Ignites
My Heart Will Go On (Thirty Three)
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The first day of being state intel was truly amazing. We all come from different parts of South Korea with the same goal, which is to protect the country. But there's a slight exception for me, because I'm at this base for a task. All these years I've lived here at the mercy of the big boss who generously supported me and made me his adopted son after seeing me almost beaten to death at the market for stealing food. But back then my life was really sad. I am a street kid with no parents. I used to live in an orphanage, and when I was seven I ran away from the orphanage because I hated all the injustice that was happening there.
During my time as a big boss' adopted son, I was educated and trained very hard. Not infrequently I get bruises all over my body and broken bones in some of my ribs due to such harsh and merciless training. But all that did not discourage me, I was even more ambitious to become a tough man because I wanted to repay all the kindness of the big boss who had been given to me. I wanted to show my loyalty and swear allegiance to the success of the organization led by the big boss.
“Good morning and welcome to the Seoul, South Korea state intelligence headquarters. Before I wanted to congratulate you all because you are the chosen ones and the tough ones
who managed to become part of the state intel. Here you will be educated to become the best intel and have the opportunity to become a special intel member under the leadership of captain Lee.”
I saw a young man who was so charismatic and filled with various badges on his chest. It turns out that this headquarters really employs people who are very experts in their field, it is appropriate if all this time they get a good reputation in solving every case that occurs. I have to be one of the special intel members so I can gain the trust of that captain. I see it is
a man who is so tough, and of course has very good competence in this base. If I manage to trick the captain, then my position here will never be suspected by anyone.
“For first training, you will do shooting training. For that you can go directly to the hangar to do shooting training with senior Im Yuka.”
We all walked in an orderly manner towards the hangar that was on the right wing of the headquarters. And to be honest I'm a little sick of all this stuff because I feel like an animal that has to abide by all the protocols
it's written here. I seem to have to learn to adjust, because all this time my life has always been free and filled with violence. At the age of fourteen, I was introduced to the world of night and intoxicating liquor. And by then the big boss had asked me to taste all the liquor and several times he had given me marijuana rolled like a cigarette. Come to think of it, a big boss is actually not a good person. He was actually a very bad person, but I don't know why I still think of him as my savior hero, even though he often beat me up if I can't do a good job. But then again, all of this is a mental forest that I have to pay off, so like not liking, I have to do whatever the big boss orders me to do and put my loyalty to him wholeheartedly.
“Include me, my name is Im Yuka, I am the person in charge of this hangar. Here I will be your mentor during the shooting training.”
For the first time I felt so impressed with a woman. The mentor named Im Yuka was completely different from all the women I had met. He has a soft hidden face
behind his face. And she also had a very sweet smile, I really couldn't take my eyes off her. I made sure during this training session I wouldn't disappoint the beautiful senior.
“You who are on the left end, go ahead.”
Suddenly the senior called out to me and told me to come forward. I calmly walked up to him and stopped right in front of him to receive the short-barreled revolver that had been thrust at me.
“I want to see your ability to shoot because based on your seleksi history, you have the highest score in shooting.”
I smiled knots at the senior while preparing in front of the target board. Of course I have the highest score in the test shoot because all this time I've been used to using a gun to kill
the enemies of the big boss are disturbing. Maybe I've had a few shootouts with one of the intel members here, but they didn't notice.
Dorian
One bullet shot away from my gun and stopped right in the middle of the target point. The white smoke billowing thin from the muzzle of my gun made the training even more dramatic because I felt great in the presence of all the new intel members who were currently looking at me with their amazed gazes.
“Good, you did very well. If you continue to do well, captain Lee will definitely include you in his team.”
I smiled in front of the senior as he patted my shoulder a few times. Now I feel my heart start beating fast because of that senior touch on my shoulder. Am I in love? Hearing it really makes me want to laugh amusedly. After that I went back into my ranks and observed all the instructions with boredom.
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It's been over thirty days that I've been inside the state intelligence headquarters training. During that time I gained a lot of new knowledge about important information that has been kept in meetings in the headquarters. Every weekend I would go home to the big boss to report every incident that happened at the headquarters. But so far everything is still in a safe stage. Despite rumors that Captain Lee and some other intel will be ambushing the mafia syndicates spread across Korea, the position of the big boss is still safe. Every day I always took the time to chat with senior intel members and mingle with others to make my disguise more perfect and flawless. In fact, my strategy really worked. I even thought I had managed to get the captain's heart, though not a hundred percent yet.
