The sun shone on the old-looking agency field, with the young experienced soldiers playing and training.
"Agh, It's too boring if the field is just like this."
"Bored? All you do is fight and fight all the time." One of them said that while sitting down tiredly.
"Hm..but it's still the same, isn't it?"
"Yeah, I guess it's just too boring."
As they were talking someone was seen walking towards them out of the darkness of the entrance.
"Bored? You guys want a war or some training?"
Suddenly, Park Ji-nam, who looked a little young, said something that surprised them, because they thought Park Ji-nam wouldn't come.
"Oh...never mind, its nothing."
"Oh, really..you know it took me long time to get this field, hm?"
He just kept quiet and looked down because he was nervous, even the others were also quiet, afraid of Park Ji-nam's answer.
"I think i have a good idea.."
"Wha...?"
"Since we have a new field, we will start practicing right now!"
The subordinates could only be shocked to hear this, because the last time they trained, they didn't sleep for 3 days and only trained.
"Agh!!"
3 Days Later
All the subordinates looked tired after the training, some of them even looked like zombies.
"What is this, you guys are tired after just a little exercise?" said Park Ji-nam who looked normal, and made the whole room fall silent in thought.
*Can't she just look in the mirror and reflect* Those who saw Park Ji-nam thought she was like a wild beast who never tired at all.
"What's with those stares? Do you want me to pull your necks out or do you want me to give you some office work!?"
*We think both are the same, both are equally tiring, hell no!*
"Oh yeah, you guys come this afternoon to the hotel Garden, we're going to have an agency party night at the third floor and don't forget to bring your fancy suit."
Hearing this information, they were all very happy and shouted their voices, but they all immediately fell silent again, feel tired after hearing Park Ji-nam's next words.
"Don't forget, we also have work at the office that will pile up for the next 2 months."
"Ugh.."
"Did you all hear the leader's words?! Be happy for your first night party, you new comrades!" said the deputy leader which brought smiles to some of their faces, while one of them looked silent and gloomy, and not interested at all.
In the afternoon, Park Ji-nam was seen in her room, confused about what clothes to wear.
"What's making you so stressed out, huh?" the voice of Park Ji-nam's mother coming into her room.
"Oh, mom.. it's just the dress, i don't know what to wear."
"Aren't you already beautiful in whatever you wear?"
"Mom!"
Her mother just laughed seeing her like she was still a child, before finally helping her and choosing clothes for her.
"That one looks good on you."
As time went by, without realizing it, night had arrived, guests were seen starting to arrive for the night party at the hotel.
19:43
'Infront of the hotel.'
In front of the busy hotel, a luxury car sped up and stopped in front of the hotel.
All eyes were on the car until the car door opened and it turned out to be Park Ji-nam's father along with Park Ji-nam herself and her mother.
"I don't like this kind of welcome."
"Come on, just smile and keep walking." Her mother forced her a little.
They walked into the hotel, and finally arrived at the night party room where many guests had already arrived.
"Oh, if it wasn't the rich leader who left us in the office with a load of paperwork." Seo-ha jokes with the janitor and Park Ji-nam friend Siyeo-Ma.
The joking Seo-ha suddenly saw Park Ji-nam who was looking at them seriously all of a sudden.
*..?! *
"Did she hear what I said...?"
"It's all on you."
Seo-ha panicked and just turned around and pretended not to see while eating the food on the table.
Seo-ha was so panicked that he didn't dare turn around, until Park Ji-nam was suddenly next to him.
*?!*
Seo-ha started coughing because she was shocked to see him suddenly beside her.
"How are you guys doing?"
"You really ask that like we just walked out of death's door." The janitor who said that just drank his drink while looking at Seo-ha who was still coughing behind Park Ji-nam.
"What's wrong with you coughing all this time?"
"Oh..it's, nothing."
Park Ji-nam, who knew his character, just looked at him seriously. Until suddenly Siyeo-Ma stepped forward and said something that shocked them.
"So, it looks like this is the last time I'll see you all. Thank you for everything."
"What... What do you mean?!"
"Well, since I've been working for too long I think I'd like to find a job that can make me feel calm."
Hearing what she said did sound reasonable, because all this time Siyeo-Ma had always only worked in the office and never went out.
She always works in the office because she can't stand seeing corpses directly at crime scenes. Even though it may be something they have become accustomed to, it is still tiring for some people if they have to see it continuously, even every day.
"Okay, if that's what you want, but when you get your job, don't forget to let us know."
The others seemed to agree and let her leave their team.
"But before that, we should enjoy tonight's party and eat until we're full, right?"
We enjoyed the party that night which lasted so long, even though one of us will leave, I am sure our story will always continue..with someone who will carry our story.
