Chapter 4: Path filled with Thorns

In Cold Blood

  Park Jin Young, a name truly feared by the underground community, is the founder of Prism, an infamous agency known to produce the best hitmen, spies, and assassins, anything you need to clean up a stain or mess; however you like to call it. They never took sides, for they only work for whoever pays them a higher incentive. Though deadly, his agents are all orphans; abandoned or left behind by their parents, by the society.

  Mina has just been enrolled into ‘the school’, or ‘training institution for special kids’, as how Mr Park Jin Young likes to call it. As Mina walked down the hallway into the training hall, she felt really anxious, as if there were butterflies in her stomach. However, Jihyo was right next to her, calming her down and telling jokes along the way. It made Mina relaxed. Before the two girls know it, they have reached the training hall.

  “Attention!” Mr Park boomed.

  The students promptly stopped whatever they were doing and turned towards Mr Park, with their ears perked. “We have a new student that will be joining us today, Myoui Mina!” With that the nervous little Mina that was fidgeting with the hem of her shirt quickly turned towards the crowd and gave a small bow. The crowd awed at how adorable the newcomer is, but this was never new, as they do get newcomers every now and then. “Please give her a warm welcome, and treat her kindly. You guys might be fighting side by side with one another, who knows?” With a slight chuckle, Mr Park concluded the speech.

  Mina was a little different from the other kids there. She was quiet and shy, and that many people would have thought of her as a weak and easy target to pick on during training sessions. However, Jihyo would always jump in front of her to protect her, for Jihyo and Mina are great buddies. Jihyo taught her almost everything from the start, so that Mina wouldn’t suffer from the cruel nature of the industry she will be stepping into. Much to Jihyo’s surprise, Mina learnt faster than she initially imagined, immediately climbing the ranks in the institution within months. Before Jihyo and the students knew it, she is one of the best agents in the institution. She became one of the top martial artiste and the best strategists out in the country. Mina was Jihyo’s first recruit, and she turned out to be a genius and Jihyo earned the respect of her father.

  Throughout her years at the agency, Mina learnt that friendship and camaraderie is nothing but a luxury. There were only a few that she truly trusted with her life. One of whom is Sana, her batch mate as well as a member of The Trinity. She is the IT genius, and the hacker of the group. Rumours had it that there is no network that she hasn’t managed to infiltrate. However, she is mediocre in terms of close combat and shooting, and is not typically sent out with Mina and Momo to the mission site.

  Mina is also close friends with Momo, who is also a member of the Trinity. She became an agent a year ahead of both Sana and Mina. No one has ever won her in sniping and shooting. Well, we could say that she is a marksman with eagle eyes; she wouldn’t miss anything within 200m with a pistol. Momo is normally paired up with Mina in assassination missions, as they form a formidable duo, while Sana supports them behind her trusty laptop, infiltrating into surveillance cameras and providing enemy intel.

  Lastly, there is Jihyo. She was her mentor, her saviour, a sister she didn’t had. Jihyo can be overly protective at times, but that’s because she cares for Mina a lot. Mina and Jihyo have grown to be great sisters throughout the years, with inseparable bonds. Whenever Mina needs advice or is feeling down, she always look for Jihyo for tactics or just a person to confide her feelings or problems in.

  Her first mission was assigned to her when she was 16: a simple kill and run mission on an old millionaire, whose children have been eyeing over his massive inheritance. That was also her first time meeting up with her teammates, Sana and Momo, both abandoned by their parents. The trio worked on countless missions together since, from assassinations to faking suicides. They have lost count of the number of successes they brought to Prism, for they never failed, not even once. They have always done a perfect job, leaving no trace behind to be tracked. They also became close friends and were known to everyone in the institution as the elite trio with great teamwork and chemistry, and always did their missions with perfection and precision.

  It’s been 15 years since the Myoui Pharmaceutical Incident, and with the fall of Myoui Pharmaceutical, came the rise of AceAid Medical Centre. These 15 years have not been easy for Mina for she trained tirelessly every day. She sworn to avenge her parents and hunt Chou Yi down, even if she needs to cross the universe to get to this power-greedy maniac. In the eyes of the others, Mina might just seem like the genius that mastered the art of killing in a span of 8 years, but little did they know just how much damage Mina had done to her body throughout these years.

  Throughout her years of being an agent, she also self-studied to become a surgeon, for she needs to infiltrate AceAid Medical Centre to get to Chou Yi, who hasn’t been subtle with his huge success in the medical industry, becoming the top hospital in South Korea. Of course Chou Yi would succeed, for he stole all the data and formulae from Myoui Pharmaceutical during his time there, watching its fall, making it easier for him to buy it over.

  The faithful day finally came when Park Jin Young finally announced Mina’s latest mission, one that was proposed by Mina herself: to infiltrate AceAid Medical Centre and take down the hospital along with Chou Yi.

  “Mina, Momo, Sana, I have a special mission for you.” Mr Park started with an unreadable expression, leaning off from his dark brown desk, he strides confidently towards Mina with a file in his hand. With a light thud, he pushed the file towards Mina’s chest and continued “Your infiltration into AceAid Medical Centre starts tomorrow.” He then beams with his most confident smile towards the trio, with a wide-eyed Mina staring back at him, as if she could see through his soul.


A/N: The story is slowly developing, so do be patient for the upcoming drama and action. (: Hope you will enjoy the chapter.

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PastelAlleys #1
Chapter 25: uwu i love this! but i wonder what happened to jihyo since she's like a sister to mina already :( and i really love their bond
minasunset #2
Chapter 25: i love it
TwiceForever9 #3
Chapter 1: Hey, can I ask something? Your story is so great! Can I translate it? Thank you and have a good day ^^
krina_love
#4
Chapter 25: yaaay i love the ending fair and logical! *perfect* (*^▽^*)
krina_love
#5
Chapter 24: i hope she won't talk about mina
krina_love
#6
Chapter 23: no mina don't killl tzuyu
krina_love
#7
Chapter 21: i'm right hihihihi
krina_love
#8
Chapter 20: i knew it tzuyu will take the bullet...let's see if i'm right
krina_love
#9
Chapter 19: this is so intense yet sweet (mitzu interactions)