A War Hero With No Regrets

21 – Killing the Sprout (3)

It was almost a month since the series of events that took place at the Eastern Army Headquarters in Branberg came to an end.

Shortly after Werner Grime decided to thoroughly crush the Revolutionary Front, the Security Strategy Department experienced quite a few changes.

The shape of the base, which was quite plain, has been remodeled to a more modern style.

A satellite communication tower was also built, and a new drone hangar was built to support active information collection activities.

That’s not all.

Rooms that had been neglected were reorganized into rooms with various purposes.

Aside from facilities related to combat or work, convenience facilities such as a gym, lounge, and movie theater were also built.

Now it has developed so much that it can truly be said to be a place where people live.

However, the one that showed the most noticeable change was the personnel of the Safety Bureau.

The number of people in the Security Strategy Bureau, which had only six people including the director, increased to 40.

Most of them were in clerical positions such as logistics, maintenance, information processing, and administration, but there were also personnel who were sent to the field carefully selected by Werner himself at the request of Supreme Commander Arthur Phileas.

It is definitely an intelligence agency, but it cannot be comprised 100% of office workers.

The recruited personnel went from the ambiguous position of Deputy Headquarters Commander to the new position of Guard Platoon Commander, Karin Maven.

At first, Karin almost ran away from the director, saying that she could not take on an important position, but eventually gave in to Werner’s persuasion.

I couldn’t protest anyway, so I had no choice but to accept it.

However, contrary to Karin’s mountain of worries, the members of her security platoon did not think as much about her as she did.

“Reaper? What does that mean? “I don’t really care.”

“I’ve heard of it. I rather like it. “It’s not easy to give a nickname to a so-called class.”

“If you think about it the other way around, isn’t everyone behind because the platoon leader is away? “If we stick together, we won’t fall behind.”

What should I say?

It was an attitude that was infinitely closer to denial than positivity, but because of that, he and Karin were surprisingly compatible.

Even though she seemed like a burden at first, she was able to open her heart easier than she thought.

Of course, it was also because Werner Grime deliberately selected only those people.

Now that the war was over, the reduction of the military was almost a given.

That meant the advent of an era in which advancement was achieved through word of mouth rather than pure ability or major.

It is natural that the first to be weeded out are those who have been left out of the military for various reasons.

It didn’t matter how valiantly they fought or how many major achievements they made.

If for some reason I was out of sight, I had to submit an application for discharge.

Sometimes they were forced to submit.

If the screening for ineligibility for active duty, which had never been done during the war, was started again, I’ve said everything.

The reason they were discharged could have been disobedience to orders.

It could have been because he offended his superiors.

I just didn’t like it.

It could have been because I didn’t normally have much interaction with people around me.

Even though the process was different, the results were all the same.

You have to be kicked out of the organization you have devoted your whole life to, without anything in your hands.

Of course, there are bound to be many complaints about the military organization.

Isn’t he the perfect person to become the new hunting dog of the Security Bureau and bite his opponents horribly?

“Director, everyone in the Safety Bureau has gathered.”

“I was planning on leaving now.”

And the alpha of those hunting dogs, Werner Grime, looked at Karin who came to pick him up and said.

***

“… “This concludes the operational briefing.”

When Lieutenant Dante Veiga, head of the Information Management Division, pressed a button on the remote control, the image that filled the auditorium’s hologram screen disappeared.

It was a clean briefing with no unnecessary details.

As a result of compiling internal information from Diane, who had infiltrated the Revolutionary Front, and information obtained from other sources, they were preparing for another coup.

Due to the failure of the last terrorist attack, it was judged that it would be difficult to terrorize the Eastern Army Headquarters or directly assassinate Commander Heinrich Randall.

The next targets they set were supply hubs and manor houses located in the east.

By destroying the munitions factory, the supply capacity within the Eastern Army is weakened, and at the same time, the manor house is destroyed to continue the show of force against the existing aristocratic power.

Werner evaluated it as not a very bad strategy.

They realized that the central powers, including the President, were not pleased with the Eastern Army, which was led by the Hwangdoist faction.

-The President seems to think there is no need to touch it. Rather, it seemed like they wanted to trouble the Eastern Army even more.

The trial date for the terrorist instigators detained at the military police headquarters had not yet been set.

Under the Constitution, the crime of treason carries the death penalty.

If the decision was made right away and hanging was not enough, it meant only one thing.

‘They want mutual annihilation.’

This is a thought worthy of the President.

How could you miss the opportunity to blow your nose without even touching it?

He intensifies the conflict between the Eastern Military District and the Revolutionary Front, waits for some time, and then eats the winning side.

It is a common strategy, yet effective.

But that was something he could do because he was the President.

A living bomb who will do anything to protect his throne.

If there are people that bother him, he mercilessly throws them to the ground.

If you can achieve your goal, regardless of whether others are sacrificed, that’s the best.

The Fuhrer was that kind of person.

