Real Man-Chapter 867

Thud.

As they went down to the basement, they saw Nadoha and Shin Sunho sitting in a corner and working on their laptops.

They looked very similar in their working styles.

As Yoo-hyun was about to walk towards them, a tall man with many freckles approached him and greeted him.

“Mr. Steve. You’re here.”

“Yes. Nice to meet you, Mr. Robert.”

The man’s name was Robert Gilgun.

He was the person in charge of installing Sprint’s equipment and he grabbed Yoo-hyun’s hand.

“The replaced communication equipment is working fine. I can’t tell you how anxious I was.”

“Thank you very much for your hard work. I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.”

It was not easy to replace the communication equipment without being noticed.

It was a risky task that could entail a huge responsibility, and there was no communication company that would willingly do it.

But why did Sprint help them?

It was because the largest shareholder of this company was Son Jeongui.

Yoo-hyun had asked him for this favor when he came to America, and Son Jeongui had agreed to it after verifying that there was no problem.

Hyun Jin-geon Gun, Nadoha, and Shin Sunho had been supporting Sprint’s equipment replacement here.

As they approached the computer connected to the equipment, Nadoha stood up.

“Brother. How’s the situation inside PayPal?”

“They should be moving soon.”

“We need to know the exact timing of extracting the data. We don’t want it to go into another network.”

“Are you ready?”

“Yes. We’ve done the test here. We can catch it for sure if it comes here.”

It was difficult to access the inside of the data center, which had strong security, through the communication equipment, but it was possible to capture the data that came out.

There was one prerequisite for this.

The Russian remittance records that were stored deep inside the data center had to be taken out at the right time.

Yoo-hyun had first made Carl Icahn panic for this.

If he had set up a trap thinking it was perfect, he would definitely want to find out what happened when he was hit by the self-driving car.

If he couldn’t find the answer, he would have to doubt everything.

He might think that they had infiltrated the data center in another way while distracting him with the self-driving car.

Yoo-hyun had added one more measure to turn his suspicion into certainty.

Beep.

The message came in with the result of the action.

-We have officially requested an internal inspection of the PayPal data center. It should have reached Carl Icahn’s ears by now.

Yoo-hyun smiled as he read the message from Albert Whale, the deputy director of the CIA.

“Well, now you have to move as I want, right?”

In Yoo-hyun’s mind, he vividly imagined the shaken Carl Icahn.

Bang!

The sound of slamming the desk echoed in Carl Icahn’s office.

His face, which was always relaxed, was distorted like when he had a blood feud with Paul Graham 10 years ago.

“Those CIA bastards. How dare they search the data center without any evidence?”

“The deputy director of the CIA is in front of the data center. They are serious.”

Carl Icahn waved his hand at the vice president’s words.

“No, even if they are CIA, they should know that they can’t enter a first-class security facility.”

“Then why…”

“This is a smoke screen to divert attention. They will pretend to pressure us while doing something behind our backs. There must be some rats sneaking into the data center.”

“That’s impossible. And the investigation is already over.”

“It’s a human thing. We have to put all the possibilities on the table.”

How did they get in?

Considering the time they moved from Las Vegas, they must have just infiltrated.

He had to take drastic measures before they took the data.

The vice president, who sensed Carl Icahn’s intention, asked.

“Should we delete the evidence data?”

“No. If we just erase everything, we won’t have any evidence to choke the necks of several countries, including Russia. Is the new data center in Ireland operational?”

“Yes. We confirmed it with the PayPal engineers.”

“Move it there. But make sure the security is as double or triple as it is now. Hurry!”

“Yes! I got it!”

The vice president moved quickly at Carl Icahn’s urgent voice.

Following the CIA’s signal, Yoo-hyun and his team got ready.

They moved smoothly as they had prepared for a long time.

The setting was done in an instant, and a large screen on the wall showed the network information.

Robert Gilgun briefed Yoo-hyun on the current situation.

“These round circles indicate the private networks connected to the PayPal data center, and the numbers below them mean the available bandwidth.”

“What about the red line?”

“It shows the traffic coming out of the data center. As you can see, all the data is passing through here. The reason is…”

Communication data is like a car on the road.

Just as cars prefer the fastest and most comfortable route, data also chooses the optimal route considering the distance and quality of the communication equipment.

In that respect, this place was the best place as it was close to the data center and had good bandwidth.

Robert Gilgun added one more thing to this.

Yoo-hyun, who was listening carefully, asked.

“You deliberately increase the traffic of other communication equipment?”

“Yes. If a large amount of data comes out of the data center at once, there may be a bottleneck and it may go to another route. This is to prevent that.”

“So you’re going to block the other roads altogether.”

“That’s right. But we’ll adjust the fake traffic dynamically so that it doesn’t harm the users in that area.”

Temporarily, all the data coming out of the data center will pass through here.

