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See You Chagiya (Eighteen)

            Haejun drove his car with emotion and was also in a hurry. His current thoughts were only Yuka, Yuka, and Yuka. Since then his head continues to be haunted by bad thoughts about Yuka's condition that does not exist

certitude. Even the woman's cell phone could not be reached at all. Plus the information about the empty warehouse that burned down in Gwangwon further added to his panic over Yuka's uncertain condition. If anything bad happens to Yuka, she vows to kill Jaeshin and all the people involved in Yuka's hostage.

        “Captain watch out!!”

        Haejun stepped on his brake pedal strongly when a middle-aged woman suddenly flashed in front of his car. With a huff Haejun cursed loudly while hitting the steering wheel of his car strong because he was so anxious

with her condition that can't do anything quickly in order to find Yuka as soon as possible.

        “Sial! It will take a long time.”

         “You will not be able to save your beautiful wife Captain Lee because the warehouse is currently burned down. In the end your wife will burn to death with that old warehouse.” Kekeh Jaeshin scoffed. Haejun directly turned his body back and grabbed hold of Jaeshin's collar firmly. The man was truly unafraid of death, even though his face was already covered in bruises, he was still recklessly provoking Haejun's overflowing emotions.

            “To you, it's all because of you and your boss. I'll make sure you'll die if something bad happens to Yuka.”

            “Captain calm down, Jaeshin only provokes the anger of the captain for the longer the captain arrives at the barn. Better the captain immediately continue the journey and do not care about this traitor.” persuade Lay while releasing Haejun's grip from Jaeshin's neck. Haejun immediately woke up and refocused on driving his car. But suddenly he turns around and asks Lay to contact Sehun and his other teammates.

            “All of Sehun to get to location.”

            “Sehun since earlier has been in the warehouse that captain. He went with Myungso and also Minzi.”

            Hearing Lay Haejun's reply was a little calmer because at least three of his men had gone to the warehouse to check on Yuka. And he really hopes that what Jaeshin says is a lie because he does not want to hear bad news about Yuka.

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            Haejun saw smoke rising from an old warehouse at the end of Gwangwon Road. Around the building there are a lot of police and firefighters who are trying to extinguish the blaze that is still licking on top of the old building so as not to seep into other buildings around it. With uncertain feelings, Haejun immediately split the sea of humans who were huddling in front of the warehouse while watching the fire that occurred in front of them.

            “Soide, give me the way... step aside, give me the way.”.

            Haejun shouted loudly at every passerby blocking his path. A stocky policeman suddenly stopped him and prevented him from getting close to the scene of the fire. But Haejun went on a rampage and pushed the body of the stocky policeman until the policeman fell to the ground.

            “Don't block me, I'm intel country! Inside the barn was a woman who was trapped inside. I have to save that woman.”

            “You can not enter, the warehouse is already burning and will soon collapse. The evacuation team will immediately evacuate the civilians after the blaze was extinguished.” said a police officer who suddenly appeared before him.

Bugh!

            Haejun hit the policeman hard in the face until the corner of the policeman's lip was slightly torn. Several policemen who saw the incident ran towards Haejun as Haejun was already preparing to hit the policeman once more.

            “Damn it! You want to wait until the woman dies? You want to wait until my wife burns to death in there, huh?” haejun shouted furiously while clutching the collar of the police shirt. Several policemen pulled Haejun's body away from one of their colleagues. But Haejun was like a man of doom who hit anyone who was about to stop him. He tries to get into the warehouse that has been burned down and almost collapsed to find Yuka, but again his steps were stopped by a horde of police who immediately locked his arm tightly so that he did not step into the warehouse.

            “Let me go! Don't stop me, I want to find Yuka! I want to find my wife.” cried Haejun thrashed from the police check.

            “Captain, you can't go in there. You will endanger your own life if you try to enter and find senior Im.” said Lay trying to be patient in front of Haejun. Haejun looked at Lay sharply while pushing his men's shoulders hard as he was really annoyed with people who did not support him at all. They let Yuka burn to death inside the building and did not allow her to save Yuka.

            “Fuck with death, I don't care! Yuka was in there, I had to save her before she died in the ruins of the warehouse building.”

Bugh

            “Beware captain, senior Im is dead! He could not possibly survive the condition of the warehouse that had been burned like that. Captain must accept it all.”

            Sehun hit Haejun hard in the face and made Haejun look down silently on the spot. The man did not reply to Sehun at all and did not move either. Suddenly Haejun turned into a statue without doing anything to avenge Sehun's brazen treatment. But a second later the strapping body had decayed to the ground with all the sadness that was suffocating his neck that felt tight.

            “Captain, relinquish the departure of senior Im. He will not be happy to see a captain like this.” said Lay slowly while patting Haejun on the shoulder. Haejun closed his eyes in light of the harsh reality that was slapping him. Again he could not keep his promise to God. He can't protect Yuka very well

so that Yuka can be wretched like this. If only he had not let Yuka join his mission, he would still be able to see the bright smile of Yuka who was waiting for him at home with Enzo. And as for Enzo, what should he say to the little boy if his mother had left. Mother who had rarely spent time with him had gone to heaven following her grandfather. Enzo will definitely be very sad and feel devastated like he is because he also lost the most valuable figure in his life. They lose the figure of the sun that has always warmed their lives.

