59 Episode 59 - National Treasure, Part III (2/2)

But Lieutenant Colonel Yoo said he was willing to pay the price. This meant that the situation was not simple.

'If it could affect the US Forces in Korea, it would be a good idea.'

And if there was a problem with the USFK command system now, and the U.S. Ambassador to Korea had considerable influence on the USFK, they do not need to begrudge a national treasure or twp.

'If we define the current situation as wartime... Even if there is no president or prime minister, the presence of the USFK alone will be enough to get a pretext.'

'The power of the USFK is so powerful. If we look at the bigger picture than anything else, if the US moves in earnest with enough power over time, the group that is in conflict with the USFK is virtually finished for.'

'If we could secure her... there would be nothing to lose exchanging her for the national treasure.'

'Obviously, even if we do not receive a national treasure, securing the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to Korea is not too different from holding a strong card in our hands.'

”Boss.” Jang now came to his senses and spoke to Kim, who had been focusing on the name of Kate Kennedy. ”Do you think they are saving the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to Korea to make a real threat him?”

”It's hard to find a reason to pay a national treasure, because at this point the national treasure is similar in value to fighters.”

”So, they're buying a hostage by paying the national treasure to threaten him?”

This time, Kim paused to briefly survey Jang. At the moment he heard that, he remembered what Lieutenant Colonel Yoo had said: that he had changed.

However, Kim did not fall into the mood.

'I need to change more.'

'I know better than anyone else that there came an era when people could not survive without changing.'

'I'll change as much as I can.'

8.

”Gasp, gasp, gasp!”

The man running down the road looked like a steam train. He ran like a crazy man, and the breath he gave off every time he ran looked like the steam of a steam locomotive running on a railway track.

The difference was that behind him, something as scary as a steam locomotive followed.

Kaaah!

They were unidentified monsters screaming.Their appearance was quite strange. It was similar to a monkey, but it had to be called a floccus because its whole body was covered with dirty fur that reminded him of a mop. Only one body part was visible, a club-like nose that protruded through the fur-covered face.

A Big-nosed Orangutan.

They were active in packs, and they were one of the monsters that made the city of Incheon, which was like a jungle with the collapsed buildings and abandoned cars, their home. And they were very nasty and cruel.

'Fuck, damn it!'

They made a plaything of the humans that they caught. They didn't just eat humans, they played with them. In some cases, they crushed human limbs and prevented them from escaping, threw their urine and feces, tortured them, or raped men and women. So, the condition of the humans who had been caught by the Big-nosed Orangutans was always terrible.

'I can't get caught! I'd rather die!'

The man who ran, Bae Sung-joon, had seen such bodies several times. That was why he was desperate.

”Shit!”

At that moment, Bae saw a collapsed building. It was virtually a dead end, completely covering the road.

'Why is the road blocked here? Perhaps, the roar the other day?'

Bae turned his head to the side.

Kaaah!

At that moment, one of the Big-nosed Orangutans that were chasing him threw a stone in its hand.

The stone hit Bae's shoulder.

”Argh!” He fell to the ground with the scream. His mind turned white as he fell.

'Aaaaaargh!'

In his white mind, he began to imagine his fate.

'Oh, no...' It was a desire for life that made Bae wake up. He forced himself to rise. Then he turned and looked behind him. He looked at the Big-nosed Orangutans that were coming furtively toward him. He shouted with all his might, ”Go away! Go away!”

At the shouts, the snaky cry ”heuheuheu” came from the moppy heads of the Big-nosed Orangutans. One of them threw a stone in its hand at him, as he was about to get up.

Whack!

The stone hit his chest. His face crumpled, and he fell to the ground again. Some of the Big-nosed Orangutans began to pick up the stones on the roadside, slowly walking toward him as he lay on the ground.

The playing began.

'The fucking bastards...'

Bae, who knew the intentions of the Big-nosed Orangutans, was angry at the fact and also frightened. At the same time, he knew what would happen in the future.

The Big-nosed Orangutans would throw stones and scare him until he peed his pants. And at the moment they got what they wanted, they would break his limbs and drag him back to their nest. His suffering would not compare to right now

”Aahhhh! Aahhhh!”

In the end, he shouted at the sky with a desperate feeling.

”Please, please save me! I'll do anything!”

There was no God.

He, who had hated God hundreds and thousands of times after December 31, hated God and found God at this moment.

Of course, there was no God.

Shh…

There was only a monster.

”Please! ... Uh?”

It was a moment.

With a sound like a passing wind, five of the Big-nosed Orangutans that were approaching him stopped. After they stopped, they fell to the ground in succession. Five consecutive thumps were audible.

The fallen Big-nosed Orangutans began to shed mixed blood and brain fluids out of both temples. He stiffened in front of this incredible sight. A shadow began to fall over his head and looked up.

The monster who had saved him, said, ”I have a question.”

Kim Tae-hoon had appeared in Incheon City.