Epilogue, Retribution (1)
Immediately after Kim Pan-ho’s election.
The first thing to do after stabilizing the new regime was to reignite the Golden Gate.
[Fellow citizens. About a year ago, an unprecedented and heinous group crime called ‘Golden Gate’ occurred in Korea. At that time, everyone was angry and everyone raised their voices and called for strong punishment. But what was the result? Either Yoon Hyun-min of Taeyang Group is behind it or there is someone else. Only false news that has not been proven to be true has been floating around, and the exact truth has not been revealed. The Golden Gate is a shameful history of the Republic of Korea and a problem that is still eating away at the Republic of Korea like cancer cells. Therefore, I will declare this to the people here. I, Kim Pan-ho, will clearly reveal the truth about Golden Gate before my term ends!]
Golden Gate.
It was a problem that still remained a mystery.
It was clearly making a fuss as if it would overthrow the Republic of Korea, but it ended in vain with Rep. Lee Kyung-cheol’s suicide and Yoon Hyun-min’s resignation. There were still many people talking about conspiracy theories. There is a clear reason why Yoon Hyun-min does not appear in public, and the people presumed to be his clients are still living happily without being punished.
Such public opinion.
Kim Pan-ho did not know.
An unprecedented achievement that brought him to the presidency and will leave his mark on the history of the Republic of Korea.
So I took out my knife.
He knew that the complete eradication of the Golden Circle would give him enormous power until the end of his term.
[We will form a special team dedicated to Golden Gate, and we will appoint Deputy Chief Prosecutor Kang Dong-cheol of the Central District Prosecutors’ Office as its head.]
The Republic of Korea cheered.
When the truth has not yet been revealed.
Kim Pan-ho, who left the political party despite pressure from those in power, and Kang Dong-cheol, who directly contradicted the prosecution’s will. The superficial combination of the two was enough to cheer, no matter what the truth was.
It was different from a year ago.
Kang Dong-cheol, with the government on his back, quickly proved why he is called ‘the sword that kills cows.’
* * *
Park Jeong-hak called with a nervous look on his face.
I kept biting my nails as I listened to the boring ring tone.
“Please take it, please take it!”
The problem was a week ago.
It started with a contact from prosecutor Kang Dong-cheol.
The very next day after the official statement to reignite the Golden Gate was announced, Kang Dong-cheol contacted Park Jeong-hak.
[CEO Park Jeong-hak. As a member and client of Heaven, you have instigated the Golden Circle to harm a student who goes to the same school as your son, right?]
“What do you mean? “Don’t make a big deal out of it!”
[I didn’t expect you to admit it from the beginning. The prosecution has not been indifferent over the past year. I was gathering evidence to identify the Golden Circle, thinking that a moment like this would come at some point. Do you know Song Jae-ryong? You may not know the name of the person who performed the request, but from now on, it would be a good idea to thoroughly check the facts regarding that name. Song Jae-ryong is living proof that CEO Park Jeong-hak requested Golden Circle, and it has also been confirmed that as a member of Heaven, he exchanged benefits with those in power. I’ll give you just one week. The subpoena will be sent in a week, so be prepared to do your best to explain the suspicions I present.] “
…If you’re going to investigate, why should you do it now? A week later?”
[Are you curious about that?]
Over the phone.
The sight of Kang Dong-cheol frowning came to mind.
[just. I don’t mind summoning you right now, but I wanted to make you feel helpless and unable to do anything even though you know what will happen in the future. I believe in retribution. The basis of my faith in living proudly under heaven is myself, who has lived honestly all this time, so you will now experience a week of hell with this one phone call. Try your best. Because the things you did unconsciously, to the point where you couldn’t even understand how wrong you were, will come back like a boomerang from now on.]
Pop.
The call was disconnected.
I got goosebumps all over my body.
After the deal with Kim Hyun-seong, Park Jeong-hak thought his security was guaranteed.
However, the phone call that came as soon as Kim Pan-ho reignited the Golden Gate and formed a special team proved one thing.
