Villain’s Programming - Chapter 305



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Episode 305 President Xi Jinping

Dojun said he was going to the bathroom and came out. Dojun went into the bathroom and sat on the toilet.

“Morning Star, how about the black tree?”

At Dojun’s words, Saetbyeol looked at the ‘black tree’.

‘It’s changing!’

Because the tree was so huge, I couldn’t see the whole thing, but the change was evident.

Dojun was shocked by Saetbyeol’s words.

‘It’s changing? Am I wrong?’

“It got bigger? How much?”

The morning star looked at the tree and said.

“Oh my god, so that means the branches are going to spread out?”

Certainly this was something strange.

“What? The bark is peeling off? Didn’t Copycat say that it was so hard that no matter how much he scratched it, it wouldn’t work?”

The bark had hardened, so Copycat could no longer enter the black tree as he used to.

Dojun thought calmly.

‘Bad and good things happened to the Black Tree at the same time. However, if you think about it carefully, there aren’t any major changes right away. It’s like… I don’t know what changes will come in the future, so I’m preparing for both.’

Dojun suddenly remembered the old ‘vote’. Voting was something where you didn’t know what the results would be until you opened the ballot box.

So I’ve heard that when there’s an election, broadcasters prepare for both outcomes.

‘Ah! That’s it. This phenomenon is caused by my investment in children’s hospitals. But children’s hospitals don’t know the results. They may receive treatment and the children may have a new life, or they may not. And they don’t know what kind of impact the children who were supposed to die but survived will have on the world.’

Dojun clenched his fists. It was almost exactly as he had expected.

‘If this is the case, there is a way to move forward.’

Until now, I had been unable to move because of the three-year restriction, but I found a way to break through it.

“Morning Star, if there is any special change in the black tree, tell me right away.”

Dojun came out of the bathroom and went back to where Han Jeong-soo was. Han Jeong-soo was absentmindedly looking at his smartphone.

“I’m sorry. Have I been here too long? What are you looking at with such amusement?”

Han Jeong-su said with a strange expression in response to Do-jun’s words.

“Representative Hwang, we have breaking news.”

“Breaking news? Did North Korea conduct a nuclear test?”

“No. It’s breaking news that will have a bigger impact on us than that.”

Han Jeong-su said that and handed his phone to Do-jun. There was an article on the phone.

[Breaking News. Vice President Xi Jinping becomes President of China.]

* * *

“Hmm. You said you still need some time?”

Liao Weicheng nodded after seeing the message sent by the relay person.

‘Well, even if my son’s life is at stake, I can’t help but be suspicious when someone I’ve just met tells me to betray my country.’

Liao Weisheng recently received a new order from ‘Bruce’. It was to recruit a soldier in North Korea.

‘I’m doing it because I’m told to, but why are you trying to recruit soldiers in North Korea?’

North Korea was the most closed country in the world.

Even if you were a Chinese national with good relations with North Korea, recruiting North Koreans was a task that required a certain amount of risk to your life.

‘It’s tricky. There’s a high chance of failure. But it might be better this way. There’s no chance of Hwang Do-jun getting involved in this.’

A few days ago, I received a call from the head of Finnish Supercell. He said he was going to sell his stake to a Korean company.

‘That company was Next and Black Cat Studios. They joined forces to purchase a 51% stake in Supercell.’

Liao Weisheng clenched his fists when he heard that. With a 51% stake, he was effectively the owner of the company. Now, there was no way for Baeksent to become the owner of Supercell.

‘Bruce said that if he gets Supercell, he can dominate the mobile gaming market in the future… … .’

That was the collapse.

‘Damn Hwang Do-jun!’

Once again, Hwang Do-jun blocked his path.

‘Hwang Do-jun, Hwang Do-jun, Hwang Do-jun! The guy who ruined everything for me from Cross Warrior to now!’

Now, just hearing that name would make me excited.

Liao Weisheng naturally thought that this Supercell acquisition would fail and that he would be severely reprimanded by Bruce. In fact, when he told Bruce about Supercell, he was very angry.

But even if the sky falls, there is a hole that will emerge. Vice Chairman Xi Jinping became the Chairman.

