episode_0358

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It was the first time Kang Da-kyung had seen Kang Hye-won lose her temper like that. However, I couldn’t figure out what was happening until I repeatedly told myself to kill Ignis.

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First, she tried to calm Kang Hye-won down.

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“Calm down. What on earth is going on in Korea? I’m calling you at this hour… ”

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-What happened?! What is happening?!! Turn on the news and watch it right now! Ignis, what did this lowly bastard who doesn’t even know about the topic do!!!!

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Da-kyung Kang furrowed her eyebrows and gestured to her subordinate at the sound of a loud noise that pierced her eardrums.

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“… Turn on the news. To Korean news.”

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“Yes.”

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The subordinate took out his smartphone and went to the portal site. Articles from various media outlets on the main page came into view.

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There was no need to worry about which media to look for.

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Literally, almost all the media on portal sites were talking about the reason why Kang Hye-won lost her temper.

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-[trot! Report on National Assembly member Kang Hye-won’s corruption data to the media!]

-[Did you get hit in the foot by the ax you trusted? From coffee to apple boxes. 7 ways a member of the National Assembly received bribes as if you were watching from the sidelines.]

-[The amount of tax evasion by members of the National Assembly is billions? Tax thieves who receive hundreds of millions of annual salaries.]

-[A National Assembly aide said, ‘All the information floating around on the Internet is false. ‘We will take a strong stance against rumors.’ speaking.]

-[OO Products pictured in the reception photo. ‘It is regrettable that an individual employee caused controversy due to excessive loyalty to the company.’ Is it cutting off the tail?]

-[The beginning of the Kang Hyewon Gate incident? A list containing the names of dozens of major political and business figures has been released.]

-[National Assembly member Kang Hye-won, hidden connection to the villain?]

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“Uh… What on earth is this… !”

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The subordinate who checked the news made a bewildered expression. As Kang Da-kyung was a subordinate, even if he was not an executive, he knew at least who their boss was and who the associates behind him were.

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But now, almost all media companies in Korea are biting their backs.

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The things that had been distracted by the soybean water sprayed by National Assembly member Kang Hye-won were now turning their eyes and attacking their owners.

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Although I was deliberately sparing my words, what was absurd was that Kang Da-kyung also felt the same way.

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The media outlets that did not cover this incident were those directly related to Kang Hye-won. To be precise, they were busy being attacked by other media outlets for being related to Kang Hye-won. He is trying to bury his rivals without missing an opportunity in a place that is not related to Kang Hye-won.

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-… Some say that Kang Da-kyung, a hero known as the daughter of National Assembly member Kang Hye-won, is also involved in this corruption.

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In the midst of her confusion, Kang Da-kyung came to her senses after seeing a preview of an article.

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It seems like the big bomb that Kang Da-kyung is the boss of a villain organization hasn’t exploded yet, but it’s unlikely that the person who collected that much information wouldn’t know that fact.

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They’re probably looking at the right time to explode.

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In that case, Kang Da-kyung also had to resolve this situation as quickly as possible.

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“What do you mean, this is Ignis’ work? He is in Japan now.”

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-Suddenly… He hacked my smartphone and showed me the video. It has now been erased without a trace, but it was about Ignis coming out and provoking me.

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Kang Hyewon gritted her teeth and said. The subordinate’s gaze turned to the side as he saw the mother and daughter grinding their teeth together over one person, Ignis. If I showed that I cared for nothing and was caught by a boss whose judgment was already distorted, not only was my future in danger, but my life was in danger.

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Of course, Da-kyung Kang barely had time to worry about a single subordinate right now.

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‘video?’

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The video Kang Hye-won mentioned was produced by Maria under Minho’s instructions, and was produced solely to cheer up Kang Hye-won, who would soon fall.

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Maria sighed at Minho’s taste for teabagging his enemies, but in the end, she followed his advice and made Kang Hye-won view the video and deleted it so that no trace was left.

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‘Rather than that, it’s hacking… ? Ignis must still be in the lab.’

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According to Kang Da-kyung’s common sense, it did not make sense for Ignis to wipe out the research center in such a short period of time and at the same time find out all of Kang Hye-won’s corruption and then report it to the media.

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‘… No matter how much you think about it, it’s impossible. The evidence posted on the news is not something that can be found out in a day or two of research. Could it be that Ignis also has an organization like us behind him?’

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Kang Da-kyung felt an eerie wind passing by the back of her neck.

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I had an ominous feeling that maybe this was all Ignis’ plan and that they were playing in the palm of his hand.

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-There is still a chance. As you said, the Ignis that was modified is currently in Japan. Catch him, torture him, or do whatever it takes to make this matter go away.

