Kim Chowon/Counter Case

## School in the trap

> *This is the full story that a runaway criminal attacked a high school, which was on the main page of newspapers.*
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Kim Chowon enrolls in a high school as a transfer student as part of Alphatrix Group's promotional strategy. On her first day, she comes to school equipped with a rubber bullet gun, causing significant commotion from students and faculty. When she's told by her teacher that she carry a weapon on campus grounds, Chowon offers to volunteer in the student council. In order to prevent students from violating school regulations, Chowon set up a number of traps designed to apprehend any offending students: First, she added nonlethal, electrified barbed wire to the school's wall; next, she installed smoke-detecting heat traps that deploy tear gas bombs to deter students from smoking; lastly, she set up infrared sensors that explode if they detect someone moving at more than 8 kmph to keep students from running in the hall (carefully making it so the explosion staggers rather than kills the target).

At the same time, a wanted criminal wearing a stolen Black Tide powersuit decides to break into the school and take hostages until his backup arrives to pick him up. After avoiding the electrified barbed wire, he contacts his partners and uses a smoke signal to show his location, causing the heat traps to activate. The criminal runs inside the school building in order to evade the tear gas but ends up setting off the explosives. He finally makes it to Chowon's classroom and attempts to hold everyone inside hostage but it is quickly taken down by Chowon. The students are applaud Chowon for her bravery while the teacher warns her not to treat her new school like a military camp. Chowon just smiles and says she'll be softer next time.

## Operation: A delightful dessert

> *We found the name of the target on the Cafe Strega blacklist.*
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Chowon, Oh Saerom, and Gabriel Jun visit Cafe Strega and to go eat dessert. First, they try out the Yuna Springfield's Triple Mint Chocolate Macarons; Chowon says it would make for an effective pesticide due to its high mint content, butYuna Springfield finds her comment insulting. Next, they have Ingrid Johanna's Super Speed Pumpkin Cheesecake; she forgets to unfreeze the cake, but the Alphatrix gang seems to enjoy it nonetheless. Third, Laura Beatrix serves her renown Blueberry Mousse Witch Cake; unfortunately, before it can be eaten, Chowon senses something bad about the cake and destroys it with her gun. Finally, Evelyn offers her Smiley Madeleine for free, which Saerom and Chowon enjoy.

The next day, Chowon comes back to Cafe Strega and agrees to try out a new menu item made by Evelyn.

## All-round Official

> *This is based on the events that occurred during the racing event sponsored by Alphatrix Entertainment.*
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Alphatrix Entertainment, headed by Shin Jia's cousin Shin Seah, is sponsoring the Formula One Championship. The Alphatrix Innovation group are trying to find their seats when they overhear that the director and the flag marshal were seriously injured after shelves fell on top of them in the warehouse. As the shelves were cut clean, Chowon deduces that a mercenary was responsible for the incident. Seah improvises and asks Chowon and Jia to be the acting director and marshal respectively.

The race begins with no issue. Chowon nevertheless tells Seah keep her guard up and raise security as their enemies are likely to take more drastic measures to stop the event. Meanwhile, Gabriel and Saerom stop two other mercenaries from sabotaging the race.

After the race ends successfully, Seah tries to negotiate with Chowon to work for her instead of Jia. Chowon immediately refuses, calling Seah untrustworthy.