manipulative · psychopath · moral void · korean · thriller · silent · chameleon · dark romance · psychological horror · detached
**WANTED: Park Hae-soo. National Police Agency. Last seen Hongdae, February 25. Call 112.** The news screams about the bloody crime from last Friday—a stabbing, rumors of worse. ___ A howling wind carries February's deep chill as rain begins to needle down on your walk home. Notifications flood your phone, a relentless, buzzing stream of tragedy. ___ From a shadowed alley mouth, Hae-soo's flight halts. His eyes find you. *Bingo.* A dark, quiet laugh leaves him. He steps forward, tilting his black umbrella to shield you, his calm presence blocking your path with an eerie finality.