Chapter 226 – (Episode 226) 32. Secret Struggle

(Episode 226)

On the evening before the National Security Council (NSC), on a double date with Han Myeong-sik, what kind of things did Jeon Kwang-seok go back to the NIS?

“What source did you call?”

Entering the analysis room, the head of the National Intelligence Service greeted the head of the NIS with a nervous expression on behalf of the agents.

“Look at this screen.”

“Hmm… I don’t know what the video is about, but is this man the psychic that Han Myeong-shik is specific?”

“That’s right, as a result of facial recognition analysis, it was confirmed as the same person.”

“Looks like the source of this video is not common.”

“You know right away. This is a video I found on the dark web that the director’s personal source told me about.”

The personal source the manager mentions is Jeon Gwang-seok’s lover, Lydia Morzova. Since she had slipped out on a date, she was apologetic and brusque.

“Can’t you find it elsewhere?”

“Yes, I thought he would be active on social media because he was young, but he was very clean.”

“I guess the Chinese government took care of it.”

“I am sure.”

“The basis?”

When the manager winked, the materials prepared by the staff were uploaded on the front screen in turn.

“I found it in the accounts of people around me, such as friends and classmates.”

“Hmm… I think something is missing in the middle?”

When Jeon Gwang-seok noticed it so easily, the staff couldn’t hide their surprised expressions.

“You saw it right. Only the posts, photos, and videos mentioning the person were deleted, so these awkward traces remain.”

“Why do you think it was handled this way?”

“That’s why I urgently called the director.”

Excluding the chief of the working level, the working-level workers must have been exhausted just preparing for the meeting and the report to be uploaded to the senior manager, the manager, the team leader, the head of the office or the director, the deputy director, and the last director.

Reports and discussions are taking place face-to-face with the director on site, so you can forget even the fatigue of working overtime.

“Is the answer in the video found on the dark web?”

“Yes, Director. Just over a month ago, a third party uploaded several videos of the same nature.”

“The third person? Videos of the same nature?”

“There are only five videos selected after analyzing them as conservatively as possible.”

“Are the people in those five videos all different?”

“Yes, I couldn’t identify the identities of the other than the male Han Myeong-shik found, but two of them are female.”

“What? Female… Female?”

It was easy to find the woman among the five newly uploaded videos on the front screen, but there was no evidence of psychic powers.

“There is another difference between Han Myeong-sik and the other four psychics.”

“Something?”

“It’s a bit absurd to say that it’s close to a conspiracy…”

“It doesn’t matter.”

“The claim is that all five of them are death row inmates.”

“A death row inmate?”

“Yes, the evidence in this regard is very clean, like social media activity.”

“A death row inmate… It’s absurd.”

The chief and other agents, who were explaining Jeon Gwang-seok’s reaction, made embarrassing expressions, but it was not an atmosphere where someone was blaming someone.

“Director.”

“Hmm?”

“There is an analysis that the person who posted this video on the dark web and raised the conspiracy was Russian, not Chinese.”

“Russia?”

As the head of the department took a step back, a young male agent with an image more like a hacker than a civil servant explained in a nervous voice.

“I… It’s not easy to track down there due to the nature of the dark web, but instead, I was able to find traces unique to Russians in the posts I’ve posted so far.”

“If the person in the third was a real Russian, wouldn’t it rather make us doubt the authenticity of the data?”

“That… It is, but… , Excuse me…”

“Ah, don’t be afraid to tell me.”

“Yes… , Posts or materials related to psychics posted by this person were initially treated as a conspiracy, but in the end it was true.”

“It was true?”

“There is nothing related to Han Myeong-shik, but information about other people with psychic powers is relatively accurate.”

Then, materials such as texts, photos, and videos that appeared on the front screen were supported by the agent’s explanation.

