episode_0025

I wonder if there’s a fire somewhere.

At first, after the exam was over, nothing special occurred to me.

But the closer I got to the PC room, the more I felt something was wrong.

Smoke that gets closer in proportion to the distance from the PC room.

When I finally arrived in front of the PC room, I was in despair again.

The arcade next to the PC room was turning black like a newspaper photo.

***

Actually, the first time was nothing special.

As usual, protesters gathered and began to protest.

There was a time when there was a campaign in the US that claimed, “Women smoking symbolizes women’s freedom.”

One woman, or rather an aunt, who was fascinated by that claim, was always putting it into practice.

This woman, who had always littered illegally, threw a cigarette through the window that had been broken the other day and had not yet been repaired, because she felt dirty.

The little cigarette began to burn again with a crackling sound, as if it had succeeded the king of firewood.

The sparks came into contact with the homemade arcade machines inside the arcade, which unfortunately were all just a collection of wooden plywood panels that had been painted with cheap oil-based paint.

The tiny spark engulfed the arcade machine in an instant and spread to other arcade machines that were nearby.

In an instant, the arcade was ablaze with passion, representing the developers and students.

When Yoon-seo arrived, the arcade was already a brazier that couldn’t even contain the huge flames that were raging.

***

As I arrived in front of the arcade, fire trucks followed me.

However, the protesters were more of a nuisance than anyone could have imagined.

“That kind of thing is worth burning!”

Protesters lying down on the side of the road and performing the so-called ‘belly-pushing’.

No, they were a group that could no longer be called protesters.

Eventually the fire truck managed to force its way in, but it was already too late.

“Exams are over, why can’t I play…”

All I could do in front of the arcade that had been reduced to ashes was cry.

A feeling of being tied down.

The feeling of helplessness made my teeth chatter.

There was no point in making games anymore.

No matter what I do, I will become a public enemy in this country and be reviled to the point of living a long and healthy life.

I was just looking for something fun to make, but the world wasn’t even accepting that.

I finally made up my mind.

I’m going to leave this fucking country.

I’m going to somehow succeed and shut the mouths of those guys who don’t even look like people.

I decided to do so.

***

Since I had already made some preparations, the process went quickly.

When I told my members that I was going abroad, they all asked me to go with them, and I even shed a few tears.

It seems like everyone has a lot of resentment towards their country.

Yooseop had already handed over the PC room to his father and was preparing to leave for a foreign country.

Maybe he made up his mind after seeing the arcade burning down like me.

Oh, the day after I received my passport, I met an agent from the National Intelligence Service again.

“Why did you get a passport?”

“I’m trying to go abroad. I can’t make games in Korea.”

“Which country do you want to go to?”

“It would probably be America, right? Silicon Valley. It’s romantic.”

“Large-scale dollar exchange… You sold all your assets and converted them into dollars?”

“Isn’t it natural to exchange money when going to the US?”

“Purpose… Ambiguous…”

“No, really.”

Revisiting the Grand Duchy was a total fucking experience.

I’ll give you some sleep.

Above all, the notes I had seen in the middle contained my usual activities.

‘You’ve been following me all this time?’

It was a moment when the country’s spirits really fell.

The investigators continued to try to find, or rather… ‘create’, evidence,

“You little punk, you joined the Jeonchonghyup at that time, right?”

“At that time, I was making a rhythm game, so I ate, slept, and did everything in a PC room?”

“And another day, the same impression as you…”

“Uh… At that time, I was going to Yongsan to buy parts and wrestle with wooden plywood to make a game console.”

I had an invincible alibi: ‘I was stuck in a PC room making games’!

This time too, they served the seolleongtang long after dinner time.

“I think you heard it from the Jeonchonghyup guys because you know how to stick your nose in seolleongtang…”

“No, you bastard.”

In the investigator’s mind, the theory that everything was an anti-government movement seemed to have become an established academic theory.

Eventually, I was questioned again and was only able to come out at dawn.

It came out faster than last time, so is that good?

Additionally, after seeing the fire photos posted on Digital Inside, Nervous Lee contacted me and offered me a new home in the UK and a letter of recommendation, but I only received a letter of recommendation.

The US permanent residency was obtained as a skilled worker with a bachelor’s degree or higher, and if you had a recommendation letter from an institution of that level, you could apply for a permanent residency as an [outstanding human resource] such as a professor, researcher, or manager of a multinational company.

I couldn’t ignore the sincerity of Nervous Lee’s offer to provide me with a research position, so I paid them back with an advanced web browser code.

They really liked that over there. Medetasi Medetasi.

The letters of recommendation were received under KIN’s name, and all the people who said they would go together were able to go together with the same visa. Team Nervous Lee Are they new?

