Vol 10 Chapter 3 (1/2)
ACT 3 Lee Myung-ryong’s Humiliation
“What on earth did you do?”
A grey haired lance He was the section chief of the Police Agency’s SWAT forces, Cho Young-hwan
“Nothing much”
The person replied in a curt voice Bad dress, bad posture, bad attitude……the man was the captain of the nu-ryong Cho Young-hwan shot Lee Myung-ryong an annoyed look and said
“Are you really going to act like this?”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t know the circumstances but did you bark at someone at the top?”
“Barking wouldn’t change anything”
Cho Young-hwan approached the desk
“…That is why this situation happened”
“I never denied that I just didn’t want to say it”
“Hey, Lee Myung-ryong”
Cho Young-hwan pressed a finger to his temple and rebuked him
“Don’t I know you? Don’t you know me?”
“We’ve gone to the public baths together so of course I know you”
“Don’t joke around But yes, there are ency who knows all the scars on my body It is a part of our lives In the field, onea sashi+mi knife stabbed in your back And everybody in the police force is prepared for that”
“You should’ve gone to the National asseather all of the police’s votes”
“Don’t joke around!”
Cho Young-hwan struck the desk with his fists The fists which hit the desk were covered in scars Although he was now sitting at a desk, a few years ago he was also a ency It was the nickna-hwan
“I’s is useless But it’s done Someone at the top aimed a bullet at me and it hit”
Lee Myung-ryong replied coldly
“Hwa-rang sunbaenim also exited the Police Department with a limp”
“You really!”
Cho Young-hwan julared while
“I don’t need to coly accurate hit to be rando to make it look accidental
“……”
Cho Young-has silent for a arette Before the sarette butt was pressed into the pile of butts on the ashtray Cho Young-hwan took a deep breath and inhaled the ss
“I kno you feel…but there are quite a few people you’ve offended
“Offended? Yes, I am furious”
Lee Myung-Ryong gave a cynical s up in his throat even though he was laughing He wanted to search for the criminal but he was quite cynical……An incident took place thishis usual workout All of a sudden he was summoned to the section chief’s office and told that he would be joining the Special Crimes Countermeasures unit
‘That asshole…!’
Lee Myung-ryong had a quick mind No, he wasn’t smart in the conventional senseHe had entered the police force thanks to his history as a national taekwondo representativeHe had barely passed the test to enterBut he had a keen sense of ss Special crimes countermeasures……
It was the name of the department which dealt with violent criation’ but ‘ information at a desk about the criminals before the committed an incident And then handed over the clues to the investigation department It was a paid position which required little work The nore, but to have a SWAT tea-ryong would join that depart immediately understood the situation when the section chief explained it No, he had actually been expecting it for several days
Lee Kyung-Ho Not long ago, he went to Hyun-woo to visit Andel’s father He used to be a part of the prosecution office and was extre-ryong happened to not get along with the police chief He had confrontations with the police chief after Ga-rang was forced to retire Therefore Lee Myung-ryong was an eyesore to the Chief of the National Police Agency But since Lee Myung-ryong had good results, he couldn’t openly punish hi-Ho used his police connections to help sed by those two people It was obviously the wishes of those two hury and disobey or resign
‘Those civil servants…I would love to beat him up…’
Lee Myung-ryong definitely wanted to go to Lee Kyung-Ho and throw his letter of resignation in his face Since he knew all the circu to follow their plan If Lee Myung-ryong left then Hyun-ould definitely notice
‘That guy calms me down pretty quickly’
He s about Hyun-woo He felt a sense of pride He was a teacher after allHe didn’t want to involve his disciple in this kind of dirty situation
“Dammit, it’s iround? Youabout it”
Cho Young-hwan sarette with annoyance
“Anyway, that’s itDon’t write the resignation letter immediatelyI’ll wait and observe the situation a little bit more Please think of it as a couple ofin the meantime”
“Yes”
“I’ve contacted the section chief there That felloill find you a suitable position He’s a friend so he’ll look after you You can go now”
“Yes, I’ll return if possible”
Lee Myung-ryong replied and left the section chief’s office
He talked roughly but it see-ryong would resign So he contacted the Special Crianize a position
“A desk job…I don’t kno long I can endure it”
Lee Myung-ryong sighed and slowly headed towards the Special Cri never i
“Ah, you’re the one Section Chief Cho e here”
Someone approached him as he entered the Special Crimes Countermeasures department He had the appearance of a typical white-collar employee
“Yes, I’”
“Hahahah, no need to be so formal here I understand that this announce Section Chief Cho’s reactions, you shouldn’t be here that long Well, I hope we bond as a family while you’re here”
“What do I need to do? Copy? Coffee errands?”
