At the police station, Gab was there working with his brother in solving the case that involved Shanelle's car accident case. The case is that, at that time when the accident happen, they are chasing the person they suspect who took the dormant corpse at the museum. The driver of the car died, but according to witnesses, there is someone who is there at the accident scene that time. That can be the suspect of what happened in the museum, and maybe the cause of the accident.
Gab's brother is the Chief of Police so he is free to do whatever he wishes since his brother knows how important Shanelle is in his life.
"Gab, here's the medical records of Shanelle that you asked me to get," Jackson, one of the detectives there, said as he handed him the papers.
"Thank you," he answered and reads the medical records.
"The head nurse there is so strict. She told me that if we don't have a warrant, she can't give that and they don't want to cooperate with the police. Thanks to my friend there, he helps me get that."
Gab tilts his head when he saw the X-ray result of Shanelle. He looks at it for a long time that made Jackson curious.
"Is there a problem Gab?" He asked.
Gab didn't answer. Instead, he took the picture of the accident scene. The picture of Shanelle lying down the ground after the accident.
"Gab?" Jackson asked again.
"The amount of blood isn't proportional to her injuries. Shanelle doesn't have so much injuries where so much blood could come from. She doesn't have injuries, yet she has a lot of blood in her body. That means, if this isn't Shanelle's blood, this might be the criminal's blood," Gab said and looks at Jackson. "Go to the hospital and get Shanelle's dress on that accident."
Jackson nodded and stands up.
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Jam is currently at Shanelle and watching Chihoon as he is looking at camera sales in his laptop. "Do you plan to buy camera, Hyung?" (Hyung is a Korean word used by men for guys older than them)
Chihoon looks at him then nods.
Shanelle rolls her eyes at the closeness that the two guys inside her house is showing. "So, you don't have plans to go to the library today?" She asked Chihoom but the guy didn't bother answering her.
"He can't go there anymore, like duh? Many fans are waiting for him there. And that's only because of some pictures of him trending online. He might be more famous than you when he will enter entertainment," Jam said grinning.
Shanelle scoffed at what Jam said. "Don't tou want your work anymore Jammier Yu?"
Jam's eyes widen and shakes his head many times. "I-i'm just joking you know," he said with a forced smile.
"Tsk," Shanelle answered and looks at the other direction.
Chihoon's phone suddenly rings. "Hello? You're saying that the collector is abroad? When is he coming back? I hope to get the jade back quickly," Chihoon said and puts down his phone.
Shanelle looks at him but because she doesn't want to care about his life, she didn't comment.
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On the other hand, Nicolai Troy Jung, a scientist, and one of Shanelle's ex-boyfriend is busy in teaching his students at the Academy's Science Research Lab. "Mitochondria, also known as Powerhouse, is where cells generate energy. Each time the mitochondria splits, it causes irreparable damage leading to the shortening of the telomere. But once the telomere is shortened to a certain amount, the powerhouse starts to collapse, which results in a complete loss in the capacity to split. The human body will complete the progress from birth to death. As long as the cell spllitting can reach a certain degree of speed, the wound can close rapidly. But the cell splitting in the human body is limited," Troy explains to his students.
"But, isn't it that cancer cells can split unlimited times?" One student asked.
Troy smiled. "The reason cancer cells can split and propagate without limit is due to their process of regenerating from a normal cell to a cancer cell. They take an accomplish called telomerase. Telomerase has a limited use in a normal cell. But in a cancer cell, it has the capacity to repair the telomere that's been shortened through the splitting. As long as we can turn the telomerase to act on normal cells, and turn normal cells into immortal cells, then the issue of anto aging in human beings can see a true breakthrough. If we can find a repair enzyme that is even more perfect than the telomerase then it won't be a total joke to say that humans will never age or die."
After the dormant corpse, which they took care for many years in the museum, was gone, Troy became more serious in his research. That dormant corpse was being taken care of at the museum after he was found 100 years ago under the sea. Police reports said that he has a slit in his neck, making them conclude that he was murdered. The face of the dormant corpse was soggy and looks like a hundred old man that's why they didn't know that he was alive since his face returned to the original one.
They believed that he was stolen from the museum that's why they asked help from the police.
After the lesson, Troy meets Gabrielle outside the laboratory. "Why are you here?" Troy asked him.
"I heard your lesson there. You said that as long as the cell splitting can reach a certain degree of speed, the wound can close quickly, right?"
Troy led out a smile and puts his hand on his pocket. "So, what are you thinking Mr. Idol slash detective-wannabbe?"
Gab shrugged his shoulders. "I just hope that the birth rate and the death rate of human beings can stay within the controllable level so that the Earth can continue its natural development instrad of only an expansion of human malevolence. Like cancer cells of Planet Earth."
Troy snorted. "Well, that's an interesting perspective, but my research is none other than the anti-aging and gene-repair studies. My dream is to change human being into cancer cells of planet earth."
He considered it for a momemt then nods his head. "Seems genuine enough. So going back to business, the reason I came today is to update you on my imvestigation. Here, look at Shanelle's medical record," he said and handed the medical records ro Troy together with the picture of the accident.
Troy looked at it then slits his eyes. "The amount of blood isn't right. Where is Shanelle's dress?"
