episode_0228

Associations are everywhere.

No matter where you go in the world, there are desperate people.

There are countless people who share the same views as the organization, whether they are not employees directly affiliated with the organization, spies who cooperate with the organization, or people who are allied with the organization.

The same goes for this man in front of me, Nguyen.

“Hey, is it really okay to talk here?”

“Of course. People around us won’t hear our conversation and won’t be interested in us. I used the ability to hinder perception.”

“As expected, they are from the headquarters. You are truly amazing.”

Nguyen looked around with admiration.

The three of us sat proudly at a table in an airport cafe and shared stories of our lives, but no one thought we were strange.

This is the power of this ability.

Thanks to Yoon Hye-ra and I unleashing our magic at the same time, no one looks at us with suspicious eyes.

There is no one trying to trick my wife and I.

“By the way, your name is Nguyen…?”

“Yes. Nguyen Ong Bac. This is Kosian.”

“…If you call yourself Kosian.”

“It’s true.”

Nguyen, Ong Bac – This man, probably named ‘Bac Ong’, stirred the caffe latte in front of him with a straw with a self-deprecating smile.

“Coffee and milk are mixed to make cafe latte. But for some people, it becomes neither coffee nor milk. It’s too dry to be called coffee, and the smell of coffee is too strong to be called milk. I am a man like cafe latte.”

“…….”

“Hehe, it’s a joke. I don’t really have any complaints about that or anything like that. We just have to change it going forward. With determination.”

Nguyen bowed his head towards us.

“Please help. The country’s Hero Association surrendered to the military. Due to the Hero Association’s self-purifying action, we are no longer able to receive help from other countries’ Hero Associations.”

“Because the military is already taking action?”

“That’s true, but it’s because the man who is ranked No. 1 in Class A in this country is on the military’s side. Have you ever heard of ‘Laplace’?”

“Laplace?”

The only thing I know about Laplace is riding.

“Yes. Ranked 1st in Class A, Laplace joined hands with the military. Ignoring all kinds of dictatorial actions by the military, we live in pleasure and luxury every day. While taking control of the Thai Hero Association.”

“It seems like the situation is more serious than we previously realized.”

You should forget all information about the real Thailand.

Just as the capital of Korea changed from Seoul to Busan after the cataclysm, the entire world became a completely different country with the same name.

So to speak, this novel has nothing to do with actual people, place names, organizations, etc.

The coincidence of proper nouns is a coincidence.

Same situation.

“The military and the number one hero are working together to implement dictatorship. But isn’t Thailand now a democratic government externally?”

“Yes. It was like that at least a dozen years ago. But that changed when the military began mobilizing Kosian. The military recruited members of political parties to create legislation for the military and Kosians, and took control of the ruling party based on the number of Kosians.”

I don’t know much about politics.

I have no intention of interfering in the politics of other countries.

“Hye-ra. Can you please take a look and see if what I understand is correct?”

“Yes, tell me.”

“So, now a large number of mixed-race people have become members of political parties, and that person is a person with close ties to the military, and the members flocked together to vote and that person became Prime Minister of Thailand?”

“Exact.”

indeed.

There is a picture that pops into my head, but I decided to focus on things in this world.

anyway.

There are many cases in which similar events unfold in modern society.

“Okay. Nguyen. So how do you want this country to change? Do you want to be the prime minister of this country? Or do you want to change the constitution and become president?”

“What I want is the overthrow of Laplace’s dictatorship.”

“Overthrow the dictatorship?”

“Yes. Laplace will turn 20 next year. And the Thai military and political parties are preparing a constitutional amendment to change the age to become prime minister to 20.”

“…Indeed.”

Perhaps it can be said that Thailand is moving quickly.

It can be said to be a political movement that acts faster than anyone else in the era of special abilities.

“Are you going to install your country’s A-level powerhouse as a political figurehead?”

“Can we roughly call it collusion between politics and the UK? Hmm, the collusion between politics and heroes.”

“If that hero acted like an ordinary hero, or rather an ordinary hero, I wouldn’t have made such a request to the association.”

Nguyen sighed deeply and took something out of his pocket.

It was a notebook made of cowhide leather, and there was something that looked like a mark on the outside.

“What is that?”

“This is the notebook of a former Deputy Prime Minister who is known to have disappeared. This item was passed down to me through his son.”

It was blood.

“He had the habit of keeping records by hand, and everything he saw and heard was written down here.”

“It’s a memorandum.”

“Memorandum…? sorry. My Korean is weak…”

“You can just think of it as a diary left by politicians. The content may be serious enough to turn the country upside down compared to that of the general public.”

“…Similar.”

“Oppa.”

Hye-ra Yoon gave me a look.

I also noticed her gaze.

Nguyen hadn’t really noticed yet.

“Nguyen. I have one sad news.”

“Please tell me.”

“You probably came here saying that you would do your best to clear the trail, but it seems that the person pursuing you is more capable than you.”

