You Are Defended - Chapter 521



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Episode 521

“Didn’t I say I wanted to talk to the club president?”

As soon as we arrived in front of the administrative office, the director opened the door and came out.

The reaction was so quick that I wondered if they had been watching.

The director’s tone of voice and nonverbal expressions also conveyed a sense of hostility.

Among them, the one with his arms crossed was particularly defensive, and it seemed like he was still blaming Kim Hyun-jong.

“So I came here in a hurry from somewhere else. Is there a reason you have to talk to me alone?”

Given the circumstances, the chairman did not speak kindly.

Even when I heard from Choi Jong-Hyeon that the director was not the type to make people feel comfortable, and when I came here on my first day of volunteering and greeted him, I still thought he was not very good.

But now that I look back, it wasn’t that great.

It was already revealed that the child of the Angel House had caused trouble for Kim Hyun-jong by lying, so I couldn’t understand why he was so confident in showing such an attitude.

“I said I wanted to talk to the chairman because I thought it was something that the person in charge and I should discuss. Didn’t I already tell you that I had nothing more to say to Mr. Kim Hyun-jong? Mr. Kim Hyun-jong, don’t you remember?”

“This is a problem that cannot be discussed without the parties involved. And this friend next to Hyun-jong is the head of the Angel’s House Education Service Team. Even though I am the club president, this friend knows the situation better than I do. That is why we came together. We are all people who need to participate in the conversation.”

“……under.”

The director placed his hands on his hips and sighed.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. Come in.”

The three followed the director into the director’s office, and soon after, Secretary Kim Young-ji also arrived.

Kim Hyun-jong expected that since she disappeared with him earlier saying she would talk to Seong-yoon, he would be able to hear at least an explanation as to why she did that.

“Is there a camera attached to those glasses that the chairman is wearing? I’m too scared to say anything.”

The director asked, pointing to the chairman’s silver-rimmed glasses.

“This isn’t a camera, and we’re not filming it separately. If you’re afraid of being filmed, shouldn’t you just not say it? If you’re going to swear so much that you don’t want to be caught by others, we don’t want to hear it either.”

The chairman spoke more forcefully than ever before.

Even Kim Hyun-jong, who was listening, was a little surprised.

Of course, the problem never got this big, but there were many instances where the chairman got into arguments with his associates due to big and small troubles.

At that time, the president was always careful with his words, worried that it might cause disadvantages to all the club members or damage the image of the club.

“What did you say?”

“Isn’t that right? We have no qualms about making all our conversations public since we first started volunteering. We have always been polite and tried our best for the children. I’m not saying we were perfect. Of course, we had our shortcomings. But we always improved when the Angel House staff pointed them out.”

“… … .”

“But the director said all sorts of things like reporting us in a situation that wasn’t even certain, saying we weren’t qualified to be teachers, and saying we were stupid. And even after it was revealed that it wasn’t the club member’s fault, didn’t he just kick us out without apologizing?”

“Ha, of course I’m sorry for the misunderstanding. No matter what, we have to protect the child first when something like this happens. Isn’t that obvious? We are obligated to report child abuse. It’s obvious that we should consider reporting it when a problem arises, and especially when we think that it was committed by a volunteer we accepted into our facility, we can’t help but react sensitively.”

“What the director said is correct. If you had reacted sensitively to the level you mentioned, we wouldn’t have been offended. However, it’s hard to say that it was a reasonable response to start abusing our club members without even listening to their stories properly.”

“This student is also really funny… … Haven’t you ever thought about this? Why did Seongyoon have to push Kim Hyunjong like that? Don’t people who say they are going to educate think about the child’s psychological state? If it were me, I would feel hurt before feeling bad. I wondered if the child felt that way, if I did something wrong.”

This was an unexpected answer.

The chairman looked straight at Kim Young-ji and asked.

“Did Seongyoon say that?”

Kim Young-ji glanced at the director with a look of confusion, but soon realized what she had to say and answered firmly.

“You didn’t say that, but I think there’s some truth to what the director said. If a child who had never had any problems before suddenly started acting out like this, the problem shouldn’t be found only within Seongyoon.”

Kim Young-ji said the same thing.

Well, didn’t the director call her out specifically as soon as the incident broke out?

There must have been a reason.

