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“A coup d’état, you say?”
Kim Myeong-Chan nodded. “Yes. Chief Lee.”
The gears in Lee Hyeon-Su’s brain quickly spun around.
North Korea and coup d’état; those two terms didn’t seem to go hand-in-hand for some reason.
No, wait. Why am I surprised?
Wasn’t there supposedly a coup attempt a few years ago in North Korea? During the transition of power from the late Supreme Leader to his son, the world was holding their collective breaths from the worries of a potential coup d’état.
Didn’t the Prime Minister say it? That North Korea was also a country populated by humans?
“I guess some people can’t stomach the idea of bowing their heads to a wet-behind-the-ears brat, even if the power structure is… Oh.”
Lee Hyeon-Su clamped his mouth mid-sentence and sneakily glanced at the person next to him.
Kang Jin-Ho cocked an eyebrow. “What?”
“Sir, I assure you, I wasn’t thinking of you while saying that.”
“…”
“Uh, it’s because your physical age is younger than Chairman Kim from up north, so…”
“…Let’s get back to our topic, okay?”
“My apologies, sir,” Lee Hyeon-Su sheepishly replied.
Although it was wholly unintentional, at least the atmosphere had improved a tad from that brief exchange.
Lee Hyeon-Su stared at Kim Myeong-Chan. “Okay, so… Are you saying your side has detected signs of an impending coup d’état, and China is secretly backing the would-be rebels?”
Kim Myeong-Chan nodded. “This is a chicken-or-egg situation in that we don’t know which side initiated it...
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