Episode 226
After thinking about it for a moment, Suho stood inside the gate line where people could not enter.
Crowds of people.
Reporters and YouTubers alike thrust their microphones in an attempt to somehow capture Suho’s words.
Suho said.
“The gate attack has ended successfully. However, we will officially announce the details through the association.”
After finishing speaking, Suho bowed politely and then immediately activated Colorless Solitude.
Then, people could not see the guardian deity even though it was right in front of them due to the distortion effect unique to colorless solitude.
“Come on, let’s talk a little bit about the gate… … Uh, what is it?”
“Where did you go?”
“It was clearly right in front of you just a moment ago?”
“Hey, find me quickly! I have to get an interview no matter what!”
“Your Majesty!!”
People scatter around to find the missing guardian.
Suho sighed quietly as he looked at the zombie-like crowd of people.
‘If this is the situation, they must have set up camp in front and behind the airport… … .’
What should I do with this?
Then a good idea occurred to Suho.
‘Oh, then that will work.’
Suho heads straight to Jeju Airport.
***
A few hours later, Gimpo Airport.
Baggage falls from the checked baggage belt.
They were classified and divided into various types… … for example, passenger or cargo deliveries, and those designated as cargo deliveries were divided into trucks by district and started delivery right away.
Among them, one long package with the words ‘Special Delivery’ written on it was handed over to the courier, who received it as ordered and took it somewhere.
The place the quick article arrived was a safe house located in Cheongdam-dong… … Suho’s house.
The employees received the package as soon as they were contacted and brought it inside the house.
After taking a picture of the cargo, he sent it to Suho.
It was right after Suho received the photo.
Shash!
Something amazing happened.
Suddenly, a guardian appeared where the cargo was.
Suho looked around in admiration.
“Wow, this is really working.”
As he said that, Suho looked at the system notification in front of him.
[ Shadow movement is activated . ]
That’s right.
Suho was in Jeju Island until just a little while ago.
However, in order to shake off the people who persistently followed him, he sent only the ghost window home as a cargo courier and then used shadow movement.
Of course, it took a lot of horsepower, but I had enough horsepower to travel from Jeju Island to Seoul, so I was able to travel safely.
‘Now I can go abroad quietly.’
There are many convenient skills and items in the world.
However, in the previous life, they were shared by many people and most of them were exploited, which was the problem.
As soon as he arrived in Seoul, Suho called Jeong Cheol-min.
– Oh, Suho.
“I’m in Seoul now. Can I see you for a moment?”
– What? You’re in Seoul right now? How?
“I managed to get to Seoul by myself. Where are you now?”
– I’m getting ready to leave work now?
“I’ll be right back. See you at work.”
– What? Hey, I was just about to leave work?
“Hey, this is urgent. I’ll be there soon.”
– Ha, what a real rascal… … !
It was still quite late.
But even so, Jeong Cheol-min couldn’t leave work, and it was all because of Su-ho.
This is because 70% of attention was focused on the association because Suho said he would make an official announcement about the Jeju Island Gate through the association.
Thanks to that, only his immediate superior, Jeong Cheol-min, was struck by lightning.
Soon, as we drove to the association, there was a group of reporters waiting for Su-ho in front of the association.
Suho shook his head at them and headed to the underground parking lot where only employees were allowed to enter.
And then I met Jeong Cheol-min.
Jeong Cheol-min, who saw Su-ho, jumped up from his seat and said.
“Hey, you crazy bastard!”
“Yes, the crazy guy is here.”
“No, this crazy guy… … Hey, let me get off work for a bit, humanely speaking.”
“Hey, given the circumstances, how can you possibly plan on leaving work? You have to clean up after yourself.”
“This is all because of you! Okay, so you went to conquer Marado Gate? But why were you caught at Hallasan and not Marado? And how did you escape Jeju Island?”
“I escaped by plane. But here’s how it happened… … .”
Suho began to explain the whole story to Jeong Cheol-min.
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Of course, I didn’t explain everything truthfully and without filtering.
I went to conquer the Marado Gate and received a volcanic memory fragment as a reward. When I asked about it, I found out that it was related to the 11 swords that Tamra had.
So I asked for some cooperation from Tamra, but as we talked, there were many strange things, so I started investigating Tamra, and in the process, I found out about all kinds of corruption, including collusion with the Jeju branch manager, and I gathered evidence and handed it over to the investigation department… …That’s about it.
Finally, when all the explanations were over, Jeong Cheol-min’s mouth became a crescent moon.
“So the arrest of the Tamra representative, vice representative, and Jeju branch manager was all your work… …?”
“Unofficially, yes.”
“… … .”
Suddenly, I heard that something big had happened in Jeju Island, so I wondered what it was, but I never thought it would be the work of one of my subordinates.
Jeong Cheol-min caressed his forehead for a moment and then spoke to Su-ho.
“… … So, what are you going to do now? No, you know that this has caught the attention of not only reporters and YouTubers, but the entire world as well, right?”
It really was.
That’s understandable, because the ‘End Gate’ is a very rare gate with only a few found in the entire world.
But Suho said it as if it was no big deal.
“That’s right. There are very few cases, and research is actively being done on the End Gate. But what can I do? I didn’t intend to, but I discovered and conquered the End Gate anyway, and since things have come to this, I should use everything I can.”
