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"This is how you became aware of me. You were the one who put everything into motion behind the scene." Scott said with a nod as though it explained a lot. 0

"Yes, I did." Nathaniel answers, not bothering to hide it any longer.

"But why? Why did you go to such length? Why involve yourself like that!?" Na-Yung asked.

"Because I never had friends when I was young and now that I had a few, I was not willing to see you died. I did what I have to do in order to protect you. More than that, there were civilians killed in the crossfire, they deserved to be avenged and we needed as a country to send a powerful message to people who wanted to do that ever again that we will come for them, whoever they may be." Nathaniel answers in a powerful voice making them take a double take on him.

After that outburst, Na-Yung and Scott look at each other for a moment. These two paths would never have crossed if it weren't for the blond man in front of them who would never take no for an answer. A normal person would have quit face to the gigantic task that they wanted to take on but Nathaniel just threw all that away and did it anyway just for loyalty.

"Can I ask how in the world you manage to find yourself at a place where you can recruit from the CIA without repercussion?" Na-Yung curiously.

"Well it's easy enough to explain. I was…." He started before being stopped by Scott.

"Sir." Scott interrupts, shaking his head.

"I know her Scott." Nathaniel said, directing a frown at him.

"Sir, there is more than yourself on the line, you should think about that first." He spoke again, not backing down like he always does.

Thinking about it, Nathaniel realized that Scott was right. Even if Na-Yung was his friend, there were other people that could get hurt if he trusts the wrong person. And even he could see that Na-Yung had changed a little, taking into account where she was coming from, Nathaniel didn't know if he could trust her like he did in the past. In fact, he would have to keep an eye on her to be prudent.

"Your right, I'm sorry. Na-Yung I would love to say everything but you would need to sign an NDA before I do. Everyone here is subject to that rule, Scott included."

"Yes, it's quite understandable. Can I know at least what this place is and what is going on with Scott and the two other people I see working outside dismantling everything?" She asked.

Exchanging a stare with Scott who nodded at the silent questions, Nathaniel started to explain.

"We called this place the 'Bunker' as it was an anti aerial bunker when the building got constructed. When my grandfather bought the tower, he sealed it as he had no plan for it. I reopened it recently and renovated it to suit our purpose. Scott, Lina and Hans are members of my team who accept to work with me in order to make the world a better place. They are not the only ones who are in it but they are the only ones who are here right now." Nathaniel explained.

"I see and curiously, it does look like you to create something like that. How did you recruit them and the others?"

"Well, you know how Scott and I met, the rest is private and you could ask him for the details if you want as they are not mine to give. About Hans, he's second to none in terms of engineering and technical skills, I noticed him when he started going Robin Hood on big companies in Germany. Lina on the other hand appeared on my radar when she hacked my computer in order to have my album before it was released. I was impressed by her hacking skills so I invited her in. The others are all the best in what they do."

"Can I join?" She asked.

"Why would you want to do that? Now that your family is not at risk from your uncle anymore, you could go back to South Korea. Your father mentioned this while we talked. You have friends over there as well that you must want to see again." Nathaniel asked with a puzzled expression.

"This is true, all of it. I'm sure my parents are going to ask me to go back with them but I don't want to. I want to stay here and help you the best that I can. What you are proposing to do is crazy, look undoable but since it's you, I believe you will pull it off." She said, Nathaniel noticed Scott nodding at that in the corner of his eyes. "You also saved me and my family, I can't just leave knowing that you will risk your life to do what your heart tells you is right."

"And why would I be willing to take you with us? All my people are the best in what they do, I remind you. Did you learn anything of note in your last two month of training with the spies?" He asked with a smile.

"I believe I did." She smirked back at him, her arm moving so quickly it was a blur, a knife leaving her hand in Nathaniel's direction.

The smirk quickly fell off her face when with a clank something hit her knife mid air and knocked it to the ground. Looking at the ground, she noticed another knife on the ground that was not hers. Startled, she looked at Nathaniel with wide eyes.

"How the hell did you do that?" She shouted, lowering herself to pick up the knife that had a weird shape.

"Not so fast." Scott said, his gun trained on her with a professional confidence that made her stop her movement.

"I wasn't…" She tried to justify herself when Nathaniel interrupted her.

"She's telling the truth, you can put away your gun Scott. She was trying to make her point more than she wanted to make a hit on me." Nathaniel said to him before turning back on her. "Sorry, just this desk is new and I wanted to avoid having a knife lodge in it two days after receiving it. You can't believe how much it cost."

"How did you know that I was aiming at the desk?" She asked, getting back to her feet, the throwing knife of Nathaniel on her hand.

"Because you would be dead already if you had aimed it at me or Scott." He said casually.

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