Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116 - Code Name Wizard [3] >
Chapter 117 - Code Name Wizard [4] >
Chapter 118 - Code Name Wizard [5] >
Chapter 119 - Code Name Wizard [6]>
Chapter 120 - Phillygun [1] >
Chapter 121 - Phillygun [2] >
Chapter 122 - New York Catastrophe [1] >
Chapter 123 - New York Catastrophe [2] >
Chapter 124 - New York Grand Festival [1] >
Chapter 125 - New York Grand Festival [2] >
Chapter 126 - London Protocol [1]
Chapter 127 - London Protocol [2]
Chapter 128 - London Protocol [3] >
Chapter 130 - < Protect – Episode 129 – Hosoo Entertainment Group Year-End Meeting [1] >
Chapter 131 - < Protect – Episode 130 – Hosoo Entertainment Group Year-End Meeting [2] >
Chapter 132 - Hosoo Entertainment Group Year-End Meeting [3] >
Chapter 133 - Hosoo Entertainment Group Year-End Meeting [4] >
Chapter 134 - Talk Show [1] >
Chapter 135 - Talk Show [2] >
Chapter 136 - Talk Show [3] >
Chapter 137 - – Talk Show [4] >
Chapter 138 - World Class [1] >
Chapter 139 - World Class [2]
Chapter 140 - World Class [3]
Chapter 141 - World Class [4]
Chapter 142 - Angola [1] >
Chapter 143 - < Protect – Episode 142 – Angola [2] >
Chapter 144 - Holly Corp. [1] >
Chapter 145 - Holly Corp. [2] >
Chapter 146 - Guardian Angel [1] >
Chapter 147 - Guardian Angel [2] >
Chapter 148 - Guardian Angel [3] >
Chapter 149 - Guardian Angel [4] >
Chapter 150 - Korea Shock [1] >
Chapter 151 - Korea Shock [2]
Chapter 152 - Korea Shock [3]
Chapter 153 - Korea Shock [4]
Chapter 154 - Korea Shock [5] >
Chapter 155 - Korea Shock [6] >
Chapter 156 - Hong Kong Noir [1] >
Chapter 157 - Hong Kong Noir [2] >
Chapter 158 - Hong Kong Noir [3] >
Chapter 159 - Hong Kong Noir [4] >
Chapter 160 - Hong Kong Noir [5] >
Chapter 161
Chapter 162 - – Ultra [1] >
Chapter 163 - Ultra [2] >
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166 - Ultra [5] >
Chapter 167 - Bridal Mask [1] >
Chapter 168 - Bridal Mask [2]
Chapter 169 - Bridal Mask [3]
Chapter 170 - Bridal Mask [4]
Chapter 171 - Korea National Association [1]
Chapter 172 - Korea National Association [2] >
Chapter 173 - Korea National Association [3] >
Chapter 174 - Korea National Association [4] >
Chapter 175 - Korea National Association [5] >
Chapter 176 - Korea National Association [6] >
Chapter 177 - Ahn Da Sol Vs. Trash Disposal Group [1] >
Chapter 178 - Ahn Da Sol Vs. Trash Disposal Group [2] >
Chapter 179 - Ahn Da Sol Vs. Trash Disposal Group [3] >
Chapter 180 - Ahn Da Sol Vs. Trash Disposal Group [4] >
Chapter 181 - Six-Party Talks [1]
Chapter 182 - Six-Party Talks [2]
Chapter 183 - Shotgun[1] >
Chapter 184 - Shotgun [2] >
Chapter 185 - Shotgun [3] >
Chapter 186 - Shotgun [4] >
Chapter 187 - Shotgun [4] >
Chapter 189 - Shotgun [7]
Chapter 190 - Shotgun [8]
Chapter 191 - 25000 Vs 1 [1]
Chapter 192 - 25000 Vs 1 [2]
Chapter 193 - 25000 Vs 1 [3]
Chapter 194 - 25000 Vs 1 [4]
Chapter 195 - So What? [1]
Chapter 196 - So What [2] >
Chapter 197 - So What? [3] >
Chapter 198
Chapter 199 - Stateless Person [1] >
Chapter 200 - Stateless Person [2] >
Chapter 201 - Stateless Person [3] >
Chapter 202 - Sim City [1] >
Chapter 203 - Sim City [2]
Chapter 204 - Sim City [3] >
Chapter 205 - Sim City [4] >
Chapter 206 - Logan’S Adventure [1] >
Chapter 207 - Logan’S Adventure [2]
Chapter 208 - Logan’S Adventure [3]
Chapter 209 - Logan’S Adventure [4]
Chapter 210 - Logan’S Adventure [5] >
Chapter 211 - Protect – Side Story – Logan’S Adventure [6]
Chapter 212 - < Protect – Side Story – Logan’S Adventure [7] >
Chapter 213 - Protect – Side Story – Logan’S Adventure [8]
Chapter 214 - Protect – Side Story – Logan’S Adventure [9]
Chapter 215 - Trip To Europe [1]
Chapter 216 - Protect – Episode 206 – Trip To Europe [2]
Chapter 217 - Protect – Episode 207 – Trip To Europe [3]
Chapter 218 - Protect – Episode 208 – Trip To Europe [4]
Chapter 219 - Protect – Episode 209 – Trip To Europe [5]
Chapter 220 - Protect – Episode 210 – Neo Nazi [1]
Chapter 221 - Neo Nazi [2]
Chapter 222 - Neo Nazi [3]
Chapter 223 - Neo Nazi [4] >
Chapter 224 - Russian Roulette [1] >
Chapter 225 - Protect – Episode 215 – Russian Roulette [2]
Chapter 226 - Protect – Episode 216 – Russian Roulette [3]
Chapter 227 - Protect – Episode 217 – Russian Roulette [4]
