Even if I'm crazy, I'm really crazy
Han Hyun-soo, the current leader of the Church of Heaven, arrived at Osaka Airport.
But no one from the Japanese church came to pick me up at the airport.
"Huh······. Look at these."
Han Hyun-soo clicked his tongue and frowned. He recalled what the Japanese religious leaders had told him.
'If you want to talk to us, come directly to the Japanese church. We have no reason to go to the Korean church.'
The Japanese church leaders did not refer to the main branch of the Church of Heaven in Korea as the main branch.
Instead, he called it the Korean Church. Han Hyun-soo clicked his tongue, guessing what that meant.
I was quite angry at his attitude of refusing to even talk to me if I didn't come to Japan.
And on top of that, he ordered the current leader to come to him.
Although he was angry, he decided to visit the Japanese church to have a conversation.
However, because he did not want his followers to know that he was visiting the Japanese religious order, he entered Japan secretly, taking only a secretary and a chauffeur.
"Hey. Where's the car?"
"I'm waiting outside."
"Then let's move quickly. Let's go see those rare and handsome faces and talk."
As Han Hyun-soo took the lead, his secretary and attendant followed behind.
He left the airport and looked around. The car that was supposed to be waiting was nowhere to be seen.
"What? Where is the car?"
"Oh, please wait a moment."
The attendant who had spoken politely ran off somewhere. When the two were left alone, Han Hyun-soo spoke to his secretary.
"Why on earth do you think these kids are doing this?"
"Even when the president was there, there were many people who consistently insisted that the Japanese church was different from the Korean church. However, when the president was there, that opinion did not gain much traction······."
The secretary looked at Han Hyun-soo's expression, trailing off.
"Hey! Just tell me."
"I apologize. As the leader ascends to the position of leader, the claims of the separatist forces seeking to separate the Japanese religious order are gaining more strength."
"Why on earth? I am also a descendant of my father's blood. What's the problem?"
"······It's not a question of legitimacy. It seems like they knew that Kim Moo-hyuk had supported the cult leader."
"under······."
Han Hyun-soo touched his forehead. He gritted his teeth and took out his temper on his poor secretary.
"Did I have a choice? He was going to completely eliminate the Church of Heaven in Korea! So I just chose to join hands with that person. Was that such a big mistake?"
"No. Most people would think like the leader. But in the Japanese religious community, they seem to be trying to trip up over that part."
"Wait a minute. Most of the ordinary believers don't know about Kim Moo-hyuk. So the leadership is doing this among themselves right now?"
"I think so."
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As the ambiguous answers continued, Han Hyun-soo shouted.
"It's the same, it's the same! What are you talking about, that ambiguous statement! Are you saying that you haven't understood anything properly?!"
"······sorry."
"Aww! Just get this!"
Han Hyun-soo raised his hand. The secretary, who saw his hand raised high, tightly closed his eyes. At that moment, an attendant stopped in front of him with a car.
Han Hyun-soo lowered his hand and coughed in vain.
"Let's do this right, please. You're the only person I trust, and if you keep acting like this, how can I trust you? Right?"
"I'm sorry, Reverend."
"You have found the Japanese church as you suggested, so there has to be a change. If not, I won't let you go, so just wait and see. You dared to make me go astray."
"Good results await you."
"Okay. Open the door."
The secretary opened the door, and Han Hyun-soo got into the car.
The secretary carefully closed the door so as not to make a loud noise and turned around.
Her eyes were gleaming eerily as she quietly climbed into the passenger seat.
* * *
To prepare for any unexpected accidents, one Black Bear mercenary team and one combat team from the Cheonha Group entered Japan.
They were scattered throughout Kyoto, each in their own lodgings, waiting for my orders.
After checking all the plans and most of the preparations were done, I got a call from Yamamoto.
- President Kim Moo-hyuk.
I clearly told you not to contact me until I contacted you.
"What? I told you to contact me when you need me. Did Takayama run away?"
- No. I heard that Hiroyuki contacted Takayama.
"Are you Hiroyuki?"
Hiroyuki seems to be in a hurry. A man as high as the Chief Cabinet Secretary contacting a mere deputy chief first.
"Why? Did you ask me to come see you again?"
- No. I asked you to do one thing.
Do you want me to do something for you? If it's something you'd ask the yakuza to do, it probably won't be a good thing.
I asked Yamamoto with a frown.
"Did you share our plan with anyone? Is that why Hiroyuki made his move?"
