Code V | BTS

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Uneasiness was in people's expressions after hearing Seokjin's decision. Being caught in a drug scandal was detrimental to a business's future even if they were only indirectly involved. They couldn't understand why CEO Kim would draw trouble onto himself.

However, Seokjin was thinking many steps ahead of them.

Clarity couldn't help but shudder at the man who was tapping his fingers in an unusually light manner. Seokjin had suppressed his emotions behind his cold eyes, but she could tell after knowing him for so long.

He was excited.

"What if Senyu's CEO refuses the invitation?" Someone asked.

"He won't." Seokjin spoke like a prophet, his words weighing down the room with absolute authority.

If it were a normal banquet, there was no way knowing that Senyu's CEO would for sure attend. However, this was hosted by none other than Bangtan Corporation, their top rival company. The boss of Senyu was going to attend this banquet, and knowing that their transaction partner was also invited, he was going to plan a drug transaction here. Seokjin was sure of it.

Like themselves, Senyu was also looking for opportunities to get rid of their competitors. By trading on Bangtan's grounds, even if something went wrong, the host company would also inevitably be thrown under investigation. It was like killing two birds with one stone.

Seokjin knew that was how Senyu's mind worked, which was he felt more certainty than ever that this would also be an optimal opportunity to get rid of them once and for all.

The leader of Senyu, like himself, worked on a business mindset. The CEO was a greedy old man who did things based on incentives and consequences. Seokjin was planning to go along with his plan, have the transaction to happen, then screw them over at their own game.

Kill two birds with one stone? That was not enough.

They would throw their leader into jail, eliminate Orin as a foreign business competitor, destroy Senyu Corporation as a whole, raise Bangtan's reputation as a moral company while enhancing their notoriety in the underground mafia factions—all in this one banquet.

Kim Seokjin, the central figure of this meeting, was currently smiling like a villain.

It would be five birds with one stone.

Namjoon shook his head at the eldest's evil plotting as he finished his explanation to the people in the room, whose faces were covered in both fear and relief. Fear because of CEO Kim's merciless plans; relief because they were not the target of his obliterations.

Witnessing all this with a complicated gaze, she watched with as Seokjin leaned back on his chair with a smile both charismatic and cunning.

"Code V—that is the name of this operation."

Clarity couldn't help but stare in awe.

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Contrary to the attendees' dreary expressions as they were released from the meeting, the members of Bangtan were in enlightened moods. Seokjin, in particular, was humming lightly as he gazed out the car window.

With all the planned schedules finished for the day, they were on their way back to Bangtan's mansion. Taehyung was driving with Clarity in the passenger seat, while Namjoon and Seokjin sat in the back.

A banquet...Why does that sound familiar?

The short haired girl couldn't help but frown at the progression of things.