"That's my oponion also. The nurse said that the dress was missing. That only means that there is a third person in the scene."
Troy thinks for a second. Definitely there's something fishy in here, he thought.
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"What do you think? Who made you into a monster?" Shanelle tilts her head and then shakes her head again. She made her voice more firm. "Who made you into a monster?" She frowned again. She made her voice a sad one. "Who made you into a monster?" No, that's not it, she thought. She makes her voice louder. "Who made you into a monster!!!"
Chihoon's book, which he is reading, suddenly falls down from his grip because of Shanelle's sudden loud voice. She is currently practicing her lines for the nearing filming day or her movie where she will act as a supporting actress.
"Ei, which do you think is the best emotion on that line?" Shanelle asked Chihoon.
Chihoon creased his forehead. "They are all bad," he commented that made Shanelle's shoulder fell down in dissapointment and annoyance.
"You!" She said with her hands on her waist. "Don't you know that I am already an actress?! So you should respect my acting skills!"
Chihoon continued reading his book. "Isn't it that your friend just tell you to take up the role?"
She scowled at him. "So, you really think that I have no acting skills?!"
"If you're happy about it then fine," he shrugged his shoulders and looks at his laptop.
"Psh. Look at that attitude," she walks near him to look at his laptop also. Her eyes widen when she saw that he is looking at the posts about him at the library and the comments about him being 'handsome'. "Ha! Narcissist!"
"Don't close that page. I'm trying to find a way to contact someone," Chihoon said without looking at her.
"Psh," she sits beside him. "Isn't it that you don't know anyone?"
"He told me there's a painting in his great-great-grandfather's house with the person in the painting resembling me a lot. If what he said is true, then I was an acquaintance of his great-great-grandfather 100 years ago. So, I want to contact him to know if his great grandfather has any relics. Maybe he can help me find my enemy quickly."
"Psh, okay," Shanelle stands up again and continued practicing her lines. "I'm not a monster! How would I know what a monster thinks?" She memorized the script while looking at Chihoon when an idea popped her head. "Wait, there is a monster in my house," she went near Chihoon again. She folded her scipt and made it into a fake microphone. "Monster Chi, can I interview you? How can you not age and die?" She said blinking her eyes on him.
Chihoon looks at her. "I will repeat, I am not a monster. I'm just like you. I---"
"I know. I know. You're a human alright. You said that 800 times already. You really don't have tolerance. Humans are fond of giving nicknames. So, I'm giving you one. Answer now my question Monster Chi."
"Didn't you said that you don't want to know anything about me?"
Shanelle pursee her lips. "Yes, I don't want to know anything about you and your enemy. But for my acting to be more natural, I can let go for one time," she said smiling ear to ear and went to sit down beside him. "C'mon. I'm ready."
Chihoon took a deep breath. "More than 700 years ago, when my parents were still alive, I went to the mountains to hunt. I was bitten by a cloud leopard at the mountain, so I was bedridden for many days. The doctor said that time to change the medicine daily without letting any water on it. I became okay for a day or two, then one suddenly I had a great fever. My wound became black and festered also. My parents became so worried so they called a quack doctor to heal me because all the doctors that tome gave up."
Chihoon took his cup of coffee and drinks it before continuing. "According to that doctor, when a person is injured by a wild beast, the poison can come to the teeth and saliva, causing a rabies-like symptoms. He also said that the cloud leopard that bit me has a ferocious temper that made the poison impossible to cure. The poison inside my body that time alredy reached my lungs. The doctor then gave a prescription to my parents. The prescription includes sedge, arsenic cream, aconitum, and earthworm. My parents didn't agree at first because of the things that the doctor asked them to get including arsenic and aconitum which are also kinds of poison. But according to the doctor, they need to use poison to treat poison when a ferocious poison such as that of cloud leopard entered your body. At the same time, it will release the blood soiled with poison."
Shanelle is silent while listening to him. She is not good in science and medicine, but the way he is telling the story, she thinks that she can understand it bit by bit.
"The doctor dissalowed any food intake and only lets me drink ginseng broth to keep me alive. Eventhough my parents are hesitant, becuse they wanted me to survive, they do what the doctor said. The doctor treated my wound and let the poisoned blood from my wound drip out. Many blood were dripped out from me due to the dripping out of of poison from my body. The doctor said that for three days I should let out half a jar of blood and after that it'll be once every three days. According to that doctor, my life will be salvaged if I can survive for the next three days. Because by that time, my blood will be restored. Days passed by and I woke up. I, then, can't eat dolid foods anymore so they just let me drink ginseng broth. My health started to return to normal. But that happened, I noticed changes in my body and I can do things normal humans can't. I can hear from a far distance. My wounds can heal automatically. The wound bit my that leopard was gone without trace and even if I cut nyself with knife, the wound will heal automatically. That's why people judged me that I am a monster so I decided to leave home so that my parents won't be judged together with me. Eversince that day, I live alone and---" Chihoon stops talking when he saw Shanelle snoring in her sleep.
"Who do you think you are to make me a monster? It is medicine," he hears her say while sleeping. Chihoon just shakes her head and left her there while sleeping.