Chapter nine : Childhood friend

Yangyang walked in to the inner room with his steady steps. He couldnt be any less bothered about the ceremony. The whole party hall felt suffocating to him. Far ahead, he couldnt spot any guards. Even thought he planned to knock them out and walk further, there were none at sight. He assumed that they were all gathered in the party.

Back in the hall, he had noticed the teens. Thats what probably made him all heated. He couldnt stand their presence any longer and walked off.

After a long time of walking, he came across a person. while thinking its a guard, yangyang prepared his weapon to knock him out. But as soon as the person turned around, he could tell the person was no guard but someone familliar.

Yangyang fell in deep shock when he came to realise who it is. His weapon fell on the floor and alerted the other. Before him was no other than his childhood bestfriend, Lee Haechan.

In his mind he wanted to be sure hundred times before jumping into the conclusion. The person who's standing before him, Is it really the 'Haechan' he lost in the past. Yangyang's hands started to tremble as he stared more into his eyes.

"What do you want?" Haechan asked feeling disturbed. His words were clearly showing that he didnt recognise yangyang as anyone.

"Are....you really Haechan?" yangyang wasnt the violent member of Trul anymore. Since their childhood, Haechan has always been the one he was comfortable with. He could be himself whenever Haechan was around. For others, he was the reckless youngest of Trul. But infront of his bestie, he has always been the genial one.

"I am, so what?" Haechan seemed to be working on something in the device infront of him. When he decided to not give the stranger anymore attention, his gaze shifted to his past action.

"You didnt forget me...did you? Im Yangyang. We used to be friends..." Haechan's eyes widened in the last name he heard. The one memory which has been haunting him since the first day, suddenly flashesh back. There was a child in there with the same name.

"I cant believe you're alive. I thought I lost you." Yangyang stepped forward. But Haechan still being confused, he stepped backwards. "Where have you been this whole time?"

"I cant remember much about my past. Its all faded."

"Maybe the explosion caused it.

Thats when we lost each other..." yangyang holds himself back from remembering the old times and smiled at the other. "Come with me, I'll introduce you to my team." he tried to drag haechan but it slowly became a fail attempt.

"I cant go..."

"Why?" Haechan took something out from his pocket. He stared at it for a while before handing it over to Yangyang's hand. It was a ring. The same ring he picked up from the bridge. "why are you giving this to me?"

Haechan replied in a serious tone, "I cant explain much. Things are way too complicated here. Make sure this ring reaches it's rightful owner."

"Whom should I give it to?" bythe time yangyang looked up, Haechan was gone.

He was about to panic but calmed himself down. "I lost him again....

was he real or am i hallucinating..." but the ring in his hand proved that Haechan was really there.

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When the ceremony began for real, the blinding lights turned to the stage. It caught almost everyone's attention. Then, the leader of underground walked to the stage. A loud act of clapping came from the crowd.

"I welcome every one of my citizens in this ceremony" he reached out his glass to the crowd. All the other leaders and mafias followed.

"to celebrate our first ever launched weapon in underworld, we're all gathered here.

Please welcome the most powerful weapon ever created." Just then everyone's attention turned to the screen behind Johnny. They all stood still in shock and surprised. It was the time when everyone in mafia rank had the sight of

'The Teazed'.

However it wasnt presented before them. Only the picture could be seen. No one failed to notice the engraved name in the bottom which proved whom it belongs to.

A huge round of applause came from the crowd. Johnny felt relieved and proud at the same time. He wouldnt be easy to take down like the other leaders from his family, he thought to himself.

Johnny walked down from the stage and faced Doyoung and Taeyong. They were waitting for him to finish the speech. "Is everything ready?" Doyoung nodded in reply. "We only need your approval." Johnny nodded and Doyoung left the place.

"So, How does it feel?" Taeyong asked playfully. He had the most brightest smile on his face. He looked happy for both Johnny and the viostorm company. They wouldnt have been here if it wasnt for Taeyong handling everything for the past two years.

"Successful."  Johnny replied shortly and left to chat with Yuta who stood far away in a corner.

The more he approached Yuta, the more he could notice his sharp eyes observing others.

"You've been doing that for a while now. What caught your attention?"

"..."

"..." Johnny took a sip of the red wine.

"Few of your workers are missing." Yuta replied while staring somewhere else.

"Okay to me. They're free to walk around."

just then, Yuta turned around at him "Can I leave too?"

"..."

"..."

"...sure."

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The party went on for hours. It was almost at it's end. while the other mafias were preparing themselves to leave, the main guests were busy on something else.

Taeyong walked far off from the stage where Johnny was standing while giving his last speech. suddenly Jaehyun spoke up in Taeyong's earpod, "The weapon is on its move. waitting for your next lead."

"Great. ensure its high security and come back safely." a small silence fell in their conversation cuz jaehyun was busy doing his task.

"Is Doyoung with you?" TY pressed the device deeper to avoid the lack of communication.

"No sir, Its just me and few of the truls." Johnny made an eye contact with Taeyong. Both exchanged a mental conversation. After Johnny understood Ty's signs, he felt relieved. The weapon was safely transferred into high security.

Taeyong heard a buzzing sound from his pocket. He took out his phone and viewed a message sent a while ago.

In a second, Taeyong's face fled in terror. His grip went tighter as he took in the words written in the message.

He immediately looked back at

Johnny and shouted,

"Johnny, move away from the stage!!!" But it was too late when his words reached the other.

A violent and destructive shattering happened in another second. Everything caught on fire and things came flying from all over the place.