## Chapter 25 – 03. Shrimp
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I greeted Monday after a weekend of wanton dissipation.
The date was August 31st, the last August of ’76.
Usually, the heat should have subsided a bit by now, but sadly, in this world where global warming has progressed to the extreme, it’s only gotten hotter.
Especially the humidity….
“This damn heat is something else.”
“…”
“It’s impossible to do anything. It’s just too much, humanly speaking.”
“Y-Yeah, I guess so….”
Why am I suddenly talking about the heat?
Because I’m in a place where I can’t help but feel it intensely.
“Look at the state of this facility….”
I picked up the visible microphone.
It must have been salvaged from a junkyard because the moment I lifted it, the base snapped right off.
“….”
Speechless.
“Throw it away.”
“Ah, yes, CEO.”
I tossed it aside and looked around the room.
The so-called practice room had only half a full-length mirror, the air conditioner was broken, and the two fans were tattered.
“Hey, you guys.”
“…Yes?”
“Can you even practice here?”
“….”
The trainees avoided eye contact and pursed their lips.
It was obvious to anyone that normal practice was impossible here.
No, just standing still is hard.
The trainees were already glistening with sweat, their skin coated with moisture.
Practice in a place like this?
Might as well tell them to drop dead.
To think they were using a building like this as an office under a lease agreement. What the hell was Goryeo Entertainment doing before I became CEO?
What did they even do with a hundred billion won? I heard they even had actors.
‘They really just threw me some garbage. That old geezer.’
I clicked my tongue, cursing the grandfather in my memory.
“Forget it. Let’s go.”
“Huh? Where to?”
“Where else? We need to go somewhere we can practice. We have to prepare for our debut, I can’t have them practicing in a place like this.”
Sua tilted her head.
This is Goryeo Entertainment’s only real estate (rental), so she couldn’t figure out where we were going.
Tsk tsk.
She still has a lot of growing up to do.
She needs to catch on to these things quickly to become my true secretary.
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“…So…. Here?”
“Yeah. What’s wrong?”
“That’s….”
Emilia twitched her eye, looked at me, then lowered her gaze.
“…Nothing.”
“I saw when I came before that the practice rooms were pretty good. Let them use them. It’s not like anything’s really changing, right? They were originally your trainees anyway.”
“That’s, right. Yeah. Nothing much is changing.”
“While you’re at it, help them with their debut too.”
“Excuse me?”
“We haven’t found a producer yet, and we’re not connected with composers or anything like that. Our kids are all clueless about this stuff.”
“….”
Emilia looked at me with a face that said, ‘What kind of bastard is this?’
She had a very cocky expression, like she’d gotten too relaxed after having some freedom over the weekend.
I can’t have that.
I’ll have to call her in every weekend for some management.
“…Alright. If Young Master wants me to, I have to. Secretary Yang, did you hear that? Help them out.”
“Yes, CEO….”
“Do you need anything else?”
“Your pussy.”
“…Excuse me?”
“Sua, take the kids and have them practice, and you, Eunmi, talk to the secretary there and learn what you need to. Who you need to find and all that.”
“Yes, CEO.”
Sua and Eunmi tactfully took everyone in the room and left.
As soon as the people disappeared and we were left alone, Emilia glanced at me, then subtly put her hands together and lowered her head.
Cute. She acts all high and mighty when she has her underlings around, but when it’s just the two of us, she bows.
Tap tap.
I tapped the center table with my finger.
She looked at me, questioning.
“Come up here.”
“…O-On the desk?”
“….”
“….”
When there was no answer, I pushed the snacks and such on the table to the side, and she awkwardly climbed up.
For the record, Emilia’s outfit today was a simple tank top and a short skirt.
Her pale, exposed legs were arousing.
“Spread your legs and masturbate.”
“H-Huh??! M-Masturbate?!”
“Tsk. You’ve been talking back to me since earlier, haven’t you?”
“Ah… N-No, but masturbation is…. A little….”
“….”
When I just stared at her, she eventually turned her lower body towards me.
Swish.
She spread her legs wide so I could see her pussy at a glance, and pulled her panties to the side, revealing her secret garden.
Then, she gently stroked it with her slender middle finger.
“Ugh….”
“Do it properly.”
“A-Alright….”
Poke.
She gently inserted her finger and poked around, while rubbing her clit with her other hand.
“Ah!”
The funny thing is, her expression was even more arousing than her masturbation.
She bit her lip and closed her eyes, turning her head to the side, which made the deeply carved line of her twisted neckline look even more beautiful.
The profile of a beautiful woman with an exposed neckline is truly devastating.
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Reporter Yoon Ha-young didn’t go to work and instead circled around Rainbow Miracle, photographing everything she thought was important.
This was the third day, following Saturday and Sunday.
“They were definitely under police escort.”
Until yesterday, she hadn’t found anything significant, but today.
She discovered something huge.
She captured Go Mu-yeol’s vehicle entering the Rainbow Miracle underground parking lot.
