Awesome. The way you used musical expressions and related terms is cool~
Oh and forgive me but... is Lash related to music too? XD
And btw... The progression of the plot is cool with me~ Yep~
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"World Government!?" WH yelled without thinking.
"Shhhhushh... Not so loud!"
"Sorry..."
"John... If this information is THAT secret..." KKLT crossed her arms suspiciously.
"I know what you want to ask girl..." John closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "I am a member of this 'World government' group."
"What!? Then wouldn't you be penalized if you let out the secret? If THEY are soooo cautious as they said, would they not have implemented some prevention measure?"
"..." John smirked. "You are smart. Of course they do."
John invited himself to a seat.
"With such a secretive organization, there is no way they would not have any plans to shut the mouths of these people willingly."
"Then how...?"
"Have you heard of the idiom, dead man tells no tales?"
"WHAT!? THEY'RE GOING TO KILL YOU!?"
"Nonono... Calm down... Don't be too agitated." John's smile slowly faded. "What I'm saying is... I'm already... dead."
Silence filled the room. Everyone looked at John with eyes wide open, shocked from the sudden revelation.
"Dea-dead? Wha-what do you mean?"
"Haha... Don't worry. It's not a taboo topic any more." John sighed.
"So you are serious." KKLT felt herself tense up.
"Yes... Ever heard of the memory drug?"
"Yea. We've had experience with that." IU replied while looking over at Chelsea. "What about it? Wait... Don't tell me..."
"Heh... Even though you're kids, you catch on quick." John grinned a little. "Well, as you all might have understood, I am actually dead and this John that you are looking at now, is someone else with my previous memories."
"!!!!!!!!!"
"For an organization like THEM, they need people who do, and do not exist at the same time... I was the only one nominated by the top tiers of the FBI to be the next Director of FBI... And so... me... and my entire family... have to be killed... and I was then... reborn... with this body."
KKLT felt herself flinch. The atmosphere was tense.
"Haha~ Can you imagine they actually went this far to protect themselves? People with a huge unspeakable secret themselves... this weakness is something they make use of to keep the members in check. Something like a trade. They keep your secret, you keep theirs."
John laughed coldly as though he was mocking himself.
"As a double security, they even edit some of their memories to fit their objectives. Even if this does not work, and the members end up betraying THEM, it will not deal them much damage at all. To tell you the truth, the information that I just shared is nothing, useless to THEM. If it were any important, I would have already been assassinated by other members by now."
"..." Everyone was silent. Nobody dared make any comment after hearing those words.
"Oh don't make that kind of faces kids. I've already looked past that. The Commissioner already knew about my secret. The fact that I am still here and not behind bars is due to the Police head commissioner helping me. Therefore, I will live my life protecting the world and FBI. But now, it is a dire situation. And... I will require help from you guys..."
A smile surfaced on some of their faces and everyone gave an acknowledging look to each other.
"...Heh. Is that how you ask for a favour from others, old guy?" KKLT joked. "To ask a favour, you'd need something like good food and drinks."
"Well, I suggest that new Spaghetti restaurant that opened around the corner." IU added in.
"I prefer Japanese food."
"We should go for a buffet! How about hotpot?"
"You kids... " a gentle smile slowly emerged on his face. "Thanks..."
"Heh. Don't worry. We are already mixed up in this. Oh and stop calling us kids..."
"Yea... I will take note of that. Oh anyway, just so you know... I might be a Director but I am actually quite poor..."
"YOU LIAR!!!!!!"
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