Chapter 586 – Old Relationship (5)
300 million.
300,000,000.
A huge number that takes your breath away no matter where you put it.
After the creation of the rift, many people lost their lives to the monster.
As a result, according to recent statistics, the Earth’s population is approximately 6 billion.
Among them, 300 million people are equivalent to 5% in proportion.
However, this is just a simple number.
If you exclude newborn babies, young children, etc., The ratio becomes even larger.
10%, maybe 15%.
This enormous number is the number of followers that only one hunter named Kim Do-jin has.
He is on par with world-famous pop stars and soccer players.
A SNS account with such an enormous number of followers is nothing short of a strategic weapon.
I can attract public opinion to me, which exerts great power both then and now.
To this end, Kim Do-jin was the first to conduct a public opinion campaign using SNS.
300 million people.
Among them, there are 100 or 200 million people, not including those who only follow and attract attention.
They read his post.
That’s not all.
Some of his followers who read his post and understood the current situation shared the post with their own followers.
From as small as a few dozen people to as large as hundreds of thousands or even millions.
In that way, it spread and spread again, and it became a story that everyone who knew about it knew.
【Kim Do-jin Hunter, a world-renowned Korean player, is having trouble with the government…】
Finally, it was reported on by famous news broadcasters around the world.
And this situation presented an opportunity to someone.
“Tell me calmly. What are the chances of Hunter Kim Do-jin being naturalized?”
“It is difficult to convert accurate numbers, but…, I don’t think the possibility is small.”
“Why?”
“For several years, I have been publicly sniping through poorly managed social media accounts. This is interpreted to mean that they are angry at the government’s neglect of them and are so isolated that they have no place to complain except through social media.”
Countries around the world were constantly waging a silent war behind the scenes.
A battle solely to achieve peace in the country by recruiting talent.
Talent with a strong possibility of rising to S-level or S-level.
Because everyone knows how much the national security is strengthened just by their presence.
So each country secretly reaches out to talented people from other countries.
Money, fame, women, or something else.
Attract them to your country by promising them the value or more than what you set through accurate information.
Someone must be like that.
Do we have to go through the safety of a foreign country during difficult times for everyone?
It had to be that way.
Isn’t everyone like that?
I value the people inside my fence more than the people outside my fence.
To them, their own citizens are the people inside the fence.
And among them are family, friends, and colleagues.
Even though I knew that I would be criticized if I got caught, it was enough of a reason to raise my enthusiasm.
Those who do their best for the safety of their country in the dark.
“Try contacting me secretly. “If it’s now, I won’t be beaten at the door.”
To them, the discord between Kim Do-jin and the Korean government seemed like a very tempting opportunity.
His skill, which has been spread secretly, is already no match for most S-class players.
Even now, he is only in his mid-20s.
If there was a chance to get him, who we don’t know how far he would rise, wouldn’t we have to jump into the fire?
High-ranking people from each country give orders.
“They say I’ll give you anything you want.”
“Give me whatever you ask for!”
“Let’s start by throwing in a blank check.”
Their voices merge into one.
“Bring me back no matter what!”
After receiving the order, the scouts boarded the fastest plane heading to Korea.
* * *
The anger caused by a single incident swells like a snowball going down a slope.
Maeng Ki-yong was embarrassed to see reporters who had been friendly to him immediately turn into enemies in the face of a scoop, so he ran away and locked himself in the minister’s office.
But that’s only for a moment.
An irresistible order has arrived from the President’s Secretariat.
Knock!
“… “This is Maeng Ki-yong.”
“Please come in.”
A grayish voice tinged with anger.
As I opened the door and entered, the owner of the room began to get angry, hitting my desk.
Bang bang!
“How on earth do you get things done!”
He immediately lowered his head.
“Sorry. “No shame.”
The sincere apology eased my anger for a moment.
The man, the president, continued to huff and urge him, as if his anger had not subsided.
“I pushed you to reform, but do you think I pushed you to become an S-class hunter and pretender?”
