Chapter 348
348 – [OVA] Mercenary Kim Yu-Seong
Alexandria Group.
The name of the company is derived from Sasha’s real name Her Her, Alexandra, and Her Her ancient city of Alexandria.
Instead of inheriting the East Ag Company, where her father Ivan’s influence spread, Sasha founded Alexandria, a private military company she founded at the age of 20 after studying abroad, mainly to dispatch mercenaries to third world countries with harsh environments. He built up wealth and fame in a short period of time.
In my case, after graduating from Kyoto University, I started working with Sasha because, as the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility, I wanted to use my power for good.
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After traveling around the world in conflict zones with Sasha for the past two years, I was given several nicknames.
Man of Steel, Phoenix, Boogeyman, etc., All have grandiose names as if it were a cartoon world.
Anyway, thanks to this, the mercenary group led by Sasha and I was able to grow smoothly, and has now become a private company that is well known even within Russia.
Just as there is no support under the hat, Sasha has proven that she can succeed on her own even without the help of her father her her her, Ivan.
[Afghanistan-Tajikistan border base camp]
Doo doo doo doo!
The military helicopter carrying me and my men slowly lands at the heliport at the base camp.
The tightly closed door opened, and it was Sasha, the chairman of the Alexandria Group and my wife, who welcomed us who returned alive after being deployed in the operation to recapture Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
“Добро пожаловать”
Sasha opens her arms and says welcome in Russian
Her silver hair, which had been long enough to reach her waist when she was in high school, was now cut short, but she still looked pretty.
On the contrary, thanks to her growing maturity as she entered her late 20s, she is so classy that most models or actors would not even be able to show off their business cards.
Would you say she is the epitome of a successful career woman?
“Sasha.”
I got off her helicopter and held her in my arms, happy to see her.
“You worked hard, Kim Yu-seong. I heard it was especially dangerous this time?”
I answered the question Sasha asked while patting me on the back with a wry smile.
“To be exact, it wasn’t me but my team that was in danger.”
If I had been left alone in Kabul, I would have come back here no matter what I had to do.
But the subordinates were different.
These are people who came to the battlefield trusting me and Sasha to make money.
As a leader, I had a duty to protect them, and I couldn’t tolerate even a single loser, so I fought a little harder than usual.
And Sasha, who understood this context without me having to say it, laughed and got out of my arms.
“Thanks to you, I was able to escape without any casualties. First, as my immediate superior, I would like to thank you.”
“I just need to know. I’m more hungry than that. How about food?”
“I knew that would happen, so I prepared it in advance. We can go straight to the restaurant.”
“As expected, the preparations are thorough.”
“It’s me.”
The sight of Sasha puffing out her chest while saying that was cute rather than cool.
Of course, it could be because they put a pod in my eye.
I told the men waiting behind me that they could disperse, and then headed to the restaurant in the basement of the base camp with Sasha.
***
The Alexandria Group’s base camps are located all over the world.
Among them, this place was built with special care compared to other base camps as it was built on the border of Afghanistan, the most intense battlefield in the Middle East.
When we went down to the restaurant on the second basement floor, we were greeted by a wide variety of food prepared in a buffet style.
From Russian traditional food such as borscht, Korean bibimbap, Japanese sushi, Chinese buldojang, Mongolian bose, etc.
Perhaps because they were a mercenary group made up of Russians who traditionally bordered Central Asia, there was a wide variety of food listed on the buffet.
After I scooped up some food and sat down, Sasha, who had followed me to her table, rested her chin and looked at me.
I asked Sasha.
“Are you not eating?”
Then Sasha shook her head and said.
“I’m on a diet these days so it’s okay.”
When I heard Sasha’s words, I tilted my head.
“Where is the weight you need to lose?”
Then Sasha laughed and denied what I said.
“I’m grateful, but Russian women need to take better care of themselves as they age. They have a constitution that makes it easy for them to gain weight if they’re not careful.”
When I heard Sasha’s words, I couldn’t help but say “Ah.”
That’s because we know from past experience that most middle-aged Russian women are generous.
Anyway, Sasha said she didn’t eat, so I started eating by myself.
