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Kim Moo-hyuk, who was watching the situation unfold, said in a tone of disbelief.

"Mr. Yamamoto. What is it?"

"······."

Yamamoto, who was watching the monitor together, was greatly embarrassed.

Suzuo was an assassin with a reputation within the organization who faithfully followed various assassination orders.

"What the heck is this?"

Kim Moo-hyuk, who rarely raises his voice, put pressure on them by raising his voice.

Yamamoto suddenly felt scared. How did things get so messed up?

Meanwhile, on the monitor, Takayama was trying to persuade Suzuo.

― Hey! Suzuo! Come to your senses! I'm the Chief Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Cabinet Secretary! It's not just anyone else, I'm the Chief Cabinet Secretary! If you stop now, I can handle this. I can handle this! I won't let you get hurt!

Kim Moo-hyuk shook his head at Takayama's words.

If there was even a moment of hesitation, the assassination would fail, because traces of hesitation would be left at the scene.

At that moment, Yamamoto stood up from his seat.

"I will go myself. I will take my men······."

"Stop. That's enough. I've prepared the mercenaries just in case."

Kim Moo-hyuk stopped Yamamoto from getting up from his seat and looked at Director Ma.

Chief Ma immediately took out a small radio and contacted someone.

In the meantime, the situation shown on the monitor was a complete mess.

― Suzuo! It's Takayama! Who would I betray? Tell me. Who gave the order?

― The president······.

Yamamoto's face was distorted like a monster's curse.

Takayama found out that he had given the order.

Now there was no choice. Takayama, Hiroyuki, and Suzuo had to be killed.

- What? The president? ... ... Oyabun told me to kill him?

―······.

As Suzuo was unable to answer, only silence flowed beyond the monitor.

At that moment, Hiroyuki stepped forward. Hiroyuki slammed the table hard.

- What are you doing? Do you know who I am?

The surprise subsided for a moment, and Hiroyuki's eyes lit up with anger.

Takayama and Suzuo's gaze turned to Hiroyuki.

― It's none of my business if you guys fight each other. But what are you doing in front of me right now!

The two flinched at Hiroyuki's loud voice.

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Suzuo did not know that the person meeting with Takayama was a Chief Cabinet Secretary or someone like that.

Suzuo was conflicted and in extreme confusion.

'What should I do? Is it really okay to kill the Chief Cabinet Secretary? What will happen to my family if I don't follow the President's orders?'

And if we stop here, will everything be back to normal?

Hiroyuki read the hesitation in Suzuo's eyes.

He raised his voice even louder, thinking that the only solution was to come out stronger here.

- Drop the gun.

―······.

― Hey, Suzuo! Throw it away! Throw it away!

Takayama had left his gun outside to enter the restaurant.

If Suzuo makes up his mind and decides to kill everyone, both he and Hiroyuki will die.

Takayama, who was well aware of this fact, continued to yell at Suzuo to put the gun down.

Blood continued to flow from my arm, but I had no time to worry about that.

Takayama, who was becoming anxious, brought up the story of his family, which was his sore spot, to persuade Suzuo.

― Suzuo! Think of your family. Your mother is for you······.

- shut up!

Suzuo, excited again by the family story, aimed his gun at Takayama.

- Suzuo!

But Takayama didn't hide like before. From now on, it was a battle of momentum.

― You really have to kill me? Yeah, kill me! Kill me, you little shit!

Takayama shouted without showing any sign of fear.

Takayama was also a man who had been living in the rough underworld for decades.

Suzuo was troubled, and Takayama was unyielding.

In the midst of this chaos, Hiroyuki quickly gathered his thoughts.

'If we use this well, we can deal a huge blow to Prime Minister Koizumi. We can bring down both Yamamoto and Koizumi.'

Hiroyuki slammed the table again. Suzuo, startled, turned to look at Hiroyuki with his gun still in his hand.

- You said Suzuo.

But Hiroyuki continued speaking while looking straight into Suzuo's eyes.

