Villain’s Programming - Chapter 210



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Episode 210: Taegeukgi

Hajime Terauchi shouted without even realizing it.

“Let’s attack first on February 28th? It’s good. But there is no way to do it with the current method.”

The rumor that Korea would hack a Japanese community site quickly spread to Japan as well.

Naturally, people gathered in the Japanese 2ch community to take action against this and launch a counterattack.

Among them, the leader was a man named Kentaro Takahashi. Kentaro gathered experts in each field, listened to their opinions, and prepared measures.

One of those experts was Hajime Terauchi.

Kentaro asked Hajime.

“Hajime, everyone here agrees that we should attack first. In addition, the program to be used for the first attack is a DDoS program recommended by experts here. Of course, I know that Mr. Hajime is a program expert, but there needs to be a good reason to go against everyone’s opinions.”

At Kentaro’s words, everyone here looked at Hajime. Hajime felt like his body was freezing under all those gazes.

‘Why did I come forward?’

Originally, Hajime was not the type to step forward. She was quiet and had an introverted personality.

The only time I ever expressed my opinion was when I entered college and said that I would go to the ‘Computer Engineering Department’ instead of the ‘Political Science Department’ that my father recommended.

Hajime knew this about himself better than anyone else, so Hajime was surprised by what he had shouted a moment ago.

Hajime wondered why he did that and came up with an answer.

‘No matter how much I think about it, it’s because of the Koreans.’

The bug at Hajime’s company was eventually fixed. However, during those three days, many users left, and those users were absorbed by Korean MMORPGs.

‘In particular, Pluto Online absorbed our game users with a large-scale update. Damn Josenjing bastards!’

As a result, there was even talk going around the company that the game Hajime created might be difficult to maintain. That meant that the company could soon stumble.

‘If this story even reaches my father’s ears… … .’

Hajime felt terrible just thinking about it. I was scared and annoyed. Meanwhile, the people gathered at the meeting were talking nonsense.

Hajime became irritated and eventually exploded and shouted.

“Hajime-san? “Please tell me clearly.”

Hajime sighed and responded to Kentaro’s words.

“If Korea blocks Japanese IP, the program becomes useless.”

In response to Hajime’s words, Kentaro asked experts. Neither of them turned their heads to deny Hajime’s words.

“Oh my god, I almost got in big trouble. Then Hajime, what should I do? Should we focus on defense and not attack?”

“Of course we have to defend ourselves.”

“how? “Can we also block Korean IPs?”

Hajime shook his head.

“no. “Korea will deploy proxies to bypass IP addresses.”

The experts sighed ‘Ah’ at Hajime’s words.

‘There are people who call themselves experts, but they are not real experts. ‘I just have a little more knowledge than the average person.’

Kentaro once again asked the experts. After consulting with experts, they answered that if a proxy is deployed, blocking IPs becomes useless.

Kentaro asked with a tired look.

“Then what should I do? “Is there any way to defend against it?”

“Currently, the most effective method is to introduce scrubbing from GUARD CAT, an American company.”

“Scrubbing the GUARD CAT? Are you sure you can stop it if you use it?”

“Maybe. Among the existing DDoS defense systems, the most effective system is GUARD CAT scrubbing.”

After a while, everyone who learned about GUARD CAT praised Hajime.

After talking with the experts, Kentaro approached Hajime, held his hand, and said.

“Hajime, thank you. “Thanks to you, we have a way to stop Korea.”

“I was just saying what I thought.”

“That idea will save Japan.”

After saying that, Kentaro continued with determined eyes.

“Hajime-san, please lead our alliance. “I realized today that I am lacking a lot.”

Hajime was surprised.

“my… song?”

“yes. “Please.”

“jeon… “You don’t qualify.”

“It’s not like that. Just looking at the abilities you showed today, you are more than qualified. Please, please lead us.”

Kentaro asked again, but Hajime was not confident.

He said he would think about it and then went home. Hajime entered the room and sat down on a chair.

– Heart pounding, pounding.

Hajime’s heart raced.

‘Are you asking me to become commander and invade Korea? ‘Isn’t this what your great-grandfather did?’