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“Calm down. I don’t know where they got the information from, but there are a lot of loopholes for them to escape if they aren’t caught red-handed. As usual… ”

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-I received a call from other members of the National Assembly saying that they will pass the arrest motion once it is submitted! It’s only a matter of time before they attack!

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‘this… ‘

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There was a reason why Kang Hye-won, who never lost her composure, went on a rampage like this.

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Maria uncovered a lot of information, but she did not report the weaknesses of the truly powerful people to the media in order to make Kang Hye-won a public enemy. Instead, I reported the fact to the parties involved in the weakness. It was quite an intentional measure.

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Although Kang Hye-won is both a member of the National Assembly and the underworld of a villain organization, her greatest strength was her recognition and public support based on Kang Da-kyung.

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This situation, in which all public support disappeared and recognition became a double-edged sword, was no different from Kang Hye-won’s hands and feet being cut off.

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Of course, those in power cannot leave Kang Hye-won alone.

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It was obvious that those who had been more dependable than anything else when they had a cooperative relationship would now attack like hyenas. By disposing of her, they would be able to attract the support of the people, so if they were just looking at the tasty prey, they would not have joined hands with Kang Hye-won in the first place.

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Kang Hye-won, who had all the cards she was holding exposed, could no longer resist the flow. I ended up in a completely desolate situation.

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“… … .”

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Kang Da-kyung calmly assessed the situation.

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It was difficult to expect any more support from Kang Hye-won. No, support wasn’t the problem. It would have been fortunate if Kang Da-kyung wasn’t placed on an international wanted list right away.

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The reason she can think like this now is because the group presumed to be behind Ignis did not attack Kang Da-kyung directly, but only targeted Kang Hye-won.

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-I’ll try to hold out using my remaining connections as much as possible, so you deal with Ignis as quickly as possible!

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Pop.

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Kang Hye-won hung up the phone with those last words. There was no time to waste because if a proper response was not made before the sun rose, the entire nation would remember her as a corrupt member of the National Assembly.

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At a time when it felt like a storm had swept over, a signal came into my subordinate’s smartphone.

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“… … !boss! You have been reconnected to the lab!”

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“Can you connect to the surveillance camera?”

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“Let’s try it! … yes! It works!”

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“Try to bring up the screen.”

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Then, a familiar-looking laboratory appeared on the smartphone screen. It looked the same as usual, with clean-looking hallways and researchers coming and going from the laboratory with blank expressions on their faces.

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Surprisingly, contrary to the expectation that Ignis would have wiped out the facility with his supernatural abilities as soon as he entered the laboratory, he seemed to be fine.

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But there was something else that was really important.

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Kang Da-kyung used her access rights to access the cameras of the facility hidden inside, not the neat facility on the outskirts.

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“!”

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And the sight I saw was shocking.

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A hallway filled with the corpses of the villains who were watching the researchers, a laboratory that was empty as if all the equipment had been ripped off, and, above all, a space-traveling superpower who was dead with a hole in his head.

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There were traces of Ignis wiping out the lab in a different way.

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Kang Da-kyung barely moved her hands, which were shaking with anger, and looked at the recorded video. The purpose was to find out what had happened to put the research institute in such a state.

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And she was soon able to check the entire context.

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Lastly, before Ignis enters the passage connected to the ground, he gives the camera his middle finger and disappears.

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Maria tried to erase all traces of this, but it was a trace left by Minho on purpose.

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Kwasik!

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Kang Da-kyung, unable to hold back her anger, grabbed her subordinate’s smartphone and smashed it.

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The subordinate asked, choking back tears.

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“… … What should I do? Ignis took Seo Na-young. Without her, the brainwashing of the research team cannot be maintained.”

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“You can threaten them since they have the researchers’ families with them. It wasn’t efficient, but my brain was slow anyway because of the brainwashing.”

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Rather, the problem was the absence of people capable of moving through space. Without him, not only would guerrilla activities become impossible as before, but the location of the institute would inevitably become known to many people.

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Kang Da-kyung’s head was complicated.

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How on earth was Ignis able to remain unharmed even after being hit by a supernatural power sealing artifact? Why did Seo Na-young obediently follow him even though she had super hypnotic powers? What kind of trick is happening in Korea now?

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Suddenly, it occurred to Kang Da-kyung that Seo Na-young and Ignis had met each other when they were in Korea.

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‘no way… ‘Have you already brought Seo Na-young to your side since then?’

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The extreme situation led Kang Da-kyung to make such an extreme assumption.

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‘Is this really all planned?’

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Since Ignis also had an item that was presumed to be an artifact, I thought she shared a similar goal and proposed cooperation, but I thought that maybe even that was what Ignis was aiming for.

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Kang Da-kyung was almost afraid of that state of mind.

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The moment when Kang Da-kyung is lost in confusion. Minho, who had already left the lab, was continuing his next steps.

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The first target was Apostle, who had already received a notice from Minho.

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