After Min-jun heard what Kai said, he immediately jumped a few steps back, making a defensive stance.
"Hey, hey, I'm not here to fight you, kid," Kai said.
Min-jun, still in his stance with disbelief, said, "Then why the hell are you here?"
"I'm here to tell you that you got all this wrong. I know you think we're just some terrorist group out for blood and war, but would you believe me if I said that's the last thing we want?" Kai said to him with a calm voice.
"What the hell are you blabbing about—war, blood, that's the last you want?" Min-jun said as the aura around him changed, becoming more frightening but the Black Heart still in check. He continued, "Do you know how many lives your explosions took? 341 in total were injured, 64 died, and 20 missing—and yet you claim not to be a terrorist group out for blood? Don't give me that shit," he said calmly but cold.
"Look, kid, I get that you are pissed, but the people who lost their lives weren't because of us. Listen carefully: the places we targeted are labs that contain dangerous chemicals and tools that will bring great damage to the world. We couldn't transfer them because of the risks of hijack and falling into the wrong hands, so we had no options but to destroy them using explosives. And before we did, we made sure that everyone in the area got the evacuation notice—but a third party got involved and told the people it was a drill," Kai said to Min-jun.
Min-jun was surprised to hear what Kai said. Lowering his stance, Min-jun asked, "What do you mean—dangerous labs and third party? That wasn't in the report. And since you mentioned a third party, that means the SDF and government weren't involved, but someone else. Who was it?"
"I guess you wouldn't have known—their work was covered up clean before the government or SDF could get involved. There's a suspect in mind responsible for it, and now that he's out, it's confirmed that he's the culprit," Kai replied.
Min-jun, curious to know more, asked, "And who was the culprit?"
Then Kai said, "Look, kid, you're not supposed to know this, but there's no point in keeping it a secret either. 10 years ago, a man migrated here from Japan. He came from Japan but he was still a Korean—his name is Jae-sung Kwon. No one knew his motives or how he ended up coming from Japan despite being a Korean. It took him just 2 years to build an empire, being responsible for some of the most dangerous cartels at that time like Dark Crocks, Right Hand Demon, Cold Drain, and even Black Lotus. I'll end things here—what really matters is what I actually came to tell you, which is we are in possession of the 20 people. They are potential Black Heart users born from the chaos. We managed to get them before Jae-sung Kwon could, and right now they are forcibly in comas so they won't go insane from the Black Heart. We will need your help in finding out a perfect solution for them. That's what I came to tell you. Think hard about this, kid—we're not the bad guys here."
After he spoke, he immediately vanished, leaving a paper behind. And on it there was a writing that says: *We will be making our next move a few weeks from now. Hope you have made a decision by then.*
Back at the Korean SDF headquarters, all key figures of the SDF were present: the commander, vice-commander, division captains, vice-division captains, and even the squad captains with the highest ranks like Lukas and the other high-ranking squad captains. All were gathered, preparing to start up the meeting, and their main focus was Genesis.