Episode 133. Lock Code (1)
In the morning, Yoo Chae-yeon entered the management office on the second floor of JIN Entertainment.
As I was about to enter my room, a call rang on my cell phone. It was Kang-soo who said he would go to work today after taking a week off on unpaid leave.
“Kangsu-san, what’s going on?”
[sorry. I’m contacting you because something important happened and you might be late or unable to go to work today.]
There was no problem with Yoo So-hyun’s schedule because Kim Bo-ran was there, but the frequent vacations could also be a problem for the morale of the employees around her.
“Please come to work at the latest. The reason is… Can’t you tell me this time too?”
[…] sorry.]
From before, Yoo Chae-yeon was worried about Kang-soo’s commute problem.
So I talked to CEO Jin Soo-hyuk.
However, Jin Soo-hyeok’s answer, who was always fair and honest, was unexpected.
“I’m sorry… Don’t mind me for a while… … .”
It was unexpected. Of course, I thought there must be a reason.
It was because it was judged that Kang-soo’s managerial work and his contribution to bringing in Richard Taylor were not for nothing.
However, the attention of the employees was also important enough.
“all right… . Then, even if it’s late today, let’s go to work and talk.”
[I will.]
The call ended just like that.
Yoo Chae-yeon let out a shallow sigh.
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Kang-soo left the house after talking to Chae-yeon Yoo.
A luxury car was parked in front of the villa. And when the precipitation came up, I got down and opened the back seat door as if I had waited.
“The car is mine, and I will ride.”
“but… … .”
“I only said that I would meet you, but I did not say that I believed you. If you don’t like it, you can stop here.”
The perplexed man nodded as if he had heard something in his ears.
He was on the radio with someone.
“… All right. You can follow me by car.”
Kang-soo got into his car that had been parked on one side of the alley.
As soon as the car in front of me started, I immediately followed.
It took about 30 minutes to leave Seoul and fall toward Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do. After running for another 10 minutes, I entered the parking lot of a cafe located in a backwater.
Two cars were built.
Kang-soo saw the man getting out of the car in front of him and followed him, looking around with his gaze.
“You can come this way.”
We entered the cafe after being guided by the man who drove the car in front of us. Maybe it was because it was early, or the staff didn’t see it.
As the river was following, the man stopped.
“Excuse me for a moment. And I want you to leave your cell phone or electronic device here.”
At his request, Kang-soo took out his cell phone and put it on the table.
I didn’t know, so I brought only the legal cell phone that I originally used.
Afterwards, the man scanned Kang-soo’s body once with the metal detector used at the airport.
After all the inspections were over, Kangsu was able to go inside. Inside, a middle-aged man in a neat black suit stood at the table.
It was Eun Se-hyeon, the head of Team 1 of the Crisis Management Office of the National Intelligence Service, who spoke with Kang-soo last time.
Eun Se-hyeon spoke in a calm voice as Kang-soo stood in front of him.
“My name is Eun Se-hyeon.”
“… This is Han River.”
“Sit down.”
“If you don’t clear the snipers at 12 o’clock and 8 o’clock before that, we will consider it an attack and strike back.”
Eun Se-hyun’s expression, which had been smiling lightly until just now, hardened.
“… Did you know?”
“The agents seem to be very nervous. As soon as the target appears, it spreads its presence.”
“Big—this is embarrassing. First of all, we also had to prepare, so we set an example.”
Eun Se-hyun slightly turned her head and gave a signal to the man standing near the entrance.
It meant withdrawing the sniping.
After Kang-soo turned his gaze back to the surroundings, he was able to sit face to face with Eun Se-hyeon.
“Honestly, I thought I would go to the National Intelligence Service, but it was unexpected because it was a cafe.”
“We didn’t ask to meet with Han Kang-soo to arrest or investigate.”
“But you have an intention, so you’ve been monitoring my house and company, haven’t you?”
Eun Se-hyeon tried to smile again, but her expression stopped.
It was because he kept getting stabbed.
