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– Breaking news! <Kim Dokja's Company>'s president kidnapped!
Dokja giggles. “That’s me.”
He takes the phone and sits on 999’s bed. The four kkomas join him.
Dokja zooms in on the TV. The footage shows Plotter carrying a knocked out Dokja under his arm and Joonghyuk wounded and defeated in front of him.
“Waaaait a minute.” Dokja says side eyeing the kkomas.
The kkomas look away.
Meanwhile, in the Industrial Complex.
Inside one of the rooms, Han Sooyoung, Lee Jihye and Junk Heewon discuss the … situation.
Yoo Joonghyuk, who is shirtless and covered in bandages, sits on a couch in front of the TV. He rewinds the footage.
– Breaking news! <Kim Dokja's Company>'s president kidnapped!
His eyes burn scarily as if he wants to engrave the appearance of the Secretive Plotter in them. The status of the angry meow-meow who refuses to accept his defeat ooze out from him and makes the air in the living room rather stuffy and hot.
“So, like, there’s another master. And Other-Master kidnapped Dokja.” Jihye says.
“Yep!” Sooyoung says.
“Because…?” Jihye asks.
Sooyoung and Heewon shrug.
Jihye turns towards Joonghyuk. “Master! If you wanted to kidnap Dokja, what would be the reason?”
Joonghyuk growls. He doesn’t even look away from the tv.
Jihye turns back to the ladies. “Whatever. When he comes back this time, let's just throw him inside a coffin and bury him somewhere. It'll be better to let him out only after the scenarios are over.”
“We’re still undecided if we’re going to wait for him to come back or if we’re going after him.” Heewon says.
“That.” Sooyoung points at Heewon.
Lee Sookyung enters the room. “Good morning.” She greets the group as she opens the windows.
“Good morning, mam.” Jihye says.
“Morning.” Heewon says.
Joonghyuk grunts something that sounds very much like ‘good morning’ as well. Still doesn’t take his eyes away from the tv.
“Hey Dokja’s mom! We have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?” Sooyoug says.
“The good news.” Sookyung says.
“Your son is alive!” Sooyoung gives a thumbs up.
“That’s good news!” Sookyung says with a serene smile.
“But we don’t know where he is.” Sooyoung completes.
“Mhm. And what would the bad news be?” Sookyung asks.
The three ladies stare at her.
“We… don’t know where he is.” Sooyoung says again, but slowly.
Sookyung points at the tv. “Isn’t he with Yoo Joonghyukie?”
– Breaking news! <Kim Dokja's Company>'s president kidnapped!
“Yeah, but that’s not our Yoo Joonghyuk. It’s another bastard.” Sooyoung says.
“We don’t know why that guy kidnapped him, if he’s going to ask for ransom or what.” Heewon says.
“Oh, don’t worry. He’s fine.” Sookyung waves her hand.
The ladies stare at her with a doubtful expression.
“He’s fine.” She says in a more assertive tone. “Mother instincts. You can trust me.”
The ladies stare at her with a VERY doubtful expression.
Then a window pops up in front of the four ladies.
[Secretive Plotter says lol]
[Secretive Plotter asks how to delete a message]
[Secretive Plotter says he’s sorry for laughing]
“What the fuck?!” Sooyoung says with an angry expression.
“The nerve of this son of a-” Heewon starts to say. But she’s cut off by another pop up.
[Secretive Plotter says he got Secretive Plotter’s phone]
[Secretive Plotter sponsored 9100 coins to incarnation Han Sooyoung]
[Secretive Plotter sponsored 9100 coins to incarnation Jung Heewon]
[Secretive Plotter sponsored 9100 coins to incarnation Lee Jihye]
[Secretive Plotter sponsored 9100 coins to incarnation Lee Sookyung]
[Secretive Plotter is laughing because he’s spending Secretive Plotter’s coins]
[Secretive Plotter says that will teach Secretive Plotter]
The ladies look at the cascade of messages then at each other.
“…Waaaait a minute!” Jihye says. “I’ve seen this before!”
“That piece of shit rat bastard!” Sooyoung curses with an angry face.
Heewon lets out a sigh of relief. “That piece of shit rat bastard.” She mutters.
“I told you.” Sookyung says with a serene smile.
Joonghyuk finally stops looking at the tv and looks in the direction of the group.
