DB Vol 7 Part 4

Seong-hyeon spat out curses incessantly. In this situation, curses were all he had. When he had been bound by the Alpha Team sent by the Yang family, the curses were born of anger; now, they were born of fear. Throughout the journey to the Eastern Center, he had tried anger, pleading, and begging. But not a single person had so much as responded to him, and so he ended up locked in this cell.

The cramped solitary cell, barely large enough to lie down in, smelled musty. Surely they won't kill me? Without the Guide Center, Guides die because they don't have the Guide disease prevention medicine, right? And the Yang family won't let me die. They even sent the Alpha Team to rescue me. Even if that weren't the case, he had a bargaining chip.

The Alpha seeds. He had taken a few of the remaining Alpha seeds from the Guide Center and hidden them away. Yes, I won't die. I'm far too useful.