Thrown In as Bait, the E-Rank Lantern Wakes Up Every Time He Dies novel · Chapter 20 of 24
Chapter 20: Mapo 3
The gold curl lay on the velvet, and every camera in the chamber pushed in on the yellow under it.
The old fire captain was already on his feet.
"Mapo Fire Station, Truck 3," he said. "I signed for that lamp in the spring of 2015 and handed it to my newest man."
"Every probie scratches his initials inside the rim the first week. Turn it over."
The guard looked at the Director.
The Director didn't move, so the guard looked at the lawyer, and she nodded.
He lifted the lamp off its stand and tipped it toward the light.
Three letters were scratched into the metal inside the rim, crooked.
"J, W, S," the guard read.
The captain sat down slowly.
"I told the inquiry he went into that building alone, against my orders," he said to the table.
"I never told them why. He heard children."
In the gallery, Gyeol put his face in his hands.
The Lamp Guild's counsel was on his feet, asking for a recess.
"Denied," said the woman from Incheon, before the Director could open his mouth. "We'll hear the rest."
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