The green card review process was surprisingly quick, even for Nervous Lee.

I submitted my immigration application and only two weeks later I received a call from the U.S. Embassy in Korea.

They say you have to wait for a month, but CERN’s power is really strong.

As soon as I got the call, I ran straight to the embassy, got my visa, and packed my bags.

To begin with, I didn’t have much luggage, so three carriers were enough.

More than half of that carrier was made up of hard disks and server parts.

Eunji said something while looking at it. Even I thought it was a bit too much, so I decided to buy some clothes properly in the US.

It was a bit unfortunate for the original ‘Yoon Yi-seo’, but she sold all of her assets, including real estate.

Well, America is a good enough environment. I think the original Yoon Yi-seo would be satisfied.

The cash raised from selling assets was used to pay for plane tickets and rent a garage in Silicon Valley.

As I was buying things like computers and server equipment, my money was cut in half in an instant. Normally, prices would have come down due to performance inflation.

Of course, we need to make Doom quickly. Computers develop only when there is demand for graphic performance.

Additionally, the stock did not suffer any losses because it was at its peak.

The bubble will burst soon, so I told people around me and warned them in my column.

If you don’t take out stocks like this, it was destined to fail.

***

All preparations were done, and the time had finally come.

There are no disqualification reasons during the departure inspection, so there won’t be any problems…

[Yoon. Lee. Seo. Yoon. Lee Seo, please come to the central lounge on the first floor.]

What the fuck is this?

As I entered the central lounge, what greeted me was…

“It’s you again?”

He was an investigator for the National Intelligence Service.

“No, why this time?”

“You’re trying to carry 4 hard disks and server equipment in your luggage? Isn’t that too much?”

“No, what’s the problem? I have to go quickly. I’ll miss my flight.”

“You shouldn’t take that on a plane. When I checked the internal files, they were all encrypted? They said there was a self-… firewall? Something like that.”

“No, of course there should be a firewall on the server. And if my computer gets hacked, you want me to show you all those files?”

“… Since when did you start thinking that individuals could be protected from such things?”

Look at this damn advanced country that is a mess. Please, at least bring it up to the level of the 10s…

Eventually, he was released after decrypting all the hard disk contents and showing them to the public.

There were only games and tools, but after I showed them everything, he started nitpicking about Tetris again, so it took a while again.

Coming back to Korea was an opportunity for me to once again promise that this country will become a developed country. Thanks, you fucking NIS bastards.

I thought I’d missed the flight, but luckily it was delayed.

“Let’s go! To America!”

Yoon Yi-seo, Yoo Ji-young, Kim Jeong-ah, Lee Eun-ji, Kim Jeong-jun, Lim Jin-bae, Park Seung-hyeop, Han Yu-seop.

The eight members who would later be called [Yoon Yi-seo Division] left Incheon Airport dreaming of the American dream.

***

[Leaving Korea]

A post with a six-letter title was once again setting the Internet on fire.

The Internet, or more precisely the digital insider’s reaction, was neatly summarized into five stages of death.

[Didn’t you say you were going to become a native Korean?]

Step 1: Denial.

[Those fucking idiots and old ladies chased away the computer god!]

Stage 2: Anger.

[We’ll do it well, please come back, please]

Step 3: Negotiation.

[Now, the Korean computer industry is at the end of its service…]

Stage 4: Depression.

[So where exactly are you going?]

Step 5: Acceptance.

The honest response was so funny that it made me laugh.

[I just analyzed the authentication photo]

If you look closely, you can see something sticking out on the back of the passport.

(enlarged photo)

It’s hard to see because of the resolution issue, but you can see the visa sticker and what looks like a green piece of paper.

That piece of paper is probably a green card, a US permanent resident card. Maybe you’re going to the US?

Conclusion: Please lift the photo resolution limit.

-I like the conclusion. I recommend it.

-When you say you went to America, it sounds like someone died, lol

Of course, Digital Inside was gone for about a week while they moved the server equipment, but the impact was huge.

Silicon Valley in particular wasn’t in the least buzzy.

‘Where the hell did you get that guy from?’

‘Please go to our partner company, please’

‘No competition! If you’re going to go somewhere else, go somewhere that has nothing to do with us!’

While I was praying in my heart, I heard shocking news.

“That… Yoon-seo’s team, that is, KIN, has a contract in a garage on the outskirts…”

“””?????????”””

“So… you’re not going to another company, but starting a garage business?”

“… Why on earth?”

You came all the way to the US and offered some ridiculous conditions, but all you’re doing is starting a garage business?

“I made sure you read all the emails… What on earth was the problem?”

They didn’t know that Yoon-seo was so serious about the game.

And that absurd condition actually caused misunderstandings.

But only Yoon Yi-seo knew the answer.