One thing I had been dreading was here too: the meeting with the leader of FIRE.

Jiwoo had been ignoring me ever since what happened to the model guy. She did have a reason to though as we just basically stripped the guy she liked off his popularity. So I lied to my parent saying that I was hanging out with Sulgi instead. Yoongi met me a few streets away from my house with his chauffeur.

"My father will have to come too," Yoongi said after a while of driving.

"Why?"

"He is an executive of FIRE. That is the only reason why I have direct access to Leader Kim."

"Does your father trust me?" I asked.

"I had to spend a week to convince him," Yoongi answered.

"Why do you trust me so much? Aren't you afraid that I will go and tell my father everything that has been happening?"

"Please don't," was all he said.

We soon arrived in front of the Min mansion. Mr Min entered and sat in the front seat of the car.

"Oh Eunjung," he turned around and said. "We meet again."

I nodded. "We do, Mr Min."

"I don't know why my son trusts you so much, but I trust my son's judgement. I will take you to Leader Kim as prove of what my son is saying.  It if I find out that you are even the slightest threat to FIRE, I will kill you without hesitation."

I pretended to be calm and nodded. He turned back around, satisfied. Oh gosh, what had I got myself into? I was supposed to be just a normal 17 years old student, what was I doing playing around with the veterans of the underworld?

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I was not expecting Leader Kim to be living so far out from the city. He lived in a large farmhouse in the rural Busan. We had to drive through a long path with tree canopy overhead in order to get to it.

The first thing I noticed when I got off the car was the number of dogs running around freely. They all looked a little rough, their fur unclean and some of them a little thin. But there was one that stood out. A German Shepard, the largest of the dogs there, stood proud and clean. He was the only one that had a collar on.

We were in an area in front of the farmhouse. The ground was made of cobble. There was a shed to the right where four jeeps were parked under. I could see an opening in the gate to the left which led to a swimming pool that some servants were cleaning.

The wooden door to the white farmhouse opened and out came a man in a suit. He had a head of grey hair and looked to be in his sixties.

He nodded at Mr Min. He then turned to me and Yoongi.

"Welcome. I am Ga Wookheon, Leader Kim's right-hand man and executive of FIRE. Leader Kim is waiting for you." He gestured for us to follow him inside and we did. On the way we passed by several servants who all stood to the side and bowed when they saw us. We went upstairs, and finally arriving at a spacious balcony on the second floor. It offered an amazing view of the large garden.

A man sat on a wicker chair, staring at the view. It wasn't until Mr Ga notified him that he turned his head to look at us. He was a middle-aged man with a rounded belly underneath his button shirt. He had a tanned skin colour. I noticed the bangle and rings with large precious stones on them around his wrist and fingers.

"Leader Kim," Mr Min bowed and greeted his leader.

Leader Kim scanned us with his gaze, which made me felt slightly uncomfortable. "You two?"

Yoongi stepped forward confidently and offered Leader Kim his hand. "I am Min Yoongi."

"Ah, so you are his son," Leader Kim nodded and shook his hand firmly.

It then was my turn to offer the leader of FIRE my hand. "I am Oh Eunjung...daughter of Oh Changwoo."

He paused his hand in midair when he heard my father's name. "Did you say... Oh Changwoo?"

My heart started beating in nervousness. I noticed Mr Ga and his men became on guard as well. I took a deep breath, hoping this would work.

"Yes, I am his daughter."

"Why are you here?" Leader Kim questioned in an accusing tone.

"I am here to offer you vital information," I said with as much conviction as I could.

Leader Kim huffed. "And why would you do that? I would believe you more if you said you were here to kill me!"

"She is telling the truth," Yoongi spoke up for me.

"Why should I trust you, little boy?"

Yoongi smiled and said, "I swear on my life."

"Yoongi!" Mr Min hissed. Leader Kim was looking at us in a new light too. I had a feeling that when someone swore on their life in the underworld, it wasn't metaphorical.

"Very well," Leader Kim nodded. He gestured for us two to sit down on the wicker love seat opposite him and we did. Mr Ga and Mr Min went to stand behind Leader Kim. It was quite a frightening sight, with three of the most powerful gangster standing right in front of us.

Leader Kim started, "So, Min Yoongi, Oh Eunjung, what vital information do you two have for me?"

I spoke up, "The date, time, and location of your meeting with Seoulsangdeok has been leaked to my father."

Surprise expressions appeared on both Leader Kim and Mr Ga's faces.

"What did you say!?" Leader Kim exclaimed.

"That can't be!" Mr Ga shook his head in disbelief. "I made sure the info flow is water-tight! You must be bluffing!"

I shook my head then told them the information Yoongi leaked to my father, with the exact date, time, location, and purpose of the meeting.

I shrugged. "Well, the only reason I know about this is from my father."

"But why would you inform us of this?" Leader Kim asked, still obviously not trusting me.

Yoongi linked his hand with mine and kissed the back of my hand as if he was my knight in shining armour. "She did it for me," he said.

So I was playing a lovestruck little girl now? I immediately played along. I looked down shyly with a smile and said, "I want to follow Yoongi into FIRE..."

I saw that Mr Min didn't look happy, but he didn't raise an objection either. The other two men looked slightly concerned. Leader Kim grunted and glared at Mr Ga behind him.

"Ga Wookheon, how do you do things!? How are you so incompetent that even a high schooler knows about our most secret meeting!?"

Mr Ga bowed 90 degrees to the leader. "I apologise! I will immediately go and investigate the leak!"

"Go then!" Leader Kim shouted in anger. Mr Ga scuttled off the balcony.

A strange feeling of pride and happiness rose in me as I saw that I managed to deceive two of the most powerful people in the underworld. It was my first time having real influence over a serious matter with stakes. I liked it. Was that what Yoongi meant when he spoke about power in the underworld?

Just as Leader Kim was about to say something, someone came up and interrupted him.

"Dad!" This boy, who looked around the same age as us, said. He had casual clothes on and was rather tall. Like his father, he was also tanned.

"Son, not now. I have guests." Leader Kim waved the boy away.

"But they look my age! Can I at least say hi to them?"

Leader Kim sighed and nodded. "Fine."

He turned to us with a cheerful smile. "Hello! My name is Kim Namjoon! And you?"