BCGWR Chapter 21 Part 2

Lim Se-ju hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Kim Hyun-ah was a strong person, so she would be fine. With that, she activated the system again.

“……”

A scene that had always been hidden by CCTV blind spots, unseen until now…

Kim Hyun-ah, finally seeing that scene, began to engrave everything unfolding before her eyes into her memory, without even blinking.

Nineteen years ago.

The very last moments of her older brother’s life, swallowed by a pure white halo of light, vanishing from that spot as if evaporated.

The meeting room was bathed entirely in a reddish glow from the sunset pouring through the window.

Sitting alone with her chin propped up in the dimly lit meeting room, where the lights were off, Kim Hyun-ah tapped the desk repeatedly with her fingers, her eyes cast down.

It was a habit she had when deep in thought, and although a considerable amount of time had passed since she started tapping, her mind was still complicated.

It had been that way the entire time she sat in this meeting room, but after briefly clearing her thoughts, Kim Hyun-ah recalled the scene she had just witnessed.

The halo of light that erupted as the Busan Dungeon Gate, which Kang Jae-yoon had entered, instantly vanished, and her older brother, as if possessed, stood motionless in a dead-end alley, being swallowed by the bright light.

All the CCTV footage released by the police until now had ended after her older brother entered the alley and a strong light flashed while he was hidden in a blind spot.

Even after searching all nearby CCTVs, the interior of the blind spot could not be confirmed, so this was the first time the scene of his disappearance was accurately verified.

At the time, it was initially considered an attempt to kidnap the third-generation scion of a chaebol for ransom, and an investigation was immediately launched. However, as days passed and there was no contact from the kidnappers, the investigation team eventually transitioned to a public inquiry.

When the disappearance of the Peace Group’s eldest son was announced to the media, South Korea was turned upside down. The face of the eldest son, designated as the Peace Group’s next successor, appeared daily on TV, and thanks to the released CCTV footage, countless individuals from various media outlets came forward to analyze the video.

Analysts unanimously stated that no manipulation was found in the video, and there was a continuous stream of tips from witnesses who claimed to have seen the missing boy.

The problem, if it could be called one, was that none of the overwhelming tips contained accurate information…

Because video analysts unanimously stated that after the boy entered the dead-end alley, there were no scenes of him emerging, even from surrounding CCTVs, there were many opinions suggesting alien abduction.

At that time, Kim Hyun-ah had been curious. No, she was still curious.

What was the strong light that briefly flashed in the alley? Why was only her older brother seen entering the dead-end alley, but not emerging from it? And if he truly disappeared inside the alley, did her older brother really “evaporate” as people said, or if not, where on earth did he go?

‘So he really did disappear…’

Even though she had finally found the answer to a problem that had puzzled her for a long time, nothing was resolved. Instead, only confusion intensified.

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