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19. The fruit of sweet language!
Meanwhile, in ‘Molisha’, just like the previous cases where historical injustices were passed over, they seemed to be trying to pass it off easily this time as well, formally giving investigative authority to the powerless local police agency while outwardly declaring that they would conduct a fair and just investigation.
However, whether it was by God’s help or not, the person in charge of the actual work there was a person who had a sense of mission for fairness and justice, so he stood before the people and announced that he would conduct a clear and definite investigation since he was in charge of this work. As a result, he quickly became an important figure who received support from the people rather than the unjust orders of his direct superior.
Then, even among those who thought they would simply pass it off, they sensed that the atmosphere was not normal this time. As expected, the protests grew stronger day by day, and along with the citizens’ reports, the police investigation became more and more swift and thorough, and the necks of those involved in corruption were tightened. Even the media, which had long been fed up with corruption and bribery, joined in, and as soon as any corruption-related incident was revealed, they immediately reported it in the newspaper, and the corruption-related incidents were revealed one by one.
In the meantime, the fact that the president had raised an astronomical amount of slush funds was revealed. Then, the president was temporarily detained by the prosecution until he was found guilty through trial, and all of his authority as president was suspended. And those involved were stripped of their positions and arrested on an emergency basis, regardless of their rank. And as the sword of the investigation was closing in on them, some even fled the country and went abroad. As a result, the political situation fell into chaos.
However, the bigger problem was that the president of a country was killed due to corruption, and the vice president who was supposed to act in his place and his subordinate organizations were also implicated in it, so the political situation was like people wandering around in the fog, not knowing where to go. Then, the National Assembly, judging that the current political situation could not be maintained properly, gathered politicians from both the ruling and opposition parties who were not implicated in this corruption to discuss the future political situation, created an emergency ‘National Emergency Response Committee’, and quickly elected a new president through a vote, and thought that the way to quickly resolve this situation was to elect a new president. And until the election was over, this ‘National Emergency Response Committee’ deliberated everything and dealt with national issues, and elected the chairman of the ‘National Emergency Response Committee’, and among them, Sam, who received an absolute majority of votes, was elected as the ‘Chairman of the National Emergency Response Committee’. And as a result of the meeting, he re-instructed the prosecution to punish all those involved in corruption regardless of their rank, and through a two-month investigation, he tracked down all those involved in this corruption. The people who saw this all gave a big round of applause to Sam, the ‘Chairman of the National Emergency Response Committee,’ for running the country well. As the results of the investigation were revealed and the parties involved were arrested and awaiting trial, the political situation stabilized to some extent, and the ‘National Emergency Response Committee’ decided to set a five-day registration period for candidates for the presidential election starting from July 25, 2027, to elect a president in earnest, and to close the registration period on the 30th and hold the presidential election by direct election on August 10th. And Sam had been so busy leading all of these things that he couldn’t even sleep properly. So, on June 20th, the teacher collapsed due to physical limitations, and the fate of ‘Molisha’ became like a mountain beyond a mountain. Then, the entire nation worried about the teacher’s health and prayed for him to recover quickly. Previously, when he was studying abroad in Korea, he had collapsed after neglecting his health and only studying during his second year of college. It was because of the teacher’s work style of focusing on studying and work without taking care of himself. Fortunately, it was confirmed that it was not a serious illness, but that he collapsed after working too hard without eating properly because he was too worried. His wife Nana, who had been devoted to her work, ran to the teacher and took care of him wholeheartedly so that he could recover, preparing nutritious food, and making various efforts. As a result, the teacher regained his energy and health. And this appearance was conveyed to the people as it was through the reporters' coverage, and the process of Nana's life up until meeting Sam was revealed to the people as it was, and the people came to have a great affection for Nana.
