NEO CULTURE TECHNOLOGY
MAD CITY BASE
6:00 AM, SATURDAY

3RD PERSONS VIEW。

Xiaojun sighed deeply, stopping in front of Keiko's door. He knocked on the door patiently, "Keiko, wake up." he stood there knocking for what felt like forever, despite it only being a minute.

He kept knocking until he lost patience, budging inside the room, "Brat– I've been calling you for twenty ti– Keiko?" his eyes lingered onto the bed which was neatly made.

Xiaojun panicked, looking around the room to examine any further changes, but all the valuables they have provided her with stayed the same. He gulped and ran out of the room, dashing inside the dining hall where most of them were seated either eating their food.

"Dejun, where's Keiko?" Ten questioned, noticing the absence of the supposed girl beside him.

Xiaojun reached up to scratch his head, "Actually, she's not in her room..."

"In other words– the brat is gone."

All of them had stopped their motions, shocked to hear that she had suddenly disappeared. Jaemin coughed, "What do you mean 'she's not in her room'?"

Most of them had their eyes on Taeyong who ordered Doyoung to contact the Dream members who were still at their unit.

Comes in quickly were Jisung with Jeno and Chenle. Jisung smiled apologetically at Taeyong, "She... uhh– went out."

"H-How? When– How?!" Yangyang huffed and stood up.

Jeno went to his seat as Chenle offered to show them the surveillance video from an hour ago. Donghyuck grinned, seeing the Japanese girl try to interrogate with the front security– obviously failing she decided to throw a punch.

"Wait–" Renjun raised his hand, "Jungwoo-hyung, didn't run some errands around that time earlier?"

Jungwoo chuckled, nodding at Renjun, "I let her out, even drove her to her destination."

Taeyong clenched his jaw, rolling his eyes as he turned to Jungwoo who just looked at him slyly. Grinning wide, Jungwoo sipped onto his wine, "Oh, I'm sorry? Aren't I allowed to do that, Boss?"

Jaehyun slammed his fist into the dining table, "Jungwoo. Enough."

The said boy scoffed, standing up, "Keiko hates everyone here, especially you Taeyong." he points at the male. "Don't expect to get her that easily, just give in to your father," he said before leaving.

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N-UNITED CONDO'S
7:21 AM, SATURDAY

"You just had to come this early in the morning, huh?" the grumpy male uttered as he sat in his living room with no other than Keiko.

"Oh shut up, Reginald."

He jolted up at the use of his actual name, "Yah! It's R-E-I-J-I. REIJI. Reiji Young." he corrected and Keiko just snorted at him.

"Your birth certificate says otherwise."

Reiji sneered, "What are you even doing here? Aren't you supposed to be... I don't know... with your mafioso boyfriend?"

Keiko choked, coughing harshly as she punched her chest. "What the hell?"

Reiji cracked up, falling on his couch as the drowsy feeling in his disappeared quickly, "But he's your boyfriend? What's his name? Mark– was it?"

"But there were others too, right? Like... let's see, there was someone named Taeyong– Oh! And um, Renjun? There was one who was named Chenle too!"

Keiko gaped at him, eyes glaring in a judging way. "How do you even know their names?"

Both of his eyebrows raised up, gaining interest, "You didn't den—"

"Fuck off. They practically own my life now." she sighed deeply, feeling unfortunate.

Reiji gawked, not really aware of what had happened with her life these past few days. Mouth shaping into a frown, "What do you mean?" he mumbled sadly.

"Remember? They bet my life for some stupid game– my family lost to them and the prize was my life, apparently." Keiko rolled her eyes, still not over the fact that they did something so stupid.

"You hate them, don't you?"

"Please," she scoffed at his question, "I hated them the moment they stepped into my bar. They're a bunch of arrogant jerks."

"But, do they treat you fine?"

"Hmm, other than the fact that they plan on using me like I'm some sort of toy to them." Keiko shrugged and let her head fall back onto the soft throw pillows.

"Then, aren't you supposed to be locked up in their house or something?"

