Villain’s Programming - Chapter 309



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Episode 309 Treatment List

What appeared before Lee Yun-cheol’s eyes was a document.

‘What document is it? Is it a secret document?’

Lee Un-cheol was a person who had no choice but to see numerous secrets in North Korea due to his job.

This was because Lee Woon-cheol was the one who computerized all the secret documents, ‘stored’ them, and supervised their maintenance and management.

Of course, they believed that Lee Yun-cheol would not be able to see the ‘encrypted’ documents.

This was because, whenever I looked at a Korean document or an MS-WORD document, I had to enter the ‘password’ I had set in order to view it.

However, to Lee Un-cheol, such a code could be deciphered in a minute. Thanks to this, Lee Un-cheol knew many secrets of North Korea without knowing it, and was confident that he would not be surprised by anything.

But when he clicked on the document, the title that appeared took Lee Woon-cheol’s breath away.

[Treatment plan for a 10-year-old leukemia patient.]

Although the name of the person being treated was not included in the document, it was immediately clear that the person was his son, ‘Lee Hyun-jin’.

Lee Yun-cheol carefully turned the pages of the document.

[1. Confirm the exact diagnosis.]

Lee Yun-cheol immediately let out an exclamation of admiration after reading the document.

The document stated that tests were needed to determine the exact type of leukemia.

‘Right, this comes first. How accurate would the tests done in North Korea be?’

The document described the treatment method according to the exact diagnosis. It said that for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, ‘Venclexta’ and chemotherapy would be administered simultaneously.

On the other hand, if it was chronic myelogenous leukemia, the treatment method was different. It had to be treated with a drug called Gluvec.

Gluvec is a treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia that was released in 2001 and was very effective.

Up until now, the medicine that Lee Yun-cheol had purchased from China and brought to his son was this ‘Gluvec’.

‘There are these two, but there is also acute leukemia.’

The document contained more types of leukemia and treatments than he had ever known. But there was one thing in common.

‘Treatment of concern… … .’

It was a treatment method that was unthinkable in North Korea.

Lee Yun-cheol read the document with admiration.

[5. Treatment Statistics]

The document contained statistics on people who received treatment and got better, and in the case of children, the cure rate was quite high.

Lee Yun-cheol let out a deep sigh.

“Ha, I think I understand now.”

My son could never be treated in North Korea, not even with medicine he received through a Chinese broker.

Treatment was only available through the ‘Children’s Hospital’.

Lee Yun-cheol looked at the document again. At the very end of the document, there was a single ‘IP’ address written.

That meant one thing.

‘You must have something you want from me, and if you grant it, I will give this treatment to Hyun-jin.’

The worries were short. The next day, Lee Yun-cheol and his subordinates headed to the Amnok River again. It was to access the IP that Do-jun had given them. However, they needed a reason to go to the Amnok River.

Lee Yun-cheol spoke to the director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau the next day.

“At that time, I didn’t get everything Chairman Kim Jong-un wanted. This time, I will definitely download everything.”

Everything went smoothly as Chairman Kim Jong-un said it was what he wanted.

Lee Yun-cheol boarded the Yalu River boat and reconnected to the ‘network’. He was directly connected to the ‘network’ he had set up in ‘Wolseom’, China.

“Everyone, connect to the torrent and download!”

“yes!”

As his subordinates moved, Lee Yun-cheol quietly came to the front of the ship and picked up his smartphone.

It was Gammia of Oseong. Lee Woon-cheol wrote the IP address in Gammia’s internet address bar.

After a while, a message box appeared on a black background. Lee Woon-cheol typed in Korean into the message box.

[Let’s eat Pyongyang Naengmyeon together.]

After a while, the message disappeared. In fact, that was the end, but Lee Woon-chul wrote an IP address in the message box.

* * *

Do-jun made numerous preparations to contact Lee Woon-cheol.

First, I bought a 10% stake in the company ‘Doctor Eyes’. Of course, I didn’t buy the stake to interfere with management.