“Hmm, I think I can put a SWAT team member to better use Just as well A position recently becaht suit you Come one”
Choi Deok-pil led hih it was called an office, there were none of the usualcircular capsule
“What’s this? A newly excavated dinosaur egg?”
“Is this the first time you’ve seen it?”
“Yes, I’y”
Choi Deok-pil looked at hihter
“This ned to connect to a virtual reality gaame called New World”
“Neorld?”
Lee Myung-ryong’s eyes widened
“Don’t tell me you haven’t heard of it?”
“No, I’ve heard of New World”
“I’lad You almost seemed like a caveman just then”
Choi Deok-pil nodded his head But Lee Myung-ryong had no interest in the ed Choi Deok-pil He was curious about the unit after listening to Hyun-woo’s words and asked in an inquisitive voice
“But what does this have to do with the police force?”
“You don’t seeate online games And it increases the department’s results”
Choi Deok-pil gave a brief explanation Those who commit a crime tend to have an excessive amount of free time Since they can’t carelessly wander around, they’re forced to stay in a dily hard to endure So and surrender theood way for a criminal to escape their lives They don’t have to risk the outside and they can wander around a different world
“Most of those guys are satisfied living through virtual reality gas as well Those guys even have regular h In that case, findings clues for theis not that hard”
That’s because police personnel were also sent into the gao and were getting satisfactory results
“Then this unit is…?”
“Yes after the commercialization of New World, we’ve received inforao, we requested support from Global Exos and received a few test models This is one of those”
Now he knehy there was a unit in the police agency But there was still a part which didn’t make sense
“As far as I know, I heard that you need to create a user ID to access the game And the ID must list the social security number and personal information… If so, couldn’t you simply request the information from the company?”
“Ah my friend, we can but it is not that simple”
Choi Deok-pil shook his head like he had a headache
“You said that they must enter personal information to create an ID But that’s in the old days, now they create an ID using retina scans Personal information isBut that is exactly the problem”
“That’s the problem?”
“Don’t you know? Ever since coed security hts laws have made it incredible difficult to access that dataCurrently, the privacy-related data that is stored in the black boxes can’t be accessed unless it is related to terrorism at a national level So the police has to work even harder to get that information”
Choi Deok-pil scratched his head Hisabout it
“But ill I be doing?”
“That’s siation Just look for the suspects or the guild based on the inforive you Once you’ve found the suspect then please approach and discover as much information as possibleTheir address, telephone nuame also has the ability to videotape such information Once you record such information than the rest of the team will take care of it”
“You want ate in New World?”
“That’s right……isn’t that e do?”
“But I only kno to beat people up”
“That’s the reason why you’re suitable”
“Yes?”Lee Myung-ryong was bewildered and Choi Deok-pil explained with a grin
“In fact, I’ve never tried it out so I don’t know According to your predecessor, New World is different froame is said to be not that different from reality”
“Isn’t it still a virtual reality game?”
“That’s right But New World has a different e and experience It isn’t 100 of course, but the person with a developed physical ability will be h you’ll only have a little bit of tiame, your physical abilities have been developed over many years”
“What are you saying……?”
