Kang Jin-Ho shot up to his feet. “What happened to Yeong-Gi?”

“S-sir! Y-you gotta hurry inside, sir!”

Kang Jin-Ho didn't ask any further and ran back inside the building. Jang Jae-Hwan followed suit and began running ahead of his senior.

While running, Kang Jin-Ho felt his heart race from an ominous sense of foreboding. Jang Jae-Hwan's pale complexion had hinted at a grim picture.

'No, it can't be!'

Images of the worst-possible situation kept filling up Kang Jin-Ho's mind. However, he kept telling himself that it couldn't be it—that it was unlikely to happen.

The corridor that used to feel so short suddenly seemed ridiculously long today.

Kang Jin-Ho saw Jang Jae-Hwan rushing inside the bathroom and followed him.

“H-here, sir!”

Figurative flames erupted from Kang Jin-Ho's eyes. That was because... He could see that Ju Yeong-Gi was collapsed over a toilet bowl, with the combat boot's lace tied around his throat.

“F*cking hell!” Kang Jin-Ho cursed loudly for what had to be the very first time in his life. “What are you doing, Jae-Hwan?! Pull that crap off Corporal Jang, now!”

“A-ah, yes, sir!” The pale-faced panicking Jang Jae-Hwan hurriedly rushed toward Ju Yeong-Gi’s slumped figure.

Kang Jin-Ho also dashed in and grabbed the boot lace tied around Ju Yeong-Gi's neck before tearing it off in one go. “Jae-Hwan, you idiot! You should have been trying to save Corporal Jang first! Why did you call me instead?!”

“I, I'm sorry, sir...!”

“Goddamn it!” Kang Jin-Ho quickly...