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#46 Minna, where are you? (1)
"No... Eonni, don't tell me you're gonna burn this place down?" Minna panicked.
"It turns out you're really smart. I'm gonna help you because you say it's dark and cold and I'm gonna make it light and warm." Said the woman.
"No eonni, don't kill me. I beg eonni! I'm sorry eonni, please let me live!" Minna said very scared.
"Haaahhhh (breathe)... Try saying sorry for a long time, surely we won't meet like this Minna. But how is it? It's too late, so enjoy the time I'll give you. See you in the next life!" The woman said and left.
"Eonnie! Help me eonni! Eonni let me live, I'll do whatever you tell me. Let go of me eonni! Hu..hu...hu..." Minna was crying very hard.
"How's this? What am I supposed to do?" Minna said while crying and looking around.
"Ohh... My phone..." Minna said while looking for her phone on the floor.
"Here we go!" Said Minna who had trouble reaching for her phone lying on the floor because her hands were tied.
"Uhh... It's hard..." Minna said as she continued trying to reach for her phone.
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...Minna, where are you? (1)...
"It looks like Minna's not at her house." Jihyun said while looking at the window of Minna's unit whose light was off.
"Ah... How about at the minimarket where he works?" Ask Kai.
"We better check first to enter this building, if there is no check to the minimarket." Donghwi.
"I'm sure Minna isn't here, Minna hates the dark so there can't be any light at all from her unit like that. But let's just try to get there together." Jihyun.
"Come on. Do you want to wait here or come upstairs?" Ask Donghwi.
"I'm just here, trying to contact Minna huh." Reply Donghwi.
"All right." Said Kai.
They rushed into Minna's apartment building.
"You know which unit, right?" Kai asked Jihyun while walking on the stairs.
"Yes I know." Answer Jihyun.
They arrive at the door of Minna's apartment unit.
*Trirling... Trirlin...* Jihyun rang the bell.
"Minna... Minna... Are you inside?" Shouted Kai.
*Trirling... Trirlin...* Jihyun rang the bell again.
"Minna, are you home?" Ask Jihyun.
Suddenly...
"Son... You guys looking for Minna?" Ask a mother.
"Yes aunt, we're looking for Minna." Answer Jihyun.
"Son Minna hasn't come home yet, I just happened to give her a side dish but it doesn't seem like she's in her house." Said the mother.
"Oh yes, thank you for the information." Said Kai.
The mother also left.
"So she's not home." Jihyun.
"Yes, that means now we go to the minimarket." Answer Kai.
They came down to Donghwi.
"How's it?" Donghwi asked immediately to look at Kai.
"He's not here." Answer Kai.
"I haven't been able to reach him yet." Donghwi.
"We've checked into the minimarket now." Said Kai.
"Jihyun you must be tired let me drive." Kai.
"All right." Answer Jihyun.
They head to the minimarket where Minna and Dohwan work.
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"www... My hands hurt a lot, but I have to. grab that phone..." Minna said as she continued to try to grab her phone.
*Drr... Drrtt... Drrtt...* Minna's phone vibrates.
"Haaa... Someone calls, just keep calling so the phone vibrates and gets closer." Minna said as she continued to try to retrieve her phone.
"Let's go a little bit more..." Minna.
"Ahh. Here we go. Kai, Donghwi and Jihyun called me repeatedly." Said Minna who could reach for her phone.
*Crete... Cretek... Cretek...* Sound something burning.
"That noise... It was the sound of burning wood!" Minna said very panicked.
"The fire is coming in! Pl-please... Pl-please... Help me!" Minna said shouting.
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"Good night uncle." Kai said as he entered the minimarket.
"Ohh yeah good night... You're friends with Dohwan, aren't you?" Ask Manjun.
"Yes right uncle, uncle did Minna come to work today?" Ask Kai directly without further ado.
"That ahhh, you're looking for him too? Minna I can't call since she didn't have any unusual news she's like this either. Usually he gives the news if he doesn't go to work or is sick." Answer sir Manjun.
"How is this?" Jihyun asked increasingly in panic.
"What's the matter, kids? Did something bad happen?" Mr. Manjun said looking at their expressions.
"Actually Minna's missing uncle." Kai replied in a sorry tone.
"What's? Gone off? How's that supposed?" Ask Manjun confused and shocked.
"So we did uncle's work, then we split up to find the material ourselves but Minna hasn't returned until now and can't be contacted." Reply Donghwi.
"Geez! Have you guys gone to the police station?" Ask Manjun.
"God! Why didn't I think to report to the police?" Said Jihyun while hitting her head.
"We just panicked and tried to figure it out ourselves so we couldn't think clearly." Said Kai.
"You've gone to the police station, report Minna's disappearance. I haven't been able to see Dohwan either." Mr. Manjun said.
"Good God, we promised you that we'd be guarding hyeong tonight Kai?" Donghwi.
"Ahhhhh... I don't know, my brain can't work right now." Answer Kai in frustration.
"You better not say anything about this to him, later his condition worsened and it was difficult to recover." Mr. Manjun said.
"Well uncle, then we go to the police station first to report Minna's disappearance." Said Kai.
"Alright, be careful on the road so Minna will see ya soon." Answer sir Manjun.
"We go first uncle." Donghwi said then they came out of the Minimarket.
Kai sat in a chair in front of the minimarket, Donghwi and Jihyun stopped.
"What are you doing? Let's go to the police station!" Donghwi.
"I'm really screwed right now, I'm sorry, angry and confused right now." Kai said as he grabbed her hair.
"Oh you have to calm down, if you just blame yourself we won't get anything." Jihyun.
"Jihyun's right, we better go to the police station first and then we'll find Minna again." Donghwi.
"But it looks like we have to breathe fresh air first, we just sit here for a while while contacting minna. How's Donghwi?" Ask Jihyun.
"Yes... You're right, looking around in a panic doesn't seem to yield any results." Donghwi answered and sat down.
"I'll try to call Minna." Kai said and called Minna.
*Tuutts... Tuttts... Tuutts...* Kai tried to call Minna
"Ahhhh! He picked up the phone!" Kai shouted in surprise and immediately stood up.
"Huh? Really true?" Jihyun and Donghwi.
"Hello Minna!" Said Kai with a cheerful tone.
"Uhukis... Uhukkk..." Minna picked up her phone with a cough.
"Minna! Minna! You're... Why are you coughing like that?" Ask Kai on the phone.
"Ka...Kai to..help me uhuk..uhuk..." Minna stammered.
"Hello Minna, what's going on? Tell me slowly." Said Kai
"I can't say much smoke here adds up, uhuk.uhuk..".uhukk.." Minna spoke very quickly.
"Rigid? Whatdoes thatmean? where are you, Minna?" Kai asked, panicking.
"Kai uhukk's... My phone will be off soon enough battery power is running out, I'm already starting to claustrophobic here uhuk..uhuk..." Minna's voice was getting weaker.
"Minna, please, please hold on for a while yes I will come to your aid now you send your current location and do not use your phone excessively huh. Now turn off the phone now but please hold on for a minute." Kai said to calm Minna down.
"All right Kai." Minna hung up on me.
"Minna picked up the phone?" Ask Jihyun.
"It doesn't look like it's going well, he said smoke and stuffiness don't tell me it's a fire!" Kai said he was panicking.
"Where did he say he was?" Ask Donghwi.
"He sent me his location. We need to split up, let's get in the car first." Kai immediately ran towards the car followed by Jihyun and Donghwi.
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