Hajime grew up hearing about his great-grandfather from a young age. He couldn’t believe that he could do the same thing as his great-grandfather.

‘no. How do I do that? ‘I can’t do it.’

It was then. I heard the front door open and the maid’s voice.

“Are you here?”

“What about Hajime?”

It was my father’s voice. Hajime’s heart became frustrated.

“It’s in the room.”

After a while, the visit opened. I saw a man with sharp eyes through the door.

“Hajime.”

“father.”

“I heard about your company today. “The company is having a hard time?”

“… It’s difficult, but… “It will get better soon.”

“I heard that investors may soon recoup the money they invested in your company.”

Hajime opened his eyes wide. That meant that the company would soon go bankrupt.

‘no way… ‘Your father wasn’t behind your back, right?’

I thought it couldn’t possibly be that way, but my father was a person who could get away with it.

“Hajime, leave the company. And follow in my footsteps.”

The topic that Hajime hated the most came up again.

“I will continue to do this.”

“Your company will soon fail. Moreover, the MMORPG you are making is constantly suffering because of Korea. The future isn’t bright either. There is no need to be in a field where we lose to countries like Korea. “If your great-grandfather had seen this from heaven, he would have clicked his tongue!”

Hajime bit his lip at his father’s strong words.

‘I think my father came today with a purpose.’

There was no escape hole. However, I really didn’t want to enter politics. Hajime was too afraid to stand in front of anyone.

But I was more afraid of disobeying my father.

‘Is there no way? ‘How can I convince my father?’

While Hajime was pondering, the conversation he had with Kentaro today suddenly came to mind.

“father.”

“okay. “Have you decided?”

“no. “I will continue to program.”

“what!”

Hajime knew his father was about to explode. So she spoke quickly.

“In a few days, on March 1st, Korean netizens will invade Japan.”

“what? “What do you mean?”

Hajime told his father what had happened. Hajime’s father, who was initially uninterested, eventually began to show interest.

“So, you are going to become the leader and attack Korea?”

Hajime decided to become a leader during a conversation with his father. It was the only way to get out of the current situation.

“yes. However, I have no intention of just defending myself. I’ve heard that the best defense is offense. “I plan to attack Korea before March 1st.”

“hmm. That’s the most useful thing you’ve ever said. Attack Korea with a program and paralyze it… … .”

Hajime’s father said while stroking his chin.

“good night. “If we succeed at this, I will allow you to continue the program.”

“thank you.”

“But if I fail… “You will have to listen to me.”

“… yes.”

“What can I help you with?”

“… “I’ll tell you if I need to.”

Hajime’s father nodded slightly and left the room. When Hajime heard the sound of his door closing with a ‘thud’, all the strength in his body relaxed.

“ha. ha.”

Hajime, who had been slumping in his chair, straightened up after a while.

‘I told my father. Now, no matter what happens, we must succeed in invading Korea!’

I was anxious, but there was a problem to solve first.

‘I’m sure Korea has prepared as well. ‘How do you get through it and run a DDoS program?’

Hajime held his head in his hands. I searched the Internet and couldn’t find any useful programs.

‘Well, I wouldn’t openly sell a hacking program with that level of performance. It will definitely be distributed only to people who know carefully. ‘Where would such a place be?’

‘Deep web’ came to Hajime’s mind. Hajime went to the deep web and found a ‘hacking program’.

Hajime left a message saying he was looking for a program all over the ‘deep web.’ The answer didn’t come right away.

But after 2 a.m., a text message arrived on his cell phone. It was English.

[Do you want a DDoS program with good performance?]

Hajime responded right away.

[yes.]

[DDoS program costs 10 million yen. The guard program to prevent DDoS costs 20 million yen. Sold as a set.]

Hajime’s eyes widened. Both were exactly what Hajime needed. But the price was too expensive.

[Please note that there is no price negotiation.]

Hajime bit his lip. Because he didn’t have that much money. Then, I suddenly remembered what her father said earlier.

‘I told you to tell me if you need help.’

Although 30 million yen was a lot of money, it was not a burden to my father.

‘Money is not the problem. Rather, failure is the bigger problem.’

Hajime asked.

