Chapter 223 – (Episode 223) 32. Secret Struggle

(Episode 223)

Han Myeong-shik, who had completed all his personal preparations, followed Jeon Gwang-seok to the NIS and received a quick briefing on North Korea.

“Are you really going to go alone?”

“It’s good that you think so.”

Jeon Gwang-seok, realizing that he was not alone, nodded.

“In the event of an emergency, we will unconditionally hide in downtown Pyongyang, so that our agents or local assets can provide support in any form.”

“Okay, but that won’t happen.”

“Anyway, the necessary information can be delivered right away through the rapid response team, so please refer to it.”

“Yes, then I will go.”

“Please take care of yourself, and don’t forget that you are no longer alone, but a treasure of our country.”

“If you become the head of the NIS, will you be able to say such embarrassing things casually?”

“It’s a bit over the top, but it trips over it again, is it your personality?”

“I thought my limbs were shriveling up.”

Haha!”

I wanted to laugh and talk together, but when I saw Han Myeong-sik disappearing in front of my eyes, Jeon Kwang-seok laughed, wondering who was worried about whom.

“When the boss arrives in a while, we start the operation right away!”

“Yes, chief!”

The energetic voices of the rapid response team members, who were fully armed and checking their weapons and equipment, brought Christine back to her senses.

“It’s all about simply matching hands and feet, but we are all experts in this kind of work, and I believe in you guys! Can you do well?”

“Whoa!”

The slogan ‘Hooah’ shouted vigorously by the crew is derived from ‘HUA’, the initials of ‘Heard’, ‘Understood’ and ‘Acknowledged’.

It can be said that it is a slang unique to the US Army used when responding with a positive meaning to an order, proposal, or claim.

“We are once dead lives! Who brought us back to life?”

“Han Myeongsik!”

“Who gave us the meaning to live?”

“Han Myeongsik!”

“For whom did we raise our guns again?”

“Han Myeongsik!”

The moment the special space filled with various weapons and equipment was filled with fierce speculation, the atmosphere changed with a word from someone who appeared at the moment.

“How can you guys say such shameful things seriously?”

“…”

“With that pretty face, having to use evil with your body only stimulates your sexual desire. How scared can you be?”

The quick-witted crew knew it was a joke and laughed it off, but Christine, who led the atmosphere, blushed as if she was so embarrassed.

“Ah… That… It’s just my first real fight, so I’m afraid I’ll make a mistake.”

I was going to get over it lightly, but when it comes out like this, I want to play more.

“And why are everyone dressed like this, where are they going to terrorize?”

“Huh? It’s tailored to the strategy, what’s wrong?”

Seeing the team leader’s embarrassment, even the crew members began to look at their equipment, wondering if they were wearing something wrong.

“I made him an elf, but he’s behaving like an orc.”

“What? That… What is that… ?”

“What is this hard thing that covers my chest, which is my taste when it’s rocking?”

“Ah… !”

“What are you wearing so that you can’t see the slimmer waist?”

“Ah… No…”

“And shouldn’t tights or leggings make this big ass stand out?”

“That’s it…”

“Oh my god… ! What did you put on your pretty face?”

“Because…”

“You stupid! It’s a national rule that the more exposure you have, the higher your defense power!”

Except for Christine, who was directly made fun of, the other members covered their mouths with their hands and shook their shoulders trying to contain their laughter.

There is a sense that the atmosphere has become too light ahead of the actual battle, but it was good to relieve the tension and worries of the crew members who had a gap of several years.

“Did you train to move here with Mia and Faduma?”

“Yeah, it’s a pity that we couldn’t do it enough, but everyone will adapt quickly once we get into the real world.”

“Don’t forget that you have to be within a 12 meter radius around Faduma.”

“Stop worrying because we are ready, and don’t think that you can handle it alone.”

“It must have been a very powerful moment, but I made it into a pretty and sexy woman, so it’s a bit unreliable at times like this.”

“Whoops, we haven’t adapted to that problem yet.”

Han Myeong-shik made up his mind and kissed all the members, starting with Christine, as a sign of encouragement.

“Then I’ll go first.”

The moment the five supernatural powers disappeared in front of their eyes, the rapid response team, which had been softened by a kiss, immediately returned to the murderous weapon.

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I was able to move around noon in Seoul, Korea because I set it to the time when my workday was over in the western United States.

“How are you going to get into North Korea?”

Han Myeong-sik answered the question of Mia, who moved the group from somewhere in Seoul to an army unit where the rapid response team was waiting, pointing with her finger from afar.

“I’m going to fly on it.”

“Master, do you know how to fly a helicopter?”

“Yeah, I can drive a fighter jet in a jumbo jet.”

“Whoa!”

The four women burst out in admiration at first finding out. Thanks to her unique history as a terrorist, Naima, who knows how difficult it is to master military skills, shook her head.

“Oh my god… Master, can you even learn piloting with superpowers?”

“If I did, I would have pampered you guys, she paid for and learned at a time when she didn’t know if she could benefit from Mia’s teleportation.”

Come to think of it, the reason why I decided to go to the United States was to learn piloting at a flight school, I never thought I would use it this way.

After everyone got on board, fastened their seatbelts and even put on their headsets, Marisa asked questions to check if the communication was going well.

“Master, don’t you have to learn each type of airplane or helicopter differently from cars?”

“That’s right, you can actually pilot it only after obtaining a license for the model.”

“But how can you fly a military helicopter like this?”

