Jeong Taeui could roughly imagine the current
situation. It seems like there will be a man from the European branch who is
the enemy of everyone sitting here. But the heart of the matter is that the man
is not easy to deal with and take down.

“By the way, are all the people that that ‘bastard’
touched are members of this team?”

Jeong Taeui asked curiously. It looks like a total
of 96 members will be divided into 6 teams of 16 people each. And 6 instructor
officers will be in charge of each team.

hmm… … He heard that above there are factions
fighting over the vacant governor’s seat. Before discussing the European
branch, they were already divided three against three internally.

…. …So now they all have a common enemy. We only
have 15 more days to face each other, so we still have to unite and confront
the common enemy first, right?

“Not so. That guy knows which side each member
belongs to so he will choose and target them. That guy just randomly grabbed a
few people on our side and enjoyed what happened afterward, that bastard!”

Alta began the sentence calmly but ended it with a
roar of rising anger.

Suppressed by that atmosphere, Jeong Taeui secretly
leaned to the opposite side to avoid it. But from bad to worse, the person next
to him also screams in frustration.

“In the end, how did such a crazy person get into
UNHRDO?!! Apparently I had to take a personality test for 2 hours straight?!”

“Me too.”

“So do I.”

They all shouted loudly. All of them are excellent
human resources of UNHRDO, they had to go through all kinds of different tests
and fierce competition to get here. Also surpasses many other excellent people
who are not suitable in appearance, personality and thinking.

As for Jeong Taeui, he didn’t have to take any
tests. But he could only swallow those words back inside.

According to his uncle, he was also curious about
the results of personality tests for people who had ‘broken a few bones and
taken a bullet or two’. But that’s probably not the focus they’re talking about
now.

“But… didn’t everyone here hold a gun before joining
this place… it’s possible for a few crazy people like that to get in.”

He doesn’t know which crazy person that is.

However, the words spoken by someone standing in a
neutral position like Jeong Taeui were not enough to convince them. The man
next to him wrapped his arms around Jeong Taeui’s shoulders in a very
affectionate way and spoke gently.

“Wrong. It’s true that everyone here entered
this place after touching swords and guns. But our thinking is completely
different from that crazy guy. You, when you point a gun at someone who has no
hatred towards you, can your finger pull the trigger immediately without
hesitation? We more or less cannot do that. Even if it is an archenemy, one
must hesitate to harm someone. But that bastard is different. He will kill
without hesitation.”

“…….”

Those words are clearly not just hyperbole or
exaggeration. The man sitting next to him said with a serious face.

For a moment, Jeong Taeui felt chills down his
spine. His serious eyes and low tone seemed to depict a monster in front of
him. A monster in human disguise.

……It feels like if he gets close to that man in the
next half a year, it won’t end well. Jeong Taeui doesn’t know what kind of
person he is, but it seems like it’s better not to know.

“Well…. Not only this team but all the other teams
in the Asia branch seem to hold a grudge against that bastard, if we just talk
here then there shouldn’t be any problem.”

Jeong Taeui did not want to be drawn into a topic
that he felt uncomfortable with. Luckily, it seems like everyone else feels the
same way. Everyone looked tense, but they soon changed the subject.

Jeong Taeui sighed quietly as he chewed the last
piece of dried fruit. The guy who volunteered to get the beef hasn’t returned
yet, but if he continues to stay here like this, he thinks he’ll have to stay
up all night waiting for the beef to dry. Even when the beef jerky was gone,
they still showed signs of wanting to drink some more.

What should he do? Sitting among these men, drinking
and listening to the gossip was interesting, but resting right now was even
more enjoyable. But even so, these people seemed to have no intention of
letting him go to sleep easily.

Everyone is quite comfortable. Everyone’s
personality was different so he wasn’t sure if he was compatible with each of
them, but at least he didn’t hate the atmosphere in this group of people. If
nothing special happens, he will probably live happily for half a year and then
leave. Who knows, maybe there will be two or three more close friends.