― Absolutely not. I didn't tell anyone. As the president said, when everything was ready and I got a call from the president, I was going to tell Takayama to prepare for a meeting with Hiroyuki.
Fortunately, it seems like the plan didn't leak out anywhere.
My plan was to get the Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary involved in the yakuza's fight and get him killed.
While Takayama and Hiroyuki were secretly meeting, a yakuza barged in and opened fire.
The yakuza who tried to kill Takayama accidentally kills Hiroyuki as well.
Yamamoto decided to prepare both the perpetrator and the subordinate organization that would later take responsibility.
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This was the only way to minimize the shock.
Yamamoto would inevitably take some damage, but there was no better way.
But I didn't expect this kind of variable to arise. I didn't expect Hiroyuki's sudden actions.
"What exactly did Hiroyuki instruct?"
― That······. It's a request to kidnap and deal with Han Hyun-soo, the leader of the Church of Heaven.
"What? You told me to kidnap Han Hyun-soo?"
― I heard that Han Hyun-soo entered Japan today. He said that only three people entered the country, including one attendant and one secretary.
I couldn't help but sigh when I heard that Han Hyun-soo, the leader of the Heavenly Church, entered Japan without any special escort.
"He must have quickly learned that Han Hyun-soo entered the country without an escort, as he was a person of the position of Chief Cabinet Secretary. Are you certain that he ordered Han Hyun-soo to be kidnapped and killed?"
― He said he didn't give a direct order to kill them. He just vaguely asked them to handle it themselves.
That's funny. Telling the yakuza to take care of it themselves is the same as telling them to kill someone without anyone knowing.
"Japanese religious order. No, Hiroyuki is out of his mind. He's crazy, seriously crazy."
The Japanese religious order was also a problem, but Han Hyun-soo was the biggest problem.
What on earth was that idiot thinking, entering Japan without any security?
The position of leader of a cult is such that one inevitably has many enemies.
Because it was a pseudo-religion that led individuals, families, and countries to ruin.
There was a reason why Han Seong-jin brought along such a huge security force.
Even the basic thing is to select security personnel as fanatics and have them risk their lives to protect the leader······.
He rubbed his throbbing forehead and asked Yamamoto again.
"How on earth did you make Han Hyun-soo come to Japan?"
- Takayama said he didn't know that either.
Of course, Hiroyuki doesn't really believe in Takayama, so he wouldn't have told him anything specific.
But no matter how stupid Han Hyun-soo is, he wouldn't have come in without thinking.
The Japanese church must have done something about it.
"Where did you get the order to kidnap them?"
― They told me to kidnap her when she left the Japanese church and moved to her lodgings. It seems that Han Hyun-soo's secretary was bribed by the Japanese church. She said she would help.
"Yes? Is that true?"
― Since it was Hiroyuki who said it himself, it is probably true that the secretary was bribed. If there is internal support, it would be easy to secretly kidnap her.
Now I understand Han Hyun-soo's actions.
The fact that he entered Japan with a minimal number of people meant that he trusted his secretary and attendants.
Even if just one of them betrayed, safety could not be guaranteed.
I don't know about Korea, but this is Japan.
Unless you have some faith in it, you're really stupid. To not even know that your closest aides are betraying you.
- Sir, what should I do? If I refuse this request, it may be difficult to meet Hiroyuki later.
Yamamoto was right. I tapped my fingers on the table, lost in thought about what to do.
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If I tried to save Han Hyun-soo, I felt like my plan would go awry, but if I left him to die, that also weighed on my mind.
What would happen to the Church of Heaven if another crazy person, not a greedy and easy-to-control man like Han Hyun-soo, became the leader?
If the Church of Heaven cannot be completely eliminated, it would be better to place greedy people in leadership positions rather than faithful people and have them rule over it.
At that moment, Kim Seon-kyung pushed a cup of warm tea with steam rising in front of me.
He looked at her intently, spoke in a small voice, and lowered his eyes.
"I prepared this because you looked upset. It's a calming tea, boss."
I snickered and pressed the mute button. I put the phone down for a moment and asked Kim Seon-gyeong.
"Thank you, Seon-kyung. What would you do if you had to give up one thing to get one thing?"
"Boss, do I really have to give up one?"
Instead of answering, I nodded. Then, Kim Seon-kyung, who had been thinking for a moment, tilted her head and said.
"But if you're the boss, can't you have both?"
"Usually, that would be possible, but what would you do if you had to choose only one? Tell me what you think."
When asked again, Kim Seon-kyung spoke in a deep voice without hesitation.
"If I have to get one, I'll get the irreplaceable one."
