When I saw nothing left of the man after he ran off, leaving InHyeong and her stuff behind with me and the rest of the people finding homage within the subway.

“We better get outta here, before things get uglier.”

I bent down, picking up the contents of her sling bag that must've fallen out from the encounter earlier. I was about to hand it over to her when I realized that she didn't reach out to take it.

When I looked up to see what could've been wrong,

I was met with one of the most . . . striking thing I have ever seen in the past few years of my life.

Who would've thought that I – the random stranger who only wanted a bit of adventure, the bored idol on vacation, the adult still in search of his identity – would be the fortunate one to see this striking scene unfold?