Chapter 158
When did John Doe prepare such things? Did he steal them while grabbing the nail polish? The atmosphere became heavy.
Shin Hae-ryang, who had been staring at John Doe sitting on the floor with his hands tied for a few seconds, approached and whispered something in his ear. John Doe’s eyes filled with terror. He quickly nodded at Shin Hae-ryang with frightened eyes. Observing his reaction, Shin Hae-ryang connected the middle part of the backrest of a fallen chair nearby to John Doe’s bound wrists with a single rope. Then he said to the others:
“You can start moving now.”
“What about John Doe?”
“He says he wants to part ways here.”
To verify the truth of those words, I looked at John Doe, who, sensing my gaze, started headbanging back and forth. As I stared blankly at that scene, Baek Ae-young gently pushed my shoulder towards the exit. My feet were reluctant to move. Baek Ae-young whispered softly to me:
“The faster we leave, the quicker he can cut the rope and escape.”
Baek Ae-young said, kicking the glass shards on the floor. Ah, I see. With glass everywhere on the floor, he could cut the rope and escape.
Maybe this is better, since he was someone who originally wanted to part ways with the Engineering Team A. John Doe seemed to want us to disappear quickly. I took one last look at John Doe and left the accessory store. Shin Hae-ryang was the last of our group to exit the store.