## Chapter 273 – 27. Korea Has a High Fever for Education (10)
“An emergency press conference?”
He’d been holed up the entire time the exposé was unfolding, and now he’s trying some kind of last-ditch effort?
‘Well, even if he’s just a mayor, he’s still a human being who got to that position, so he must know how things are turning out by now.’
All sorts of revelations had exploded, and the number of ruling party lawmakers who could support him was dwindling day by day.
Even the remaining lawmakers weren’t defending him very strongly, so the special prosecutor, which required more than a majority to approve, passed far too smoothly.
Then he’d have a rough idea.
That his future was completely burned to a crisp.
He wasn’t just cornered; his feet were on fire.
“Is this bastard going to declare martial law?”
If so, martial law was the only thing left.
Even a district mayor could declare partial martial law, so why couldn’t the mayor?
He could declare martial law and go on a rampage.
“…It’s not impossible, but since Incheon Metropolitan City was promoted to an advanced quarantine city, that is, an autonomous city, a mayoral martial law has never been declared.”
“Then if he does it now, he’ll go down in history. No one will remember so-and-so who was mayor in such-and-such year, but a mayor who declared martial law will be remembered forever.”
It’s even the first time?
Isn’t that a worthwhile deal?
He’s either going to be ousted or die anyway, so he might as well leave his name in history.
“Still, that’s too suicidal. If you declare martial law in Incheon City where Master is, the Militaries will intervene immediately. Maybe even the national army….”
“Well… since a special prosecutor has been appointed, his life is over anyway, so does it matter that much? He’s going to die anyway, so he’ll take everyone down with him. He’s not a saint with such a beautiful ideology.”
“…”
Sua couldn’t answer.
It seemed she thought it was possible enough.
“If it were me, if I was going to die anyway, I’d swing my sword around and die. Isn’t that what a man does?”
Maybe I’m expecting it.
For the word “martial law” to come out of Choi Cheol-gyu’s mouth.
It’s impossible to harm me with the 16 knights I have, so wouldn’t it be fun to watch the last struggle of a man?
“If that really happens…”
– Dear citizens of Incheon. This is Mayor Choi Cheol-gyu.
Choi Cheol-gyu appeared.
But he didn’t actually appear; he appeared as a hologram.
All the reporters are gathered, isn’t that a bit lame?
I wasn’t the only one who thought so; I could hear a murmur from beyond the screen.
– To my respected citizens, I confess with the feeling of spitting on my own face. This city… is rotten from the root. The political world is stained with opposition for the sake of opposition, and it has even reached the point where a mayor elected through sacred voting is falsely accused of crimes he didn’t commit. The judicial system has also lost its fairness and transparency. They are leveling shameless accusations that are unspeakable, and they are abusing special prosecutors, riding on reckless political offensives in a “what if” manner.
The beginning was nothing special.
Just complaining about how unfair it was.
I didn’t commit any crimes, it’s all their lies and false propaganda.
Not to mention the political world, the judicial system is also messed up.
The entire judiciary is serving someone, not the law, and so on.
It was so cliché it was boring to listen to.
– The fundamental principle of democracy, the separation of powers, is no longer functioning properly. As a mayor serving the citizens, I have a responsibility and duty to resolve this situation.
Oh,
Is martial law coming?
That’s exactly the feeling.
“Master,”
Sua opened her mouth cautiously, as if she had received a report.
“There’s a report that some of the city defense forces are moving.”
“Oh!”
“It seems they are targeting national institutions, including the district prosecutors’ offices, police stations, and district courts in each region.”
“How many?”
“The exact number hasn’t been tallied, but it’s about 20,000.”
“Hmm.”
Ambiguous.
It’s definitely not a small number, but 20,000 is a bit lacking to occupy the national institutions throughout Incheon City, instead of attacking one place.
Even Namdong-gu Police Station, where Do Yoon-jeong is, has more than 20,000 available troops.
Considering that the Incheon police are virtually armed to the level of the military, it means that they don’t even have enough troops to occupy one police station.
“Will that be enough?”
“…It’ll be difficult. It seems like a last-ditch effort, literally.”
“Tsk tsk tsk.”
If he was going to do it, he should have mobilized 200,000.
20,000 in this demonic Incheon, of all places?
