## Chapter 265 – 27. Korea’s High Fever for Education (2)
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The announcement of a special prosecutor investigation by both the ruling Equality and Freedom Constitution Party and the main opposition Better Future Party in Incheon.
From the outside, it seemed like a decision made after numerous rounds of intense opinion gathering, but the internal decision-making structure was much simpler.
Ultimately, it usually depended on the will of a few powerful figures who controlled the party’s hegemony.
Especially in the case of the Incheon ruling party, the influence of the mayor’s office was inevitably strong, making it even more so.
“The city representative (*the person in charge of the Incheon region in the party. ‘Incheon City Party Representative’ is the official title, but it is generally shortened to city representative. One level lower than the party leader.*) asked for my opinion on what to do next.”
“Hmm….”
A huge man smoking three cigarettes at once.
He had been under so much stress that he hadn’t stopped frowning for the past few days.
The reason was that the unexpected conflict with the young master of the Goryeo Group was escalating.
Just because he didn’t attend a banquet, and not even without reason, but because he was clearly busy, Go Mu-yeol went on a rampage and killed fifteen district heads.
Choi Cheol-gyu defined Go Mu-yeol as a crazy psycho, or even worse.
The problem was that this crazy psycho was at the heart of tremendous power and vested interests.
He himself was insignificant, but the Goryeo Group backing him was too enormous.
While the Equality and Freedom Constitution Party, to which Choi Cheol-gyu belonged, had seized political hegemony as the ruling party of South Korea along with Incheon, the Goryeo Group was in a position to dominate all of Asia and discuss world hegemony.
Some people even interpreted that the political power enjoyed by the Equality and Freedom Constitution Party was possible because the Goryeo Group allowed it, as the level of the game became impossible to play the deeper you went.
That’s why it was more troublesome.
He had drawn his sword and shown its blade, so putting it back was impossible.
He would obviously lose his head the moment he tried to put it back, so how could he do that? Even if Go Mu-yeol forgave him, he would be out of the party.
‘I didn’t know he would go on such a rampage just for not attending a banquet….’
Strictly speaking, he hadn’t even drawn his sword.
He had just touched it, but the other side suddenly brandished a sword, saying, “Oh? Are you trying to draw your sword now?” and a battle began. In the meantime, several of his subordinates were killed by that sword.
He couldn’t just die, so he drew his sword, but the next step was serious.
‘Eight district heads have already died…. There’s no turning back for me.’
As many as eight district heads belonging to the Equality and Freedom Constitution Party had died because of Go Mu-yeol.
If this matter didn’t end well, the party would definitely hold Choi Cheol-gyu responsible.
‘Isn’t it because you did something stupid and provoked him that the district heads died?’
The Better Future Party’s offensive would probably be considerable as well.
Strictly speaking, the council members who agreed with the absence were also largely responsible, but Choi Cheol-gyu started it all, so there was no choice.
In the end, there was only one way to survive.
With the maximum power he had now, he had to somehow increase his size, negotiate, and conclude the matter with a mutual agreement.
Even that wouldn’t be without scars, but it was the best he could do.
“What’s next is just about who to appoint as the special prosecutor, right? Or does that young master intend to reject the special prosecutor as well?”
“There hasn’t been any particular reaction to that yet. But the aides must have fully expected the special prosecutor, so the fact that there’s no mention of it suggests that they will accept the special prosecutor itself.”
“Yeah. It would be strange to oppose it unless we specifically point out the young master and say, ‘We’re going to investigate you.’ It’s about investigating the case of fifteen dead district heads. If you have any brains, you can’t oppose this.”
The important thing was the details.
Who, how, in what way, and what kind of results would they produce?
In a normal situation, whatever the young master of the Goryeo Group did, he would have avoided it or it would have been buried.
Even if it was something that required a special prosecutor, it would have been glossed over.
But this time, it was different.
As explained above, the young master and the political circles of Incheon were in a fierce power struggle.
“Has there been a response from the party leader?”
“…Not yet.”
