NPC: Reduction of VC to 2VC

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A professor gave us this problem, which I could not solve: Reduce VC to 2VC. (Prove that 2VC is NPC)

Definition: 2VC gets G, and K, and returns true if there are 2 different VC in size K in G. (In the same way that double clique finds 2 clicks in size K)

Note: The problem was not written in English, so my translation might be slightly mistaken.

How should I go about solving it?

So far, I tried duplicating the graph, in the same way double-clique is reduced, but it doesn't help.

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Add two new vertices joined by an edge, and adjust $k$ appropriately.