Chapter 228 - Protect – Episode 218 – Grand Circle [1]
Chapter 229 - Protect – Episode 219 – Grand Circle [2]
Chapter 230 - Protect – Episode 220 – Grand Circle [3]
Chapter 231 - Protect – Episode 221 – Grand Circle [4]
Chapter 232 - Green Peace [1]
Chapter 233 - Green Peace [2]
Chapter 234 - Protect – Episode 224 – Green Peace [3]
Chapter 235 - Protect – Episode 225 – Green Peace [4]
Chapter 236 - Protect – Episode 226 – Wild Africa [1]
Chapter 237 - Protect – Episode 227 – Wild Africa [2]
Chapter 238 - Protect – Episode 228 – Wild Africa [3]
Chapter 239 - Wild Africa [4] >
Chapter 240 - Wild Africa [5] >
Chapter 241 - Wild Africa [6] >
Chapter 242 - Queen Of Steel [1]
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Ongoing, Slice of Life Status: Ongoing Alternative names: Guardian, 수호, ______
Total Chapters in book: 240
Estimated words: 678629 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3393(@200wpm)___ 2715(@250wpm)___ 2262(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 678629 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3393(@200wpm)___ 2715(@250wpm)___ 2262(@300wpm)
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Chapter 169: < Protect – Episode 168 – Bridal Mask [3] >
A gun terrorist attack was so taboo in Korea that no one even imagined it could ever happen. The appearance of the bridal mask with a gun just went to show that the firearm restriction that people so praised was no longer in place. The investigative authorities soon began looking into weaponry, and as long as they dug without everything they got, there wasn’t much they couldn’t find.
If they invested their national power into resolving the issue, no country would act so irresponsibly. They didn’t want to face criticism that they were using it on some and not on others. The foundation of democracy was that rights and responsibility had its limitations. There had to be negotiations and checks happening by the authorities within the system, and if some kind of power took place within it, that wasn’t a democracy but dictatorship.
This was what a constitutional scholar once said.
‘One must not ignore the law that already exists! In a constitutional state, making rulings that are not based on the law cannot be allowed!’
The legal scholars said this during the highpoint of the candlelight vigils. Socrates never said this, but it wasn’t all wrong to claim that unjust law was still the law. It should be the one who created the unjust law that should die. The ones who follow it did nothing wrong. Anyone was capable of pointing out problems in the law, but the citizens weren’t able to resolve those issues themselves.
If people were going to give up their jobs because they were fed up with politics, why did they elect members of the national assembly? The reason why Korea’s political system was so stiff was because of how the people perceived the members of the national assembly. In some ways, they were privileged. Why? Because they were able to do many things that others couldn’t. However, the fact that there were terms meant that no one was supposed to monopolize that power.
The people always criticized the assembly for fighting and nothing else, but as expected in Korea, the members had killer workloads. The National Assembly did a lot more work than people knew. It was normal for members of the national assembly to get cursed at, but it was especially serious in Korea.
There weren’t many Koreans who would say they respected the members of the national assembly. If all politicians took bribes and got drunk off of power, this country would have been doomed already. In the midst of getting ridiculed for being slaves to power, there were lots of patriots working hard due to their sense of duty. It was just that no one else knew.
Why?
Because the media liked provocative material. People instinctively liked criticisms more than praise.
Do you think President Lee Joong Hyun will postpone his statement?
The nation’s credit score will plummet! This is the second time this month! Are we looking at a second foreign currency crisis?
The bridal mask incident was definitely planned! There were traces of hacking police communications and CCTVs!
