Lost Memories | A Liskook Adaptation

Chapter 119: Milliseconds Apart

The moment she receives Chatterbox's message outlining the date of the injuring others incident, Lalisa knows that it's not the right one.

Firstly, without a doubt, A didn't write the poem. He doesn't have the literary skills to. It was most likely L who wrote it.

L does not have compassion. He only cares about himself and definitely does not have any concept of punishing the evil. How could he possibly write a poem for an innocent person and write it with so many feelings?

And even if it were A, he only kills others based on his liking; he doesn't seem to show any views of justice.

Therefore, the prediction from Chatterbox and the others cannot be correct. And thinking more carefully about the poem, "the sky changes colors", "the clouds above his head", they can signify something else explosion.

In addition, "crawling among the crowd" is such an obvious behavior. They can be sure that this poem is writing about A's process of committing a crime.

As for "the little bird's wings have been clipped" and "using its legs to fly", it clearly signifies a certain downfall and change in life. "Wings are returned to him": could this be the new life that the mentally ill are chasing for?

And "that day" and "until one day" are concepts of time. Since the password is a string of numbers, Lalisa can predict that the numbers must be from a certain explosion case.

But, which one is it?

There are two dates that match her criteria.

One of them is the date of A's first time committing a crime. Lalisa has flipped through the documents many times, so she remembers the date clearly. It's 20080630. If the metaphors in the poem are writing about A finally carrying out his first crime to search fo a new meaning in life, just like how Kim Seokjin said "his life started to ignite" before the cliff, then this date matches with the criteria.

But there's a second date: 20090420.

Lalisa takes a deep breath thinking about this. It's the time when the seven-member organization fought with the police causing many bloodsheds; it's the date of when she and Jungkook were separated. Using Jieun's words, it was also when the seven-member organization started breaking apart.

Therefore, if the metaphors are talking about this incident, it would make sense too.

As for the alphabet letters at the end, Lalisa can't figure it out yet. If they're the letters representing the seven-member organization, there's too many. If they're supposed to be combined, she can't think of any English words or romanization from the letters.

She looks up at Jungkook. Just as she wants to grasp the time to talk to him, a terrifying child's scream comes from the crowd behind them, "AHH-It hurts!" And then a woman shrieks, "My child! My child! Don't step on her, don't step on her!"

Lalisa and Jungkook both turn around. They can actually see a seven to eight year-old girl on the ground being stepped on by the crowd blindly. Her mother has been pushed away two to three meters from her, she's pale as she screams and tries to make her way back. And people who see the girl are subconsciously moving away, but due to the massive crowd, people are being shoved around and many end up stepping on the girl's body. The girl's voice suddenly goes silent; as if she's dead.

Jungkook and Lalisa don't hesitate any longer.

"Move aside! The girl's going to die from you stepping on her!" Jungkook's face is as cold as ice. He pushes a big and tall man away in front of him. He releases Lalisa's hand and rushes toward the girl. The big man's face changes due to being pushed, "What's with the pushing?! Who doesn't want to live now?! Move aside!" He reaches out his arm to push Jungkook. But before he touches Jungkook, Jungkook dodges quickly. He tilts his head slightly and his face is stern like a statue. He punches him fiercely in the face!