Bamboo Forest Manager

Southeast Wind

– This can be seen as typical bullying by the chaebols!

As I laughed in disbelief while watching the video of the Fact Killer, Choi Jina, who was sitting on the sofa next to me as usual, asked with concern.

“Are you really okay?”

“Hmm? What can I do if I’m not okay? The lawsuit is already in progress, and we’ve informed them that there will be no leniency.”

Hasn’t the Fact Killer already left everything on video?

“No, not that person. I mean the broadcast of the investigation team leader that’s coming out now.”

Investigation team leader.

It’s a current affairs program on public broadcasting, and they decided to do a special episode today regarding this incident.

It seemed they liked the source we provided, thinking it could turn public opinion around.

“Why? We’ve already given them all the content, and they’re almost done organizing it, writing the script, and editing it. It’s about to go live.”

I heard they worked day and night for three days, struggling with the editing until this morning.

They even called in all the well-known PDs from the broadcasting station to get it done.

That means our story was quite appetizing from the broadcaster’s perspective.

In the end, it wasn’t us asking them; they were pleading not to give it to anyone else, promising to somehow get it on this week’s broadcast.

“Ah, it’s revealing personal privacy, isn’t it? Are you really okay with that?”

“Honestly, it’s not entirely pleasant.”

Of course, revealing one’s private life to the entire nation isn’t good.

“But just thinking about how scared those guys will be when this comes to light makes my heart flutter a bit.”

“Mr. Woojin seems to have a bit of a bad personality.”

“You didn’t know? A kid who bullied others since elementary school isn’t going to change.”

“True.”

“Anyway, let’s order some food. Is there anything you want to eat?”

Today, the staff left early. I was thinking of ordering chicken, but Choi Jina suggested with a smile.

—

Let me know if you need anything else!

“Let’s order jokbal!”

“Do you know that ever since last time, all you’ve been suggesting is jokbal?”

“Ahem, it was delicious when I had it with Eunbyeol unni.”

It seems like he’s developed a taste for jokbal after ordering it with his younger sister-in-law.

“You’re not drinking soju, right?”

“Ah, can I?”

“No, you can’t.”

“……Why are you asking?”

He had clearly said he would abstain from drinking after the last samgyeopsal incident, yet somehow he seems to have developed a taste for soju as well.

But his younger sister-in-law must not have been able to drink soju since she’s pregnant, so did he drink with his younger brother instead?

‘Oh, what a thing to do in front of a pregnant woman.’

It’s a relief that my father is coming home late because of work due to me.

In the end, we ordered both chicken and jokbal. What’s good about being wealthy? If you can order two types of delivery food like this, that’s what makes you rich.

The chicken arrived first, and just when the jokbal was about to come, our awaited investigation team leader started.

– Hello, this is Kim Joo-oh, the head of the investigation team. Today, we will discuss the suspect of the recent hot potato, the Deungbaesan murder case, his daughter, and finally, the Wooju Group.

“Wow, I never thought my story would come out of that person’s mouth.”

I clicked my tongue in disbelief.

For us, it was a signal for counterattack and a propaganda tool to inform the public of the truth, but it was still somewhat displeasing.

“Wow, the investigation team leader’s ratings must be crazy. Everyone is talking about it.”

Choi Jin-ah was checking articles and communities on her phone.

“What does it say?”

“It’s important to see whose side the investigation team leader is on. If he sides with the Wooju Group, it means he’s been bribed. Statements like ‘I believe in Kim Joo-oh who reveals the truth’ and so on. It’s heating up.”

“Right. It just needs to be in the public eye.”

And so, the investigation team leader Kim Joo-oh continued his presentation.

– The Deungbaesan murder case is an incident that has been neatly resolved without any need for further discussion.

– However, the recent issue at hand is the daughter of the murderer, Oh Cheong-min, Miss Oh Yoon-ji.

Even though they pixelated it, a photo of Yoon-ji appeared.

She’s probably watching this broadcast with Choi Yi-seo.

‘Ah, I really hope she’s not watching.’

Additionally, Choi I-seo, Seo Ye-rin, and Yoo Ah-rin.

“Wow, it’s even on YouTube’s live streaming? They’ve pinpointed the location of the fact killer here too?”

“Attention-seeking b*stard.”

Anyway, he’s someone desperate to stand out. With the recent incident, he’s become a righteous YouTuber, and his subscribers are skyrocketing.

– It all started with a sniper video from a YouTuber.

“Let me see.”

I also wanted to check out the public opinion, so I looked at the real-time chat on Choi Jin-ah’s phone.

↳ It made the fact killer’s broadcast.

↳ Hahaha, let’s go for a surge!

↳ I still watch that video once a day.

↳ This is what justice is, judges.

“I shouldn’t have looked.”

Even the head of the investigation team was briefly showing the fact killer’s video.

– And lastly, you. Ha, normally names shouldn’t be mentioned, but I’ll speak my mind today.

