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@Jiho "I don't think so. I will erase your name from the file once I get back to my office and announce to everyone that you're "fired". So you may go now," Myungsoo dismissed her with a wave of his hand as he got up from his seat. He was a little sad about parting ways with Jiho. He had, to be honest, enjoyed spending time with the young female -- it was a refreshing change from his usual daily routine as President. But he comforted himself by thinking to himself that if he wanted, he could always visit her and tried his best to hide the sadness from his face. He then placed his card on the scanner once more and opened the door so that Jiho could leave.

@Jiho "I don't think you're weird. Just... amusing at times," Myungsoo told her honestly before adding, "Well, so long as you're work hard. You shouldn't bother what people think of you."
Seeing that the other understood, relief and gladness washed over him. After all, he didn't want the female to think of him as unreasonable. That was certainly not an impression that he wanted to give her.
"Thank you for your understanding and for the help. And yes, really. I have lived in similar conditions before so I would definitely not be grossed out," he replied, not wanting to go too much into detail. He didn't really like revealing too much about his past, after all. Just the mere mention of it would hurt him.

@Jiho "I suppose I can. But why would they be glad that you're fired anyway?" Myungsoo asked, puzzled. He thought that she and her co-workers were at least on good terms. Guess he might be wrong. Seeing the disappointed look on Jiho's face, the male sighed softy and looked at her with a solemn expression.
"Good to hear that. Please understand that I'm trying to keep you safe. I know you wanted to continue but I can't risk you getting you found by Artemis. But I suppose that I could at least contact or find you if there's missing information. Nothing more though," he replied before adding, "It's ok. I don't mind a gross-looking house." After all, he had lived in a run-down house before when he was a kid so he was used to it.

@Jiho "That's what I thought," Myungsoo nodded. He almost wanted to cheer but he managed to catch himself just before he did it. It would look weird to Jiho if he did it. Besides, there's the catch that she had mentioned...
"That's true. So you have to be in hiding then, as you've said," he agreed, frowning before continuing, "Hopefully this would work. And if that's the case, I would probably have to tell your co-workers about it. As for the information retrieval..." He paused for a moment, thinking about it and then said, "You should just get the last bit of info here and after all this, I will think about whether you should continue. But I would most likely assign you another task or something. For safety reasons, of course." He then took a deep breath and looked at Jiho in the eye.
"So are you fine with all these?" he asked.

@Jiho When the other said that she was just a nobody, the young male shook his head and looked at her, dead serious.
"No, you're not. You are a valued member of this organisation, just like everyone else here. I set up this organisation so that people would not get hurt ever again like I had and if I can't even protect you or any of the other members, I failed my duty as President of Apollo," he said with emotion, something which he usually didn't show or let out. He almost couldn't concentrate properly when he got back to checking on the female but he told himself to focus. At Jiho's mention of an idea, he looked at her in surprise.
"You do?" he asked and then listened to her idea.
"Erase you? As in erase your name from the file that contains the members' names?" he questioned as he processed the idea. If that was what Jiho meant, it was not a bad idea actually. If the people of Artemis thought that Jiho was no longer in the company, they wouldn't go after her. At least it's better than not doing anything at all.

@Jiho Seeing that Jiho was already doing her thing before he warned her, Myungsoo sighed softly and crossed his fingers, hoping for the best. He could only smiled a little in return as Jiho continued with her job. Despite her reassuring that she would be fine, he still wasn't convinced.
"You know, I could assign bodyguards to protect you if you need. Even though, yes, Apollo is safe but I think it's better to be safe than sorry," he said, trying to hide the worry in his voice. He was starting to regret assigning this mission to Jiho. How could he assign something that could potentially put one of his employees in danger, especially to such a young female like Jiho? With her talent, she had such a bright and promising future but because of his somewhat selfish desire to take down Artemis, he was inhibiting her of that. But it was too late to turn back now. So all he could was to carry on checking on her and repeatedly hoped that all would turn out well.

@Jiho "Don't mention it. It's what I'm supposed to do," Myungsoo replied. The male then looked at the screen, watching the information being processed and transferred to the flash drive. Once the information had been transferred, he received the flash drive from Jiho, his fingers brushing against the hard flash drive. He then slipped it into his pocket for safe-keeping.
"Thank you," he thanked her. When the other said they should continue, he nodded.
"If that's the case, you may continue then," he said before adding, "But anything goes awry, inform me and stop whatever you're doing. I really don't want you putting yourself into danger."
Even though he said that in a somewhat neutral tone, he was actually pretty worried for her. Who knew what Artemis could do if they found out that Jiho was behind all this -- that organisation was capable of doing anything, even the extreme and the unthinkable. After all, he had to ensure his employee's safety. This was a promise he made to himself when he set up the company -- to make sure no one suffered like he had ever again.

@Jiho It took every muscle in Myungsoo's body to stop himself from laughing when Jiho's hair got into her face. He felt a little bad for being like this but he couldn't deny that it was humorous and in a way, adorable. Upon realising what he had just thought, he scolded himself once more for thinking like that again. He then looked at Jiho gesturing at his entire body and nodded slowly.
"Ok. I get what you mean," he told her. He continued watching her doing her work, her ability to steal information with just a click of the mouse and a little bit of typing never ceasing to amaze him. He listened carefully as the 19-year-old explained the situation.
"Makes sense. So we should do just that," he agreed, referring to saving the information in a flash drive. He raised an eyebrow, amused, when the other sat in an Indian sitting position but decided to ignore it. He then got off from his seat and quickly searched for a flash drive. After a bit of combing here and there, he found one and passed it to Jiho.
"Here you go," he said before continuing, "As for getting more information, I don't think we should take the risk. Unless you want to, that is."
At the last sentence, he eyed the female meaningfully. As much as he wanted to get more information, he didn't want to arouse suspicion from Artemis and possibly put Jiho in danger.