With the party over they walked out of the hotel to go home, but Siyeo-Ma was seen waiting for Park Ji-nam at the outside door.
"Oh, hey."
"Hey, do you want me to take you home?
"Oh, no need I just wanted to say that someone will replace me and he will come tomorrow."
"He may not talk much, but I trust him, and I've told the others, too. So, thank you for today."
The next day came and the person who replaced Siyeo-Ma, where it turned out that person was Teo woo-ji himself as Siyeo-Ma's close friend.
*I could see why he was so sure, just by the look in his eyes.*
"What are you guys doing, get back to work!"
"Ugh.."
Time flies so fast, day by day I can see Teo woo-ji who looks like Siyeo-Ma. Even though Siyeo-Ma is no longer working, I still visit her at her workplace, an orphanage.
"Oh, you came again today."
"Of course why not, and why not just make a cafe if the drinks here taste good."
"Come on, this is an orphanage, not a youth club."
While we were joking around I didn't notice something running towards us fast, we didn't notice it at all until it was in front of me.
Something small and comforting, a little angel who always waits for me.
"Why are you so late, sis?" Lee Hyun-woo, who was still small, said while hugging Park Ji-nam.
"I also have work, you know."
Lee Hyun-woo is a child I picked up from an alley when he was a baby, abandoned by his parents I couldn't bear to see him alone.
"Oh yeah, baby "Park Min-ji" is awake."
"Did you wake her up again?!" Siyeo-Ma is angry, because Lee Hyun-woo can't stop bothering baby "Park Min-ji".
"Hahaha..ow-" Park Ji-nam, who heard this, immediately hit Lee Hyun-woo on the head, which made him fall silent in pain.
"Can't you play with Seo-woo and the others."
"No, they are too boring because they only talk to themselves."
Little Lee Hyun-woo was running until he bumped into a girl, causing her to fall.
"Oh, I'm sorry.."
"Are you okay?"
Lee Hyun-woo reached out his hand to the girl, who had the same hair as Park Min-ji.
"I'm fine... thank you." The girl looked nervous with Lee Hyun-woo, before finally leaving him.
"What's wrong with her?"
Little Lee Hyun-woo was playing with his friends, but one day when they were fast asleep in their respective homes.
The orphanage burned down, and Siyeo-Ma herself was still there with the other children and the caretaker.
Someone broke into the orphanage carrying gasoline, and Siyeo-Ma tried to fight him, but after fighting for quite a while, Siyeo-Ma fell and fainted.
The children and the nanny who heard the noise came out, which made the perpetrator decide to light the fire by dropping a match.
At the same time, Park Ji-nam, who was still in the office with his team, received a phone call that the orphanage was on fire.
'Little bear (Siyeo-Ma): calling'
"What is it with her at a time like this?"
When I picked up the phone, it turned out that the person who answered was a girl who sounded out of breath.
'The girl was the one Lee Hyun-woo hit, with the same hair like Park Min-ji.'
I, who heard the news, immediately ran out, while my team, who didn't know, could only follow me.
"If she's already started running around like that, something bad must have happened." Seo-ha said who was driving the car with the others following her from behind.
I saw the smoke from the fire in the distance which immediately made me feel even more worried, Even though it's raining, I'm still trying to get there as quickly as possible. I that just arrived saw the scene which was already busy with ambulances taking care the nanny and firefighters trying to put out the fire while rescue some people that still inside.
I immediately ran towards the orphanage but Siyeo-Ma called me from the ambulance.
"Park Ji-nam!"
*?!*
"Are you okay? What about the kids and the others?"
"Some of them- I can't find them." Siyeo-Ma tried to explain while breathing with an oxygen cylinder.
Park Ji-nam, without thinking, immediately ran into the orphanage and tried to look for them.
The firefighters tried to stop her but she went inside and immediately looked for the children or those who survived.
Park Ji-nam saw 2 children lying on the carpet covered in blood, she immediately picked them up and took them out.
*How could that be.., it must be a stab wound, but who..* she thought as she ran out carrying them.
I managed to get out of the fire and saw the ambulance was busy, but I still left the children with them so they can take care of them.
After leaving the children, I ran back inside to look for those who were still alive, I didn't stop at all, no matter how tired I was.
However, after searching for a long time, I only found some burnt clothes and one of the children who was lying limp and lifeless.
I could only carry him out of the miserable fire, I didn't know what to do and could only sit weakly watching the raging fire that continued to devour the place even though it was pouring with rain.
I sat there weakly and could only hold him, I just thought *Why??* Why did they do such a cruel thing.
Siyeo-Ma, who saw it, immediately ran leaving the ambulance going towards Park Ji-nam, as did the others who had just arrived because they were stuck in traffic by the TV media crew.