[Can DDoS programs overcome GUARD CAT scrubbing?]

Many large companies were using GUARD CAT scrubbing. Hajime asked, thinking that Korea was also using it.

[of course.]

After seeing the reply, Hajime immediately sent a message.

[I will buy it. However, performance must be certain.]

[Don’t worry. If you cannot pass the GUARD CAT, we will refund the full amount.]

[great.]

[Then we will begin the contract process. Payment will be made in Bitcoin.]

[all good. But how can I trust you and give you a lot of money?]

A contact number arrived right away. When Hajime contacted him, he heard the voice of a middle-aged man.

– hello. My name is ‘Wilson’. I can’t tell you in detail about our company, but Hajime’s father, Representative Terauchi, also used our company.

– Ask your father if ‘Wilson’ is trustworthy.

Hajime cautiously asked about ‘Wilson’ the next day. Hajime’s father stared at Hajime for a while before answering.

– Be trustworthy, but don’t get too involved with them.

With those words, Hajime was able to completely trust Wilson.

Hajime, who purchased Bitcoin the next day, paid half the amount.

[The contract has been concluded. I hope we will have a good relationship in the future.]

* * *

Dojun sat in front of the computer all night. He looked at his watch and saw that it was past 8 AM.

‘Ha, I’m going crazy. In the end, I could barely code.’

Dojun tried to infiltrate Japan’s 2CH all night long. He needed to know the defense system so he could create a hacking system suited to it.

However, Japan’s 2CH defense system was something I had never seen before. No hacking program Dojun had could break it.

‘What is this? Not only DDoS but also most hacking methods cannot penetrate it. ‘Who on earth created this system?’

Even if I tried to use a copycat, I couldn’t use it because the distance was too far.

‘Should I go to Japan? then… You could probably use a copycat. No, I don’t have much time.’

In the end, Dojun decided to complete at least a general-purpose DDoS program.

The problem was time. It seemed difficult to complete before Section 3.1.

‘It’s hard for me alone. I need someone to upgrade the DT-01 while I look for loopholes in 2CH.’

In fact, among all the programmers Dojun knew who could help, there were already plenty of them.

‘but… A regular programmer is useless. We need security and hacking experts.’

Such a person was truly rare. Of course, Annie and the staff from GUARD CAT were there, but they were focusing their energies on supplementing the GUARD CAT security system that had just been breached.

‘In the end, do I have to do it alone?’

Feeling frustrated, Do-jun washed his face in the bathroom and bought a sandwich at a convenience store. As I was just entering the company, I ran into Yang Ha-seong on his way to work.

“Uh, CEO. “Are you sure you didn’t get off work?”

Yang Ha-seong saw that Do-jun’s clothes were the same as yesterday and asked.

“yes. “I have work to do.”

Yang Ha-seong immediately realized what Do-jun was talking about. Because he himself had asked for help.

“Representative, is there anything I can help you with?”

Do-Jun was about to say that he wasn’t there, but realized that that wasn’t the situation right now.

“hmm. Are there any experts in security or hacking?”

As in the future, there were not many security and hacking experts. Yang Ha-seong said after thinking about it.

“No one I know does, but there are places to get help.”

Dojun’s eyes sparkled.

“yes? “Where is it?”

“This time, there is a community of people working together to get things done. There are a lot of experts there, so I’ll post it there. “I’m sure there will be.”

Dojun nodded.

‘Yes, there are probably many experts in the industry. Let’s share the DT-01 source with them and get help.’

Dojun said after making his decision.

“Please quickly.”

Ha-seong Yang immediately posted a post on the community and waited for a response. Then, I suddenly remembered the email I saw yesterday.

‘Wait a minute, there was an email from Dongjin yesterday.’

The email contained the DT-01 source code that Dojun had created. Also, there were parts where Dongjin expressed his opinion that there were areas for improvement as it was a very old source.

‘If you’d like to leave a comment… Dong-jin, don’t you know this guy well?’

Dongjin graduated from the Department of Computer Engineering at Korea University, the top university in Korea. Yang Ha-seong immediately sent an email to Do-jun and went to the representative’s office.

“Representative, have you seen the email?”