What Do-jun wanted was the internal source of ‘Doctor Eyes’. Do-jun discovered a bug in ‘Doctor Eyes’ using ‘Copycat’ and was able to access the source under the pretext of fixing it.

‘Doctor Eyes’ also welcomed Do-jun very warmly. This was because when Do-jun acquired a 10% stake, the stock price doubled.

Do-jun was called the ‘Midas’ hand who never fails in investments. It was natural that people would flock to Do-jun when he invested.

Do-jun analyzed the source of ‘Doctor Eyes’ and hid an encryption program in his X-ray photo.

‘But will Lee Yun-cheol be able to solve this puzzle?’

The worries were unfounded.

[Let’s eat Pyongyang Naengmyeon together.]

Dojun clenched his fists when he saw the message that appeared on the page he had created.

Lee Yun-cheol had solved his own puzzle.

‘Let’s eat Pyongyang Naengmyeon together? This is an acceptance. It means let’s have a conversation. But what is this IP?’

Lee Woon-chul left not only an answer but also an IP address. Do-jun opened up his hacking defenses and entered the IP address just in case.

‘huh?’

There was a program there. Dojun tilted his head and downloaded the program.

‘The extension is APK. Is it an Android program?’

Dojun tilted his head and downloaded the program, installed it on his LGS phone, and ran it. After a while, the program was installed and the UI appeared.

[Secret Conversation]

‘Secret chat? Messenger?’

As expected of a program created by Lee Woon-chul, the name was crude. However, the content itself was not crude.

‘Crazy! This is… Telegram? No, it’s better than Telegram!’

In its previous life, Telegram was famous for being a secure messenger that had never been hacked.

Dojun analyzed ‘Secret Conversation’ deeply.

‘Secret Conversations’ supported end-to-end encryption, meaning that even if conversations were stored on the server, they could not be decrypted.

Moreover, if you delete a conversation on one side, the conversation content disappears on the other side as well.

‘That’s not all. It basically uses a server, but you can also transmit conversations without going through a server in P2P format.’

It was a program truly optimized for secret conversations.

‘Has Telegram not been released yet? Then this would be a huge hit if it were released.’

Of course, it won’t become as popular as CocoaTalk, but there are many people in this world who don’t want their conversations to be exposed.

‘What on earth is this guy Lee Yun-cheol? He’s a cryptographic programmer, right? And he even created a messenger app in North Korea?’

I couldn’t believe I learned how to program just by reading books, but it was even more unbelievable when I saw the app.

Dojun wanted to use [Secret Conversation] right away. However, he couldn’t use it because he didn’t know Lee Woon-cheol’s nickname.

‘We’ll find out soon enough.’

Dojun got up from his seat. It was almost lunch time.

Dojun was eating at a budaejjigae restaurant with Next’s Han Jeong-su, when a breaking news story came on.

[Agreement to Open Children’s Hospital in Kaesong, North Korea through Inter-Korean Cooperation.]

People eating their meals started muttering at the news.

?- No, the guys who closed down the Kaesong Industrial Complex are accepting children’s hospitals?

?- That’s ridiculous. Aren’t you treating us like fools? What about the Kaesong Industrial Complex?

?- I don’t like being treated like that either, but they’re kids. I heard that adults over 18 can’t receive treatment, so isn’t that okay?

Dojun, who was listening to people’s stories, thought deeply.

‘This was agreed upon a few days ago, but it’s only now coming out on the news? Why is that?’

As Dojun tilted his head, another breaking news appeared on the news.

[Agreement to reopen Gaeseong Industrial Complex.]

Dojun opened his eyes wide after seeing the news.

“That’s ridiculous!”

Han Jeong-su, who was in front, asked.

“Sir, what doesn’t make sense?”

“Gaeseong… The industrial complex has reopened. Am I seeing things wrong?”

Han Jeong-su smiled and answered Do-jun’s words.

