Mingi's eyes alternates between Soyeon's painting and the painting behind James Lee in the picture. "Oh crap, it's the same one."

"Similar," Hongjoong corrects him. "Not the same one. Soyeon recreated the painting. Basically for every painting that she posted, it's related to each crime the Reflectors have done. It depends on what she's connecting, but the connection is too consistent for me to say that it's a coincidence. Like this one is the painting of a swimming pool." He points to the 25th picture, before showing a newspiece of the 25th crime done. "The victim of the 25th crime has the same exact swimming pool as the one Soyeon painted. I've checked up until the 99th post, and everything matches. Like the painting of the trees with its leaves falling down? Well that's because the crime did happen during autumn season."

"So you're saying... Soyeon is confirmed to be a part of the Reflectors? Since Danbi did mention about them suspecting her to be a part of them."

"It doesn't really prove whether she's related to the Reflectors or not. It could just be that she's interested and followed every news of the crimes done by them. Because her post every time would be put up a few days after the news were reported. Unless, it depends on how long she actually takes to paint them. She couldn't be committing the crimes and painting a connection right after that, could she?"

"If your connection proves to be correct," Mingi starts, "then does it mean a painting of something related to Anna Yoo's house would come up next as her 100th post?"

"Maybe," Hongjoong says, but he looks worried. "Only every painting in her studio correlated with what she posted, except for one."

"The painting of two similar people," Mingi continues his suspicion, referring to the painting that's still on the easel, splattered with red paint. "What is that supposed to signify?"

"If she is painting about her twin, does that mean she's aiming for Danbi next?" Hongjoong creases his forehead.

"But we're not sure whether it's supposed to even signify a twin. What if it's merely a depiction of a reflection?"

"But it's her face," Hongjoong replies. "It doesn't make sense if she's trying to relate it to the next Reflectors' crime. Is she pointing towards the fact that Danbi is their next target? Or both her and Danbi are the Reflectors' next target?" He ruffles his blue hair as he rests his elbows against the table. "It's the painting of the twin... or reflection that's making me nervous."

"Reflectors never hurt people," Mingi reminds him. "I mean, if we're talking about worrying for Danbi's safety; considering how Reflectors only aim for their wealth and not the people themselves... then this mansion would be the target. Not Danbi herself."

"You're right, you're right," Hongjoong breathes, but in his tone there's still something that's making him feel unsettled. "What if there's something different this time? Look, Soyeon never painted faces in any of the posts. But the painting left on the easel is the only one with a face. And it's her face. Or Danbi's... I don't know."

"Maybe we'll see if she will upload her hundredth post... wherever she is now," Mingi helps to answer. "Whatever it is."

Hongjoong looks at the screens for a little longer before shutting them off and he claims, "That is as far as I can tell about the 'stories' behind her paintings. The reason behind her disappearance is still unknown."

"Do you think that the rest of them..." Mingi refers to her bodyguards, her boyfriend and Yeosang, "has stopped searching for her because they have found out something? It doesn't seem like they're searching for her anymore."

"For her bodyguards," Hongjoong tries to reason it out, "they take orders from Bae Wonshik, and considering that he is now the prime minister, there's nothing much they can do without attracting attention. Not to mention how sticky the situation would be when Bae Wonshik had only introduced one daughter, and that is Danbi. To bring attention with a search for another daughter would only be a mess. So I guess the bodyguards are limited with that. As for Yeosang... well he did say that he's literally powerless; he's only her driver. I'm sure that he wants to find her as soon as possible, but again, with the limitation of not wanting to bring unnecessary attention to the Bae household, there's not much he can do. Wooyoung..." he seems to think for a bit, "he doesn't seem like he's bound to Bae Wonshik's rules to not find Soyeon publicly, but he's the only person who would have a strong motive to find her and with his position as the CEO, I'm pretty sure he can find her if he wants to."

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