Gender Reversal Politics

24. Bait

“Why did I buy Mana Coins?”

Limp words escaped between Sungmin Moon’s chapped lips, which were spread out in the corner of the room.

It was a phrase he constantly repeated these days.

Even when I gave up on a foreign car that I paid for with a deferred installment payment, even when I was banned from entering a country club because of the rudeness I showed after the crash, even when I confessed to my parents that I had become a beggar, always.

Why did it have to be mana?

‘Of course the answer is… I know best.’

The person who first informed Moon Seong-min of the existence of Mana Coin was the head of the PB center of a decent securities company. He was originally a person who only dealt with rich people who entrusted more than 1.5 Billion money. At the time, Moon Seong-min did not have that kind of financial ability, but he was able to get close to him thanks to golf.

A coin recommended by an elite working in the financial sector, so it was easy to trust.

At that time, I believed it over and over… But now that I think about it, it was a suspicious year. A lady who is a securities company executive recommends virtual currency?

I didn’t even know that he was in collusion with Kwon Ye-sol. I even wandered for several days because I thought I would get an answer if I met the head of the center.

However, it turned out later that the head of the center in question had already been ruined and was caught by the police while attempting to rob an acquaintance.

An elite who used to work at a stock brokerage firm became an attempted special robbery. It was the moment when it was proven that Mana Coin had ruined the lives of various people.

‘Then who should I argue with?’

It was sad and painful that there was no one to take responsibility for this pain.

The 7 billion won that had flown in vain kept coming up to the point of going crazy, but I had to wake up to make a living.

He had already lost all his possessions with mana. He lived with a floating mind while looking at only 7 billion won, and then living while earning 10 million won a month would be heartbreaking, but he still couldn’t help it. Since his only talent is golf, he has no choice but to lean on it.

… But the reality was harsher than expected.

Wealthy women who gave 500,000 won each for field lessons no longer wanted Moon. It was because the rumors that Moon Sung-min was ‘properly’ ruined had already spread.

“MoonPro. To be honest, we didn’t learn from MoonPro just by looking at our skills. I found it because my cute friend was friendly and easy-going. But looking at MoonPro these days, people are a bit strange.”

One of the students said, he meant that he didn’t want to play with someone who was out of his mind.

Moon Seong-min was crazy about mana and forgot about it for a while… The life of a lesson pro earning 10 million won a month was not something I could just enjoy. The reality is that there are many people who do 200 pull-ups a month at the local practice range.

A miserable situation where he lost both his property and his golf.

Every time he realized that he had fallen to the abyss, there was a person that popped into Sungmin Moon’s head.

Suho Lee.

He was a friend who was on the way to success, unlike himself who had thoroughly fallen.

I tend to watch the news quite often, so I knew that Lee Soo-ho earned 30 billion from short selling. He said exactly what his mother earned, but that’s it. Even that was not enough, and as a politician, his presence seemed to have risen significantly.

‘I don’t have the right to blame him.’

However, I couldn’t help but think that Lee Soo-ho was enjoying excessive happiness.

That’s why I’ve been frantically trying to talk to Lee Soo-ho on the phone even once. Even though I drank a lot of water.

‘Shall we walk one more time?’

I’m sure I’ll get cut in the secretary line, but I’ll have to try. Because the heart that doesn’t break in the middle is the most important thing.

But at that time, a strange message came anonymously.

[You are friends with Lee Soo-ho. I heard that you have been interacting with each other for 20 years since the days of the Junior Golf Academy.]

Indirect solicitation… is it the same? At first I tried to ignore it. Moon Seong-min himself is unable to contact Lee Su-ho, so how can he convey the request?

But I couldn’t ignore it all the time.

It was because the photos came soon after. Multiple sheets too.

The people in the photo were very familiar. A man with a nice face, but a big physique that is somewhat out of the range of ordinary women, and a short-haired beauty wearing tight golf wear. It was Lee Soo-ho, a friend, and Na Hye-ri, his boss.

‘This is… Suddenly something.’

Seongmin Moon tilted his head.

At first glance, it was just a photo of two people flirting casually on a golf course.

So far, I haven’t been very impressed. I knew that Suho Lee often played golf with Hyeri Na when she was a secretary. He said he was called out every weekend and played 27 holes. At the time, he just thought he was suffering a lot.

However, there was something strange about the photo I received this time.

First of all, the golf course is in Japan, not Korea. It was even a golf resort offering private rooms. The course was just that, but it was a landmark in a different sense.

It’s like a place where you can eat rice cakes and play golf. Moon Seong-min knew that this resort was loved as a tryst place.

‘Did I live while being eaten by the councilor I served? It wasn’t just being loved for nothing.’

However, I couldn’t figure out who the hell sent these photos and why.

Because you want to expose it instead? I don’t know what the other person’s purpose was, but in the midst of the tension rising, a shady sense of anticipation came to mind.

There was an expectation that this material could be made into money if it was used well.

‘Of course, it’s impossible with just a few pictures… I’m sure it’s like that. If you talk well, you can make money, right?’

Let’s make a picture.

Moon Seong-min quickly made up his mind. It was the moment when I finally found hope.

*

… Seongmin Moon was caught much easier than I thought.