“No, aren’t you the one who reopened the Kaesong Industrial Complex?”

Dojun answered with a blank expression.

“Yes? I will… reopen the Kaesong Industrial Complex?”

“Yes. You were the one who built the children’s hospital in Gaeseong with the government, right? I heard that in return for that, the government demanded the reopening of the Gaeseong Industrial Complex. Didn’t you know that?”

Only then did Dojun realize how things had unfolded.

‘The issue of the Kaesong Industrial Complex was discussed at the ministerial meeting held before the working-level meeting.’

Even though he knew the circumstances, Do-jun was confused. In his previous life, the Kaesong Industrial Complex had never been normalized since it was closed.

‘Hasn’t history begun to change drastically?’

Do-jun, who was becoming impatient, immediately called out ‘Sae-byeol’.

‘Morning star, what about the black tree?’

Dojun let out a sigh of relief.

‘History has changed this much, but there is no change in the black tree?’

After thinking about it for a while, I think I know why.

‘All I did was establish a children’s hospital. I approached Lee Un-cheol only to save the child. It was the government, not me, that reopened the Kaesong Industrial Complex.’

I felt fortunate, but at the same time nervous about how this would change the future.

‘In my previous life, sanctions were placed on all economic activities in North Korea. So, in the end, the Kaesong Industrial Complex would have to be closed… ‘

Dojun had no idea what the future would hold.

Han Jeong-su, who saw Do-jun like that, put a ladleful of budaejjigae on Do-jun’s plate and said.

“I don’t know what you’re worried about, but leave politics to the politicians. Even if we worry about it, there’s nothing we can do about it, right?”

Come to think of it, that’s what happened.

“That’s right. I guess I worried for nothing.”

“By the way, Mr. Hwang, it’s really hard to know what’s going on in the world. I never would have thought that a children’s hospital would be built in North Korea before the one in Gangbuk.”

There was a plan to build a children’s hospital in Gangbuk on the level of ‘Oseong Hospital’. As a result, it took at least four years to complete.

However, it was not a ‘children’s hospital’ that was to be built in Kaesong, North Korea. A new hospital was built, but a temporary hospital was created using existing buildings.

They’re currently undergoing remodeling work, and I heard it will be completed in about two months.

“Now that I think about it, that’s true.”

Han Jeong-su asked cautiously in response to Do-jun’s answer.

“Excuse me, Mr. Hwang. Do you happen to know what kind of patients will be coming to the children’s hospital that will be built in North Korea?”

“I heard that they are being assigned by the North.”

“is it so?”

“Why are you doing that?”

Han Jeong-su hesitated and then answered.

“I don’t think so, but what if… Kim Jong-un’s children won’t come?”

* * *

Lee Yun-cheol seemed to be flying these days.

A children’s hospital was being built in Kaesong, and her son was on the initial treatment list.

That wasn’t the only good news. His own [Secret Chat] app was officially released.

Of course, it wasn’t released under his own name. ?It was released through ‘GUARD CAT’ in the US.

The name was ‘CAT LINE’. I didn’t know why it was called that. No, it didn’t matter.

This was because Lee Yun-cheol sold the messenger to Do-jun and received a huge amount of ‘bitcoin’ in return.

Dojun gave Lee Wooncheol 100 Bitcoins. In addition, he promised to give him 1% of the annual sales revenue in Bitcoins.

Bitcoin was the only asset he could have in North Korea. Lee Un-cheol recalled what Do-jun had said.

‘It’s 2 million won now, but it will go up to 20 million won soon. Don’t sell it until then. It won’t take long. Of course, it will go up even more after that. Sell it when the situation allows.’

Lee Yun-cheol swallowed dry saliva as he looked at the bitcoins on his USB.

‘With this money… you can do anything in North Korea.’

In North Korea, if you have money, you can get anything.

‘A state-of-the-art computer, a smart phone, and three full meals a day.’

