"Guys, we have a meeting with Chief Bang in thirty minutes, get ready for it," Namjoon announced as he opened the glass door of their private office. All of the detectives were given a personal office where only they were given access to avoid any evidence getting out.

"But we have found nothing, hyung," Jungkook said from his desk.

"I know, It's been three days and we have found nothing on the killer except that he is a male." Namjoon said, tugging strands of his hair in frustration.

"Let's not stress ourselves out. Everything takes time," Yoongi said.

"But hyung, Chief will be so angry," Taehyung said. The six boys sighed loudly.

"Let's just get ready for the meeting and pray that the Chief is in a good mood," Jin said. They all nodded and then started collecting all of the information they had gathered within the fourdays they had been investigating.

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"Good afternoon, gentlemen," the Chief said as he entered the conference room and settled in his seat.

"Please share with me what you have gathered up until now," he said and Namjoon stood up.

"I will brief you on what information we have collected so far," Namjoon said as he reached the middle of the room.
"When we were discussing among ourselves, we realized that something was suspicious when the families refused to sign the autopsy papers. So we questioned the families and they all said the same thing, which was that it was their own personal decision and that they were not threatened by the killer."

The Chief hummed. "That's a very intelligent move, just as I expected from you, Officer Kim," he praised Namjoon and everyone smiled thinking that he was in a good mood and would not scold them too harshly.

"Thank you, Chief," Namjoon said, giving a cute dimpled smile to him.

"What else did you gather about the killer other than that he is a male?" The Chief asked and Namjoon's smile dropped. The room was now filled with nervous scents of his team members.

"What is it? What's with the sudden nervous scents?" The Chief asked as he looked around the room at the six men.

"Umm..." Taehyung started but then stopped and looked at Jin.

"That is..." Jin said and then looked at Yoongi with pleading eyes.

"Hobi will tell you," Yoongi said and Hoseok glared at him.

"Jungkookie said that he wanted to tell you," Hoseok said and before Jungkook could say anything, the Chief slammed his fist on the table.

"Is there a joke going on over here?!" The Chief yelled loudly. The members all stood up from their seats. There were a few officers outside whose attention was gained by the loud voice.

"Four people were murdered within three weeks and you all think this is all a joke?! Four days have gone by and you only found out that the killer is a male?! AND YOU CALL YOURSELVES EXPERT DETECTIVES OF THIS DISTRICT?!" The Chief's angry speech was interrupted when he started coughing. He sat down and Taehyung quickly poured a glass of water and placed it in front of him.

The Chief grabbed the glass and drank the water. He placed the half empty glass back and started rubbing his forehead. He stood up after a while and looked at the men in front of him. He looked much calmer than before but the anger was still visible on his face. His eyes stopped at Namjoon.

"Officer Kim Namjoon, I have high expectations of you. Please do not disappoint me next time. The same goes to all of you, do not disappoint me. You should be ashamed as I thought very highly of you and look at what you gave me," the Chief exited the room. When the six men looked up they were met by other officers displaying various emotions through the glass windows of the conference room.

Namjoon sighed and then sat down in one of the chairs. Others started to sit down and Taehyung shut the blinds of the glass walls using the remote before sitting down himself.

"That was deserved but unexpected," Jungkook said.

"What should we do now?" Namjoon asked as he looked at the others with a defeated expression.

"I think we should go to the crime scene," Jin suggested.

"I agree with hyung," Yoongi replied.

"Yeah, we should gather more information," Jungkook agreed.

"You're right, there is a possibility that the officers left something at the scene. Also the previous team didn't go to the scene, right?" Hoseok asked and Taehyung nodded.

"Let's head to the crime scene right now," Namjoon said and then looked at his wrist watch.

"Oh no, it's three o'clock. You can go have lunch and I can go alone."

"No, hyung, we can skip one meal in our life, it won't kill us. Let's do this together," Jungkook said and when everyone agreed, Namjoon sighed and then nodded. Everyone stood up from their seats and went towards their office to grab their guns, badges, car keys and other important things they needed.

"Let's take the van," Jungkook said when the officers stood in front of the police car thinking of how they would fit six grown men in one car.