Was there not enough time?
Or did he not have enough charisma to mobilize more?
‘It’s more likely to be the latter, isn’t it? He’s being abandoned by politicians of the same party because of ridiculous accusations. Not all front-line generals will follow him, right?’
Either way, it’s not a very impactful move.
– As of this moment, I declare a state of emergency martial law.
On the screen, the solemn hologram Choi Cheol-gyu finally declared martial law.
But unlike what I had expected, my mood was somewhat subdued.
It wasn’t the scale I wanted to see.
What Li Wei in Shanghai did was more thrilling.
It’s a bit disappointing.
“Contact Do Yoon-jeong.”
“Yes.”
Sua immediately connected the call and handed me the phone.
– Yes, Master. What is it?
“Did you hear?”
– You mean the martial law? I’m watching it live right now.
“Was anything delivered to you?”
– An order was just issued in the name of the Martial Law Command. According to the emergency martial law, all troops are commanded by the mayor, who is the commander of the city defense forces. That includes our police. And it says to lead the troops and neutralize the target points.
“If you refuse?”
– It says you’ll be arrested for treason according to the martial law decree?
Do Yoon-jeong laughed as she answered.
It seems funny even as she says it.
“What’s the police force size there?”
– Including everyone, it’s about 53,000.
Wow, damn.
And you’re declaring martial law with only 20,000 mobilized in a place like this?
Is that going to work?
“Then it seems like there won’t be a problem with the police… but the prosecution might be a problem. The prosecutor’s office probably doesn’t have that many troops.”
– Well, it’s an investigative agency. Should I send some troops?
“Send them to the Namdong District Prosecutor’s Office. If possible, block them from entering Namdong-gu altogether. And about Lee Na-eun, who became a special prosecutor this time, she’s going to execute-“
That’s when it happened.
The head of the hologram Choi Cheol-gyu, who had been babbling on the screen, suddenly exploded!
“…??”
What,
Is it a transmission error?
But the scene of his head exploding was shown as it was.
Even now, he’s fallen to the side.
The grotesque headless corpse remains as a hologram and is still being projected.
– Murmur, murmur
– Wh, what is it?
– Is he dead?
– His head exploded!!
– 1,119…!
A beat later, there was a commotion at the press conference as well.
The reporters got up, and countless backs of heads appeared on the screen,
Soon the screen transmission was stopped.
“Heh heh… What is this?”
“I, I don’t know…”
The head of the mayor who declared martial law explodes a few minutes later…
The only ones who can do this are… probably just our group.
He’s a guy who gathered a lot of reporters and showed up as a hologram, which means he’s holed up somewhere unknown to others. A bunker in the official residence, or something.
Otherwise, there’s no way he’d be doing a hologram projection.
But even though he was hiding like that, his head exploded and he died a few minutes after declaring martial law.
‘They just killed him right away. Savage.’
What’s even more shocking is that they just killed him outright, even though it’s being broadcast live to all citizens right now.
‘Whether it’s known or not, they don’t care, and they’re going to die because they’re annoying.’
That’s roughly the feeling.
‘This isn’t something that can be hidden by deleting videos and destroying devices. Is it okay?’
Considering that when the Rainbow Miracle Director went on a rampage on live broadcast, all the exposé videos were deleted and all devices that had ever watched the video were destroyed, they killed Choi Cheol-gyu too openly. As if it were a warning.
‘Back then, it was my personal information that was spreading, and now it’s just Choi Cheol-gyu dying, is that the difference? It’s okay for the servants to die as much as they want.’
“Master.”
Sua brought another news.
“…All of the ruling party lawmakers who were having an emergency meeting about Mayor Choi Cheol-gyu’s special prosecutor have died.”
“?”
“Just like the mayor, their heads all exploded…”
“…”
“Given the circumstances, it is presumed that the ruling party lawmakers who are not in contact are also dead.”
Ah…
Did they just kill them all…?
“Ah, and… Th, the party leader who was briefing on the Incheon city administration from the mainland… also died with his head exploding…!”
“…”
I was so dumbfounded that I changed the channel.
All the news was in an uproar.
“Heh heh… Whoever it is, they’re damn hot… Do Yoon-jeong, let’s talk later.”
– Yes, y-yes… Master. Goodbye.
