In this chapter it shows the continuity of the search work by the teams where Jin and Hobi meets a dead end and kook and Tae leads the case forward.

"There's nothing more here. Haaa!", Hobi sighs straightening his back bone with a groan. They have been looking into the grasses and street for than an hour now but only came up with a pen which is quite a mystery. Jin sighs and bites his lips before saying," Hmm...let's check the street we saw them in after this". Hobi nods and takes out his tab tapping on certain options before the footage of the street shows up.

Dol Road

They both walk through it looking all around for anything. The street is almost dark because the streetlights don't work properly. There are many houses on both the sides but all of them are locked or not sold yet. Just then Hobi shouts," Oh there!", he points at a house with it's lights on. Jin smiles at him as they jog up to the front gate of the house. Looking straight, they notice a cctv camera hanging from the ceiling above the main door. They both walk in through the gate which makes a creaking sound. Must have been quite a old house that it's woods are poking out from the gate. Jin presses the calling bell making a screaching ear-aching noise which leads to both of them covering their ears instantly.
"Wahhh what's with this vibe?", Hobi whispers slowly being a scaredy baby which he is know for in the family.

The door opens slowly revealing nothing but darkness and there lies a shadow of a person probably a lot shorter than Jimin. They both try to peek through the dark when the door opens wide and a very old man comes into the spotlight. He looks near 80 with complete white hair, wrinkled face, droopy eyes and shaggy clothes. He narrows his eyes at both of them trying to fight the beams of bright light from the door lamp with his 80 year old eyes. Both the detectives bow immediately to greet the old man which he returns gratefully.

Jin finally speaks up,"Annyeonghaseyo! I'm Senior Inspector Kim Seokjin and he is my companion. Can we ask you a few questions sir?" The old man nods and invites them into his house. "No no It's okay sir. We just need some minutes only", Jin denies to go inside not wanting to trouble them but the old man says," It's okay child. Come inside. I don't meet with such visitors often". His genuine smile takes them inside to not disrespect his will. His name comes out to be the same as Jimin just the surname being Lee. They do have some similarities though. They sit on a sofa having dusts all over it probably not cleaned since ages. The whole house looks like drowning in the autumn of life. Everything is outdated just like the sofa. The old man brings some biscuits on a plate and serves them to both. They both smile warmly before taking a bite each.

"So you live alone?", asks Hobi savouring over the biscuits. The old man nods his head in yes speaking," Yes and this is the first time in years to see someone in my house".

Jin being professional in this field, his eyes while wandering on the walls lands on a photoframe having a picture of a happy family in black-white. "What about your family?", Jin asks still looking at the picture. "They died in a plane crash when coming back from holidays and I mever got to see them. Only if I had gone with them and not kept running behind work and money", he says in a low tone. His eyes drop dried tears as the topic has been too old now. "I'm sorry for your loss", Jin looks down in sorrow. "Haha! It's allright my child. It has been years since then. You ask me the questions that you came for", the old man suggests laughing out his sorrow.

"So have you seen anything weird in this past week in the streets? Like did you hear any scream or someome calling for help or maybe two men in dark clothes?", Hobi asks as Jin waits with anticipation. The old man tries to recall his memory and then finally speaks up after a whole minute of thinking," I don't think I have experienced any of that child. I have become very old too so my memory wouldn't be too strong like before". Jin smiles awkwardly before speaking up," Can we check the footage of the cctv camera outside your main door?"
"Huh? Did I have a cctv camera?", the old man furrows his eyebrows in confusion but then sighs in embarassment.

"I'm sorry about my memory. I haven't checked them since years but you can have a look. Follow me". They follow him up the stairs trying to keep their calm while the wooden stairs make creaking sounds as if it would collapse anytime. Finally they reach a room with a old computer full of dust. Hobi sighs looking at the view infront of him.
"Thankyou so much. We will have a look", Jin bows to the man who leaves them both their to go downstairs to take his medicines.

Hobi looks at Jin weirdly, thinking how he will turn that old computer on,"Are you seriously planning on touching that dusty thing?!"
"We have got no choice dude chill", he replies before approaching the computer. He turns on the UPS which fortunately lights up and then it's the CPU and the monitor which follow. "Luck is on our page I guess", Jin smiles in victory when he finds out the cctv footage. "What was the time we saw them here?", he asks Hobi still concentrating on the screen. "23:09", Hobi answers looking down at his Tab. He plays the video from that time and it crosses almost 12 minutes but nothing appears on the screen. Being confused they replay the video from the start and still nothing new happens. It takes them good 30 minutes to finally conclude to take the footage with them because something seems off.
"Good night Mr. Lee", they both greet him for the last time before taking their leave as the door closes behind them with the same creaking noise.

