64 Episode 64 - Armed Forces Demonstrations, Part I (2/2)
The remark silenced Lieutenant Colonel Yoo. At this moment, he was in urgent need of dialogue with Kim.
If there was a traitor, it could not be handled by internal force alone. So, with outside power, he had to cut off the affected area, and Kim was the only knife that he could use now. Above all, Kim Tae-hoon was now occupying Incheon.
'Monster hunting… he is taking over Incheon steadily.'
Kim was rapidly making Incheon the land of the Mac Guild.
'Is Incheon really the land of the Mac Guild?'
In addition, Incheon City was a major area that could not be compared with Bucheon City. Incheon International Airport as well as Incheon Port were the closest passage for Seoul to contact overseas. The existence of the harbor was especially important.
There was Gimpo International Airport near Seoul, but it was virtually impossible to communicate with overseas by plane. Currently, the value of Incheon Port was absolute because Korea has to use the ships for exchange with foreign countries.
There was one more thing. 'There is an LNG production base in Songdo, Incheon.'
A production base for liquefied natural gas in Songdo, Incheon.
'There should be quite a stockpile.' It was impossible to produce new gas in Korea where there was no gas, but basically, there was stockpile in the LNG production base. And now that there were not many survivors, the stockpile of the Songdo LNG production base could last for a few months or more, not a few days.
Furthermore, if the situation got better and gas imports from overseas become possible, the Songdo LNG production base would be a very important base for Korea. Even if the gas was imported, it was useless without a base to process it.
The Mac Guild taking over that area? From then on, the Mac Guild was not simply a threatening force group.
'It's dangerous.'
It was the warlord threatening the Capital Defense Command.
Above all, Kim Tae-hoon did not simply leave the results.
'The Mac Guild's move is dangerous in the view of the Capital Defense Command.'
They left hope. The hope that remained had rooted and grown. Kim's presence grew like a tree all over the world. And now the Capital Defense Command, which was the Korean government, had no room to cut and manage it. It was a reality.
In a world where people had to walk by foot, not by a horse, to come from Seoul to Incheon, and where they didn't have any communication equipment, Korea was now a huge land, not a small land.
'A sharp knife can be used with a sack.'
It was then- Whoopee! - that the Ganseok Ogeori began to stir. It was easy to figure out who caused the disturbance.
'There you are.'
Lieutenant Colonel Yoo got up. He moved out of the coffee shop immediately, and his men who were waiting with him moved. Of course, Kim Yu-ri was among them.
When they were out, they saw a truck coming down the street. On the hood of that truck, coming down a road that was now cleared, was a furry monster with long horns like spears and a huge nose as big as its horns.
A Big-nosed Orangutan?
After the Twin-head Ogre left Yeongjong Island, the head of the Big-nosed Orangutans had settled in Incheon City.
'Did he kill it?'
It was strong, and it was smart and mean. There were always hundreds of Big-nosed Orangutans around it, and if the situation was disadvantageous, it ran away, sacrificing some of its fellows, and then gathered the other Big-nosed Orangutans together and made a new congress.
'Did he kill it alone?' Above all, the body in the huge hair was not large, and it had a talent to hide in a small space.
'It would not have been easy to chase it.' It was not easy to kill it. And it was cruel.
When the Big-nosed Orangutan found in Seoul was destroyed, they rescued more than five hundred survivors from its pack. The survivors were in terrible condition even if they were not dead. Most of them were insane.
Now, the cruel monster appeared, its rich silver fur painted with its own blood. And…
”It's been a long time, Lieutenant Colonel Yoo.”
Kim Tae-hoon also appeared with the monster, in a way that showed he wasn't hurt at all. He confirmed Kim Yu-ri behind Lieutenant Colonel Yoo and said again, ”I will go straight to the point, as I have heard from Sergeant Kim Yu-ri. Leave the traitors alone.”
”What the hell is that-”
”If I ask you to find them, can you find them?”
