels empty and the driving wheel is not straight, it often goes off to the right.

 

“This is the info…” says Krystal, this time she gives me her cellphone while I drive. I look at the information, the name of the vehicle’s owner as well as his home location are written with full details. It seems he is someone very wealthy. Is someone like this involved with the Silver Bullet?

 

I accidentally press the home button of her cellphone, making it go back to the home screen.

 

I see there is a picture of her together with L.

 

They don’t look that intimate in the picture, but it can give me the impression in my mind that the two have some relationship. Well, it’s simple, why would a girl put a picture of her with a guy?

 

“Ish why are you looking at other stuff?!…” she immediately takes her cellphone back from my hand.

 

The atmosphere becomes awkward again, she is silent, I’m also silent, totally having no idea what we shall talk about.

 

“You don’t like me being in the NICT, do you?” suddenly I just throw her that question, wanting to know the truth, why she acts that way to me.

 

She only moves her head which is leaned to the window pane.

 

“There’s no one who may replace Victoria…” she says.

 

“Victoria?”

 

“My former partner, she’s my sunbae…” she says again.

 

“Huh? So what do you mean? In the future, I’m going to be your partner?”

 

“Yes… This is all L’s request…” says Krystal.

 

“L? That person?”

 

“Yes… He’s the one who proposed you as an additional agent after seeing your action when you helped me… He said you’re fit to be my partner… because I can’t drive…” says Krystal while snorting.

 

“Pffh!” I hold my laughter when I think about the previous incident, the Kia Forte suddenly moved unsteadily and hit a hydrant. That incident happened two steps right in front of my eyes. I thought where did the stressed woman come from, while carrying a handgun and pointed it at me, forcing me to drive that car.

 

“It’s just… I actually just don’t want to involve you even further… Forcing you like that once is enough…” she says.

 

Huh… I didn’t hear wrong, right? She said she doesn’t want to involve me even further? Why did her tone change a bit? She didn’t sound like her usual self, who has a hot and wild temper.

 

“I didn’t-”

 

PEEP! “Sungyeol, Krystal… The BMW X3 entered Anyang highway just now, it just got detected in the highway gate it just went through… About 2 kilometers from your location… The car will apparently go towards Seoul…” says SeoHyun through the car radio.

 

“Huh? The lane at the other side? They’re going to Seoul?” I say, surprised.

 

Damn, there are only a few kilometers ahead of us and we’ll arrive in Anyang. We can’t change to the other lane. The only way is immediately going out through the highway gate and return to follow them.

 

“Seo, can I break the rule a bit?”

 

“Don’t worry, the surveillance camera of the police is already in my hands… If the car gets captured because it goes above the speed limit… I’ll immediately delete it and I’ll make sure that the police won’t get that data…”

 

“Alright…” I say with a smile.

 

“Krys, hold on…” I say, while pulling the gear stick to S. I immediately step deeply on the car’s gas.

 

“H… Huah…” Krystal screams when I keep pushing the car ahead, passing a few vehicles in front of us. I step over the road’s side lane and keep driving through the highway.

 

CLICK! One moment after going out of the highway, the car gets captured.

 

“What’s the speed?” asks Leeteuk at the NICT headquarter.

 

“Wow that’s crazy… 160 km/h… He can drive the car that fast…” says SeoHyun, not believing when she saw the image captured by the speed camera.

 

That car is surely not far enough if they drive with an average speed. I swerve to the left and then right, while putting on the handbrake as well as stepping on the brake pedal. I feel the brake shoes are not that good already because I feel the brake pedal vibrating.

 

“KYAAAAA!” her shrieks kind of keep pushing up my adrenaline.

 

Because this car is automatic, I’m a bit pessimistic to chase the BMW X3, but I keep trying. Honda’s i-Dsi engine is indeed wild.

 

“Sungyeol, try following it as far as you can… We’ll ask the police to block Seoul exit gate…” says Leeteuk.

 

“D.. don’t do it, captain… We don’t know yet where that car is going to…” I say.

 

TRACK… BOOM!!!!! Suddenly there’s a really loud sound coming from the car’s engine.

 

“W… WHAT WAS THAT?” says Krystal, her eyes become larger because she was surprised like crazy by that loud sound.

 

Aw man, what happened? The speed decreases and suddenly the gas pedal feels empty, I step on it but it doesn’t go onward at all, also… the engine’s heat indicator shows a red H.

 

Damn, overheated.

 

I immediately move this car to the side. I go out right away and open the car’s bonnet.

 

Damn, this car’s ventilation rubber is off. Consequently the radiator gets a leak.

 

“What to do? How do we chase those two cars?” says Krystal, worried.

 

She intends to stop a passing car straight away.

 

“NICT… I’m borrowing your car!!!” yet again she acts as she wishes.

 

“Hoi! Yeol! Quickly! Quickly!” says Krystal.

 

HUH??!

 

Crazy, this kid is crazy. Seriously. Maybe she thought she was acting in a Hollywood action movie, huh?

 

=== TO BE CONTINUED ===

 

So who’s your favorite Silver Bullet character? Krystal, Sungyeol, L, or Sulli?