But other than that, Jeong Taeui doesn’t like this
place very much. Eating, drinking, and playing in moderation is fine, but if it
continues for too long, it will be very tiring. Besides, right now he just
wants to rest in a quiet place.

While he was still considering what to do, he saw
Tou holding a pack of cigarettes in his hand and standing up from a chair quite
far away, it seemed like he was about to go out to have a cigarette.

“I want to go to the bathroom – Tou, show me the
bathroom.”

Jeong Taeui put down his glass and stood up, Tou
just nodded indifferently.

“Tou, you can only bring 3 cigarettes!”

“Be careful of getting lost when going to the
bathroom!”

Jeong Taeui followed Tou, leaving behind the jokes.

Tou went out to smoke but met his uncle, so he
couldn’t smoke anymore so he took Taeui away. Tou pulled out a cigarette, put
it in his mouth, and led the way. As he walked, he held an unlit cigarette in
his mouth.

“Is smoking prohibited here?”

“Um. There is a separate smoking room but not on
this floor. I have to go downstairs but I’d rather go upstairs and breathe the
outside air. The toilet is over there….”

Tou turned around the corner at the end of the
hallway and pointed his finger about halfway down the street. However, Jeong
Taeui did not look in the direction the finger was pointing. He just followed
Tou’s back and wrapped his arms around his neck from behind.

“I’ve seen the bathroom before, but the bathroom I
want to know is the bathroom in the room of the man I’m going to stay with. It
will be very difficult for you, but it would be great if we could go downstairs
together and show me the way.” < Taeui meant that he wanted Tou to lead the
way to his room >

With an aura that would immediately strangle Tou if
he dared to protest or scream, Jeong Taeui slightly tightened his arm and
leaned close to Tou’s ear to whisper. Jeong Taeui smiled bitterly as he felt
like he was now no different from a member of the European branch when he
captured and threatened others like this, but anyway, resting is still the top
priority right now.

Tou opened his mouth as if he wanted to say
something and then sighed as if he had given up.

“I know. Don’t try to act cruel anymore, just
leave. I will lead the way. Honestly. But you didn’t bring your luggage with
you. Go back to the other room and take it out. I will wait here.”

“If I go back to pick up my luggage now and say I want to
go back to sleep, do you think they will let me go so easily?”

Half is a question but half is also a statement.

“No…”

Tou did not hesitate to answer. Jeong Taeui smiled
and patted him on the back.

“Alright. Anyway, there’s nothing precious that
anyone wants, so I can come get it later tomorrow. If no one was holding it, it
would probably still stay in that position. Let’s go to that man’s room first.
Is it a room for 3 people? – Don’t make that expression. After all, it was your
fault for taking me to the practice room instead of my room in the first place,
right? Ah, now that I think about it, I was beaten and it still hurts a lot.”

When Jeong Taeui rubbed his shoulders and frowned,
Tou shrugged as if he had given up again.

“Okay, follow me. I’ll take you back to your room.”

Tou walked through the elevator that opened before
his eyes and headed towards the emergency stairs. Seems like it would be
quicker to go that way.

*****

The 6th basement is only one floor above, but the
structure is completely different. Identical doors on both sides of the hallway
face each other in a zigzag pattern. The floor has a khaki carpet that is much
softer than the 5th floor. On the walls are lamps made of glass along with
elegant photo frames. Fresh flowers are arranged on the console table at the
end of the hallway. Next to it is a small glass table and two single leather
couches.

 

“….It looks like a 5-star hotel. I’m really
looking forward to what the room will be like.”

Tou, who went first, burst out laughing when he
heard Jeong Taeui’s voice ringing in his ears.

“The rooms are all the same inside, except there is
no private bathroom.”

“With such luxurious decoration, can’t you install a
bathroom in each room? Why not?”

“Let’s see, they say the sewage system can’t be
installed from room to room.”

“That’s right. But it’s not too crowded because
the shared bathroom is designed on both the East and West sides so it’s always
quiet.”

“Wherever I go….”

As if knowing what Jeong Taeui was thinking, Tou
continued, ‘Hmm, wherever I go. All men live like that.’ He walked forward
while humming.

