"Kim continued pleading with Jack, desperate for support. "Help me... Please, my brother... help me!"
Jack was bewildered. "What? Kim, what is it?"
"The driver..." Kim stammered. "The one who caused the accident... he was talking to 'Rouen'—my neighbor. It was the same person, the same build!"
Jack gasped, "What?! How... why would he be talking to him?"
"I... I don't know," Kim replied. "I don't know what to do..."
Tears began to stream down his cheeks.
"Please, Jack... you're my only friend... I'm begging you..."
Jack looked at him, his heart torn.
"But, what do you want me to do?"
Kim slowly raised his head. His eyes, which were once gentle and kind, were now overflowing with pure resentment.
"I want to kill them."
"What—what are you saying?! Kim, no! Let's go to the police. They'll investigate—"
"I will kill them."
Kim's voice dropped; it became cold and heavy.
"If you won't help me... then thank you, Jack."
Jack froze in his tracks, muttering in shock:
"Kim... is this really you? My friend...? What happened to you...? Has revenge turned you into this monster...?"
Jack remembered—fragments of the past flashed before him.
Jack, too, was once just like Kim.
Shy... avoiding confrontations... terrified of the sight of blood.
But time had changed him.
Returning to the present, he stared intensely at Kim:
"Even when you were afraid of blood... even when you never fought back against the bullies because you didn't want to hurt anyone... now... you want to kill?"
Kim remained silent.
Then Jack spoke again, this time with a chilling calm:
"So... what now, Kim? What do we do?"
Kim let out a bitter, hollow laugh.
"Heh... you're still with me? You... you never hated me. Not even when I was at my weakest. You loved me for no reason other than... because you were my friend. So how could you leave me now?"
Jack offered a faint, grim smile:
"Kim... I am either with you, or against you. And I am not against you."
A laugh echoed between them, then faded into the cold air.
"Tell me then, Kim—what is your decision?"
Kim stared directly into his eyes.
"I want you by my side, my friend. Because the darkness has become our home... and vengeance has become our destiny."