― As you know, I am Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki. Don't say you don't know me.

―······.

- Let me make you a suggestion. Put down your gun and take what I have to offer. I think that will be better for you.

Hiroyuki didn't wait for Suzuo's answer.

― You came to kill me under the orders of Prime Minister Yamamoto, right? If you just state to Yamamoto that the person who ordered me to kill him was Prime Minister Koizumi, I will help you.

Takayama and Suzuo were shocked. But Hiroyuki paid no attention and continued speaking.

― If you do that, I will let you out of prison without serving much time. In the meantime, I will protect your family. When you come out, I will be the Prime Minister of Japan, so it won't be difficult. What do you think of my proposal?

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As Hiroyuki finished speaking, Takayama accepted his words.

― Yes, Suzuo! How long are you going to live your life doing dirty work as an assassin? Now, grab the hand that the Chief Cabinet Secretary is offering you. It's a golden rope! Think of your family, Suzuo!

Although he was still holding the gun, Suzuo's mind was complicated.

Perhaps because the situation was so chaotic that there was no time to think deeply, Hiroyuki's suggestion sounded like a good idea.

― Can you really······ protect my family?

- I am a person who keeps my word.

Suzuo, who had been pondering Hiroyuki's firm answer, slowly lowered his arms.

But before he could put his gun down, a masked man barged in.

- Hey, let's go with the original plan.

It was the mercenaries that Kim Mu-hyeok had prepared that had rushed in.

- What! Who are you?

The masked man snickered and answered Hiroyuki's bewildered question.

- Who are you? You're the grim reaper.

As soon as he finished answering, he pounced on Suzuo and aimed the gun in his hand at Hiroyuki.

bang!

A single gunshot rang out, followed by a puff of acrid gunpowder smoke.

As the smoke cleared, Hiroyuki was seen collapsed on the table.

Hiroyuki was pierced through the forehead just as he was about to open his mouth, and died instantly.

Suzuo twisted his body in protest at the sudden events, but was unable to escape the masked man's grasp.

- You idiot. We moved because of you.

The masked man turned his gun towards Takayama while criticizing Suzuo for this.

Another gunshot rang out, and Takayama, who was hit squarely in the forehead, fell to the ground with a look of despair in his eyes.

Kim Moo-hyuk was checking the whole situation on the monitor.

The masked mercenary looked at where the camera was installed.

"Sir, let's finish it."

Director Ma nodded at those words and gave instructions through the walkie-talkie.

- Now that the order has been given, you should go too.

- Okay, wait a minute.

Finally, a gunshot rang out. Suzuo fell to the ground, blood pouring out of his chest.

The mercenary placed the gun that shot Suzuo into the hand of Takayama, who was already dead.

Then, the two men exchanged gunfire and began to manipulate the scene to make it look like Hiroyuki had been killed by a grenade.

When everything was over, Kim Moo-hyuk stood up from his seat.

He spoke to Yamamoto, who was looking at the monitor with a blank expression next to him.

"I'm disappointed, Mr. Yamamoto. This is your last chance, so please fix it properly. If you fail to do this properly and disappoint me, our relationship will end."

Leaving behind those last cold words, Kim Moo-hyuk left the scene.

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* * *

The next day.

Japan was turned upside down.

It has been revealed that three bodies were found in a restaurant in Kyoto, and that one of them was Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki.

― Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Koizumi was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head.

All broadcasting stations in Japan stopped their regular broadcasts and broadcast live from in front of the restaurant.

People from the Metropolitan Police Department set up a police line at the scene to control reporters and people, but that wasn't enough, so the Self-Defense Forces were also dispatched.

The whole scene was broadcast live throughout Japan.

I was watching the news at the hotel.

"How is Yamamoto moving?"

Director Ma answered my question.

"The Metropolitan Police Department has already sent police to the Yamaguchi-gumi headquarters. Yamamoto is obediently following their orders."

