The Lawyer Who Reads Tomorrow - Chapter 62

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Episode 62

 

 

“Who’s there?”

 

Kim Yo-han’s sharp gaze turned toward the far end of the corridor.

 

Four people had come down the stairs.

All of them were wearing those damned cloaks.

 

Of course, Park Mu-hyun let out a big sigh of relief and released his grip on my collar.

 

“It seems other believers have arrived.”

 

He spoke with a sneer, as if he had seen my eyes flash with hope.

 

“Mr. Sung Tae-hyun, it would have been nice if you had quietly received baptism and remained as Elucia’s partner.”

“….”

“It can’t be helped. This is generally called a holy war. There are things that must never be touched, you see.”

 

He muttered quietly.

But I didn’t pay attention to his words and examined the silhouettes of the newcomers.

 

It was dark so I couldn’t see clearly, but somehow these silhouettes seemed very familiar.

The tallest man among them pulled the bed where Park Noah was sleeping toward himself.

 

“Wait.”

 

Kim Yo-han slowly turned around.

 

“Where are you trying to take the child, believer?”

 

He asked the tall man who had taken the child’s mobile bed.

 

“Your name?”

“…It’s Raymond.”

 

Raymond?

That name doesn’t suit this religious order.

Moreover, perhaps it was just my imagination, but it was a very familiar voice.

 

“…Brother Raymond?”

 

Kim Yo-han also tilted his head as if puzzled.

 

“Is there such a baptismal name? Ah, I’m not being suspicious or anything….”

 

He drew out his words and moved a little closer to the man wearing the hat pulled down low.

 

And at that very moment.

The tall man wearing the hat suddenly lifted the child and passed him to someone else behind him.

 

“…!”

“Manager Yoon, I told you I can’t act…!”

 

Now he’s not even trying to hide it.

A sigh escaped me involuntarily.

 

“Senior Noh Hae-min.”

 

Before I could speak, Manager Yoon Ha-young irritably threw off her cloak.

So she hadn’t just sent the boy who brought me here.

In this absurd situation, I even forgot about the stinging wound on my fingertip and turned my gaze toward Manager Yoon Ha-young.

 

Manager Yoon Ha-young, who met my eyes, held the unconscious child in her arms and ran out at high speed, shouting.

 

“Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun!”

“Yes?”

“Figure out how to get out yourself! The child’s situation looks more urgent!”

 

Haha.

 

As expected. Manager Yoon Ha-young was fast.

Everyone except Kim Yo-han ran after her, but no one could match her speed.

 

The one with a bewildered expression was on this side.

Kim Yo-han. The cult leader who had the child snatched away right before his eyes shouted in great anger.

 

“What! How dare—!”

“Let’s just call it Emergency Evacuation.”

“What, what?”

 

What else, it’s wordplay.

 

Since I witnessed a child being abused in this damned cult right before my eyes,

if this isn’t an emergency, what would be?

 

I calmly asked Noh Hae-min, who was just rolling his eyes around.

 

“Did you come alone?”

“No, no. Well….”

 

Noh Hae-min became dejected and quickly spilled everything.

 

“Manager Yoon Ha-young told me to wait nearby. So I brought the car.”

“Where?”

“The nearby public parking lot.”

 

In such an urgent situation, he chose a public parking lot instead of illegal parking.

He really has the makings of a lawyer.

It wasn’t exactly praise.

 

“What about Senior Lim Do-hyuk?”

“Ah, I told him to wait in the car ahead of time. As for me… well, there was someone who helped me get in.”

 

Kim Yo-han, who had become background noise during our conversation, was trembling violently.

 

There were crashing sounds coming from outside. It seemed like the situation was developing rapidly after Manager Yoon Ha-young had burst out.

I leisurely turned around and made eye contact with Kim Yo-han.

 

“You see, I’m a romantic.”

“…!”

 

Kim Yo-han’s face contorted. He seemed very offended by the sudden remark.

 

“Sadly, I’ve never considered marrying someone I don’t love.”

 

That was half true.

I’d never considered marriage at all in the first place.

 

I was married to my work.

That was the only romance in my life.

 

And now that I’d become Sung Tae-hyun, it would be the same for him too.

 

“Wi-with just that kind of mindset-“

“I can’t become a criminal.”

 

When I spoke teasingly, Kim Yo-han pulled out something bell-shaped from his belongings.

It looked like a medieval artifact.

 

What kind of religious order is this to have so many strange objects?

Shouldn’t they donate these to a museum?

 

“…It’s over.”

“What is?”

“I was trying to quietly finish just the baptism ceremony, but you’ve made things too big.”

 

Kim Yo-han returned to his leisurely attitude.

 

“My believers are everywhere. And they’re not easy to find either.”

“Are you threatening me?”

“Threatening… To call God’s given mission a threat. That’s blasphemy.”

 

Kim Yo-han raised the bell high as if he was about to shake it.

Noh Hae-min and I looked at him in bewilderment.

 

His behavior itself was strangely concerning.

 

“This bell is a kind of alarm system.”

 

Realizing our situation, Kim Yo-han kindly explained.

 

“This kind of show-off system is important too. For the believers, you know.”

 

Well now. He’s not even trying to hide it anymore.

 

He shook the bell once.

The lights in our location began flickering and a loud siren started blaring.

 

“What about Manager Yoon Ha-young?”

 

I ignored Kim Yo-han and asked Noh Hae-min quietly.

 

“Manager Yoon will probably be fine. By now she might have already escaped-“

“How presumptuous.”

 

Kim Yo-han’s eyes, seemingly stained with madness, gleamed.

 

He shook the bell for the second time.

Now the siren could be heard blaring loudly from the upper floor as well.

 

Isn’t he the one making things big, not me?