As they had prepared to take out the data from the communication equipment with a backdoor, they could secure the data they wanted if they matched the timing.

Robert Gilgun’s additional explanation followed.

Hyun Jin-geon Gun, who was carefully looking at the screen, said to Yoo-hyun.

“We’re well prepared, but we need a prerequisite to succeed.”

“The evidence data has to come out, right?”

“Right. We can only snatch the data that comes out. But do you think Carl Icahn will really move the data?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Do you think he has the mind to send the data somewhere else in that urgent situation? I would just erase it if I were him.”

Russia is the main enemy of the United States.

What if it is revealed that he had diverted a large amount of money to that country and even requested to interfere in the election?

Even if he was Carl Icahn, he couldn’t escape the guilt.

It would be more rational to get rid of the evidence in case of any possibility.

But Yoo-hyun shook his head firmly.

“He won’t do that. If he could erase it, he would have done it a long time ago.”

“Why? Is it that important?”

“Of course. There must be some who gave him the hidden funds and didn’t get their rewards. How can he choke the political circles and other countries if the evidence is gone?”

The hidden funds were the source of Karl Ikan’s power. He had used them to lobby for countless proofs of his influence.

He was more greedy than anyone else. He would never let go of the leash he had on them.

He must have wanted to move them to a safer and more secret place.

Hyun Jin-geon Gun nodded his head as if he finally understood.

“True. Even loan sharks keep their evidence.”

“Loan sharks, huh? Good analogy.”

“They do the same thing. The only difference is that their opponent is a big shot.”

“More than a big shot. There’s probably a lot we don’t know.”

The meddling of Medallion was more than just interfering with the Russian election. That was just the tip of the iceberg.

There would surely be a flood of evidence of their many crimes.

Yoo-hyun believed so and looked at the red line displayed on the screen.

The line got thicker as more data was stored through the backdoor.

Would he get the data he wanted?

He had spoken confidently to Hyun Jin-geon Gun, but this was all based on his prediction.

Karl Ikan had a way out depending on his choice.

But Yoo-hyun was not the type to sit and pray.

‘If this fails too…’

He was thinking of a backup plan for the worst-case scenario.

Beep.

His phone rang and the screen showed a restricted caller ID.

What?

He answered with curiosity and heard a familiar voice from the other side.

“Yes? Paul?”

Yoo-hyun’s eyes widened.

A week had passed since then.

The bloody fight between Ikan Goldenway and Mirinae Securities ended with a regrettable victory for Ikan Goldenway.

The dismal reality was confirmed again by the newspaper that was delivered to the Mirinae Securities office amid the disappointment of defeat.

Thud.

Park Young-hoon slammed the newspaper on the table and sneered.

“Is this a news agency? They should report the facts. What’s with the fearlessly? Fearlessly my ass.”

“Don’t mind them. They’re from Karl Ikan’s side anyway.”

“Ha! Even so, we could have won… No. I’m sorry, Yoo-hyun.”

Park Young-hoon lowered his voice that he had raised and Yoo-hyun tilted his head across from him.

“Sorry for what?”

“You’re the one who’s having the hardest time right now, and I feel like I said something unnecessary.”

“It’s not like that. Don’t worry about the loss amount.”

“Really? I know your situation well…”

Park Young-hoon muttered to himself inaudibly and then sighed.

Yoo-hyun had returned to New York yesterday.

He looked very tired and he kept checking his phone whenever he had a chance. Park Young-hoon couldn’t even ask him what had happened in Las Vegas.

Still, Park Young-hoon had a guess about Yoo-hyun’s situation.

He had seen the message that came through Yoo-hyun’s Mirinae Securities account.

-Super Punch shares sold in full.

Yoo-hyun had disposed of all the shares of Super Punch, the company where his beloved younger brother Lee Jang-woo belonged.

It meant that his financial situation was not good enough to scrape together even a small amount of money.

That alone would be troublesome, but there was a bigger problem in reality. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Park Young-hoon spoke cautiously.

“It’s not just the money… It’s the people.”

“People?”

“A lot of people are in trouble. Christina seems especially hard.”

Yoo-hyun recalled the European article from two days ago.

Christina Mersson was in danger of losing her chairmanship due to the pressure of the elders.

She had invested recklessly to help Yoo-hyun, but the result was a big failure. It threatened her, who had endured many hardships until then.

It was not only Christina Mersson’s problem.

Son Jung Eui, who had shown excellent investment skills, was attacked by the media after the far-right protesters. Ma Win, who had tried to expand his company to the global market beyond China, was suppressed by the Chinese Communist Party and disappeared.

Their brilliant careers were tarnished because they supported River.

The situation in Korea was not good either.

‘They even got involved with the Ministry of Finance.’

The dormant Ministry of Industry rose up and the Ministry of Finance tightened the regulations on Han Sung and Il Sung.

No matter how strong the breath of the conglomerates was, they had no way to resist the government’s attack.