You Are Defended - Chapter 575



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Episode 575

“This is the design drawing for Okayama Hospital, and this is for Ribbon Medical Center. I compared them because they were also for government office submissions. The places highlighted in yellow here are the different points.”

The National Intelligence Service said this while displaying design drawings side by side on the monitor screen.

Secret passageways and hidden spaces were all visible at a glance.

“The best part is that there is also an electrical wiring diagram. I don’t know much about electrical wiring, so I asked someone I trust. They gave me a rough estimate of where to touch.”

“Oh really? That’s good.”

I sent the design drawings and electrical wiring diagrams of Okashima Hospital to reporter Kirihara on the spot.

Perhaps because I had told her in advance that I had the design drawings in hand, she seemed to have been waiting for the email to arrive.

I was scared to send it, but it was read, and the reply came back sharply.

[I checked. Just in case, I’ll do some research in advance without letting anyone know.]

The design drawings of the Ribbon Medical Center will be of great help in the search and seizure once the full-scale investigation begins.

“Oh, there was a Go Sang-jun house inside the hard drive too?”

“Yeah. That kid did something weird at home too.”

“Good. I should back that up separately too.”

We decided to keep the design drawings of Ko Sang-jun’s house for the time being in case of a search and seizure.

“thank you for your effort.”

Kang Min-jae patted the NIS agent on the shoulder with a satisfied expression.

But Taesik looked somewhat dissatisfied.

“What kind of hardship does this kid have? He gets paid for it all. And it’s an excessive amount.”

Taesik said, nodding toward the box of Vita 5000 that the National Intelligence Service was desperately holding onto.

“I don’t have a lot of people like me, like you.

“Shit. It’s like we’ve been taken over by the lawyer. Now we don’t do anything else and just do what the lawyer tells us to do. And we don’t just do it half-heartedly, we put our lives on the line. You’re the one who’s doing it half-heartedly.”

Taesik walked up to the monitor and pointed to the areas highlighted in yellow on the drawing.

“Fuck, you can just roughly overlap this and mark other parts with yellow and be done with it. I can do that too. Just color it in with Paint. It’s not like I have to type in the password or anything. Just plug something into the computer and type a few keystrokes and you’re done.”

“If it looks that easy, you try it yourself, you punk. Where do you devalue the sacred labor of high-level personnel?”

“When did I ever bow to you? You should bow to me. I was the one who introduced you to the lawyer! Do you think it’s easy to ask for help from a rich fool?”

Could it be that I am the rich fool?

I thought you would think of me as a benefactor who recognizes the value of labor.

“It’s not that I’m being rude, it’s that I’m being devalued… … Stop it, you ignorant brat. What am I going to talk to you about? Whenever I talk to you, I feel like I’m becoming more stupid too. I don’t know when being stupid became a contagious disease.”

The National Intelligence Service and Taesik are still competing to expose how much each other is exploiting me.

“Stop fighting. You’re both such great help to us.”

“What are you going to say, Kang Byun? You’re not taking on any clients anymore, so your law firm has no income, right? Then, Attorney Cha is giving that bastard money out of his own pocket. You can feel a little sorry about giving that bastard money.”

Taesik said with a proud voice.

But his words seemed to have touched a sensitive spot in Kang Min-jae.

“Me, I also pay for the office rental fee?! I also pay the office manager’s salary? Even though the lawyer told me not to, I still do it?”

Kang Min-jae screamed.

I have never been dissatisfied with Kang Min-jae not sharing in the money he paid to Tae-sik or the National Intelligence Service.

This is because he has earned commissions so far, has real estate income, and has ample stocks.

I have never had an expense that would break my savings, as stock dividends alone are enough.

And even if you spend all that money, you still have Bitcoin left, so you don’t have to worry about it later.

I even feel like I’ve been drinking too much and I’m thinking maybe I should stop now.

“Lawyer! I will pay more from now on!”

“Why?”

I don’t want to take away even the money I earned.

* * *

─I’m closing it.

“Yes, sir.”

─Is it okay for you to talk now?

“Yes, of course.”

It was late at night.

She had been nervous all evening after receiving a message from Cha Ju-han asking to talk today.

I had to give Oda Satoshi some time to go out to the garden to talk to him, but today for some reason he wouldn’t leave.

Kim Mi-ja, who had been anxiously looking at her watch until Satoshi Oda went in to take a bath, was finally able to call Cha Ju-han after four hours had passed.