Thanks to the concern of all her loved ones and the people, Sam got up from her seat again after three days. And the people who heard this news also cheered in relief. Having gathered her wits, Sam again convened the 'National Emergency Response Committee' to check if there had been any problems and to check if there were any problems with the national general election preparations. Fortunately, she breathed a sigh of relief when she received a report from the 'National Election Commission' that all preparations were proceeding without a hitch. Now, there were about 10 days left until the candidate registration date. Even without that, while he was in Korea, he was selected for ‘Language of Love’ and became a star overnight, and he became known to all the people, so he was well known to the point that there was no one among the people who didn’t know him, and the people’s trust and support for Sam, who saved the country from a crisis and led the ‘National Emergency Response Committee’ well, was enormous. However, in the meantime, the people’s support and love that were formed together with him became indescribably absolute as they felt sorry for him, who was taking care of the country’s affairs even to the point of collapsing from exhaustion. Was that why? After about 10 days, on the morning of July 25th, Sam felt that he had to step forward to overcome the current situation and restore stability to the country and the people, and many people also made such requests and advised him. Then, Sam finally made a decision and resigned as the ‘Chairman of the National Emergency Response Committee’ and registered as a candidate for the presidential election. It was like a declaration of war, saying, “Who would compete with me?” So, even after five days, no one registered as a candidate. In most cases, even in such a situation, everyone would register to make themselves known for the next presidential election, but this time, no one did. The fate of the country was in jeopardy, and there was also the pressure of being labeled by the people and never being able to do politics, so no one came forward. Or, in a way, it could be that all the people who would have been involved in corruption were arrested, so there was no one left to come forward. Anyway, the important thing was that all the remaining politicians seemed to be saying, “This presidential position is yours!” When the registration deadline closed, Sam was effectively elected president without even holding an election. Therefore, on election day, the vote was held for or against, and as expected, if he received an absolute popular vote of 82%, he was elected president, and he received a certificate of election from the chairman of the election committee acknowledging that he was elected president as the sole candidate and the result of the popular vote, and the authority to immediately perform the duties of the president came into effect due to the president's will, so he immediately performed the duties of the president.
I thought it was a good thing while watching the news in Korea. And then, I no longer needed to disclose any more corruption information on the Internet. Now, all I had to do was hand over the remaining information I had to the relevant investigative agencies and help them conduct a good investigation. And in addition, I no longer had to be attacked by the other parties. So I sent all the remaining information to the teacher by email so that it could be used in the trial, and I said that I would return the originals later. And I had to resolve and continue the work that I had not been able to handle while I was away, so I got on the plane back to 'Molisha'. While thinking,
‘When a missionary is in a mission field,
he misses his home country,
and when he is in his home country,
he misses his home and family,
so his interest is always on the airplane in the sky.’
He said that,
and I ended up in that situation unintentionally.
While thinking about all this, the announcement came that the plane was about to land. So I checked my seatbelt again, closed my eyes, and sat back in my seat, taking a deep breath. But at that moment, I heard a clicking sound in front of me. When I opened my eyes to see what it was, a female flight attendant took a picture of me in front of me and disappeared in an instant. I thought to myself, ‘What is this?’ However, I couldn’t do anything because I couldn’t tell whether the flight attendant had taken a picture of me or something else. So I looked at the person next to me and saw that the person next to me was also puzzled, and as if he didn’t know what was going on, he opened his eyes wide and shrugged his shoulders, making an ambiguous expression.
Finally, when the plane landed at the airport and stopped at the apron, people were busy packing up their bags to go their separate ways. And I, who was sitting relatively close to the front, finally got to my turn, followed the person in front of me down the aisle, and when I finally got out of the plane and a wider aisle appeared, I overtook several people ahead of me with my characteristically quick steps that had been trained in Korea since I was young, and headed toward the immigration office. When I finally arrived at the immigration office, I arrived at the front and approached the immigration officer who was still empty.
Then the counter staff checked my passport, checked my face, got up from my seat, and told me to follow him as he led me somewhere. Ah! This is when you don’t have a visa and stay for 3 months on a tourist visa, and when the 3 months are up, you leave the country again and go to a neighboring country, and if you delay in that country even a little longer, it costs a lot of money, so if you come back in a hurry the next day, you stand in line in front of the immigration office and wonder how long the period of stay will be stamped today, and when you stand in front of the immigration staff, your heart races like a hammer when someone who has done something wrong meets the police, but today, since I have an official working visa for social welfare work that helps the locals, there shouldn’t be any problems, but this immigration support seemed to be telling me to follow him to the immigration office like when I didn’t have a visa before.
“What’s wrong with the visa?”
There shouldn’t be anything like that..!”
I tilted my head and followed the immigration staff, and he went into an office. So I followed them inside, and two very young, strong, sharp-eyed men were waiting for me. When I came, they handcuffed me without saying a word as if they were glad to see me. Then they greeted the immigration officer and said thank you for your hard work, and then dragged me away.
What is this?
Suddenly, I felt scared and all sorts of thoughts came to mind. Something must have gone wrong. So I asked them, “What’s going on? Did I do something wrong?” but they didn’t say a word and just put me in the car and sped off somewhere. But what was even scarier was that no one knew about this situation. Then suddenly, this thought occurred to me.
Ah!
If only I could contact the teacher at a time like this.