It was Na Hye-ri’s aide who had been recruited separately to spur him on by providing the data anonymously.

However, Seongmin Moon said that he was not aware of that and was fluttering. I wonder if there is any higher level data.

“Hey, are you guys really friends?”

Na Hye-ri, who received a report on Moon Seong-min’s behavior, had an expression of surprise.

“Yes. We’ve known each other for 20 years.”

“But?”

“Because I’m already insane. It is not enough that he lost all his possessions, and his position as a golfer is said to have sunk to the bottom.”

The photo sent to Moon Seong-min was a photo taken last year when Na Hye-ri and Na Hye-ri went to a golf resort in Japan, or it was taken.

It wasn’t a tryst under the guise of a golf trip, it was an actual schedule for golf. Other than that, how much beer did you drink in the evening? Of course, it was true that it provided an excuse for misunderstanding.

I didn’t do this to test Seongmin Moon’s friendship.

My target is CEO Ha-sun Park.

By now, CEO Park must have been anxious to secure our weakness. I would pay any price if I could get my hands on a means to put pressure on Na Hye-ri and me. We will be able to stop our offensive once we have identified our weaknesses.

Of course, just going on a golf trip to Japan wasn’t a weakness. If anything, you just have to explain that you’re dating.

However, Sungmin Moon was in the process of raising the work by ‘taking care of’ whether he thought he had caught the case.

The message he was sending me now was proof of that.

[Suho. Didn’t you tell Congressman Na Hye-ri that you received green fees and all other expenses every time you went out on the field? Apart from that, you said how much money you received. Isn’t that honestly a lesson fee?]

It was true that I received financial support for helping Na Hye-ri become a 90-hit golfer. I’m not a bully, Hyeri, to the extent that she wouldn’t even give her pocket money to an employee who sacrificed her weekends.

Moon Seong-min seemed to be inspired by those words.

[Hey, Suho Lee. Actually, I received a lot of reports from people around me. There are so many eyes watching you at a place like a golftel, so you should have calmed down. It looks like it will rise to the surface soon…. I think I can smooth things over so that the controversy doesn’t break out. Can you help me?]

He seems convinced that I slept with Na Hye-ri.

He said he would help, but in reality it was like threatening to explode sensitive photos or videos.

Actually, there is no such thing.

‘They must have thought that if I bluffed up, I would be numb and frightened.’

He sighed after sending a text message to Moon Sung-min saying, “Do whatever you want.” I was convinced of his betrayal from the beginning, but he was also a decent guy.

“… Hyeri Na. When I was in middle school, I lost my golf club during a tournament. It’s an accident that happens often.”

“But?”

“Of course, you can buy it in a hurry and use it. However, I was hesitant because the cost was a burden… Moon Seong-min willingly lent it to me. Actually, he was cut off because he was not in good condition.”

“Friends were friends.”

“I even won with that borrowed club. From her point of view, it must have felt very uncomfortable, but she congratulated me. He was a good guy back then.”

We used to be that close, but now we’re at this point.

After all, there is nothing as fleeting as human relationships,

“Are you okay, Suho?”

I didn’t seem to lose.

Na Hye-ri put her hand on the back of my hand before I knew it. To be honest, during her days as a secretary, she was considered a bit immature gold spoon, but now she looked different. I never thought that she wouldn’t blame me even once, even though she was going through a storm that she didn’t have to go through.

‘This person can be trusted.’

After bringing Park Ha-sun down, I, Hye-ri, will have to take over the party, but then she must have a lot of trouble. It won’t be easy to rectify the messed up party.

“I will definitely make up for the trouble I caused this time later.”

“… Let’s settle this first.”

I Hyeri added her firewood at this point.

She urgently sent her secretary, who knew everything about her private life, to a foreign country.

In reality, I sent it to travel with my allowance warmly hugged, but to those around me, it would feel like I was stealing it abroad because I wanted to hide something.

Could it be because of that firewood?

The other side responded quickly.

…

Exactly one day later.

“Suho. Representative Park contacted me. He asked me to meet him.”

According to Na Hye-ri, Ha-sun Park suggested a ceasefire without hiding the fact that she had something in her hands. Perhaps Sungmin Moon is the basis for that confidence.

Just in case she didn’t know, she called Seongmin Moon to confirm, but…

“I don’t get it. He’s the one who was impatient to talk to me.”

“The money must have come and gone already, right?”

“Yes. He must have collected large sums of money pretending to be holding something crucial. It’s not like CEO Park is showing his confidence for nothing.”

“… There was no way he would have spent his own money ahead of the prosecution’s investigation, so he must have taken it out of his slush fund. Because the jeonju people would have turned their backs on Park Ha-sun long ago.”

The source of the money Moon Seong-min received is probably the bribe he received from Kwon Ye-sol.

It didn’t matter if it wasn’t. In the midst of this chaos, making a transaction that was not caught by the computer network is itself an act of suicide.

It seemed that I had enough ingredients.

“Let’s meet with CEO Park now. Hyeri Na. I will join you too.”

At these words, Na Hye-ri made a reservation at a Chinese restaurant she had selected in advance and called CEO Park. In fact, there was one more event prepared separately.

Soon, the party leader of the Peace Party was scheduled to become vacant.