@Jiho Myungsoo couldn't hold back a small smile when he saw that Jiho was satisfied with the laptop. He was glad about that -- it was his job to give the best facilities and things to his employees, after all. The smile remained on his face when the other smiled but he quickly covered it up with a straight face. He then noticed the uncomfortable look on Jiho's face and frowned.
"Am I making you uncomfortable, Miss Jiho? If so, I apologise," he said. He was not one to like making people feel uncomfortable, after all. He then nodded.
"I understand. So I should feel honoured that I'm the first to see this, huh?" he said before folding his arms and adding calmly, "Well, if you feel strange to be showing me, your boss, all these, just pretend that I'm invisible."
He watched as the young female IT staff began her work, impressed by how professional and skillful she was, clicking this and clicking that. It was as though the internet was her second home and she knew the whole system at the back of her hand. Correction: she did know it at the back of her hand.
"It was just as they say. She is indeed a whizz when it comes to technology," he thought, nodding in approval. Looks like he chose the right candidate for the job.

@Jiho "That's correct," Myungsoo nodded as he watched the other hurriedly taking the seat.
"Someone looks excited," he remarked, his lips curled into a small smirk. He then sat down beside Jiho and watched, amused, as the other inspected the laptop.
"She looked as though she has never seen a laptop in her life, even though that's not the case," he thought. Even though at the same time it was rather... endearing to see her like this.
"Ah, why am I thinking that this?" he scolded himself, disgusted and cross that he would have such thoughts for an employee. Shaking that thought out of his mind, he looked at Jiho square in the eye.
"Yes, I am. Unless you have any issues with that?" he asked, raising an eyebrow before continuing, "Yes, your job is to steal blueprints and whatever vital information like their plans are the things. "

@Jiho "Yes, a special assignment," Myungsoo answered without looking back. He then glanced back to check that Jiho was following him. Once he saw that the other was behind him, he placed his ID card on the scanner which beeped in response and opened the door to reveal a somewhat spacious room with a table, two chairs and computer sitting on the table. Myungsoo then entered the room.
"There. That should give us a bit of privacy when we're doing the special assignment. This is a top secret assignment, after all. Besides we don't want to get distracted or distract others," he said, closing the door behind them. He turned to look at Jiho.
"Ok. So your assignment is to simply steal information from Artemis. I know that it's wrong to be doing that but we need the information if we were to bring down Artemis. I will be supervising you and checking your progress," he explained before adding,"Any questions?"

@Jiho Myungsoo blinked, surprised and amused once more, when Jiho high-fived him. Even though he was pretty sure that was not how an employee should greet her boss, he honestly didn't mind at all -- he wasn't particularly strict. "It's fine. And good to hear that you're alright," he replied, returning the handshake. He then raised an eyebrow and nodded slowly when the female rambled about breaks.
"Ok... my apologies then, Miss Jiho" he apologised. At the other's question, the corner of his lips twitched into a small, amused smile.
"Not to worry. You're not in trouble. As for that vending machine..." he began loudly on purpose so that the staff's attention was drawn and that they looked up.
"I see that I deal with the culprit personally," he finished. He glanced at the staff in an intimidating manner, causing some of them to cower in their seats.
"Thank you informing me, Miss Jiho. Unlike some irresponsible people who did not inform me," he continued, looking at the staff meaningfully. He then turned to look at Jiho.
"Anyway, before we got off topic, the reason why I asked for you is because I need you for a special assignment. So follow me," he beckoned the young female IT staff to a door just opposite the entrance.

@Jiho Myungsoo looked at the IT staff calmly, waiting patiently for Jiho to come forward. Despite his cool demeanor, he was actually pretty curious how Jiho looked like. He had heard about her, sure, but he hadn't really met her in person. He then watched as an employee, and then an IT staff, pushed a female towards him. She had long hair with glasses and he must say she was rather pretty. But what really stood out was her colourful clothes.
"That must be Jiho," he deduced. He then cocked his head and looked at Jiho, amused when the ball of the Kendama hit the female IT staff's face. He certainly didn't remember his employees telling him that young lady had quite an interesting personality. Or it could be just be that there were so much stuff and employees he needed to manage that he couldn't really remember.
"Fancy you playing with the Kendama when you're supposed to be working. Are you alright?" he asked, folding his arms. The amused look on his face was gone, replaced by his typical straight face.
"So you're Jiho, as I've guessed. I'm not sure if you know me but I'm Myungsoo, President of this organisation," he continued, offering his hand for a handshake.

@Jiho Myungsoo frowned as he made his way to the monitoring room, his black heels clicking against the marble floor as he walked. With Artemis becoming stronger than ever, they was a need to get information that Apollo could make use of to defeat its arch-enemy. Or rather, stealing information... The male knew it was absolutely, positively wrong to be doing that but there was no other choice -- it had to be done. So now he was looking for this female called Jiho to give this special assignment to. That young female had left him quite an impression on him when she first applied as an IT staff here, having such prodigy in technology. And that was the kind of person he was looking for.
When he arrived at the monitoring room, he pressed a button, causing the door to open with a soft "hiss". He stepped inside the room and was immediately greeted by the staff there to whom he greeted back. He then cleared his throat.
"Sorry for interrupting everyone here from their job but is Miss Jiho around?" he asked, his face having its usual look of seriousness.