This wasn’t something I prepared for for a day or two.
Kang Dong-cheol, who ended the case with Representative Lee Kyung-cheol’s suicide, has been desperately clinging to the Golden Circle for the past year. So that you can never run away again. So that every person involved in the Golden Circle can face complete destruction. Kang Dong-cheol has fully prepared to never escape.
There was no escaping this.
I was pushed to the edge of a cliff.
From then on, Park Jeong-hak tried to contact many places, but could not find a clear method.
And now.
Feeling like I was grasping at straws, I contacted Hyunseong Kim.
The slight hope that he might solve the problem turned into despair as the number of absences exceeded double digits.
Then I realized.
“…we were stupid.”
1 year ago.
We should not have abandoned Hyunmin Yoon.
At the time, I thought it was the lesser evil to abandon him and take care of my own safety, but if the Golden Gate was a problem that would be investigated until the end, I had to protect him and gather my strength at all costs. The Golden Circle has already disintegrated due to Yoon Hyun-min’s resignation. There was no way to resolve this crisis without trusting each other.
[I didn’t answer the phone, so it went to voicemail…]
I closed my eyes tightly.
I put down my phone helplessly.
Right now at this moment.
As Kang Dong-cheol said, the helplessness of not being able to do anything enveloped his body.
* * *
Only one month since the special team was established.
Kang Dong-cheol showed a shocking move.
As if they had been waiting, they immediately detained Park Jeong-hak and arrested him and other members of Heaven one after another.
Park Jeong-hak, Hong Dong-young, Jeon Sang-cheol, etc.
The Republic of Korea was shaken.
The names that appeared on the surface were enough to remind us what kind of event the Golden Gate was.
And the people who were caught earlier were cornered and had no choice but to mention one name.
The truth is that they were the ones behind
the ‘Solar Group’ .
The Taeyang Group was shocked.
Hearing the noise coming from outside, Byungho Yoon looked out the window with an expression on his face that could not be read.
“…Is this what you were aiming for from the beginning?”
He let out a sigh.
Actually, I knew it.
The poison seen in Kim Hyun-seong’s eyes will never end with Yun Hyun-min being consumed.
However, at that time, I had no choice but to make a choice, and after locking Yoon Hyun-min in a mental hospital, I tried as much as possible to erase the fact that Taeyang Group was related to the Golden Circle. And as expected, Golden Gate broke out again. When Kim Pan-ho was elected president, he drew his sword as if he had prepared.
“Human life is so interesting. “If I had been born into the family you are in, I would have shown off my talent among those in power.”
Hyunmin Yoon.
myself.
The defeat was the same.
It is said that they could not have predicted exactly what kind of abilities Kim Hyun-seong possessed given his background as a dirt spoon.
It was funny.
It was unbelievable that the Taeyang group, which had been built for decades, was shaken by just one high school student.
It was then.
bang-!
“You can’t do this here!”
“Move.”
The door burst open.
Kang Dong-cheol walked up with long strides and spoke to Yoon Byeong-ho while holding out a document.
“Couldn’t you have complied with the summons? “Why do you make things so difficult?”
Okay.
Byungho Yoon turned his head.
Kang Dong-cheol looked like a hunting dog trying to bite him.
“I haven’t committed a crime, so why should I give in to such a request?”
“I do not believe that Chairman Byung-ho Yoon was directly involved in the Golden Circle. However, there was a clear ‘bystander’ from the chairman as his son Hyun-min Yoon created Golden Circle and used the background of Taeyang Group to form such a powerful force. Do you deny this too?”
“You deny it.”
“All right.”
I chuckled.
I had no intention of talking in the first place.
He spoke to the prosecutors who followed him.
“Get arrested.”
“yes.”
Prosecutors rushed in.
In a situation where hand-to-hand combat was already unstoppable, the assistant secretary showed a distant expression.
Byungho Yoon said as he was dragged away.
“The Taeyang Group will not end like this. “What I have built has taken deep roots in this country.”
“Yes, I guess so. But that’s it.”