"Would you like to get the irreplaceable one?"
I raised one corner of my mouth without realizing it. He's really smart.
Kim Seon-kyung was thinking similarly to me.
"Yes. Whether it's a person or an object, they all have their own value. However, their value cannot be the same. If one side is even slightly more valuable, I think I would choose the one with the higher value."
Listening to her, I made up my mind.
Let's save Han Hyun-soo. He has more utility.
I just asked because I wanted to hear what Kim Sun-kyung thought, and I was quite satisfied with the result.
No matter what he said, I wouldn't have changed my decision, but I was impressed that he thought similarly to me.
It's definitely worth raising it well.
"Thank you for telling me what you think."
"No. I said that because I thought that if you were my boss, you wouldn't do that."
I took a sip of the tea Kim Seon-kyung gave me, then picked up the phone again and unmuted the call.
"Mr. Yamamoto."
- Yes, sir. I'm listening.
"Let's do Hiroyuki's request. Instead of killing him, let's capture him and imprison him. We can just tell Hiroyuki that we killed him."
- But Hiroyuki may be able to identify the body.
"That would be better. Hiroyuki will never ask to see the body or ask if you killed him."
There is no way a worn-out politician would not know the weight of his words.
So, instead of saying kill, he used the ambiguous word "deal with."
Even if this incident was later made known, he created an excuse to escape by saying that he did not order the killing.
So I won't even say anything about checking the body. Seeing it would be like admitting to being an accomplice.
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"Oh, and you recorded the entire conversation between Takayama and Hiroyuki, right?"
- Yes. I've been doing that all along. Isn't there anything more stupid than trusting politicians?
If the two die, various secret conversations between Hiroyuki and Takayama will be revealed to the media.
"They say this was recorded too."
- Yes, I received it.
"Good job. Is there a quiet warehouse somewhere? A place where I can capture Han Hyun-soo and lock him up."
― You don't have to worry about that. Our organization has many warehouses in Kobe Port.
"Okay, then lock him up there and contact me. I'll come find him."
- Yes, I will do that.
After finishing the call with Yamamoto, I put the phone down.
I suddenly felt tired, so I rubbed my neck from side to side.
"I always say this. When you work in Japan, nothing goes as planned right away."
It seems like Japan and I are polar opposites.
I turned my gaze to Kim Seon-kyung, who was kneeling next to me.
"How is it? Did you check the list I gave you?"
I gave the list of Hussein collections to Kim Sun-kyung and asked her to give her opinion.
"Yes. I checked. I can't believe that all of those are the Boss's collection. The paintings that were said to have disappeared······."
I tilted my teacup while listening to Kim Seon-kyung's story.
* * *
Han Hyun-soo, who had left the Japanese church, kicked the passenger seat and screamed.
"I know that the cubs are the one?"
The chair shook violently, and the shock was directly transmitted to the secretary.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. When you contacted me, you said you would talk things through in a positive way. If the leader visits the Japanese church in person, they won't be stubborn anymore······."
"What! Hey, didn't you see those eyes? Those people who always looked at my father with respect were looking at me with contempt! I need to change all of these people right now. Go back to Korea. I don't want to stay in Japan anymore!"
The moment Han Hyun-soo screamed, a huge impact suddenly hit the car.
"Eww!!"
Han Hyun-soo, who was not wearing a seat belt, rolled around in the backseat of the car and hit his head.
"What, what! You little punk! Aren't you driving properly?"
As the shock wore off and the car came to a stop, Han Hyun-soo lost his temper again.
His forehead was torn, and he was bleeding from his head.
At that moment, a loud noise rang out again from the back seat where Han Hyun-soo was sitting.
In an instant, men in black suits were standing outside the broken car window, holding various weapons.
The man standing at the very front spoke in a cold voice.
"Isn't that Han Hyun-soo? Get off."
Han Hyun-soo felt a sense of crisis in the ominous atmosphere.
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"Oh, no. You saw it wrong."
In response to Han Hyun-soo's answer, one of the men checked the photo and laughed out loud as if he was dumbfounded.
"That's right! What's wrong with that? Get down, you little shit. If you don't want to break something."
The yakuza who opened the car door roughly dragged Han Hyun-soo out.
The attendant ran towards Han Hyun-soo in a hurry, but was beaten by the yakuza.
The secretary, who saw that sight, hurriedly bent down. A smile hung on the corner of the secretary's mouth as she lowered her head.
< Even if I'm crazy, I'm really crazy > End
< I will listen and judge >