September 30, 2030

  Gamamusa started walking toward Baek and Kim Dae-hyun, with a plastic container filled with poisonous gas on he's back. He saw Baek trying to support Kim Dae-hyun on the shoulder and help him, and he beckoned over to come. "Hey, you can't run nowhere in that state. Come here, okay?" Baek looked back at Gamamusa and bit his lips tightly. Gamamusa sighed. "…If you're going to run away, why don't you put him down and come this way? My target is Kim Dae-hyun, not you."

  Baek pointed his gun at him. It contained only blank bullets, but it would hurt a lot if he got hit. Gamamusa raised his hand. "Woah, I'm not trying to hurt you. Just hand him over here. You don't have to die!" Baek answered, tightening his mouth. "Don't make me laugh. I can't leave him alone. I-- I already have blood on my hands." Gamamusa approached him and hesitated. "… Your fault? Who was the one that made you drink then?" Baek was confused by Gamamusa's words. "… What? How… Who the hell are you?"

  ...

  "The defendant, Baek Hyung-jin, was driving a car while drunk, putting his underage passengers in danger. In addition, he crashed into the other vehicle on the way, plunging 7 out of 8 passenger passengers who were minors into a coma, and plunging 1 passenger into a critical condition. In addition, he crashed into a minor student who was in the passenger seat of the other vehicle and fell into a coma. Since this is a heartbreaking accident that caused a total of 9 minor student victims, the defendant Baek Hyung-jin, who caused this accident, is sentenced to 10 years in prison and 2 years in probation."

  The victims' parents sat in the stands and sobbed. Some cursed at Baek and some spat at him. They were the ones who misguided their children and made them the worst, but they got angry when their children fell into a coma. "My son...my daughter! Why don't you go wake them up from coma! You garbage!" Baek looked at them with a blank look on his face. He remembered them yelling and obstructing justice when he's 'friends' were accused of assaulting soldiers at a police station. Baek didn't feel any guilt for them.

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  As the courtroom became rowdy, the judge knocked on the gavel. "Be quiet! Make the courtroom noisy and I'll kick you out! Jang stared quietly at the bleachers. Then the parents soon went silent. They were sure that Jang would stand by them. Jang's son was one of the victims Baek created in the first place. However, he disappointed them. "… I admit that the accused was drunk. But, Judge, Baek drank with his friends, and if you look at the black box you can see that clearly, Kim Dae-hyun recommended Baek to drive. I'm sorry, but the accused is only appropriate for five years in juvenile detention."

  Kim flinched when he heard his name in the bleachers. The parents all got up and fumed. "Hey! Cheol-jin! Are you crazy? Don't you know that my children are on the verge of dying because of him?" Chang turned to his parents with a cold eye. "You should have stopped your children from drinking alcohol in the first place. Didn't Baek participate arbitrarily because he's friends were all blinded by illegality? Do you think I don't know that you are partially responsible for my son's near death?" Jang said, making the parents dumbfounded. Some parents still got angry, but couldn't refute logically.

  ...

  Kim Dae-hyun collapsed with his eyes turned upside down. Unable to bear his weight, Baek collapsed. As Gamamusa approached, Baek blocked between him and Gamamusa with an uncomfortable body. "No.. Don't kill him.. I beg you." Gamamusa looked down at him and smirked. He held the sprayer in his hand and put it on his face. "It's my last warning. If you don't get out of the way, I'll kill you, too." Baek tearfully grabbed the sprayer. Gamamusa looked down at him with astonished eyes. "Yo.. are you crazy? Do you want to die here? Really?"

  Baek quietly lowered his head. "… Yes, I want to die. I was already dead the day I killed Jang. Please… just kill me." Gamamusa looked down at him in vain. "… It's not your fault. What's wrong with you? He's the one who ordered you to drink!" Baek looked up. "… I know. But I can't allow others to die in front of me. If you're going to do it, do it in a place that I don't see him."

  Gamamusa sighed and looked at him with pathetic eyes. "...You don't want blood on your hands? Whatever..." Gamamusa looked at him for a moment, and then turned around and started walking. Baek was confused. "Where are you going? Didn't you come to kill him?" Gamamusa put out his middle finger on Kim without looking back. "My goal is to put the blame on Kim Dae-hyun for the situation. I was going to desert here, but if I ran away from the military base, the NIS will chase me down. I needed a distraction." Gamamusa did not take off his gas mask until the very end and moved on.