“Even if Sungyoon is a minor, he is still 18 years old. The fact that a person who was not like that before lied and caused Kim Hyunjong to misunderstand is because he had a strong will to separate from Kim Hyunjong, even though he cannot say it.”

“Director. You’re talking as if Hyun-jong had been emotionally abusing Seong-yoon… … .”

The team leader, who had been quietly listening to the story, opened his mouth, but the director did not listen to the end and continued to say what he wanted to say.

“I don’t know. Sungyoon has kept his mouth shut, and I think it will take some time for him to tell the truth. Anyway, we need to consider whether Mr. Kim Hyunjong has emotionally abused Sungyoon in the past. Of course, I hope not, but can we say for sure that it is not possible?”

“Director, I have never done that. You are only making assumptions right now, but if you are suspicious that there was such a problematic remark, gather the other students together and ask them. Even if there is a child who heard something like Seongyoon saying that I made him feel bad.”

“That’s something we have to take care of. Anyway, I understand that Mr. Kim Hyun-jong didn’t commit any violence today. But regardless of the reason, there is trouble with our original child, and as guardians, we have to separate the original child and Mr. Kim Hyun-jong until we feel they are safe. But we can’t send Seong-yoon away to separate them. Naturally, outside volunteers have no choice but to stop coming. Right?”

Now even the chairman is fed up with the director’s attitude.

No matter what I say, they keep saying that there is a problem with Kim Hyun-jong, so I can’t continue to serve here.

Wasn’t it service in the first place?

It wasn’t something that was paid by the Angel House, but something that the entire team started with good intentions, splitting their time.

If you care that much about Kim Hyun-jong, you could suggest a way to continue the service without him, but there is no reason to come here and be treated like this.

Besides, I didn’t want to cause any unnecessary misunderstandings because I seemed to be sensitive about asking about Son Jeong-min’s whereabouts.

Although we tried hard thanks to the support and requests of reporter Choi Jong-hyeon, children who are in the blind spot of education are not only at Angel’s House.

Now that the club’s reputation has been tarnished, even if Choi Jong-Hyeon were to cut off his support because of this, I have no intention of staying here any longer.

“I understand what you are saying. From now on, we will not come to Angel’s House anymore. And if you claim that our club members abused students without any legal basis in the future, we will also find a way out of our own.”

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“Who is talking about abusing whom? They are helping to traffic people, and they are acting like educators. Oh, this really pisses me off. Oh! Fuck!”

Choi Jong-hyun, who was listening to the audio file, hit his chest with his fist.

Kang Min-jae, who was leaning against the hospital bed, also started laughing in disbelief.

Others were no different.

Oh, the manager, and Jo Bong-jun just smiled coldly without saying anything.

“You probably didn’t know when you were asking if I was filming. You should have asked if I was recording, not just filming. Well, even if you had, I would have said no.”

It is now widely known that it is not illegal for a conversation participant to record the conversation without the other party’s consent.

“First of all, the club president seems to want to quit because the Angel House director’s attitude is so unpleasant. He said that he is concerned about the children, but if a child contacts him personally, he will accept them. At this point, no matter how much support he has given, he cannot force them to stay at Angel House, so he had no choice but to say that he understood.”

Actually, I’m glad it ended like this.

According to the wiretapped files received from Kim Mi-ja, they were even considering accusing the college student of sexual harassment.

This was because sexual harassment was more effective at blocking the path forward than assault.

I thought that if you scare them like that, the club will definitely turn around and run away.

But while talking to two old men with a slump, Go Yoon-soo changed course towards violence.

Because if you go to Angel House for sexual harassment, you must report the volunteer.

As things get bigger, it is inevitable that some internal circumstances will be disclosed to the outside world.

Then he said that it would give me another chance to bite.

If I just scare them underwater and stop them, they’ll say that I’ll cling to Angel’s House again, saying that they’re just staying quiet even though Won-saeng was sexually assaulted.

Moreover, if the issue of sexuality is involved and this goes to court, the volunteer will also try to fight back in some way, which is a pain.

As expected, Go Yoon-soo has studied me quite a bit.

I knew full well how I would turn out.

In any case, therefore, it is unconditionally advantageous to not raise the issue in the Angel’s House.

In particular, shouldn’t we avoid creating a situation that will draw attention to itself by expelling college students in order to facilitate the trafficking of child organs?