─I have confirmed that the visa process has been completed, but when will I be able to leave the country?

It is unknown what magic Cha Ju-han used, but Kim Mi-ja was granted a visa that would allow her to stay in the United States for quite some time.

I was wondering if this would work out until I went to the embassy for my interview.

Now all that remains is to leave.

“I booked the tickets for this Sunday.”

─Can’t you move the date forward?

“Well, why is that?”

─I don’t know what will happen, so it’s better to come out as quickly as possible.

“That’s true, but since the surgery is coming up soon, I thought I could stay here and find out more.”

At Kim Mi-ja’s words, Cha Ju-han on the other end of the phone let out a short sigh as if he had known this would happen.

─Ms. Kim Mi-ja, you have already helped me enough. There is no need to try to find out more.

“But don’t you still not know the date of your grandson’s surgery?”

─We can’t give you a specific date for the surgery, but we already have a monitoring system in place so we can respond promptly.

“But still. And my husband’s personality is such that when the surgery is coming up, he’ll spill some words to me. He’s always been like that. This time, he’s trying to be careful and keeping his mouth shut, but he’s still hinting at things a little bit. Like, something important is going on, or, if Ushin does well, Onodera will push him.”

─Isn’t it uncertain whether Satoshi Oda will give us any more information or not? We no longer need any information other than the surgery date. So don’t push yourself too hard.

“Aren’t you ignoring me, too, lawyer? Even though I falsified my academic credentials, I am still a professor at a prestigious university. I need time to sort things out. I am leaving the place I have lived in for 30 years.”

Kim Mi-ja said it playfully, but Cha Ju-han seemed a little embarrassed.

He was silent for a while, then opened his mouth.

─That’s not what I meant. I understand. But please remember that you must put Kim Mi-ja’s safety first. Not only for her sake, but also because she is the most important witness. If she is in danger, the plan could go awry.

“I know.”

─I already told you, but if an emergency arises, please contact reporter Kirihara.

“yes.”

─Please contact us if there are any changes.

“Yes, I will. Come in.”

Kim Mi-ja hung up the phone and went back into the house.

Although he has an appearance and speech that seem colder than anyone else, he surprisingly takes care of the people around him in a meticulous manner.

While they do not tolerate the sacrifices of others, they seem to have no problem making their own sacrifices.

No, maybe he doesn’t even realize that he is making a sacrifice.

Kim Mi-ja smiled bitterly.

He himself had no intention of doing anything wrong here.

Even if I died, I only had one thought in mind: I wanted to live as Kim Mi-ja, not as Oda Tomiko.

He knows that he is important to the success of his plan, and he has no intention of messing things up.

But it was true that I wanted to do my best within the scope of my ability.

Haven’t you been eating only rice cakes for 30 years?

In particular, his ability to figure out how others perceive him is second to none.

I plan to just float around to the point where I won’t be suspected.

“Honey, do you remember when I told you I was going on a business trip to the United States?”

After hanging up the phone and going upstairs, I saw Satoshi Oda sitting in the bedroom after finishing his bath.

“Business trip? Oh, well… … I think it was something like that.”

When Kim Mi-ja first brought up the story of her business trip to the United States, he laughed.

Why would you go on a business trip to the US when you haven’t even graduated from high school?

I felt bad, but I was glad that no one said no or doubted me.

If you had forgotten, you may have changed your mind.

“Aren’t you going to ask how long I’ll be back? You probably don’t want to see me.”

As Kim Mi-ja spoke in a complaining tone, Oda Satoshi responded with a sly smile.

“I’ll miss you. How long will you be here?”

“Well, since I’m working on a project, I think I’ll have to stay for about a month.”

“A month? When does the semester start? What are you going to do about your lecture?”

“The semester starts in mid-September. There’s still about a month left. So I can go for a month.”

There is no way I will ever get back to Satoshi Oda, not even in a month, let alone a year.

But Kim Mi-ja answered nonchalantly.

“You don’t even speak English, so why don’t you go there and get caught for not learning it? Why did you say you wanted to go to America when it was so dangerous? Just decline.”

“When I first brought up the topic of a business trip to the US, there was no such thing.”

“I didn’t hear it properly at the time. At best, I thought he was just going out to have fun.”