“Senior Im, where are you going?”
“Oh Sehun, I'll do a photo shoot. Because I was looking for the perpetrator of my father's murder, so I had to go a little extra mile undercover as a model.” Senior Im said with a lethargic face. I gave a concerned smile while imagining the big boss and his nephew actually being involved in his father's murder case. Even I myself was there to watch the course of the murder and make sure that the old man died in the sabotaged accident.
“Come, that chatty photographer has been calling me since.”
From the back suddenly Captain Lee appeared with a huffed face. He does not seem to like the activities that senior Im will do. And speaking of captain Lee, it seemed like they had been very close all along. Not infrequently I see them in the same car when leaving or coming home. What exactly was their relationship all along? Doesn't the regulation at the headquarters strictly prohibit each agent to have a special relationship?
“It looks like we have to go now, my fierce assistant is really impatient.” Senior Im joked while waving lightly at me. I stared at the departure of the two with a strange look with thousands of questions still lodged in my brain. I think I should ask someone to investigate them. But... why do I do it? Ck, now I really look like a silly man who is feeling jealous because of another man. Maybe I should forget about senior Im by dating the pretty ladies at the club tonight.
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“The captain seems to have started sniffing our activities, you should always keep an eye on him.”
I nodded slowly as the big boss again voiced his concerns regarding the special team that was recently conducting an investigation against a lawmaker or state minister. Indirectly they are all interconnected with big bosses because some of their wealth is a gift from big bosses who always bribe them to keep their mouth shut regarding all illegal business that big bosses do.
“Indeed the captain is conducting an investigation, but so far everything is still safe. It's just that senior Im is conducting an investigation into Park Jaejong related to the death of his father five years ago. He even deliberately disguised himself as one of the super models in order to get close to the state officials and also Park Jaejong.”
“Huh, the woman will not be able to unpack the case of her father's death because I have bribed many people to close the case of his father's death which is indeed awkward. If if those two people are indeed annoying, you should take action to kill him.”
I nodded stiffly half-heartedly at the big boss. I couldn't have killed senior Im if that woman was the woman I'd liked all along. But I can't possibly tell my feelings to the big boss, because every single thing I do is of course worth it. If I dare to love a good woman, then it is certain that her life will be threatened at all times. Let me admire senior Im from a distance, for I have no right to involve him in my dark life.
“I heard you're going to put one more spy into headquarters, who's the spy you mean boss?”
“Han Jaeshin, from tomorrow he will be one of the members of intel in devision five.”
“You entered it through one of the general councils? Who?”
Actually I am not too surprised by the presence of bad people inside the headquarters, because the big boss is indeed a very influential person within this country. Every word the big boss says always manages to entrap his victims to be willing to be one of his plan. So no wonder if in the headquarters of justice enforcers were hidden two-faced criminals.
“You don't need to know. He'll keep an eye on you as long as you're inside the base, so don't even try to trick me.”
“You doubt my loyalty?”
I was annoyed by the old man who always put his suspicions on me. Everything I do always gets a lot of scrutiny from him. Though I will definitely not betray him, especially he already considered as my own father.
“I never doubted you my son, but I was just a little bit on guard. Every good or bad influence that happens around us without us knowing it can enter our souls, so I only take one swift step to keep you from the bad influence of the headquarters.”
This time I just kept quiet and didn't want to respond. Likes not like I have to always accept every decision. So even though I commented and voiced my disapproval, the boss would never withdraw his plans. Because every plan he devised must have been carefully thought out by him.
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“Oh Sehun.. please bring the book divider on my desk.”.
That shrill scream made me feel completely at home in this room. Kim Yeri, one of the female intel members who has competence in the science of science and technology, always yelled loudly to order me this. Especially after two weeks ago we were appointed as a special team under the command of captain Lee, he increasingly acted arbitrarily to me.
