I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 78



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EP.78 Peaceful Daily Life (2)

Kim Gook-hwan was a self-proclaimed romantic swordsman who made a living by collecting protection money on the streets.

Gook-Hwan was proud of his own fists, so he did not use his strength recklessly.

There were rules and guidelines.

Even so, people around him called him a gangster.

In fact, the title of knight was not appropriate for someone who lived a life of play and eating.

Kim Gook-hwan lived a life of comfort, living off his fists, until he ended up in jail during the ‘war on crime.’

When I came out of the kindergarten, the older brothers and younger brothers that Guk-hwan had been looking after were scattered all over the place.

Gook-Hwan had no choice but to start doing manual labor.

Fortunately, there was work aplenty throughout the empire.

Kim Gook-hwan got his first taste of hard work, but he quickly gave it up.

It was because the salary was too low.

‘Damn, who am I supposed to put this on?’

Kook-Hwan started running a house gambling business through his acquaintances.

“If you yell, come in right away. Got it?”

“Yes, brother. Just leave it to me.”

It was something I never even looked at when I was a self-proclaimed romantic swordsman, but now I was desperate to make a living.

“Where the hell is this kid talking about? Do you want to get your hands and feet blown off?”

Kook-hwan acted as a menacing figure in the house, trampling on the tazzas and suckers.

“I’m talking about the twin forks on Seodong Street in Pyongyang. You know?”

Guk-Hwan enjoyed his second heyday, showing off his arrogance.

And then, once again, the fearsome clutches of the Korean Empire fell upon him.

“Catch these bastards.”

In front of the ruthless power of the public security agency, Guk-hwan was nothing more than a tiny being.

Guk-hwan was caught without even making a sound.

Fists and all, they were useless in the face of the solemnity of the coffin.

This time the judge didn’t give him any mercy, so he went to prison.

Kook-Hwan was classified as a felon in prison and was sentenced to five years in prison.

“Hey, number 111, parole.”

Thanks to the warden’s kindness to Gook-hwan, who knew how to control his power, and his sentence was greatly reduced, he was able to leave prison after only two years.

One day, while I was out of prison and going in and out of the detention center, a man in a suit came to my house.

“Mr. Kim Gook-hwan?”

The man had a low, cold voice.

He was like a snake that would bite a person’s neck if they let their guard down.

Guk-Hwan had often encountered people like this on the streets.

“Well, what about that?”

“Our Mr. Kook-hwan has committed many crimes. Fraud, gambling, violence, extortion, organized crime, robbery. There is no crime he has not committed.”

“I didn’t rape anyone. And I paid the price. So what does that matter?”

That was all the defense that romantic swordsman Kim Gook-hwan could come up with.

“Anyway, it’s true that my life was ruined because of that sin. Isn’t that right?”

Kook-Hwan also acknowledged that fact.

Thinking back on today, it is true that I do have regrets, such as not having focused on studying when I was younger.

“My father was crazy about gambling, so he sold his cows and his house. If it weren’t for that, I could have taken a different path.”

What is this kid trying to say when he comes to someone else’s house?

Guk-Hwan’s speech naturally became rude.

“What does that mean?”

“Your life was ruined because of your father. How about giving it a try for your country?”

Kim Gook-hwan froze slightly at those words.

“Jo, Jo-guk? Are you from a palace or something?”

“If you have any thoughts, think about them carefully. I’ll come back in three days.”

The man disappeared, leaving only those words behind.

Kim Gook-hwan spent several days thinking at home.

Who is that man?

And what does it mean to work for the country?

The answer was unknown.

How can an uneducated Guk-Hwan come up with such thoughts?

But I knew one thing.

Since my life was already ruined, there was nothing to lose by trying again.

As Gook-Hwan’s worries were coming to an end, the man appeared again.

“If you’ve made up your mind, change into these clothes.”

The man held out his bag.

Inside the bag were a nice suit and shoes that I had never seen before.

Guk-hwan felt embarrassed and carefully put on his clothes.

“This is tea too.”

The man also threw a watch at me.

As Gook-Hwan finished getting dressed, the man spoke.

“Keep this in mind. From now on, the old bastard Kim Gook-hwan will no longer be in this world.”

“yes.”

As the man gestured, a car that had been far away came in front of Gook-Hwan.

It was a nice car, one I had never seen before.

Is it made in Germany?

As Gook-Hwan was looking around, the man spoke.

“Get on.”

The place we went by car was towards Geumsu Mountain.

The car with the dead body soon turned in front of Geumsu Mountain and headed toward an ordinary-looking house.

Still, something in the air was different.

Even to the ignorant Kim Gook-hwan, it seemed like a place that could not possibly be an ordinary house.

“Get down.”

Kook-Hwan followed the man into the building.

In the spacious living room, there were several people sitting in suits similar to Guk-hwan.

Even at first glance, they were of the same species.

Guk-hwan sat down in an appropriate seat.