Keiko chuckled, "They give enough freedom, but I broke out today... I just– I just don't want to see them for a bit."

"So you came here?"

"Yup."

"Well, won't they find you here?"

"Eh– I don't know, maybe?" a frown formed on her lips, "Not that I care. What's the point? Either way, I'm lost."

Reiji sighed before standing up, "How about we drink this away?"

Keiko shot him a look, "We have work later."

"Come on!" Reiji grinned evilly, "Let's have some fun! I'll go contact my girlfriend."

Keiko coughed, "My cousin." she corrected and Reiji scoffed, "Yeah, whatever, your cousin and my girlfriend."

Chizue was beyond excited to meet Keiko again. After the news broke out about Keishin officially being removed from the Mikami's, it was great news for Chizue. That meant no one would be able to stop her from meeting Keiko.

The three did nothing but goof around and pop a few bottles of liquor– even cans of beers. Keiko enjoyed the rest of the moment, trying to forget the fact that her life was practically captured by an infamous mafia gang.

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NEO CULTURE TECHNOLOGY
MAD CITY BASE
2:34 PM, SATURDAY

"Just call her phone–"

"And what if she doesn't answer?"

"She's clearly at someone's condo unit though," Jisung mumbled, pointing at the location of the missing girl.

"Who owns the unit?" Donghyuck lifted a brow suspiciously, feeling a bit jealous that she could be in some boy's condo unit.

"Hmm... probably her friends?" Jeno chuckled and kept clicking through a bunch of sites.

Donghyuck shot him a glare before nudging Chenle who was busy contacting Keiko. "Anything?"

Chenle shook his head, "Not yet."

Abruptly, the door to their office bursts open, and Mark trudged in with a scowl on his face. "Did you find her?"

Jaemin gave him a thumbs up, "She's at N-United Condo's."

Mark nodded and was about to leave when Renjun pulled him back by the collar, "Yeah, we're not letting you leave."

"Why not?"

Donghyuck scrunched his nose, "That's what I said earlier." he blabbered, crossing his arms over his chest.

Renjun snickered, "We're going to try and call her first."

Chenle pressed his phone against his ear as finally, she picked up her phone.

"Hello?" a slurred voice that belonged to a male answered, leaving them either surprised or annoyed.

Chenle gritted his teeth, "Who the fuck are you?"

"Huh? Who the fuhhhshs wait– damn Keiko someone's calling you!"

A groan was heard from the other side of the line and sounds of shifting, "Who's this?" now, it was clear that the speaker was Keiko. However, some of them noticed her change of tone.

"Are you drunk?!" Jaemin exclaimed into the phone and a scoff left her lips.

"Who are you talking to? I'm Keiko– wait. Shit. My head fucking hurts."

Jisung pursed his lips, chuckling lightly, "Yeah I think she's drunk."

"Babe! Where are youuuu?" Donghyuck whined, trying to approach the phone, unfortunately failing to do so with Jeno pulling him behind. He huffed, "Fuckers! I want to talk to Keiko!"

"Shut up, Haechan." Renjun shot him a glare and focused back onto the conversation.

"Keiko? Who are you with?" Mark questioned, a bit cautious.

"Just me– and Chizue... oh! And um, Reiji!" she answered, slower than she usually would. "Yeah—" a loud slam was heard and a few seconds of silence, the call was dropped.

"What the hell?" Chenle grumbled, staring intently at his phone.

Donghyuck hissed and ruffled his hair, "We need to find her."

Jisung clicked his tongue loudly, waving his index finger side to side. "Not yet."

"Yet? Then when?!"

"When Taeyong decided to give orders." the youngest answered simply making Donghyuck clench his fist, raising it up to punch him but Jaemin got a hold of his fist before he could even land it on Jisung's face.

"Let's be patient, okay?"Jaemin emphasized, glaring at Donghyuck who just pouted. "And also, no using of privilege cards." he now looked at Mark who avoided his gaze.

"Taeyong would probably do something... I hope..."

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