Upon learning of this fact, Xi Jinping’s chief of staff immediately contacted Liao Weisheng.

– This incident is all thanks to Representative Liao Weisheng. The Chairman said he would like to express his gratitude to Representative Liao Weisheng.

Liao Weisheng clenched his fist at the words of his chief secretary, Liu Weidong.

To be honest, all I did was deliver the message of ‘Blues’.

[Don’t do anything. Just do what you’re told and look like a good, obedient dog. Then the next President of China will be Vice President Xi Jinping.]

In fact, when he delivered this message to Liu Weidong, Liao Weicheng thought his life was over because the content of the message was nonsensical.

‘Don’t do anything, be like a gentle dog… ‘

If someone had given me this advice, I would have cut off their head in an instant.

However, ‘Liu Weidong’ reported it to Xi Jinping as it was, and Xi Jinping did not say anything.

‘I thought you threw it in the trash, but judging by your reaction, I guess you really did.’

I once again felt that Xi Jinping and those associated with him were amazing. At the same time, I felt that I had reached the highest level of power in China.

But I also started to fear the character ‘Bruce’.

‘What on earth is he? How can he do that?’

Bruce kicked out Ma Huateng and made himself the representative of Baeksent. He also made Xi Jinping the president of China.

Liao Weisheng felt that ‘Bruce’ was the one controlling the world from behind the scenes.

‘But what kind of monster is Hwang Do-jun, who even Bruce couldn’t do anything about?’

Fortunately, Xi Jinping became the president and was able to invite Bruce to China. Thanks to that, the failure to acquire Supercell was covered up.

Of course, the next task Bruce asked of us was not easy either, because it had to do with North Korea.

‘But this incident has nothing to do with Hwang Do-jun, right?’

Supercell is a gaming company, so Hwang Do-jun may have been keeping an eye on it, but this time it was about recruiting North Korean soldiers.

No matter how I looked at it, there was no connection to Hwang Do-jun. Liao Weicheng smiled brightly for the first time in a while and looked out the window.

“We must do this at least once. Hwang Do-jun, even you won’t be able to know or stop this.”

* * *

Dojun quickly finished his meeting with Han Jeongsu and came straight home.

“Dojun! You said you’d be late today, but you came early?”

Dojun hugged Sally and said.

“Yeah. Something important came up.”

“What’s going on?”

“The Chinese president has been announced.”

“Oh, that? I saw it on TV too. He’s a guy named Xi Jinping. The news said he was a decent manager.”

The corners of Dojun’s eyes twitched at Sally’s words.

‘Everyone is being deceived. Right now, it is, but it won’t be long before he shows his true colors. He is the greediest Chinese president of all time.’

In fact, for Do-jun, Xi Jinping becoming the president was nothing new. Rather, it was a bigger problem if Xi Jinping did not become the president. That was because history was completely distorted.

‘Fortunately, things are going the same way as in my previous life, but Xi Jinping is giving me a completely different problem now.’

Do-jun knew through his ‘lost memories’ that ‘Lee Woon-chul’ was staging a coup in North Korea.

The problem was that Lee Yun-cheol staged a coup at the instigation of China, and the Chinese president at the time was Xi Jinping.

‘In the end, we can say that the person who moved Lee Yun-cheol was Xi Jinping.’

That wasn’t all. The ‘Emperor Shi Huang AI’ I saw inside the ‘Black Tree’ also kept bothering me.

‘Xi Jinping said he considers himself the Emperor Shi Huang. Maybe the person who created the Emperor Shi Huang AI is also Xi Jinping.’

After learning about facts I didn’t know in my past life, my thoughts about Xi Jinping couldn’t help but be different from my past life.

‘There’s no time. I have to contact Lee Woon-chul somehow.’

Of course, Xi Jinping had only just become the president, so he had no reason to contact Li Yunche right away.

‘In my previous life, I must have come into contact with him for some reason, even a few years later. But the Emperor Shi Huang’s AI is on the move. He will definitely approach Lee Yun-cheol in some way.’

Dojun said after kissing Sally on the cheek.

“Sally. I need to do some work in the small room. Go to bed first.”

Sally answered, pouting.

“Every day I just work… … .”