He actually had the power to commit such a thing, so there is a reason why he was able to push aside a decent emperor and stand tall as the number one figure.

But Werner had no intention of doing as the Fuhrer wished.

From the beginning, he was a harsher person than the President, because he never thought of himself as kind.

“What are the weapons ready?”

“It’s perfect.”

The weapons that Werner ordered the most for the National Security Agency were firearms with silencers as standard.

Strike quickly and escape secretly.

In such operations, the presence or absence of noise was an essential factor in determining the success or failure of the operation.

Not forgetting the unmanned helicopter equipped with cutting-edge stealth and silent engine functions.

The top priority of the Security Strategy Bureau is the elimination of high-ranking personnel, including the Secretary General of the Revolutionary Front.

While the Revolutionary Front lost its leadership in an instant and fell into chaos, the power of the cornerstone was used to completely control the Revolutionary Front as the hands and feet of the Security Bureau.

The reason why Diane Schmidt was saved.

Just by holding the Revolutionary Front in your hands, you can weaken the power of the Eastern Military District.

No, he has already built up a lot of favor with Commander Heinrich Randall thanks to his achievements in successfully preventing previous terrorist attacks.

The Fuhrer wanted all opponents to be destroyed, but Werner decided that he could control all of them.

What I gained through forty regressions was more than I expected.

From combat techniques, command methods, to politics and collusion within the military.

Since he declared that he would trample on all unrest, the structure of each faction was already drawn in Werner’s mind.

If we pull out all the teeth of the Revolutionary Front, which runs rampant without even knowing the topic, the Eastern Military District and the Revolutionary Front will only growl at each other and not actually clash.

“As the Director said, we have completed underwater infiltration, aerial assault via helicopter, and covert infiltration training in the lake area. “All members of the current security platoon completed the training course with no one failing.”

Otto Bichan, head of the Training and Education Department, reported in detail.

This is indeed the spirit of a member of the Mobile Strike Force, which was considered the most elite during the war.

Even though one leg was prosthetic, Werner gave him the important role of head of the training department, which was rewarding.

“Then all preparations have been completed. The operation start time is 00:00 the day after tomorrow. “So that we can each take two days of rest and maintenance time and then gather by 21:00 tomorrow.”

All preparations are complete.

It was the perfect time for hunting.

***

Around the time when the Security Strategy Bureau was planning precision surgery on the Revolutionary Front.

Similarly, there was one more person who was continuing to investigate the Revolutionary Front.

“… “Sister, aren’t you sleeping?”

“Yes, I’m going to sleep a little longer. “There’s a bit of a strange side to it.”

Argen Orca had not yet returned to the inspection office.

All of her previous duties were handed over to the deputy chiefs and managers, and she decided to take charge of the investigation into the eastern military district terrorist incident.

Not only was Leah Gilead, her beloved younger sister and comrade in arms, directly involved in the incident.

This was because several suspicious circumstances were discovered.

‘If the predecessor of the Revolutionary Front was a revolutionary group that was oppressed in the past, it is natural for them to have hostility toward the Eastern Military District. But… ‘Where on earth did this organization called the Security Strategy Bureau come from?’

Leah was injured while trying to protect an officer from the Security Strategy Bureau who was preparing for the scene.

Up to that point, it was an understandable category.

I already knew that His Excellency the President had established a new department called the Security Strategy Bureau within the Supreme Command.

An agency subordinate to the Supreme Command, but also a deformed agency that is also directly under the direction of the President.

It was also the fifth official investigative agency with its own investigative authority and information collection authority, following the Military Police, Military Prosecutors’ Office, Inspector General’s Office, and Intelligence Command.

It is also extremely suspicious that even Argentina, which can inspect the military police, military prosecutors, and intelligence command under military law, is the only one that cannot.

And above all, the bodies found at the Eastern Army Headquarters in Branberg.

As a result of combining all the circumstantial evidence, Argen Orca was able to arrive at the fact that the Security Strategy Bureau ‘knew in advance that terrorism would occur and yet aided and abetted it.’

Why?

If a terrorist attack occurs, it is clear that countless people will be killed or injured.

In that case, the best option was to spread the news to the Eastern Command to cancel the party and arrest the terrorists.

It was like that when I thought about it using common sense.

There was no need to track down and kill the scattered terrorists one by one.

‘There’s something more. Another purpose of the Security Strategy Bureau’s visit to the Eastern Military District.’

Argen’s eyes sparkled.

If you slowly look up from the bottom like that, you will be able to reach the truth at some point.

The most certain method was, of course, to meet with personnel from the Security Strategy Bureau.

An officer named Karin Maven who I talked to in the hospital room.

I had to find her first.

If that’s not possible, at least the captain in question was protected by Leia.

It was then that Leah, who was looking at Argen who was concentrating, opened her mouth.

“Sister, I have a favor to ask.”

“Huh?”

“Can you please look for the captain I saved?”

It was an unexpected request.