Episode 167. Lure (3)
21:50.
Three cars were built into the underground parking lot of the building where Camo Investment is located. Those who got off inside got on the elevator with nervous expressions and got off on the 5th floor.
empty office. In the middle of it, there were two sofas facing each other.
Kang-soo was sitting on the sofa and looked at the people approaching him. Some of the guys I knew from the last time I saw them.
Then Eun Se-hyeon stepped forward and said.
“For your safety, excuse me.”
Two of Eun Se-hyeon’s subordinates approached Kang-soo, holding out a portable metal detector.
“Is that so?”
When the precipitation occurred, along with the body of the river, it swept through the sofa and the office outlet hole on the floor. Seeing that Eun Se-hyeon had been attacked last time, I checked more carefully. Then, after checking even Kang-su’s body, a middle-aged man standing in the middle of the men appeared.
It was Oh Jeong-jin.
“… My name is Oh Jung-jin, head of the Crisis Management Office in the domestic part of the National Intelligence Service.”
“Is there any need to introduce myself again? You must have been sick of me.”
“it’s okay. Han river… CEO.”
The two sat across from each other on the sofa.
Oh Jeong-jin looked at Kang-soo’s atmosphere again and said.
“Last time, my subordinate made a big mistake. If I had known in advance that you were a member of the Jinyeon group—”
“So what are you going to do? If I wasn’t a member of Jinyeon’s group, does that mean I can?”
“It’s not—”
Oh Jeong-jin, who was embarrassed, began to feel intimidated at the moment. Although he had heard from Eun Se-hyeon, he sensed that the atmosphere was unusual.
“Do you hate unnecessary talk? I just want you to tell me about the business that brought you this far.”
“… … .”
The atmosphere immediately passed to Kang-soo.
Oh Jeong-jin knew that, so he just straightened his neck.
“Big—nothing else… I was wondering if there was anything I could do to help you, even if it was a small thing, since you seem to have put a lot of effort into running the company.”
“There is nothing. To be honest, it’s because everyone else is doing it before me.”
Like the last time, Kangsu only threw the sauce.
Of course, Oh Jeong-jin also did not think that Kang-su did something at Camo Investment. How much does a person who worked as a manager know about the company until recently?
However, since the CEO of Camo Investment is Su Kang, I had no choice but to bow down and enter.
“Isn’t that all thanks to CEO Han Kang-soo’s popularity?”
“Money and conditions rather than popularity. It guarantees sufficient profits to the working-level staff.”
“okay… … .”
Kang-soo still looked calmly at the watch on his wrist and at Oh Jeong-jin.
Feeling that it was not easy, Oh Jeong-jin rubbed his forehead with his finger as if wiping it once. At the same time, I sensed that it would not work even if I continued to detour and stab it.
“first… As an organization that protects the country, we always hope for stability and peace within the Republic of Korea.”
“So?”
“I know that CEO Han Kang-soo also worked for such a Republic of Korea in the past. Of course, I think you did a glorious job.”
“You keep talking.”
At that moment, a faint smile crossed Oh Jeong-jin’s lips.
“We are concerned that such glorious achievements will be criticized by others. Of course, since the place you were in was different from us, there was nothing to confirm. However, when it’s not a gossip, aren’t there times when it comes up like smoke coming out of the chimney?”
In the end, it was a threat. It also meant that they had something they wanted from Kangsu.
Of course, as they said, Kang-soo now revealed his identity externally. With Camo Investment and Jinyeon Group now connected by blood, it seemed inevitable that they had a lot to lose.
“It sounds like the NIS wants something from me… Is that correct?”
“Uh-huh—what you want. Is that what you mean? We just want to speak out of concern.”
Oh Jeong-jin thoroughly diverted the conversation in preparation for any possible eavesdropping. His brain worked better than team leader Eun Se-hyeon.
River water was also in the midst of admiring it inwardly.
“Once, as the manager said… It’s something I’ve done before that could be a problem.”
“Honestly, aren’t these things that can lead to gossip? Isn’t it?”
“I don’t think that’s something to talk about with me.”
“… yes? what do you mean by that… … .”
At that time, Eun Se-hyeon, who was standing behind Oh Jeong-jin, moved her hand to her left ear as if she had received the radio call.
At the same time, Eun Se-hyun’s expression darkened and she approached Jeong-jin Oh and whispered to him.
Oh Jeong-jin’s forehead crumpled like a piece of paper.
“you-“
ding—
Outside the quiet office, the arrival of an elevator sounded, and four men entered, surrounding the middle-aged man in the middle.
The buck— the buck—
The middle-aged man approached the table where Kang-su and Oh Jeong-jin were sitting.
“Nice to meet you both. My name is Cha Jun-seong, who is in charge of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea.”
It was Cha Jun-seong, the current Minister of National Defense.
Oh Jung-jin had no choice but to grit his teeth at his appearance.
“… My name is Oh Jeong-jin, head of the Crisis Management Office in the domestic part of the National Intelligence Service. Minister… … .”
“You were the NIS.
“This is Han River.”
“It’s been a while, CEO Han Kang-soo. A lot has changed since the last time I saw you.”
When Kang-su was at UBT, Cha Jun-seong was one of the officials there.
Even though he was once acquainted with Kang-su as a subordinate, Cha Jun-seong raised his words from the beginning.
“Nothing has really changed.”
After answering calmly, Kang-soo’s eyes turned to Oh Jeong-jin.