Rattling! Rattling!
“Now that I think about it, what happened to Kabul?”
When I asked that question while eating bibimbap, Sasha looked around and lowered her voice.
“It looks like we failed to recapture the capital. This is probably because the resistance front was not prepared enough.”
“Seeing the fighting, it seemed a bit chaotic. In fact, the Taliban guys were fighting better.”
Then Sasha shrugged her shoulders and contradicted me.
“The Taliban has more combat experience than most armies. To be honest, this is something that cannot be helped. It has only been about a year since the National Resistance Front was established.”
“So did you receive the request fee?”
“We received everything in dollars via Switzerland. If they want to continue doing business with us in the future, they won’t take the money just because the operation failed once.”
“If that’s the case, I’m glad.”
I put the bibimbap bowl, which I had finished down to the last spoonful, to one side and started eating borscht to relieve my appetite.
Sasha, who was looking at me closely, opened her mouth.
“Kim Yu-seong, listen while you eat.”
“Hmm?”
I looked up to see if there was still something left to say, and Sasha spoke with a more serious expression than usual.
“I happened to hear it through intelligence a while ago, and it looks like a brown bear living in the Kremlin is kicking a heavy butt.”
“… Which direction?”
“Ukraine.”
“…”
This meant that a new war would soon break out.
“What do you think is the probability that the brown bear will win?”
“If you look at it objectively, it will be more than 70%. I don’t know how the Ukrainian people will react, but honestly, I don’t think there is a chance of winning.”
I put down the spoon I was using to eat the borscht.
Then he asked Sasha with a serious expression.
“The reason you suddenly brought that up to me is that something was hinted at to you too, right?”
Sasha then nodded her head with a wry smile.
“I won’t deny it. When the war starts, our mercenary group will probably be deployed to the front lines fighting the Ukrainian army. We have more practical combat experience than most soldiers.”
“But this is a war of aggression.”
“That’s right, it’s a war of aggression.”
“It’s different from what you said when you recruited me into this mercenary group.”
I didn’t mean to say something crazy like violence is always bad.
In that case, I wanted to use my power in the right place, so I chose Sasha’s mercenary group.
Because he agreed with my thoughts, Sasha also considered sending mercenaries from a humanitarian perspective, but if he sent a mercenary group to the war to invade Ukraine, it would be the same as throwing away the cause he had built up until now.
“I know you can’t refuse because you also have a position. So, if you are thinking of going to war with Ukraine, I will go to Japan alone.”
“…”
After hearing what I said, Sasha was silent for a moment and then opened her mouth.
“If there was a way to prevent war, what would you do?”
“… What do you mean?”
“Literally, there is only one way to prevent war.”
“No way.”
“That’s right, that’s true.”
After hearing Sasha’s answer her, I swallowed my saliva without realizing it.
That’s because, if my prediction is correct, this would be tantamount to launching a coup at the national level.
“If you can prevent war as you say, who will you put in that position next?”
“It’s up to the people to choose. I don’t mind as long as I can prevent war.”
Sasha said that and asked me.
“So are you going to do it or not?”
Since it was like a question that already had an answer, I said with a helpless smile.
“No, when you first mentioned that plan, you were just thinking about dragging me into this.”
“Because Yoosung couldn’t do it without you in the first place. My dad is too famous to enter the Kremlin.”
“I’m not famous?”
“He may be famous in the underworld, but the average person doesn’t think he can beat dozens of people with guns with his bare hands.”
We will take advantage of that loophole.
“…”
I never thought the day would really come when the Fuma-ryu assassination power would be used for something like this.
Now I could feel something like fate.
“What is the start date of the operation?”
“It’s tomorrow. I’ve received a personal invitation to the Kremlin for business. I’m planning on taking you with me as a bodyguard.”
“… Well, I’m really good at being mean to people.”
“Hehe, thank you for the compliment.”
“It’s not a compliment.”
I said that and looked at Sasha who was joking.
To put someone who has just returned from the battlefield in Afghanistan into a new limb.
“Why? What’s on my face?”
“No, nothing.”
I hesitated and took a single shot of the remaining borscht in the bowl.
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