You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 487

You Have Been Defended – Episode 487

#487

“Madam, please wait a moment.”

As soon as Kim Mi-ja’s car arrived in front of the club, a security guard rushed to the driver’s side and knocked on the window.

Usually, they would just give a nod and let her pass, so this was unusual.

She took off her sunglasses, placed them aside, and lowered the window.

“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t be able to come for a while?”

“I was a bit busy with the university’s final exam questions, but fortunately, I was able to resolve it quickly.”

“Ah, is that so? I understand.”

As the guard bowed and took a step back, Kim Mi-ja stepped on the accelerator through the now-open gate.

In fact, before becoming a museum curator, she couldn’t even drive or own personal assets.

Whenever she went out, she had to be driven by a chauffeur Oda Satoshi assigned to her, and she had to use Oda Satoshi’s card whenever she had to buy something.

Although it was very inconvenient in Japan, where cash transactions were more common, she had to cooperate so that Oda Satoshi could monitor where she spent her money.

If she couldn’t use a card, she had to say in advance where she was going to spend the money, and after the transaction, she had to bring back the receipt.

However, such restrictions gradually began to ease after she started her career.

Oda Satoshi, worried about the gossip that would arise if a mere rookie curator was driven around by a chauffeur, finally allowed her to get a driver’s license.

Since she was getting a salary, she naturally had assets, and Oda Satoshi told her to take care of it herself when she had expenses that were too cumbersome to report to him one by one.

In the past, because there was nothing she could do, the only thing she could do for the children being exploited at the club was to open the back door for them, but now, if she wanted to, she could put the children in the car and run away.

Of course, by the time that happened, she had already lost all her will.

But now it’s different.

She has now met her family, has a place to return to, and has resolved to live conscientiously.

After meeting Cha Ju-han, she was fed up with going to the club and didn’t go there, using her university work as an excuse, but from now on, there was something she had to do here, something only she could do.

Kim Mi-ja parked in her designated spot and entered the club.

As if they had been contacted by the gate staff in advance, the staff residing at the club did not show any surprise at Kim Mi-ja’s sudden appearance.

As always, they stood on either side of the hallway Kim Mi-ja was passing through and bowed their heads.

“I need to check the list of customers coming today. Bring it to my room when I call you.”

Kim Mi-ja said that and went straight into her room.

After changing into a kimono in her room, she took out the bug and camera she had received from Cha Ju-han.

She had already checked the performance at school, but she needed to test whether it worked well here as well.

She had learned how to operate it well enough, so there was no need to check it separately.

Kim Mi-ja put a few thumbnail-sized cameras in a small pocket and slipped them into her sleeve.

And she hid the control device securely in a place where others would not know.

As Cha Ju-han had worried, the club was also well prepared to prevent eavesdropping.

People entering the club had to leave their cell phones with the staff and get them back when they left.

Of course, they also had to go through the procedure of scanning their bodies with a radio wave detector several times.

The inside of the room is no exception.

Before the guests arrive, the room is thoroughly checked with a radio wave detector.

However, Cha Ju-han said that this bug would not be detected unless it was a radio wave detector newly released in 2010, but I don’t know how old the radio wave detector they are using now is.

I think I should find some fault and check the purchase history.

“Takahashi-san, can you bring me the list of guests coming today?”

When Kim Mi-ja said into the intercom, she soon heard the sound of footsteps on the tatami [traditional Japanese flooring] floor outside the door.

The door opened, and a middle-aged employee who was in charge of the club’s housekeeping when Kim Mi-ja was away came in.

Kim Mi-ja looked at the list she handed over and nodded slowly, asking.

“We have some difficult people coming today. How did you prepare the Kaiseki [traditional multi-course Japanese dinner]?”

“We prepared Kobe beef as the main course. Would you like me to give you a separate list of the others?”

“Kobe beef? You don’t know that Councilor Onodera is allergic to beef.”

“Ah… I’m sorry, Madam. Councilor Onodera is visiting after a long time, so I didn’t check.”

“What does visiting after a long time have to do with not checking? Besides, Councilor Onodera is already a difficult person to serve, are you trying to smear my face?”

“I’m sorry, Madam.”

“Prepare crab dishes. Councilor Onodera likes crab. And the room… did you decorate it with flowers?”

“Ah, yes. I did.”

“How are you doing your job? Councilor Onodera also has to be careful about pollen allergies. He has many allergies, so you have to be especially careful, but what are you doing?”

Kim Mi-ja got up and stormed out of the room.

The middle-aged employee hurriedly followed her, walking in small steps.

Arriving at the Japanese-style room, Kim Mi-ja began to carefully examine the inside of the room.

“If I hadn’t come today, Councilor Onodera would not have been able to eat properly and would have had to be taken to the hospital because of his pollen allergy. If that had happened, Takahashi-san would not have just been fired.”

Kim Mi-ja nervously moved the pots decorated in various places in the room onto the table.

When Takahashi tried to move the pots instead of Kim Mi-ja, not knowing what to do, Kim Mi-ja retorted irritably.

“It’s okay. I’ll do it. I can’t trust you with it.”

“Madam, I’m so sorry. I was careless. The data is not properly saved…”

“Is that an excuse?”

“I didn’t receive a proper handover from my predecessor. Councilor Onodera is visiting for the first time since I started working, and…”

“Okay. If you’re just going to keep making excuses, then get out. I’ll take care of it.”

Takahashi stamped her feet, bowed her head, and left the room.

