19.

Violence ahead:

The next day, Arya arrived at the bank right on time. She went to the front desk and handed over her documents.

"What service do you want, ma'am?" asked the man behind the counter.

"I have a safe deposit box here, I'd like to open my box." Arya gave him the documents Jin gave her regarding the box issued under the name of Han Jung Yuan.

The man once again checked her documents, details and compared her with the photos attached, and nodded, "Come with me."

Following the man, Arya went down the floor in a room where the boxes were.

"Here is your box, call me when you are done."

"Thank you." Arya politely nodded.

Arya took a glance around. Luckily she was alone here with the man who was now going back to wait outside.

Arya looked around the room, two security cameras were there. She can't do this in front of these cameras.
She waited until the person went outside and quickly took out her camera. She took out a foldable plastic tripod from her handbag and quickly unfolded it, and climbed up to reach the first camera, she placed the polaroid in front of the security camera and took a picture of the room. She pasted the image in front of the camera as soon as the picture came out. She did the same thing with the second camera.

Now the security cameras are showing the pictures pasted in front of its lenses, the real room has vanished in the video feed.

The tripod went inside the bag and she rushed towards the box. Her watch is telling that she was a little behind the time, so she rushed it. She opened the digital panel above the box and quickly typed the new password she changed the earlier one into.
The box opened without any trace of resistance.
The sight inside made her speechless for the time being.



Jin watched Arya coming into the bank, having a quick conversation with Clarke about the deposit box sitting in front of the security control room.

Jin needed to distract the only security man who was alone with him right then. Others went for shuffling of the duty. He needed to divert his attention so that he doesn't notice what was Arya doing in the vault room.

As soon as she went in, Jin turned towards his colleague here, "did you make the report on the last shift?"

"I did, why?" that man was a bit confused.

"I forgot to tell you, cheif has asked you to bring the copy and correct it. You have made some blunders there."

The man grimaced slightly, "Really? But I always double-check everything!"

Glimpsing Arya's work in the corner of his eyes, he rushed him, "isn't it better to check it again?"

"I'll be right back." The man got up to go out to bring back the file of the report.

Jin stared into the monitor at the corner, he saw Arya swiftly doing her job, taking photos of correct angles and pasting them in front of the lens eventually covering the main room.

He looked into the time, it's almost five and a half minutes. She should have gotten the documents already, but why she wasn't coming out?

A piece of paper was shoved in front of Jin suddenly.

"Where is the blunder? Everything about the report was right on point."

"Then he is mistaken, don't worry," Jin assured the man and focused on the monitor in front of him.

"What the hell?" the man's sudden confused voice alerted Jin.

"I saw the person in the front desk outside the deposit box's room like they do when any client is in the room. But the cameras are not showing any person inside!"

Jin closed his eyes and sighed a little. He thought he almost got away this time.

"Let me go back a little," he frowned and rewind that videotape.

"Put your hands away." Jin's cold voice stunned him for a little while, he looked back to face Jin's indifferent face, he felt a chill run through his spine seeing the piercing gaze of the calm eyes, like an icy blade slashing through his heart.

"Why??"

"Step aside." His voice was calm.

"You...y..." he stuttered a little realizing the difference of that man from his relatively new colleague, "You are not Han!!!" He thought Han was wearing a mask because he caught a cold today!

"He is alive, don't worry." Jin's voice was calm as usual.

His hand instantly went towards the emergency alarm seeing unarmed Jin.

Jin reacted almost immediately. His hand hit the exposed part of his neck, banging the face right on the keyboards on the desk, instantly crashing the nose. He brought up his knees with force again slamming his face against it.
The idle body of the guard slowly slid down onto the ground, already senseless.

Jin slightly adjusted his collars and the calves and a slight frown appeared in his brows seeing a tiny drop of blood on his calf.

He again looked at the time, it was already seven and half minutes, Arya still hadn't come out.

The security cheif has already headed towards the safe deposit box room he can see through the monitors. He swiftly deleted all the video clips of the day so that none of it catches any image of Arya or himself.

Jin didn't think much, he got up and went straight to the fire alarm, and pulled down the handle.

The horrifying scaring sound echoed through the whole building. After pulling down the switch he came back and hiked on the chair, brought out a lighter from the pocket, and ignited near the smoke detector.

The sprinkler started to spray water everywhere almost instantly.

He came out on the balcony only to see people scurrying out of the building all at once hearing the fire alarm.

Amidst the crowd, he saw Arya also go out. He was at ease seeing her get out, but his brows crinkled again seeing the security cheif rushing towards the control room.

He sighed and stepped towards the door, his escape time was over.



Arya was impatiently waiting in her room. She was anxious to the peak. She didn't know how many times she had looked at the clock and stridden back and forth inside her hotel room.

She was feeling guilty, she knew she took more time than she anticipated. it would cost Jin his escape time. Did he make it out in time? Arya felt like screaming in frustration. She needed him now. More than anything. More than anytime. He was her last way of redemption.

She thumped on the bed, it had been more than two hours since she got out. Slowly an uncertainty was creeping up in her mind. What is she doing here? Following a stranger to death, a stranger who doesn't seem like a stranger. Putting up all the trust in him, why?
Just because she had these snippets of memories about him? Why she agreed to help him? Wouldn't just going in her way made everything more significant?

What was she doing here? Why was she here? That stranger is her answer for all her questions but he still chose to remain silent, forgoing everything she asked. So why?

A sudden knock on her door made her jump out of the bed and leap towards the door. The knock sounded twice, then a pause, and then again twice.

A gush of relaxation swept through her body as she opened the door.

She almost threw herself on Jin and tightly wrapped her arms around his body.

Jin was startled but quietly entered the room and closed the door behind him.

"I was so scared." Arya mumbled in his shirt, "I thought...I thought..."

Jin hummed a little before asking,
"are you ok?"

Jin's calm and soft voice against her anxious ranting and mess made her instantly comprehend the nature of the state they were in. She released her hands and said apologetically, "Jin, I am sorry! I made you go into the danger."

"You do not need to be sorry," Jin ensured her, "Let's just get out of here. The defense conference is today, we need to reach out to headquarter with the documents."

"Umm...Jin?" Arya abruptly wavered a little.

Jin gazed back at her.

"About the documents..." her voice was skeptical.

Jin calmly listened to her.

"There were no documents in the box." Arya dropped the bomb right in the middle.

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