episode_0725

That time.

-Resign!

-Those who play with the people’s tax money should step down!!

Hwang Ji-won, the head of the National Pension Service, could not help but swallow his saliva at the people in front of him.

“Thank you in many ways.”

“Oh, no. Mr. President. I just did what I had to do as the head of the organization.”

“Thank you too.”

“Oh, no. What am I….”

Hwang Ji-won, who had suddenly heard greetings from the leader of a country and the leader of talented people, the president and an expert in the field, felt like this place was a very special place.

It would be better to sneak into the house and listen to the people outside the apartment swearing. This was extremely uncomfortable.

“Let’s start with the main point. There are two paths for you, and the choice is entirely yours.”

“What is it?”

“I am resigning from the Pension Service, but I am on my way to becoming a politician.”

“…….”

“Or continue to be the head of the Pension Service, or give up everything and retire from politics.”

I think there are three paths, not two, but Hwang Ji-won is not an immature person who cannot understand what the president is saying.

“If I catch the President’s lead, what will happen to me?”

“Well. I don’t know that either. You can become their puppet who gave you predictions of the future, or you can lead this country on an equal footing with them.”

“……!!”

“Forget all the complicated political rhetoric. You are now ‘chosen’. To them.”

“Seo, it’s a choice….”

Hwang Ji-won suddenly felt cold sweat run down his spine at the incredible situation that was presented to him.

“Mr. President. This may be presumptuous, but may I dare to tell you my predictions?”

“As much as you want.”

“Did you choose me as the next presidential candidate?”

“That’s right.”

“No, why?”

“That’s what I want to ask.”

The president doesn’t know why either.

Hwang Ji-won turned his head to the side and looked at Gwangik-gong, but Gwangik-gong only smiled bitterly and drank his tea.

“Can I be honest with you?”

“As much as you want.”

“This is probably because he is the least political person. The head of the corporation is.”

“…….”

To put it in a good way, it means someone who stood in a neutral position, and in a bad way, it means someone who did nothing but occupy a position.

“Why did you enter the National Pension Service with the help of a gang? Even though the position of head of the institution was made by appointment, it was because you actively worked for that appointment.”

“That’s….”

“I knew you were cooperating with a group. So, they gambled with the people’s tax money.”

“…That’s because they believed that even if the gamble failed, the association would replenish the lost funds.”

“But you took a gamble, believing in fate. I could have been stigmatized as the head of an institution that lost taxes, but why?”

“…It was because of concerns about pension depletion.”

Hwang Ji-won hesitated a bit, but soon he gradually gained strength in his voice and continued speaking.

“I specialize in statistics. He was a person who predicted the future based on data and proposed policies based on data.”

“I know. Also, your thesis is related to the national pension.”

“As a result of the research, we determined that if this country continues like this, its pension will run out someday. Because of low birth rate.”

“…….”

It is absurd.

In a world where even Jeju Island and Ulleungdo are called ‘patriotic lands’, how can pensions be depleted due to low birth rates?

“I will point out the painful part, but…births happen a lot. Unofficially.”

“Keuhm.”

“However, there were few cases where it was officially recorded in statistics. I discovered the abnormality of statistics and realized the gap with reality. As the President knows…”

“To be honest about that, I realized it after I became president.”

The president pressed his hands to his temples and frowned.

“I think I knew a lot of the country’s secrets as a member of the National Assembly, but it wasn’t until I became president that I realized that there were even more secrets. And that goes for this friend too.”

“…….”

Gwangikkong was still smiling bitterly.

“In the end, I came to realize that you, me, and this friend were all the ‘dark history’ of this country. I couldn’t mess with it before.”

“Because of the sun’s shade.”

“Okay. Even if it’s just the national pension right now…ugh.”

The National Pension Service has invested in various places.

And some of those investments were shaded.

“Now there is no place to worry about this country anymore. If you say they care, it’s only the people. But now, all of those who are considered presidential candidates have many flaws.”

“According to their information, there were many cases where the person involved had a collusive relationship with Haegeuneul, or the person’s family or people around them had a relationship with Haegeuneul.”

“…It’s a bit hard to call it a guilt-by-association system, but if there’s a case involving sunshade, it’s a little uncomfortable.”

Hwang Ji-won realized.

“It’s an elimination method. After filtering and filtering and filtering, was it me who was left in the end?”