So I too was confident that they would not report Kim Hyun-jong.

Besides, they know that I sent the college students, so they should know better than anyone how dangerous it is to frame them for something that didn’t happen.

No matter what anyone says, I am an expert when it comes to debunking false evidence and false situations created by Wooshin.

“Well done. Even if I told you to stay there, and even if those students did that, it might be better to back off now so that you don’t get caught up in a big incident.”

“Oh, I really wonder what would have happened if there weren’t cameras. Those club kids went into Angel’s House at our request, but it was a bolt from the blue. Hyun-jong almost had his future ruined. When I talked to the president, he said Hyun-jong is really kind and thinks a lot about the kids… … .”

“Let’s maintain the club’s sponsorship for a while. We should keep the channel open so that we can contact you immediately if there is any strange persuasion or threat to student Kim Hyeon-jong.”

“I guess so. Oh, the club president asked me to thank Cha Byun. The situation was so urgent that I couldn’t say hello. Cha Byun coached me on this and that, so I was able to finish the conversation with the director. I sent the kids some money for a company dinner so they could eat something delicious and cheer up, since they must be feeling down.”

Listening to the recorded conversation, I thought that the chairman would have done well even if I had not coached him in advance.

In any case, there was an unpleasant incident, and since there are many students in the club who have chosen a career in education, we need to manage it so that they do not suffer any disadvantages.

In fact, even if Angel’s House had sued Kim Hyun-jong, I was confident that I could prove that he had done nothing wrong.

Without going too far, if Angel House had actually taken legal action, it would have been providing itself with another stepping stone to go to a special prosecutor.

It would have been a great example of their conspiracy leading to actual action.

Moreover, they may be branded as an ungrateful group because they tried to place the blame on volunteers who worked hard for the education and welfare of the natives.

Of course, if they wanted to make a big deal out of it, they would have continuously leaked real cases of child abuse and tried to lump them all together as if they were the same people, but they are not the only ones who can do that kind of directing.

“Anyway, it’s a bit disappointing that we can’t check in real time that the children have disappeared from Angel’s House. I’m worried that we won’t be able to catch them right away before it’s too late.”

“It’s okay. If we place surveillance personnel near Angel’s House, the various entrances to the Gyeonggi-do Ribbon Medical Center, and near the Okashima Hospital, we should be able to catch them. If we can delay them for this long, we’ve already delayed them a lot.”

In a situation where we don’t know when the surgery will be performed, it would be burdensome for us to just disperse a large number of people, so we held off on this method until the date got closer.

Since Onodera caused a ruckus by calling Go Yoon-soo and making him kneel, Go Sang-jun is also thinking about his relationship with Onodera and is rushing things.

At best, it won’t take more than a month.

“Well, I won’t miss it since I have the supplies ready.”

“you’re right.”

“Oh, by the way, when did you say the Japanese presidential election was?”

“It’s the end of this month, so there’s not much time left.”

Kang Min-jae answered quickly, as if he had searched on his phone.

“Onodera is crazy too. He’s busy campaigning during the presidential election, and everyone’s paying attention, so he’s asking for his grandson’s surgery to hurry up… … It’s normal to be careful about even the smallest things during an election season, but these guys are hopeless. Why are there so many guys who think people are their own?”

“You seem to be in a hurry.”

“But will Onodera be elected? If he is elected as the ruling party leader, the position of prime minister automatically follows, so it is practically a prime minister election. I don’t know whether I should cheer for him to win or not. Let’s say he becomes prime minister. Then, it would be like the number one company in Korea and the Japanese prime minister doing something crazy. If it’s done well, it’s a problem that could cause the whole world to rise up. Since human trafficking is involved, the medical community and human rights groups will also be in an uproar. But on the other hand, since it’s a big deal in a country, if you try to bury it somehow, it’ll just be more difficult.”

To cut to the chase, Onodera becomes prime minister.

That takes quite a while too.

But, whether he is the Prime Minister or not, there is no business that can withstand this level of issue.

In that sense, I would rather have Onodera elected.

When I found out that the son of the current Prime Minister, Ishida, was visiting that fairy, I was secretly delighted, but now the Prime Minister has entered my trap.

If Onodera succeeds after Lee Jeong-chan, I may become an expert in replacing future government leaders.