“I already said I would do it, and I got the ticket. Anyway, there are a few Japanese employees in the American company. I’ve communicated with Japanese employees up until now. There won’t be a problem. And I’ve studied English on my own, so I can still listen and read.”

“Do you think your skills will improve right away just because you studied a little? Anyway, don’t make mistakes and show me the wrong side of things. Just do your best.”

Oda Satoshi looked back at her with a dubious expression and said.

Kim Mi-ja tried to smile and said she understood.

“By the way, I feel uneasy about leaving you alone for a month. You must be very stressed because of the Prime Minister. Even if I can’t help you, I should at least support you.”

Satoshi Oda sighed as if he had been waiting for Kim Mija’s words.

“That’s right. I’ll take the bullshit from Mr. Onodera, but who’s going to comfort me? You, just don’t go.”

“How is that? But I’ll call you whenever I have time. How’s the Prime Minister doing these days? Does he still get annoyed with you these days? He was elected and everything is going his way, so why does he do that? It’s really frustrating. If he’s going to get annoyed, he has a lot of subordinates.”

Kim Mi-ja asked while holding Onodera’s hand and stroking the back of his hand.

“He must be saying this to me because he can’t even tell his subordinates. But once the surgery is over, I won’t have to endure that old man’s nonsense.”

“Where are you feeling unwell, Prime Minister? You had surgery?”

“ah.”

Satoshi Oda seemed to think for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders.

“Well, you’ll be meeting Mr. Onodera often from now on, so it doesn’t matter if you know. Mr. Onodera asked me if I was hiding it from you.”

Satoshi Oda pulled Kim Mija to sit next to him.

As the distance between the two grew closer, Satoshi Oda lowered his voice and opened his mouth.

“Did you know that the youngest grandson of that old man has a bad heart?”

“When you say youngest grandson, you mean your youngest daughter’s son?”

“Yeah. She’s cute.”

“yes.”

“I was supposed to do my grandson’s heart transplant surgery at Wooshin. But Ko Sang-jun kept putting it off day after day because he was scared of some lawyer, and Onodera was furious. That’s why Ko Yoon-soo came. Do you remember?”

“Oh, yes. Go Yoon-soo came to the fairy.”

“At that time, he made such a fuss by ordering Go Yoon-soo to dogeza. Eventually, the surgery date was set, and Onodera felt a little better. But he was still worried because his grandson was getting a heart transplant. And that old man is really over-excited about his grandson.”

“… … I see. I’m definitely worried. You take care of me so much. When is your surgery? I’m thinking of sending you some flowers.”

“I don’t know when. I just heard that it’s been decided. I’ll ask when I see you this week.”

“I bet Wooshin has chosen a good surgeon with good skills.”

Although we already knew that Lim Hyeon-il would be the one performing the ritual, no mention of the person named Lim Hyeon-il came out of their mouths during the wiretapping.

I asked this on purpose because I thought it would be good to make it into evidence this time so that it can’t be omitted or deleted.

“He was the first Japanese guy. He is currently the head of the hospital. He was also at Shin-Gaku Medical School, and worked under Nobuo at Okashima. Nobuo is also said to be impeccable in terms of skill.”

A Zainichi Korean who was the head of the Ushin Hospital at Shin-Gaku University School of Medicine and Okayama Hospital.

I think this is enough to identify Lim Hyeon-il.

“No matter how skilled the doctor is, it’s a pretty big surgery, so you must be very worried. Should I call you before the surgery? Oh, and if it’s not you, and I bring up the topic of surgery, you might feel a little uncomfortable.”

“So what? That old man asked you first why you kept it a secret. He really likes you. What bad luck.”

Satoshi Oda said, chewing on the words.

Then, Kim Mi-ja suddenly linked arms with Satoshi and rested her head on his shoulder.

“Then, when the surgery date comes out, please let me know. I’ll send you a gift and try to talk to you nicely. If the Prime Minister likes me, it might work out well for you.”

Judging by the mood, I think we might be able to find out the surgery date.

“That’s true, but… … I feel uneasy for some reason. The way that old man looks at you… … Don’t even think about falling for that old man’s tricks.”

“What are you talking about? Who else do I have besides you? That old man doesn’t even look like a man.”

“I’m old too.”

“You are cool.”

Satoshi Oda felt better at Kim Mija’s words, and his nostrils flared without hiding his emotions.

“Do I still look cool?”

“sure.”

But I think you look better in a prison uniform, so I’m going to put you in it soon.