Gayoon pulled up in front of the brothel. Minho was with her and he quickly scrambled out to run towards the scene. A few cops blocked his way.
"I'm sorry you can't enter this place," the cop stated.
"But-"
Minho wanted to argue but Gayoon stopped him. "This is a police only area now," she muttered. "Let handle it from here."
She flashed her badge and the cops let her enter. She went straight to the top floor, the scene of the cri. The mont she stepped on the corridor, a ghastly sight t her eyes.
Several n lay on the ground, dead. Their blood stained the floor and the walls, coloring it into a deathly shade of crimson. The bodies fell on each other, blood and organs mixed into a sh of goo and to her horror, she felt several cold presence there. She was well aware that so of the n had beco ghosts and were thirsting for revenge but she pretended not to have noticed them.
There were far bigger issues in hand.
Putting on her gloves, she walked straight towards the man in question: Kanji. The police had apprehended him. He sat on a stool, shaken.
"What happened here?" Gayoon asked one of the cops.
"Well, we got an anonymous tip that there was a murder here," the cop stated. "We ca here and found this scene. And also"
"Also what?" Gayoon demanded. She glanced at Kanji, who was still shocked.
"There's another body inside the room," the cop revealed, pointing at a suite. Gayoon went into the room and found a half naked woman on the bed, seemingly sleeping. But her lips were blue and there was an empty glass of wine next to her body.
Gayoon recognized the victim imdiately. She was the girl Kanji had brought to their house when the Kang's ca over for dinner. How did they end up here? She wondered. And wasn't Kanji in love with Mina? What's he doing with this chick?
She checked for the victim's pulse.
"She's dead," a forensic assistant stated. "I'll have this and the other bodies packed up and send them to the lab."
Gayoon nodded. She sniffed the glass. The poison was in it.
Did Kanji really do this? She wondered. That evening, when they received news that Kanji was arrested on charges of murder, Gayoon was shocked. To her surprise, Minho did not look shocked or worried but rather grim. That was when he revealed the truth about Kanji's real job as the heir to the Jang mafia clan.
She was in a dilemma. On one hand was her friend and on the other hand was her duty as a police officer. Taking a deep breath, she went outside.
"Kanji."
He looked up to find Gayoon staring at him. She looked very disappointed, looking at him as if she could not recognize who he was.
"Did you really do all this?" she asked.
"I killed my n because they were harassing Mina," he admitted. "But I did not kill Yeonjoo!"
"Kanji, you were the last person to enter that room," she stated. "There are no CCTV caras here but your na is on the entry record downstairs, right beside her na! And the guards testified that you are a regular patron here. The case against you is not looking good at all."
Kanji was aghast. "Gayoon, it was Oh Youngdo who must have tipped the police!" he claid. "The right hand man of the Lin family. He must have been working under his boss' orders! Lin Haejong ordered this. I know it!"
Oh Youngdo? Gayoon knew who it was. She had been reading the files on both the Jang's and Lin's. His na had popped up quite frequently on the docunts, centing her suspicion on that man. But right then, everything was bleak for Kanji and she must follow procedure.
"Where is Lin Haejong?" Gayoon pressed. "No one knows what he looks like-"
"He ca to the dinner that night at your mansion," Kanji revealed. "Mina's date."
For a mont there, Gayoon was stunned. Mina knew the other clan's leader? How did they even et? What was going on?
But there was no ti to dwell on it. She had to do a very difficult thing first.
"Jang Kanji," she began. "You are under arrest for the the murder of Madam Yeonjoo. You have the right to a lawyer. You have the right to remain silent."
She took out her cuffs and reluctantly put them around his wrists. He did not protest but simply followed suit as the cops led him to the van.
Minho was pacing back and forth outside the brothel when he saw a group of cops accompanying Kanji. The latter was unusually quiet as he was being escorted into the police van.
"Kanji!" he yelled. His friend rely looked at him with, his eyes dead and his soul tarnished.
"Tell Mina, I'm sorry."
Minho gaped at him but the cops dragged him into the van before driving away. He took out his phone and called Mina. She had just stepped out of the surgery room when she found her brother calling her.
"Brother," she greeted. "What-"
"Kanji has been arrested," Minho said. "What happened between the two of you? Why is he telling to say sorry to you?"
To his surprise, Mina did not react. She was not asking questions nor was she distraught. But he could sense a conflicted mix of emotions running within her as she gathered her thoughts.
"I know everything," she revealed. "I know that he's a mafia. He told ."
Minho sighed. "Are you alright?" he asked.
"No," she admitted. "But I want to be. I just need ti-"
Gayoon ca up behind Minho. "Kanji is saying that Lin Haejong tipped off the cops," she told him.
Minho frowned while Mina froze on the other end. She heard what Gayoon said and was scared. Haejong tipped the cops?
"Apparently his right hand man, Oh Youngdo saw Kanji here with Madam Yeonjoo," Gayoon went on. "And sent an anonymous call."
"Is it possible that the Lin's implicated Kanji?" Minho frowned.
"It is," Gayoon replied. Minho was about to ask sothing but heard a loud click on the other end. Mina had hung up the call.
"Mina?" Minho tried to listen but there was only silence.
"How is she taking it?" Gayoon asked. But Minho stared at the phone.
"Sothing is wrong," he muttered. "Mina just hung up the phone. I think she's gonna do sothing."
Gayoon winced. Mina must have heard Lin Haejong's na when Gayoon was talking to Minho.
"Ask her for Haejong's address!" Gayoon said. "We'll have to talk to him. Let's go!"
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