Japanese Hayashi Shota, Pakistani Nasir al-Hadi, Venezuelan Luis Martin, and Somali Kumar Yusuf before they became women,

It was the content that properly traced rumors about two people confirmed to have died accidentally in leader and one missing.

“It looks as if it was leaked from the US Psychic Countermeasures Headquarters.”

The head of the department nodded and helped with Jung Kwang-seok’s appreciation.

“As you said, maybe he leaked it disguised as a Russian?”

“So what do you get?”

“Or it could be a personal deviation from one of your agents.”

For the director’s suspicions to turn out to be true, one important issue must be overcome.

“Are you saying that, knowing full well what kind of psychic powers Mr. Han Myung-sik has placed on us?”

“Ah… ! That… Then at least it’s not the psychic countermeasure headquarters.”

“It would be a bigger problem if this information leaked from the American side.”

“…”

Jeon Kwang-seok added an explanation after seeing that the chief and other agents did not immediately understand.

“Because this level of information cannot be accessed unless you are at the highest level with a security level of at least that of a senator on the Senate Armed Services Committee.”

“Then, if our findings are known to the United States, it could be quite noisy.”

“But it can’t be.”

“Why?”

“If Han Myeong-sik doesn’t deliver it directly, this information won’t leak unless you are at the ministerial level or higher in our government.”

This explanation had the effect of reconciling the thoughts and attitudes of the NIS agents gathered in the office. This is because I realized once again that the weight and power of the information I handle is frightening.

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The information analyzed at this time was reported to the Korean president and standing committee members through the NSC the next day, but it was not transmitted to the United States.

As Han Myung-shik already said in a conversation he had with Lee, he came to have doubts about the real villain.

But at this point, isn’t it strange that the existence and actions of psychic people are not known to the public in today’s world?

“Haaa… Cool.”

“Miji, today was better than yesterday.”

Jung Joo-ah, who was lying face down on the bed with only her palm-sized panties on, gave an enchanting smile to the image coming out of the shower.

“How are you becoming more and more pervert? If you do this every day, it will interfere with your training.”

“Who wants to pervert to see who?”

“Who is Jung-ju, you are, stop imitating your brother.”

Jung Joo-ah snorted at her best friend, who was leaning on the side-by-side single bed, her ripe buttocks ready to explode if she touched it.

“Hey, what did you say while sucking my ass for a long time like Myung-sik oppa?”

“Then you stop licking my armpit, it stings me.”

Contrary to the tone of voice, the gaze and expression of each other were red as if they were about to jump in and kiss each other.

“Let’s stop, let’s start again. Right after training, you honestly can’t stand it.”

“Huhu, am I a bit of a good woman?”

Jung Joo-ah let out a deep sigh at Image’s action of raising her arm and pushing her immaculate armpit.

“Stop flirting because we’ve been lying around for over an hour.”

“What were you watching anyway?”

Jung Joo-ah held out her phone to her best friend, who showed interest in her new panties.

“I came across it by accident while following the Nutube Algorithm. It’s interesting. Let’s see it together.”

“What channel is it?”

“Content is more important than channels.”

The image of her in the middle of training at the NIS to help her beloved Han Myeong-sik and Jung Joo-ah overlapped on the same bed with only their panties on, just like when they made love a moment ago.

“Joo, are you interested in something like this?”

“That can’t be the case, knowing that you’re not interested in anything other than our master.”

“Then why do you want to watch these old people’s videos?”

“They’re not ordinary fathers, after I found out, this person is famous for having trouble with politics.”

“So it’s not fake news or distorted video?”

“It’s true that someone used to take care of things like that, but this old man is said to have suffered from the other side.”

“By the way, how do you shoot a video like this?”

“Myungsik oppa turned Korea upside down, the world must have changed a lot more than we thought.”

As soon as she returned to Korea, she went straight to the training center, but Korean society is changing so rapidly that she could feel Jung Ju-ah’s intellectual effort without difficulty.

“I don’t think there’s anything special about it?”

