1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 60



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Episode 60

This murder case was brought to a close with the perpetrator dying during the arrest.

Captain Kang, who officially announced this, did not forget to hold a press conference and provide a belated explanation.

Why was the arrest delayed and why were the victims who came forward ignored?

And why did they have to artificially create copycats to fool everyone?

Then, the accusations and criticism directed at Captain Kang and the soldiers disappeared in an instant.

I understood that the method was groundbreaking and that it also involved a tremendous amount of effort.

Of course, there were still some negative opinions that the response was too late, but they quickly died down as they were swept up in the overall atmosphere.

People in the shelter were exhausted from the tense situation and wanted to quickly return to their daily lives.

The noisy atmosphere soon died down and peace returned to the campus.

And my group and I, who had worked hard for a long time, were enjoying a long-awaited rest.

“Sangbaem, what have you come here with now?”

“also?”

Private Lee Hyeon-su, who was returning from smoking a cigarette, discovered a box placed in front of the front door.

Private Oh Chan-il, who had been following in, opened the box and tore off the tape as if he was familiar with it.

Inside, there was a whole can of yellow peaches that still had plenty of time left before their expiration date.

“It’s canned zodiac.”

“Wow, this is crazy.”

This is actually not the first time something like this has happened.

Since the incident ended, someone leaves a gift like this almost every day.

Sometimes it’s food with a steaming aroma, and sometimes it contains valuable items like canned goods, cigarettes, or soju.

It’s as if I’m repaying you for your past efforts, with all my heart and sincerity.

Private Lee Hyeon-su, his mouth full of saliva, comes running while making a fuss.

“Brother! Can I eat this?!”

But I, who was cleaning my gun in the living room, answered in a firm voice again today.

“Please take it to the daycare.”

“Ugh, what a shame.”

“Uncle! I like Hwangdo!”

“Ugh, trash! How dare you ignore my sincerity!”

At that moment, as if they had been waiting for this, all kinds of jeers and complaints began to pour out from the surroundings.

It was a complaint from Il-Hyeong and Ye-Bin who couldn’t eat the gifts they received every time.

But I didn’t care and just repackaged the box and sent it back out the front door.

Private Oh Chan-il, who was chewing his lips with regret while looking at that sight, said to me.

“This must have been sent by the bereaved family this time too, right?”

“Maybe.”

This isn’t the first time we’ve helped Captain Kang with campus affairs.

But unlike past cases, this murder case was a case where there was a clear divide between those who were incompetent and those who were active.

Naturally, the rumor spread quickly, and my group and I suddenly became the main characters in this incident.

It has become commonplace to be greeted by strangers while walking down the street.

In particular, the bereaved families of the victims, who must have felt the most resentment, sent gifts in this way.

But I, who was actually the one being respected and admired, didn’t feel so good.

“It was a purely public affair. Receiving a gift like this diminishes its meaning.”

Even if you say thank you, it is difficult to send a gift like this.

It’s not like I did it because I wanted something in return, and I don’t know if something different will come up later.

Because I was concerned about that, I donated the gifts to daycare centers and restaurants as soon as I received them.

“If that’s what you say, hyung.”

“Ugh, my zodiac… … .”

The group nodded with sullen faces at the answer that was like a model answer.

I don’t know why they are so greedy when they have a warehouse full of snacks.

I turned away from Yebin, who was pouting, and started to focus on cleaning my gun again.

“I guess the campus is a little quieter now?”

“Well, wouldn’t that be so?”

Most of the major work has been done, and Captain Kang’s planned expansion project is also nearing completion.

I heard that they were preparing to cooperate with nearby shelters, so it might not take too long for the area to return to normal.

How long has it been since I’ve felt this peace?

The group lay on the heated floor and looked out the window at the falling snow.

The snowflakes that usually felt annoying were falling warmly today.

CLANG!

“Mr. Daesu!”

But at that moment, the front door of the dorm opened abruptly and Olivia came inside.

She hurriedly shook the snow off her fur hat, as if she had just been sweeping it away.

“Did you get another gift?”

“no!”

Olivia, her face flushed with the cold, stamped her feet and shouted.

“There are so many refugees outside!”

“Huh? Suddenly?”

The campus is the only shelter in the area, so refugees continue to arrive even on a regular basis.

But the number was at most a few dozen, and they didn’t come in large numbers like they do now.

“Yes! They are refugees from Jongno!”

You came from another shelter? At first we were puzzled, but then we were shocked.

And as I felt the atmosphere outside gradually becoming noisy, I got up and grabbed my coat.

Any hopes that things would be a little quieter were dashed by unexpected guests.

* * *

Today, it is a cold day with snow falling as usual.

But unlike usual, when it was quiet, the main gate of the campus was noisy with crowds of people.

Not only were all the soldiers currently on duty deployed, but even college students who had been on break for a long time were all out to move emergency supplies.

“This isn’t a joke?”

“Wow, how many people are there…?”

