I Will Not Live as a Genius

145. Eight on twenty nine

“Ahhh——!”

At the sound of screams that followed, the people in the restaurant began to murmur.

– Shouldn’t this be the police?

– That person has been serious since I ordered it, and I thought it would be like that in the end.

– You shouldn’t laugh at this… . Puff-!

– Boy-! What if you laugh out loud like that?

but… There was even going to be laughter.

Because Kwang-soo was wearing kimchi stew from his head, his arms bent backwards, and he was making a strange scream.

“Ah-! Who are you? Ahh-! Sa, please save me—! I, please… … .”

Woodduck—!

“Ugh—!”

This time, Kwang-soo could not even scream and collapsed to the floor.

About 30 seconds ago, that is, the moment Kwang-soo punched me… Jin-gu, who arrived at the restaurant just in time, grabbed Kwang-soo’s arm.

Kwang-soo got up from the floor with a groan, realized that it was Jin-goo who broke his arm, and opened his mouth with a harsh tone.

“Yoo Jin-goo! What kind of bastard do you dare—! Do you think I’ll be quiet?”

As if his right wrist was still in pain, he put his left hand into the pocket of his right pants and pulled out the phone, looking at Yeonji, me, and Jingu in turn.

“You’re all going to call the police! Yoo Jin-goo, you bastard! You really kill me!”

At Kwang-soo’s words, Jin-goo smiled and took a step closer to Kwang-soo.

“What? kill me?”

As Jin-gu got closer, Kwang-soo flinched and took a step back and fell to the floor again.

Kwang-soo sat on the floor, swearing and calling 112, and Jin-goo took his wallet out of his coat pocket and squatted in front of Kwang-soo. Then, in front of Kwang-soo, he opened his wallet and opened his mouth.

“I am Detective Jin-gu Yoo at Danwon Police Station in Ansan City. When the phone is connected, explain the attempted assault you just committed and the threat you made to kill the police. It’s probably an extenuating circumstance because he committed suicide.”

Kwang-soo’s expression hardened, and the employee who received the order from Kwang-soo a while ago said to Jin-goo.

“Police man, I will witness the attempted assault and the police threat.”

And a voice came from Kwang-soo’s phone along with a ringing tone.

-thank you. This is Gangnam Police Station ㅁㅁㅁ cop. How can I help you?

Kwang-soo was speechless as if he had eaten honey, and the agent’s voice came from the phone again.

– This is Gangnam Police Station. How can I help you? Perhaps… Is this an emergency right now?

Kwangsoo said to the phone as if he had just come to his senses.

“ah… it’s nothing. I dialed the wrong number.”

After the call, Kwang-soo got up from his seat and looked at Yeon-ji and me in turn… He spit out swear words to himself and headed out of the restaurant.

“excuse me… ! Guest!”

I was a restaurant worker who just wanted to be a witness.

She followed Gwangsu and continued.

“What you ordered, you have to pay before you go!”

In the meantime, Jingu asked me.

“Jeong-ho, are you okay? Are there any injuries?”

“yes I’m fine.”

“Then wait… .”

Jin-goo went out of the restaurant with Kwang-soo, who was paying at the counter.

A heavily tinted car was parked outside the restaurant, and the two had a short conversation in front of it.

After a while, Kwang-soo disappeared in the direction of the subway station, and Jin-goo returned to the restaurant.

I wanted to change my seat because the people around me noticed, but Jin-goo shook his head. It is the food that Kwang-soo bought, and he said that he must eat it.

After a while, Yeonji also got up from her seat, Sooyeol hyung and Eunseong arrived, and finally Incheol joined. So Su-yeol’s farewell party began.

Spring 2009.

The past two months have been particularly eventful.

The former president took his own life, the Four Rivers project began in earnest, and Internet commentator Minerva filed a constitutional complaint. In response to the restructuring of China’s Shanghai Motor Company, Ssangyong Motor employees went on strike.

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North Korea’s Kim Jong-il officially announced that his third son, Kim Jong-un, had been announced as the successor, and it was not long before North Korea conducted a large-scale nuclear test.

Seismic waves from this nuclear test were detected in many countries around the world, and it is said that the nuclear bomb tested by North Korea weighed between 13,000 and 20,000 tons in terms of TNT.

For reference, since the Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II was 16,000 tons of TNT equivalent, this nuclear test meant that North Korea had become a de facto nuclear power.

And the country that welcomed this news the most was none other than Japan. It was because they could voice their desire to have an actual military rather than the Self-Defense Forces under the pretext of North Korea’s nuclear threat.

“Coming here, I read a newspaper article on the subway… Is it really possible to contain North Korea by arming Japan?”

At Incheol’s question, Suyeol hyung smiled and said.

“It’s bullshit.”

“no wonder… No matter how you look at it, it’s nonsense, but after reading the article carefully, I thought that this was really true. Besides, this was an article in a Korean newspaper.”

For reference, the Korean newspaper is one of the three major daily newspapers.

Eunseong opened her mouth at Incheol’s words.

“A Korean newspaper? Could it be that the journalist who wrote it was a century old?”

In response to Eunseong’s question, Incheol shrugged and said.

“I don’t know that either.”

Out of curiosity, I asked Eunseong.

“A century journalist? How do you know him?”

Eunseong smiled bitterly at my question.

“that person… It’s famous for writing articles for money behind the scenes.”

Su-yeol hyung received Eun-seong’s words.

“If you are a journalist of a century… There were rumors that it was probably receiving Japanese sponsorship through the Japanese embassy… .”

Eunseong narrowed her brows and said.

“I heard that story too. That is probably the Kanto Press Foundation.”

