Goblin Library - Chapter 179

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Chapter 179

Lee Hye-eun approached the van that Jang Ma-ru was driving.
Click!
As she opened the van door, Lee Hye-eun gasped in wonder at what lay inside.
“Wow, we had something like this?”
“It’s Maru’s mobile base. Get in.”
At Jang Ma-ru’s words, Lee Hye-eun climbed into the van and looked around with curious eyes.
Inside the van, multiple monitors were installed, and various pieces of equipment hung from the walls.
On one of the monitors, there was a 360-degree view of the surroundings of the van, and another screen showing a distant shot of this location.
“Nice.”
“This cost a lot of money to build.”
Jang Ma-ru pointed to one side with a smile.
“There’s even a refrigerator.”
Lee Hye-eun laughed upon seeing the small refrigerator.
“But it must get hot in summer.”
“We can just turn on the air conditioning.”
“Won’t the electricity run out with the air conditioning and all these computers?”
“Modern batteries are incredibly efficient these days.”
Just as Lee Hye-eun nodded at Jang Ma-ru’s words, the door opened and Choi Tae-sik thrust his face inside.
“Ugh, the smell of alcohol!”
At the same moment, the overwhelming stench of liquor made Lee Hye-eun squint her eyes.
Choi Tae-sik waved the soju bottle in his hand and spoke.
“I need to appear drunk.”
But contrary to the smell and his words, his voice was perfectly clear.
“You’re not actually drunk, are you?”
“I haven’t had a single drink.”
“Then let’s review the plan once.”
Jang Ma-ru clapped his hands to draw everyone’s attention and spoke.
“In twenty minutes, Lee Young-ae’s book concert will start in front of the Goblin Library. Since it’s an open-format performance, not a paid event, most of the exam prep students without classes will come. And…”
As Jang Ma-ru typed on the keyboard, a map of the area in front of the Goblin Library appeared on the monitor, marked with red dots.
All this time, they had been hacking into the phones of the students at the Study Hall Dormitory to track their locations.
“Most of the male exam prep students are in the area around the Goblin Library.”
“Most?”
“Five of them are at the academy. But these five always study at the academy until late, so there’s no problem.”
Lee Hye-eun nodded at Jang Ma-ru’s words and spoke.
“So I just need to check the Administrator’s room.”
“Yes. The Administrator’s room is Room 303.”
“Understood.”
“Tae-sik, you wait at the entrance. The moment the Administrator comes out of the Management Office and tries to head upstairs, you need to stop him immediately.”
At Jang Ma-ru’s words, Choi Tae-sik nodded.
“Don’t worry.”
“Then you go first, Hye-eun. Once Tae-sik gets into position, that’s when you move. It should take about ten minutes.”
At Jang Ma-ru’s words, Lee Hye-eun exited the van and returned to the Study Hall Dormitory.
After about ten minutes had passed, Jang Ma-ru’s voice came through.
[Tae-sik’s in position.]
Following Jang Ma-ru’s words, Choi Tae-sik’s voice came through.
[Administrator hasn’t moved. I think we’re good to go.]
At Choi Tae-sik’s words, Lee Hye-eun quietly approached the window in the wall and peered down.
There, sitting on the steps in front of the Family Goshiwon with a bottle of soju in hand, was Choi Tae-sik.
“Okay! Then I’m moving now.”
[Alright, switching to the surveillance camera footage now… Video switch complete. You’re clear to proceed.]
At Jang Ma-ru’s words, Lee Hye-eun left her room and quickly climbed to the 3rd Floor.
She held her phone to the access reader, entered, quickly checked the room number, and opened the door to Room 303.
Click!
Confirming the lock had disengaged, Lee Hye-eun slightly opened the door and carefully inserted her glasses through the gap.
As she moved them up and down rapidly, Jang Ma-ru spoke.
[No camera inside.]
At Jang Ma-ru’s words, Lee Hye-eun put her glasses back on and entered the room. She then quickly surveyed the space. The room layout was no different from her own.
As Lee Hye-eun looked around the room, Jang Ma-ru spoke.
[There’s nothing much in here.]
Lee Hye-eun nodded.
“But there are a lot of clothes.”
The Administrator wore the same tracksuit every day. I’d wondered if he even washed them, given how unchanging his appearance was, yet the closet contained quite a few clothes.
As Lee Hye-eun examined the closet, she opened the desk drawers.
Then she frowned.
“Why are there so many USBs?”
The last drawer was literally packed with USBs.
Multiple small baskets were filled with USBs, each one labeled with a number.
Jang Ma-ru seemed equally startled, falling silent for a moment before speaking.
[Ugh… this is going to be tedious. Try connecting one to your phone first.]
At Jang Ma-ru’s words, Lee Hye-eun pulled a connection adapter from her bag, connected it to her phone, and inserted a USB.
[While I examine this, look around the rest of the room.]
At Jang Ma-ru’s words, Lee Hye-eun began surveying the room.