“Hmph. It’s been a while since I conveyed my opinion, and there’s still no word.”
“They must be…thinking a lot.”
“Humph.”
He blew out cigarette smoke as if he didn’t like it.
But Choi Cheol-gyu also knew that this was not an easy decision to make.
At any moment, a small spark that started in Incheon could engulf the entire Republic of Korea.
And the result would probably be disastrous.
With a catastrophe in sight, it was virtually impossible for the party leader to grant his request.
Choi Cheol-gyu was also aware of this.
‘Impossible.’
However,
He couldn’t just stand by and watch.
Shouldn’t I survive first, regardless of the party?
“Humans become stronger when cornered. Very vicious, too.”
With a determined look on his face, he put out his cigarette.
Seeing that, the chief of staff had a sudden premonition and advised him.
“…Mayor, wouldn’t it be better to apologize to the young master even now…?”
It was sincere advice.
To stop now.
That what he did back then was a misjudgment, and that he had no bad intentions.
But Choi Cheol-gyu shook his head.
“He kills 15 district heads for not attending a banquet, and kills a city council member when a caucus is held. Do you think he’ll spare me if I bow my head and say I’m sorry? He’ll kill me and demand someone who suits his taste.”
“…”
He looked at his chief of staff with a pathetic look.
“Get a grip, man. You and I are already on a tightrope. There’s no turning back.”
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I am generous.
Even if someone has been against me, if they haven’t caused me much harm and later deeply reflect and change their course, I am willing to give them a chance.
Of course, monitoring them is inevitable, but that’s how it is.
An example of this is the current Incheon Chief Prosecutor.
His name is Jong Jin-hyeok, I think.
Despite the huge disadvantage of being a middle-aged man, I still keep him as the Chief Prosecutor.
I even have Yang So-yu, a candidate for the next Chief Prosecutor, in mind.
The reason I’m saying this is that some council members have belatedly grasped the situation and come running to me.
To be honest, I didn’t expect this, but I think they made the decision after hearing the news that one city council member was accidentally killed.
Having realized that I am an unimaginably crazy guy, they must have thought they couldn’t hold out any longer.
In fact, that’s the right decision.
The most clear and easy way to make people aware of the difference in position is to keep playing hardball, and I have already killed 15 district heads and a city council member.
Every time they do something, I keep playing hardball.
If you receive a strong move, you have to respond with a corresponding strong move, but is there really a move that can counter my hardball? Against me, the eldest grandson of the Goryeo Group?
There’s no way, so these quick-witted council members are popping up like this. Thinking that there’s no answer.
In other words, they should have grasped the situation and popped up like this from the moment my hardball started.
But people have a lot of thoughts and considerations, so they often miss the right timing.
Anyway, thanks to that, I had to stop what I was doing and greet the council members.
“I’m sorry, Young Master! I had my priorities wrong! It’s all my fault! Please forgive me just once!!”
A male council member who bowed his head as soon as he canceled all his schedules and came.
“This is all my fault. I don’t know how to atone for this mistake…!”
A female council member who begged for forgiveness, staking everything she had.
“I don’t want much from you. I just want us to get along well. I just wanted that one thing, but you ignored my sincerity so much, so am I in a bad mood or not?”
“Oh, I was unconditionally! Unconditionally wrong!! Please forgive me just once, Young Master!!!!”
“…Let’s get along well?”
I forgave them all.
And after having a light conversation and catching up, I even gave them the gifts I had prepared for the banquet attendees and sent them back.
Oh, of course, I slept with the female council member. She was pretty.
The next day, five more council members came.
I forgave them too.
I generously forgave their sins (?) and sent them back with gifts.
Then, from then on, dozens of people started coming to me every day.
“What the hell. They didn’t come when I told them to.”
The banquet was over, but strangely enough, every day became like a banquet.
I couldn’t handle it if they all came in one day, so I had a daily limit and received them in order, but the schedule was endless.
“But they’re all from the Better Future Party and other opposition parties? What is the Equality and Freedom Constitution Party doing?”