“It’s embarrassing for such a person to be a reporter. Whoa—!”

Soo-yeol hyung poured soju into his mouth with a bitter expression, In-cheol searched for something with his smartphone, and then held out his smartphone to Eun-seong and said:

“Eunseong-ah, is this the Kanto Press Foundation?”

Eunseong said while scrolling down Incheol’s smartphone.

“I don’t know exactly because this is Japanese… it seems roughly right ah… ! here it is.”

Eunseong returned the smartphone to Incheol and said.

“The person in the picture here is a reporter for a century. But what is written here?”

Incheol said while checking the picture on his smartphone.

“It is said that it is an award for foreign journalists who have made Japan shine. Wow-! But what kind of prize money is 20 million yen? OMG-!”

In-cheol, who was checking his smartphone like that, continued talking with his eyes shining.

“OK-! Anyway, I’ve been very bored these days, but it’s good.”

“I was bored… What do you mean?”

“ha ha ha-! Nothing.”

In-cheol picked up a soju bottle and filled Su-yeol’s hyung’s glass, and Su-yeol-hyung said to In-cheol.

“ah… ! Incheol-ah, do you have your company? Yoon Sung Soft.”

In response to Su-yeol’s question, In-cheol pointed at me and said.

“You can talk to our vice president here about business.”

At Incheol’s words, I smiled and opened my mouth.

“men and horses! It has been over a year and a half since I left the company.”

When I started my graduate school master’s program, I completely gave up on Yoon Sung Soft and Balhae sports.

I spoke to Su-yeol-hyung.

“Hyung, what about Yunseong Soft?”

“This time, they said that our newspaper company’s computer system security management contract with Yunseong Soft.”

“Five… ! Really?”

At my question, Su-yeol hyung pointed to Eun-seong and said.

“I heard from Eunseong. Eunseong is working in the company’s computer room these days.”

The same idiot Eunsung works in the computer room?

I turned to Eunseong and said.

“Why are you working in the computer room?”

“It’s a bit long to talk about. haha-!”

A newspaper reporter is working in a computer room… .

I said with a worried look.

“What’s going on?”

“I told the editor-in-chief.”

At Suyeol hyung’s words, Eunseong smiled and said.

“a-! It’s not a dog thing, it’s just a complaint.”

“That’s it. men and horses! You have to kill your temper and live.”

Eunseong said with a sad expression on her face.

“I’m not really sarcastic. If I was going to revise all the articles posted by the reporter from one to ten, I was just telling them to release the article under the editor’s name except for my name.”

You’re right… . And it seems that Eun-seong was sent to the computer room as a kind of punishment.

I asked Eunseong.

“So, how long do I have to work in the computer room?”

“I don’t know. If you do, I’m going to destroy the company right now.”

but… If it’s Eunseong, you won’t have any regrets.

You can become a full-time writer, or you can take over the catering business of your Seoul father.

So we went out after eating at ＜Garlic Bulgogi>.

Su-yeol hyung, Eun-seong, and In-cheol headed to the pub in the second round, and I, who does not drink alcohol, walked towards the bus stop with Jin-goo, who had to go to Ansan.

“But are you still on standby?”

In response to my question, Jingu sighed and said.

“Yes.”

Jin-goo was suspended for three months in December of last year, and although the disciplinary action had already ended two months ago, the order was still not issued.

Jin-goo smiled and continued.

“Still, you should be glad that it ended with a three-month suspension, huh? Wait a little longer, and if you don’t keep calling, I’ll try to figure out something else slowly now.”

“Are you thinking about something?”

Jingu shook his head with a bitter expression at my question.

ah… ! I think I asked something.

I decided to change the subject.

“Oh yeah… ! I couldn’t even say thank you because I wasn’t in a hurry before. If it wasn’t for you, I’d be in a bad mood, thank you so much.”

Jin-goo said with a characteristic innocent smile.

“Thank you. It’s natural. I’m glad I arrived on time though.”

“By the way, what were you talking about with Kwang-soo outside? I looked out the window and it was very serious… .”

Jin-goo said with a smirk.

“I didn’t say anything. I haven’t seen you in a long time, and I said goodbye. haha-!”

* * *

2 hours ago.

Jin-goo finished the calculation and followed Kwang-soo out of the restaurant.

“Is your wrist okay?”

At Jin-goo’s question, Kwang-soo looked at Jin-goo as if to kill him and said,

“The police called the people’s staff use violence against innocent citizens… . Did you say Ansan City Danwon Police Station? I’m going to file a complaint right away tomorrow morning.”

Jin-goo said with a smirk.

“Well, is that so?”

“Hey, fuck it! I really don’t want to have any luck today… . shit-!”

“You have no luck? I know you are very lucky today.”

Kwang-soo turned his head and looked at Jin-goo again, and Jin-goo also erased the smile from his face and continued.

“If you had just touched a single hair on Jung-ho’s body, you would have crushed both your jawbone and both cheekbones today, and you would have been taken to the hospital.”

When Jin-goo’s words came out of his mouth, Kwang-soo secretly avoided Jin-goo’s gaze, and Jin-goo opened his mouth again.

“On the day I appear in front of Jung-ho one more time and punch him, then I won’t be still. Be mindful.”

“… … .”

Jin-goo turned and entered the restaurant, and Kwang-soo opened his mouth after confirming that the restaurant was closed.

“It’s crazy. Do you think I’ll stand still after being hurt like this? Chae Jung-ho, you motherfucker… dead to me.”

After speaking, Kwang-soo took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and started walking towards the subway station.

After a while, the dark tinted car parked in front of the restaurant turned on, and the car started moving along with the light.