“What are you going to use it for and how?”
“For now, I’m going to pretend that something is happening. This Hallasan Gate incident was actually a secret project that was being carried out, and the team leader and I were the ones who planned it.”
“……what?”
“I think it turned out well. I think that through this incident, both the team leader and I will be able to enter the special forces without any problems. Oh, and… … .”
Suho also started talking about the plans he had previously thought of.
And when Jeong Cheol-min heard that, his eyes grew as big as a full moon.
“… … Are you serious?”
“I’m serious. And here’s one more thing.”
Suho tapped his phone a few times and then sent some data to Jeong Cheol-min.
“… … What is this?”
“This is information on corruption of the candidates for the president and vice president. I personally looked into it and found that none of them were decent. However, I think it would be better to choose the lesser of two evils rather than continue to look for a better person. That’s why I’m sharing the information I obtained with the team leader. We’ll look at it together and discuss it.”
“… … .”
Jeong Cheol-min was speechless as he looked at the data.
Because the material was truly full of corruption among the candidates.
I decided to stop the pointless question of where I got this.
I didn’t think they would tell me even if I asked, and even if they did, it didn’t seem like anything would change.
Besides, how often has this kind of eccentricity happened?
Jeong Cheol-min let out a sigh, sat down, and said while showing it on his computer.
“… … Okay, since it’s come to this, let’s finish everything today. And then have a press conference tomorrow morning. Are you going to hold the press conference yourself?”
“Team leader, please do it. If you do it, you will feel like the project leader.”
“Okay, I understand. Then let’s start by guessing the candidates.”
“Okay, I understand.”
Translated by Jeong Cheol-min.
Suho sat next to him, smiling brightly at his cool work.
The cleanup was finished quickly.
Even if you look at the candidates, they are all similarly dirty guys, so you just have to pick the one who did the least harm.
Soon, as soon as he finished writing the script for the upcoming press conference, Jeong Cheol-min stretched.
“Oh… … You worked hard.”
“Thank you for your hard work, Team Leader.”
“But am I really going to present this? When I actually looked at the script, it seemed too big.”
“Then, the team leader will also be promoted. No matter how much I fly and crawl, I still don’t have the time.”
“But that is… … .”
If this were a private company, Suho’s rank would have risen sharply.
But this is a government agency, not a private company.
No matter how many talented people were flying around, there was always something called a procedure.
“Then there’s nothing more to discuss?”
“No, there isn’t.”
“Thank you for your hard work. Would you like me to give you a ride home?”
“Okay, I brought the car too. Take a rest.”
“Yes, thank you.”
“But I’m Suho.”
“Yes, team leader.”
“… … No, nothing.”
“Why are you like that?”
“No, nothing. I just called out once.”
“Haha, I see. Then shall we get up now?”
“You go first. I’ll be there in a bit.”
“You asked me to let you leave work earlier… … Okay. Then I’ll go first.”
Suho leaves first after giving a brief greeting.
And after Suho left, Jeong Cheol-min looked at the spot where Suho had left for a while and then muttered.
“… …Scary guy.”
Jeong Cheol-min looks up at the darkening sky.
In the sky, a bright moon was illuminating the world.
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Suho, who left first, soon sent the organized data to Jo Jin-hwi.
And after waiting for a while, a call came from Jo Jin-hwi.
“hello?”
– Sir, what is all this? Aren’t these the people who were recently nominated as the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the National Assembly?
“Yes, that’s right. I’ve compiled the information on those people’s corruption. If I tell you, you can publish an article about it at the right time.”
– Wow… … Sir, you are truly a scary person.
“I didn’t originally intend to do this, but I think I need to know if the head of the organization I belong to is clean this time.”
– This incident was a bit big. I understand. But the materials you gave me include all the candidates’ information… … Are you going to blow it all away?
“I won’t blow them all up, and I’ll just leave the ones who are less bad. In fact, even if I blow them all up and another candidate comes in, there’s no guarantee that the candidate will be clean. But if I keep leaving the chairman and vice chairman positions vacant, the association’s work will be disrupted.”
– As expected, you are a professional. Okay. Then I will wait for your order. But… … I intentionally did not contact you, but when will the announcement regarding the Hallasan Gate be made… …?
The person who was more curious than anyone else was Jo Jin-hwi.
If there had been no contact at all, then I wouldn’t know, but unlike other people, I had the opportunity to ask him about the truth.
Suho laughed at that question.
“I’ve already written a script. Team Leader Jeong will be presenting, and I’ll send you the script in advance, so please read it and edit the article.”
– Okay, dictation like this is always welcome. I’ll be waiting.
“Yes, I’ll send you the press conference time and location, so please arrive early and take your seat.”
– Yes, thank you always! Loyalty, loyalty!
With this, all basic preparations are complete.
All that’s left is to announce everything at the press conference tomorrow.
‘I guess I can start making some progress.’
They say a crisis is an opportunity.
Thanks to the End Gate, the plan was gaining momentum and, as the saying goes, rowing when the tide comes in, Suho had no intention of wasting this opportunity.
And the next day.
Finally, the press conference regarding the Hallasan Gate began.
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