– Oh Yoon-ji! Are you that confident? Do you want to live like that with the money your murderer father, Oh Cheong-min, scammed?

↳ Crazy b*tch.

↳ Just seems like an unprecedented psycho.

↳ In our country, living honestly is a bad thing, haha.

↳ I don’t think I could live like that. Even if I flaunt it, I’d probably be trembling at night;

– Now, through the YouTuber, this kind of video was revealed, and our production team had questions.

– Oh Cheong-min was a murderer, but he was also a victim of the Garam investment scam. What did the money that was scammed mean?

Surprisingly.

If the fact killer got one thing right.

It was that Oh Cheong-min was a scammer.

He probably called Oh Cheong-min a scammer just for the sake of sensationalism and image-making.

But he was actually also linked to investment fraud in addition to being a serial killer.

– Shockingly, the answer to that was provided by the Universe Group.

“Ah, that’s what I got.”

From noble mtl dot com

Information obtained through Jin Mi-ae came out in a stream. It was explained that he was already indicted, and the Universe Group was resolving it internally.

↳ Great fact killer!

↳ I worship the goat!

↳ Just light! The justice of the Republic of Korea!

↳ Wow, so even before the universe intervened, Paxsal already knew, huh?

↳ No way; if you look into Paxsal’s past, wouldn’t you find something like the National Intelligence Service?

The fact killer was being worshipped for pointing out the details that others had missed.

“Worship a lot.”

“Ah! How can you eat two chicken legs all by yourself!”

“Have some pig’s feet.”

But it was made really well, thrillingly so.

They said they had talent, and even with just a few drops of sauce, it was clean yet captivatingly crafted.

– Surprisingly, Jin Mi-ae betrays Oh Cheong-min and squanders all that money. Typical words of a one-time opportunist, intoxicated by men, alcohol, and luxury goods.

↳ Hahaha

↳ They’re going wild among themselves, lol

↳ This is why you need to study.

↳ You who are being defined by yourselves are the goats.

↳ ? Then what about Oh Yoon-ji’s money?

‘Right, that should raise questions.’

If Jin Mi-ae spent all the money,

Where on earth did Oh Yoon-ji get the funds to establish a new MCN?

↳ Kim Woon? I heard the second son of the Universe Group is her lover.

↳ Ugh, what a crazy b*stard.

↳ What about our Galaxy? She even got pregnant; it’s really sad. She met the wrong guy.

Naturally, the target began to shift towards us, but as if already anticipated, the conversation started to veer in another direction.

– Alright, everyone. Let’s take a moment to change the subject.

Scenes acted out by the actors appear like flashbacks.

When did they even film this?

“You must have had a hard time.”

“I even played a separate background score.”

“Really?”

“Yes, ah! Here it comes. The important scene.”

—

It’s practically the highlight.

– Here, the two first met in college.

A man and a woman face each other against a backdrop that looks like a university classroom. The woman even has hair as red as Yoon-ji’s.

– At first, they bickered, but that gradually transformed into affection for one another.

↳ What the heck is this all of a sudden.

↳ I thought I switched to another broadcast.

↳ What is this?

– Thus, they began dating in the first semester of their freshman year.

↳ Did they become a couple?

↳ Hahaha, why is this even more entertaining?

↳ This is so funny, lol. Freshman year, first semester couple? Hell.

↳ But what does that even matter?

– As time passed, they became indispensable to each other. Because the man had escaped from a patriarchal family, and the woman’s father was a murderer in prison. They had no choice but to rely on one another.

– So, during the summer break of their freshman year, suddenly, the woman leaves the man.

– Because the man was actually the son of a major conglomerate in our country. And the woman was the daughter of a murderer.

– Now, here’s a letter that the production team painstakingly obtained. It was left for the man by the woman when she left.

The phone is already ringing.

I pretended not to see it on purpose.

“Thank goodness. The secretary didn’t throw the letter away back then.”

“Ha, Oh Yoon-ji probably hoped it would be discarded.”

It’s all in the past now.

Still, I was relieved that the father’s secretary had kept the letter, just in case.

On the TV, the woman’s voice began to read the contents of the letter.

– Dear X,

– I’m sorry for leaving so suddenly without a word. But I hope you understand that it’s for us to love each other for a long time.

– My father sent someone. It seems he didn’t like that I was dating you because my father is a criminal.

– I understand. If you marry a girl like me, it would greatly tarnish the company’s image. You wouldn’t want to create a weakness for yourself.

– Still, my father promised me. If I become someone who can take responsibility for you… he would accept you again.

– So, I’m trying to earn some money. Fortunately, your second brother said he would give me a chance separately.

– I’m going to start a company. It’s a small amount, but I’ll work hard. So I’ll definitely become a woman who suits you.

—

—

– I’m sorry, X. I’m really sorry for leaving you like this.

– Still.

– I will definitely come back.

– For sure.

– I will return to you.

– Wait for me, my husband?

“Ha, damn. They really did a great job.”