And behind them, refugees from Jongno were swarming in droves.

The soldiers who had drawn the control line were at a loss as to how large the number was.

We approached them stealthily and quietly observed the refugees.

“Oh, you guys must have had a hard time.”

“I guess there is a distance.”

As expected, everyone looks terrible.

Everyone, regardless of age or gender, looked like beggars and desperately stared at the soldiers.

Well, having come all the way here from Jongno, it’s almost a miracle that I’m alive.

“Mr. Seongcheol!”

Seongcheol and the college students who had just left their accommodation early in the morning approached us.

Judging from the fact that he was holding a kettle, it seems that he was distributing warm water to the refugees.

“older brother?”

When I pretended to know him, Seongcheol put down the kettle he was holding and approached me happily.

“What on earth is going on?”

“I just got here, so I don’t know the details. I’m still trying to figure out what’s going on, but I’m pretty sure they’re refugees from Jongno.”

“Why are you here when you have a shelter there…?”

“I’ve heard some stories, and it seems like people are starving to death due to lack of food. Right now, most of the people here have been starving for more than three days.”

Three days? Everyone’s eyes are spinning.

Perhaps if the soldiers with guns hadn’t come, it would have been difficult to control.

We slowly moved away from the control line, hearing screams coming from all over the place.

And I tried to find Corporal Jang somewhere, wondering if he could help.

“wait a minute!”

But at that very moment, a very familiar voice began to be heard from behind.

When I turned my head, as expected, my older sister who had gone out early in the morning was approaching me.

My sister, not seeing us, came urgently toward the control line and shouted.

“Hyehwa-dong! Is there anyone from Hyehwa-dong? Or is there anyone from the surrounding area?”

My older sister kept shouting for Hyehwa-dong and searched for refugees who were crowded along the control line.

As I was scratching my head wondering what was going on, Kim Jin-kyung came over and told me.

“Have you already forgotten? Korea Biozeneca is in Hyehwa-dong. It’s where my sister used to work.”

Oh, that’s right. If it’s Hyehwa-dong, it’s Jongno-gu, and the Jongno shelter would be nearby.

Perhaps my older sister was trying to find out through people what was going on with the company.

I approached my sister, who seemed a little excited, grabbed her arm and pulled her towards me.

“Sister, calm down. People are going to be surprised.”

“Oh, uhm. Sorry.”

The surrounding area was already crowded with people trying to hear news about their relatives and acquaintances.

You will have ample opportunity to come back later, once the situation has been sorted out.

“… Hyehwa-dong?”

But at that moment, a middle-aged woman who had been sitting with her eyes wide open raised her head.

My sister hurried to the control line and I quickly talked to her.

“By any chance, are you from Hyehwa-dong?”

“Yes, my hometown is over there.”

“ah!”

You’re lucky.

I happened to meet someone who lived in Hyehwa-dong.

I quickly followed my sister and took out the chocolate bar from my pocket and handed it to her.

Then, the middle-aged woman who had seemed weak reached out with her eyes sparkling.

“If you tell me nicely, I’ll give you one more.”

“yes yes!”

She hurriedly hid the chocolate bar in case anyone saw it and lowered her voice quietly.

Then, as if she had been waiting, the older sister began to talk to the middle-aged woman.

“Do you remember the large building in front of the station? The building at the three-way intersection.”

“Did you build it new last year?”

“Yes! That’s right! Korea Biozeneca… .”

But at that moment, the face of the middle-aged woman who seemed like she would cooperate well becomes distorted into a fierce look.

“Are you from there?”

“yes?”

“Are you from BioZeneca?”

The older sister began to panic as she saw the middle-aged woman suddenly showing hostility.

It’s the enemy.

Feeling something strange, I quickly ended the conversation and stepped forward.

“No, I have an acquaintance who works for that service company. I asked just in case.”

The middle-aged woman’s frown softened at the mention of finding an acquaintance.

“Then your friend is lucky. The building and the people at the company are still intact.”

“Really?”

“Yes, the soldiers are guarding it like an iron wall. It’s a problem because they even block people who ask for help.”

The fact that soldiers are guarding the building means that the building is under government control.

My older sister frowned at the completely unexpected development and sat quietly in thought.

In the meantime, I quickly handed him another chocolate bar and started getting information.

“I think the building is closed.”

“Yes, they put up a big wall around the building. The refugees are screaming to be let in, but they don’t even blink an eye inside. Those damned bastards… Shouldn’t soldiers protect the citizens first? What on earth did they get from above that they can just watch people die?”

The middle-aged woman spat out spit as she cursed at the company and the soldiers, as if she had a lot of accumulated anger.

On the other hand, I, who had obtained valuable information, made my older sister, whose face had turned pale, step aside.

“Was there no one else besides soldiers?”

“No, there were many civilians. Helicopters would fly over the rooftops from time to time, and people wearing yellow hazmat suits would ride with them. Many people died because of the sound of the helicopters.”