[Secretive Plotter says he is fine]
[Secretive Plotter says he’s trying to request a bonus scenario]
[Bonus Scenario: Message for Kim Dokja’s Company
Category: bonus
Difficulty: B
Clear Conditions: pat Yoo Joonghyuk on the head and compliment him to lift his mood
Time limit: 1 minute
Compensation: 1,000,000 coins and box with items for the first person who clears the scenario; 1,000,000 coins for any person who clears the scenario
Failure: -
<Leave your custom message here. Don’t forget to delete this paragraph before inputting your message and sending the Bonus Scenario.> THAT SUNFISH BASTARD IS DOING THE DEPRESSION THING AGAIN. STOP HIM NOW]
Joonghyuk watches from the couch as the four ladies look at a blue screen in front of them. Dokja’s mom shakes her head with a smile, Jihye looks extremely conflicted and as for the other two…
Sooyoung and Heewon don’t even bother to close the pop up before they jump Joonghyuk.
“What the f-” he doesn’t have the time to finish his sentence.
“WOW THIS ANGRY BITCH IS SO STRONG AND HANDSOME!” Sooyoung says out loud as she grabs him by the wrist and pats his… face.
“YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO PAT THE HEAD!” Heewon screams as she pats his head but forgets the compliment part.
“OH YEAH!” Sooyoung now pats him on the head. “DON’T FORGET THE COMPLIMENT!”
“OH DAMN, WHAT A SOFT FLUFFY HAIR!” Heewon says enthusiastically.
Joonghyuk slaps their hands away from his head. But suddenly there’s another pat on his head from someone behind the couch.
“Master is so understanding and generous and he won’t be mad at me for completing the scenario due to the immeasurable goodness in his heart!” Jihye says behind him.
“What the HELL is going on?!” Joonghyuk asks pushing the ladies away from him.
Sooyoung grabs his hand and shoves it on his own head. “QUICK! SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT YOURSELF!”
“WHAT!??” Joonghyuk is very confused.
“HE MEANS HE’S VERYPROUDOFHIMSELFFORHISHARDWORK!” Sooyoung manages to yell on the last second.
[Time is up]
[Han Sooyoung received 1,000,000 coins]
[Jung Heewon received 1,000,000 coins]
[Lee Jihye received 1,000,000 coins]
[Yoo Joonghyuk received 1,000,000 coins]
[The additional reward is being prepared for the first person to clear the Scenario]
[First person to clear the Scenario: Han Sooyoung]
“Phew! That was close!” Sooyoung says wiping her brow. Then she pats Joonghyuk on the head again “You’re welcome by the way.”
“Ohohoho! Nice save! He got a million coins too!” Heewon says looking at the pop ups.
Joonghyuk is trying to put two and two together. The ladies were talking about Kim Dokja’s situation. Then suddenly they got agitated, started petting and complimenting him, they all got a million coins each and Sookyung is standing there with an ‘I-told-you-so’ face.
As if sensing Joonghyuk’s thoughts, Jihye says, “Master, Dokja is fine. Not only he’s fine, but he got Other-Master’s phone and bank account.”
“Oh… is that so?” Joonghyuk asks trying not to sound super relieved to hear that.
Meanwhile, in N’gai.
“Ah! Quick! I need a piece of paper! I want to send Sooyoung a letter!” Dokja says. Then he turns to 666. “Can you take another picture of me? So they can see I’m ok?”
666 makes a concerned face before he says, “But you look paler since you got stabbed by the Shantanks. If they see you now, they’ll be more worried.”
“Come to think of it, you did use all our rare elixirs, right? I guess your body was in a worse condition than we thought.” 999 says reaching for his bedside table.
Dokja and 666 feel the cold sweats on their backs.
“Yeah, that’s right.” Dokja says.
“It’s no use. We’ll have to send the only picture we have from before the Shantanks.” 777 says.
“Oh yeah! The romantic dinner one!” 888 says.
“Here you go.” 999 says as he hands Dokja a normal sized notebook and a pencil.
“Thanks, love.” Dokja says absentmindedly and starts writing something.
999 blushes immediately.
666 covers his mouth as he looks between them.
“WHAT?” 888 asks in shock.
“WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY???” 777 also asks in shock.
“I said I want to send Sooyoung a letter and a picture of me. That way she can organize the group for the next quest instead of trying to find me or whatever.” Dokja says while writing the letter. Not really noticing what got the kkomas so worked up.
Dokja goes on. “There’s a quest the company should do to get a very strong ally. He’s so strong he has to divide his consciousness, much like Plotter and you guys.”
Dokja rips the page from the notebook, folds it in half and gives it to 666. “Can you send it along with the photo?”
666 nods. “Of course.”
Meanwhile, in the Industrial Complex.
[Secretive Plotter says he’ll rejoin the group in a while]
[Secretive Plotter says the Company should do the Journey to the West quest]
[Secretive Plotter says Journey to the West is cool beans]
[Secretive Plotter says he wants the role of Sun Wukong]
[Secretive Plotter says to give a hug and a kiss to Biyoo for him]
[Secretive Plotter says bye bye]
Then a box appears in front of Sooyoung.