Black Badger - Chapter 420



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420. Desire for leave of absence due to illness

Scar opened his eyes.

Even raising his eyelids seemed difficult.

The man grumbled, looking up at the ceiling.

“You are really too much. I thought you would at least comfort me.”

“I can do it… .”

Yehyun answered.

“But will that kind of comfort make you feel better?”

“no.”

“Anyway, that fear won’t go away until the personnel order comes out.”

The commander in chief said gloomily.

“No matter what anyone says, it won’t get any better.”

Scar covered his face with both hands and made a strange sound between his fingers.

The man who had been making the sound that one would make while doing the splits eventually removed his palms and looked at the ceiling again.

“I am a patient, after all.”

“It’s time for you to get sick. If you get sick periodically like this, you’ll feel better. Take this opportunity to rest a bit.”

“A little?”

“I have to work….”

Scar covered his face with a gloomy muttering and struggled.

The man kicking wildly under the blanket looked into the empty space.

“But why should I work?”

This time, a fundamental question was asked.

“I’ve already earned enough money. I also have unused vacation days. Wouldn’t it be better to just let it all go and rest?”

“Apart from your colleagues?”

Yehyun said.

Scar glanced at his comrades in the room and muttered to himself helplessly.

“Now that we’re older, I’m sure we’ll both get along just fine… .”

“Have you forgotten that Kudo was almost punished for disobeying orders when an outsider took the position of Commander-in-Chief?”

Ricardo, who had been leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, suddenly did a dry wash.

A faint wrinkle appeared between Scar’s eyebrows as he stared blankly at the ceiling.

Only Hildebert and Jonathan look puzzled.

Scar let out a faint groan.

“The person sitting in that position was so incompetent. He didn’t listen to the head of the personnel department, and he tore up a perfectly good system in order to erase the traces of his predecessor. Jonathan Kudo was so clueless that he seemed to be the first to rebel, but everyone else was on the verge of exploding with discontent.”

“Yeah. But I remember how it ended up.”

Jonathan stared at Scar as he said he had no clue.

But the two leaders ignored the sharp gaze and talked among themselves.

“Even if there are complaints, it is not easy to change the person appointed. In the end, we opened the core when we were not prepared to reclaim the territory, and all we lost was the land and people.”

“… There’s no way I wouldn’t make that kind of mistake.”

“Even if you drink and give orders, you’ll be better than that person.”

Ye-Hyeon wiped the sweat off her forehead by poking it with a tissue.

After wadding up the wet tissue and placing it on the table, he turned his gaze back.

“And you’re doing great, Scar. You’re thirty times better than I was when I first took up the post of Commander-in-Chief. Be confident. There’s no such thing as being perfectly prepared.”

“There is no need to be forced into retirement like this.”

The aide muttered in a muffled voice.

“You have served us well for so long, but you can’t even retire with honor.”

Yehyun smiled faintly.

“I told you. If you don’t step down now, you’ll get cursed at more later. If you step down cleanly at this timing, you might hear people say that the old guard is a good guard. You might even get a review that you did a decent job and retired. However, if you hold out here and get pushed out, that’s when you’ll truly retire in disgrace. You’ll be remembered as a dictator who destroyed the headquarters building and didn’t resign because of his greed for power, even though there were a lot of casualties in the center of Center Core.”

Scar covered his face with his hands again.

A groaning sound escaped between his fingers.

Ricardo snorts cynically and Jonathan blinks.

Hildebert, who had dragged a chair and sat down, spoke first.

“I came here to tell you about that anyway.”

Everyone’s heads turned at once.

A room that has already been checked for wiretapping and cameras once.

Hildebert sat in the middle of the room with the curtains drawn and the lights on, smiling faintly.

“This is an impertinent story from beginning to end, so please take it with a grain of salt.”

The message was concise.

Leave it vacant.

I think it would be good for Ye-Hyeon to express her intention to resign. I think it would be good to hold a retirement ceremony. However, I understand that the position of Black Badger Commander-in-Chief is appointed by the President according to administrative procedures. If the President delays appointing someone to the position, the person appointed as acting commander-in-chief will do the work of the Commander-in-Chief in the meantime.

“The person in charge will be Assistant Secretary Ska.”

“There is no choice that will set me free in any direction… .”

“There is a choice to perish together~.”

“Why don’t you try it? I think you’ll be surprisingly good at it.”

“I should take out the revolver then….”

“Hilde, I’m sure you’ll do well.”

“I’d rather join hands with Kyle.”

Hildebert smiled broadly.

Scar let out a heavy sigh and fell back onto the bed like a rag doll.

“I don’t really know what kind of person the president is.”

Hildebert, who had heard Scar and Ricardo’s conversation, smiled and continued.

“Since you know the line, I think you should consider this option as well. If you leave the position vacant, it will be easy for Ye-Hyeon to return to the position of Commander-in-Chief as a stopgap measure when war breaks out.”

“you also?”

Scar asked.

The round, golden eyes blink.

Scar asked again.

“Wouldn’t it be easier for you if I remained as your acting manager?”

A long smile appeared on Hildebert’s lips.

It’s a little different from the usual faint smile.

Ricardo and Jonathan stare intently at the smile with a cool edge at the corners.

Hildebert, his long white hair tied up in a ponytail, answered.

“I won’t do it, Madam.”

The strange smile quickly melted away.

“Get well soon, Aide. I won’t talk about anything that would disturb your rest.”

In fact, Hildebert didn’t say anything else after that.

A brief moment of peace passes. Ye-Hyeon comforts her groaning subordinate, and Jonathan helps Scar, whose lips are parched, drink water.