“Sorry, once we finish this, where should we go to play next?”

Sally knew that Dojun’s words were unlikely to come true, but she relaxed her expression and said.

“I’ll believe that lie. I’m fine, so take care of yourself first.”

“Thank you, Sally.”

“Instead, wash up, change into comfortable clothes and go.”

Dojun washed up as Sally said, changed into the tracksuit she gave him, and went into the small room.

Dojun sat on the chair in front of the computer and thought about it.

‘How do I approach Lee Woon-chul?’

North Korea was the closest country, but also the furthest country in the world.

‘I can’t physically get there, and I can’t connect to the network. This is driving me crazy.’

Dojun thought about it for a few hours and came up with a better solution.

‘Wait a minute, the National Intelligence Service was very interested in Lee Woon-chul, right? Should we ask the director of the National Intelligence Service?’

Normally, I would never have thought of this, but now, the director of the National Intelligence Service and I were outwardly holding hands.

Do-jun immediately called the director of the National Intelligence Service.

“Director, I apologize for contacting you so late at night.”

– Oh my, who is this? Isn’t it Representative Hwang?

Director Bang Se-ok of the National Intelligence Service answered the phone after the dial tone had rang about 10 times.

Bang Se-ok seemed to be in a very noisy place. He could hear singing and women’s voices coming from the speakers.

“Oh, yes. You seem busy. Should I call you later?”

– No, just a moment.

After a while, a woman’s voice was heard saying, “Where are you going, oppa?” and Bang Se-ok’s voice was heard saying, “I’ll be back shortly. Take care of the boss. You guys!”

Dojun was shocked.

‘Did you go to Danran? It really lives up to its reputation.’

After about 10 seconds, there was a door slam and the surroundings became quiet.

– Oh my, Mr. Hwang. You’ve been waiting for a long time, right?

“No. I’m sorry to contact you so late at night.”

– No. Is there a day or night when it comes to patriotism? What brings you here at this hour? Is something urgent?

Dojun asked the question he had prepared.

“Do you remember Lee Yun-cheol?”

– Lee Yun-cheol? Oh! I remember. Thanks to Mr. Hwang, we were able to find his location, right? He’s really amazing. Hacking on a boat at the Yalu River, the North Korean border. And the network is wireless and uses a Chinese one. Our agents said that it’s an IP in Dandong, China, but they don’t know how Mr. Hwang found the North Korean IP.

‘Well, because Copycat found it.’

In fact, the IP we found was a Chinese IP. However, the person who discovered it was a ‘copycat’.

The copycat had a Chinese IP, but since the location was North Korea, not China, it was changed to a North Korean IP and reported to Dojun.

“I was lucky.”

– Luck is a skill. But after that, Lee Yun-cheol’s location cannot be tracked. You worked hard for him. He’ll definitely hack again, so if you find his location, you’ll be able to prepare for whatever he does.

“That’s why I contacted you. I will help you find Lee Yun-cheol’s location. However, to do that, I need more information about Lee Yun-cheol.”

– It’s detailed information. It’s not difficult. I’ll organize it and send it to you soon.

After that, Do-jun hung up the phone with Bang Se-ok after chatting about miscellaneous things.

* * *

Bang Se-ok, who hung up the phone with Do-jun, snickered.

“What? You’re going to help me find Lee Yun-cheol’s location? The head of a game company?”

Bang Se-ok took a cigarette and lit it. Bang Se-ok took a deep drag on the cigarette and exhaled.

Cigarette smoke rose hazily into the still cold night sky.

“Representative Hwang, I guess you want to contact Lee Woon-cheol.”

Other people point fingers at Bang Se-ok, calling him the head of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) a greedy but incompetent man, but he still served as the head of the NIS for several years.

Bang Se-ok had the ability to see people’s greed.

“Why? Is there something you want to ask as a fellow programmer? Or is there another reason?”

Bang Se-ok, who had been thinking about it until he finished smoking a cigarette, threw the cigarette away and snickered.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that this is a good deal. Should I make it a little more fun?”

I could have prepared as much material as I wanted, but I felt I had to wait until Hwang Do-jun begged me.

