Around the Ministry of National Defense Research Institute inside the Military Academy.

Hong Gyu-bin was listening to a report inside a tent with the association logo on it.

This tent was a supply provided by the association to players in case the other-world conquest was prolonged, so it was an item that was resistant to physical shock and could be turned into a card.

Originally, it was absurd for an outsider to install and station other-world conquest items in a military area, but this was done with the permission of the military academy director.

‘The director of the military academy is responding so cooperatively that he is even setting up a temporary headquarters. He must know that the association’s presence here means that he will be monitoring to prevent the destruction of evidence.’

If they thoroughly block access under the pretext of security and destroy evidence, there will be almost no other means to use.

Therefore, when Jo Ui-shin proposed this case, he emphasized that they should move quickly to cover up the scene before the Ministry of National Defense covers up the incident and collect all the information that can be recorded and collected within the authority of the association.

As Jo Ui-shin said, Hong Gyu-bin moved quickly and secured the list of employees of the Ministry of National Defense Research Institute, access records, and reports from the underground.

There were also materials that were intentionally leaked to the press, and the association achieved great results to the point that many generals were openly speculating that they would take off their clothes just by seeing this.

However, there was no evidence that Namgung was involved, and Namgung’s side expressed regret that problems arose at the institute that provided financial and technical support, and stated that an internal investigation was underway.

‘The Ministry of National Defense was the one that expanded the underground of the institute and invited the Water Shadow article. It is difficult to link the evidence we have now to the Namgung Group.’

All Namgung did this time was to give Lee Yeoreum a half-assed ride.

At least he was less responsible because he changed vehicles in the Ministry of National Defense.

Lee Yeoreum got into big trouble this time, but it was all caused by the Water Shadow article.

‘The evidence that Namgung Group had Lee Yeoreum under surveillance has disappeared. Lee Yeoreum changed into clothes made of supernatural fabric before the experiment, and the Water Shadow Knight got rid of the wiretapping device, and Lee Yeoreum’s officetel must have already been cleaned.’

Even if they secured the wiretapping device and tracked it, it would not lead to Namgung Group, but it would be obvious that a pre-prepared double would act as a stalker and get caught.

In this situation, Namgung Group was more likely to pretend to be a victim, saying that they were tricked by the big player team master and the Ministry of National Defense.

They sent an employee at the request of the research institute they were collaborating with, but the employee got into trouble, and the research institute they invested in was conducting strange research, so they ended up being the victims.

Namgung was incredibly good at playing the victim position and manipulating public opinion even when the connection was revealed after causing everything.

[Why do they get bullied every day? LOL]

[Namgung has a lot of dirty spots too]

[↑Here we go again. Please, if you want to criticize a healthy Korean conglomerate, bring evidence. Don't say weird things because you were incited somewhere.]

[↑In the playlist, there was a guest who said that Namgung Dani, who has a history of mental illness, said weird things during filming. I don't want to take the company's side, but it really sucksㅠㅠ]

[Isn't there a story that a guy who committed corruption at a police station before committed suicide after being caught tampering with evidence while trying to bury Namgung?]

[I want ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) to cheer for Namgung because he has a lot of regular soldiers. I buy products from there and cheer him on.]

[↑Are you a player? You probably only buy player cars if it's not an itemㅋㅋㅋ You must have a lot of money]

[↑NK Auto Mall sells keychains ㅅㄱ]

[We can't promote Namgung and we don't have any luck, but the owner doesn't skimp on R&D investment, takes good care of employee benefits, and steadily increases operating profits! Even among overseas professional teams, there are many that only use Namgung items!]

The article that Namgung expressed regret in didn't receive much attention, and most of the comments were favorable.

Namgung succeeded in building an image of an honest company that consistently produces good products and promotes national prestige, despite looking immature.

An image like that could only be created by working hard to manage public opinion based on thorough calculation. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

‘The only thing we can hope for is to find a connection with Namgung through the Ministry of National Defense, but it won’t be easy.’

Assemblyman Sung Kook-eon, who visited the scene, said in an interview that he would push for urgent questions on current issues to the Minister of National Defense and other responsible officials, and some assemblymen shared the same sentiment.

There may not be many generals who can withstand Sung Kook-eon’s information power and sharp questions, but the problem was that Namgung had already erased the evidence and entered the crackdown on the people involved.

Furthermore, since Namgung had lined up with both the ruling and opposition parties, even if evidence was revealed, there was a high possibility that he would be lenient or receive a light punishment.

The government changed several times after the conflict between the two factions, but Namgung always survived.

“Team leader, your younger brother has arrived.”

Hong Gyu-bin looked up from his report at Manager Yoon’s words.

After the Eun Kwang-gwang school trip incident, there were many things to deal with at the association level, and perhaps because of the overtime work, Manager Yoon’s face didn’t look good.

Hong Gyu-bin couldn’t stand to see his sullen eyes and said.

“Okay. Manager Yoon is resting.”

“I’m fine.”

“If you don’t sit down now, I’ll leave the supervision to employee Jeong.”

At those words, Manager Yoon sighed deeply and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, he saw that he was looking at the device screen and was about to say something, but judging from his expression, it didn’t seem to be because of work, so he pretended not to notice.

When he saw employee Jeong talking about his girlfriend, it seemed like he was waiting for and checking the girlfriend’s message.

As if he didn’t have much time, Namgung Gyu-yeon got right to the point as soon as he saw Hong Gyu-bin.

“Oppa, you didn’t find anything, did you?”

