How to Get Angry
I'm sleepy.
Sleep is coming.
Last night I called the auntie and asked Lee Ayoung to go to a ramen place, but in the end we ended up eating at the hotel and then I had to work, so I didn't sleep.
After finishing the morning meeting, alone in the warm morning sunlight of Tokyo with a pleasant breeze blowing softly, I was leaning back on the soft chair and my eyes kept closing.
I heard that there's an interview with the Japanese media in a little while...
In the afternoon Hara will return to the hotel.
Right now, with time to even nap for thirty minutes, should I sleep a bit?
"Hey!"
While half-asleep, pondering how to handle today's schedule, an unwelcome guest enters.
He doesn't come in quietly.
The door is about to break.
... If I pretend to be sleeping, will he just leave?
But our Seonghun walks with footsteps loud enough to wake the dead, shattering the small hope.
Fuck.
While staring into the abyss and thinking I should rest a bit, why are you doing this too...
"Sleeping?"
"... If that's the case, just go."
"What do you mean by that?"
"... This. Wake up and look."
At some point Shin had entered and thrown the iPad he was holding into my lap.
It hurts.
This crazy guy doesn't even know how hard it is to open and repair now.
I force my dry, stiff eyes open and read the email floating on the screen.
Sender is Lee Ayoung.
Ah...
So this is Shin sharing materials with the Japan-side person he's been dividing work with.
But why is the content so long?
Why so many unnecessary pleasantries?
How many pages is this?
I move my fingers up and down to scroll to the bottom, and there was Lee Ayoung's analysis and summary of the email.
Shit, my eyes hurt.
Let me see, let me see...
This is a mess.
What kind of nonsense is this?
"Did you see it all? If you didn't, just look at the bottom. Lee Ayoung did a good job summarizing."
"Eh... I only looked at the bottom. But Seonghun, how did you know this?"
"When I came up, I met you in the elevator and showed you."
"What about the others?"
"I don't know yet. After all, only you and I are the ones Lee Ayoung sends the data to."
That's true.
Information spreads best when it doesn't.
"No way. How can this happen? Aren't the government people human?"
"How can they take the kids as hostages? Huh? You guys should say something too."
Wow...
Seonghun is really angry.
I don't think I've ever seen you this angry when meeting him.
"It could be."
"What?"
Shin, with a completely calm face, opposite to Seonghun.
Why is this guy like this?
"It could be. You came all this way and never thought about this?"
"Hey? You... don't seem to get angry?"
"It's an expected thing that happened, why should I get angry? It's just that."
Ugh, really...
There are no normal people around.
Everything is broken somewhere.
"Hey hey. Shin, stop too. In this situation, it's natural for people to get angry. Crazy guy."
"... Hey, do you think the same?"
Seonghun is scary.
Calm your face.
Hmm.. You think the same?
I do think the same.
I knew from the beginning that there would be such a thing and brought the precious people, so how could I not know this?
"Yeah. But that doesn't mean I don't get angry."
"But how can you be so calm!"
Where did this burly man come from getting angry?
Not a kid either.
"Quiet down. Don't act like a girl and control your emotions. In this situation, your emotions are completely unimportant, Seonghun."
"If you have the ability to get angry like that, recognize the current situation and think about solutions to the problem. You're a man too."
"At least in facing and solving the problems you face. Everyone naturally feels negative emotions when given a problem. In modern terms, anger, stress, and various things."
"Anyway, when swept up in such emotions, the difficulty of solving the given problem will definitely skyrocket."
"But why are you acting like a girl now? Huh? If you get angry and cry like that, will someone appear and solve the problem for you?"
"And a man who wants to gain favor from somewhere like the girls doesn't appear and solve the problem either. So men shouldn't be swayed by their own emotions. They only get in the way of solving the problem."
"Who would say it's sexist and rant, but what can you do. This is reality."
