Murder Cases At Inwang Mountain

Thump..

Boom...

Thump.

Boom...

Thump... Boom...

The dreary noise coming from the underground rhythmically thundered as though it was a

steady heatbeat.

Slowly but surely, the thumping shrouded the city, transforming it into an ominous abyss

disguised as a gigantic pulsating heart.

Just then, the dark, bottomless chasm produced an enormous ball and sent it flying towards

him.

I can't breathe.

"Argh!"

Zeha woke up with a start, gasping for air.

He breathed heavily as he stared at the ceiling with wide eyes.

It was white and unfamiliar.

"What the.."

Zeha didn't need to look around to know where he was. The smell of chemicals assaulting his

senses was enough for him to tell.

"The hospital.? What amI doing here.?"

Just as he grew aware of his surroundings, a sudden intense pain shot through his body.

"Ouch!"

Zeha immediately withdrew his hand and brought it up to his chest. It was at that moment that he felt the bandage tightly wrapped around it.

The pain was coming from there. Just then, Zeha couldn't help but recall the heart. He frowned,unsure how it was relevant to his current plight.

I think I dreamt about a heart...

While he couldn't remember the dream in detail no matter how hard he tried, Zeha knew that it

was far froma pleasant one.

He recalled being chased by an ominous darkness, which eventually caught up to him and coiled itself around his heart as though it was a python strangling its prey.

Zeha closed his eyes as he squeezed his hand against his chest and willed the pain away.

What happened? What am l doing in the hospital. ? What is this pain that l'm feeling?

When did i you even get hurt?

Zeha couldn't remember anything, no matter how hard he tried to. It was almost as if someone had forced their hand into his brain and messed with it.

Just as Zeha was struggling to comprehend how he had ended up in such a state, a sharp pain shot through his temple.

"Ow...!"

Zeha doubled over and groaned in agony. The pain felt like it went on for eternity before it

eventually subsided.

What's wrong with me?

He couldn't understand anything that was happening to him.

Just then, Zeha remembered encountering a suspicious man while leaving his home.

"Don't you want to know how and why your parents died?"

He did.

Alas, the teachers and the staff at the orphanage never told him. Instead, they turned away with an uncomfortable look on their faces every time he asked.

And so, the faint memory that he had of his parents' death was pushed to the back of his mind.

Since nobody had the answers to his questions, Zeha decided that he would figure it out on his

own one day.

But that was when he was young and naive.

When he was old enough to leave the orphanage, Zeha realized that some things had to come first. Finding out the truth about his parents had to wait.

First and foremost, he needed to survive.

Although being born in Sin-si came with many benefits, he needed the money to suppot

himself.

He couldn't afford investigating his parents' death when he had to worry about putting food on the table every day.

And so, Zeha abandoned that lofty resolve in favor of working various part-time jobs from dawn till dusk, rinse and repeat.

That was when his memories of his parents began to fade away. Zeha started to believe that his parents had abandoned him. Soon enough, his yearning for them turned into resentment. He became a cynical and pessimistic young man. And so, Zeha went about each day struggling to make ends meet. That was when he appeared.

Had the man come to see him when he was still a young orphan boy with lofty dreams, Zeha would ve jumped right into his suggestion without even thinking twice.

However, he had stopped being an innocent child who would follow a stranger promising him candy a long time ago. As such, Zeha turned the man down.

...To Be Continue...

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