“Can you lower that shrill voice of yours? I'm tired of hearing it.” I'm annoyed. After I threw the book barrier at him, I immediately walked out of our room to look for a fresh breeze outside. Looks like I have to go to the Han river or the club to marry off my murky thoughts because
lately I have been showered with various duties from Captain Lee. The rotten captain actually tested my patience a week ago when I was faced with such a complicated murder case in a luxury apartment in Gangnam. It's a good thing that senior Im has always encouraged me so that I don't get too dizzy with all the annoying orders of that bastard captain.
Srak
“I heard a rustling sound from the cracks of the car parked in the basement. Before long, I heard a snorting from a woman I seemed to know very well.
“I told you I'm fine, you don't have to overdo it with me.”
“But the doctor said if you should always be careful because you are still in a vulnerable state.”
From a distance I saw senior Im throwing the hand of captain Lee who was about to embrace his shoulder. One of his hands holding a parcel he lay down to hit Captain Lee's shoulder to get the man away from him immediately. But according to what I saw it seemed like the captain was unwilling to move away from senior Im.
“Good afternoon senior Im.”
I came out of my hiding place while greeting them kindly. I saw senior Im tensing up a little with my sudden presence. Then with a little clumsy he waved at me while showing the plastic package he was holding.
“We just bought a cake, do you want to eat it with me?”
“The cake must have been destroyed because you used it to hit me.” chirped the captain with his cold face. I saw senior Im was giving a sharp look at him, but after that he turned back to me with an unpleasant face.
“Maybe a little ruined, but this cake can still be eaten. Let's eat it with the others.”
I then walked hand in hand with senior Im and left the damn captain behind me. I saw the captain clench his hand a few times and put it in his pants pocket. Maybe he doesn't like it if I approach senior Im. Because even though he looked cold all this time, but he hid such great concern for senior Im. And regarding their previous remarks, I was a little curious and felt like I should find out more about it.
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“I suspect a connection between captain Lee and senior Im.”
Jaeshin revealed his suspicions to me as he puffed cigarette smoke high into the air. As long as he was part of state intel, he started to know how I felt about senior Im. Sometimes he would tease me or threaten to tell the big boss. But I was never afraid of the threat, because the big boss must have believed more in my words than I did
his words are pure nonsense.
“Really? Relationships like captain and subordinates?” I'm lazy. I'm honestly fed up with his talk about captain Lee and senior Im because in the end he's just going to heat me up.
“Ck, I'm sure your brain isn't as small as a shrimp Oh Sehun's. Of course the relationship I'm referring to here is more than that. Are you not suspicious of all the weirdness that's been going on with senior Im all this time. And yesterday I saw him holding a little boy in a shopping mall.” whispered full of provocation. I snorted in a huff and preferred to ignore it by gulping down my vodka. He thought I'd get hooked so easily just by his bullshit. You fucker!
“I'm lazy to discuss my feelings Jaeshin, so shut up now.”
“You better keep an eye on senior Im's movements because he really looks suspicious so far. Sometimes I see him sneaking into Captain Lee's room and never coming out of it. What do you think they did in that room, and just the two of them. Could they be having sex in there?”
Bugh
I hit her disgusting face hard and made her fall on the floor. My patience was at its peak and I couldn't hold back all my anger any longer.
“You are like a woman who likes to gossip about others, disgusting!”
I passed through his body just like that and left it lying on the floor while enduring the pain from my punch. Sometimes he must be taught a lesson so that his female mouth does not continuously provoke me and make me uncomfortable with all his behavior that is like a devil of malice.
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I close my jacket while sipping my black coffee occasionally to ward off the cold air that starts to puncture the skin. Seoul at the end of autumn will indeed be very cold, maybe tomorrow or night snow will fall over the city. I sighed softly while imagining my life of three years
finally, after joining the state intelligence. Now I've never killed anyone again and I'm an investigator on a murder case. Is life playing tricks on me? It seems like it is. I feel trapped between black and white now.
“Oh Sehun, what are you doing here?”
Senior Im smiled gently at me while leaning against the balcony barrier that leads to the view of Seoul in the afternoon.
“Drinking coffee. The air was very cold, and I got bored of being inside because Yeri kept telling me to do this and that.”