One of the people found with Hiroyuki was the deputy head of the Yamaguchi-gumi.

The Metropolitan Police Department had ample justification to raid the Yamaguchi-gumi headquarters.

No matter how powerful the Yamaguchi-gumi was in Kobe, it was the death of Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary.

The Metropolitan Police Department could not ignore it either, and moved quickly in a way that was unusual for a Japanese police organization.

"Yamamoto will be arrested soon too."

Even if they didn't put him in prison, the Metropolitan Police Department had no choice but to arrest him.

This was because they had to investigate what the captain had been talking about there and whether it was Yamamoto's instructions that the two had met.

But since the script had already been written, Yamamoto would readily agree to go along.

At that moment, my personal cell phone rang. I picked it up and checked the name on the screen, and I couldn't help but laugh.

- Hey! Are you in Japan now?

As soon as he picked up the phone, Myeongsu spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Oh. It's Japan."

― There's chaos in Japan right now. Come back to Korea right now. Don't stay there and get hurt for no reason.

The tone was blunt, but the content was full of concern.

"What's there to get hurt about? I haven't finished what I need to do yet. I'll finish everything and then go in."

At my indifferent reaction, Myeongsu asked in a doubtful voice.

- What's wrong, why are you reacting like that? Is it you again? Is this something that has to do with you?

"I don't know what you're talking about. Whatever happens, I do it."

― The timing is strange. You were in Japan when the Chief Cabinet Secretary died. And he was shot.

"It wasn't me. By the way, didn't Japan contact the Korean government regarding the 7th mine?"

When I tried to change the subject, Myeongsu muttered in a still suspicious voice.

― Hmm······. Strange. I feel like it's exactly what you did.

"Okay. Just answer the question."

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- Oh, I got a call. I think I'll be leading a group to Japan next month.

"Does our government have no people? They send you away every now and then."

― It's all your fault! The president sent me because you keep making things happen. Where are you! I'll be there right away, so just wait!

Myeongsu shouted in a voice full of complaints. I laughed loudly and said.

"Isn't that a good thing? If oil and natural gas come out of Block 7, our country will now become an oil-producing country. We can't consume it all, though."

― That's true. Okay, I got it. I called because I was worried about you. Let's talk properly later.

Myeongsu hung up the phone, and I put the phone down with a smile.

I told the story to Director Ma, who seemed to be asking what was going on.

"Myeongsu asks if it was something I did."

Director Ma nodded as if he knew it. It's funny because neither of them have changed.

I raised the corners of my lips again and fell into thought.

Hiroyuki is dead, and now only the Church of Heaven remains.

The Japanese church in the Church of Heaven is probably also in shock.

"How is Korea moving?"

I was curious about how things were going in the Church of Heaven now that the leader has disappeared.

"Kim Sun-ja was the first to move, and after that, Han Hyeon-jin and Han Hyeon-woo moved. They each met with believers to increase their power."

Now that Han Hyun-soo has gone missing, his two sons, led by Kim Sun-ja, have begun to come forward, just as they did in their previous life.

If left alone, it was clear that the Church of Heaven would split into three.

"Think of a way to bring Han Hyun-soo back to Korea. Not the normal way."

"Yes. I will prepare it."

I thought about it for a moment and then added.

"Please send a Black Bear team to Han Hyun-soo. I can sort everything out this time. A team made up of Koreans would be nice."

"Okay. How far should I give you instructions on how to support me?"

As far as... That's not clear.

"Tell Han Hyun-soo to help with whatever he wants to do. I wonder if he'll kill his family or let them live."

Whether Han Hyun-soo would accept my advice or not was entirely his choice.

I was thinking of deciding how to use Han Hyun-soo based on his choices.

- Oh, I heard that Prime Minister Koizumi is scheduled to make a special statement later.

As the announcer spoke, the broadcast screen changed from the restaurant to the announcement room.

After a while.

Prime Minister Koizumi was entering the announcement room with a stiff expression on his face.

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