"We surely saw them on this street but why didn't they appear on the footage then?", Hobi thinks out loud.
Jin concludes,"They did come here but never crossed Mr.Lee's house".
"That means they just disappeared like Magicians?! Or did they have doraemon's anywhere door?!", Hobi panicks in stupidness.
"No stupid! That means there needs to be something in between this street that led them out", Jin whisper shouts at him being annoyed by his child-like story. They both look around but the poor lighting seems not to be helping.
"Let's go home today...I'm too tired for this shit"
"Yah!!! Language!!!"
"I'm not ten year old hyung!!!!"
"You little-
"Language hyung😏", Hobi smirks leaving behind a open mouthed brother alone.

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Taehyung taps his foot on the tiled floor of the Ciber Crime Department they have come to. Jungkook has gone to talk to the receptionist about their appointment with the cheif of the department. Taehyung has been sitting outside in the shivering cold hugging his body close.
"Why is it t-taking so long...hrrrr so c-cold", he stammers in the pinching cold which is now peircing through his rider jacket. Indeed fashion has a much more higher place in his heart than comfort. He rubs his hands trying to warm them up before patting his face. A thumping sound from behind him makes him look at his back in fear but nothing he notices. Ice must be freezing in his mind now. He turns his head to fight with the chilly wind again. A little more wait and then Jungkook's voice showers on him,"Hyung! Come". He gestures for him to enter the office. Taehyung quickly follows in running with the maximum speed he can.

"Hello Mr.Byun! I'm Jungkook and he is Taehyung. Senior Inspector Jin asked about the Down Hill Street case no. 995427", Jungkook speaks to the cheif who nods before asking the constable to bring something. The constable enters the room again with a laptop, some pendrives and files with the same case no. printed on them. He sets everything up infront of us and asks us what we want from them.
"Sir, can you give us the recording of a call at sharp 22:10?", Jungkook asks. The cheif hums and then slides the cursor at that particular time. He plays the recording loud. They listen closely to it.
"...ha.....Jihyun...Hong Jihyun? They are following me again....Jihyun? Jih---"
And like the call cuts off just like Jin hyung mentioned. The cheif asks us if this is the right one and then gives us the files along with the pendrives.
"I hope you find the culprit soon and also say my greetings to Senior inspector Kim", the cheif smiles as the two boys leave the room.

They walk out again in that cold night with nothing on their minds. But something seems peculiar to Taehyung as if he is lost somewhere. Jungkook looks at him but only sees him looking back continously. They walk towards their car but in the midst of it Taehyung hears the phantom rustling of leaves in the bushes. He looks here and there finding nothing but the rush of wind. Jungkook stops in his tracks seeing him so distracted by something and puts his hand on his shoulder.
"Why do you keep looking back?"
Taehyung shakes his head in confusion before saying," It's like someone is following us..."
Jungkook furrows his eyebrows and tries to search for some clues in the bushes, Taehyung was looking at. "There's no one hyung...I think it was just the rustling of leaves cause of the wind", he suggests and Taehyung nods unwantingly. "Let's go, it's too cold out here", they both jog upto their car and drive off to their home or now maybe their office.

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Jin scrawls on a sheet of paper with a very old fashioned ink pen. The only thing audible in this quiet atmosphere is the scratching sound made by the pen. He jots down every single thing he noticed during his investigation period carefully. The others are busy doing their own things while Jimin only concentrates on the laptop infront of him trying to find anything that would help them. Taehyung taps on his phone with a thunder speed as Hobi's eyes are wide opened, concentrated on Taehyung's phone. Both of them seem to forget about the case and enjoy games like any other day. Jungkook seems busy drawing on the blackboard. Namjoon is busy ready books picking up from where he left before while Yoongi is sound asleep on the chair.

Sighing long Jin looks up taking a break from the stressful work but the lazy scene comes in his sight. He looks at Jimin focused on the case while the others don't seem to understand the seriousness needed for it. With a loud thump Jin hits the table with the blackboard duster to direct their attention to him. They all jump up in fear looking at Jin. Confused looks can be seen on their faces. Sitting upfront they all decide to listen to the hyung once.

"What do you think you guys are doing!? We gotta finish this case!"

They all side eyed eachother before turning their attention back to Jin. It's 00:28 right now but Jin doesn't seem to be as sleepy as the others.

"Yoongi-ah please conclude the clues from of the investigation we completed today".

Jin has insisted Yoongi to conclude everything since only he hasn't experienced any of the encounters with the officials. It would be better for him to understand each of the pieces together. Yoongi stands up with a groan but brushes it off soon taking the duster from Jin's hand and the marker from Jungkook's hand. He switches the lights on screwed on the top of the board.

"Tell me one by one slowly"

They all nod and Jin raises his hand to volunteer first. Yoongi points at him truning everyone's attention to him as Jin stands up on his place and starts reporting.