How did the Bridal Mask know of the kidnapping? How do we resolve the flaws of the criminal resolution system?
The government even created a special unit to catch the Bridal Mask. Experts predicted that he would be caught soon, but he was on the move more actively than before. Once there was a report of him being spotted in Seoul, there was another report of him being spotted in Busan.
Busan Gwangmyung killed by Bridal Mask! The police started investigation later on!
Busan Gwangmyung exposed for human and organ trafficking! Busan people are in shock!
Mokpo Youngsan killed by Bridal Mask! They forced kidnapped women into selling their bodies!
Mokpo Youngsan built an illegal prostitution and gambling rink on no man’s land! The coast guards are in on it!
That was when people started believing there was more than one Bridal Mask. It didn’t make sense for one person to move from one place to 300 kilometers away in just a few minutes. Some of the media claimed it was North Korea while others stressed that he was a CIA agent.
While the Korean society was heating up, Bridal Mask was busy catching his breath.
“Don’t you think you crossed the line, Soo Ho? How could you act so foolishly?”
Ahn Soo Ho was contemplating hanging up to stop listening to Kosino’s scolding.
“This was your idea, Kosi.”
“I just said you should quietly find them and scare them away… When did I tell you to face off with the nation?”
“Same thing.”
The ones who avoided Ahn Soo Ho or were against him were the ones with power. Kosino eventually got tired of scolding him and changed the subject.
“Do you think we’ll get a response?”
“They’re probably taken aback since I boiled the hunting dogs that were working hard for their enjoyment in a pot.”
“Then are you just going to wait now?”
“No, I’m going to keep going. I’m going to boil more dogs. There are lots more assholes where they came from.”
When committing high-risk crimes such as human trafficking or organ trafficking, it was hard for them to do big jobs without protection. Ahn Soo Ho’s target was Shilla Group, but he planned to take care of Youngjin Group first. Ultra was soon going to go down.
‘There’s no need to raise a headache in my front yard.’
He didn’t care about other countries going down because of Ultra, but he planned to live in Korea for a long time. Since he spoke with the military through his Naval Academy classmate, the only other obstacle left to take care of was Youngjin Securities Consulting. Countless criminal organizations went down in the last week. They weren’t just put in jail or dispersed, but not even a trace of them remained.
Bridal Mask
The Korean government deemed him as a terrorist, but the people thought it was refreshing that he only took down criminals. There were those with principle who didn’t accept any excuses, but many praised him for the killings.
Koreans were accustomed to justice.
They worked hard to hold candlelight vigils, but the country hadn’t changed much. The vicious cycle of the rich living well and the poor living miserably continued. Was the opportunity fair? It was as if nothing was certain and heartless justice was turning its back on everyone.
A country where the citizens were the owners. How exciting was that? However, the Korea of today was under the control of power and capitalism.
‘Can we really change the world?’
If not even the huge protests could change the world, what needed to be done? In the midst of that worry, Bridal Mask’s appearance caused quite the impact. He committed a sin that was the worst of the worst.
Murder
No one knew how refreshing a crime could feel. Perhaps they felt less burdened because they weren’t the ones who committed them. However, at that moment, Koreans had a little bit of suspicion in their minds.
‘Why can’t we do it though?’
They were able to see the worst crime with their own eyes, but was it ethically incorrect? However, there were lots of people dying all over the world at this very instant. It was true that murder was bad, but a premise was needed.
‘All members of the nation must respect and treasure life.’
People asked others to cherish them as much as they cherished others, and what stressed that belief was the law. But how much did Koreans respect the law? Nine out of ten did not. There was some influence from the military dictatorship that lasted 30 years, but the real problem was Korea’s very short democratic history.
It hadn’t even been 30 years since Korea’s democratization. This country was still standing in between democracy and dictatorship. The way Ahn Soo Ho saw it, there was something that Koreans were mistaken about which was that their homeland needed a fight more than stability.
It wasn’t logical to think that Korea could establish something in 30 years that took America and France over two centuries to reach.
‘The democratic history of Africa and Korea aren’t that different.’
The progressives wouldn’t have liked this, but the reason why the Korean peninsula didn’t end up like Africa was thanks to America’s help. This was an example of the close relationship between politics and the economy. If America didn’t help so much in the 60s and 70s, today’s Korea wouldn’t have existed.
No matter how much one hated America, that truth couldn’t be denied.
‘Until now, we imitated technology from America and Japan.’
When it came to imitation, there was no imitation to stress the mother of creation.
It was clear that the rise of Korea’s industry was thanks to the blood and tears of the people, but the problem was that not all people could be responsible. They called it an export industry fostering policy, but the government stepped up and competed against other companies in ways that lacked common sense.
