Rainbow City Novel Translation

6. Stonewall (2)

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Stone Wall (2)

***Part 1

"I mean, it's not the first time he's done something questionable. It's not just once or twice that we have overlooked things because Lieutenant Colonel Jang favored him so much."

"We can't have a soldier who's out of control, even if he's a top military academy graduate. Honestly, hasn't he thrown away a lot of military discipline?"

"Generals, even if you say that, honestly, isn't Major Kwak Soo-hwan's strength equivalent to that of an S-class platoon? Everyone says that they are lenient because Lieutenant Colonel Jang favors him, but that's just passing all the responsibility to Lieutenant Colonel Jang."

"Do you think so? Then let's take away Kwak Soo-hwan's rank of Major!"

A military conference involving generals, including the military police, was taking place in the military conference room.

Kwak Soo-hwan stood in the center of the generals surrounding him like a criminal on trial, and listened with interest to see how far the story would go.

"Honestly."

The Major of the Key Unit, who had been listening quietly, spoke up.

"Isn't it all just speculation on our part that suicide bombings are the work of the Garden of Eden?"

Lieutenant General Lee Yeon-tae shook his head. He nodded toward his aide, who stood behind him.

"Not really. It has been removed now, but that poster was attached to the wall of our shelter."

The aide unfolded a large piece of cloth in front of them, stained with soot and blood.

[Because you have done these things, you will be cursed among all the domestic and wild beasts, and you will have to crawl on your belly and eat dirt until you die.]

"Is it Genesis?"

The Major of the Key Unit asked.

"That's right. This is the punishment given to the snake by God. And that snake is called a serpent. They didn't say 'Garden of Eden' exactly, but wouldn't the poster alone be enough to guess that it was their work?"

Bang! Captain Yoon, who is in charge of the entire Yeouido branch, slammed the table.

"So what on earth was Major Kwak doing at that time?"

Now the arrow was pointed at Kwak Soo-hwan. Kwak Soo-hwan stood in an angled position facing the general.

"I moved to the Violet area to evacuate chief researcher Dr. Seok-hwa."

"Yeah, I know that. But why didn't we even get a radio call and couldn't be contacted for nearly an hour until our Yeouido shelter was in such a bad state? Adams showed up in this shelter. How is that possible when our shelter is clearly an Adam clean zone? And the mysterious kid you brought in, Major Kwak, was carrying a syringe with Adam's blood in it? I understand you killed him before he was infected, but how do you explain that? You also turned off the Jeep's video recorder. It's reasonable for us to be suspicious of you, Major Kwak Soo-hwan."

Ah, as expected. Kwak Soo-hwan only smiled inwardly.

Yeouido Shelter Captain Yoon always thought of the Invincible Platoon as a thorn in his side just like Yoo Jeong-kyung.