The Lawyer Who Reads Tomorrow - Chapter 41
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Episode 41
There are too many bastards in this world.
Of course, he didn’t deny that he was included among those bastards.
Hwan always thought that way.
“…So, probably Plan D…”
Boring and tedious.
This might have been predetermined from the moment Sage escaped from the ‘Psychiatric Hospital’.
Kang Hwan-pil, who had worked with him for quite a long time if not with loyalty, was already in the middle of packing to flee.
“Where are you going?”
Seeing no answer to his question, he must be in a hurry.
Had it been an hour since the Plan D order came down from Kim Wan-gil?
Though it was called Plan D, it was essentially cutting off the tail.
“Uh, so you’ll have to go through some trouble again this time.”
Sweat beaded on his shiny scalp reflected by the LED lights.
Tedious.
Kang Hwan-pil panted as he closed a suitcase full of documents.
“…”
When he didn’t answer, Kang Hwan-pil looked up at him while breathing heavily.
Bundles of documents kept spilling out between the zipper, preventing it from closing properly.
Anyway, this old fool, whether he doesn’t have time to shred them or he’s just stupid.
Kang Hwan-pil’s face contorted at the chuckle that kept escaping.
“What are you laughing at while standing there?”
“Where are you going?”
“San Francisco for now. Hey, what is it, when Plan D is executed, all systems will be wiped, so you should consider that too.”
So in the end, he’s telling me to take the fall and rot in Prison.
He wasn’t a new employee, and he was sick and tired of these experiences he’d gone through countless times.
“For now, we decided to hand over part of the List to Gongju, no. Shin Da-ye.”
Kim Wan-gil, that snake-eyed Old Man still hasn’t come to his senses even after being played like that.
Kang Hwan-pil probably thought he could buy some time, at least briefly.
Does he believe that? Haha.
The List that Kim Wan-gil would send to Shin Da-ye’s side would definitely include Kang Hwan-pil.
Even if he was terrible at thinking, he knew at least this much about how this world worked.
“Assemblyman.”
“Uh, I’m busy. I’m busy right now. So, you.”
Kang Hwan-pil closed the suitcase.
Five or six suitcases stood in a row in the corner of the Room.
“…Sorry, but I have to ask you a favor again this time.”
“How far?”
Seeing him beat around the bush, is it my turn again this time?
“We decided to take down our son-in-law too.”
“You mean Nexarum Bio?”
“That’s right. That little punk… was it Sung Tae-hyun? Anyway, that damn bastard is even digging into the New Drug Label.”
“…Nexarum will be caught soon.”
“It’s a matter of time. Uh, so. Our son-in-law and a few Nexarum executives, and…”
Kang Hwan-pil patted his shoulder with an apologetic red face.
“…Including you. You do appear in that Video several times.”
Video. If it’s a Video related to Nexarum Bio, is it the Experiment Video?
If they uncover that too, Nexarum would be finished.
“What reason is there to go that far?”
“You know Assemblyman Kim Wan-gil’s personality. He thinks it’s time to clean house. Plans A through C don’t apply.”
“…”
“There’s less than a day left until Plan D starts.”
Complete deletion.
Kim Wan-gil must be cornered enough to be pushed this far.
I wouldn’t know since I only handled the physical work.
Nevertheless, Hwan was quick to catch on.
“Don’t worry about the cost. Assemblyman Kim Wan-gil will take good care of you.”
What bullshit.
Kang Hwan-pil had been abandoned.
That was clear.
Plan D was to delete all the experiments and systems that had existed so far.
Making it as if nothing had happened was impossible at this point.
…That lawyer.
Because Sung Tae-hyun already knows.
“Does that mean you couldn’t even negotiate with Ellus?”
That’s right.
I couldn’t get an answer from Kang Hwan-pil, who had already left the room with his suitcase.
However, Hwan looked around the empty space of the completely ransacked office and laughed for a long time.
“Again.”
Now I’m sick of it.
That idiot Kang Hwan-pil firmly believed that Kim Wan-gil wouldn’t abandon him.
“How can all these high-ranking people think exactly the same way.”
To believe that cutting off the tail would end with him.
He’s gotten naive in his old age.
Hwan stretched.
“Nexarum Bio…”
It was the company owned by Kang Hwan-pil’s son-in-law, Min Jong-pil.
“Haha. Fuck.”
He’s screwed.
How long will I have to be locked up this time?
Since the master has kindly given notice that he’ll abandon me, there’s only one place for a dog to go.
This time, Hwan had no intention of dying alone.
* * *
A long tail gets stepped on.
Words that suit Kim Wan-gil, Elus Entertainment, and Nexarum Bio better than anyone.
“This is why we should listen to our ancestors’ words.”
“…What.”
Instead of answering ‘Hwan’ who bothered to respond to my muttering, I took out the laptop he brought and placed it on the table.
Sung Tae-hyun’s diary that I had thrown earlier was rolling around carelessly on the ground.
And.
As soon as I opened the laptop, a system warning window appeared on the black screen.
“Huh.”
Surprisingly blatant.
“…12 minutes?”
Not a day, not an hour.
…12 minutes?
I looked up at Hwan.
The person who had hidden both hands behind his back as if he wouldn’t touch anything let out a small laugh.
“I was just about to tell you.”
