October 9, 2030
Kim Dae-hyun was in solitary confinement. He was classified as having a lot of problems beating his inmates after he returned to the military prison. While Dae-hyun was lying down and cursing he's own misfortune, there was a knock on the door. "No. 6506, a visitor came. Don't go on a rampage like last time." Kim Dae-hyun looked incomprehensible from the sudden request for a visit. It was strange for someone to visit him, when his own father gave up on him. He went to the visiting room in handcuffs and met the person. He looked strangely familiar. "…Jang Cheol-dae, the military prosecutor?" Jang Cheol-dae sighed. "… I am a judge now. I didn't come here because I wanted to visit piece of shit like you. I came to say something, so listen.
Jang grabbed his breath for a moment, and finally opened his mouth. "… I filed an appeal through your lawyer. If you confess, I'll minimize your sentence." Kim Dae-hyun was stunned at Jang's proposal. He stared into Jang's eyes, trying to understand what game he was playing. "…What are you up to? Are you trying to knock me off the back by pretending to help me out like this?" Jang shook his head, saying, "...You have put my son in a coma. It is painful and hard to reduce your sentence with my own hands. But.. our son's friend is involved in this. So you have to confess and resolve this quickly."
Kim looked at him with puzzled eyes. "What are you talking about? Did your son have any friends?" Jang looked Kim in the eye with disbelief. "...Whatever. You don't have to know. Even if it wasn't for him... I wanted to let you go. You have to kneel down and apologize in front of my son. Anyway, I gave you a chance to be forgiven, so the choice is yours." Jang stood up after finishing his remarks. ".. You are crazy. Why the actual hell should I apologize to your son?" Jang looked at Kim with cold eyes and left the room.
After exiting the prison, Jang looked at Lee Yeol-gi, who was smoking next to Jang's sedan. When Lee saw Jang Cheol-dae after the visit, he ran over to him. "...Have you met Kim Dae-hyun? What does he say?" Jang Cheol-dae shook his head as an indication that Kim Dae-hyun was likely to turn down the offer. Lee Yeol-gi sighed. "Ha... This is a big deal. If the NIS finds out that Gamamusa was involved, it would be a big deal. If they find out that Baek Hyung-jin and you are related to the incident from 16 years ago, they will question you. Lee Byung-soo is also digging into this, recently. We need to get Baek out of there."
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Jang thought to himself with cold eyes. "But we shouldn't bring out Baek recklessly. The NIS will notice him. The NIS believes that Baek is an accomplice of Gamamusa because he was the only one awake at the scene. Then..." Jang whispered in Lee's ear. Lee tilted his head in his whisper. "…Would that work? People are focused on the incident of when Gamamusa coming over to the border, and another incident that involved him knocking out soldiers by using drugs. Baek was at both sites. If you screw this up, we'll get even more suspicion."
Jang Cheol-dae shook his head. "It's either this or that. Kim Dae-hyun is going to live without self-reflection for the rest of his life anyway. Since it has come to this.. we will use him." Jang picked up the phone and called somewhere. Lee looked nervous. When he finally answered the phone, he talked to someone over the phone. "Oh, hello, PD. Yes, remember that time when I put your son out of the front lines of the border? Yes, I want you to do me a favor, and we're even. I wouldn't ask you to do anything too burdensome. Rather, it's a good suggestion for you, too. Yes, okay.." The phone continued for an hour, and Lee walked toward the car to smoke. "Ha, he's rotten, too. If he solves the problem like this every time, we're going to get trouble one day."
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A few days later, Kim stared blankly at the news. The television news, which covered the entire network that day, was all about Kim Dae-hyun's story of assaulting soldiers during his school days and assaulting fellow soldiers in the military. "Oh, we just got new information for the subject. Some of the deleted CCTV footage we mentioned earlier has been found. It is said that the erased video was found on Kim's computer's hard drive, and the court has adopted it as evidence and secured the computer with the help of an anonymous informant. Watch the video."
The news screen shifted and a video of the day of Gamamusa's assault on the unit was played. "A man in a jump suit is carrying a plastic container on his back and holding a sprayer. The perpetrator approaches to kill Kim with gas, but Baek, who was the victim of Kim's school violence, is standing in his way. Baek has been the only one in the unit who did not faint and reported it to the police, so suspicion arised that saw him as accomplice with the perpetrator. However, he turned out to be a good man who tried to protect Kim, as you can see from today's CCTV footage. The perpetrator is believed to be a victim of Kim who tried to take revenge, and he is now believed to have fled from the police investigations. This was reporter Lee Ji-han, NBS News."
'Crack!' Kim Dae-hyun threw a remote control and smashed the TV screen. "Goddamn it! A public disgrace on live TV? Give me a break!"
