It was the way to park the car in the company parking lot. A murmur was heard. If you look closely, people are gathering like bees in front of the company building.

I saw familiar faces.

Team Leader Song, Ji-hye Lee, Jeong-na Na, and the company’s employees.

It was blocking the front of the building like a barricade. Of course it was, but it was Lee Ji-hye and I planning to block it. The reporters were blocked by them and could not move forward.

Lee Ji-hye exclaimed angrily.

“Lee Ji-ah sunbaenim is not at the company right now! Stop back!”

“Hey, Lee Ji-hye, relax your voice.”

“Reporters, Lee Ji-ah is not at the company right now~”

What kind of conte is that again?

I’m standing there dumbfounded in embarrassment, someone pulls my sleeve. It was Han Ye-rim. I asked.

“What is all that… ?”

“These are reporters, but they came to cover Lee Ji-ah.”

“No shit… .”

If you’re a journalist, you’re a journalist, can you come to someone else’s business and play pranks like that? Han Ye-rim takes a piece of paper out of her pocket and hands it to her.

“Okay, it seemed like this from the time the news came out. Take this.”

“What is this?”

He took the paper and unfolded it.

The unfamiliar address was written in a clear and plain font.

“Wait a minute, I’ve been contacting you about something secretly just the two of you. Go there.”

*

I entered the address I got from Han Ye-rim into the navigation and fastened my seat belt.

In spite of the fact that I was about to go up to the company, I got in the car again and went out on the road. The place we arrived at was an old and shabby cafe. Looking at the furniture and ornaments, it seems to be an antique concept.

Looking at the dishes displayed in the closet, I paused for a moment. This is expensive. In the past, the cafe owner thought for a long time to buy, but eventually gave up.

A voice was heard from behind.

“This is my uncle’s cafe.”

There was a man standing with his hair neatly turned to one side. He wore old and shabby work clothes, but it didn’t suit him at all, as if he was wearing clothes that didn’t fit.

“Me and Hyeonu-san, their faces are sold out, so there’s no good place to talk with your mind. If we meet now, wouldn’t the picture look a little strange?”

He, who was carrying his back, held out his hand and said.

“Nice to meet you. This is Jaehyeok Lee, the head of the Gate Disaster Response Division.”

– Without the S-class hunter Lee Ji-ah, the attack itself is difficult, that is!

That bastard who appeared on TV and talked with all his might.

He forced his lips up and grabbed his hand.

“… 2nd management team leader Hyunwoo Kim.”

“Once you sit down. No one asked my uncle to leave for a while. Do you want coffee? There are Maxim, Canoe, French Cafe and Let’s Bee.”

I got my coffee and went to a nook.

Gate Disaster Response Headquarters.

It was temporarily installed inside the association because of the Cheorwon-gun gate. Of course, it is a place that receives all kinds of spotlights. The association had the rights and responsibilities for the dungeons opened in the Republic of Korea.

So, this man managed the Abyss dungeon and all the disasters that were caused by it.

Jaehyuk Lee said while fixing his square rimless glasses.

“I understand. Since we met in person, I look a little younger, don’t we? When I go out on TV, I purposely make myself look older.”

early 30’s.

Considering his age, it was clear that it was not a suitable place for him. He furrowed his eyebrows with a tired face.

“I am the only nominally qualified person in the Korean Association. Red Gate was the only gate that was opened before Cheorwon-gun 10 years ago, but even those who were playing in the field have very little experience. I went round and round to find the right person, and in the end I was selected. I’m from overseas.”

“I know.”

Of course, I looked all over.

In Korea, where the management of dungeons such as gates, cracks, and waves is stable, it is difficult to find experts. There should be, but most of them will be outsiders of the association, and when putting on a badge, of course, I have to have my own person sit first.

“But it doesn’t look like you were calling me to say that… .”

I’m busy, so please tell me quickly.

Jaehyuk Lee rummaged through his pockets and pulled out his cell phone.

“It’s a secret place, so we’ll check it out first.”

he asked

“Have you turned on the recording function?”

“no.”

“Excuse me, but show me your phone.”

I took my phone out of my pocket. And turned off the power to make excuses.

“Actually, it was on.”

“A recorder?”

“No… .”

Jaehyuk Lee took out a metal detector from his bag. He was about to check my body, so I took the tape recorder out of my belt and handed it over to me.

it’s really the last

Jaehyuk Lee wiped his face with a tired expression.

He shrugged his shoulders shyly.

I’m sorry for the people I’m sorry for, but I can only think of what to do if I get caught by someone I want to rip and kill.

“It’s no different that I called Hyunwoo… … .”

Where’s the sugar cube?

It was next to Lee Jae-hyuk, general manager.

He bent his upper body and stretched out his hand to grab the barrel.

“Hey!”

All of a sudden he turned back, terrified, and clenched his hand. His shoulders were shrunk, and his neck was deeply tucked into the trapezius.

It looks like it is hiding inside its shell like a tortoise.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Surprised, I also stopped in a slumped position.

I gave up on understanding, and once I put a couple of sugar cubes, I drank the dog into the coffee.

After a while, Jaehyuk Lee pulled a chair and scratched his head.

He laughed awkwardly and made excuses.

“I, too, came without an attendant… … .”

“If you’re that scared, I wouldn’t have brought you.”

“It’s not a secret story. And I heard it from the vice president. You said you served in the military at Peacemaker. There are a lot of things I picked up for work, so… .”

Lee Jae-hyuk, who coughed in vain, returned to his office-oriented attitude. He said as he put his interlaced hands on the table.

“Before the main topic, let me tell you about the political situation inside the association.”