The result of that mistake was the harmful effect it had on the economy controlled by the rich. There was a simple reason for why most rich couldn’t compete in the world market besides the top few brands. It was because they weren’t competitive. Since those who were used to monopoly had to start over from ground zero, they had no idea of what to do. The global industry was completely different from domestic.
‘Large groups of stones are seldom captured.’
Daewoo and Hyundae might have gone down, but large groups wouldn’t die easily. They simply changed their sign to dodge public rage, so they were still rich. The reason why that was possible was thanks to the strong punishments given for economic offense. Korea was way too lenient on white-collar crimes.
The national debt was continuing to increase while those who committed economic offenses were released. The reason was to revive the Korean economy. Lee Joong Hyun couldn’t dodge this either. The president’s power to pardon was more used by the rich than the common people to change their identities in society.
“Please come on in, CEO Ahn.”
Ahn Soo Ho was invited to the Blue House.
Of course, he was invited as the CEO of Hosoo Entertainment. If the public knew that he was the one who put the Korean society in chaos while wearing a mask, they would have been shocked. Everyone had to be checked before meeting the president, but not a single guard approached him.
“Welcome, CEO Ahn.”
Lee Joong Hyun lost a lot of weight. Actually, he just aged. Ahn Soo Ho laughed bitterly at how fast he aged. Lee Joong Hyung laughed and pushed back his hair.
“I don’t look so good, do I?”
“You should take care of your skin.”
“I don’t have time for that. Please sit.”
Ahn Soo Ho sat on the sofa.
“Would you like some tea?”
“No thank you.”
Lee Joong Hyun only asked to be mannerly.
“Since we’re both busy, I’ll get straight to the point, CEO Ahn. I’d like you to take a position in the group for the reformation of the rich.”
“Wasn’t making me into an inspector general enough?”
“Thank you for that. That’s why I’m asking you for another favor. Please volunteer one more time for our people, CEO Ahn.”
While Ahn Soo Ho worked as an inspector general due to the president’s orders, he hit a row of home runs. He weeded out quite a lot of rotten eggs, but it was impossible to get rid of corruption completely. As long as mankind didn’t go extinct, cheating and corruption were always going to exist.
“What made you think the reformation of the rich would work when not even the military reform worked out?”
“The media has my back.”
“Don’t fall for the numbers, Mr. President. The media is just an illusion, and they can always go back on their word.”
“The media favors me very much.”
“That’s…”
“I know it’s largely thanks to Chairman Kim Dae San.”
“Then you should talk to the old man about this first. That’s quite a headache.”
Kim Dae San was surprisingly for a reformation of the rich. It was also because of his pride, but the old man thought he was in a completely different category from the other rich. He despised those who picked the safe route out of fear of hopping over a tall wall.
No matter how much they succeeded in Korea, they were simply frogs in a well.
“I’d love to bring Chairman Kim into this, but as you know, Daesan Group is rich as well. They are the most influential group in our country. They’re different from you.”
“I’m one of the rich as well.”
“But Hosoo didn’t succeed with Korean capital. You’re different from the others.”
Come to think of it, analysts put Hosoo Entertainment Group under America or Europe. If companies had nationalities, Hosoo Group would have been a foreigner. However, the man who possessed all the shares besides HBS was definitely of Korean nationality.
After a certain point, he became known as the symbol of a self-made man.
“Okay then. I’ll think about it optimistically.”
Ahn Soo Ho avoided giving a direct answer. He didn’t hate the idea, but he didn’t have enough trust in Lee Joong Hyun as a politician to accept it easily.
‘He’s good as an agitator, but as a politician…? I’m not so sure.’
As it was made clear in China, he was a president who was obsessed with popularity. So he couldn’t erase the question marks over his potential in government operation. Operating a nation wasn’t as easily as people thought.
“You’re definitely not an easy man, CEO Ahn.”
Lee Joong Hyun laughed bitterly while Ahn Soo Ho shrugged. How could Korea’s citizens dilly-dally when their president came off this way? Kim Dae San would have had a hard time as well. However, Ahn Soo Ho was easy-going.
“Tell me what you want, CEO Ahn.”
Lee Joong Hyun was not only bowing, but he was lying flat on the floor.
“What I want, huh…?”
There couldn’t have been anything.
‘Oh!’
Actually, there was. As soon as Ahn Soo Ho smirked, the president got shivers up his back.
“The Secretary of Defense. Deal?”
< Protect – Episode 168 – Bridal Mask [3] > The end.
Total Chapters in book: 240
Estimated words: 678629 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3393(@200wpm)___ 2715(@250wpm)___ 2262(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 678629 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 3393(@200wpm)___ 2715(@250wpm)___ 2262(@300wpm)
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