Oh Jeong-jin kept her head slightly bowed while her eyes were moving rapidly. Kang-soo, unable to confirm the reaction, continued.
“Like last time, it seems that the NIS has some concerns about me. So I called someone to talk to properly. I didn’t expect you to bring up that story today.”
“That, that… … .”
Cha Jun-seong’s gaze also turned to Oh Jeong-jin. Then, as she sat down on the sofa in the middle, she opened her mouth to Jeongjin Oh.
“The NIS seems to be very interested in the work of the Ministry of National Defense. I am referring to something that was forgotten not even a year or two ago, but many years ago.”
“that is… … .”
“Does the head of the NIS know about this? I wonder if they also had the same idea and moved according to the instructions. Of course, if it was sympathy, the NIS would have to take responsibility for it.”
Cha Jun-sung’s eyes became heavy after the first explanation.
Oh Jung-jin, who seemed to be oppressed by such an atmosphere, clenched his fist with his right hand inside his left hand. It was because I never dreamed that I would be attacked in the same way as now.
I never dreamed that Han Kang-soo would still be in contact with the Ministry of National Defense.
“You misunderstood. We’re interested in the Ministry of Defense. I just talked about things I was worried about CEO Han Kang-soo’s move.”
“So it is. Now, I am asking if the director of the National Intelligence Service also entered that idea. Didn’t you understand?”
The opponent was Cha Jun-seong, the current Minister of National Defense. Moreover, it is not long before the presidential election.
If things went wrong here, the NIS would have no choice but to suffer a fatal blow.
“that… Absolutely not.”
“If so, did the NIS move to blackmail a person with your arbitrary decision?”
“… no.”
Cha Jun-sung stared at Oh Jeong-jin and asked.
“Everyone has their own territory. Organizations value their domain more than individuals. The NIS has invaded that realm. Isn’t it?”
“You misunderstood.”
“Then what should I think of this situation?”
It was a situation where the Minister of Defense was driving directly in front of his eyes.
Oh Jung-jin continued to struggle, then slowly opened his mouth.
“Why is the minister coming this far? That is why I have a reasonable suspicion that there is some kind of relationship between CEO Han Kang-soo and the Ministry of National Defense.”
He wasn’t wrong.
It is strange that the Minister of National Defense appears and blocks the personal affairs of the CEO of an investment company.
Cha Jun-seong calmly answered the question that could change the atmosphere.
“I’m not going to come out because I have a relationship.”
“Do you know that what you just said could put you at a disadvantage in the event of a problem later?”
“Huh—that’s right. But.”
Conversely, as a half-question came out, Cha Jun-seong continued to speak.
“Do you know how the current director of the National Intelligence Service came to be promoted to that position?”
“Suddenly, what… … ?”
“If you don’t know, go and ask the director. Then you know what a big mistake you are making now. The story ends here.”
Oh Jung-jin, who thought for a while with that answer, got up from his seat and went out with his men.
While the silence was approaching, Cha Jun-seong cautiously spoke out.
“Honestly, I didn’t expect him to contact me.”
He was referring to former Defense Minister Lee Tae-hoon, who had previously visited Kang-soo.
As soon as Kang-soo was contacted by Oh Jung-jin, he called Cha Jun-seong to take care of the matter himself.
“It’s a fight I have nothing to do with, isn’t it? I just didn’t want my shrimp back to explode in a pointless whale fight.”
Cha Jun-seong was dumbfounded by Kang-soo’s answer.
“Shrimp… I don’t know how a shrimp can be bigger than a whale.”
“All the shrimp are there.”
“He was also very surprised to learn of CEO Han Kang-soo’s changed situation.”
This is because Kang-soo was completely orphaned in their information until not too long ago.
Of course, if Kang-soo wasn’t an orphan, he wouldn’t have been drafted to UBT before and would not have run the operation.
So, along with Cha Jun-seong, Lee Tae-hoon was surprised to learn that Kang-soo had a family.
“A family I didn’t even know existed until recently… It’s just that I found it belatedly.”
family. Since it was a word that Kang-soo was not used to yet, his words stretched a little.
In response, Cha Jun-seong looked at the atmosphere of Kang-su as if observing it and said.
“Do you still hate your country?”
“The answer is… do you need it?”
In the moment, along with the sharp eyes of Kang-soo, a heavy atmosphere radiated from his whole body.
At the same time, Cha Jun-seong and the bodyguards standing behind him swallowed in surprise.
“… I made a mistake.”
“Is there anything else you want to say?”
Kang-soo called him out of necessity, but he didn’t want to stay with him all the time.
Then, Cha Jun-seong tapped his fingers on his knee and said.
“Sergeant Seok-Jun Moon, Sergeant Jae-In Lee, Sergeant Yong-Jun Kim… … .”
“stop!”
Kwajik—
At the same time, Kangsu squeezed the armrest of the sofa with his hand. The end of the wooden armrest crumbled like a rag.
However, Cha Jun-seong did not stop talking.
“About ten years ago, there was a person who deposited a considerable amount of money to their family from abroad… . Isn’t that representative Han Kang-soo?”
“I told you to stop—!”
As he finished speaking, Kang-soo jumped up from his seat and grabbed Cha Jun-seong by the collar with his right hand and lifted it up. Blood dripped from Kang-su’s hands, which were pierced with tree thorns.
The bodyguards of Cha Jun-seong, who were standing in the back, rushed at Kang-soo.
Returning life of a retired S-class mercenary