When I Opened My Eyes, I Was in the Middle of the Battlefield

Around 8 a.m., the Office of the Director of External Relations, Department of State, Harry S. Truman Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Director Robert Anderson’s face hardened as he checked the new report.

“hmm… … .”

Apparently, the mail sent by Sergei bypassed the Taril Islands in the South China Sea and proceeded with the search there, but there was still no proper clue.

Of course, it wasn’t that I didn’t understand.

It’s only been 23 hours since the search started, and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) resources, including HUMINT (Human Information), also needed more time to produce results.

Moreover, the Taril Islands were fragmented islands spread over a range of 400 km in diameter.

Since there are hundreds of uninhabited islands with no residents and no related facilities, it took a long time to film and analyze them with high-altitude UAVs.

But that’s just a normal case.

The search for the Taril Islands shouldn’t have been so trivial.

It was because it was related to Sergei, who had not been caught for the past three years when the Foreign Cooperation Bureau was newly established.

I had to pay more attention and care.

And fortunately, the results were in Robert’s hands.

‘… There must have been a reason that was not revealed.’

Robert’s brow wrinkled.

As you might have guessed, the search for the Taril Islands was not an easy task.

Relevant records from Southeast Asian countries bordering the South China Sea came into hand, but most of them were deleted, replaced with perfunctory content, or even lost due to negligence.

Of course, this also happened often.

Administrative processing in developing or underdeveloped countries has often been rushed or messed up.

However, as the report showed, this did not happen often.

It was because the records at the time Sergei’s mail was bypassed were all damaged, just like the contents of the report that had just been uploaded.

That is also ship or aircraft operation records and communication data related to the Taril Islands.

Seeing this, Robert shook his head.

“Damn it, I did a lot of tricks.”

His mouth opened involuntarily.

It was because it seemed difficult to obtain results with a short search.

It could be as short as a few days or as long as a few weeks.

But I couldn’t give up. As much as Sergei’s traces came out, I had to check what had been done in the Taril Islands.

It could have been a simple camouflage or detour, but then the evidence had to come out. If not, there had to be a reason not to.

Only then could special operations agents and cruise missiles costing millions of dollars be used.

Otherwise, you will lose both money and information.

Robert let out a resigned sigh.

‘… It will be prolonged.’

And it was time to get up to go get the coffee.

belt ring-

A notification popped up in the corner of the monitor.

[Arrival of secure mail (1)]

It was from Rachel of Al Jamash.

There is a time difference of about 7 hours, so I should have sent it as soon as I finished the mission as usual.

‘It was a request from a suspicious Russian.’

It was a situation in which people suspected of belonging to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) or GRU (Russian Intelligence Directorate) had made a request to G&G Corp and were suspicious.

I had to check whether it was really just rescuing or if there were no other intentions, etc., and this was resolved to some extent with the report.

‘… I really just rescued him and went back.’

To the extent that they actually hired and brought PMC personnel from other regions.

‘If I care about it this much, I’ll have to find out who asked for it… … .’

Soon, Robert’s gaze stopped elsewhere. It’s about Kang Tae, which I’ve mentioned before, but even an unannounced file was attached.

This is a video of G&G Corp Charlie’s team using the Al Jamash Training Center.

Click.

Wait for Robert to click and wait.

His pupils began to dilate, and his mouth opened.

And admiration came out.

“Oh, my God! How could this be nonsense… … !”

It was unfolding on a completely different level than the body cam footage that Rachel had sent before, hidden behind her back or unclear.

With everything clear, Kang-tae showed off his shooting skills.

Jake, who was a monster of Delta Force, Marcus, who was also from Delta Force, and Jose, who was a Navy SEAL, were no match.

It was obviously human speed, but the result was impossible.

‘It’s the first time I recorded a squad… … ?’

Robert, who did not even know the records of the training center, was impressed again while reading the report.

‘Enough, enough and there will be more. Aren’t they actually post-human?’

It was an acceptable skill.

Soon, his gaze stopped at the sentence written at the end of the report.

[…] ‘Lee’ was even asked to be scouted by a Russian, but refused because of his colleague. However, there is room for the proposed annual salary to increase, and since the time spent with colleagues is only 2 months, the possibility of changing jobs cannot be ruled out.]

Robert’s eyes twinkled.

‘I was going to take you from Russia… … ?’

It was absolutely unacceptable to go over to Russia, not just overseas, but the hostile country.

It was fortunate that he only offered 450,000 dollars, but he didn’t want to let Kang-tae go just because he asked for a higher amount.

No, that didn’t work.

Kang Tae was an irreplaceable human resource.

Not just overseas, but not to the CIA, Homeland Security, or any other secret organization.

‘We have to use it.’

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Like many leaders who want competent subordinates, Robert also wanted Kang-tae.

It had to be used as the only weapon in foreign cooperation countries as quietly and expensively as possible.

In other words, it means that it should ultimately be affiliated with the Department of Foreign Affairs.

However, there were many things to go through, such as changing nationality, psychological tests, and complex personality tests, so Robert wrote the e-mail quickly.