“Large—I won’t take too long. Mr. Han Kang-soo knows former member of the National Assembly Yoon Jae-seung.”
A member of the National Assembly of the Hanmaeum Democratic Party, a leading presidential candidate.
Kangsu was once coveted, but fell into the abyss in an instant. And now he was in prison for his crimes.
“I’ve seen it a couple of times.”
“that… Former member of the National Assembly Yoon Jae-seung once asked us to confirm the identity of Han Kang-soo. At the time, a member of the domestic part investigation team, who had a connection with Yoon Jae-seung, conducted an inquiry about you.”
Kang-soo’s expression was still calm. The atmosphere was still calm.
In response, Eun Se-hyun continued to speak.
“However, we did not find out anything about Han Kang-soo. It was all records of being discharged from the righteous army in the stomach as a noncommissioned officer in the administrative office at the Special Warfare Command.”
“So what do you want to say?”
“The reason for the discharge from the righteous army was a ruptured cruciate ligament in the right knee and a habitual dislocation of the left shoulder… … .”
Eun Se-hyeon’s gaze scanned Kang-soo’s right knee and left shoulder.
Kang also knew well what that gaze meant.
“Even these days, when it rains, let’s get sick.”
“I saw you flying over the fence and roof last night.”
“If you grit your teeth and run, that much is still easy.”
“Easy… You knocked down my men. By the way, those guys… Shoulder dislocation, elbow incontinence, ribs broken under pressure.”
Kangsu was not in a very good mood. That’s why I had to put so much effort into dealing with the guys.
Of course, I had no regrets.
“Are you going to charge me for hospital bills?”
“It can’t be.”
“If you don’t intend to tell me what I asked to see, I’ll get up.”
“I was originally investigating Yoon Jae-seung’s slush funds. I got almost all of them. But suddenly it exploded.”
Precipitation was originally in the mountains during that period in the past. So I didn’t know the detailed future of Yoon Jae-seung.
PD Choi Yoon-ho’s nagging voice told me.
Because in the future that should have happened, Yoon Jae-seung even became the president.
Of course, what Eun Se-hyeon said now was a lie. The NIS did not catch anything about Yoon Jae-seung. If he had caught anything, it would have prevented him from becoming president.
“Are you saying it as if it was my fault?”
“It all happened after Yoon Jae-seung contacted Han Kang-soo.”
“Do you have any proof?”
“that… … .”
Eun Se-hyeon was speechless for a moment at Kang-soo’s sharp voice.
However, he was not a great person who couldn’t even say anything because of the atmosphere.
“To be honest, no.”
“Assuming there is, tell me. What do you want from me?”
With a full-fledged question, Kangsu looked straight into Eun Se-hyeon’s eyes.
“sorry. The editorial was long. I’ll be honest. I would like to make a proposal to Han Kang-soo on behalf of the National Intelligence Service.”
“… Keep talking.”
“How do you feel about joining the NIS as a special loan?”
“I don’t like it.”
There was not the slightest hesitation.
After Kang-soo answered, he stood up dragging his chair.
“Now that I have heard your business and have given you an answer, I will get up.”
At that time, Eun Se-hyeon was a bit dazed, then immediately stood up and shouted.
“Are you going to waste that level of skill just doing something like a manager? It’s for Korea! Of course there is no proof, but I’m pretty sure you made Yoon Jae-seung that way! Better to use those skills for the Republic of Korea and the NIS—”
bang-
As Kang-soo walked towards the entrance, he hit the table next to him with his fist.
A tremendous sound echoed through the cafe.
Eun Se-hyeon was also surprised and stopped talking before looking at Kang-soo.
At this, Kangsu glared at him with a sidelong glance and said.
“Did you say it was for the sake of the country?”
“This is for Korea. Why are you wasting your skills like that?”
“What has this country done for me?”
“What is that… … .”
Kang Soo also once worked for the Republic of Korea. It wasn’t bad at first.
However, the situation in which he had to follow any order under the name of a great cause came cruelly.
As soon as the last operation was completed, he went abroad with his own intention.