"Yeah, I was thinking the same," Namjoon said and then they all walked towards the police van fit for eight people.

Once they arrived at the crime scene, they parked the van in front of the yellow tapes saying ' Crime scene: do not cross'. They exited the van and stood in front of the yellow tapes. A security guard came towards them and asked them for their police badges for identity. Once they were given the signals to go in, they bent down and picked up the yellow tape, letting themselves inside the perimeter of the crime scene.

"Where was the body found?" Namjoon asked the security guard.

"Follow me, I'll take you there," the guard said. The six men nodded and followed the guard to the side of the building in an alleyway.

"Why do all of the murders happen in alleyways?" Jin asked jokingly.

"Because it's dark and no one comes here," Yoongi said.

"It was just a joke. I know why murders happen here, it's---"

"Hyung, let's not joke while we're on job," Hoseok said and Jin pouted but fell silent.

"This is where the body was found," the guard said as they came to a stop at a white tape spread on the floor in the shape of a body.

"Thank you, sir, we will investigate from here," Namjoon said. The guard bowed and they bowed back before the guard left them. The officers took out white latex gloves and snapped them on their hands before starting the investigation.

"Yoongi-hyung, Jungkookie, you search the back door of the building. Jin-hyung, Taehyungie and Hobi-hyung, you search inside the building. I will investigate here," Namjoon instructed. All of the boys nodded and started going towards their designated places.

Namjoon took out his notebook and a pen and started writing the information that he could gather with the scene. Once he was done with it, he walked towards the back of the alley. There, he began to smell a different kind of scent. As he walked further, the smell started growing stronger.

The smell became so strong that Namjoon could identify it as roses. He started feeling dizzy with the strong scent enveloping him. He took a step back and stepped on his red string which got tangled up over his legs and caused him to stumble and fall.
When he looked at the string it was glowing red. It was a bit brighter than it was before. His mind was buzzing and he was feeling more and more dizzy by the second.

The scent was still growing. It was clogging up his nostrils and taking up all of the space in his lungs. He couldn't breath, it felt like real roses were making space in his trachea.

Maybe he was having a panic attack but it didn't feel like one. He couldn't breathe, the scent enveloped his being. He needed to breathe but he couldn't. There were black spots in the corner of his eyes.

"Joon-- Namjoon!" A voice came and Namjoon's head snapped towards it. When he saw that it was Hoseok, suddenly, the smell of roses diminished. He could breathe normally again, his head was no longer buzzing and his dizziness was gone. His vision cleared up and it felt like whatever happened seconds ago hadn't happened in the first place. When Namjoon looked at his finger, he found that the red string was back to its original color and now it was much shorter. It wasn't tangled up around his leg anymore.

"Are you alright? I think we should go back to the station. Is it because you didn't eat something?" Hoseok asked, concern in his voice. Namjoon shook his head and stood up with the help of Hoseok's hand.

"I'm fine, hyung, I think it's because of this scent. It was too strong before but now it's like lingering in the air," he said. Hoseok looked at him with a frown on his face.

"What scent, Joon-ah? I can only smell you and the others. There is no other scent," Hoseok said. Namjoon looked at him in confusion.

"Hyung, you can't smell roses in the air?" he asked.

"Roses? Why would roses be here?" Jin asked as he entered the alleyway and came forward to stand next to Hoseok.

"You can't smell roses?" Namjoon asked Jin, who shook his head.

"Maybe there are roses planted here somewhere." Another voice came and the other three men came towards the trio.

"But there are no roses in this neighbourhood." Taehyung said, thinking aloud.

"None of you can smell roses?" Namjoon asked and when his best friends all shook their heads no he sighed loudly.

"I think I'm going crazy," Namjoon said, tugging at his hair. Jin stepped forward and took Namjoon's hand in his own.

"You are not going crazy. I think you're just hungry. Let's go eat, I suppose we're done with our investigation here," Jin said and then looked at the others, who nodded. Namjoon, too, sighed in defeat and nodded in agreement.

"Let's go eat Namjoonie's favorite meal!" Hoseok said cheerfully and wrapped his arm around Namjoon's shoulder and started walking towards the van with him.

THE END

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Next update: 4th June!