“thank you.”

I said hello to the middle-aged woman who gave me good information and stepped back behind the cordon.

My older sister was sitting among the group, frowning with a complicated expression.

I guess he has mixed feelings after hearing that the company is still doing well and their behavior.

“I’ve seen similar helicopters and people flying around before. Do you know what it is?”

“No, I don’t know. The last time we had contact was before the situation started.”

She is my older sister who holds a high position in the company.

But since I have no way of contacting them, I have no idea what’s going on.

Who are the helicopters flying around periodically, who are the people in hazmat suits, and why are soldiers guarding the BioZeneca building?

Even though we could clearly smell something fishy, ​​we just kept quiet.

This matter seemed to be far beyond what my party and I could possibly care about.

But one person, perhaps a related person, my older sister, seemed deeply troubled.

“Is there any way to contact you? If they know I’m alive, they might be able to help.”

It would be a different story if my older sister were a capable researcher and held a high position in the company.

But as of now, there was no clear way to contact them, unless communication was restored.

At that moment, Private Oh Chan-il, who had been quietly listening to the conversation from the side, expressed his opinion.

“Couldn’t we take the helicopter on campus? There should be a landing pad on the roof of the building, so we can easily make a landing.”

Surely a 30-story building surrounded by a barrier would be easily accessible by helicopter.

As it happens, there is a transport helicopter that can be used on campus at the Gwanaksan landing pad.

“Let’s start with Captain Kang.”

With a good idea in hand, we hurried to the main building where Captain Kang was.

* * *

Inflow is inevitable for a group or flock to survive for a long time.

Captain Kang also knew this, so he continued to accept some refugees who came to the campus shelter through strict procedures and processes.

But that was only a small influx of no more than a few dozen people, and this was the first time that hundreds of refugees had flocked in.

Naturally, there was chaos inside the campus.

Soldiers had to quickly establish a cordon and isolate the refugees from the shelters.

If any of them were infected, it would literally be chaos.

There are plenty of things to do, like simple health checks, identity verification, and personnel classification.

In the end, it was the soldiers in the shelter, including Captain Kang, the manager, who suffered.

They were working like crazy, running around inside and outside the main building even though it was the weekend.

Thanks to that, we were able to meet Captain Kang two hours after we applied for the interview.

“I’m sorry, I know you’re busy.”

“Haha, no. I’m just taking a short break under the pretense of an interview. I really thought I was going to die like this.”

I thought things would be a little quiet after the murder, but now there’s chaos due to unexpected refugees.

Captain Kang, the manager and person in charge, sighed with a face worn down by fatigue.

It seems like this interview with us is their only chance to catch their breath.

“So, what’s going on?”

“I came here to ask you a favor.”

When I told him that I had come to ask him a favor, Captain Kang nodded with a strange expression.

It was the first time I had ever been asked to do something like this, so he seemed quite surprised.

“It’s nothing else than….”

I told him honestly what had happened that day and asked him about the helicopter.

Then Captain Kang scratched his forehead with a troubled expression.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Daesu. Normally, I would tell you to just ride along… … .”

“Are you having a hard time?”

“The aircraft we have was originally scheduled for retirement. It is such an old piece of equipment that regular maintenance is absolutely necessary to keep it in operation. But you know, Mr. Dae-su. What is the current state of our hangar?”

Flying aircraft are specialized equipment that require periodic maintenance and care.

Fortunately, there was a professional aircraft maintenance technician on site, but there was a severe shortage of consumables necessary for helicopter operation.

As a result, aircraft defects have been occurring over time and it has now reached a point where it cannot be operated.

Perhaps it was a big effort for Captain Kang to bring us back from Yeongjong Island.

I felt bad about asking for more.

“I’m truly sorry. For now, I’m looking into various solutions.”

“No, we are more sorry.”

I was wondering why things were going so well, but they came to a sudden halt like this.

I nodded as if I was familiar with it and drank the coffee mix with Captain Kang.

By the way, what should I do?

If it’s Hyehwa-dong, it’s quite far.

I turned my head out the window, feeling the bitter aroma of coffee in my mouth.

The sky was gradually darkening and the refugees who had been sorted out were coming in.

Oh, wait a minute.

“Captain Kang.”

“yes?”

“How did those people get here? It must have been difficult to get there by any other route.”

Over a hundred people passed through the dangerous middle of Seoul to get here.

Even if you go alone, you can’t guarantee your life or death, so how on earth did you get here?

Captain Kang must have had the same thought as he put down his paper cup and said.

“I guess there was someone who led the escape.”

“Are you like a leader?”

“Yes, that’s true. He seems more capable than I thought. Would you like to meet him?”

When people gather, a group is formed, and when a group is formed, a leader is naturally formed.

Even among that group of refugees, there was one leader who had brought the people here.

What on earth did they do to get all those people here safely?

And if I can get here safely, wouldn’t I be able to leave safely?

I nodded willingly.