“Kukira you guys are very compatible, but Yeri is a little chatty.” said senior Im while chuckling softly. I observed the silhouette of his face from the side with a feeling of adoration. Even though I tried to ignore my silly feelings for her, but still my heart always thumped if I saw her smile or her laughter. Huh, why does God seem to be playing tricks on me? When I should have acted like a thick wall of heartless and heartless, I was faced with a ridiculous feeling called love. Until whenever a man like me doesn't deserve to feel love. Such a feeling for us is a luxury that we would not be able to afford.
“Hey, you daydream.”
“Ahh, no. Just thinking of something else. Lately the headquarters is getting chaotic, a lot of members of the general council who turned out to be a traitor. What do you think of senior Im?”
I saw the woman a little saddened by my question. He may be concerned about the current state of the headquarters because just a week ago, general Lee had just released general Jang and general Song because they were proven to receive bribe funds from a company to eliminate cases of embezzlement of funds that occur in the company.
“I do not like traitors, and I am quite sad because it turns out there are so many traitors around my life. I hope I don't have a traitor in my team.”
I smiled wryly in response to his words because in fact I was a traitor who had been hiding in his team. If one day he finds out everything, he will be very disappointed in me. Ck, since when did I care so much about other people's views of me, it felt like it wasn't me. But inevitably, being one of the members of state intel makes my good side appear a little. If the boss finds out, I will definitely get in trouble because of this ridiculous feeling.
“I don't think that's possible because captain Lee himself chose a member for his team, he couldn't possibly choose a traitor to get into his team. Senior need not worry. Hasn't Captain Lee always had a good image at this base? So I never doubted his competence.”
“But he's still just an ordinary man, he could be wrong. Don't you know what her childish nature was all along when she disguised herself as my assistant? Absolutely disgusting and laughable.” he said with a contemptuous face made-up. I laughed out loud next to her and she laughed with me with her crisp voice. Maybe this will be the sweetest memory I have when I become intel, and I will never forget this moment until anytime.
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This afternoon somehow all the intel looks excited while holding their respective phones. I who had just arrived because I had to finish my business with the big boss was immediately confused by their strange behavior. From a distance I saw Jaeshin smiling mockingly at me while walking towards me who was staring at him fiercely.
“What's with them all?”
“You haven't seen your phone? Ah... Then you don't have to look at it because you will definitely feel pain after seeing it.” Jaeshin said pretending to be concerned while patting my back a few times. I threw his hand off my back and pushed him a little rough so that he would get out of my way immediately. Looks like I have to find Yeri and ask her what is going on at the headquarters. I think he's the only person I can trust in this base.
“Kim Yeri, what is going on? Why everyone seems busy whispering in front.”
“Oh Sehun, this is bad! Look, someone sent this message and some photos to all the intel members that contained news regarding the marriage of captain Lee and senior Im.”
So this is what Jaeshin meant if I was going to get sick. But if this scandal is Jaeshin's, it's real. He must have investigated the background of that rotten captain a long time ago.
“How is it possible, does the headquarters prohibit marriage between members of intel?”
I tried to calm down and not show excessive attitude like the others, even though my heart was twitching in pain because I had just broken my heart. It was only fitting that the two of them seemed so close to each other. But the two of them were really great for having managed to hide the news of their marriage for so long. I think they've been married for more than four years now because they have a four-year-old son.
“Gosh! Captain Lee comes.”
Yeri shrieked in surprise as she pointed at Captain Lee who was walking in a hurry to enter the headquarters. He stared riled at every agent he met in the lobby as they all flashed hateful scornful gazes.
“I have to meet captain Lee to tell everything slowly.”
Yeri immediately darted away to the captain Lee who was still struggling with
his rage in front of the loby's desk. While I decided to go away from the noisy agents at once to calm my heart that was slightly pinched by this news.
“Sehun, there has been a fire in an empty warehouse around Gwangwon district.”
A gwangwon? The name of the district is not foreign. Butwhat?
“Is that a mission for us?” I'm lazy. I'm really not in the mood to handle a case right now, when my heart is hurting from the news of Im's senior marriage.
Drt
I felt my black phone vibrate in my pants pocket. I lazily began to open it and read a series of messages Jaeshin had sent me. And after I read all my messages, my heart suddenly seemed to be forcibly removed. The bastard had just said that he had managed to get senior Im and that senior Im was currently claiming his life inside the empty burning warehouse. I frantically put my phone in my pants pocket to go to the warehouse, because I have to help senior Im right now before it's too late and I regret my stupidity.
