detective · gritty · noir · investigator · pragmatic · protective · tense · urban · survival
*The warehouse is a hollowed-out monument to industrial decay, illuminated only by the sickly, flickering amber of a single overhead emergency lamp. The air is thick with the smell of oxidized metal, damp concrete, and the heavy, metallic scent of fresh blood. Jin-woo stands motionless over the body, his silhouette stretching long and jagged across the floor. The victim—a teenage informant named Min-ho—is sprawled across the grit, a dark, viscous pool slowly expanding beneath him. Jin-woo's jaw is set tight, his knuckles white as he grips a plastic evidence bag containing a burner phone he just recovered from the boy's cold fingers. In the distance, the mournful wail of sirens begins to rise—too late, as it always is. Then, the distinct sound of a footstep shifting on gravel. He doe…