“……!!”

Nguyen’s expression began to suddenly harden.

“Well, like that…!”

“Oh, don’t worry. Because I’m in a very relaxed situation right now. In this situation, it is okay to provide intelligence training for you.”

“…Yes?”

“Now. Look over there.”

I pointed to the other side of the cafe, approaching another plane from Korea.

“Who do they look like?”

“…Isn’t it Kosian?”

“That’s right. On the surface, it is no different from Kosian. Abandoned children trying to make money by offering to be guides on travel destinations.”

Three girls wearing academy uniforms approach a Korean traveler.

They approached them while chatting privately, and the three male travelers readily accepted the girl’s offer and followed her.

“A Thai beauty appeared as soon as she got off at the airport. Since they are even wearing clothes similar to the academy uniform, it seems as if a talented girl is guiding them. Nguyen. I have a question. For what purpose did those girls approach those men?”

“……Aren’t you trying to get Mr. and move to Korea?”

“That’s my judgment as a person from this country. Think about it as a person of determination. The hint is us.”

“……No way.”

Nguyen’s expression immediately hardened.

“Intelligence that I will meet a death-defying agent at the airport…?”

“That will happen. Always be careful when using watches, smartphones, and other electronic devices. You never know when and where hacking will occur.”

“……Ha.”

Nguyen was discouraged.

I may have been very careful, but unless you have a dedicated electronic information processing team like me or Yoon Hye-ra, your information is bound to be exposed.

Of course, according to the information we have obtained in advance, Nguyen’s exposure was not hacking.

It’s not electronic information, it’s just human information leakage.

“Nguyen. How much do you trust people?”

“…….”

“The son of the former Deputy Prime Minister who handed over this memorandum. Are you really sure that he is innocent and that he approached you with doubts about the Deputy Prime Minister’s disappearance?”

“……No way.”

Despair flashes in Nguyen’s eyes.

At the same time, three Kosian guides and three Korean tourists sat at a table next to us.

“Oh my, brother. This is Taegeuk Watch, right? and. This is my first time seeing Taegeuk Watch.”

“Hehe. It’s a new product. Well, nothing special. Just this function…”

The guide does his best to cheer up the travelers, and the three men are excited by the bright behavior of the pretty girls and chatter about various things.

“Now those Kosian guides are looking for me. During the conversation, I wondered if they were just ordinary people, tourists, or sowers who came into Thailand with a shady purpose and wanted to sow seeds, or else…”

“Is he a desperate agent who came in response to the request of a hero who is struggling to somehow prevent collusion between politics and politics? Unfortunately, it looks like they caught completely different people over there.”

Hye-ra Yoon smiled during the day and pointed to three men.

“Nguyen. Among Kosians, how many are ‘real’ Kosians?”

“……Yes?”

“That’s right. Just because they’re Korean doesn’t mean they have a Taegeukgi hologram above their heads. If you come from Korea, have a Korean passport, and wear a Taegeuk watch, are you all Korean?”

“…….”

“Mr. Nguyen, to become a person of complete determination, you need to have a dark view of the world.”

“Hye-ra.”

“Why. Oppa, this person is so pure that he’s in trouble right now. I need to tell you the harsh reality.”

“Even if you’re Class A, you’re 21 now.”

“Is there a big difference between us?”

Of course it is.

“But the density of darkness I’ve seen so far won’t be different.”

“Well, I am also a class A hero…”

“That’s what they call wrinkling in front of the chrysalis. Nguyen. If you want to judge as a true member of the organization, if you want to receive help from the organization, and if you want to change this country with the organization, please just follow us now.”

Hye-ra Yoon wrote with her finger on the table.

“This is an order to move. An employee wouldn’t want to ignore the director’s instructions, right?”

“!!!!”

Nguyen opened his mouth in surprise.

“Seo, no way…. Ah, no. Even if it did come, I thought it would just be at the ‘assistant’ level…!”

“This is the manager.”

“Nice to meet you, Nguyen.”

I extended my hand to Nguyen with respect.

“This is Manager Goblin.”

“…….”

“Well, I requested on-site service, but of course I would be surprised if two director-level people showed up. But this is a worthy issue.”

Military.

government.

hero.

And behind it, there is the devil.

“First, let’s take the case next to here one step at a time. By following in their footsteps, we will uncover the darkness that has fallen over this country, one by one.”

“Then you are using them…?”

“Because our position is to use what can be used. Those hyenas over there trying to eat the innocent sheep.”

I pointed to the three guides, not the three guides, but to the Koreans who were beating their tails.

“Are you really Korean?”

“……..”

“We use them. Pretending to be Korean…well, I don’t care which country they are from. Anyway, I’m going to use them and go to the place the guides take me.”

I took out the business card I received from Hye-ra Yoon.

“To the scene of human trafficking that is secretly operated by the military and that the top A hero pretends not to know.”

The name is ‘Succubus Island’.