1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 79



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Episode 79

Unlike my older sister who was smart, I was a child who had no talent for studying since I was young.

I’m talking about a kid who, if you tell him one thing, he’ll learn it but he’ll just hate learning it.

Naturally, he neglected his studies, and this, combined with his unfortunate family history, caused his older sister a lot of trouble.

Maybe the reason I enlisted in the military early was because I didn’t want to see my older sister crying all the time.

But strangely enough, the military, which was a place where other people studied, suited me quite well.

Even though I couldn’t focus normally, I strangely became good at it when I picked up a gun, and even though I was always at the bottom of the class, my academic ability was quickly absorbed into my head when I just looked at the textbook.

Interpersonal relationships weren’t difficult either.

All I had to do was do what I was told, and when the instructor asked me something, I just shouted, “Yes! I understand!” and that was it.

My superior kept praising me, saying that I really had a ‘natural talent’.

So, despite everyone’s high expectations, I entered a training center that is not recorded in the records.

And among the 102 classmates, he was the only one to be judged as having graduated and jumped into the field.

‘Black Agent, Jang Dae-soo.’

I spent a long time in the fiercely competitive field where anyone who worked for more than a year would be considered a veteran.

I survived fiercely, watching the humans who arrived later than me disappear first.

That’s how I became an irreplaceable human resource, and I was proud of that.

Until I lost all my comrades and realized that I was not human, but just a part.

‘I’m sorry, senior.’

The man who thought he could protect everything with one gun lost all his comrades on a rainy day.

The country he had pledged loyalty to betrayed him, and the human Jang Dae-su was thus erased from the world.

regret.

regret.

And then regret.

The life I have lived so far has been nothing but a black lump stained with self-reproach and failure.

A lump so stained and dirty that it will never turn white again.

Cool!

Consciousness returns without warning.

I woke up coughing violently, having been swimming in the deep abyss of the unconscious.

At the same time, memories from before I lost consciousness returned, and my dormant instincts began to flinch.

Sreung!

As soon as he raised his upper body, he pulled out the jungle sword that was tucked into his waist and aimed it forward.

A moment later, the blurry world brightened and the first thing that came into view was a woman.

“Yes, sir.”

The woman with a sharp blade against her neck called my name, trembling.

A woman with light brown hair, a small build, and, on the contrary, a sharp expression?

It’s a familiar voice.

“Mr. Rose?”

“Yes, yes! That’s me!”

When I put down the jungle map, Kim Jang-mi finally felt relieved and caressed her neck.

If I had stopped my hand just a little bit later, my neck would have been blown off along with my carotid artery.

By the way, where is this place?

The last thing I remember was being hit by a flying attack and losing consciousness.

But when I came to, I was lying on the floor, trapped in a glass wall like some kind of laboratory.

“Mr. Daesu!”

At that moment, Kim Jin-kyung, with bandages wrapped around her head and thighs, opened the door to the next room and appeared.

She sighed in relief as she looked at me, who had come to her senses, and then touched my arm.

“How are you? Is your arm okay?”

“I’m fine, except for a little soreness. But what’s going on?”

How on earth did he escape from the battlefield, and why is Kim Jang-mi, who was thought to be dead, here?

When I looked at her with a face that said I didn’t understand English, Kim Jang-mi, who was involved, stepped forward and explained on her behalf.

“This is one of the isolation rooms where Q2 was being studied. It’s a place that can never be breached unless there’s a serious attack, so you can rest assured for the time being.”

I wondered why it suddenly disappeared, but it seems it remembered the safe isolation room and ran here.

I looked around the isolation room with the lights and computers on and called out to Kim Jin-kyung.

“How did you get here?”

“When Mr. Dae-su collapsed, the power suddenly came back on. While the Q2s were running wild, Ms. Jang-mi called us from the vent.”

If things were normal, the moment I lost consciousness, we should both have lost our lives.

But thanks to the power returning at an exquisite timing, Q2 fell into chaos, and in the meantime, Kim Jang-mi, who had been hiding in the isolation room, brought us here.