Soon, the man clapped his hands to get their attention, then spoke to the group in suits.

“You’ve worked hard coming here without even knowing what’s going on. Don’t worry. I didn’t call you here for bad reasons. You heard that you’ll be working for the country, right? Starting today, you’ll be working for the National Security Agency. You might be wondering what the National Security Agency, which you’ve never heard of before, does. That’s natural. It’s a little-known secret agency. Just know that it’s a very secret place.”

The man explained what he would be doing in the future at the National Security Agency.

The National Security Agency said its mission was to infiltrate companies and factories to steal accounting data and other information for the country.

The purpose, he said, was to monitor them to make sure they weren’t deceiving the country.

Kim Gook-hwan nodded.

Because the country was managed in such a watertight manner, the country was quiet.

To be a member of such a patriotic group.

Kim Gook-hwan felt his heart pounding.

From today on, he was no longer a street thug, but a civil servant, Kim Gook-hwan.

“Then, I will assign each person a task.”

Kook-Hwan was given the mission of infiltrating Taejeong and inspecting the logistics warehouse of Nampo Arsenal.

The time given was quite generous.

Since there was also a fund to recruit people, Gook-Hwan was able to work and enjoy a leisurely life for once.

After exactly ten days, the detectives came.

“Mr. Kim Gook-hwan?”

“Excuse me, why are you doing this?”

“That’s right, dude, catch it.”

Kim Gook-hwan instinctively felt that something was wrong.

“Okay, just a moment.”

“Shut this kid’s mouth.”

The detectives arrested Kim Gook-hwan with brute force and tied him up with rope.

So Kim Gook-hwan was taken to the police station.

Honestly, I couldn’t figure out why.

Why are detectives doing state affairs?

All I could think of was such unfair thoughts.

And when we arrived at the police station, there were a lot of reporters gathered there.

“Hey, take a picture.”

Gook-Hwan had a hard time opening his eyes due to the flashing light.

“Why on earth are you doing this?”

When Gook-hwan covered his eyes and shouted, one reporter asked back as if it was ridiculous.

“You’re in the fifth row.”

5 rows?

Guk-hwan didn’t know what 5 rows meant because the straps on his bag were short.

“What does that mean?”

“Are you a spy?”

“Me?”

Guk-hwan was dumbfounded.

If Gook-Hwan had the ability to be a spy, would he have lived on the streets doing things like being a chivalrous man?

That was ridiculous.

“no?”

“Why am I a spy? I am just doing my country’s business.”

Guk-hwan swallowed his words.

“You must never reveal that you are a member of the National Security Agency.”

Because the man said so.

However, as the interrogation continued, Gook-Hwan spoke with a sense of despair.

“I am from the National Security Agency. If you tell me what I said above, I will understand, so please tell me.”

The detectives were dumbfounded by those words.

“It’s called the Ministry of National Security. Where in the Korean Empire is there such an organization?”

“They said it was a secret organization and an unknown place.”

“Hey. If there was such a place, the student activists would have known about it first. Then we would have known about it too. But we don’t know about it? Then it doesn’t exist.”

Gook-Hwan felt like he had been hit with a hammer by those words.

So what the heck is the National Security Agency?

“Hey. Anyway, if they’re pretending to be a government agency like the National Security Agency or something and are systematically conducting 5th-column activities, then they’re a great spy organization. Don’t you think so?”

“Yeah. This is the first time I’ve seen these guys.”

Guk-hwan bit his fingernails.

Something is wrong.

The atmosphere seemed to indicate that he was a spy.

Gook-hwan hurriedly complained to the detective.

“No, the person who created the organization called the National Security Agency is a real government official. Otherwise, how would he have gathered people like me?”

Even an uneducated Kook-Hwan could explain that level of severity.

But there was no evidence.

And without evidence, the detectives couldn’t be trusted.

No, the detectives didn’t believe it.

The detectives chuckled.

Then, one person approached Gook-hwan as if he was sorry and said,

“Hey, you buddy. No matter how much you talk here, it’s no use.”

“yes?”

“Even if what you say is true, no one will believe it.”

“Why, why is that?”

“If what you say is true, then it’s the work of the Security Service or the Central Intelligence Agency. How can we dig up that?”

Gook-Hwan felt a sense of despair at those words.

Seriously, this couldn’t be happening.

How full of new hope I was when I heard that I was working for my country.

On this day, the largest spy organization in Korea since Dangun was discovered.

This large-scale five-column incident caused protests in Korea to suddenly quiet down.

Everyone was busy suspecting each other, suspecting that there might be a fifth column hiding somewhere and sabotaging the country.

The thought that if there was any misunderstanding, they might be labeled as a member of the fifth column made people careful with their words and actions.

“Commander, the National Security Agency’s plan has been completed. The world will be quiet for a while.”

“Yeah, you worked hard. I’ll use this as dinner money for the kids who worked hard.”

The Security Service’s operation succeeded so quietly.