1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 3
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Episode 3
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After passing through Toegyero, we finally arrived at Jungjeong, the famous basement under Namsan Mountain.
Youngho takes the lead and leads us inside. I go next to Youngho and ask him in a small voice.
“Mr. Youngho. How many people are there inside?”
“We currently have about 300 people in total. We’ve called an emergency, so when everyone gathers in a few hours, there will be about a thousand people.”
“A thousand mandates···.”
There was a need to check how many people there were in case of armed conflict. If possible, there should be no armed conflict, but it should be assumed that there might be armed conflict.
After a while, we arrive at the largest room in the central office, the office of the director of the Central Intelligence Agency. It wasn’t a particularly grand room, given the nature of the Central Intelligence Agency, but it seemed like there would be no problem holding meetings or anything like that.
“Brother. I’m sorry for raising my voice earlier. It was an emergency, so I couldn’t help it. Please understand, Brother.”
I approached Chief Secretary Jeong Se-won, who was walking behind me, and tried to comfort him. He must have been angry because I didn’t follow his opinion earlier. No matter how high up in the hierarchy they were, they were usually like brothers, so there was no need for their relationship to get worse.
‘This person didn’t betray me just now.’
“Ah.. I see.. But.. Where is Your Majesty’s body?”
“The staff are now moving His Majesty’s body to a temperature-controlled room to prevent it from decomposing.”
“Your Majesty… there was no hope?”
“Yes.. When I subdued the chief security officer, he had already been shot several times in the heart and head···.”
“Haa.. First, let’s take Your Majesty to his room.. Then we can talk after seeing Your Majesty first…”
“That was… such a miserable scene. I think it would be better to see you after things have been somewhat sorted out.”
“I see···.”
There were tears in Chief Secretary Jeong’s eyes once again. I don’t know the details of this person, but at least his loyalty to President Lee Jung-hwan seems genuine.
“Brother. By the way, I know it’s embarrassing in this situation, but I have a favor to ask.”
“Please? Something.”
“Please call the Prime Minister and the State Council members immediately.”
“The Prime Minister and the State Council members?”
“yes.”
“Umm.. Once we’re sorted out, wouldn’t it be better to go that way?”
“Brother. Right now, we don’t have a good grasp of the situation. Since this is an emergency, we need to hold a cabinet meeting right away. But can we leave Your Excellency’s body here and go to the Prime Minister’s residence to hold a cabinet meeting?”
As soon as the word “Your Excellency” was mentioned, the chief of staff could not answer any further. I don’t know about anything else, but this person’s loyalty to President Lee Jung-hwan is sincere, so it will work.
“That makes sense.. Okay. I’ll contact you right away.”
“Thank you, Youngho. Please bring the Prime Minister here so I can speak to him.”
“All right.”
The reason I helped Young-ho guide Secretary Jeong’s phone calls was also meant to be used to eavesdrop on his calls. And of course, Young-ho, being an agent of the National Intelligence Service, could not have been unaware of this.
“Okay, I’ll make a phone call.”
“Yes. But please don’t tell anyone about His Majesty’s death just yet. Wouldn’t it be better if you come here and tell them at once?”
“Okay.”
Youngho takes the chief secretary and heads to the next room for a moment.
I took a breather and dug into my pocket to light a cigarette.
But I couldn’t find any cigarettes even after searching through my inside pocket, my pants pocket, or my drawer.
“Sir, what are you looking for?”
An employee who had been watching from the side approaches and asks.
“I’m looking for some cigarettes. Do you have any?”
“Cigarettes? Yes, here they are.”
The clerk takes a cigarette out of his pocket, lights it, and hands it to me.
“Thank you.”
I spoke and acted as if I was Kim Jong-guk as much as possible.
“But, sir, didn’t you smoke?”
‘Didn’t Kim Jung-guk smoke a cigarette?’
Perhaps Kim Jung-guk was a non-smoker. I just laughed off his question.
“I quit in my 20s, but now I feel like I can’t survive without cigarettes.”
“I see···.”
“Cough.. Cough..!!”
Although he used to smoke cigarettes every day, this is the first time he is smoking in the body of Kim Jung-guk, so he coughs harshly.
“Are you okay, boss?”
“Oh… It’s okay. It’s just because it’s been a while since I’ve seen it, so don’t worry.”
I move to the bathroom for a moment to catch my breath while smoking my last cigarette. And then, all of a sudden, my cell phone in my pocket vibrates.
‘What… again…’
[System: Changes in history will be reflected in the future.]
“It will be reflected in the future?”
I quickly searched for the 10.26 incident.
