Episode 50
‘I’m tired.’
Reid, who was on the brink of death, still felt tired, so work was harder than usual.
Sihyeon checked his watch.
It was 6:05.
The person in charge of Sadong left work at 5:30, and the person in charge left work at 6:00. Considering that I usually leave 10 minutes early, it was already 15 minutes after work time. It was an unpleasant situation for Si-hyeon, who believed that civil servants should leave work on time.
But I couldn’t help it.
“Why on earth aren’t you coming?”
Sihyeon frowned slightly and muttered. They couldn’t change shifts because the night shift worker hadn’t arrived yet. Not only did the delivery have to be handed over, but it was also impossible to leave the building empty without workers.
Five more minutes passed like that. Only then did I hear the sound of the building door opening. Normally, correctional officers are not allowed to be seen running in front of inmates, but perhaps in a rush, the substitute ran into the room.
“Sigh… I’m sorry. I’m late. I was stuck in traffic… I’m sorry.”
The substitute bowed his head and apologized, giving the usual excuse for latecomers. The replacement was Kyo Choi Sang-sik, two years Sihyeon’s junior.
“With that in mind, I should get out of the house early.”
Sihyeon spoke as if giving advice.
“I’m sorry. I should have….”
“Okay, pay attention next time.”
“sorry.”
Choi Sang-sik repeatedly apologized with an apologetic expression.
Sihyeon handed over the status board with an expression that said that was enough. As long as you are human, you may be late at least once in a while. He would have been really angry if he had been a disloyal person who was often late, but he wasn’t because he knew that Choi Sang-sik wasn’t that kind of person. I felt a little upset and passed away.
“There is nothing unusual about the remaining inmates, and one person was admitted to the hospital with an appendix earlier during the day. Still, the total number of people is set at 80. They told me to do so when they close.”
“Oh, yes, I understand.”
“Well then, good work and good work.”
Sihyeon packed his luggage.
“Thank you for your hard work, senior.”
Choi Sang-sik seemed sorry and came outside the office to say hello.
“It’s okay, so go in and open the door.”
Since I had left my Sadongki with the night shift worker, I had to open the door at the office.
Sihyeon walked towards Sadongmun. At that time, the private door opened. A prison guard came in from outside. It was a common occurrence up to that point. There were many prison guards who went in and out of the compound for work.
“huh?”
But this time, something caught Sihyeon’s eyes. The guard was holding something in his hand. At first glance, it looked like a medicine cabinet.
However, except for the appendix patient who was hospitalized while working during the day, there were no special patients. I had never applied for medication to the medical department. So something feels strange.
The guard was stationed in the first room closest to Sadongmun. It seemed as if he had not seen a vision. Room 1 was Jang Hak-gi’s cell.
Sihyeon stopped walking and opened his eyes wide as if trying to see what was going on.
The guard seemed to have a few words behind the bars, then opened the food bin. Then he put something that looked like a medicine cabinet into the food container.
Seeing that, Sihyeon suddenly quickened his pace. Sihyeon soon reached the first room and opened his mouth.
“What is it?”
“uh?”
The prison guard looked embarrassed.
Looking at Sihyeon, I took on a somewhat uneasy attitude.
“Chief, what are you doing now?”
“I… came from the medical department.”
I thought it was an unfamiliar face, but it seemed to be a medical department employee. So, what I saw as a medicine cabinet was correct?
“I didn’t apply for medicine today. Did you apply for the subsidy?”
“No, it’s not like that, but….”
“Then what is it?”
Sihyeon glanced at the medicine cabinet inside the first room. The lid had not been opened yet, so the contents could not be confirmed. But for some reason, I have the feeling that it is not medicine.
It was strange that the medical department staff came up and individually delivered medicine to the inmates. Originally, it was common to put dozens of medicines in a bag and hang them on the gate of the school.
“that is….”
The medical department guards also did not look very good. It seemed like he was doing something he didn’t want to do.
“Give me the medicine cabinet. Let me check it.”
Si-hyeon said to Jang Hak-gi in room 1.
Jang Hak-gi looked at me with a puzzled look on his face.
“Well, some guards are giving it to others, and some are trying to take it back, and they are telling you to match it to a certain rhythm. What kind of nonsense is this about handling work? Tsk tsk, don’t you just eat up the taxes and work like that?”
“I asked for a medicine cabinet.”
Sihyeon said with a straight face.
However, Jang Hak-gi was not a person to be intimidated by that. If he had, he wouldn’t have been able to survive in the harsh political world.
“Where can I give orders on a topic that is so unsightly?”
Without giving up at all, I opened my eyes and glared at Sihyeon. As the atmosphere worsened, a correctional officer from the medical department hurriedly intervened.
“Director Lee. I will tell you step by step, so please calm down.”
“This is a matter with the inmate, so the manager, please stay still.”
“Hey, Manager Lee….”
Si-hyeon searched in his arms to open the cell door, but realized that the card key was with the night shift worker. He turned his head and looked toward the office.
Choi Sang-sik was already in a nearby hallway. As the commotion in room 1 continued, I came out to see what was going on.
“Senior, what on earth is going on…?”
Choi Sang-sik said as if he was embarrassed.
“Can you give me the keys?”
“yes?”
“Tall.”
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Choi Sang-sik must have sensed something unusual about Si-hyeon’s hard face that had lost all of its softness, so he quickly handed her the keys.