Suddenly, Lee Un-cheol remembered 20 years ago. It was 1995, when he was a teenager and North Korea was experiencing a food shortage and was going through the ‘Arduous March’.

‘I could eat one meal a day, but other people couldn’t.’

At that time, all the mountains were devastated because people were hungry and ate the bark of the trees.

I tried eating the bark of the Lee Yun-cheol tree. It relieved my hunger for a while, but I had bloody stools and stomachaches for several days afterward.

Every day, countless people starved to death. The party claimed that 300,000 people starved to death during the “Arduous March.” But that wasn’t true. The truth was closer to a million.

‘And there were people who ate people because they were hungry.’

Lee Yun-cheol had seen a scene of people being eaten. The cannibal was his friend. He ate the child next door who had starved to death.

At that time, it was like that. Human dignity could not overcome hunger.

Lee Woon-cheol shook his head as he felt strange thinking back to that time.

‘Let’s just think about me, just me. Let’s only think about Hyunjin.’

Lee Yun-cheol went to work. He heard the news that the ‘Children’s Hospital’ had been completed.

Lee Yun-cheol felt better now that his son could be treated.

But then I heard some shocking news.

“Oh, I don’t think your son will be able to receive treatment this time.”

Lee Woon-cheol asked with a blank expression at the words of the Director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau.

“What… do you mean?”

“Because someone more in need has come along.”

“No, Director! Our Hyunjin will go first… … .”

That was when.

– Boom!

?The director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau slammed his desk and shouted.

“Are you against the party’s decision now?”

Lee Yun-cheol bit his lips tightly. The power of the Director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau was enormous.

If you acted according to your own whim here, you would be shot.

“Ah… no.”

“That’s right, you should have been more loyal to the party! Think carefully about why you fell.”

“All right.”

Lee Yun-cheol returned to his seat and sat in his office, biting his lip until it bled.

‘This can’t be happening! This can’t be happening! Why on earth is Hyunjin missing? I did my best for the party!’

Unaccepted, Lee Yun-cheol started hacking and looking at the ‘list of children’s hospitals’ while others were not looking.

‘crazy!’

This time, his son Hyun-jin was left out of the list of children, and the nephew of the director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau was included.

The diagnosis was influenza.

Although the flu was a scary disease, it was also a disease that could be treated in North Korean hospitals.

There were quite a few other changes to the list as well. They were all replaced with the children of high-ranking officials.

‘You little shits!’

Lee Woon-chul stopped by the hospital and looked at his son, Hyun-jin. He was very thin and had lost all his hair.

Even to an outsider like me, it looked dangerous.

“Hyunjin! Dad… I’m sorry.”

Lee Woon-chul returned home and took out the hidden ‘vodka’ and drank it.

“I’ll kill you! I’ll kill them all!”

If Hyun-jin died, I planned to erase the country called North Korea from this world.

It wasn’t a vain dream. Even while drunk, Lee Yun-cheol made a plan.

‘I know all the secrets of the country. Should I sell them to Korea?’

Another thought occurred to me.

‘I’m going to recruit ministers with Bitcoin. And then… I’m going to roll around like a dog and become the director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau.’

Then, it seemed, he would have the opportunity to destroy North Korea.

‘Fuck, what’s the use of this? What’s the use without Hyunjin?’

At that moment, Do-jun suddenly came to mind. I thought that I could get my son involved through Do-jun.

The next day, Lee Un-cheol went to the Amnok River early.

[I asked the government, but they said the list is under the North’s authority and cannot be changed.]

Lee Woon-chul lowered his head at Do-jun’s answer. His last hope had disappeared.

But then, Dojun sent a message again.

[But there is a way to try.]

Lee Yun-cheol was surprised and left a message.

[What method is there?]

[There is just one thing. However, it may cost you your life.]

[If I can save my son, my life doesn’t matter. What should I do?]

After a while, Dojun sent a message.

[Please let me meet Chairman Kim Jong-un.]

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