Chapter 120: The Spy Among Us - Ha Eun-young (Seo Eun-mi)
Originally, Ko Mu-yeol wasn't even part of the plan. Her mission as Ha Eun-young—alias Seo Eun-mi—was to infiltrate Prestige, gather as much intel as possible on the direct lineage, and if feasible, get close to the vice president's faction to uncover what they were scheming.
But then Ko Mu-yeol completely fell out of Go Yeong-man's favor, leading to the dissolution of his already shrunken secretary office. They had to assemble a new team of secretaries, and that's when all the problems started. Ha Eun-young was selected as one of the new secretaries.
The first time she was summoned, Ko Mu-yeol personally rejected her, saying she seemed incompetent and didn't sit right with him. To hear that from a guy who only knew drugs and sex? It was utterly ridiculous and infuriating. But on the flip side, she felt relieved. Becoming his direct secretary would have made it impossible to carry out her mission properly. And the humiliation that came with it was just icing on the cake.
However, the next day when she was called back, she ended up assigned under some corrupt cop and ultimately joined Ko Mu-yeol's secretary team. Her mission was derailed, but there was no choice. In the Goryeo Group, her personal will meant nothing. If ordered, she had to obey—or die.
This place was like a massive kingdom. The owner family ruled over it like kings. No, king didn't even cut it. In the Goryeo Group, they acted like gods. They completely separated themselves from everyone else, looking down on the world with utter disdain as they enjoyed everything it offered. The enormous city north of Pyongyang and the world's largest skyscraper at its center served as a temple to worship them—a temple for the ten direct descendants starting from Go Yeong-man.
I thought getting stuck under a good-for-nothing playboy would ruin the mission.
Should she call it fortunate? Ko Mu-yeol, whom even the higher-ups dismissed as useless beyond sex and drugs, turned out to be the most dangerous figure circling the core.
The moment she was assigned as his assistant secretary, he snapped out of it like he'd woken from a dream. He kicked his unbreakable drug habit cold turkey and launched into full-blown action. Starting with 100 billion won in capital from Goryeo Entertainment, he dove into stock investments while leveraging his status as a Goryeo Group heir to pull in people from every industry.
"Pulling in" was putting it mildly—it was kidnapping, rape, and blackmail, straight-up domination and blatant crime.
Ha Eun-young, right by his side, naturally couldn't escape his grasp and was brutally violated. The memory of losing her virginity pointlessly on the way to fetch a trainee still boiled her blood. What? Practice showing a trainee how to dance in the car? That modern idol dances are super intense? Every line he spat was a gem, enough to chew on all day in rage.
But it was something she'd steeled herself for. A woman doing spy work couldn't afford to cling to her chastity—that would be idiotic.
Ko Mu-yeol has to be eliminated.
The real danger wasn't just his tyrannical wielding of power. He had clear goals and pursued them relentlessly, without scruples—and the scariest part was how he was actually achieving them.
Yet those around him still hadn't grasped it. Plenty still saw him as a junkie, dismissing his moves as the reckless antics of a spoiled chaebol third-gen. It was understandable, though—less than three months had passed, so unless you were watching up close, no one would know.
If only I could...
There was no time left to kindly warn them or make them feel it. Ko Mu-yeol's forces were expanding by the day. Blink, and they'd multiply several times over. Just look at his funds—he'd turned 100 billion into 16 trillion in a mere two months. Was there another madman like this in the world?
If the city council's proposed permanent special prosecutor law passed, there'd be no containing him anymore. She had to wrap this up before that—at minimum, before the law went through.
The problem is... I'm not exactly in a great position myself right now.
At some point, eyes had started tailing her. Even with her training, she couldn't pinpoint where they came from or how many there were. She only learned by sheer luck—not because she'd caught them herself.
Does Ko Mu-yeol suspect me?
If so, it was dire. She'd have to abandon the mission and extract immediately. But even then, she couldn't. No one else realized how serious a threat Ko Mu-yeol was.
I wonder if the reports got through properly.
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I was in the middle of diligently training my stamina when Baek Seol came up to my room. Lately, she'd been weirdly proactive, so I thought maybe she was in the mood. But her serious expression said otherwise.
I'd just finished a massive creampie and was taking a breather, so I decided to send the women away.
Smack.
"Nngh..."
"Go rest downstairs."
"Yesss..."
The knights left the room, leaving me alone with Baek Seol. I didn't bother changing—just strolled to the sofa with my dick swinging freely in all its naked glory.
Baek Seol subtly averted her eyes but followed.
"What's got your face so stiff?"
I cracked open a water bottle and handed it over. She bowed her head slightly as she took it. I opened one for myself and drank.
"The protector I installed detected something anomalous."
"Protector?"
"Well... simply put, every bit of network data collected or generated in Incheon passes through a certain hub. The protector is like a filter net I set up there."
"And? Can you get to the point? I don't know shit about that stuff."
Protector this, protector that—I had no clue.
"We caught content about you being sent out encrypted."
"Encrypted stuff about me being sent..."
"It's a spy report."
"Hmm... the kind I'm thinking of?"
Baek Seol fell silent for a moment.
"...We can't pinpoint it yet. But the decryption shows the recipient as V, sender as H."
"H? Ha Eun-young?"
Seo Eun-mi's real name was Ha Eun-young, the NIS spy.
"...I doubt they'd use initials that obvious."
"I can guess because I know her real name. She infiltrated under a fake one from the start—probably wiped her records too."
"I see."
"But where'd it come from? She's been busy scooping up land non-stop."
When she was around me, Baek Seol had her marked, so no chance then. And right now, she was swamped.
She had to buy up that massive Namdong Industrial Complex land in three weeks—no time for side gigs.
"Sent from a residential area in Michuhol-gu, Incheon. Traced to a sexbot— one of those budget models that's been popular lately."
"Incheon Michuhol-gu... and a sexbot?"
This was getting weirder. Why would Seo Eun-mi go there? And what the hell was a sexbot?
"Hold on."
I called Im Sua. She picked up right away.
"Sua, have you ever been to Michuhol-gu?"
"Did you spend a lot of time there?"
"Ten minutes..."
"Ever leave a sexbot there?"
She'd left it for cleanup, not some noble purpose. Picking up mid-negotiation?
"Text it then."
Call ended. Moments later, a text from Sua.
Holy shit, that crazy bitch. How does she even think of something so evil?
"It's definitely that bitch Seo Eun-mi."
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Night fell. Im Sua, who'd been down in Tongyeong, flew up on an AV. Her face was utterly exhausted from the grind, but she smiled seeing me.
Baek Seol handed her Ha Eun-young's (Seo Eun-mi's) report.
"Th-this...?"
"Written by Seo Eun-mi... or rather, Ha Eun-young. Contains stuff on you, Master. Sent at 04:22 AM today from a sexbot in a Michuhol-gu residential house. Recipient's some unknown V. We're tracking it, of course."
"!!"
Sua's eyes went wide. The shock of her trusted subordinate being a spy hit hard. Understandable—I'd have been floored too if I hadn't known.
"Im Sua, while carrying out Master's orders, you worked with Ha Eun-young on drafting the report and the encryption transmission program. Anything else to add?"
Whoa, Baek Seol's tone was off—like an interrogation.
"Hey, why are you grilling her like—"
"M-Mas-Master!! I-I didn't do it! I'm not a spy!!"
Sua freaked out, flattening herself on the floor. She was trembling so pitifully it almost looked pathetic.