"We found a pen from the crime scene which is still a mystery because we are not sure if it was there from the start or someone came there later. Then when we searched Dol Road we found out that those two men escaped in between the start of the road and Mr. Lee's house. Nothing showed up in Mr.Lee's cctv footage which indicated that they never crossed that house. We are at a dead end here"

Yoongi writes everything in short enough to be understandable by the others while Jimin types it down on his computer just as Jin has commanded him in the start of the case. They both complete it at the same time. Then just when Jungkook stretches his arm up Tae stands up giving his report. Jungkook narrows his eyes at him before sulking down, spread out on his chair.

"We got the call recording done at 22:10 in which Daeun called someone named Hong Jihyun and according to the call they both knew about them following her. They seem to follow her before too".

As soon as Tae finishes he passes the pendrive to Jin who asks Jimin to save it on his computer. Jimin continues on his work looking determined as before. Yoongi finishes writing as well and turns around for the second time now.

"I'll do it", Namjoon speaks up as Jimin is busy typing the report. "The fingerprints on her belongings were her but the blood in her teeth was one of the murderers."

"So the DNA?", Jin's eyes widen with the reveal of such a big clue.

"We have it", Namjoon smiles at him knowing what he actually meant.

He continues," We also found dried up soil on her clothes but we don't know how it came on her".

"From the two men?", Yoongi asks narrowing his gaze on Namjoon waiting for a reassurance. "Most probably", Namjoon suggests. "But Jin hyung? ", he turns to Jin this time.

Jin looks up at him waiting for anything else remained from the report. "Dr.Hong said if the case goes cold she wouldn't be able to help us"

Jin sighs understanding what Dr. Hong said,"I know...But I'll take care of that. Right now let's complete this much". Jin turns to both Yoongi and Jimin once who are on his both sides.

"So tomorrow let's visit Daeun's Violin class and check the cctv there when she left. I and Jimin will go there". Jimin nods at his command while he continues," Namjoon and Hobi, you two go to Team 5 and gather what they found about the recording that Cape sent".

"Lastly Yoongi you will leave soon just pack your bags and keep contacting us. Also, be careful since you are going to be alone". Yoongi nods in agreement before turning back to the board compeleting the report just Jimin does too. He pin the pics from the scene and other photographs along with the knife pic as well on the pin board.

They all leave the room leaving only Jimin and Yoongi there finishing off their work. Yoongi looks at Jimin being stressed a lot so he tries to talk to him,"Jimin-ah? Let's have some coffee later?" Jimin nods with a small smile before they both get back on work.

The moon lits upon the pavements of the road beside a small roadside coffee stall . Chlorophyll can still be visible in the darkness, thanks to the moon. An old lady probably in his 80's is still awake in the stall doing her chores. Dressed in a shabby dress with short hair all white and an aprin, she washes the dishes from the last passersby. Two boys in their late twenties walk upto the stall and take a seat. One, with a beanie on his head and the other a backpack on his back. The old woman glances at them as a smile appears on her lips before washing her hand and going inside.

"So...you are going in an hour?", asks the younger one while Yoongi just nods.

They sit there for sometime looking quite for two blood-related brothers. It's not that they are awkward with eachother but the silence is just more comfortable sometimes. The old lady approaches them with another young girl on her side. She is holding two coffee mugs while the old woman has two plates of Ramen( korean noodles ). As soon as they come close to them they both greet them with the biggest smile of the day.

"Annyeonghaseyo! How have you been?"

The old lady smiles at them putting the plates and the coffee on the table for them before replying back," We are all good but why haven't you all come here so often?"

They don't answer but look down with a guilty smile on their faces as they can't reveal about the case and everything. The young girl who is still standing behind her grandma just smiles at both of them heartily. She looks at Yoongi at the same time when Yoongi is looking at her and both give eachother a reassuring smile to eachother. Her name is Song Jihyo who is studying hard to be a doctor and support her grandma. Seems like Yoongi and she know eachother for long. Yes, they have been friends from the day Yoongi insisted on helping her grandma for the stall when she got ill for a week. She couldn't help but find interest in the rich kid who seemed kindest to her. Yoongi too started to have feelings for her while cooking or washing dishes together. They haven't confessed to eachother yet although they know the other's feelings. They just wanted to take it slow but maybe it has been too long since then that now it has been ten years. Being poor she was afraid to love the rich but when she got to knew that the Kim family was a lot more than just being rich and powerful, she gave her all to this boy. And sometimes, just being in the moment is a lot more comfortable than trying to making a moment. Jihyo and grandma go inside their stall after some good minutes of talk.

"Just come back safely as soon as possible", Jimin says putting the fork rolled up in noodles in his mouth.

Another day went on but with not much progress. Did you find anything from their investigation? Help them find the culprit. Bongbong is trying to too. Also is Hyerin really going abroad. How will they able to live happily after sending her away and what will happen to her being all alone but only her grandma?