Even I am dumbfounded when I hear this, so how shocked must Kim Jin-kyung have been who was there at the time.

She scratched her bandaged head and snickered, still in amazement as she thought about it again.

“Why on earth did you leave without saying anything?”

“I’m sorry, I was going to give you a radio message when I got there, but I lost the radio… … .”

Yeah, that radio came in handy when Q2 was trapping us.

I stared at the cowering Kim Jang-mi for a while, then sighed and lay down again.

Who is to blame?

It was none other than me who fell into the trap.

It’s fortunate that Kim Jang-mi came through the ventilation shaft, because she almost died there.

I touched my right arm, which felt like it was cracked, and asked Kim Jin-kyung.

“Have you contacted them?”

“Yes, I told you to just wait. I thought it would be dangerous if you moved rashly.”

“Well done.”

Now that we know that Q2’s intelligence is beyond our imagination, we cannot move rashly.

I thought it would be best to return to the hideout and join the group as soon as I regained my stamina.

“Do you know where Q2 went?”

“It was circling around and hasn’t been seen for two hours. I think it went back to its nest.”

No matter how powerful the mutant is, it cannot break this reinforced glass wall.

It was likely that they were either waiting for the next power outage or preparing another trap.

I asked Kim Jang-mi, who was watching with a very nervous expression, about Q2.

“Didn’t you clearly say that it was an independent entity?”

“This is a first. Normally, they would attack each other if they invaded each other’s territory, even if they were the same species. But I never imagined that they would cooperate and attack us.”

If there’s only one, it might be okay, but if three of them attack at the same time, it’ll be difficult even for us.

I stroked my throbbing right arm and thought hard about how to deal with them.

Cheek!

[Sister!]

But at that moment, Private Lee Hyeon-su’s voice was heard from the silent radio.

“Mr. Hyunsoo.”

[Hey, bro! Are you awake?]

“Yes, just now.”

[Oh, thank goodness. I thought this time it was going to be a big problem, so I was really scared.]

“Okay, what’s going on?”

[Oh! Right. Something came up here.]

Work? Could it be that Q2, who failed to catch us on the 33rd floor, attacked the hideout?

Startled, I quickly got up from where I was lying and fixed the radio.

“What’s going on?”

[That’s right, the soldiers came this way. They’re the ones who were originally guarding the building.]

“yes?”

[There were about 20 people, and they were hiding in the underground parking lot, and they came up after hearing gunshots.]

I thought everyone was wiped out, but some soldiers were hiding in the underground parking lot.

For a soldier in an already bad situation, this news could not have been better than a drop of rain in a drought.

But the voice of Private Lee Hyeon-su, who was delivering the news, sounded somewhat unpleasant.

[But the commander is alone.]

“What does that matter?”

[You know, that guy. He’s a brat with no skills but a lot of pride. Just by looking at him, he looks like he’s not on good terms with the sergeant and captain lines.]

“……ah.”

[You’re giving us orders and you’re really messing around. Even the snake is barely holding back now.]

When I heard the news, I couldn’t stop myself from exclaiming, “Fuck!”

No matter how many times I get hit, my head feels fine, but suddenly I feel like I’m getting a migraine.

“I’ll go that way for now.”

After furrowing my brow for a moment, I finally said I was going and turned off the radio.

Even if the world was destroyed, the clueless people remained clueless until the end.

* * *

Thanks to the power returning to the building, I was able to safely reach my hideout on the 12th floor.

However, the atmosphere of the hideout I returned to after a long time was completely different from when I left.

“Sergeant! We need to move now!”

“Not until support arrives!”

“Look around and then speak! What kind of support are you offering when everything is in shambles!”

The man wearing the second lieutenant’s insignia raised his voice, as did the soldier wearing the sergeant’s insignia.

One side was clearly a sergeant who was at odds with the other side, and the other side was like the scorpion I mentioned back then.

The two were glaring at each other and growling as if they were about to throw a punch.

While I was watching the fight for a while, Private Lee Hyeon-su walked out from one of the rooms.