Beep.
After receiving the key, Sihyeon opened the first room and held the door with her hand.
“I asked for a medicine cabinet.”
“I told you not to give orders.”
“I clearly asked for it.”
Sihyeon spoke again.
However, Jang Hak-gi did not even listen to Si-hyeon’s words.
“Relax your shoulders. Don’t act arrogantly as if something happened to a minor subject.”
“ha.”
Sihyeon sighed softly and suddenly stretched out his hand.
“uh?”
It was the strength and speed of a D-class awakened person. The average person couldn’t afford it. While Jang Hak-gi was saying, “Uh-uh,” the medicine cabinet was handed over to Si-hyeon.
“This bastard is now using coercive power as he pleases? Is this a fair event? Is this a fair event? Huh? Are there regulations? What group are they in? Tell me. Tell me.”
Scholarship student, who received ten, raised his voice. The most annoying way for prisoners with so-called nose rings to harass prison guards is to bring up the law at every turn.
Is it within the law whenever a prison guard does something?
It is argued that
It was very difficult to deal with the prison guard because there was no way he knew the law that well and there was no way he knew what regulations his actions were based on. However, I cannot stand it when a former member of the National Assembly criticizes me like that.
However, Si-hyeon completely ignored Jang Hak-gi’s words.
I opened the medicine cabinet without hesitation.
“This?”
After checking the contents, Sihyeon bit her lip as if to calm down her boiling emotions.
It was a lunch box. White rice, soup, and various side dishes were neatly placed. It was a luxurious lunch box that could not even be compared to the inmates’ meals.
There was no need to think deeply about the whole story.
This is a lie. Someone gave scholarship money to Jang Hak-gi. But what was absurd was the fact that that someone was a prison guard. This is a prison guard who knows better than anyone else that bringing private food into the compound is prohibited.
“….”
The medical department prison guard who brought the lunch box had a stern expression on his face and could not easily open his mouth. Choi Sang-sik also kept his mouth shut, watching Si-hyeon’s thoughts to see if he understood the situation.
“Who ordered this?”
Sihyeon asked in a cold voice.
It was not something a low-level prison guard could dare to do. It was impossible to have a prison guard provide this level of comfort to the inmates unless it were the higher-ups.
“that is….”
The medical and prison guards hesitated.
“Please answer quickly.”
“Chief…”
“If you are the manager, are you the medical manager?”
“…yes.”
Since I rarely went to the medical department, the medical director was someone I didn’t know well.
But I do know one thing. That he is a person who easily wags his tail among the upper class.
bang!
Sihyeon slammed the cell door shut.
“Hey damn it…!”
Startled, Jang Hak-gi shouted and glared at him, but Si-hyeon completely ignored him.
“Let’s go to the office.”
Si-hyeon said that he thought it was inappropriate for prison guards to talk like this in front of prisoners.
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“So, you’re saying that I, the person in charge, gave you dinner every day after work?”
Sihyeon said with an expression of exasperation. It was already well known that he was a style that valued order and discipline. So, to avoid any trouble, he seemed to avoid the time zone he was in and eat privately.
However, since I was caught like this, I didn’t know that they would put pressure on me openly, even if it was a bit annoying.
“That’s right.”
The medical department guard answered with a heavy face.
Choi Sang-sik didn’t know that it was a lunch box, but he seemed to already know that something was put in it. There is no way the night shift worker wouldn’t know. So I just looked at the floor and remained silent as if I had nothing to say.
“I really don’t know what to say.”
Sihyeon looked seriously upset at this absurd situation. Of course, Sihyeon also knew that this kind of thing that gives preferential treatment to beomteol happens. She also knew that she sometimes brought packed lunches.
However, he never dreamed that something like this would happen without his knowledge in the company building where he was in charge. If he had known, she would never have tolerated it.
“I’m cautious about saying this, but….”
The medical department guard hesitated and spoke.
“You tell me.”
“Honestly, I also felt dirty doing this kind of errand work for inmates. But the reality is that I had no choice but to do it even if it was dirty. If I wanted to continue my life as a prison guard without being criticized or noticed….”
Sihyeon also knew. That wasn’t just an excuse. It was a heavy and difficult problem that we, as members of society, could face at any time.
Protest? Whistleblowing?
Easier said than done.
However, very few people were able to take action. A soldier who blew the whistle and was ostracized and then retired. A private school teacher who was kicked out for reporting corruption at the foundation.
There are probably many unrevealed cases of people who committed such actions and had their lives completely ruined. Knowing that, Sihyeon was also listening silently.
But he couldn’t tolerate that.
“Boss.”
“yes.”
“Tell the medical director. I absolutely cannot tolerate such things as private eating. I will stick to the regulations.”
“Manager Lee….”
“Please tell me that.”
Sihyeon spoke in a firm voice.
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The response came the very next day. The security chief contacted me to see me briefly before leaving work. Since he was not his immediate superior, he could not call him and say something, so he seemed to have asked the security chief, whom he was close with.
Sihyeon smiled bitterly. I wish I could do my job with this much enthusiasm.
Sihyeon left the building at 5:50 and went into the sleeping room. Because the security chief called me there. It was a place where night workers took turns sleeping, but since it wasn’t time to sleep yet, it was the perfect place to talk quietly.
“hello.”
Sihyeon greeted.
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