Kim Mi-ja moved all the remaining pots onto the table, then attached a bug to the deepest part of the table.

And she called the staff who were waiting outside.

“Take all the pots on the table out. And we need to ventilate. Open all the windows until the guests arrive.”

“Yes, Madam.”

“And Takahashi-san.”

“Yes, Madam.”

“Bring all the budget execution details for the past four years to my room.”

“Four years, why suddenly that…”

“I don’t trust you. There’s a problem with the most important hospitality, so how could you have done the club’s housekeeping properly?”

“Madam has always checked, and I submitted a separate report every quarter, and you didn’t say anything then…”

“I didn’t check everything, did I? I delegated a lot to you because of my school work. I need to review whether I can continue to delegate to you. Organize the data and bring it to me.”

Kim Mi-ja left the Japanese-style room without hiding her angry expression.

The staff scattered around the large room to ventilate, and Takahashi barely hid her dissatisfied face and left the room to prepare the data.

It would take some time for Takahashi to prepare the data for four years, so Kim Mi-ja checked whether the bug was working well in the meantime.

The staff didn’t say anything, but the sound of footsteps touching the tatami and the sound of opening and closing windows could be heard clearly.

At this rate, the voices of those humans will be heard very clearly.

Just as Kim Mi-ja was hiding the control device again, she heard a knock again.

It was Takahashi.

“Here are the data you requested.”

“I’ll check it, so leave now.”

“Madam, it is clear that I failed to check Councilor Onodera’s allergies. But I have never made a mistake in other matters. Please believe me.”

“I’ll know when I look into it. Leave.”

Kim Mi-ja started looking at the data without even looking at Takahashi, and as soon as she closed the door and left, she started checking the purchase history of the radio wave detector.

There were quite a few supplies purchased, so it took a long time to find it.

After looking for almost 40 minutes, Kim Mi-ja was able to confirm that she had not purchased a radio wave detector since 2009.

She put her hand on her chest and sighed deeply.

Pretending to look at the data a little more, Kim Mi-ja went out of the room.

The sun was already setting.

She was lost in thought, watching the staff light up the interior of the club, when she heard footsteps approaching.

“Hey, Tomiko-san.”

It was Korean in an impudent tone.

The appearance of the owner of this voice suddenly came to mind, and she felt bad in an instant.

But Kim Mi-ja straightened her frowning expression and turned her head towards him.

“Manager Han.”

“Aren’t you pushing it too hard? Even if Takahashi is someone you’re using, she’s 10 years older than you.”

“Age doesn’t matter. The problem is that she’s not doing her job properly. We don’t need useless people like that here.”

When Kim Mi-ja said firmly, Manager Han came a little closer.

And he grabbed Kim Mi-ja’s chin in an instant and forced her to lift her head.

“You’re so great. Just because you’re called Madam, Madam, you think you’re something? At least Takahashi is a much cleaner person than you. You know what I mean, right?”

“I don’t know why you’re upset. I just taught the person I’m using because she couldn’t do her job. What does the past have to do with it?”

“That woman’s daughter is my this.”

He raised his little finger and shook it in front of Kim Mi-ja’s eyes [a Korean gesture implying a romantic relationship].

Kim Mi-ja had a very hard time managing her expression at that moment.

Manager Han had been managing the children who came over from Korea since she was first brought to Japan.

That was already 33 years ago, so even if she didn’t know his exact age, it meant that he was at least sixty.

Even back then, he said he was an adult who had served in the military.

But he has that kind of relationship with Takahashi’s daughter?

Well, it’s ridiculous to expect a great sense of ethics from a low-quality gangster like that.

“If that old woman complains to her daughter at home, that girl comes to me and whines. I don’t want to hear it.”

“That’s none of my business.”

“You arrogant bitch. Just because you married Oda Satoshi, you think you’re something, but don’t be mistaken.”

Manager Han threw Kim Mi-ja’s chin away and dusted off his hands.

“These days, some crazy lawyer is watching the House of Angels, so we can’t bring in any new ones. Because of that, the customers are also very dissatisfied. Fuck, what does that lawyer know? He’s just trying to pickpocket the chairman. But even the higher-ups are scared like idiots… Anyway, all the higher-ups are full of fear, what are they going to do?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Is the situation in Korea bad?”

“You don’t need to know that. I’m already in a bad mood, so don’t bother me. Got it?”

At the word crazy lawyer, Kim Mi-ja unconsciously twitched her fingers in her sleeve.

It seemed to refer to Cha Ju-han.

If Manager Han, who is not interested in the situation in Korea unless it is time to bring children from the House of Angels, knows about it, it is clear that Wooshin feels that Cha Ju-han is a considerable threat.

It seems that Wooshin has not yet figured out how much Cha Ju-han knows.

It would be good to let him know this too.

Manager Han is just a third-rate gangster, but he is quite deeply involved in this business and has been involved for a very long time.

So Manager Han will also know the internal affairs of Wooshin, at least in this business.

It wouldn’t be bad to use him to dig out the internal affairs while gently touching him.

“Did you get it, you bitch!”

While she was lost in thought, Manager Han shouted, pushing Kim Mi-ja’s shoulder.

Kim Mi-ja’s shoulder was pushed and her body hit the wall, but she lowered her gaze and answered.

“I understand.”

When everything is revealed to the world, that bastard will not be safe either.

I’ve been waiting for 33 years.

Waiting a few more years is nothing.