            “It's all my fault, I made Yuka become like this. I killed Yuka! I caused Yuka to die!” haejun shouted like a man of infidelity. The man smacked the asphalt in front of him until his handbooks bled out. Luckily Sehun and Lay were able to stop the action of his captain

the anarchy, so that Haejun's two hands did not break due to hitting the hard asphalt.

            “If the captain wants to channel all the anger of the captain, should the captain punish Jaeshin and his boss for those who have caused senior Im to be like this. Do not waste the captain's time hurting themselves because they will laugh happily over the captain's plight.”

            Sehun shook Haejun's body to wake Haejun from his foolish actions. The young agent was also just as devastated as Haejun because Sehun had always liked Yuka.

            “Captain, we must unite to put those criminals in jail. And we must also unite to kill Jaeshin, the traitor deserves to die.” Sehun said. Haejun looked at Sehun deeply and immediately got up with even more glittering horrifying eyes. The man stepped wide into his car to drag Jaeshin out of his car and kill the traitor right now because all this misfortune was coming from him, and he should not be allowed to live for a second.

            “Out! You must die a traitor!”

            “Captain what's wrong?”

            Yeri and Minzi, who were in charge of guarding Jaeshin, were immediately strangled in confusion when Haejun immediately pulled out Jaeshin's handcuffed hand and dropped the man on the ground.

            “Sehun, Lay, stop captain!” minzi shouted furiously as Haejun increasingly lost his mind and continued to beat Jaeshin blindly. But Lay and Sehun just stared from a distance while shaking slowly.

            “He deserves it, let the captain channel his anger at Jaeshin.” Sehun explained. But Yeri and Minzi seemed to disagree because what Haejun did was clearly against the rules. They should have handed Jaeshin over to the prosecutor and let the prosecutor determine the punishment for Jaeshin, not by this kind of violence.

            “No, we must hand Jaeshin over to the prosecution. If we let the captain beat up Jaeshin, Jaeshin will die.” yeri screeched frantically as he saw Jaeshin who looked helpless on the ground, however Haejun still continued to punch the man in the face and also kicked the man in the stomach with full force.

Bugh bugh bugh

            “You deserve this traitor! You're a murderer, you killed Yuka!”

            Again Haejun hit Jaeshin until Jaeshin looked helpless. His entire body was bleeding and his face was already looking very terrible with many purplish marks from Haejun's punch. But even so Jaeshin still maintained his ego by being so calm in front of Haejun. That man is not afraid of death.

            “You should look for another traitor who is still hiding in the ddal in your base, because I. I am just bait. Ppengkhiat yyang actually. uhuuk uhuuk, is hiding dd in your base. Hahahahahaa uhuuk uhuuk.”

            Haejun gripped the collar of Jaeshin's shirt firmly and shook Jaeshin's body many times to force Jaeshin to tell the truth.

            “Tell me who the traitor is. Say!” haejun shouted right in front of Jaeshin's face, but Jaeshin only chuckled softly while coughing a few times as his chest felt the tightness of Haejun's grip.

            “Do you not know the captain? Uhuukk uhuukk, oorang it is as long as it exists...”.

            “Captain, the fire has gone out. The evacuation team has already started to go in to find senior Im.”

            Haejun just blew Jaeshin away when Minzi reported the condition of the warehouse that was no longer burning.

            With a quick step Haejun immediately entered into the hot warehouse while covering his nose from the smoke of the rest of the building fire that felt suffocating. The sound of a collapsed wooden hunk and the footsteps of the evacuation team were heard in his ears when he first entered the warehouse. By relying on his intuition Haejun started walking in any direction to find Yuka. He believes that if his heart is never wrong, his heart will lead him to find Yuka and get Yuka back.

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            Meanwhile Lay and Sehun begin to snatch Jaeshin who has been lying helplessly on the ground. They both call their other colleagues to take Jaeshin to the prosecutor's office. Fortunately Minzi arrived just in time before Haejun could finish off Jaeshin, otherwise Haejun might be suspended for violating the existing code of conduct.

            “They've come?” ask Sehun to Yeri. The woman shook her head slowly while squatting near Jaeshin.

            “Who is the other traitor hiding inside the base? You haven't answered it yet.” asked Yeri slowly. Jaeshin looked her head towards Yeri with a grinning smile that looked creepy. The man chuckled softly in front of Yeri with a slight cough due to his chest feeling tight.

            “Do you also don't know uhukk.. Who is the real traitor? You better start figuring it out from now on because it's possible..”.

Bughh

            “Sehun!!”

            Jeri yelled at Sehun with a fit of rage when Sehun hit Jaeshin on the nape of his neck until Jaeshin collapsed, but the man was about to tell Yeri the traitor's character.

            “He talks too much. Is it possible that in our team there are still traitors? Our team was handpicked by captain Lee, and all of us have been running the rigorous training provided by captain Lee himself, there can be no traitors among us. Jaeshin just bragged to slow down his sentencing process.”