Without realizing it, my eyes slightly reddened. Choi Jin-ah seemed to be so absorbed that she was staring intently at the screen.

Others probably felt the same way.

The screen returns to the host, Kim Joo-oh.

– Everyone. You may have noticed, but this is a letter from Oh Yoon-ji and the youngest son of the Wooju Group.

– There have been strange rumors about the second son of the Wooju Group and Oh Yoon-ji, but that is not true.

↳ Ha.

↳ Ah, I’m getting a bit teary;

↳ It’s a real pure love story.

↳ Why don’t I have someone like that?

↳ Should I prepare a rebuttal video for Fact Killer?

↳ So it was Fact Killer who spread the rumors about their affair.

– Now, everyone, how do you see Oh Yoon-ji?

– To me… she simply appears as a woman who loved one man fiercely and wanted to become someone worthy of him.

– Lastly.

– I will play the video we showed at the beginning again.

– The same content, but you will feel it astonishingly differently.

After that.

What comes next is the video of the Fact Killer.

– Hello? Who is this?

– Is this Shin Min-bae? You are currently operating a YouTube channel called ‘Fact Killer.’

– Ah, did you contact me for an advertisement inquiry? Or was it a tip? I have a separate email written down-.

– I’m Yoon-ji’s ex-boyfriend.

Yeah.

—

The video I contacted at first.

It was the video where they threatened to silence a small YouTuber from the Universe Group.

– Hmm? Do you have any information to share?

– It’s not information; I contacted you to take down the video. Everything in the video is a lie.

– Ha, hahaha. Who put you up to this? Did you get paid?

– I’m saying this for your sake. Take down the video immediately. We want to settle this with words as much as possible.

– We? You mean us? Are you perhaps an insider from Star Studio? Or are you from the Universe Group?

– …Yes, that’s correct. So please stop. We do not wish for this to escalate to a legal battle.

– Hahaha! Are you threatening a mere YouTuber!?

– It’s not a threat. I sincerely hope you stop here and apologize.

– Apologize? What should I apologize for! Isn’t it you from the Universe Group who should be apologizing for deceiving people while defending a murderer’s daughter?

– …We have given you multiple chances.

Thud.

The video cuts off.

Kim Joo-oh appears again.

He asks the viewers with a bitter smile.

– What did you think?

– At first, the lines sounded like corporate bullying, abuse of power, a kind of threat.

– Now, doesn’t it seem like the efforts of a man trying to protect a woman who has now left?

– Doesn’t it sound like a man’s plea to hide the flaws of the woman he loved, borrowing the name of the Universe Group?

“Wow, they just aired that whole thing.”

“Mr. Woojin is really lucky he’s not an enemy.”

In response to Choi Jina’s remark about whether I had drawn this picture since the call, I could only smile faintly.

– In the end, the two could not be together for some reason. That is the conclusion of the story.

– Now, everything is your judgment.

– This was Kim Joo-oh, the head of the investigation team.

The broadcast ends just like that.

Glancing at the live chat, the expected reactions pop up.

↳ ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

↳ 21st-century Romeo and Julietㅠㅠㅠ

↳ It’s a pure love story, isn’t it?

↳ Ugh, my heart really hurts so much.

↳ It must be the Universe Group that blocked it, right? No, the father’s fault is a fault, but what did the daughter do wrong?

↳ Wow, just look at how pitiful they both are.

↳ Everyone’s so ridiculous. It seems like the investigation team leader took money from the Universe.

↳ I agree, I think so too. Does this even make sense from the start?

↳ Damn, those fans of the broken-headed pack.

↳ Doesn’t watching that make your heart race?

↳ Seems like they’ve never been in love.

↳ Fact) In the end, it hasn’t been clearly revealed whether Oh Yoon-ji received money or not.

↳ Fact) Broadcasting can be manipulated as much as you want.

↳ By that logic, the pack video can also be manipulated.

“Looks like they’re having a great fight.”

But what can you do?

It’s just the beginning.

That’s not wrong.

Oh Yoon-ji’s innocence hasn’t been proven.

But that will come soon.

‘It’s not over yet.’

A big blow with the biggest one.

I still have it.

Public opinion can turn in an instant.

Still, for now, the image of Yoon-ji will start to change.

For today, that was enough.

“Oh, they did a great job over there, didn’t they? It was dramatic. I should treat you to a meal later.”

“……Woojing, everything over there is true, right?”

At Choi Jin-ah’s question, which was filled with empathy, I nodded awkwardly.

“Of course. If there’s a lie mixed in, what’s the difference from being a fact killer?”

The reason I can be confident is.

Because it’s all the truth.

“Such a person is now with three women—.”

“Hey! Let’s look towards the future in a wholesome way! Don’t dig up the past!”

“Sigh, fine. But is this okay? Did Yoonji and the other girlfriends agree to this kind of content being sent?”

“Haha….”

I feel a bead of sweat trickling down my back.

“There’s no way they agreed.”

Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz! Bzzz!

– Oh Yoonji –

It’s been ringing since earlier.