“That the system gets wiped in 12 minutes? Interesting.”
“Haha.”
And the last authentication was 7 days ago.
“Crazy bastards.”
Do they think they’re a government agency?
This method won’t be easy.
If I don’t authenticate with a proper authentication token within 12 minutes, this entire system will be wiped.
And predictably, Kim Wan-gil seems to have chosen to blow this thing up.
“Make me one promise.”
The time had already decreased to 10 minutes.
However, the guy who was leisurely playing dumb didn’t seem that urgent.
‘Did he even steal the authentication key?’
No, I should also consider the possibility that this system itself is a deception.
It was Hwan, the man before me, who had requested to ‘fuck everything up.’
But he was already a cleaner who had been disposing of trash for Kim Wan-gil and Kang Hwan-pil’s side.
“I’ll consider it.”
“Haha.”
More laughter.
Was he giving up, or was he originally someone who laughed a lot?
Hwan had been smiling ever since he handed me the laptop.
Making my sharpened senses seem pointless, Hwan laughed and pulled out something rusty in the shape of a USB from his pocket.
“This is it.”
When I stared at him intently, he gently shook the object in his hand and met my eyes.
“The authentication key.”
“Then plug it in.”
9 minutes.
Hwan giggled.
“Assemblyman Kim Wan-gil has paranoia.”
“….”
“So he insists on this method. It’s a system made by Nexarum Bio, but this is the only control device.”
He was beating around the bush, but it was essentially the same thing.
“A system that wipes everything if not authenticated every 7 days, correct?”
“Correct. Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun has quite good reasoning skills.”
What was he really trying to say.
The man went in circles again and let out a chuckle.
“There are too many bastards, aren’t there.”
Was what followed just venting after all.
I patiently looked at Sung Tae-hyun’s diary lying there without a single burn mark.
Even though he must have known I wasn’t interested in what he was saying, Hwan continued talking.
“Kim Wan-gil will use Shin Da-ye.”
This was somewhat interesting.
“She’s already a victim exposed in the media. It would be easy to deceive her.”
“What do you mean by deceive?”
“She’s just a kid. Easy. It’s obvious. Her father is an alcoholic, she’s a penniless girl supporting her family, domestic violence and all….”
Hwan rambled on about Shin Da-ye for quite a while.
5 minutes.
“…So, Kim Wan-gil made a proposal to Shin Da-ye. Of course, I delivered that proposal too.”
Hwan’s eyes sank even blacker.
“Shin Da-ye’s mind is already quite damaged from drug side effects.”
Was that so. I couldn’t be certain from our few brief conversations.
“She goes into panic attacks just seeing needles or drugs, so we can’t use her for experiments indefinitely. The accuracy drops.”
Still, Hwan spoke gently.
“So Kim Wan-gil made a proposal.”
“….”
“Money, the right to no longer be used in drug experiments, and.”
“….”
“If necessary, even a way to create a new identity and leave overseas.”
I see.
Such a proposal to Shin Da-ye.
Sweet words, but with too many loopholes.
As if reading my thoughts, Hwan answered again.
“She’s just a kid.”
“Knowing she’s just a kid, you sure exploited her well.”
At my words, he smiled and nodded.
“Soon you’ll get a call from Shin Da-ye.”
“The purpose would be to follow Kim Wan-gil’s instructions.”
“Exactly. And….”
2 minutes 20 seconds.
He slowly approached and inserted the authentication key into the laptop.
The screen lit up.
“Soon Kim Wan-gil will realize that Plan D, no… that the system wasn’t completely wiped.”
“Hah.”
The authenticated system contained various experiment videos along with lists of those involved in the experiments.
It even stored information about the next trainees and experiment subjects that NOVA was recruiting.
“…Are you ready?”
Hwan smiled brightly.
As if welcoming his master’s downfall.
I gladly smiled back at him.
[Next Scheduled Wipe: 6 days 23 hours 59 minutes]
The clock was ticking again.
* * *
“Ms. Shin Da-ye.”
The thin woman before me was trembling as she looked at the list I had handed her.
“How… how is this… pos… possible…?”
There are often cases where the line between victim and perpetrator becomes blurred.
Of course, finding fault with someone who isn’t in their right mind isn’t a legal professional’s job.
Shin Da-ye had been brainwashed by Kim Wan-gil, Kang Hwan-pil, and Ellus through NOVA for years.
A woman constantly consumed by drug experiments.
Looking at Shin Da-ye before me, thin as a dried branch, I made a suggestion.
“That’s a rotten rope.”
Had anyone ever shown her the right path even once?
Without proper adults, children cannot grow up.
“…Th, that… ah…”
Unable to control her trembling body as if she might have a seizure at any moment, Shin Da-ye began begging me with tears streaming down her face.
“I’m… I’m sorry. I’m sorry. It’s my fault…”
It was an intense reaction.
Shin Da-ye, now screaming and crying, looked like she might lose consciousness at any moment. The hospital room door opened and Sage rushed in with a bewildered expression.
Sung Tae-jun was the same.
Behind Sage, who stood blocking between me and Shin Da-ye, I spoke quietly.
“There you are. Your real ally.”
“…Ugh, uh…”
I had obtained everything I could get my hands on.
What comes next is.
“The next choice is up to you.”
I turned around and left the hospital room.
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