            Yeri was stunned for a moment with Sehun's explanation. In retrospect it would be impossible if there was a traitor among them. Moreover, all this time they had been trained and handpicked by Lee Haejun, it would be absolutely impossible if the traitor could hide for that long from the eagle eyes of a respected captain Lee Haejun.

            “You're right, Jaeshin would just like to stall for time. You and Lay should accompany Captain Lee to find senior Im, Captain Lee's emotions are really unstable, I'm afraid the captain will make a scene again and make the atmosphere become increasingly heated.” said Yeri with concerned face. Sehun nodded in understanding and immediately called Lay to go find their captain who was busy looking for where his wife was. Minzi and Yeri are tasked with escorting Jaeshin to the prosecutor's office with their other agents.

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Brakkk

            “Yuka... Im Yuka.”

            Haejun removed the debris of the fire that blocked his path while shouting his wife's name many times. He had walked for quite a while inside the empty warehouse, but he had not found any sign of Yuka. His little heart kept hoping that Yuka would not be there and instead be held captive somewhere else because it was much better than he had to see Yuka's sad corpse here. He thought he would not be able to see his wife's beautiful charred body burning in the old barn.

            “Master, we found something.”

            The screams of one of the evacuation team members resuscitated Haejun from his daydream and made Haejun move quickly towards the direction of the sound. A flash of Yuka's burning body image continued to dance around inside her head and created a fear of its own for Lee Haejun. While running Haejun continued to make prayers to God that what was found by the evacuation team was not Yuka's corpse, but another body that might happen to be in the warehouse.

            “Our master found the woman's body bound on a chair. But it seemed like the fire had burned the rope and half the chair she was holding, leaving only the corpse of this woman who was seen sitting on a charred wooden board burning.”

            Haejun's entire body instantly felt cold and stiff. His blood flow seemed to stop just like that as he watched with his own eyes how the charred corpse was burning. The body was completely unrecognizable because it was charred, but Haejun could clearly see the shimmering strands that were on the neck of the corpse. Carefully, Haejun began to pull the strand of the necklace and looked at it with trembling hands. He was afraid that what was drawn inside his head would become real if it was Yuka's corpse.

            “Yukaa..”

            Haejun muttered softly and immediately sat helplessly on the rubble of the warehouse ruins. His entire strength had been sucked out after he discovered the heartbreaking fact that the charred corpse of the woman was really his wife Yuka. He now holds Yuka's gold necklace, which he gives Yuka as a gift for Yuka's twenty-fifth birthday. The necklace pendulum is a special necklace pendulum that he ordered on the store with the initials engraving his name. Now no one can deny the news of Yuka's death because now she has the real evidence. Yuka is gone. Yuka had left him alone with all the sadness that would forever surround him.

            “Our master will bring this woman's corpse for autopsy.”

            “Yuka... Lee Yuka, you left me.” Haejun whispers as two members of the evacuation team begin to lift Yuka's body onto a stretcher and take Yuka away for autopsy. While Haejun just flinch on the spot while continuing to cry over the departure of his wife who this time will really leave him forever. Haejun then channeled his anger by hitting whatever was in front of him

both of his hands were injured. No matter if it would break his hand or break, he obviously just wanted the pain in his heart to go away and be replaced with the pain that came from his hand, because the pain in his heart was far more painful than any pain he had ever felt.

            “Arggghhhh!! You stupid Lee! You****, you can't protect your own wife and Jutsru puts her in danger again! Arghhhh!!”

            Haejun yelled and hit whatever was around him until the circumstances around him turned dusty and increasingly gripping. But he doesn't care about it at all. He must channel all his anger or he will endanger others because his emotions are really unstable.

            “Captain looks very lost senior Im.” comments Lay from a distance on Sehun. The two men decided not to go near Haejun because they thought Haejun did need time to accept all the things that had just happened to his wife. Moreover, all this happened in the midst of a special mission that should be handled by Haejun, it was certain that Haejun would blame himself for Yuka's death.

            “Of course, the captain's love for senior Im is huge. Even the captain willingly broke the rules of the headquarters not to marry a fellow agent just to unite with senior Im. What do you think will happen to the captain after this?” sehun asked with giddy eyes looking at Haejun. Lay shook his head not knowing as he could not imagine what his captain would get after all his secrets were revealed. But the saddest thing is that it all happened simultaneously. If Haejun is to be suspended for violating the headquarters rules, then it will further make Haejun slumped because he just lost his wife. Haejun should get a waiver from the headquarters because all this happened because Haejun got an important mission from the president.

            “I only wish the best for the captain, because I myself am not prepared if

lost captain Lee. He is the greatest captain I have ever known. Moreover, we just lost senior Im, I don't want to lose one more person in our team.”

            “Hmm, then let's protect the captain.”

            Sehun walked away from Lay with sharp eyes that were only on Haejun. He must immediately save the life of his captain who has been smashed into pieces into dust fragments that may be temporarily lost in the wind. Whatever happens, they will defend Haejun even though the captain has been lying to them all along.