".... No? The world has changed, so is there a woman who wants to gain my favor hiding somewhere to solve the problem?"
"Fuck. This is funny."
"Or what? If you get angry like this, what will the other side do? They'll say sorry, we were wrong... and cry, right? Huh? Throw everything away and just go back to Korea?"
"If I really say that, they'll immediately turn the tables."
"What? You say I'm not angry? I'm angry too. Huh? It's fucking annoying."
From April 24th to May 20th.
Approximately one month.
One month of mandatory sex five times a day.
Then about 150 times.
Probably some do more and some do less like me.
So right now, most of them have about 40 to 45 of their own kids on average.
And most of them couldn't come to Japan with us.
I guess about 30 of them.
"The other side sending such provocative proposals now, and being in this situation, it's all annoying and angering."
"These kids aren't unimportant to me. No matter what anyone says, I'm their father and they're my kids, so of course they're important."
"But if I get pissed and call the other side to curse and get angry? Naturally, if they don't like us, they'll always do the same as now. Then negotiation can never be established. The situation we're in now won't be resolved either."
"So I can't lose my reason and get angry now. If I get angry, I won't be able to protect those kids either."
"So endure. Endure and endure until our problems are all solved and I can get angry without any problem! Then vent all my anger.. Got it?"
Whether he could control his emotions after hearing my words or not, his face that looked full of anger to anyone returned to normal and he bowed his head.
".... Sorry...."
Hey...
If you say that, the guy who likes you will feel sorry. Crazy bastard..
"Why did you get so angry? You didn't not know this in your head either, right?"
"Sunmi is still in Korea... she's pregnant."
Who is Sunmi again? This guy, no way...?
"Is she also your ex?"
"Yeah."
I'm going crazy.
What kind of ex-girlfriend collector is this guy? How do all the women who come up are his exes.
"You're quite the guy. You'll collect all the ex-girlfriends you've dated."
"... I've collected them all."
"....Huh? What is this?"
"What are you thinking?"
"After the world became like this, I thought seriously... This is clearly fate. Me and her were destined by the heavens. So we can meet again, and a world where everyone can be happy has been created. This is certain. So I went to each one and talked, and we could meet again."
"..."
"Crazy bastard. Insane guy."
"The craziest guy around me is here. What are you thinking? Is it a joke? Is that it?"
"Thinking it's a joke, looking again, from naturally saying such crazy things, to the vibe of expressions, gestures, and eyes, it's sincere. Terrifyingly so."
".. Shin, this guy's crazy, right?"
"Yeah. Completely crazy? In the old world, he'd be 100% chad. Even his looks are top chad."
"Right?"
"In my view, he's not even chad, but super chad? What do I do about this.."
"Huh? What is chad?"
"You don't know? Poor guy."
"That is-"
I blocked Shin's mouth trying to explain.
"No, don't say anything, Shin. Seonghun! Nothing. I sincerely cheer for you. Love her beautifully."
"Eh? Yeah. Okay. Thanks."
I thought for a moment, in my experience, such guys can't calm down just by words. They have to see blood first to calm down. And they've already seen blood in their actions or words. Since he's not stupid, he'll figure it out himself later.
".... He'll figure it out."
Shin, who received the iPad from me, slapped it on the chair I was sitting on to inform him of his situation.
"Ah, right. You were blocking it."
"Sorry."
"... Okay. What are you going to do."
"Haa...."
"I don't know right now... For now, since they have the upper hand, I need to talk while enduring, and gather evidence in the back."
"I need to figure out their intentions too, and if worst comes to worst, keep it as decisive evidence to blackmail them, so I have to store it properly. I'll need it later for counterattacks."
Sitting back on the chair, he said the remaining thoughts.
"Probably... whether video calls or whatever, we'll talk to people in Korea. But as I said, we can't let the other side be sure that our weakness is them. So when I speak, you all need to prepare your minds in advance."
"As expected.. he's just like a dog."