Before this chapter begins, please read the author note at the end because there are two very important announcements. One regarding updates and two regarding the love interest of this book.

"I know you all are looking for answers, that is why we, V.I.R.T.U.E have gathered with the United Nations to clear up any rumours which have been circling around." 

Tightening your grip around the handle of the rifle, you surveyed the area by moving your scope around the floor below. The occasional flash of a camera always had you coiling back in a blinking freezy with the attempt to recover from the bright light. Civilians were gathered outside the windows of the room. Some silent and some screaming words and sentences you could not understand. Their screams of attention were nothing compared to the loud voices of the government officials and V.I.R.T.U.E leaders.

'(Y/n), we need you as our eyes. You are the only one in the team with a high enough skill level to snip from this far away. Therefore, we have you positioned here, upon the balcony looking over the conference. Jungkook, you will be up here as well. You will be on standby in case anything is to happen to (y/n)  when she is surveilling the area. As for the others, you will all be monitoring on the ground floor'

And there you sat, tucked away in the corner of the top floor of the facility. The barrel of your rifle stuck out one of the gaps of the glass railing as you watched for any suspicious activity. The conference had just started and there didn't seem to be anything catching your eye as of now. Everything was going to plan. 

Downstairs, you spotted your fellow team members. Each of them was stationed either physically inside the conference room or around the back and out of your sight. There were, of course, the normal security guards which were usually assigned to this building in order to defer suspicion of V.I.R.T.U.E operatives patrolling.

The room was nothing special and in fact, you were getting quite bored staring at the front of the room where the speaker stood. You tried your best to keep your attention on what the speaker was coming out of the speaker but politics was one of those things you could never seem to wrap your head around.

So you averted your gaze from watching the speaker to look around the room. Just a few metres away from the speaker stood a large vase of various types of flowers. None of which you really knew the name of for except for one. Dotted amongst the mass amount of flowers sat a bunch of beautiful stargazer lilies. 

Subconsciously, a soft smile made its way onto your lips. The sight of the flowers never failed to remind you why you were here. The beautiful bunch of flowers even caused you to peek out of the scope of your rifle to take a look. 

It reminded you of her so much, they were her favourite type of flower. The meaning of the flower you always found quite grim but she always seemed to give them a whole new meaning. 

'Death isn't a bad thing, it brings people who otherwise would never have any association with each other together.' 

She would always try to convince you when you were younger that the flowers of death bore a deeper meaning. 

'That's why I like them so much. They remind me of you my little Lily; ambitious and encouraging.' that's what she would always say. You could just imagine her honey-sweet voice echoing through your eardrum. You missed her soo much.

"Lillies, the flower of death." Snapping you out of your trance, you quickly turned your head to the source of the voice. Your eyes immediately met with Jungkook's, you had forgotten he was stationed upstairs as well. 

"Pardon?" Not quite catching onto what the other had said, you shot him a puzzled expression. His eyes shone brightly under the sunlight leaking in from downstairs. His expression blank and quite...bored? But even though it seemed like that from the outside his eyes said something different. His eyes said something you were very familiar with.

He was suffering just like you from a loss of some sort. You could spot the look of longing from a mile away. You were so accustomed to the feeling it had become ingrained in your mind. 

"Do you like flowers?" Gesturing to the large vase of flowers you had just been staring at, you turned back around to gaze upon the display once again. The atmosphere around the two of you seemed sad.

"Not particularly, you?" You replied.

"Neither, I feel the need to receive something so trivial when it would eventually wilter." A statement which could be taken so lightly but yet deeply at the same time.

The atmosphere between the two of you was silent and slightly awkward. Well, you had to admit it was quite odd to be talking to someone who was practically a stranger about flowers. Unless it was with a florist, you wouldn't quite consider this normal. "Lillies aren't particularly the right flower to display at a national press conference hey?" Wanting to lighten the atmosphere slightly, you shot him a small and hopeful chuckle.

