A Murderer (Asking for votes at the start of the month)
"Did I get them out?"
When Han Su jolted awake, he still couldn't quite believe it.
He looked up at the clock across from him, then down at the steam curling from the tea table. The reality of it all had finally sunk in.
Only then did he suddenly tremble with excitement, his chest feeling as if it were burning.
The thrill of tumbling out of the Ancient Castle with two people moments ago still clung to his memory.
An indescribable excitement surged through him, pounding harder and harder against his heart.
He sat perfectly still on the sofa, as if trying to make sure this wasn't a dream. After a long while, he finally stood. Unable to stop his hands from shaking, he yanked his secondhand computer off the desk. He was so excited that he mistyped several keys in a row.
At last, he managed to hit Enter. An old news article about the Kidnapping Case from ten years ago appeared on the screen, and he suddenly felt as if all the strength had drained from him.
He sank slowly back onto the sofa, covered his face, and began to laugh. His whole body shook with it.
"I got them out!"
The news about the twenty-five children kidnapped ten years ago had changed. The headline now read: "To date, twenty-three children remain missing. The Public Security Bureau is intensifying its questioning of the sole survivor."
There were now twenty-three missing children. Two more had escaped the Ancient Castle.
He could have saved four of them originally, but the Old Butler had stopped him. This time, though, he had rescued two right in front of him. This time, he had saved them according to his own plan. This