Chapter 34

Chapter 34

Looking at the screen slipping out Yi-hyeon felt a thrilling joy. Penetrating the computing network of the key bank of that closed communist country so easily like this. Is this the taste that hackers hack and wander around.

- Heheum. There is this hand taste. Then···

Yi-hyeon who was listening was a little dumbfounded and asked.

‘Does Sion also know ‘hand taste’?’

- At first it was difficult but as ‘we’ grew we came to know. It is not something one can know only by necessarily fishing like humanity.

‘······.’

He tried to just pass but because Sion brought up fishing talk he did not do Yi-hyeon who became uneasy asked.

‘Sion, um··· you didn’t do something while hacking and coming out right?’

Then Sion’s sound that sounds a little sly.

- Hehe I left a very slight trace in a corner of the head office server. A kind of bait or something.

Yi-hyeon was startled.

‘Yes? No, why do such a thing? What if someone tracks.’

Though Yi-hyeon whose liver grew as much as possible doing army life hard but as expected smaller than the large Sion he asked in a slightly shrunken voice.

Is this a large accident occurring? If those guys track in this place’s IP will be caught.

- Don’t worry, Yi-hyeon. With such outdated equipment and computing system operation concept those guys will not even see my heel.

Since Sion is originally a mental body without substance there is no heel.

‘That is Sion’s words. If those guys succeed in tracking I will be covered with the crime.’

Even at Yi-hyeon’s words getting irritated Sion shouted largely.

- Well, those guys cannot track. The reason I left the trace like that is to let those guys taste high-dimensional hacking technology and prepare firmly afterward and try entering once more.

Yi-hyeon was dumbfounded. Because he did not know the mental body Sion had so much competitive spirit.

Of course now it cannot be helped. But from now on he seems to have to nag a bit.

More than that next week is the midterm exam is it okay like this? It seems okay. Though he does not know he who already mastered all the subjects applied for courses will not have unknown problems come out.

Anyway should he continue attending school? If knowledge needed at university he can study as much as wanted with his outstanding brain. There is a lot to do for Sion and his own goals but a feeling of only having time taken at university.

Once attend only until this semester and when vacation go to the US and look at work and think.

* * *

After Sion slightly played a trick on the China Industrial and Commercial Bank server and came out a fuss occurred inside the Industrial and Commercial Bank.

“You still haven’t grasped even by what path it entered?”

Chen Guozhong who is in charge of the computing security of the Industrial and Commercial Bank became about to go crazy now.

Who is he.

From childhood showing outstanding talent in hacking he was selected for the party’s gifted education program and early went to study abroad in Switzerland. And already over 10 years working at this Industrial and Commercial Bank.

In the meantime there were countless intrusion attempts by external hackers, but the bank’s computing network did not budge.

But yesterday a fine trace was discovered at head office server C column X12-002311. cg 57055. The problem is that this clearly an external hacker entered and left but there is no way to know when and in what way came and went at all.

Hackers leave tails. Words a Czech origin professor said when he was studying abroad in Switzerland.

The words that any hacking expert is set to necessarily leave a trace, but the hacker who intruded this time one cannot even guess that route at all. Even when it intruded one could not know.

Knowing the intrusion also depended on chance. An employee who was regularly checking the abnormality of the server the day before yesterday discovered by chance.

Since an accident occurred, reports went up according to the manual, and as a result Chen Guozhong is being broken like this called to the responsible executive.

“···Sorry.”

“Don’t want to hear! Have to grasp the circumstances quickly so I can report above too.”

Though the words are correct talk now there is nothing Chen Guozhong can do. Li Senhong who is looking at such Chen Guozhong from the front had a face that sank seriously.

This foolish guy finds out nothing. Then···.

‘You, do you know what the position of the server the hacker intruded is?”

“······That, as the general manager’s account···.”

“Stop!”

Li Senhong cut the words sharply.

Since Chen Guozhong is the security person in charge there is no way he does not know that fact.

“You must not let that fact out of your mouth until you die. Understand?”

“Understood.”

At Li Senhong’s fierce words Chen Guozhong answered largely. Even though a room where the air conditioner is running well sweat was flowing like rain on his face.

Li Senhong who sent out Chen Guozhong called someone.

“Yes, it is me. The person in charge is not finding out any more facts. So······.”

There is no way just letting pass that the computing network of a Chinese state-owned bank was penetrated. The next day right away a few experts came to the Industrial and Commercial Bank head office.

“We came from the Ministry of State Security. The superiors are viewing this incident seriously. From now on this incident our Ministry of State Security takes charge.”

Li Senhong who is in a quite high executive position at the bank was at a loss at the words of the figure sitting in front.

“Yes, as convenient···.”

The ones who said they came from the Ministry of State Security a few stuck to the server and started investigation and a few called related persons and started interrogation. The so-called method of investigating the system and people simultaneously.

Chinese Ministry of State Security (Ministry of State Security. MSS).

An intelligence agency that has a vast organization reaching 17 bureaus only in departments known externally. This unusual agency directly jumped into the Industrial and Commercial Bank’s hacking incident.

It was evidence that they are not viewing a simple hacking incident simply.

* * *

A few days later the headquarters of the MSS in Beijing Dongcheng District. Though the total floor area of the building is tremendous it is not high and spreads sideways.

Some room underground of this building. Rather than an office it also looks like just a somewhat large warehouse. That much there is no particular furniture in the room and only a large wooden desk and one set of old sofa on one side and no phone even on the desk.

In front of that desk a diminutive figure is sitting, and opposite him a middle-aged person with good physique was standing in attention posture. The figure sitting at the desk flipping through the documents on the desk said.