The ‘UH-60 Black Hawk’, developed by Sikorsky in the United States for medium-sized multi-purpose transportation, has produced more than 4,000 units since 1974,

It is a model that is surprisingly easy to access even though it is for military use, so that more than 130 units were produced and introduced under license in Korea.

“Once you learn basic piloting skills, the rest of the manual is enough.”

An ordinary person would not have been able to start the engine even if he had made such a guarantee, but Han Myeong-sik skillfully took off at once.

It took an instant to go from an army unit near Seoul to Gaeseong via Paju and Imjingak.

“And… ! North Korea begs to be closer!”

How close must it feel to the distance of only 16 km from Paju to Kaesong in a straight line by helicopter?

“I thought it was very far, but it’s right in front?”
“Nadu, I was wondering when to go because I can see the mountain…”
“Is this really North Korea?”
“Maybe it’s because I’m in America, so I feel closer.”

Mia, Naima, Marisa, and Faduma were not surprised when they saw Kaesong City shortly after take-off, but responded with astonishment.

As Japan’s far-right forces make such a fuss for nefarious purposes, Mia might have a rough idea of ​​what North Korea is like.

Would the three women, born and raised in Pakistan, Venezuela, and Somalia, have been interested all their lives if it had not been for Myung-sik Han?

“If I didn’t have psychic powers, I would risk my life to come to North Korea to see something.”

“I am a compatriot who speaks and writes the same, so I should be interested in it, right?”

“Mia’s point is correct, but it feels farther than Japan to me.”

“No way…”

“Sorry, but it’s the reality. It’s been a long time since I’ve been away from everyone’s interest in where I’m the same as my compatriots, what’s different from Korean-Chinese, whether we have to reunify, etc.”

It’s like talking to yourself. If he hadn’t been to the US, hadn’t worked with the psychic countermeasures headquarters, hadn’t China been hostile, or had psychic powers in the first place, wouldn’t North Korea have cared about being so close?

“Master, do you know that Pakistan, my hometown, also split from leader and went to war twice due to the aftermath of British colonial rule?”

“I know, honestly, if Naima hadn’t been my girl, she wouldn’t have known it yet.”

“Me too, so it doesn’t matter. But the two Koreas didn’t fight because of different religions, like Pakistan and leader, right?”

“That’s right…”

“Pakistan and leader will probably never be unified unless they both perish in a nuclear war.”

“Do you think South Korea and North Korea are similar?”

“At least they don’t hate each other because of their religion, right?”

“Instead, they hate each other because of the difference in political system or economic power. Rather, it might be more dangerous.”

“…”

It was a story that I brought up to motivate Han Myeong-sik ahead of the operation in North Korea, but unfortunately, a deeper conversation was impossible for Naima.

“Then there’s no point in Master suffering, right?”

“Are you doing it reluctantly because the president asked you to?”

Myung-sik Han, who was lowering the altitude after arriving at his first destination without immediately responding to Marisa and Paduma’s concerns, suddenly remembered the answer.

“I don’t know if it’s the same compatriots or unification, and I can’t see China taking over this land.”

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Contrary to expectations, the plan to look at the North Korean military units deployed close to the armistice line in turn yielded no results.

Since we have not secured evidence that psychics were dispatched from China, there is no other way other than to search for them one by one.

If you use the ability to automatically display the status window while time is stopped, it is not difficult because the trouble of physically moving around is annoying.

“Isn’t the target actually in Pyongyang?”
“My master is suffering too much.”
“Is there anything I can do to help you?”
“If you’re tired, let’s take a break.”

It doesn’t feel bad to know that I’m busy alone, whether I’m piloting a helicopter, checking whether the status window is open, or checking if the target is correct.

“It’s okay, you guys take it easy and watch. You never know when you can come to North Korea again.”

“But who exactly are you looking for?”

“Mia, did you follow me without knowing that?”

“You didn’t tell me, did you?”

Mia looked up, and Naima, Marissa, and Faduma nodded.

“Is it? But why didn’t you ask?”

“You’re asking now.”

“Now? Almost all the military bases are going around, and they are going to Pyongyang?”

“Uh… I think we made a big mistake when you said that… , Are you going to scold me?”

“You know what I did wrong?”

“I don’t know.”

“Kuh… , Are you kidding me because you’re bored?”

“I’m bored, but I’m sorry that I can’t help you with your master’s hardships.”

“You speak well.”

“If you punish me, I’ll take anything sweet.”

“Are you going to be punished for not knowing what you did wrong?”

“When did we scold you, bully you, scare you, yell at you, or hit you on the butt?”

“Uh… Did you?”

“Is it right?”

Naima, Marisa, and Faduma, who immediately recognized Mia’s intentions as they looked back, nodded violently.

“I’m tired of riding around in helicopters, so I’m giving all sorts of excuses, heck”

“I see a suitable place over there, but I got off and rested for a while, Master. We’ll make you feel better, okay?”

“Okay, okay.”

“Kyaaaaa! Master is the best!”

Even so, I was bored to death, but wouldn’t it be the duty of a man to pretend that I couldn’t win when four pretty and lovable beauties begged me like this?

“Uh?”

At that time, as I was lowering my altitude for landing, I seemed to have overlooked something blinking.

“Why is that, Master?”

“Wait, I think I saw something… ?”

The advantage of a helicopter is that it becomes a ‘hovering’ that stops in the air.

As soon as I raised the nose and raised the altitude, a North Korean helicopter was floating in the distance of 200m coverage, and the status window was blinking there.

(Continued on next episode 224)