“And this time, I’ve got a weak point. Isn’t that a nice picture? One of the richest men in Korea is in contact with a North Korean soldier. Wow! This is going to be a front-page story. If we do it right, we can even brand him a communist. I think we can use this to blackmail him and get some money out of him.”

Bang Se-ok smiled brightly and went back inside.

“Brother, why are you here now!”

Inside there were women waiting for him.

“Haha. I need to earn money so I can tip you guys!”

* * *

Do-jun waited for Bang Se-ok to contact him for several days. But he never heard from her.

“Huh? What? Was this information that difficult?”

Do-jun was thinking of calling Bang Se-ok again. But then Do-jun’s cell phone rang.

‘Huh? That’s NSA Director Keith?’

At that moment, Dojun slammed his desk.

‘You idiot! The NSA was there!’

The NSA was the one that knew the most about the world’s information, including information about North Korea.

Dojun immediately pressed the call button.

“Hello, Director.”

– NAS hero! How have you been?

“Haha. I’ve been well. How have you been, Director Kiss?”

– How are you doing without me?

The two people reminisced over the phone after a long time.

Do-jun looked at the situation and tried to ask about information about ‘Lee Woon-cheol’. But Director Kiss said something he had never expected.

– Do-jun, didn’t you work for the National Intelligence Service for a while a while ago?

Dojun was surprised.

“How do you know that?”

– Haha. Korea and the US share a lot of information with each other. Among them, hacking is something that our NSA is very interested in.

Do-jun thought it was a good thing. It was easier to ask. However, he didn’t understand why Director Kiss was bringing up such a topic.

“What’s the problem with that?”

– Yes. I think it’s information you should take care of yourself.

“What information?”

– Bang Se-ok contacted us and asked for detailed information about Lee Woon-cheol.

Dojun asked in surprise.

“When was that?”

– It must have been about three days ago. I gave you the materials right away because you said it was urgent.

Dojun was dumbfounded.

‘You received it three days ago and you still haven’t sent it to me?’

– But it was strange. He was asking for details about Lee Woon-chul’s program or his IT skills. As far as I know, Bang Se-ok is not interested in that kind of stuff. He’s not the kind of person who would understand if I gave him the information. So I thought, there must be someone else who wants this information.

“That’s right, Director. I was the one who wanted that information. But I haven’t received it yet. Director. Can I get that information too?”

– Dojun, I’m sorry. I’d like to give it to you, but as you know, all NSA data is classified information. I can’t leak it to civilians.

Dojun was disappointed, but he had expected it.

“I understand. But can you give me some common sense?”

– Haha. Right. We can talk about that much between us. Well, common sense tells you that he’s a genius. He’s never seen a computer, he only learned coding from books. He’s a legend.

Dojun made a blank expression.

“There really was such a person.”

– Yes. And he is a genius in encryption algorithms. If he wasn’t a North Korean, I would have recruited him to the NSA by any means necessary. Of course, you and Snowden are both great people, but unofficially, I think Lee Un-cheol is the best in encryption.

Do-jun was surprised when he heard the director’s words.

“Encryption… algorithm?”

– That’s right. But why? What’s going on?

There was. It was because a way to grab the neck of the snake-like National Intelligence Service Director Bang Se-ok came to mind.

“No, sir. I have to hang up the phone. Something urgent has come up.”

– Okay. By the way, when are you coming to the NSA? I guess Snowden has something to brag about to you?

“Haha. Really? Once this work is over, I’ll go play at the NSA.”

Dojun hung up the phone and raised the corners of his mouth.

‘Lee Woon-chul is a genius in encryption algorithms? Then, maybe he could have decrypted the files taken by the National Intelligence Service.’

Dojun overheard what kind of file it was.

‘Bang Se-ok’s corruption. And there was corruption among people in the political and business world. If those files are exposed, will those people leave the head of the National Intelligence Service alone?’

Do-jun, who had gathered his thoughts, immediately sent a message to the director of the National Intelligence Service.

[Director, I have received intelligence that Lee Woon-cheol has decrypted the password for the file he hacked and took last time.]

The last time Do-jun called, the phone rang more than ten times before Bang Se-ok picked up.

But not now.

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