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“Can’t you go any faster?” Chanmi asked. “We’re running out of time!”

“It’s a lot of data,” Dahoon muttered. “It takes time!”

Chanmi and Woohee were towering over Dahoon. They were at the 25th Precinct, as per Jina’s instructions, to work with that particular police team to find Wonho. Since their investigation overlapped with Minki’s case, they were given access to Wonho’s belongings including his laptop. 

Unfortunately, someone had deleted all the files from Wonho’s laptop but Dahoon said that the person did not wipe out the hard drive completely. He inputted some complicated codes to hack into the system and was now restoring the data.

Just then, Dahoon’s phone beeped. He opened it to see a message from Jiwoon.

“Guys, check this out!” he said, showing the other two the pictures Jiwoon sent them.

“These look like adoption papers,” Chanmi frowned. “Minki…”

“That orphanage falsified the adoption papers so that no one can find out that the kid died,” Woohee grimaced. 

They went through the papers, disgusted by the deeds of the people running the orphanage. Dahoon glanced at the laptop. It was going to take him one hour to completely restore the files. He called Jiwoon’s phone but to his surprise, her phone was switched off.

“Detective Jiwoon isn’t picking up,” he said. 

“Call the boss then,” Woohee suggested. Dahoon tried to call Jina but her phone was also unreachable.

“Let’s wait till the information is restored,” Chanmi suggested. “And then we can report to them. They’re undercover right now. If we call, their ruse might be busted.”

“Okay,” the other two nodded and they began to work on the laptop once again.

….

“Alright kids!” Minyoon exclaimed. “Don’t forget to get yourselves tested by the doctors there! If you don’t, then I’ll be very sad!”

He pretended to cry, making the children go ‘awwww’. They loved him and were dancing along to his songs.

“Kids, calm down!” the matron screamed but they were not listening to her. She tried to hold back the tide of kids in vain. The security guards did not seem to be helping her and the idols as laso somehow charming the kids around him. He was effortless in handling them, flashing his gorgeous teeth at them.

Meanwhile, some children were also getting themselves tested at the booth. They were actually enticed by the free candies Hobin was handing out while Jina and Soobin did some basic treatment on them with the help of Siwan who was on the other line of the earpiece.

Soobin was a natural at treating the kids though. They adored her sweet smile and some of the boys were having a crush on her.

“Sis, my hand hurts,” one boy claimed. “Can you check my pulse too?”

“You’ll need to get a shot for it,” she joked. “Pulse machine can’t help.”

The boy’s shoulders fell in disappointment. Seeing that, Soobin laughed and handed him a candy. The boy was smiling at her when a tall, dark shadow fell over him. He looked up to find Yoonmin’s stern face.

“Oi, are you taking free candy?” he hissed at the kid. “My company paid for that. Ya better pay up, kid!”

“Stop scaring the kids!” Soobin scolded him when the boy burst into tears. Yoonmin scowled at her. Why was she giving away free candies?

As if in defiance, she handed the boy another candy. The child smiled and sprinted off. 

Meanwhile, Jina was trying to call Jiwoon but there was no network in that place. She had been gone for a while and did not return yet, making Jina worried. Suddenly, she saw a pearly figure shining in the distance.

“Doctor Belle-” Hobin began but he paused when he saw that Jina’s attention was elsewhere.

“I’ll be back!” she claimed and ran off. Hobin frowned but did not have much time to think about it since there were some children who needed his attention. 

Jina pushed past the crowd of kids and followed Minki towards the desolated corridor which led to the dormitory.

“Minki!” she called. “What happened?”

The ghost looked worried and distraught. “Sis,” he began. “Sis, Haeji is missing!”

“What?” Jina exclaimed. “How?”

“I stayed here all night,” Minki said. “Around 1 AM, I saw the matron entering the dorm where Haeji slept and took her away!”

“Why didn’t you tell me this earlier?” Jina demanded. “Did you happen to see where she was taken?”

“I followed the matron but she vanished around the kitchen!” Minki sobbed. “Later, she appeared in the morning without Haeji. I looked for her everywhere. Even went outside to search for her but didn’t find her!”

Jina wanted to curse out loud. The bitch took the kid! She must have figured out that Haeji was opening up. Moreover, the sessions with Hobin were a threat to the killer’s plans. 

“But…how did they find out that Haeji might know something?” she wondered. “Did they connect the dots between her sudden loss of voice and the murder?”

That must be it, she deduced. Turning to Minki, she asked, “Did you see another woman in a black suit around the dorms? She had long dark hair and it was tied in a ponytail.”

“No,” Minki replied. “I just checked the dorms a while ago. There was no one.”

Huh? Jina was now suspicious. Jiwoon went that way. Where was she? 

She took out her phone. There was a little bit of network there so she tried Jiwoon’s phone. To her surprise, her phone was switched off. Jiwoon never turned off her phone.

“There’s something wrong,” she muttered. “Minki, lead me to the dorms.”

The boy obliged and said, “Follow me.”

….

Hobin was at the booth when he noticed a couple walking towards them. The bony woman and her husband were smiling at him.

“I’m Heo Dongwha,” the man introduced himself. “I’m the son of this orphanage’s owner. And this is my wife, Seo Aera.”

Aera smiled and said, “Nice to meet you.”

Hobin reached out his hand for them to shake. “I’m Doctor Ohm Hobin,” he greeted.

Dongwha shook his hand. Hobin briefly held his hand before letting go. He then turned towards Aera but she was not looking at him. Instead, she was observing the blood pressure machine in Soobin’s hand.

“Can you check my blood pressure too?” Aera asked. “I feel that lately, my pressure is fluctuating.”

Soobin glanced at Hobin and then back at Aera.

“Sure!” she said in a cheerful tone. “Please lend me your left hand.”

Hobin and Soobin held their breaths as Aera pulled back her sleeve and put it on the table. Soobin was nearly shocked while Hobin remained impassive.

There was a bat tattoo on Aera’s left wrist.