98. Five and Twenty One
the next morning.
Ministry of Culture, Korea Newspaper.
After returning from the meeting of the editorial board, the head of the culture department looked for the reporter of the century with a hardened expression.
“A reporter, please come to the conference room for a moment.”
As reporter Han Century entered the conference room, the culture minister raised his voice and said:
“hey! Are you doing that on purpose? You want me to fuck you?”
“Chief Kang… . So that’s… .”
“I got into a fight with the social workers and they took my pass for this interview, so why don’t you send the article out like that?”
“… .”
“I’d rather not post an article!”
“sorry.”
“What the hell is going on? Didn’t you guys go to COEX yesterday? Have you been drinking again?”
“Oh, no.”
“under—-!”
“I will write a poem.”
“Inspector!”
“yes?”
“It’s not an apology book, it’s a police officer! A guy like a reporter should cover up his words and write it!”
“… .”
“The editorial board was taken aback by yesterday’s article. I said I’m watching you from above, so take care of yourself for the time being. Did you understand?”
“yes… .”
* * *
When I open my eyes in the morning, I breathe out.
Today is August 16th.
There are now two days left until the date of enlistment.
It’s still early in the morning, but I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep any longer if I lie down.
I got up out of bed.
Today, I decided to stop by Ji-eun’s house with Yeong-mi.
It’s for a phone call with Incheol.
Would you like to get a reply from Incheol?
I turned on the computer and checked my email, but still no reply from him.
He said he was going to Okinawa a week ago, but it seems he hasn’t come back yet.
In-cheol is this guy… .
Let’s sell in Okinawa, we’re having a good time!
At least he said he would be in contact with the author on the phone, so I’m thinking of swearing or swearing on the phone later.
Upon accessing the portal, the news section was filled with news of separated family reunions.
I clicked and read some articles, most of which were entered yesterday around 6:30 PM.
Wow… ! That’s very fast.
In particular, the input time for popular news located at the top of the news section was around 6:15.
Considering the fact that reporters started coverage during yesterday’s reunion event at 6 pm, this means that the photo was prepared in just 15 minutes and the article was entered.
Suddenly, I wondered if a reporter of the century had posted an article.
I did a news search by his name and found his article dated yesterday.
It was 7:47 p.m. when a reporter of the century posted an article, and the content of the article felt as if it was woven from other articles.
It wasn’t just this.
The photos uploaded with the article did not show the separated families, but the people standing outside the event hall.
I checked the comments on the article, and there are only 4 comments.
It means they were buried as soon as the article was posted.
By the way… The content of the comments is a bit strange.
B Do you plagiarize newspaper articles these days?
b ah! I found out that you are a young reporter who specializes in plagiarism hahahahahahaha
b shitty yellow journalist, hansaekki. lol
b Ooh! These things are also called knights, so I have no choice but to hear the word giregi, bastard! Do you eat rice? Hahahaha
However, the content of the comment was also the content, but there was one more strange thing.
The four comments were written with different IDs, but the IP addresses where the comments were entered were all the same.
Out of curiosity, I searched for the location of the IP address, and the result came out that it was near LA, California.
Just in case… .
When I searched for other articles, I was able to find comments with the same ID and IP address in most articles entered as a reporter for a century.
Each of the comments contained content that criticized or ridiculed the reporters of the century.
OMG… !
A person living in the United States dares to visit a Korean portal site, visit every article of a reporter of the century, and write malicious comments like this?
It felt a little creepy.
A century journalist… .
In the meantime, how many times have you hurt people with malicious articles?
The saying goes that you reap what you sow.
While closing the browser windows of the searched articles one by one, one of the latest articles caught my eye.
＜The US-Japan relationship rapidly cooled due to the hacking incident>
I had no interest in foreign affairs between the United States and Japan, but what the hell was this hack?
I clicked on the article without knowing the word hacking.
According to the newspaper article, a week ago, the US Army in Japan and the US CIA were hacked one after another, and the location of the exposed hacker is Japan.
The hacking started at a US military base in Japan, and it is said that the malicious code planted on the computer of the US forces in Japan was contained in an encrypted message and spread to US intelligence agencies.
Judging from the hacking process that has been revealed so far, it seems that a number of hackers from Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima and Okinawa have participated in the hacking systematically. do.
The U.S. government, which judged it to be a systematic, large-scale hacking, opened the case to the public and requested a joint investigation from the Japanese government.
In particular, a request was made for the use of a total of 23 supercomputers operated by universities and research institutes in Japan, but the Japanese government rejected the request, and a US official said that the Japanese government could be behind the hacking incident in the process. It was brought to the surface through this press.
Japan immediately objected, but the United States announced that it was virtually impossible to hack in this way without the involvement of the Cabinet Intelligence Investigation Office, a Japanese intelligence agency.
In addition, considering that the time when the malicious code used for the hacking was activated was 11:01 am on August 9, when the atomic bomb Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, the US side is convinced that this was not a simple hacking incident. As a result, it is said that it is showing signs of escalating into a serious diplomatic problem between the United States and Japan.