It wasn’t the best quality since it was just capturing the scene of them entering, but she could still confirm that two police vans were surrounding a luxury vehicle, one in front and one behind.
“Who the hell is it that they’re getting a police escort?”
It couldn’t be the police visiting for an investigation.
The van she just saw had a machine gun mounted on it.
Even in the hellhole that is Incheon, they wouldn’t bring a police van to investigate a company that isn’t even a PMC.
They’re escorting someone.
So the question is, who is the target?
“…It’s probably that man from the video, right?”
Someone related to Rainbow Miracle who is important enough to receive a police escort.
And someone who needed to visit this place specifically at this time.
There’s only one person.
“Then all I need to know is who owns that car….”
Of course, it’s out of the question to go directly into the parking lot.
A reporter who’s had her personal information exposed and received warnings via email is approaching? She’d be cut off immediately. And probably receive even greater punishment.
“Ha, but if I don’t see it now, I might not get another chance…. Is there no way?”
But she couldn’t just stand still.
– Buzz.
As she was worrying, she received a text message.
It was the first text message on her new phone.
– I’ve been assigned the case.
“Prosecutor Lee Na-eun!”
She almost stood up and cheered.
It actually worked…!
Happy, she immediately sent a reply.
– R-Really? You really got assigned this case?
Prosecutor Lee Na-eun’s reply came right away.
– Yes. When I said I would do it, they handed it over very willingly. I guess they really didn’t like me? Or maybe they wanted a video of me being raped, like you received of your team leader. Or maybe they wanted to participate directly.
– Ah…. Th-That…. B-Be careful, Prosecutor. I shouldn’t be the one saying this….
– Buzz.
Another vibration.
This time it wasn’t a text, but a phone call.
“Yes, Prosecutor.”
– Do you have any additional information you’ve gathered? If you do, send it to me.
“Ah, I do! I’m in front of Rainbow Miracle headquarters right now, and I’ve spotted a very suspicious vehicle.”
– A suspicious vehicle?
“It was being escorted by a police van with a machine gun, no less. Two of them, in fact.”
– Hmm…. Someone who is important enough to receive a police escort from the police is visiting Rainbow Miracle at this time?
“Strange, right?”
– It is strange.
“But I took a picture, but it’s…. There’s so much noise because of something on the car, I can barely make out the shape.”
– That’s probably it. They wouldn’t let it be photographed defenselessly.
“If I could just go inside and see it, it would be over, but….”
– You can’t go in, Reporter. Your personal information has already been exposed.
“I guess not, right?”
– I’ll ask an investigator.
“Gasp, really?!”
– Of course. It’s my case now.
“Thank you. Thank you, Prosecutor!”
– …Please don’t call me Prosecutor so loudly outside. It could be problematic.
“Ah. I’m sorry.”
– Then let’s meet up when you have time next time. If anything else comes up, please report it to my office.
“Yes! Goodbye!!”
Reporter Yoon Ha-young jumped up and bowed to the air.
Prosecutor Lee Na-eun hung up the phone.
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After hanging up, Prosecutor Lee Na-eun immediately called an investigator.
“Investigator Gong, please go to Rainbow Miracle headquarters right away. A person suspected of being behind this case, a vehicle presumed to belong to that person, is currently in the underground parking lot of Rainbow Miracle. Find out what kind of vehicle it is, and what the license plate number is. Here’s a photo with the silhouette.”
“…Are you really, starting?”
“Please hurry. There’s no time.”
“Understood.”
Investigator Gong bowed with a solemn face and gathered his equipment.
Just as Clerk Yoo respected Lee Na-eun and harbored various feelings for her, Investigator Gong also sincerely followed Lee Na-eun.
She is the only hope of this prosecution.
The last lifeline of this rotten country.
That’s what he thought.
Therefore, he didn’t hesitate even in the face of seemingly life-threatening work.
“…Prosecutor.”
“Clerk Yoo, please organize the materials related to this case. And since we might get reports at the office, please organize those as well.”
“Prosecutor, this case is too dangerous.”
Despite Clerk Yoo’s dissuasion, Prosecutor Lee Na-eun just looked over the materials.
“Were there any cases that weren’t dangerous?”
“But this case is…!”
The clerk raised his voice for a moment.
He looked around, then lowered his body and voice.
“What kind of cases have you been assigned so far, Prosecutor? They were all insignificant… no, so-called cases without any meat on the bone. But now, suddenly, they’re assigning you a case like this? A case that even a department head, no, a deputy chief prosecutor wouldn’t be able to handle, this is clearly-,”
“I said I would take this case.”
“…Excuse me??!”
Clerk Yoo was shocked.
What did he just hear???
“I’ve been waiting for it. A case like this.”
“What do you mean….”
“A case that anyone can see is dangerous…. A case that seems like it will reach a deep and shocking point in society if you dig just a little deeper.”
“Prosecutor….”
“Who are the ones who rule this society…. I need to reach that.”
“Because my dreams and goals are there.”
A serious and beautiful face, no different from usual.
But for some reason, Clerk Yoo felt like she was smiling.