I tilted my head briefly to analyze his intentions.

 

“You won’t be able to escape easily.”

“Hmm…”

“It was you, Mr. Sung Tae-hyun, who walked into the Heart of Gwanghui Group with your own feet.”

“Can’t you speak a bit more simply?”

 

When I asked, Kim Yo-han’s face contorted severely.

 

“What-“

“I don’t know much about religion, you see.”

“….”

“If you’re trying to do evangelism or something, shouldn’t you speak simply enough for ordinary people to understand?”

“…!”

“Everything you say is just hot air, so someday you’ll run out of those impressive-sounding words too… Ah, I’m saying this out of pity.”

“You right now-“

 

Kim Yo-han angrily dropped the hand that had been holding up the bell.

Since the siren was already blaring noisily, it seemed he had done his job.

 

Noh Hae-min was anxiously gripping my clothes from behind.

 

“Anyway, well, it’s not like I’m trying to do religious revival consulting in this situation.”

 

I pulled out my mobile phone in front of Kim Yo-han.

 

The video recording that had still been running finally ended.

The mobile phone battery was at 13%. If I had delayed just a little longer, it would have been over.

 

I showed Kim Yo-han the photo album containing videos and photos I had taken over the past few days.

 

“Documentary filming is trending these days.”

“What, what are you- do you know what you’re saying right now-“

“I do.”

 

And actually, the documentary story had just occurred to me.

Evidence gathering like video filming was something I had naturally been doing for my future self.

 

“You’ve probably heard a lot about it, Kim Yo-han.”

 

I could see his lips visibly drying up in real time.

Noh Hae-min, who would be hearing about documentaries or whatever for the first time, had his eyes wide open.

 

“There are many incidents that have caused social controversy. Cult leaders like you, and cults.”

“…! You’re threatening me right now-“

“I haven’t even specified any concrete harm yet, so how is this a threat?”

 

I moved a little closer to Kim Yo-han, who already looked like he was about to faint.

To think such a pathetic person was a cult leader. It was lamentable.

 

The pupils of the cult leader, who had been confidently claiming to be God’s representative, were shaking incessantly.

 

“Anyway, I know a reporter.”

 

This was true.

 

“That reporter’s friend is apparently filming a documentary these days.”

 

This was made up.

 

But wouldn’t there be at least one person like that?

In Reporter Lee Na-yoon’s circle.

There might be a friend as crazy as her.

 

“…!”

 

Kim Yo-han’s facial muscles trembled.

 

“Didn’t you say there are quite a few elites from Korea’s political and business circles among the believers?”

“…Th, this…!”

“You said most people don’t even know this religious order exists. That you don’t accept just anyone.”

“Y, you…!”

“An elitist religious order… Oh, I’m not criticizing it. I just thought- the broadcasting industry would love it.”

 

I wore a relaxed smile and admired his face.

 

Perhaps because his own future was at stake,

unlike when he was abusing Park Noah earlier, his shaken emotions were showing plainly.

 

“If these videos were made into a documentary and screened on OTT, it would be quite watchable.”

“…!”

“Well, it could even be released on terrestrial broadcasting. If possible.”

 

This is what specifying concrete harm means, you bastard.

But Kim Yo-han couldn’t charge me with blackmail either.

It would be like asking to be killed.

 

“Kugh… Hueot…”

 

Kim Yo-han began gasping for breath.

 

He was no different from Sung Tae-hyun, who had panic attacks from trauma after seeing Park Noah collapse.

His face was flushed red as if he would faint soon.

 

“…Will that person be okay?”

 

Noh Hae-min whispered behind me.

He was fidgeting with his hands as if worried that Kim Yo-han might collapse.

 

“Senior.”

“Yeah?”

“You should take care of yourself. Why did you even come in here?”

 

Noh Hae-min’s face fell glumly.

Manager Yoon would be one thing, but I wasn’t particularly happy to see Noh Hae-min.

 

Rather, I should say I was worried.

To throw innocent Noh Hae-min among these cult fanatics where there wasn’t a single person with their head screwed on straight.

 

It was the end times.

 

“Keuut…”

 

Kim Yo-han, who had been gasping, staggered and leaned against the wall.

 

It was the wall of the room where Park Noah had been confined earlier.

I wondered what he was doing, but the siren had stopped at some point.

Had Kim Yo-han done something?

Anyway, I had something to say to Kim Yo-han.

 

“Do you want a documentary about the entire religious order to be made?”

 

Kim Yo-han, his eyes bloodshot red, shook his head.

His expression looked very hurt in his pride.

 

“Then good. The case I’m handling isn’t about this religious order, but related to Park Mu-hyun.”

“…Are you, suggesting we negotiate, hueok, right now?”

“You could say that.”

 

Right. I have a video that could pose a serious problem to the survival of this religious order.

Including the fact that I was kidnapped and confined.

 

The name of the religious order called Cardia isn’t widely known yet,

but if this new name gets embroiled in controversy, it won’t be easy to restore its fallen brand value.

 

“…The conditions.”

“I’m going to take Park Noah out of here. Safely. With his mother Lim Do-i and his uncle Lim Do-hyuk, that should be enough.”

“…That’s all?”

 

The faces of the others wearing masks weren’t revealed.

I couldn’t capture them in photos either.

 

Deputy Manager Yoon Ha-young said Lim Sang-jin was included, but I don’t know if proper photos of that remain either.

 

“As if. I’m also going to report Park Mu-hyun for child abuse. Even if Lim Do-i wants to just let it slide.”

 

Kim Yo-han shut his mouth tightly. He seemed to be contemplating.

The one who answered was someone else.

 

“Let’s do that.”

 

When had she entered?

It was Elucia with her cold face.

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