*

“Currently, the association is open five minutes before the opening. The board of directors has not elected the president of the association for a year and has been vacant, and has not offered a proper countermeasure for the Abyss Dungeon so far.”

Jaehyuk Lee took out the sugar cubes and placed them on the table. He pointed to one of the largest sugar cubes with his tongs.

“It starts with a hearing. The attack on the Abyss Dungeon failed and I needed someone to take responsibility, and the president of the association tried to blame Lee Ji-ah.”

a well-known fact.

He folded his arms and nodded quietly. Jaehyuk Lee looked into my eyes and continued.

“If it had ended, the second raid would have been formed immediately. But the cafe part-timer showed up and ruined everything.”

One sugar cube melted into the coffee and disappeared.

“Public opinion has swelled. So, the president of the association also resigned. If I persisted, I was in the mood to go to the prosecution.”

The government had many ways to temper the association.

“Originally, out of 15 board members, 12 were the presidents of the association. Among them, three non-executive directors were purged along with the president of the association. The Vice President Line will take that place.”

calculated in my mind.

9 members of the association president line.

6 Vice President Lines.

The majority were still in the line of association presidents.

So,

“The association is still in the hands of the president.”

“Aren’t you a hardened human anyway? Do you still have influence?”

Considering the Joseon Dynasty, it was like a human being in exile. I couldn’t understand why they were still reaching out to the association.

Lee Jae-hyeok shrugged and pointed to the nine tightly packed sugar cubes one by one.

“I am Seo Gwang-deok, the executive director, son-in-law of the president of the association.”

“Executive director Jong-Chan Won, from the strategy department, it was a relationship between the president of the association and the archer and vice-captain. We have been working together for over 20 years.”

“Non-executive director Seok-Gun Yoon, the CEO of a defense industry that makes hunter-related equipment. It’s between seniors and juniors in my hometown.”

“Non-standing director Park Seung-ho… … .”

He groaned and waved his hand.

“I understood well. The association was a family-run organization.”

When I said sarcastically, Jaehyuk Lee raised his glasses a little and made excuses.

“It wasn’t like this in the first place. It must have been about two years ago that the power of the president of the association became bloated within the association.”

“yes?”

“The president of the association and the people who could be considered as enemies fell one by one without a pulse, and the people of the association president took their place in an instant. Even the audit committee members are scarecrows to be able to endure such a bizarre thing.

Inside, it is speculated that the assassin was secretly used… .”

I bang the desk! fell and was furious. He pinned a sling to his neck and asked.

“No matter how bad the association president is, he can’t hire an assassin! I’m just going to use up some power!”

Two years ago.

static assassination.

It was Han Yoo-jung.

“No, this is just speculation… .”

“It’s hard to hear! Don’t say things like that. It is certainly not right to spread rumors based on speculation, even if someone is at fault for something else. Right?”

“Oh, yes, I was wrong. sorry.”

“It is the same elsewhere. Don’t say that.”

Jaehyuk Lee tilted his head.

It seems that I am obviously an enemy, and I am defending the president of the association. He coughed and opened his mouth.

“Anyway, it has already been a year since the current president of the association was sacked. In the meantime, the vice president of the association has repeatedly asked for a new president to be elected and put it up for resolution.”

But in the end it was not chosen.

“The directors on the line side of the association president are recklessly putting them on hold.”

“Is there any reason?”

It was not a normal situation to leave the position of the president of the association vacant for one year.

“The current board of directors excuses are saying that there is no proper appointment, let’s have a self-reflection period, etc., but they are all bullshit. The vice president is serving as the temporary president of the association.”

“I don’t understand.”

If the president of the association intends to come back. If you don’t want to hand over power to the vice president.

It was enough to pull them out of their own lines or set up a scarecrow.

If public opinion calms down and you pass the dismissal bill when you return, that’s the end of it.

But why?

Why?

“… … The seat of the head of the Gate Disaster Response Headquarters was seated on the board of directors. The will of the board of directors is the same as the will of the president of the association.”

– It can’t be a secret story. And I heard it from the vice president. You said you served in the military at Peacemaker.

However, he implicitly revealed that he was the Vice President of the Association. The attention of the government and the public was focused on the Gate Disaster Response Headquarters.

It was a position where he could wield the most powerful power in the current association. In a democratic society, public opinion and interest are power.

Like what I did to Lee Ji-ah, I was able to put public opinion on my back and organize an attack squad.

It will serve as a control tower for gates, cracks, waves, etc.

In the process, even some extra-legal acts will most likely be crushed while public opinion is focused on ‘Attack of the Abyss Dungeon’.

If the government intimidates the association like it did before, it is almost certain that the approval rating will be shattered if they say they are killing the people now.

Unless you make a fatal mistake,

The disaster response headquarters is now a government high school association, and it was a runaway locomotive that no one could brake.

I handed it over to the Vice President of the Line.

“I almost went all the way to hell due to administrative cases of retaliation and hearings, but after the gate of Cheorwon-gun, the strength of the association has been concentrated.

Because the attack failed in Japan, England, and Cambodia, and the gate was opened in Cheorwon-gun, interest in attacking the Abyss dungeon grew.

The Ministry of Strategy and Finance has increased the amount of money it has provided to the association every year.”

And that support and strength comes from public opinion and support for the Abyss attack.

This means that it must be successful.

“If it fails, the headwind will be great. As always, the ultimate responsibility is whoever sits at the top.”

The current vice president served as the interim head of the association.

He was the president of the association during the first attack.

The purpose of the association was succinctly summarized in the series of clues listed.

If the attack is unsuccessful, the vice-president will take care of himself.

While the dungeon break is unresolved, the association will wield a mighty and irresistible power.

in other words,

“The association has no will at all to solve the current dungeon break.”

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