Ricardo checking the temperature in the room and Hildebert bringing a new water jug.

While I was listening to the patient’s complaints, Gilbert arrived.

“You came.”

“You’re here. No one cares about your body as much as I do right now.”

That’s what Assistant Gilbert said as soon as he stood at the doorstep.

“Please get well soon, Scar. You haven’t been this serious in years.”

Scar expressed his desire to talk to his aide, with whom he had suffered for a long time.

So everyone obediently gave up their seats.

They leave the living room, leaving behind the quiet conversation between Gilbert and Scar.

The one who broke the silence was Ye-Hyeon, who was walking across the living room to the front door.

“Sordi. Kudo.”

Two men stood still.

Ye-Hyeon turned her body and looked straight at her subordinates.

“Whether it’s soon or not, there will come a day when Scar will ascend to the position of Supreme Commander.”

Ye-Hyeon is the type of person who doesn’t say unnecessary things to his subordinates.

Those whose names were called stood quietly and listened to what their superiors said. From the beginning, Ricardo always acted as politely as he could whenever he stood in front of Ye-Hyeon.

“When that day comes, survive as long as possible.”

At the words that followed, the men stared at Ye-Hyeon intently.

Yehyun smiled bitterly.

“From the moment I take over as Commander-in-Chief, Scar’s greatest fear will be killing you two on my orders.”

Hildebert also stood quietly and listened to Ye-Hyeon’s words.

“Train hard and improve your skills. Don’t be too reckless. In fact, I was able to endure it because Yoon and Ami survived while I was sitting there.”

“…I will try my best.”

“yes.”

A satisfied expression appeared on Ye-Hyeon’s lips after hearing their answers.

It was a smile that seemed comfortable somewhere.

“thank you.”

The boss smiled gently at the complicated faces of the badgers.

“See you at the retirement ceremony.”

The commander in chief returned to headquarters.

***

There is nothing good about sticking out.

After making that decision, I did not go to headquarters with Ye-Hyeon.

Instead, we had a short conversation before Yehyun got in the car. We were both busy with our own work so we wouldn’t be able to meet for a while, but we had something to say.

After putting the helmet back on, just raise the visor.

Then he handed over a radio and an air conditioner to the superior in the driver’s seat.

“I can’t not use any means of communication at all.”

“So this is how you contact me?”

“Yes. I can’t guarantee that I’ll definitely respond, but…”

“Are you coming to the retirement ceremony?”

I smiled reflexively.

“Of course. I will definitely go.”

“What happened to the military arrest squad?”

When I heard Yehyun’s question, I thought the timing was exquisite.

I had just received a reply from Sylvia Keefe.

Leonard and Sylvia.

Those who went to Core 2 to catch deserters in the past.

“I received a positive response. It doesn’t mean that I will go out with you both unconditionally. If I do, I will make sure that there is no noise.”

Yehyun expressed her intention to hear my answer with a short sigh.

It is said that a couple of men and women who do not know their consciences like Yoon were put in charge of the military arrest team when Ye-Hyeon was promoted. He said that if Ska takes over the position, there will be no problem, but he cannot guarantee that control will be maintained the moment an outsider takes over.

The question was whether it was okay to use their hands since it turned out that way anyway.

I don’t know if I’ll ever use it, but I got permission to lend them a hand anyway.

After telling her the story of Cecil lying in a state of mana-feedback at Shu’s house and other things that had piled up, I parted ways with Ye-Hyeon.

After saying hello to Ricardo and Jonathan, I leave the house.

And then I drove my motorcycle to Anga.

It was located in the basement of a shabby commercial building in the heart of the An-ga Center Core shopping district.

After walking down the stairs without any CCTV blind spots, you can see an 80-pyeong luxury apartment by fingerprinting the iron door that looks like the entrance to an underground parking lot and opening it.

A place that looks like a peaceful family home.

I parked my motorcycle in the underground parking lot of the building next door and came out.

As I entered the inner room without making a sound, my subordinates all turned their heads to greet me.

“Captain! I’ve been waiting for you, Captain!”

“Have you given me the means of communication?”

“We finally got an official response from Sukhoi. It’s just as we expected. Come see for yourself.”

“You came.”

As soon as I heard Kairos’ voice, I took the milk out of my pocket.

When you hand the thief snowflake to its owner, the gaze that flies in and fixates on him becomes clear.

This must be because now you can confirm me not only with your senses but also with your eyes.

I smiled broadly as I watched Milk whimper as she did her part.

Then I saw them all sitting together in the spacious living room, each doing their own thing.

“Let’s call Lindo.”

The noise suddenly stopped.

“When things really get going, we’ll need his skills.”

Things will get chaotic starting with the retirement ceremony.

I didn’t feel like calling back my compatriots who might have reformed and are living well, but in this situation, I couldn’t afford to be extravagant.

Because the skill is certain.

As long as your skills are still rusty, calling will be a great help… .

… … .

what.

“Why do you all have such expressions?”

People flinched.

“What’s the problem?”

The subordinates slowly averted their gaze.

Neither Youdo, Igor, nor even Kairos would make eye contact with me.

I squinted my eyes and studied their appearance.

Only the faithful Rose clapped her hands together and smiled broadly.

“That’s what Senior Lin said!”

right.

She has been calling Lin “senpai” ever since.

Because he had been in the same industry before… .

“I’ll call him right away! What is he doing these days…?”

That’s how I hear about Lin’s current situation.

The latest news about him as discovered by his subordinates.

One of the people who blended in better than anyone else within the center core… .

“What are you doing?”

I was angry.