“Like I said I don’t know It is soame step by step and identify the suspect Since we can’t check their personal inforame
Choi Deok-pil handed him a thick stack and papers and continued
“The proble tih level With the level difference in online games, even you would have a hard tiaht of you who is a member of the SWAT team”
Choi Deok-pil took a deep breath and tapped Lee Myung-ryong’s shoulder
“However, ant you to play the gaaet used to the game”
“Hrmmm…”
Lee Myung-ryong rubbed his chin and looked at the unit Choi Deok-pil wore a subtle smile and asked
“How is it? Will you try?”
“Well, it is better than fetching coffee”
Choi Deok-pil nodded and tapped his shoulder
“I thought so The first time isn’t that difficult Because your predecessor raised the character to level 150 The h Your predecessor even shed tears when he was forced to go to another gaiven to you The other es to do so I’ve been quite impatient Frankly, this is a special employment”
“Huh?”
Lee Myung-ryong’s expression should that he didn’t understand
“Didn’t this game use raw data? But how can I inherit a character that someone else raised?”
“Yes, that is usually the case”
Choi Deok-pil nodded
“But like I said earlier, this is a Global Exos test unit It is used by ned to connect with a common username and password The username and password is written on this piece of paper”
Choi Deok-pil handed hi-ryong and the unit were the only things left in the office Lee Myung-ryong crossed his arms and stared at the unit
“You’re the controller for New World?”
The work that he had to do felt strange New World……Hyun-woo had raised his curiosity so he tried to play it once However, he was also called back whenever he tried to enter the gaame like this
“Well, okay It isn’t bad for a holiday”
Lee Myung-ryong finally entered the unit He eed in a small town filled with users
“Oh, is this really the game?”
The man looked around curiously It was a small toith houses scattered around and a few people visible The scenery was also different It was a quiet e surrounded by forestIt was a place for users to rest while travelling around New World But the commonplace landscape seemed entirely new to the man
‘This is a virtual reality ga feels real’
His worn clothes and heavy bag proved that he wasn’t a novice in New World However, he acted like he was accessing the virtual reality for the first ti and ed in from the police department’s unit The documents he received included the variety of h documents was not his style Wouldn’t a person who tried soybean paste understand it better than having it explained to the shoved the docu-ryong’s reaction when logging into the game was similar to a nor technology of New World Even with a dozen years of training his keen sense to the liuish the difference between reality and the game
‘Huh……Hyun-woo really wasn’t joking when he was talking about the gain the unit?’
Lee Myung-ryong froze for a ame but he didn’t knohat to do Then, a semi-transparent object flickered in the corner of his eyes Character infors, etc…it was the icon to view the related information In fact, most users set these icons as ‘hidden’ in order to maximize the realis’s predecessor set the icons for hi knew these icons even if he was an idiot with games
‘I have to knohat type of guy I am This is?’
Lee Myung-ryong touched the icon of a person with his fingers The character infor various numerical values opened Usually the infora’s character was level 150 The various additions and changes in the meantis he learnt was his name ‘Isyuram’ and that he was level 150
“Isyura”
Although strength, agility and stamina were all co-ryongHe didn’t knoas high or low
‘Sheesh, I don’t knohat any of this means I’ll slowly examine it later…’
Lee Myung-ryong clicked on the icon shaped like a bag This tie nuold Although the bags were filled with all kinds of items, he didn’t knohat they were used for or why he had them
‘800 gold? Is this a lot? But what are all these things? Bunch of Rapana leaves? Unicorn horns? Pearl sand? Why the hell as like these?’
Other users would’ve drooled if they saw the bag full of expensive iteoods in New World and just saw it as trash
‘Oh, I don’t know Let’s do so to Hyun-woo, you can catch monsters in New WorldWill it be similar to a real battle? Okay, first let’s look for a o to find a monster? I just ask someone’
Lee Myung-ryong…no, Isyurae for someone with infore grabbing several people
“You really can’t?”
“…I’m sorry”
“It should be quite quick with everybody’s skill”