Chapter 14

Once they arrived at the school campus, she parked near the premises and walked to their classrooms. They passed Jiwoon and Nabi, who were hanging out with their pals right outside Namgyu and Kento's classroom.

Nabi and one of her pals are apparently classmates with the two. That's how Nabi recognized Kento on his first day.

"Look who we have here!" remarked one of Jiwoon's buddies. The air became stiff almost immediately.

Although something seemed off. Normally, Jiwoon would pound on the boys and taunt them mercilessly, while Nabi and their other pals would cheer him on. But neither of them was doing anything. They remained still; in fact, they didn't dare to glance at them and instead appeared troubled.

Namgyu noted Katsumi's frightening expression and knew that if they went any further, she would not take things lightly and would resort to violence.

The last thing Namgyu wants is for his friend to be suspended or expelled. He instantly places his hand on her shoulder and whispers to catch her attention.

"Let's go. Just ignore them," Katsumi said in response.

She was aware that the boy could see right through her and her motives. It wasn't good, and she needed to cool down before starting a big brawl.

"I see you're missing one member here. Who was it again? Su-trash?" The opponent laughed at a joke made by one of their allies.

"And whose fault is it that Subin is in the hospital right now?" Katsumi demanded angrily.

"Katsumi," Namgyu warned softly.

She is aware of what her adversaries are doing and is doing her best to resist, but they continue to test her patience with each passing second. She's not a patient person, so she's surprised she's been able to hold out this long.

Jiwoon had enough of their unsettling conversation. He was well aware that what his pal had done was wrong—an attempted murder. Nabi felt the same way.

He snatched his friend's arm and glared at him. "Chunghee, stop doing this," Jiwoon urged.

Katsumi couldn't help but snicker in amazement when he heard the name. Chunghee means "righteous" in Korean, which is plainly the polar opposite of who this individual was.

"I can't believe someone named that would commit attempted murder and then lie about it," she snickered again. "How righteous of you, Chunghee."

The boy snatched his arm from Jiwoon's grasp and marched disdainfully towards Katsumi. Everyone who was watching, notably Kento, was apprehensive.

He got his hand under her upper arm, ready to pull her and take whatever hit came her way if anything happened to his sister.

"Even if I did it, you have no proof," he softly said. "Not so victorious of you to do, Katsu-mi."

Katsumi felt appalled when Chunghee repeated the pun she had put on him. 'Katsu' means win or victory in Japanese. She didn't mind the pun on her name, but how he put it in a sentence irritated her.

Chunghee's irritably sneering face was the last thing she saw before he departed. This guy may be far more annoying than Jiwoon and Nabi.

From what Katsumi saw and examined, Jiwoon and Nabi knew what their friend had done had crossed the line, and that's the reason for their distressed expression when they saw them.

They still recognized right from wrong, and their values hadn't completely vanished. Chunghee, on the other hand, felt no remorse.

He was unconcerned about the implications of his acts, whether they were murderous or not. All that mattered was his superiority over others, like a King over peasants.

There must be another way to gather evidence to apprehend this individual before he commits any more evil acts.

Jiwoon had entered his respective classroom, and unfortunately, he was classmates with Chunghee. The guy sat down arrogantly; he felt satisfied after winning the verbal duel with Katsumi, which boosted his ego.

Jiwoon sighed in annoyance as he saw this.

"You do realize what you did was attempted murder, which is a crime."

"Like I said before, you've done just as badly as I did, and you're the same."

Jiwoon will not deny that he verbally tormented Namgyu, Yejoon, and Subin numerous times, including the time he forced them to commit a crime by stealing from a toy store. Jiwoon and Nabi are not foolish though. Murder is out of the question and crosses several borders.

"Just remember, Murder is your crime." He tried not to shout. "I know I'm not in the place to say this, but that's worse than theft."

Chunghee jolted. He wasn't happy with Jiwoon as much as Jiwoon wasn't happy with him.

"Don't you dare speak to me like you're any better!" he growled. "I'll forget this conversation ever happened, so you'd better watch your mouth."

Jiwoon sighed in frustration as Chunghee left in a bad mood. He didn't want to be or become a member of a group whose bullying tactic is attempted murder.

All he wanted was to be noticed. But the attention Chunghee was attracting wasn't what he was looking for, and thinking about it now, he felt regretful and apologetic for what he had done to Namgyu and the others.

He needs to find a way to get away from this, but if he can't, he needs to find a method to stop Chunghee from attracting unwanted attention.

***

The moonlight beamed brightly at midnight, everyone was asleep, except Kento. He knew he had to act after the verbal war of his sister. Fortunately, he was an expert at it and knew exactly what to do, how to do it, and how long the process would take.

He's on the phone, waiting for the other end of the line to pick up. And he was able to pass through about a minute later.

"Good day, this is Choi Youngsoo, the head of the Seoul Police Department; how may I assist you?"

"Good day. I called to request assistance with an investigation into an attempted murder case that occurred last Sunday evening in front of Jack'n'Jill restaurant."

"We received the same call about this incident from the restaurant itself; are you a witness?"

"My sister and friends were there as witnesses."

"We're currently solving the case, sir, and we need witnesses to tell the story for our investigation," stated Youngsoo. "May we ask for your phone number and name, sir?"

"02**-****-*26. Name, Kento..." He pauses. "Yamaguchi."

He's aware that if he revealed his true identity while in South Korea, his new life would be over in an instant. But this was the only method he could think of to get the results swiftly and get the cops to cooperate enough to put Chunghee away for good.

Three weeks later, Katsumi had acquired full ownership of the MoonBucks Café and had become a shareholder in Mr. Kim's company. Her strategy was working well, and she knew it was time to return Yejoon's prior employment.

On a Friday afternoon, the group of buddies ate lunch at the school cafeteria. They all intend to visit Subin after classes end. According to his mother, he woke up yesterday morning, and Namgyu received the message that night.

Concerning Chunghee, Kento had notified Katsumi of his assistance with the police investigation. Fortunately, only the police were aware of their condition, and they pledged that the twin's secret would remain hidden.

Kento had also been informed about the MoonBucks Café by Katsumi. As a result, the twins intended to take their vengeance after school, right before they paid a visit to Subin.

"Can you guys accompany me somewhere before we go to the hospital?" Katsumi pleaded.

"Where will we go?" Yejoon questioned.

"You're not going to get us into trouble again, will you?" Namgyu quips, making Katsumi laugh.

"Of course not! I have good news to share, and I'd like you to come with me."

"As long as we don't keep Subin waiting too long, I messaged him and told him we'd see him today."

"I promise it won't take long."