'3 hours after the incident: 3 children were killed and 1 child is missing.'
The place became crowded so Park Ji-nam went to the hospital to accompany Siyeo-Ma, and wait for Siyeo-Ma in the waiting room.
"Are you ok?" Said her parents who had just arrived.
Park Ji-nam immediately hugged her parents who had just arrived, they who only understood part of what had happened were silent and looked at each other.
They tried to calm Park Ji-nam while her team waited and stood guard outside, Seo-ha is watching the news about the fire and sees evidence of fingerprints found on the victim's clothes.
"What are you watching?"
The janitor who asked was interested and watched the video, until when he was shown the perpetrator's face, he knew and recognized the face.
"Wait.. I think I've seen him before during field training, the vice soldier must recognize him."
"Then we will ask him and catch him later."
"Who?" Park Ji-nam was suddenly standing next to them, she has been waiting and listening all this time.
Park Ji-nam, who knew about this, just gave a murderous glare towards the video.
"You guys wait and guard here."
"Wait! Where do you think you going?" Park Ji-nam's parents stopped her knowing what she was going to do.
"It's okay, I just wanted to ask someone a few things."
"Asking something but from that look of yours, what you did was just no different from him."
Park Ji-nam was silent when she heard this, but her father, who saw it, just let her go.
"Do what you are going to do, you better see the consequences of your actions firsthand."
Park Ji-nam, who heard it, just kept quiet and continued walking out, got into her car and immediately drove very fast.
'Calling: Deputy Troop'
"Yeah, you heard the news. Give me the location of the house."
"Thanks."
Park Ji-nam hung up the phone and continued speeding through the city streets towards the location he had been sent.
Park Ji-nam broke down the door of the house and immediately entered after arriving at the location, but he only found the perpetrator leaning against the wall covered in blood, lifeless.
"Im so sorry.. I was forced, to save them i had to.. from the O***-**** *****."
Some of the paper was covered in blood so I couldn't use it as evidence, but I knew who he was talking about.
*Omni-Aegis Group, one of the fastest growing groups in the world right now...but why do they have to do something like this.*
"Aghh!"
I couldn't hold back my anger, at how useless I was, at how incapable I was of protecting or even avenging them.
*Why is this world so cruel..*
Some time passed, agencies and police swarmed the scene and closed the case due to finding no other evidence.
In the time that passed, the orphanage also began to be rebuilt. However, I had to leave the city because I got an assignment in another city with my team.
I had to leave the city with Lee Hyun-woo too, but luckily that night he was still fall asleep and i dint tell him anything about the incident, so I could pick him up and take him away too.
"Go with Lee Hyun-woo, take that child with you because one day he will be the key that opens the way forward."
"My daughter, please give this medicine to Lee Hyun-woo. The condition is in a bad situation right now, and if something happens to you there, you'll be fine, but that child won't be."
"This medicine will erase his memory and have an effect for a long time, at that time the key will open the way."
"I know, I'm too much of a burden on you, even though you know the current situation, I apologize and I will tell the others too.." said my father who felt he had failed as a father.
Hearing those words, I started to smile, remembering my childhood with my parents.
"You don't have to worry about that, and I'm happy to be living with you. I'll tell the others myself."
"And...dad also knows and remembers, right, this is my choice and my consequences.."
"So..whatever happen is happened, right?"
After that I went to visit Siyeo-Ma and told her everything, and she understood the current situation.
"Don't forget us, and come visit often after the situation has calmed down."
"Hmph...of course."
It was a shame that I couldn't be by the children's side, to see the finished orphanage. However, Siyeo-Ma still contacted me by using letter because internet access was nearly impossible.
On the other side, i can never let go of that nightmare, even though I am far from that nightmare I will never forget the memories of them.
As time passes and the world evolves, trust begins to build after the problems created by previous leaders.
Likewise, I began to feel the danger approaching as time went by, I miss you who were always with me and took care of me when I was little.
I'm scared, because I feel death approaching as time goes by.
"But, I'm happy enough..even though death is before me."
Park Ji-nam remembers her childhood with her parents, as well as the times she played with her parents in the Dreamland Universe amusement park before it was rebuilt.
'The amusement park that Lee Hyun-woo's parents also visited when they were young, before getting married and leaving the agency.'
Park Ji-nam also remembers the time she left without telling Lee Hyun-woo, where she went to her city to visit the renovated orphanage and saw the grown-up "Park Min-ji".
"Who are you?"
"Me? I am the guardian of this place."
I chatted with the child, under the stars that lit up the night.
*I probably should have met Siyeo-Ma and my parents more but, maybe for a few days it would be okay right.*
Until the day finally arrived, Park Ji-nam finally died as she had feared, leaving those who loved her in untold sadness.