“Where are you going?”
“Ke Gwangwon, there's a civilian there that I have to help.”
Without waiting for a response from him, I immediately ran towards my car and rushed towards Gwangwon. I hope God still gives me a chance to help the woman I love, even in the last moments of her life.
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When I arrived at the scene of the fire, there were already a lot of civilians lined up around the area. But I have not seen a single fire engine that arrived at the scene, even though the smoke had soared from the middle of the building. I immediately split the crowd of people to sneak into the warehouse through the side door. It used to be a storage warehouse for illegal drugs produced by Bloods. But after many police and intelligence personnel learned of our illegal business, the boss quickly took action to move the storage warehouse for illegal drugs in remote areas that are rarely touched by humans, and even though I had not come to this warehouse for a long time to pick up merchandise, I still very memorized the ins and outs of this huge building towering in front of me.
“What are you doing here?”
I was a little surprised by Park Jaejong's appearance in front of me along with his other men. If Park Jaejong is here, then the murder plan that happened to senior Im is not a playful plan, either, because all this time Park Jaejong will only be involved in assassination plans involving important targets Bloods.
“The rotten intel and captain are heading here, I just want to warn you because according to Jaeshin you are here.”. Park Jaejong seemed to trust my bragging while patting me on the shoulder twice.
“Thank you for warning me. So, Jaeshin has managed to spread the news of the captain?”'s wedding
I nodded twice while looking at him full of question marks. What is Park Jaejong planning right now?
“Yes, the current headquarters is in a mess, coupled with the foul captain's anger at Jaeshin. Soon Jaeshin will be completely finished.”
I saw Park Jaejong just smiling sideways and not caring about Jaeshin at all. I've guessed that the Jaeshin is just a decoy that will be sacrificed in this revenge mission.
“Indeed it was fitting for Jaeshin to be loyal to Bloods, had we not given him everything he wanted. A decent life for his family and enough alimony money for his later death. Now you better get back to the base, son, and keep an eye on that goddamn captain.”
“What about that woman, Im Yuka? Isn't he in there?”
I tried to control my emotions so that Park Jaejong did not see any concern for senior Im.
“That woman, almost dead. Even though my men shot him and broke his bones, he was still breathing. Although with a short breath because this warehouse is already burning and emits a lot of smoke in there. This is a reply to the captain of the bastard because he has meddled in my affairs and Bloods.”
I almost cheered softly because senior Im was still alive, despite being in a critical state. And whatever happens I have to save her from Park Jaejong's rotten plans.
“Wait.”
I blocked his arm and made Park Jaejong a little riled up because I was preventing him from leaving.
“I have a plan to avenge that rotten captain.” I said with a grin in front of him. Park Jaejong raised his eyebrows and waited for me to continue with my words.
“We can use that woman to avenge captain Lee. For this time we have to save the woman and slightly erase her memories in the past. After that we make the woman as a weapon that will destroy Captain Lee, because the rotten captain will obviously not be able to struggle if he has to fight his own wife. But first we had to fake his death by replacing his body with another woman's corpse. Then we change her identity as Krystal Park, your daughter who died three years ago
then. Aren't they very similar? I'm sure they won't suspect Yuka while using Krystal's identity because no outsider knows that your daughter has died. Only a few people inside the Bloods knew about the news of Krystal's death. So, what do you think?”
I saw Park Jaejong thinking of agreeing to my idea. Sometimes I steal a glance at the warehouse that has been burning a large fire with smoke clumping up there. Hopefully senior Im still survives inside there and does not experience shortness of breath because the smoke seems to have filled every room in the warehouse.
“Your father is quite interesting, we can indeed use the woman to destroy her own husband. And surely that bastard captain would easily fall into our trap if we were to use his wife as a pawn. Then you take the woman to the hospital, and save her. My men will arrange for a corpse problem that will be placed in there in exchange for the woman's body.”
“Alright, hopefully this plan will be a plan that is able to bring down the rotten captain.” I said slowly before I walked away leaving Park Jaejong and his men.
At least this time I managed to save the life of senior Im who was on the other end
horn. Although we'll make her a bad woman later, but this is the only way she can survive. And I hope she won't hate my decision because it will make her a bad woman who will destroy her own husband.