At the entrance of the Family Goshiwon, Choi Tae-sik stood with a slightly tipsy expression, drooling as he occasionally brought soju to his lips.
Meanwhile, he kept glancing toward the Study Hall Dormitory.
From this angle, the Management Office wasn’t visible, but the staircase was.
So he’d know if the Administrator came out.
[Why are there so many USBs?]
Choi Tae-sik asked at the sound of Lee Hye-eun and Jang Ma-ru whispering.
『Did you check under the bed?』
[Under the bed?]
『You know how kids hide things under their beds.』
Lee Hye-eun laughed at Choi Tae-sik’s words.
[Let’s see what our Tae-sik has under his bed too… Ugh! What is this?]
Choi Tae-sik asked at the disgusted tone in her voice.
『What did you find?』
[Ugh! Don’t look, noona. My eyes are ruined.]
『What is it?』
[Adult magazines.]
『…There are adult magazines under the bed?』
[So many of them. Wow… anyway, who reads this kind of stuff in magazines these days?]
[What? Does that mean our Maru watches it through something other than books?]
[…Ahem! That’s not the important part… ugh.]
[Why?]
[The USBs contain adult content too.]
[Should we try plugging in a different one?]
[Go ahead and try.]
From the rustling sound, it seemed they were switching USBs.
[Noona… but just in case, I think we should flip through all the magazines.]
[You want me to flip through these?]
[Something could be tucked between the pages.]
[…You just want to look at them yourself, don’t you?]
Since what Lee Hye-eun saw through the glasses camera was also transmitted to Jang Ma-ru.
[That’s not it. Or you could just shake them out.]
Soon came the sound of pages fluttering.
[By the way, Tae-sik, should I bring you one of these?]
Choi Tae-sik squinted at the sudden remark.
『No thanks.』
[If you need it, just say so. I’ll gift you one. There’s quite a variety here—from Western to Eastern.]
[What about me, noona?]
[You’re not allowed.]
[Come on! But this second one is also a video.]
[What? So all these USBs contain adult videos?]
[That’s impossible. One of those USBs is probably important, and the rest are just pornography.]
[So what do we do? Should we take all of these… oh.]
Lee Hye-eun let out an exclamation as if something had occurred to her.
『Why? Did you remember something?』
[When I was in Prison before, there was someone who came in for fraud, and they hid evidence like this.]
[Why hide evidence? Why not destroy it?]
[Because they needed those materials. Anyway, that person left several USBs in a drawer. Of course, not this many, but still.]
[But why search through the clothes?]
[That’s the important part. That person said that if the Police or anyone came and saw these USBs, they’d take them. But the actual evidence wasn’t there—it was hidden inside the clothing pockets. In other words, the USBs were a decoy.]
[Ah… so the real evidence is hidden separately?]
[Exactly. That person said they hid it inside a bra pad.]
『So the Administrator hid it inside clothing too?』
[The Administrator only wears tracksuits every day, but there are lots of clothes in this wardrobe. I thought that was strange… bingo!]
I heard Lee Hye-eun’s laughing voice.
[It’s in the inner pocket of a winter jacket.]
[It’s a memory card.]
[My hands are delicate enough to detect something this small. I connected it.]
[Got it.]
As Choi Tae-sik listened to their conversation, his eyes hardened. He saw the Administrator emerge from the Management Office.
『The Administrator’s coming out.』
[Is he going up? To the Bathroom?]
If he went to the 1st Floor Corridor, it was the Bathroom; if he went to the stairs, he was going up.
『Damn it, the stairs.』
[Brother, drunk act start!]
[Start!]
At their words, Choi Tae-sik hurled the bottle of alcohol he was holding toward the Study Hall Dormitory.
Crash! Shatter!
At the loud sound of the bottle breaking, the Administrator, who had been heading toward the stairs, looked startled at Choi Tae-sik.
At that gaze, Choi Tae-sik glared back.
『What are you looking at!』
Choi Tae-sik shouted and staggered to his feet.
Bracing himself against the stair railing and swaying, Choi Tae-sik rose on all fours like an animal and spoke.
『What are you staring at!』
[Wow… our Tae-sik really is a troublemaker.]
[A troublemaker?]
[I’ll show you the video later. He’s seriously the kind of drunk you never want to meet in this world.]
[His everyday acting really is genuine acting.]
At the voices of the two, Choi Tae-sik squinted his eyes and lowered his head slightly.
『Hye-eun’s buying us time. Don’t make me talk.』
Then Choi Tae-sik lifted his head and pushed the glass door. However, the glass door of the Family Goshiwon had a structure that wouldn’t open without a card key.
At that moment, Choi Tae-sik pressed his face against the glass door and shouted.
“Do you think I’m a fool too!”
At Choi Tae-sik’s loud outburst, the Administrator squinted at him, then pulled a ten-thousand-won bill from his pocket and slid it through the gap in the glass door.
“Go get yourself a meal. Don’t drink.”
Choi Tae-sik, who hadn’t expected money, glared at him.
“Do I look like a beggar to you!”
“I don’t know what happened, but… just go buy yourself some food. There’s a decent Jeonju Sundae Gukbap Restaurant down that alley.”
Just as the Administrator straightened up and tried to head for the stairs, Choi Tae-sik erupted.
“Hey! You bastard! I’m not a beggar! Hey! You son of a bitch!”