“Brother, are you here?”

“How long have those two been doing that?”

“It’s been an hour. I somehow managed to contact the missing deputy platoon leader, and we’re still fighting over whether or not we should go rescue him.”

At first glance, it seemed obvious that the one who wanted to go rescue them was a sergeant, and the one who said no was a thief.

The sorcerer shouted at the sergeant with his signature newly commissioned officer expression.

“Everyone, listen up! Wait here until we get proper instructions from above!”

“Fuck, Captain!”

“Shut up! Before I shoot you for disobedience!”

Since there is no NCO to act as a crucible, the platoon is in a total mess.

But everyone was suppressing their anger, knowing that it was nonsense to disobey in the midst of a war.

“Ahem!”

The platoon leader, sensing that the atmosphere was not good, quickly moved away to avoid the fierce gaze.

The sergeants and privates who had been looking at the sight with bewildered eyes soon dispersed one by one.

“You can tell it’s a mess just by looking at it, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

I was hoping that I could get some help, but the outcome was a mess.

We shook our heads, put down our luggage, and took our seats.

Since both Jin-kyung Kim and I were not feeling well, we planned to rest and then move around.

“Brother, this way!”

But at that moment, Private Oh Chan-il, who had not been seen since a while ago, appeared from the office on the other side.

Sergeant Oh Chan-il waved his hand through the crack in the door as if to tell me to come over.

“Please take a break.”

“yes.”

I left my luggage with Privates Kim Jin-gyeong and Lee Hyeon-su and headed to the office where Private Oh Chan-il was.

And as soon as I opened the door, a huge blast of cigarette smoke hit my face, like a raccoon’s den.

“Brother, this way.”

Inside the office were the sergeants who had been fighting with the platoon leader a moment ago, along with Private First Class Oh Chan-il.

As soon as I entered, they stood up from their seats and extended their hands with friendly faces.

“I’ve heard a lot from Chan-il. My name is Private Lee Chang-wook.”

It seems that Private Oh Chan-il, who is naturally friendly, has already become acquainted with the situation and is talking to him.

“This is Jang Dae-su.”

I greeted Sergeant Lee Chang-wook, who extended his hand, and also greeted other sergeants.

There were three sergeants in total, including Sergeant Lee Chang-wook, who appeared to be the most senior in the platoon.

‘Thank you.’

‘What is it?’

As expected, Private Oh Chan-il, who was quick-witted, approached them knowing that they were the real powers of the platoon.

Thanks to that, I felt more comfortable talking and talked with the sergeants, including Lee Chang-wook.

“I heard you caught two Q2s. They’re incredible… … You’re really amazing.”

“I was lucky.”

“Five of our platoon members were killed by that guy. He really is amazing.”

“Would that be a matter of luck?”

If you know the methods and tricks, you can easily hunt one Q2.

Especially if they’re armed with guns, they can take them out much faster than we can.

But if there was a problem, it was that the platoon leader was incredibly incompetent.

“How long do you think this will go on?”

“Looking at the way he’s thinking, it looks like he’ll be like that until the end. That’s one thing for sure.”

The sergeants gathered in one place expressed their discontent, saying that this was not the first or second time something like this had happened.

“Should I just shoot him in the back and throw him away? Shit, how long are we going to do this?”

“Don’t you think about the future? As you said, that kid is holding on to something. Don’t you know that if we investigate, everything will come out?”

No matter how dirty or deadly it may be, a soldier must obey his superior’s words.

Everyone felt the urge to shoot, but no one dared to step forward.

“If only the deputy platoon leader had been here… … .”

“I’m telling you, you’re right. They’re definitely going to leave you to die. It’d be easier if the deputy platoon leader weren’t here.”

“What the hell is this in my later years?”

At that moment, the existence of the deputy platoon leader who had been said to have gone missing was mentioned once again by their mouths.

I was about to ask about the deputy platoon leader’s presence, so I slowly approached them.

“Are you looking for someone?”

As it happens, there’s an expert here.