As he spoke, he entered the coffee shop where Lieutenant Colonel Yoo was sitting a little while ago. He checked the water in the kettle, which he had prepared for Lieutenant Colonel Yoo, and put the kettle on the portable gas burner and turned on the light.
Tack! Tack! Lieutenant Colonel Yoo, looking at the direction of the gas burner's unique sound, came back into the coffee shop with a look of no small wonder. His expression wrinkled as soon as he saw Kim's face again.
Lieutenant Colonel Yoo said, revealing his twisted feelings on his face, ”Are you kidding me?”
”What kind of joke?”
”Are you ignoring me?”
”You're the one who hid the mission.”
Lieutenant Colonel Yoo opened his eyes wide. Kim did not avoid his gaze. There was no reason to avoid it.
Kim was also a Major in the military. Major was never an easy rank. The Major rank couldn't be easily controlled by the rank of Lieutenant Colonel Yoo. Without the rank, the story was completely different.
Kim was a monster that killed a yellow-grade monster by himself, and Lieutenant Colonel Yoo was a normal person who would lose his mind if he was exposed to the fear of an orange-grade, let alone a yellow-grade.
”I have two options.”
”To keep in touch with Lieutenant Colonel Yoo, or to go to Seoul and get in touch with the traitors.”
Predator vs prey. The position between the two now had to be explained like this.
”Major Kim Tae-hoon-”
”And I'm still a soldier, and I don't need a bridge, Lieutenant Colonel Yoo.”
At that moment, Lieutenant Colonel Yoo was able to realize it with heart and head. 'The sword ... is me.'
At this time, Yoo realized that Kim was not a sharp sword that he could wield for his own sake, but that he was the one who could be wielded for Kim's sake.
”You've changed a lot.”
Kim did not answer.
”I'll tell you what, let the traitors of the Capital Defense Command act on their own.”
”Tell me why.”
”The fact that Lieutenant Colonel Yoo didn't even know the existence of a traitor means that the higher side is in collusion with the traitor.”
”Then we're just going to leave them like this?”
”Have you ever seen a whistleblower win in the history of the Ministry of Defense of Korea, or have you ever seen a general who committed a scandal sink low?”
Lieutenant Colonel Yoo was silent. That was a fact that even God could not deny.
”Their purpose is simple, anyway, to steal relics and get them by failing missions.”
”That's pretty simple.” Lieutenant Colonel Yoo expressed his twisted mood.
”There's no place to complain about stolen goods.”
”... you want to take them?”
However, at the words of Kim, Lieutenant Colonel Yoo had to forget that he should express twisted mood.
”Isn't it better than for traitors to fill their stomach?”
”What's going to fall on me while you fill your stomach?”
The story was not one that could be judged by personal feelings.
”Don't you think you can sell me on your own, rather than I tell you what to do?”
Lieutenant Colonel Yoo was silent, to prevent a sighing of his own heart. The kettle on the gas burner began to boil as if to represent the heart of Lieutenant Colonel Yoo.
”... you're asking me to bet my life on you.” Lieutenant Colonel Yoo said, to clarify the situation.
Kim was not going to be used by Lieutenant Colonel Yoo. On the contrary, Kim made clear his intentions. He said he would use Lieutenant Colonel Yoo.
”Then give me more confidence.” In this situation, Lieutenant Colonel Yoo had only one choice. No, he was being forced to make a choice.
There was a traitor in the Capital Defense Command who was taking the assets of the Capital Defense Command, and Lieutenant Colonel Yoo could not get involved in the group of traitors, and could not get rid of them.
In the Capital Defense Command, there was no rope for him to hold. In the end, the rope that he could hold was the only one that was visible at this moment.
If this was not coercion, what was coercion?
Kim was willing to show Lieutenant Colonel Yoo how great a rope he was.
”I'll hunt a green-grade monster on Yeongjong Island. Bet after that.”
With those words, Kim picked up the kettle. A time of silence followed.