They passed by the shared bathroom. Even though this
was free time after the end of a normal day, the room was empty. The inside is
divided into single bathrooms with separating doors, including a large bathtub
in there.

“Maybe I have to use it.”

Jeong Taeui thought as he looked at the hot water in
the bathtub, then asked Tou.

“So even the superiors use this place? Even people
like governors, deputy ministers and officers?”

“No way. They live on a different floor from
us. On the first basement floor closest to the ground. Each room has its own
bathroom.”

“Ha..”

Jeong Taeui suddenly thought of his elegant uncle
with a noble status. He is the source of all of this. Jeong Taeui spread
resentment towards him and swore that he would have to actually go there and
strangle him once so satisfied.

“So what is officer Jeong Changin’s room number on
the first floor?”

“What, do you already miss your little dad? Hehe,
get out of the elevator you took before, turn right, it’s the second room.”

Tou joked and went back to the
bathroom. The restroom is right next door. Tou passed by there and then went
out into the hallway again. Jeong Taeui thought of him but could only silently
shake his head. Tou was walking ahead when he suddenly stopped. “Here, this is
your room.”

 

It was a room located quite deep inside the hallway.
Tou said as he put his hand on the doorknob.

“This room was used by one Japanese member and two
other Russian members of our team. One of them has died and the other two are
being nursed….. it may be difficult to return here even after being discharged
from the hospital.”

Tou muttered in a low voice and opened the door. The
door opened as easily as if it wasn’t locked inside.

The room was quite spacious, large enough to
accommodate three people to be exact. There are three single beds and all the
necessary things such as a wardrobe, desk and bookshelves.

“For that refrigerator, just fill it with your own
stuff and use it. It doesn’t hold much, but if it’s just a few cans of beer and
two or three snacks, it’s still enough. If you just want to simply wash your
hands – do you see that sink in the corner? Just wash it there and you’re good
to go. Sometimes people go to the bathroom there, so it’s better not to waste
water there.” <

Ewwww >

“….I don’t know who it is, but I hope my roommate
won’t be like that.”

It’s nice to have private bathrooms out there. It’s
also quiet there so it will probably be comfortable. Although Jeong Taeui is
not very tidy and diligent, he is not too lazy to rinse his clothes right at
the sink like that.

“You will have to stay here alone until someone new
arrives. Or those who are undergoing treatment can fully recover and return
here. Perhaps the former is more hopeful.”

“Those people who are being treated must be
seriously injured.”

“um…. Anyway, fortunately, if you can live like a
normal person, there won’t be any inconvenience. But if you want to return
here, it will be very difficult. But the compensation and severance pay are
enough to live for several decades if you know how to spend moderately. Because
of internal training, they became like that.”

“Indeed.”

Jeong Taeui nodded.

After going through the training process and safely
leaving here, you will be recruited directly into large enterprises or state
agencies with a very large annual income. And even if injured during training,
there will be no financial difficulties at all. An organization equipped with
facilities like this is not an average organization.

Jeong Taeui can understand why everyone in this
world is competing so hard to get here.

Tou said walking towards the door. Jeong Taeui
wondered if he was done with all the introductions or if he couldn’t resist the
urge to smoke anymore.

“Let’s go to the office on the first floor and get
the key from Kyoho. The officer in charge of welfare and internal activities is
Xin Lu. So go there and get the key and the internal rule sheet. If you want to
ask anything, just come ask me. My room is room 15… Do you want to come along
too? I’ll go up there and smoke anyway.”

“No, you go ahead, I’ll go up there later. But is
Kyoho still in the office at this hour?”

“Probably yes, go there and tell Xin Lu that you’re
new and he’ll call.”

‘Alright. Thank you.”

“No problem.”

Tou waved and left, leaving Jeong Taeui alone in the
empty room. He sighed deeply and sat down in the chair next to him. There are
almost no personal items in the room. Of course, the dead person has no
belongings left, but it seems that the people who are being treated have
already packed up all their belongings.