Although he was still young, Namgung Gyu-yeon was smart and quick-witted.

Hong Gyu-bin said as if making excuses.

“You still have your testimony.”

“Don’t you know that it doesn’t mean anything? You know that I volunteered to cooperate in the intelligence research, right? Even if public opinion was on my side at the beginning, they would tear my life apart, discredit my words, and even ruin the lives of my friends?”

If I actively supported my daughter because she wanted to do research, there was a high possibility that she would frame me as having made the wrong friends, becoming delusional, and attacking my family.

In the process, it was obvious that they would use the power of the Namgung Group to persuade numerous witnesses and fabricate evidence.

The reason Hong Gyu-bin was able to escape from the Namgung Group safely was because Jegal Jae-geol gave up poetry.

However, no matter what Hong Gyu-bin gave up now, it didn’t seem like Namgung would let Namgung Gyu-yeon go.

It was hard to get Jegal Jae-geol, who Namgung Group had been harassing like a venter of anger, but it was impossible to get Namgung Gyu-yeon, who they had prepared and were using.

“I’ll go. I’ll pick you up at home.”

Namgung Gyu-yeon was also a key witness, but he was a minor from a powerful family and a victim, so it was difficult to keep him.

It would not be revealed that Namgung Gyu-yeon had provided information through Hong Gyu-bin in advance, but it would be difficult to expect any more cooperation.

Namgung Gyu-yeon answered bravely and stepped back, but Hong Gyu-bin felt his eyes darken.

However, Hong Gyu-bin did not despair.

―With this incident, they will be able to cut off a lot of the connections that the undercover agents had made within the government, including the Water Shadow Knight. However, it would be difficult to bring down Namgung. If they were lucky, they might be able to weed out a few people.

Jo Eui-shin had said this as if he had expected it, but what he said next was more like certainty.

Jo Eui-shin knew things that Hong Gyu-bin, who was in the public relations team and the regulations enforcement department and handled a lot of information, didn’t know and couldn’t know.

It was as if he knew the future.

―Even if it’s difficult now, there will definitely be an opportunity. At least before Namgung Gyu-yeon graduates from the military academy.

Jo Eui-shin spoke as if he knew the timing for sure.

Namgung Gyu-yeon would soon be a third-year student, so he had a little over a year left.

Hong Gyu-bin believed those words and decided to wait.

* * *

Instead of staying in one place for too long at the after-party, he looked around several places.

However, if he went around randomly, he might miss the games he wanted to see, so he planned his route around the games he hadn’t seen.

As a result, there were many things he couldn’t see because of the chess match schedule, so he ended up moving with the chess representatives.

Although Cheon Dong-ha and Eun-ho welcomed them, they decided to ignore the fact that the White Tiger followed them, since it was a good place.

‘It was as expected that Kim Hyun-goo would be the soccer MVP, but it was surprising that Do-shi-hoo would be the basketball MVP.’

Do-shi-hoo had pretty much destroyed Yoo Sang-hoon’s scoring ability, and he had scored quite a few points himself, so it was understandable.

But if Eun-gwang had won, wouldn’t Yoo Sang-hoon have won the MVP?

“Let’s go to the PlayerZ theater this time. We’re going to watch the 5th game again soon, and I wanted to watch it with Eui-shin hyung.”

“Let’s do that. But if we go now, there won’t be any seats, so we might have to watch it standing up.”

Cheon Dong-ha agreed to Eun-ho’s suggestion, and White Tiger followed him without saying a word.

Everyone must have already seen the game today, but do they want to watch it again?

When we arrived, it was about halfway through the 4th game replay.

[The first one to arrive is the bare-handed fighter! How did you get through the fog passage alone? What happened!]

[Is it just luck? The Psas really poured a lot of resources into getting through that fog.]

[No, the bare-handed fighter is back at the entrance right now? He's advancing with his teammates!]

[It seems like the bare-handed fighter has found a pattern? Everyone thought that the fog was randomly sending players flying, but I guess not!]

After passing through the soundproof barrier and entering the theater, I heard the caster's excited voice.

Eun Kwang-go lost the 4th match, but he almost won by a hair's breadth.

The purpose of the 4th match was to obtain the secret treasure stolen by the apostates who abandoned Zeta's superior beings.

According to the information I obtained while playing the game, there was a record of someone successfully getting through the fog without having to perform any specific apostasy ritual.

‘So I thought that the fog didn’t have a gimmick that sent intruders to random places, but rather a maze that you had to find a pattern to pass through.’

So, to minimize damage, I trusted the high stamina of the bare-handed fighter and tried hitting him a few times.

I just guided my team members to find the rules.

It was a gimmick that could be easily solved if you carefully adjusted the direction of movement, the amount of power released, etc.

It was probably a gimmick that other team members would have quickly remembered, but as they fought through the fourth round, their concentration dropped, there were many other gimmicks, and the battle continued, they probably couldn't remember it right away.

"There's an empty seat over there. Let's go. There are only three seats, so Baekho-hyung, you should stand."

"In terms of age, I'm the oldest among us."

"Then, since you're old, you should go to sleep now."

Eunho decided to leave the white tiger, who had some strength left, standing, thinking of me and Cheon Dong-ha.

She urged Cheon Dong-ha to quickly sit down before he offered to give up his seat.

After he quickly sat down, the face of his opponent, who was blankly staring at the screen, came into view.

It was Maeng Hyo-don.

Maeng Hyo-don couldn't take his eyes off the bare-handed fighter's fight.