Kim Sobin/Counter Case

## Underappreciated Homemaker

> *A recording of the ALT Squad's daily life.*
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Kim Sobin is making dinner for ALT Squad while Eujin and Xiao Lin are arguing with each other as usual. Sobin pleads for them to calm down, but the two lash out at her. Seo Yoon enters the room and finds Sobin now moping over the rebuke, leading her to question what happened.

## [Appendix] Video Record

> *A recording of the ALT Squad's operations.*
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After finishing up an operation, Hilde points out to Seo Yoon that ALT Squad doesn't look too well; while Eujin is starving and Lin wants a new rifle accessory, Sobin is still belittling herself from yesterday and hasn't been managing the squad's budget well. Yoo Mina criticizes Yoon for letting them argue all the time, but Yoon says it can't be helped while also admitting the siutation has been getting worse recently.

Realizing that they've been making Sobin feel bad and underappreciated, Eujin and Lin try to convince her that they've made up. Sobin seems uncertain at first but cheers up and says she'll finish up the recipe she was making the other day for them.

Mina comments how motherly Sobin is and asks why Hilde doesn't take care of Fenrir Squad like that, to which Hilde answers that she prefers a laissez-faire approach.

## [Record] To Kim Sobin

> *A recording restored from a diary found in an operation area.*
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The following entry is from a heavily-bloodstained diary that was recovered from the ARC-KS1 (Old Seoul) Combat Site.

The author, writing to Sobin, starts off by saying she was surprised Sobin came to the hospital to visit her. The author explained she knew about the experiments that were going on in the "school" that Sobin attended but never intervened out of fear. Feeling guilty, she forged the prescription for Sobin's immunodepressants out of guilt before escaping the facility with Mr. Mason's help.

The entry ends with the author saying the enemy has attacked and she needs to go and help the survivors outside the hospital. As a parting note, she hopes to see Sobin again so she can ask for forgiveness for being a coward.

## Crossroads #1

> *The target's activities before the ALT Squad have been looked into.*
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A young Kim Sobin shows off her Counter watch that she just purchased to her friends. Sobin's younger sister, Sori, but Sobin's friends don't like her due to her snobbish attitude; one of them also mentions how Sobin is going to inherit all of her parents' assets while Sori will get none of it. Sobin tries to encourage everyone to get along with each other, but Sori gets upset and runs away.

Later, Sori is approached a man claiming to be an employee at City Management, who asks Sori what's wrong. Sori explains she is upset that Sobin, whom their father recently brought back to their household, is playing with lower-class kids— this is a problem because Sori had always been taught by her mother that upper-class people should stay away from poorer families. The man agrees and offers to help Sori out.

Some time later, Sobin meets up with her sister again and asks if everything is alright. Sori responds she's fine.

## Crossroads #2

> *The target's activities before the ALT Squad have been looked into.*
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Sori takes Sobin at a secluded area where she introduces her to the man. Sobin is skeptical about the man, but Sori tells her that he is nice and will help her find better friends. Sobin doesn't like the idea but is quickly violently ambushed by mercenary riflemen before she can back out. Sori begs the man to tell them to stop hurting and let go of Sobin, but he only reassures her that they don't plan on killing Sobin as per their client's instructions. As the mercenaries take Sobin and her Watch away, the man tells Sori to keep quiet or else her mother might do something malicious to her.

## Notes

1. ↑ The text in this Counter case says "*immunodepressants*." However, Kim Sobin was seen obtaining prescribed "*immunosuppressants*" from the hospital in Episode 2 instead. It is unknown if this was a mistake or not.