October 7, 2030

  "Ha-am..." Gamamusa yawned and twisted his hand. After being discharged from the hospital, he was taken to a police station in Shimane Prefecture for questioning. "Ha-am, it's nice to step on my hometown for the first time in ages." He spoke in Japanese to the police man in a relaxed composition. "...Hey, if you're finished with my investigation, let me go now. I was just playing in the sea." The Japanese police gave him a suspicious glance at his passport. A Japanese name, "Nagato Soren" was written in the passport. In addition, the cover of his passport showed that it was a Japanese-style passport.

  "…You, when did you get this passport issued? I'm sure it's a new one." Gamamusa picked he's nose. "Well, I can't exactly remember because I'm a little old. I must have got it issued about five years ago." The Japanese police sighed and returned it to him. He gave Gamamusa a suspicious look. "…so, your name is Nagato? If I put your story together… you sold your house and dived in your wetsuit while traveling around the country, and you ran out of oxygen and came back to the surface?" Gamamusa nodded. "Yeah, do you see the document? This is proof that I sold my house."

  The Japanese police took a look at his home registration document and matched it with his current address. His current home address, an abandoned house that was sold about a year ago, seemed uninhabitable to him. "...You really live here, huh? Buying an abandoned house is strange enough. You even bought it in Korea, not Japan. If we do a tax audit later and see if you paid taxes, we can know if you actually lives there." Gamamusa shrugged. "It's okay. I was going to move out soon anyway. Oh, of course, it's still useful, so I'll use it as a hideout with my friends. I have quite a few friends who like this."

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  Baek was confronted with Lee Byung-soo again at the interrogation room. Baek looked dumbfounded. "…you must be the only military prosecutor there. How often do you meet me?" Lee, ignoring Baek's remarks, began to interrogate him. "Today's date is October 7, 2030, the interrogation begins..now." Lee looked at Baek while pressing his brow with his hand. Baek looked gloomy. "… Where did he go?" Baek's mouth froze. He knew who Lee Byung-soo was talking about. "Well, all I can say is that he was trying to desert the unit."

  Lee stared at him and took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. Smoking was originally prohibited in the interrogation room, but he wasn't in the mood to give a shit. "Well..apparently, I don't have a lighter..." Lee pretended to smoke while holding a cigarette in he's two fingers. Baek was nervous. "… What do you want with me?" Lee put his cigarette down on the desk. "… The headquarters of Baekryong Unit is checking the number of people who were dead, injured, and missing. Fortunately, there have been no deaths but 198 people are injured. All of them need to be discharged early, so the unit is in trouble. That's why no one is thinking about that one missing person on the list." Lee leaned toward the desk and approached Baek. "… Where is the cook, Park Seong-jae?"

  ...

  Lee Yeol-gi looked out the window from the sedan car parked by the Jang Cheol-dae. There, he saw the abandoned house. The huge abandoned house was decorated like a country house, but it had a ivy vine hanging around giving it an old creepy vibe. "..Did you really operated your surgery here? Damn." Jang came out of the car door, and went to the passenger's side door to open it. "Come out." Lee Yeol-gi came out of the car and got some fresh air. He looked far into the city. "…There's Cheongju Juvenile Center over there, right? I heard that Baek Hyung-jin was imprisoned there once. I think it would be a big problem to be active in a place like this..." Jang hurried toward the abandoned house. Lee chased after him. "Oh, wait for me, man."

  Jang Cheol-dae's went inside the abandoned house and passed through a huge hallway. And he opened a room on one side of the hallway that looked like a cleaning staff room below the stairs. There were various machines inside. There was a wire and a head-mounting device. Jang Cheol-dae turned his head to Lee Yeol-gi. "Baek Hyung-jin...that guy is like us, according to Gamamusa. He is necessary for our cause. Let's bring him back."