I suddenly thought of the teacher because I was in a hurry. However, the current situation didn’t seem like that, and I thought I should contact home, but my phone had already been taken away, and given the atmosphere, it seemed like there was nothing I could do about it. Then, for a moment,
Is being a missionary a problem?
I don’t know. I have to go and experience it myself. While thinking that, if there really is a problem, I’ll probably just spend some time in prison and then be expelled, I felt a little better. The only regret I have is that the frameworks for the various ministries I’ve worked so hard to build could all go up in smoke overnight, and I felt sorry for them and felt the futility of my life. And then,
Ah!
So this is what it’s like to be a missionary in a foreign country!
I thought.
The person taking me for a while stopped the car in front of a very fancy and magnificent building. And that building didn’t match my appearance in handcuffs at all. As I got out of the car and followed the person ahead, I had various thoughts, and I didn’t even know where I was walking. Then, when we arrived at a door somewhere, he suddenly took off the handcuffs on my hands. The handcuffs weren’t that tight, but I still felt a little suffocated because I had to move around, and sometimes my wrists would hurt a little, but when I was freed from the handcuffs, I felt free and my mind was much lighter. Then, I felt,
“Ah!
So this is what it feels like to be freed from sin?”
That’s what I thought. And then, as I followed him through the door, the room I entered was clean and nice, and there was a large desk in front of it, and someone was sitting there in a suit, with his back turned. When the person who brought me in saw him and said,
“I did as you said,” he suddenly stood up and said,
“Oh my!
Thank you for your hard work, teacher!”
That’s right! He definitely said that in Korean. So my ears perked up for a moment. No, it was because it was Korean, but that voice!... That voice sounded familiar. Then, as I turned around, I was startled. It was the teacher!
“No?
Teacher!”
And then the teacher came to me who was standing there blankly and grabbed my two hands tightly. At that moment, I thought, “That’s right! The teacher said he became president!” The teacher came to me and hugged me tightly and said,
“Teacher!
I’m sorry.
I played a prank on you.”
The moment I heard that, I was so surprised and at the same time, the tension suddenly released,
“No!
How can this be?”
I raised my hand and was about to hit him, but at that moment, I became aware of the person who had brought me here and was now glaring at me from the side, and when I looked up, he was staring at me too, and our eyes met. At that moment! I felt a chill as if my arms that had been floating in the air suddenly froze. At that moment, the teacher smiled and said to me,
“Teacher!
This is my bodyguard.”
Then, in the local language,
“You are my teacher!
Say hello!”
Then the friend finally saluted me, but his face still had a displeased expression. So the teacher said
“You helped me a lot to get here!”
and told me not to worry and to go out and do my business, so I politely greeted him and went out the door. And then I was finally alone with the teacher. Then the teacher apologized again
“I want to give you an unforgettable memory.”
When I heard that story, I thought this.
“Yes!
That’s right!
I’ll probably never forget this experience and feeling today!”
I grumbled to myself. At the same time, I also found the teacher annoying. So this time, I really hit the teacher on the shoulder. When I did that, the teacher became serious, opened his eyes wide, and said playfully
“Teacher!
If you keep doing this, you might get shot.”
And then we laughed together. Then, all of a sudden, the door opened wide and a familiar voice was heard.
“What’s so funny?”
Nana came in. I was so happy to see her that I went up to her and hugged her as she entered the room, and Nana also hugged me tightly after a long time. Then, the teacher said something else.
“Ah!
Now, even the president’s wife
If you hug her without permission
It’s really dangerous to your life...?”
As if he was displeased, all of us, including Nana, laughed out loud at the teacher’s words and expression. Then, the teacher pointed out the door with his eyes once again and put his hand to his mouth
“Shhh”
And I couldn’t help but laugh again as I remembered the expression on the bodyguard’s face from earlier. Then I was curious about one thing, how he knew that I was coming, so I asked him,
“Please don’t forget that you are now in the palm of my hand.”
He said. So he touched his forehead as if his head hurt,
“Oh!
Now I can’t move,
so this is a big deal!”
Then the teacher said,
“As long as you don’t cause any major trouble,
there will be no problem.”
While he was laughing like that, something flashed through my mind. Judging from this, I couldn’t help but feel dizzy as if I had been hit in the back of the head when I thought that the intelligence agency must have known everything I had been doing. Then I came to my senses again. And today, talking with the teacher and his wife and seeing them like this, it really felt like a dream. And furthermore, was this a sense of accomplishment? I was just so happy and joyful. That evening, while having a private dinner with the teacher and his wife and, no! the president and his wife of ‘Molisha’, I suddenly felt like I had the president of a country as my friend and disciple.
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