Chapter 288: Departure Of The Patriotism Train (4)

Chapter 288: Departure Of The Patriotism Train (4)

At that time, in the President’s Office in Busan.

“Are you insane?! Are you out of your mind?!”

An angry voice echoed outside the office.

The secretaries outside were all startled, as it was rare for him to lose his temper.

“Who are you to make Snow White an instructor! Huh?! What were you thinking, what?! Education?! To increase the number of S-classes? Damn, you fool!”

The one shouting was none other than the President, and the reason for his anger was Snow White.

“Just because Snow White is a professor at the academy, you think you can do whatever you want as the director?! How could you do such a thing with an S-class hero! Have you lost your mind?!”

And the target of his anger was none other than the academy’s director.

“Did you mark Baek Seol-hee as an instructor in the education plan without even getting Snow White’s permission? Wow, you’re quite the powerful person! Just because Snow White is young and treats you with respect as the director, you think you’re above her?! Do you think the world’s ability users call you director because you’re actually something?! Get your head straight! Snow White is doing you a favor by being a professor, you can’t just do whatever you want!”

There was no bomb like this verbal bomb.

If the person on the receiving end were to hear these words directly, they would probably go crazy just from the words alone.

“Just you wait until tomorrow! Damn...!”

Click.

The call ended with a rough sound.

President Tae Chae-jin, who had been breathing heavily with his fist clenched, took a deep breath.

“Such a useless act...!”

“Grandfather.”

The young man sitting on the office sofa, Taejo, sipped the black tea in front of him and glanced through the documents.

“Is the director getting fired?”

“...I can’t dismiss him myself. Tsk.”

The President leaned back on the sofa.

“What if Baek Seol-hee suddenly quits everything?”

“Isn’t it enough to just get rid of the director?”

“Yeah. I wish I could just fire him. Sigh. Maybe he doesn’t know better? Tsk.”

The President glanced at the secretaries, who were watching nervously, and swallowed his words with a sip of tea.

“When the truth comes out, the director will probably go crazy too. He’ll wonder what kind of madness he’s done. Sigh.”

“Well... the director is lucky; it might actually turn out well.”

“What? Why?”

“Surprisingly, Seol-hee noona might like going to Jeju Island.”

“What are you talking about? She planned a vacation during the break, but something came up.”

“Who says she has to work all the time? In Jeju Island, if you get Seol-hee noona her own room, even a separate pension far away, she’ll rest well on her own.”

“......!!”

The President stroked his chin at Taejo’s words.

“That’s a good idea. If we loosen the eyes around her...”

“I know a nice pension in Seogwipo, grandfather.”

“You little rascal... Ahem. You can be useful at times like this. So, where is it?”

“In Seogwipo. I’m an expert in this... Oh. This isn’t why I came.”

Taejo straightened his posture.

Soon, he grabbed the back of his neck and rubbed his throat with his thumb, and the President gulped down the tea and stood up.

“Secretary Jang. I need to talk to Taejo alone for a bit, please step out.”

“Understood. Call me when you’re done.”

“Sure.”

As the secretaries left, Taejo immediately activated his magic power.

“Noise canceling. Ah, ah.”

“...What’s the matter? Is it North Korea?”

“Yes. One each from China and Russia, S-classes are coming.”

Taejo’s voice became respectful, though his posture remained relaxed.

“But Gwang Ik Gong is not stepping in directly.”

“.......”

“What’s wrong with him? Cheok Jun-kyeong’s paranoia is worsening. Other S-classes are the same, and so is Irin.”

“You don’t need to know... No, you shouldn’t know.”

“Is it something serious?”

“Just know that he can’t step outside. That’s enough.”

With a vigorous step, or rather a slight limp, Baek Seol-hee left through Yumir’s space transfer, and I welcomed another peaceful morning.

“Teacher.”

“What?”

“Are you okay?”

“Of course, I’m fine.”

Yumir, who had seen Baek Seol-hee off, was exhausted and threw herself onto my bed.

“I haven’t cleaned it yet.”

“With a bit of magic power, it becomes clean instantly.”

Poof.

Yumir, lying spread out, patted the bed, and soon the bed sparkled with golden magic power and became as fresh as if it had been sun-dried.

“Teacher.”

“What now?”

“Can you tell me more about going to North Korea with Taejo?”

“We got cut off talking about it yesterday.”

Because Baek Seol-hee’s avatar slowly turned her head, we couldn’t properly discuss our plans to go to North Korea with the black agent Taejo.

“According to the information secured by the society, an idol group will perform a consolation show.”

“Idol?”

“Yes. A four-member girl idol group made up of ordinary people. We will cross the Panmunjom with them, hold a concert in Kaesong, and some broadcasting staff will move further north separately.”

“Blending in with ordinary people. That’s clever. But why an idol group? Wow, that’s so pure.”

“Taejo met the main vocalist of that group.”

“.......”

Yumir froze while scrolling through the idol group’s music video.

“Are we using Taejo?”

“It could be that Taejo is using them, or they’re using each other, or they just happened to fall in love. What’s important is that we will follow as staff from the broadcasting station, part of the Haegneul Studio’s security team.”

There’s no one easier to blend in than security personnel.

“Hmm... Is Taejo officially joining us? Is he going to North Korea officially?”

“No. Taejo and we are on the same team. He’ll hide his identity and follow us. Without anyone from the government coming along.”

“......Is that possible?”

“We made it possible. Money makes anything possible.”

We used money to get information.

We used money to connect with the security team members who would be with Taejo.

We even provided funds for the security team members to flee abroad if things went wrong.

“The money spent just to grease the wheels for our infiltration is over 16 billion won.”

Yumir’s mouth dropped open.

“Do we really need to spend that much to infiltrate?”

“If we can create an environment where Gwang Ik Gong doesn’t have to step in for just a few days of travel, it’s worth it. These two will surely cause trouble, wanting to mess with Korea.”

I pulled out two photos.

“Who do you think the S-class ability user agents dispatched from China and Russia, aiming for the old North Korean gold mines, will be?”

“...Traitors?”

“That’s right. They are the ones who hold the most resentment towards Korea. Do you recognize one?”

“The Heavenly Demon.”

The Heavenly Demon from China.

“Who’s this woman? I’ve never seen her before.”

“She’s a terrifying woman.”

The blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty with a typical East Asian face floated beside the Heavenly Demon.

“She’s an S-class villain from Russia.”

“They’re using a villain?”

“Yes. Villains are perfect for this kind of job.”

“Wasn’t she Korean?”

“She was a villain in Korea, then fled to Russia and continued her villainous activities there. ...She’ll be executed as soon as we get the chance.”

Her name is...

“Rasputin.”