“Team leader Kim Dong-jin sent this?”

“yes. How is it? “Are you good at it?”

“It’s not okay. Right towards Dongjin… “No, I will go.”

Dojun went straight to Dongjin. Dojun asked Dongjin about the sauce he made, and Dongjin answered without hesitation.

‘This guy, even if I had left him alone, he would have made it up to the level of DT-02, right? It might have taken some time, but… … .’

Dojun handed Dongjin the DT-01 sauce that he had worked on last night.

“Check it. “Last night I created code that improved DT-01.”

Dongjin’s eyes widened when he saw the code.

“You made this in one night?”

“I made it, but it’s still unfinished. I don’t have much time. I need someone to complete this. “Can you do it?”

Dongjin said after looking at Dojun’s source.

“I guess we haven’t found a specific attack route yet.”

Dojun was surprised. It was because Dongjin recognized his concerns just by looking at the source.

“that’s right. I logged into the Japanese 2CH community, and the shield was the first system I saw. “I wasted time trying to drill through it, so I ended up making it clumsily.”

“Even though it was clumsily made, it’s a huge improvement over the DT-01?”

Dongjin’s eyes lit up. If the immediate task wasn’t urgent, I would have liked to analyze and digest this source right away.

Yang Ha-seong asked from the side.

“Dongjin, can you do it?”

“yes. I think it will be okay because I already have something in mind. Besides, the CEO has already made a lot of improvements, so I think I just need to do a little bit.”

“I do not have time.”

Dongjin said while looking at his watch.

“I’ll do my best.”

Do-jun and Dong-jin started planning a program together. Even though it had been a long time since the two worked together, they coded as if they had been together for several years.

Dojun looked at the results and thought about Dongjin again.

‘At this rate, I think a version higher than DT-03 will be released around midnight today. My skills have really improved tremendously.’

DT-03 was the final version of the DDoS tool created by Dojun in his previous life.

‘If this is enough… I really think we can create the DDoS tool itself before midnight. but… … .’

The fundamental problem was not resolved until lunchtime.

‘Weaknesses of 2CH. ‘I need to find the weak point.’

Dojun sighed and said to Dongjin.

“Let’s at least eat something.”

“yes.”

The two people got up from their seats and walked out the front door of the company. But at the front door, a young teenager wearing a school uniform was looking around.

Dojun asked.

“Are you looking for someone?”

A teenager with a face full of acne looked surprised and asked cautiously.

“here… “Is this Black Cat Studio?”

“huh. that’s right. But who came to visit? brother? sister? Or family?”

“that is… I only know the nickname… … .”

“nickname?”

“It’s a person named yangyang… … .”

yanayang was CTO Yang Ha-seong’s nickname.

“Why are you looking for him?”

“that is… You posted a post on the community this morning asking for help, so I was wondering if it might be helpful… … .”

Dongjin, who was next to him, sighed at the student’s words.

“Surely, you came here after reading that article? “Today is a weekday. What about school?”

Hearing Dongjin’s words, the student raised his head and said.

“School is not the problem now. They say we’re going to have a big fight with Japan! “Is class a problem?”

Dongjin said with a puzzled expression.

“Of course classes are the problem. Student, I understand how you feel, but go to school quickly. Adults will take care of this. “I’m not at the point yet where I need to lend a hand to a student.”

The student looked very dissatisfied with Dongjin’s words.

“No, my skills are good. “There is no place in my life that I haven’t been able to penetrate!”

“Yes, yes. I guess I made it through school. When I was in school, they also tried to manipulate my grades, so of course I quit in the end. This job doesn’t work with that kind of skill. Come and learn more.”

The student looked aggrieved at Dongjin’s words.

“no… “I can really break through everything!”

It was then. Dojun, who was looking at Dongjin and the student, asked the student with a strange expression.

“now… “What grade are you in?”

“Second year of middle school!”

For a moment, Dojun’s eyes lit up. It reminded him of something that happened in his past life.

“Second year of middle school… Okay, let me ask you one question. “What were you trying to do in this Korea-Japan battle?”

The student said with his eyes shining at Dojun’s words.

“I tried to hack the Japanese 2CH server and plant the Korean flag.”