In fact, state-to-state hacking incidents are not uncommon.
Although it occurs more frequently than you think, it is almost never disclosed to the public because hackers are caught and solved quietly.
In other words, if it is an incident that is announced to the foreign press, it is highly likely that this is a large-scale hacking.
And if the Japanese government was behind the hack, it was clear that this would be a really serious diplomatic issue.
After breakfast, while cleaning the room, the phone rang.
“hello.”
From the other side of the phone, Yeong-mi’s voice was heard.
-I just got a phone call from Ji-eun, but now In-cheol has not been able to contact me.
“What do you mean? Can’t contact you… ?”
– The phone call seems to have been cut off a few days ago.
“really? If contact is lost… Shouldn’t In-cheol tell his mother first?”
– I’ve lost contact with you often in the past, so I don’t think it’s serious.
“often?”
-Yeah, I lost my phone, broke it, drowned it, this is already the sixth time.
In fact, In-cheol tends to use the phone harshly.
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No, it’s still… .
You changed your phone 6 times in 2 months?
Youngmi’s voice continued over the phone.
– You’ll probably lose contact for a few days until you make a new phone.
A bitter taste lingered in his mouth.
boy… I’m sure the contact will be cut off at the same time as today… .
“Unfortunately… I can’t help it, what… .”
Perhaps because of my gloomy voice, Yeong-mi spoke in a bright tone on purpose.
-Jeong-ho, then, let’s go see a movie with me a little earlier. huh?
“Yeah, then.”
I went to the bus stop about 10 minutes early and waited for Yeong-mi, and after a while, Young-mi, who arrived at the stop, smiled at me and said:
“Jeong-ho, did you practice the Wonsan bombing?”
“under—-! really! The military is getting better these days, so there’s no such thing anymore. I’m going to die of trouble, don’t talk like that.”
“Our Chae Jung-ho tastes good when we make fun of it, but you can’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. is not it?”
Young-mi had a smile on her face as if nothing happened, but her smiling upper lip was dyed deep red.
“Why are you staring at me like that? Embarrassed… .”
I reached out and grabbed Yeong-mi’s cheeks as if it were on both sides, and fixed her face toward me.
“Stay still. Don’t impress.”
“He… What are you doing now? There are many people here… .”
“Well, how are you? I’m not doing anything bad. ruler—! Let’s see Kim Young-mi’s face.”
When I stared at Youngmi’s face, Youngmi slightly avoided her gaze.
“Look at me. yes?”
At my words, Youngmi made eye contact with me, and Youngmi’s half-moon eyes smiled at me.
Yes, Youngmi is pretty when she smiles.
I went to Namseocheon Park in the late afternoon after watching a movie and spending time with Yeongmi.
We walked along the Namseocheon Stream, and after walking for a while, we sat down on a bench in a quiet place.
“Left hand!”
At Yeong-mi’s words, I turned my head toward Yeong-mi.
“what?”
“Give me a hand, a hand! Give me your left hand.”
When I reached out my left hand toward Yeong-mi, Yeong-mi said.
“Close your eyes.”
“Why eyes?”
“Oh yeah—! I’m not listening! If you’re a soldier, you should! Can I keep vomiting like this?”
I smiled, closed my eyes, and felt a tickling sensation on the wrist of my left hand.
“It’s done. You can open your eyes now.”
it was a watch
It was a wristwatch with a luminous dot on each hand and number.
“What do you think? Do you like it?”
“Yeah, I like it.”
I moved my gaze from the watch to Youngmi and continued.
“I really like it. thank you.”
“Only in words?”
Youngmi looked at me with a smile, and I raised my left hand and gently pressed it to Yeongmi’s right cheek.
While Yeongmi closed her eyes, I got closer to her face and kissed her.
He carefully savored Yeong-mi’s lips so as not to hurt her upper lip.
When the long kiss with Yeong-mi was over, I said to Yeong-mi in my arms.
“Just wait two years and two months. I’ll make sure you never have to wait again.”
At my words, Youngmi nodded her head without saying a word.
next day.
I went to Namsan with Yeongmi.
We were having lunch in Itaewon and spending time at Namsan Botanical Garden.
The phone rang in my pocket.
I answered the phone, and it is Kim Yeon-san, manager of Balhae Sports.
– I contacted you to say hello to the military and have a good trip.
“ah… ! Thank you. Manager Kim.”
-I know director Chae’s personality, but in the military, you can’t work too hard. okay?
“haha–! all right.”
-and… .
Manager Yeonsan Kim hesitated for a moment before continuing.
-To the boss… I’ve heard the whole story.
did you hear it all?
I asked Young-mi’s father not to talk about me… .
How the hell did you say that?
While thinking like this, Manager Kim’s voice continued over the phone.
-Thank you so much, but… I don’t know if I can accept such a big gift.