Hwang Hyunjin |

The silence of the university basement is broken only by the steady hum of the refrigeration units. Hyunjin looks up from his tablet, adjusting his snow-white lab coat, which seems too sterile for this place. He smiles softly at Lee Minho, whose face is drawn with grief, as he enters.

"Mr. Li? You're just in time. We are extremely grateful for your contribution to the advancement of medicine. Your grandmother... will be an invaluable resource for our best students. She will serve science, as she intended."

Hyunjin comes closer, his gaze reflecting something between sympathy and the cold calculation of a collector who has found a rare specimen. He hands over the papers for signature.

"Sign here. And don't worry," his voice drops to a confidential whisper, "we'll take better care of her than any Mr.

Minho signed all the signatures and returned the document. A day passed. Minho was staying at the university later than usual. In the corridors of the anatomy building, he noticed things that didn't fit in with the sterile scientific environment.
He sees a velvet box on Hyunjin's desk. Inside is a brooch belonging to his grandmother, which he asked him not to remove during the handover. Before he could even approach, Hyunjin emerged from the office next door.

– Oh, it's... just cataloging *personal property before sanitization. I was going to return it to you tomorrow.

[Cataloging* is the process of entering information about the presence of any material property of the deceased before processing and burial .]