Chapter 89 (1/2)

Chapter 89: Chapter 9 Ye SoYoon-4

SoYoon slowly opened her eyes. No, she may not have closed her eyes in the first place. Everywhere she looked, there was nothing but darkness. The last thing that she could recall was the smell of Dee's blood.

Had she passed out and ended up at the research facility? Feeling a sudden sense of fear, she took in a deep breath. Her surroundings didn't have the unique chemical smell she associated with the place. Then where was she? She got up from her seat and started to walk. Doing anything seemed like a better idea than doing nothing.

After walking for a long time, she came upon a gray translucent wall with familiar people on the other side. They were the faces she had been missing for a long, long time. SoYoon stopped walking and turned towards them. She headed toward the wall and carefully reached out with her hand. Her hand hit the wall.

She hadn't expected to reach them in the first place. She had endured too much disappointment to believe in such a dream-like hope. If she had been able to touch them, she would have been positive that they were fake.

Unable to touch them, she knew they were her real family. At the same time, she intuitively knew that this might be the last time she would be able to see her family. She stuck her body as close as she could to the wall and called to them in a small voice.

”Mom, Dad, SoHa.”

They were sitting in the living room watching TV. Although they were watching a comedy program, there was no joy in their eyes. When her mother's lips started to tremble, SoHa grabbed the remote and turned off the TV. After that, the three people were still and silent.

SoYoon observed her family quietly. The wall progressively turned black. Everything around her was shrouded in darkness, leaving her all alone. She was only able to remove her gaze from that place after the image of her family disappeared. Not wanting her vision to blur, she had been holding back her tears, but now they flowed out freely and trickled down her cheek.

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A couple of hours after Dee left, Heart arrived at the place with his men. He instructed his men to investigate, then looked around at the dust and bloodstains on the floor.

”Based on the footprints, the location of the bloodstains, the amount of blood, and other evidence, it doesn't seem like White Rabbit did the fighting herself. Based on the information Baby gave us, it's most probable that Twins is responsible. There is also a clear indication of magic being used here...”

The man didn't finish his sentence. Instead, he handed Heart a brown wig and several hairpins. There were several strands of blonde hair attached to the hairpins that indicated what had happened here.

The evidence of magic, Alice's forcefully removed wig, SoYoon's last known location. It all pointed to one thing.

They suddenly heard something loud at the building's entrance. Someone was yelling, ”Get out of the way!” Normally, Heart would have frowned at this, but the situation was different now. With a nod, he permitted Mad Hatter to enter.

Before he'd even entered, Mad Hatter had sensed the use of magic. He headed to the place where he felt the strongest presence. He felt similar energy to that of SoYoon's brand from 4 years ago. He was sure it had been created from the same source. Mad Hatter told them his conclusion.

”It was them.”

The researchers, who were associated closely with the government, should have feared the repercussions of coming into this place. But there wasn't anyone there who cared about that at the moment. With a crooked smile, Heart said to Mad Hatter, ”You can transport us to where the research facility is, right?”