“No.”
“Why did you make a big deal out of it by refusing to let me interrogate you!”
He lowers his head and chews his lower lip.
“For reform, it was necessary to withdraw some of the privileges given to S-class members.”
“Who doesn’t know that?!”
The president also agreed.
That’s why they even went so far as to make an unconventional personnel change, appointing Maeng Ki-yong to the position of minister.
But it wasn’t the right time.
“Isn’t this an organization that is just starting to gain momentum? “If we had taken a little more time and slowly recovered, this wouldn’t have happened, I mean!”
“… “I’m sorry.”
He also had nothing to say about that part.
On his way here, he thought constantly.
‘It would have been better if they had let him be interrogated.’
Nothing would have changed much.
Even if he tortured him with harsh words, Jincheon would never have opened his mouth.
Even though he knew that, why did he make that choice?
The camaraderie that has been engraved in our bones since ancient times played a part, but there was another reason.
‘I thought it didn’t go over…’ It wasn’t.’
He was more cocky and arrogant than what you see on TV.
It seemed like he was running wild with youthful energy, and it also seemed like humans themselves were like that.
I tried to control my emotions so as not to get caught up in it, and I thought I did a good job.
Now that I’ve reached this point, everything has started to look different.
‘I played in the palm of his hand from start to finish.’
Also being arrogant.
I messed with my temper just to enjoy watching videos of old hunters.
Even the warnings he gave me before leaving.
Although it was clearly his space, it was merely a stage for his play.
I realized it only after it exploded, like repairing a barn after losing a cow.
It was a time when he was bowing down, brooding over his self-reproach and regret.
“So.”
The president, who had regained his senses to some extent after pouring out his anger by shouting, asked.
“What are we going to do now?”
Come up with a solution.
Otherwise, I won’t push you any further.
That’s how the President’s question sounded to Meng Ki-yong.
Yes.
For him, resolving this situation was most important.
So what and how should we do?
“I will catch the escaped criminal first, and then I will personally go to Hunter Kim Do-jin and apologize.”
First, we have to change Kim Do-jin’s mind.
Either on his knees or with his head on the ground.
Whatever it takes.
It was probably the biggest humiliation of his life, but it didn’t matter.
For the sake of one’s own ideals, the humiliation of just one person is acceptable.
He became even more angry at the determined answer and spoke grumblingly.
“Hmm…, Let’s do well, let’s do well.”
“Yes, I will do better in the future.”
“Just leave now.”
The president turns his chair.
Maeng Ki-yong bowed his head politely towards the back of the chair and then walked out of the President’s office.
“Whoa.”
A deep sigh.
Favorable public opinion is boiling over, and the president who had been pushing him is drawing a line.
As a result, the Department of Homeland Security, which was thriving until yesterday, is in danger of extinction.
“… “You hit it right.”
I couldn’t believe it.
All of this is the result of a move by a young man in his 20s.
He gazed at the sky with sage-blue eyes and chanted.
“But it’s not the end yet.”
It’s the worst, but it’s not over yet.
My chin was shaken by an uppercut that came out of nowhere and I fell into a groggy state, but I can get up.
No, it has to happen.
For this, I needed someone’s help.
A person who is as desperate as you, but also deeply interested in this matter.
Give her phone
“Hunter Joohee Han, please help me.”
Scarlet Witch.
Although her ideals were slightly different from hers, her deeper essence was the same.
A person who can do anything for a goal.
Even if that wasn’t the case, she wouldn’t be able to refuse my help this time.
“Please investigate how the security installed at the Ministry of Homeland Security building was breached.”
The security design installed in the National Investigation Department building was all derived from Han Joo-hee.
She is a woman with strong pride.
Especially in magic.
She’s probably just as curious as he is.
Who is the culprit who easily broke through my security?
Maybe he was waiting for her own call.
The answer that would come from her was predetermined.
-“Let’s leave right away.”
It was finally the moment to take the first step in resolving the situation.