[…] Give Lee a friendly impression of the United States, and deepen his personal relationship with Lee to enhance his friendship. In addition, check that there is no turnover, and if signs are detected, take preemptive measures and report.]

And to prepare a specific plan, I called the person in charge, and quickly established a rough plan.

Making Kang-tae a permanent resident, receiving immigration funds and various benefits, and then receiving citizenship to become an American himself.

Since it was a paper procedure, this was more than enough to be solved in a few days.

Robert wanted to do the same.

However, the priority was to make Kang Tae as natural as possible as an American, so it was not possible to finish it in a short period of time.

It was because unnaturalness created an excuse for unnecessary misunderstanding or something else to intervene.

Then it will also be difficult to eventually join the State Department.

That said, this also meant taking a long time.

‘… This will also be prolonged.’

Robert let out a shallow breath.

Following Sergei, there were two people who had to endure and watch over Kang-tae.

* * *

Immediately after completing a medical check, gun check, and shower.

I went straight to the container bedroom, sat down in front of my laptop, and hurriedly put on my headset with a twisted cord.

I had something to look for.

just Russian.

No matter how much I thought about it, it was because I couldn’t understand understanding Russian during the operation.

So I was looking for Russian speaking to check it properly.

I realized it right away.

“Это потрясающе… … .(This is amazing….)”

I could understand and even speak Russian. without having to learn anything.

It was perfect pronunciation, just like English.

After speaking a few more Russian words, I slowed down without realizing it.

It was because of the other letters written in the corner of the screen.

words from other countries.

It was Polish.

Of course, it’s a language that has nothing to do with me, but the funny thing was that I recognized the sentence as Polish.

Not just to read, but to the extent that it is understood and even spoken.

“What is this… … ?”

Reflexively, I put my hand on the keyboard and searched for Polish.

As before, it was all read. And it came out as I thought.

After perplexedly, I searched for languages of other countries.

I let out a laugh.

“her… It’s ridiculous… … ?”

It was because the languages I had never learned before were understandable and came out as words as if they were installed in my head.

It wasn’t just one or two.

A total of 11 languages including Korean.

‘English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Japanese, Chinese… … . f*ck, I’m not a linguist… … .’

It was a matter of swearing.

It’s not that it’s bad or wrong, but it’s because it was an incomprehensible phenomenon.

Even only 11 were available.

I couldn’t speak the language of another country at all, so I wondered what happened to this, when I was trying to squeeze my head into it.

Something flashed into my mind.

supported language.

I couldn’t look closely at Lareple’s explanation, but there was definitely something like that.

Just in case, I searched for other games, and all supported languages were similar.

And after searching for a long time, I also found out that Poland is the only country in Eastern Europe that supports languages because it is a game powerhouse.

“her… … .”

The moment I laughed out loud.

“What the hell are you looking at? Polish?”

Rachel suddenly appeared from the side. With wet up-do hair and the smell of shampoo.

I fell away from her who leaned her shoulder towards me.

As a man, he likes pretty girls like Rachel, but it was because there was nothing good about distracting him.

I haven’t had time to do that yet.

More than anything, Rachel was not a character suitable for romance or love.

There was no such thing as a love line in Lareple either. On the contrary, it only highlights the calculus aspect.

So I rubbed my nose and asked.

“it’s nothing.”

As I quickly closed the laptop lid, Rachel raised an eyebrow.

“Hmm, even wearing a headset… What the hell did you do?”

“Wear your clothes straight.”

spoke roughly.

The collar of the T-shirt she was wearing was rolled up, revealing the nape of her neck.

I asked before saying anything else.

“Then why did you come to someone else’s room?”

“… … .”

For some reason, Rachel seemed a bit dissatisfied, but the answer came back soon.

“The command room should have called… Didn’t you hear?”

“Ah, I put it on silent during the operation, but it seems that I didn’t turn it off. What’s going on? Are you going to work again?”

While answering and checking missed calls, Rachel’s words continued.

“No, the whole team said they would give us a vacation.”

“Are you on vacation?”

“The two of us couldn’t go because our service periods were short, but they told us to rest well because there were a lot of difficult operations.”

“ah… … .”

The moment I was shaking my head.

Rachel’s unexpected words came back.

“I think everyone will go to Luke Miller’s grave first, will you go together? The vacation schedule is three weeks anyway, so why don’t we stop by the US first and then go to Korea?”

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Luke’s Graveyard and Korea.

I hesitated at the two words.

It wasn’t that I didn’t think of it at all, because it was so sudden.

Most of all, it was something that wasn’t in the game.

Although Lareple is an open world FPS game, Luke’s graveyard and Korea did not appear at all, so they were places that could not be visited.

The places you can visit are virtual cities and a few major countries that continue the story of the game.

At the same time, short thoughts continued.

The room I was in, the workplace I worked at, the military I was discharged from, and the people who knew me or what happened to me.

While many thoughts came to my mind, Rachel said as if waking me up.

“Let’s go together.”