“In America, they call it ‘designated survivor.’ When the president dies and everyone in the national hierarchy dies in order from the top, the person with the highest ranking among those who survive takes on the duties of acting president.”

“The criterion for death is whether or not it is related to the shade of the sun.”

“Okay. How would you like to do it?”

“…I guess I have no choice but to ride.”

The game is already set up for you.

“So what can I do? I will do whatever it takes to be insulted.”

“Do you have any contact with the Heavenly Demon?”

“……Yes?”

“You should be the mastermind behind the Cheonma.”

“????”

It is said that it is important to know one’s role in the organized scheme of things, but does that role suddenly become the mastermind behind the Heavenly Demon?

“What on earth are you planning, or rather, what is going on? In this situation…?”

“That’s right.”

The president also laughed and pointed to his Taegeuk watch.

“Spy.”

“……?”

“During the Japanese colonial period, there were independence activists who became pro-Japanese for the greater good. Well, the middle process is different, but we will make sure that the result is like that.”

“So…cleaning the Heavenly Demon and putting me in the background…?”

“That’s right.”

It was a feast of words that I could not understand at all.

“Would you please? I will do my best to help you.”

Since not only the President but also the Gwangikgong offered to help, Hwang Ji-won could not back down.

“…If I succeed, can I become president?”

“That’s right. Everyone in the country will recognize your achievements, and you will become a strong political partner with Chunma, who will once again become ‘Korea’s S+ level hero.’”

“I have never met the Heavenly Demon…”

“Wouldn’t it be okay if we help each other from now on? So, first of all, I would like to reverse the public opinion that is currently focused on you.”

The President took out a small USB from his inner pocket.

“Questions you have had about this country’s statistics. Information about national pension depletion. It’s all in here.”

“This is….”

“Data secretly smuggled from China by Cheonma.”

“!!”

Hwang Ji-won became meditative in an instant.

“This, no way…”

“If this happened became known to the public, everyone in the world would be shocked, but reality was worse than fiction.”

Both the President and the Gwangikgong pointed to the USB with stern expressions.

“Please come forward. The reason why the national pension will be depleted in the future is low birth rate. There are so many Korean children being born in the world, and the official statistics show that there are so many children being born, but this is the fundamental reason why pensions are gradually drying up.”

* * *

midnight.

After securing data from Cheonma, I mobilized all of the organization’s information network and conducted additional research on the data we obtained.

And then came the conclusion.

“Is it Choi Ho-jeong again?”

It was said that the sun had done it.

It was a truly horrendous affair that was carried out in great secrecy, and only Choi Ho-jeong knew about it, even in the shadow of the sun.

“Anyway, he is the devil of capital who appears wherever there is money.”

I lightly punched the statue of Choi Ho-jeong, whose hand was reaching toward the sky.

There is nothing that people will find strange.

Everyone passing by was a young man, but he often cursed at the golden statue because his expression gave off a hint of Choi Ho-jeong.

There is so much malice toward the Golden Statue in the world that people openly say that spitting or urinating is just a swear word because it causes the sanitation workers to suffer.

However, this may not be enough, but the work has been carried out in complete secrecy.

Did you already know?

I knew it.

I had a guess, and I also heard information that such things were actually happening.

However, because it was protecting the ‘good of humanity’ to some extent, there were many restrictions in many ways to intervene there.

When the whole truth is revealed, there is a high possibility that everyone will go crazy and turn into a devil due to the shock that all of humanity will experience.

‘It’s different now.’

All eyes are on the World Cup, and humanity is focused on talented athletes.

Now is the perfect time to eradicate the darkness spreading across this country, East Joseon, and West Joseon.

“Hey, hey. When is the semifinals?”

“Uh, um, in three days?”

“4 days later?”

“Hey. What is 4 days? 3 days.”

“Is that so?”

Drunk people passing by laugh and talk.

If they, too, hear of ‘The Heavenly Demon’s Revelation’ about what Choi Ho-jeong did and what he did in collaboration with Western Joseon, the intoxication that reached their heads will turn into anger.

“It’s not the worst I could have expected, but it’s still trash.”

I wanted to erase my memories of the data that came into the Death Watch, but I decided to erase something else instead.

“In the end, this will also result in secretly covering up Korea’s dark history.”

The revelation of the Heavenly Demon.

– Choi Ho-jeong sold women and babies to Western Joseon.