“I just don’t feel the need for this country.”
The emotions of that time were projected through the mother.
It was because she was a mother who had to endure everything alone without being protected by anyone.
“Once you’ve said everything, let’s go. And if I put people around me again, it won’t end quietly.”
“… … .”
Kang-soo walked out to the entrance of the cafe like that.
In the meantime, the man who drove and guided her cautiously approached Eun Se-hyeon.
“Is it okay to send it like that?”
“… Do you want to stop seeing that?”
“yes?”
The man’s gaze turned to the table Eun Se-hyun pointed at.
It was a table that Kang-soo had just hit with his fist. Earlier, I was in a hurry to go to Eun Se-hyeon, so I couldn’t check.
The table was made of iron, with a hollow in the middle as if it had been hit by an artillery shell.
If it was a human face or torso… … .
gulp-
The man unknowingly swallowed his saliva.
“The same goes for the Ministry of National Defense, and Jaeseung Yoon… What the hell are you hiding about the Han River?”
Eun Se-hyeon even found out that Yoon Jae-seung contacted the Ministry of National Defense after the NIS failed to investigate Han Kang-soo.
But it was just there.
Of course, it was difficult for the Ministry of Defense to ask any questions. Because it’s obvious you won’t answer.
So I went to see Yoon Jae-seung in person, but he kept his mouth shut without giving me any answer.
It seemed like someone was threatening me.
“Shall we connect to the Ministry of Defense?”
“it’s okay. If you touch it wrongly, it may cause a family quarrel.”
“But didn’t the director ask you to find out something?”
“I know.”
A leading candidate for the presidential election has fallen like a piece of laundry blown away by the wind.
It was so absurd that he fell out easily, so lawmakers like Yoon Jae-seung and people around him couldn’t help but be nervous.
“… What should I do?”
I knew right away that I had been caught while monitoring my home and company.
This is because Kang-soo’s gaze was directed directly toward the camera whenever the picture was taken.
However, it was difficult for them to stop monitoring the minimum as it is.
While Eun Se-hyun was thinking, someone came into the cafe entrance and knocked on the wall.
crackle—
“Look. I told you it wouldn’t be easy.”
Seeing that, Eun Se-hyun’s expression crumpled.
This is because he was Koo Sang-wook, a former NIS agent who was once Eun Se-hyeon’s classmate.
Eun Se-hyeon gave a glance to the man standing next to him and made him go outside.
Koo Sang-wook, who had come inside, said to the man who was about to leave.
“If you see a senior, shouldn’t you say hello first?”
“… … .”
There was no response.
Koo Sang-wook clicked his tongue and came closer to Eun Se-hyeon and sat down on a chair.
Eun Se-hyun asked with a displeased face.
“If you give me the sauce, you should leave. Why are you here? How did you know this place?”
“It’s a secret tangent location that can be rented. It’s obvious. That’s why you don’t like me.”
“You are a civilian. If you intervene further, you may be sent to prison as a legal process.”
At Eun Se-hyeon’s threat, Ku Sang-wook made an absurd expression as if he was full of energy.
“and… I gave you something to eat, and they’re trying to eat your motives as well.”
“Noisy. why did you come Did you come here to find out what happened?”
“No, I came here because it was almost certain to fail. Even when I saw him before, he was quite strong.”
Woo-woo-woo-woo-
Eun Se-hyun’s cell phone rang. The phone number and name I saved while talking to Han Kang-soo this morning appeared on the screen.
“Maybe there isn’t a pulpit more than I thought.”
“… … .”
I pressed the call button.
However, rather than Kangsu’s voice, a familiar voice came from beyond the receiver.
[I will be honest. I would like to make a proposal to Han Kang-soo on behalf of the National Intelligence Service.]
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[How is it to join the NIS as a special loan?]
It was the voice of Eun Se-hyun, who had just proposed to Kang-soo.
At that moment, the expressions of Eun Se-hyun and Gu Sang-wook hardened at the same time.
Returning life of a retired S-class mercenary