Lucky for you, he chuckled. 

"I can't believe we~" Interrupting the champion mid-sentence was the loud screeching of the speakers. Both of you immediately stopped your conversation to face the front of the room. 

"Director Kim, can you please confirm the existence of The Seven Virtues?" A long pause fell in the room but the shuttering camera did not, if anything, it only increased. 

You pressed your lips into a thin line and watched the Director through your scope. From there, you say his hesitation. The Director's grip on the side of the podium tightened and his eyes shut tightly momentarily. He licked his lips shamefully and nodded, "yes." 

Immediately afterwards, the pausing of sound from the media erupted into loud sounds of disgust and anger. Jungkook and you exchanged worried looks before Weishi - the Director from the Chinese headquarters took a stand next to the director. She hushed the audience before speaking. 

Although, it seems one of the audience members didn't get the memo, "Does that mean V.I.R.T.U.E is harbouring weapons crafted by the enemy?" There was also slight hesitation in Weishi's movement, she opened her mouth to speak only for her to close it again. She was trying to find a way of saying it without causing too much alarm. 

"These weapons are nothing to be afraid of, the weilders are handpicked by~"

"SO IT IS TRUE!" Someone shouted before the crowd began getting more violent. 

You knew the both of you had to go down and give them a hand because it was clear Jimin, Jin and the few other security guards couldn't keep them back. For every one step away from the podium were two steps towards the stage for the crowd. 

You quickly stood up from your position and was about to sling your rifle over your shoulder until the doorknob rattled violently behind you. Whipping your heads around at exactly the same time, both of your eyes landed on the emergency stairs. 

You see Jungkook slightly nod his head, almost like he was letting you know he was going to check it out. He then took a step forward slowly with caution. 

Once he reached the door he grasped the handle lightly. His action caused you to tighten your grip on your rifle, preparing yourself in case of an attack. The click of the door opening cut through the tense atmosphere before Jungkook roughly pulled the door fully open. 

At first glance, all seemed normal. Nothing jumped out to attack the two of you...in fact, there was no one there...or so you thought. Jungkook took a step forward into the stairwell, his whole body soon disappeared from your view. You only tilted your head in curiosity, awaiting Jungkook's return, only he never did. It was only when you hear something fall to the floor did it bring you forward. You rushed through the door of the stairwell to see Jungkook's weapon discarded on the floor. You followed the sound of a low growl to see a horrific sight. 

There was blood everywhere. Just the sight of the liquid made your hands fall limp on your sides and for your legs to feel weak. You had to place a hand on the wall next to you in order to support yourself from falling to the floor. If your rifle was not secured by a shoulder strap, it would have fallen to the floor.

Your eyes trailed to the once pure white walls, it was now drenched in the red liquid. The kill seemed to have been recent as the blood was still runny. You watched a single drop fall to the bottom of the wall before spotting the foot of the victim. Alongside the victim's blood, you spotting bits of black mixed in with the substance. 

You had to clasp your hand around your mouth to prevent a gasp. Your movements caused Jungkook to turn around. You looked up at him and he shot you a frightened expression. His eyes were glossy with tears and his hands trembled in shock. 

"WE HAVE A BREACH!"

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Hey, guys so the big question is...who do you want the MC to end up with? So I know a lot of the other members haven't had much time with the MC like Namjoon or Hoseok.

But since this is an xreader. There are three options. Comment your choice on one of the options below. 

1. To just have it as a friendship and for her not to have a love interest...(lol this is probably going to be the least voted option. 

2. Have one member pursue her ( I personally like this option. If this option if chosen the member will remain a secret. You will just have to read and see who she ends up with)

3. have all seven pursue her.

I would also like to let you all know update are going to become even slower then they already are and I apologise for that. I am heading into exam period now and these exams are the most important exams of my life of schooling lol so I haven't found much time to write recently and want to focus on studying. I hope you all understand and I'll see you all in the next update which will hopefully be sooner then later.