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“Hey! You bastard! I’m not a beggar! Hey!”
Lee Hye-eun winced at Choi Tae-sik’s curses echoing through her phone and checked the screen.
The memory card was copying on her phone.
“How much longer?”
“Twenty seconds!”
“Tae-sik, call the Administrator again! Curse him out more!”
At Lee Hye-eun’s words, Choi Tae-sik’s voice came through, continuously shouting and pounding on the glass door.
But then….
“He’s coming up.”
At the news that someone had started climbing the stairs, Lee Hye-eun quickly checked her phone. And….
The moment the copy completed, she yanked out the memory card and slipped it into the inner pocket of her coat.
Jang Ma-ru, watching the stairwell through the surveillance camera, shouted urgently.
“Unnie, he’s already on the 2nd Floor. Now he’s heading to the 3rd Floor!”
At Jang Ma-ru’s urgent voice, Lee Hye-eun quickly grabbed her phone, opened her door, and stepped out.
Then she heard footsteps ascending the stairs.
Lee Hye-eun quickly brought her phone up to the opposite door.
Whoosh!
As the door opened, Lee Hye-eun slipped inside immediately.
She tried to shut it quickly, but at the last moment, she closed it gently instead.
“Phew!”
As she exhaled sharply, she heard the opposite door open and then close.
“That was close.”
Jang Ma-ru asked Lee Hye-eun in amazement as she muttered to herself.
“How did you think of opening the opposite door?”
“It’s a master key, right? So dashing into another room is the best move.”
“I was thinking of hiding under the bed… Your reflexes are truly impressive, unnie.”
Lee Hye-eun laughed at Jang Ma-ru’s words and spoke.
“Tae-sik, what would you have done in a situation like this?”
[What else? Just knock him out with one punch and get out of here.]
『That’s so like you.』
Then Lee Hye-eun pressed her ear gently against the door.
[Aren’t you leaving, sister?]
『I’ll wait about five minutes before leaving. They might have come back for something.』
After listening to the sounds outside for a while, Lee Hye-eun opened the door and hurried downstairs.

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