“Not ordinary!”

“Yes. That’s right. According to the report the conclusion is that this simple and small-looking hacking technology is a completely new method never discovered until now.”

“Krum···.”

The sitting figure exhaled long.

“···Perhaps ‘that’ appeared?”

At the superior’s words the upper body of the figure who was reporting standing upright shook. Something rose in the head.

“Those words···?”

“That we have been tracking passing down generations. The African OOPART!”

“······.”

Though he guessed, at the too shocking words, the one standing in front could not say any words and only trembled his lips.

“Surely there is no way, Deputy Minister.”

Deputy Minister.

This position is the rank right below the Minister who is the head of the Ministry of State Security and the name attached because the Ministry of State Security follows the police’s system in the organization.

The Ministry of State Security is known to have five Deputy Ministers under the head Minister and they are in fact responsible for practical work. This diminutive figure is an unexpected big shot.

Among them the highest real power holder Deputy Minister of the Supervision Group Si Chao.

Now that the Minister’s term is not much left he is known as influential as the next Minister.

“There are not many people who can approach this matter even inside the party. Not to mention that foolish Minister.”

“Yes, I know.”

Si Chao nodded and instructed low.

“You, push all other work behind and from now on dig the back of this matter.”

“···Those words···.”

“Yes, separately from the official investigation the team dispatched to the bank is doing make a separate team and move. The deadline is indefinite. Until there is my instruction. Understand?”

“Yes.”

The man answering tensed tightly.

Until now he has never received this kind of instruction from this superior in front. Telling to investigate indefinitely until there is instruction is to dig to the end no matter how much time it takes. Of course personnel and funds according to the operation will also be supported almost unlimitedly.

* * *

Though there is such a strange movement in the depths of Beijing Yi-hyeon was enjoying new university life in Seoul.

“Aiyo. The exam is too hard. The assignment too.”

Lee Eun-ji whom he got acquainted with on the first day he returned to school in the macroeconomics theory class whined to Yi-hyeon.

On the day he first saw the face she boldly recommended him to enter her stock club and from next when lectures overlap she sticks right beside and chirps.

Today the midterm exam ended. So the students’ expressions are also bright, some seem to be going to a bar from daytime gathering.

“Eun-ji. Let’s go quickly.”

Some female student runs and calls Lee Eun-ji. But Lee Eun-ji seems to have no mind to leave Yi-hyeon’s side and showed fluttering her hands.

“Enough, I will go slowly. Now I am tired. I messed up the exam.”

“That, yes··· but who is this person?”

The approached female student glanced at Yi-hyeon and asked.

“Yes, Gyeong-mi. This person is a senior of the Department of Economics.”

She answered simply and then turned to Yi-hyeon and said. Now the eyes sparkle.

“Oppa shall we go eat makgeolli among ourselves? I know a very delicious pancake house. They give that much amount too.”

“Haha.”

He cannot help but laugh.

Coincidentally drizzle is falling so it seems just right to eat makgeolli. He nodded and stood up.

“Yes, let’s go. I will buy.”

“Yap. Excited.”

Lee Eun-ji became a bright expression and led the way. She was a dead face saying she did not do well on the exam but seems to have forgotten right away.

“Um Eun-ji. Then not going to that charcoal house over there?”

“I won’t go. Today that annoying Senior Gyeong-su will come right?”

“That, probably.”

Lee Eun-ji waved her hand.

“You guys go and eat among yourselves. I made a gathering to try stock investment quietly a bit, why that senior joined and made a mess I don’t know.”

Looking it seems that stock investment gathering Lee Eun-ji was talking about.

Not investment but a study gathering.

The two people who turned that way walked to the bus stop holding umbrellas.

This damn campus this is the problem.

Because occupying the mountain widely and buildings entered there are several bus stops inside the campus and even a shuttle that operates only inside the campus. So students going around lectures have to make the timetable well. If not done well one might not make it until the next lecture time.

The pancake house in the Sinrim-dong alley was crowded even in daytime. Because today is the day the exam ended mostly Korea University students. Thanks to that there were no seats inside so the two people who took seats on the entrance side began to eat the pancakes and makgeolli Lee Eun-ji ordered familiarly.

“I, my dad is a person who does stocks. Even coming home he only talks about stocks every day. So I got tired of hearing, I will earn a lot of money doing stocks. Have to flatten dad’s nose.”

“Yes, yes.”

Lee Eun-ji who was speaking as if strong with alcohol ate about half a bottle of makgeolli and already her tongue began to twist. Then she begins to talk nonsense about her family. As the face reddens more and more she continuously lifts the large bowl glass and shouts one shot.

When Yi-hyeon was about to gradually end the drinking place a few people entered the shop.

“Eh? Gyeong-mi why are you here?”

When Yi-hyeon turned the Lee Eun-ji friend he saw earlier entered together with a group.

“Uh. Here Senior Gyeong-su···.”

Mumbling and someone beside stepped forward calling Lee Eun-ji.

“Hey, Lee Eun-ji. You don’t come out to our gathering and are here eating alcohol with a strange person?”

Strange person? Talking about me?

When Yi-hyeon turned, a man who looks like a student but dressed neatly well was smiling looking at Lee Eun-ji.

That man sat flop in the seat beside Lee Eun-ji and said.

“Eun-ji, if you wanted to eat pancakes you could have told me. I will buy as much as wanted.”

Even sitting carelessly in someone else’s drinking seat he does not even look toward Yi-hyeon.

Look at this bastard!

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