Episode 151. Decision
It was in Ahn Jin-guk’s car that had left the set.
Ahn Jin-guk took out a cigarette and opened the window.
“Whoa—they are a very strict family. Do they think that working with a foreign company has become anything… … .”
An Jin-guk’s expression crumpled as cigarette smoke billowed out of the window.
Ahn Jong-soo, who was sitting next to him, saw it and said.
“Dad, why are you putting so much effort into filming a show like that? And if I went, I wonder if I would meet an actor instead of a guy like PD.”
An Jong-soo regretted not being able to meet Yoo So-hyun and Hong Ah-jin in person.
At the same time, Ahn Jin-guk clicked his tongue.
“Tsk—that’s why you always look like that.”
“What am I—!”
“Didn’t Yoon Jae-seung of the Hanmaeum Democratic Party, who looked like a bad guy, fall into the abyss at once? That void has been filled, but not all. This is an opportunity.”
Soon there will be a presidential election in 2017. Each party was busily preparing and starting their activities.
In the provinces, this situation was an opportunity to go up to Yeouido.
“So what does that have to do with the station PD?”
“Ultimately, it is public opinion. I am Yunho Choi PD. After beating MBS, I was scouted by OP and entered Tuun. It’s something the younger generation likes. And what if I had a close relationship with Choi Yunho? It’s from the metropolitan area anyway, so you probably don’t know me well.”
An Jong-soo nodded naturally.
“Ah, so that was it? Wow—as expected, Dad, that’s great.”
“Rather than that, the girl next to the PD earlier was your junior? Is her brother your classmate?”
“Dad, don’t you remember? fifteen years ago? sixteen years ago? Anyway, that’s it. When I was in middle school, a weirdo called the police for bullying my younger sister. Oh, just like I took the test because I leaked the test paper.”
Despite such an explanation, Ahn Jin-guk thought for a long time with his eyes thinly open.
It’s been so long, but it was because there were so many similar things that I couldn’t even remember.
“You really don’t remember? The police wouldn’t listen to me, so I even hacked the police station’s computer with school sh*t, so there was an uproar?”
“ah-!”
Only then did Ahn Jin-guk remember, and they even touched their palms.
If I had told you about the computer-related incident, I would have immediately remembered it.
“That guy? That girl is his sister?”
“That’s right, back then it was small and cute, but now… Not bad. What are you doing there?”
Aide Kim Byung-in, who was sitting in the passenger seat, interrupted the conversation between the two.
“Excuse me. I didn’t know, so I checked on the Internet and found that it was writer Gong So-young, who was scouted for Tuun together with PD Choi Yoon-ho from MBS.”
“author?”
“Come to think of it, I think he said he was good at writing even when he was young, wow… An entertainment show writer?”
At the exclamation of the two, the aide closed his mouth again.
Then An Jin-guk quietly sighed.
“Is that why you vehemently refused even though you said it earlier?”
“maybe.”
“Ttk—how many years have passed, and you still have that time in your heart. Jong-su, you should also know. When people want to do big things, they have to quickly forget the small things.”
“You know, you know. It was just a joke back then, but I even reported it.”
What An Jong-soo did to Gong So-yeong, who was in the first year of middle school at the time, was not a simple joke.
s*xual shame was the default, extortion, threats and violence were options.
“really… Why are you making such a fuss about something that is not a big deal? Anyway— It’s annoying, but I can’t blow the good opportunity that came to Naju in person.”
“What should I do?”
“Aide Kim.”
At Ahn Jin-guk’s call, Kim Byung-in slightly turned his head from the passenger seat.
“Tell me.”
“Isn’t there anything suitable? It would be nice if it was something like construction or something noisy.”
After thinking for a while, Kim Byeong-in, an aide, remembered something and said.
“There will be road repairs scheduled near the cafe to use up the City Hall budget. Let’s check the exact location and schedule.”
“Anyway, what is Sojin, Sojin? I have to write something properly for the people. Anyway, check it out and if you feel a little ambiguous, stick it closer.”
“… All right.”
An Jin-guk threw the burnt cigarette butt out the window.
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The night deepened.
Yoo So-hyun and Hong Ah-jin of ＜Away: A Quiet Barista＞ went to the dorm to sleep after closing the store. Of course, there was a house connected to the cafe in the lodging, so I renovated and used it there.
As a result, the staff also withdrew even the finishing staff and headed to the accommodation they had set aside.
That’s how the cafe, the house, and all the lights around were turned off. At the same time, a person far away let out a sigh of relief.
“phew-“
The one who quietly watched was Gong Chi-young.
“Are you a stalker?”
“omg-!”
Gong Chi-young was startled by Kang-soo’s voice from behind and turned around.
It was quite dark as there were few streetlights because it was in the countryside.
“madam! You almost died of surprise!”
“Doesn’t such a bastard think of people who would be surprised to see you? Hiding with that size is also a crime.”
“It’s bullsh*t. but why are you here Aren’t you supposed to be with people at work?”
Kang-soo shook his head at Gong Chi-young’s attempt to change his words.
To be honest, I thought I would be more involved, but seeing Gong Chi-young now, I couldn’t.
“I think writer Gong So-young is afraid of An Jong-soo. Are you escaping from reality here?”
“… … .”
A resounding voice echoed in the darkness in the hurried silence.
“Someone killed us!”
It was Theresa. And he wasn’t alone.
Simon, dressed casually, walked alongside.
“Teresa aside, why Simon… … .”
“Kangsu called and came. There was something I asked for.”
Gong Chi-young tilted his head, not understanding. Then, it was easy to infer the reason.
