11 Virtues A Hero's Civilian Friend Must Uphold (Completed Main Story) - Side Story 9

When people encounter something completely unexpected, they momentarily become foolish. Ji Young was exactly like that right now.

She stared blankly ahead, cradled in the arms of the person who had pulled her back.

She had to look incredulously at Jae Kyung, standing about ten paces away, smiling awkwardly as he fiddled with the gun in his hand.

The muzzle he held still retained traces of heat—because he’d just pulled the trigger moments ago.

Ji Young turned her trembling gaze toward the wall on her left and bit her lip at the bullet mark left there.

If the person now holding her hadn’t intervened, that bullet hole would have been in her head.

Hee Won, who had snatched Ji Young away just moments before her near-death, furrowed his brow.

“I didn’t anticipate this scenario. Quite unexpected.”

Jae Kyung muttered softly to himself. At his words, Hee Won’s expression grew even harsher.

Facing the villain’s calm demeanor despite his obvious surprise, Hee Won clenched his teeth as he finally reached the truth he’d been relentlessly chasing behind Ji Young Kang.

I couldn’t believe it… but…

“So you also took up saving people as a side job, Teacher?”

Jae Kyung asked him with a relaxed expression, having already recognized Hee Won’s face beneath the mask and hat.

At Jae Kyung’s question, Hee Won’s gaze turned icy as he glared at him. Now, the truth was finally revealed.

Thirteen years ago, it was Jae Kyung Han who had murdered Ji Young Kang.

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