This rumor circulated around the prosecution.
If Golden Gate is completed perfectly, Kang Dong-cheol will be higher.
As a prosecutor, he can hold power that is unimaginable.
Contrary to rumors, I was not interested at all.
The satisfaction of having fulfilled one’s duties was sufficient as a reward for tenaciously clinging to it for a year.
To such a person.
“If it was something I couldn’t handle, I wouldn’t have come here. So let’s do as much as we can.”
Byung-ho Yoon’s threats did not work at all.
* * *
Yoon Byeong-ho’s arrest.
It was a huge issue.
The Republic of Korea was abuzz with the possibility of punishment, but the exact results did not come out as quickly as expected.
Byung-Ho Yoon hired the best legal team.
The famous judge joined the legal team after submitting his resignation and initially drew a line, saying he had no involvement with the Golden Circle. But Kang Dong-cheol was not easy. He received information from Kim Hyun-seong and prepared for one year. Crucially, we succeeded in proving the ‘circumstances’ with the full support of the government.
The clue was the members of Heaven.
In a situation where their crime was confirmed, they had to spit out something to relieve themselves of the punishment.
From then on, the atmosphere changed.
Taeyang Group went from ‘not related’ to ‘Yoon Hyun-min’s personal deviation’, but it was not Kang Dong-cheol who would miss someone who had once been hurt and turned his back on him. It rushed at me like a moon and bit me. Public opinion also raised its voice of criticism towards Taeyang Group, and the arrest investigation achieved results exactly one year after it began.
[This is breaking news. The court finally found Taeyang Group guilty. Yoon Hyun-min, the successor to the Taeyang Group, used the group’s background to create an organization called ‘Golden Circle’ and committed heinous crimes that everyone knows about. Although no evidence was found that the Taeyang Group directly supported Golden Circle, it did make illegal profits through Golden Circle. And after confirming the circumstances that he had turned a blind eye to Yoon Hyun-min’s crime despite being aware of it, Chairman Byung-ho Yoon was charged with a public crime and sentenced to 20 years in prison. In addition, Taeyang Group plans to provide enormous compensation to the victims… In the case of Yoon Hyun-min, he was admitted to a mental hospital a year ago and considering that he cannot currently serve a prison sentence, he will maintain his current status, but someday he will be admitted to a mental hospital. Prosecutor Kang Dong-cheol said that if he were discharged from the hospital, he would face life imprisonment without parole.]
It was a complete ruin.
The group’s chairman and successor had crossed a river of no return, and the level of compensation for the victims was not a matter of pennies. Formal compensation for victims’ deaths and those who are still alive. Since the number reached hundreds, the Taeyang Group was ruled to have to compensate an astronomical amount of money.
A huge castle called the Sun Group.
In Korea, a large company that was difficult to even look up at was seen collapsing like that.
It was a historic moment.
People watching the downfall.
They existed in a moment that will forever be remembered in history.
* * *
A convenience store in Daesan.
The person who appeared to be the store manager clicked his tongue.
“You bastards who are worse than animals. How could he think of enriching himself by killing young sprouts? “That’s why there are so many of them.”
The world was in chaos.
The past year felt like I was eating sweet potatoes due to the slow legal battle, but now I felt as refreshed as if I had drunk cider. The face of Chairman Byung-ho Yoon being taken away with a blank expression. Even if he had the best legal team, the perfect evidence and social atmosphere were enough to bring him down.
Okay.
Someone placed an object on top.
The store manager, who realized the customer’s presence belatedly, smiled sheepishly and scanned the barcode.
“The news these days is so interesting that I can’t take my eyes off it. Do you need an envelope?”
“…yes.”
“I understand, huh?”
The store manager’s eyes changed as he was putting the goods in.
He bowed his head.
When the customer slightly turned his head, he appeared to be persistently trying to check the face hidden under the mask.
It was not clearly understood.
But the moment I was sure it was a familiar face.
“Aren’t you Oh Hye-ji?”
The store manager’s expression distorted.
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