He watches the screen of Cam 5.

Jongwoon is still hunched over Willow.

From Cam 10, he can see that Jungsoo, instead of meeting with Heechul as planned, is sobbing his heart out over Emikochie.

He shakes his head sadly.

Because there, in Cam 8, Heechul had stumbled upon Kasumi’s body again.

And oh, but do they grieve.

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He is mad.

Raging.

There have been gunshots.

He can hear them, he’s not deaf.

But apparently, the others are.

They’ve got to be, if they can’t hear his earthshaking cries.

What he does not know, however, is that every Rescuer’s earpiece is designed to filter out the scream of the Hostages.

Infuriated beyond measure, he strains and thrashes until finally, one restraint pops free.

The rest come easily,

Panting, he stands unsteadily on the cold stone ground.

Kangin has risen.

And Kangin will win.

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He watches Youngwoon’s struggles with a kind of sadistic pleasure until an idea pops into mind.

With the press of a button, the restraints loosen.

The side of his mouth tilts up.

“Sungmin, Donghee.”

Two figures at the back of the room, silhouetted against blue computer screens, stand.

“Activate all dormant traps.”