[After the October 26 Incident, Kim Jung-guk seized power by taking charge of the joint investigation headquarters for the assassination of President Lee Jung-hwan, but on December 12, he was suddenly stripped of power by a military coup d’état centered around the Hanahwe. In the end, after being tortured, Kim Jung-guk confessed to the assassination of President Lee Jung-hwan and was put on trial as the mastermind…]
Although the execution date was slightly different, it was not much different from the existing history. Although he briefly seized power, he eventually lost all power due to a military coup.
‘In the end, it’s the Hanahwe that’s the problem…’
Already during the presidency of Lee Jung-hwan, the Hanahoe had grown into an organization with enormous power within the military due to its unprecedented support.
In the end, the story was that it would be impossible to seize power unless this Hanahwe was somehow neutralized.
I called over to one of the staff waiting in front of the bathroom and asked them in a low voice to go and bring me some photos.
While the staff went to get the photo, I finished my cigarette and returned to my seat. It seemed that Chief Secretary Jeong had not yet returned, and the Chief of Staff was sitting there looking anxious and continuing to smoke a cigarette.
“Mr. President. Are you okay?”
“Ah.. Manager Kim.”
“Your complexion looks really bad. If something goes wrong with the president in this situation, it will be a big problem.”
“Haa.. I can’t believe His Majesty has passed away. Just like Director Kim said, we had to deal with that bastard, Director Choi, somehow.. Haa..”
“What can we do about what has already happened? First, shouldn’t we deal with this situation? That is what Your Majesty would want. After all, Your Majesty has spent his entire life looking only at the country.”
“Yes···.”
I continued to use the word “Your Excellency” and used it by borrowing the authority of President Lee Jung-hwan.
Both the handling of this situation and the seizure of power required the use of President Lee Jung-hwan. President Lee Jung-hwan still enjoys absolute popular support, and he was like a king to the current Chief of Staff and Chief of Staff in the past.
It would have been absolutely impossible for President Lee Jung-hwan to seize power without using his authority.
“So, Chairman of the Staff, I have a favor to ask you.”
“To me? Go ahead.”
“Could you please call one of the generals to the court now?”
“General? Who are you?”
“This is General Jeon Dae-hwan.”
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s eyebrows twitch.
“Are you a former general? Are you talking about the commander of the security forces?”
“yes.”
“Does that person really have to come here?”
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sounded displeased.
“Chief of Staff, are you concerned about General Jeon coming here?”
“.. .. .. .. Yes, that’s true. I know Jeon Dae-hwan well. He is a writer with many impure intentions. Since Your Majesty loved him so much, I couldn’t do anything about it, but he is definitely not the type of person who would end up just as a soldier.”
“That’s why I’m calling.”
“Huh? So that’s why you’re calling me?”
I told the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff my plan frankly.
“Here’s the trick to arresting the security commander.”
“Are you arresting Jeon Dae-hwan?”
“Yes. Didn’t the president say that he knew what kind of person Jeon Dae-hwan was?”
“Hmm..”
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff closes his eyes and groans in concern.
“But if Jeon Dae-hwan is arrested right now, there will be considerable backlash within the military, even though he hasn’t committed a crime.”
“Are you worried about Hanahwe?”
“.. .. .. Yes, that’s right. Even if you can fool the heavens, it’s hard to fool Chief Kim. If you arrest Jeon Dae-hwan without a good reason, the generals centered around the Hanahwe will not stay still.”
“Mr. President, would you like to take a look at this for a moment?”
I asked the employee to take the photo I had asked for earlier and showed it to the president.
“Isn’t this… Choi Cheol-gi and Jeon Dae-hwan?”
“Yes. These two have been meeting quite frequently recently. We at Jungjeong have been keeping a close eye on them as well. I never expected this situation to develop.”
“Do you think Jeon Dae-hwan is also involved in this situation?”
“I believe with a high probability that Jeon Dae-hwan knew in advance that Choi Cheol-gi was planning to assassinate President Lee Jeong-hwan.”
The president, who had been looking at the photos, asked me a question.
“Didn’t I tell Your Majesty in advance?”
“I told you.. But don’t you know? How much Your Majesty trusted Choi Cheol-gi and Jeon Dae-hwan..”
“Ha.. really..”
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff holds his head in thought. After a while, he stands up and opens his mouth.
“Where’s the phone? Manager Kim. I’ll have Jeon Dae-hwan come right away. If he doesn’t come, I’ll go and get him.”
“Thank you, President. Oh, please don’t let anyone know that His Majesty has passed away. If the news gets out, Jeon Dae-hwan might not come.”
“All right.”
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff goes into the next room to make a phone call.
After a while, Director Jeong returns to his room first. And soon after, the sound of a car is heard outside the courtyard. It seems that some of the State Council members have already arrived.
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