“me… Is it because?”
“No, because of the broadcast. Ahn Jin-guk’s human face looks like he’s about to get into trouble.”
It was a face that reminded me of Yoon Jae-seung, who was a presidential candidate and fell into abyss. It showed his tenacity to do anything if he couldn’t achieve what he wanted.
Kangsu had seen many such faces, so it was not difficult to recognize them.
“Did something come out?”
It was a question for Simon.
In response, Simon took out a tablet PC from the bag he was carrying and held it out. Inside, police investigation documents were stored as files.
Kangsu, who received them, quickly read them one by one.
I guessed what happened in the past.
“To report… hacking… On the contrary, it almost ended with the fact that An Jin-guk acted favorably after the crime was overturned.”
“… … .”
Gong Chi-young clenched his teeth while leaning against a tree, as if the shame of that time was coming back.
“Is that why you left without a word sixteen years ago?”
“I… Because it would be better without it.”
At Gong Chi-young’s difficult words, Teresa quietly stepped aside and struck her on the shoulder.
puck-!
“Ah!”
“I fell ill with the disease all by myself.”
“… … ?”
“Ah—until now, I played Go-Stop with Granma next door and came to my mouth.”
Gong Chi-young stretched out his hand eagerly, probably because of the pain in his arm, which he could not reach.
“It really hurts! Your hand is a weapon!”
“I’m glad I didn’t throw the knife.”
“Anyway, that is… … .”
At the sight, Kang-soo shook his head. Gaze still read the case file.
Aside from Gong Chi-yeong, there were not one or two incidents involving An Jin-guk and An Jong-soo.
However, all charges were withdrawn, but ended with an agreement and acquittal.
Just by looking at it, it was possible to guess how far Ahn Jin-guk’s influence stretched.
“If you take a big picture, you’ll probably catch the Gwangju District Prosecutor’s Office. At worst, it will go to court. It’s the police. If I say more, it’ll hurt my mouth.”
Ahn Jin-guk, who was once a regional leader, became a member of the National Assembly and seized power.
The only thing young Gong Chi-young could do for such a person was to shout. All of them were ignored though.
At this time, Simon changed the screen of the tablet Kangsu was looking at to another file.
“I also checked the city hall, and it seems that there are quite a lot of administrative projects being siphoned off through bubbles. come see me… . ah! Come to think of it, I heard that there will be road construction near here in a few days? The original schedule was much later, but it was suddenly pulled, and the officials there complained.”
Simon quickly identified some of the police and city hall figures, disguised himself as an easygoing character, and skimmed through them himself. Of course, you have to sell that much footwork, but the information you get incidentally has come to be like now.
“I thought something was going to happen, but construction. how is it? you and your family Besides, they said they would even interfere with Yoo So-hyun’s filming.”
Kangsu, Teresa, and Simon had already made up their minds. Gong Chi-young’s choice now remains.
“How many people have blown my hand so far… . Maybe that’s why memories from childhood are scary.”
It seemed like I was talking to myself.
Seeing that, Theresa asked with a smile.
“Have you decided? Are you frozen Sohyun?”
Gong Chi-yeong laughed at that joke and let go of the body leaning against the tree.
“You can’t go on like this.”
“Well done, it’s our gong!”
Kang also smiled. Simon, who was standing next to him, did the same.
At that time, Gong Chi-young remembered something and was surprised.
“ah! I don’t have any equipment right now There is no way you can get it here.”
Gong Chi-young used a method of operating the system by connecting it to the main server.
It was so fast and there were a lot of self-made programs.
However, the specifications were far from sufficient to turn it into a regular laptop. If you overdo it, the laptop’s lifespan would drop dramatically in seconds.
“You don’t have to worry about that. Because that is also the reason why I deliberately called Simon, who was in Seoul.”
“… what?”
The four of you moved on.
After passing the road with paddy fields on both sides and entering a more remote area, a large refrigerated truck was parked.
“This… my truck?”
Gong Chi-young opened the back door of the truck. At the same time, the mouth was wide open enough to reach the ears.
Various computers and equipment were installed there, firmly fixed.
“Is this okay?”
“Perfect! They’re all dead! Where can I start?”
“The surroundings are dark here, so it’s too conspicuous, so let’s go inside.”
I went into the truck with Gong Chi-young, who was full of motivation.
When the light leaking from the open truck disappeared, the surroundings went dark again.
Everyone went inside and took their seats.
Kang-soo opened his mouth after seeing his colleagues.
“The ones that are easy to move right now are Chiyoung and Simon. So, connect the two of them and collect the evidence first. I like things like ledgers.”
“Can I steal it?”
“It can be difficult to collect evidence because they are so close-knit, so that’s good too. If it seems difficult, tell me.”
It was because there was no need to use clean methods on dirty bastards.
Then Theresa pointed at herself.
“I am?”
“you… Just in case you don’t know, it would be nice to protect Chiyoung’s family.”
It was because if Ahn Jin-guk and An Jong-soo had known where Gong So-yeong was in the filming, they would use a messier method than this time.
Of course, if it was like Seoul, I wouldn’t have been so naive.
But now it was Naju, Jeollanam-do. Because it was a neighborhood dominated by the four families of Ahn Jin-guk, he could have been no different from a tyrant.
“OK. Come to think of it, I also left my equipment.”
Teresa was missing the knife she hadn’t brought with her while she was at Gong Chi-yeong’s.
Simon smiled happily at this.
“Your ones are over there.”
“really?”
True to Simon’s words, Teresa found the drawing knife. It was as if a child had found their favorite doll again.
Returning life of a retired S-class mercenary