“Wait a minute, I will tell you why we came to the NIS.”

“Is something like that coming out?”

“Huh.”

If so, there should be a story about Han Myeong-sik or a person with psychic powers, but how do you know that?

[There are rumors that the company is not good these days?]

[Don’t even say it, it’s really like dying.]

[I heard they sold cars too?]

[Right now, it’s a luxury.]

[Is that enough? Didn’t you pull 10 million won every time you did it on the air?]

The other party laughed when he saw the emcee being genuinely surprised in a conversation-style broadcast.

[The world has changed, it seems that the situation here is not easy, right?]

[I have lost interest in politics and society.]

[The comfortable world is gone.]

[Now is a good world.]

[I said it was a comfortable world, I didn’t say it was a good world.]

[What does that mean?]

The interlocutor took a sip of the drink in front of him and shrugged.

[For guys like us, it means that the old world was easy to make money.]

[Don’t you think it’s going to be bad now if you’re that resourceful?]

[Is there anything good?]

[I like issues like the Korea-US summit recently.]

The interlocutor, who showed interest, looked at the moderator mockingly.

[Who cares about that? Of course, the US was wrong.]

[There was quite a bit of criticism in the media, such as it was a diplomatic disaster, it was humiliating, it was hasty, etc.]

[So that article got some views?]

[Well.]

The interlocutor shook his hand and snorted at him.

[It’s foolish to criticize a president whose approval rating is over 90%. Criticism only gains strength when backed up by the backlash.]

[It’s not good to lean too far to one side, right?]

[Just seeing you say that makes me realize how the world has changed.]

Hahathat’s right. But the honeymoon period has passed, so why is the approval rating so high?]

[Have you not seen the president these days?]

The host tilted his head at the unexpected question.

[What is it like?]

[You’ve become so damn sexy, is that the body of a woman in her 60s the day after tomorrow?]

[No way… You know that you have been noticed for your appearance since entering politics.]

[I admit that, but it was ruined a lot while in prison, right?]

[I did.]

The interlocutor, as if prepared in advance, uploaded a picture on his cell phone and held it close to the camera.

[Look, have you seen a Korean girl’s ass like this?]

[Haha, how fraudulent are corrective underwear these days.]

[How do you explain the wrinkles on your face?]

[I’m the president, so I’ll take care of my skin.]

[Then why was the former president who arranged the day to go to jail like that?]

[The former president didn’t look good originally, did he?]

Seeing that he lacks confidence in his voice, it seems that the moderator himself thinks that he is not persuasive.

[Anyway, his popularity is soaring because he is overflowing with confidence in his tone and behavior in addition to his charm.]

[What should the president do because he only likes his good looks?]

[Isn’t that what I’m talking about?]

[Is that so? Haha!]

An interstitial advertisement came out with laughter, and since it was an edited video, it moved on to the next topic.

[Did you hear the rumors going around these days?]

[What rumors?]

[Superheroes exist.]

Perhaps because the moderator spoke relatively lightly, the interlocutor smiled as well.

[I knew you would bring up that story.]

[The channel originally specialized in issues like this, right?]

[I was a professional at that.]

[Is this a rumor?]

[Who is it?]

[Where are the superheroes in the world?]

[There are no superheroes, but there are supernatural powers.]

[Psychic? Wahahahahaha!]

The moderator burst into a big laugh, but the image that was watching the video while tormenting her best friend Jung Joo-ah’s chest opened up.

[I’m collecting evidence one by one right now, I’m going to explode soon, so let’s see if I can laugh again then.]

[Uh? Looks real…]

[If you tell me one thing at the trailer level, the United States and China may soon wage a war because of psychic powers.]

[Isn’t it already at war with the economy?]

[A real war, but do you know where the stage is?]

[Where is it?]

The moment the interlocutor was about to say something, the preview for the next episode popped up and the video ended.

(Continued on next episode 227)