Crew Mission

[Miribyeol Kindergarten: Greek and Roman Mythology] Ἄρης

※ This article may contain violent elements and cruel scenes.

As the country's economy struggled and inequality diminished, there was a time when people's hearts also began to ache and decay. The malice that grew from mutual slander and hatred gradually crept into the shadows, where it took root and gave rise to "organizations."

It would have been great if they had been an organization that stood on the side of good, but since they were comprised of those with evil intentions, it was clear they were an organization that stood on the side of evil. As time passed, the ranking of popular organizations became more and more difficult to see as a shadowy organization.

Among countless organizations, the TH organization, boasting the highest public preference and a dazzling history, was truly the epitome of evil. Not only was its size a given, but its leader was rumored to be born to lead.

The TH organization boss was so bad that if he felt that an organization that he disliked had formed, he would immediately invade that organization and, at all costs, cut off the head of the opposing organization's boss and display it in his room. It was a method similar to the beheadings that took place in the Joseon Dynasty.

It's said that the TH Organization boss's office displayed dozens of human heads in this manner. I wouldn't know if he only did this to opposing organizations, but... he wouldn't hesitate to kill members of his own organization if they performed poorly or didn't follow his orders. Each method was different.

And I, the one speaking now, am Noh Yeo-ju, a third-year member of the TH organization. I don't enjoy killing like the boss, but the reason I crawled into this organization was simply because I was cast for my outstanding physical prowess and brilliant mind.

These days, organizations are secretly recruiting members, hiding them in schools and companies and casting their favored candidates. These absurd incidents starkly illustrate the state of modern society.

Oh, by the way, within the organization, we call each other by codenames instead of names. I'm codenamed N, and my boss is T.

전정국 [28]

"good morning-"

The man who goes to work saying hello in the morning with a stern expression and only the corners of his mouth raised is my junior, codename J.

노여주 [29]

"J is here?"

전정국 [28]

"Yes, sir. Did anything happen last night?"

노여주 [29]

"Yeah, that's fine. Sit down."

전정국 [28]

"thank you."

전정국 [28]

"Oh, and... last night the boss went out alone and came back after handling a request."

노여주 [29]

"Request? What request?"

전정국 [28]

“Hasn’t the boss been giving people some information lately?”

노여주 [29]

"Ah... that... that thing where you send a reason and the person you wish to disappear to and they take care of it?"

노여주 [29]

"But does anyone really do that?"

전정국 [28]

"N too... Do you know how many there are? Dozens of them are coming in."

노여주 [29]

"Dozens?!"

전정국 [28]

"It's not surprising. When you're out there running, the world is already going crazy."

노여주 [29]

"Really...? I just play on the computer... so I don't know what's going on outside."

전정국 [28]

"Oh, and you know what?"

노여주 [29]

"What is it?"

전정국 [28]

"Isn't there a special team with the boss as the team leader?"

노여주 [29]

"I know."

전정국 [28]

"They're recruiting new team members there, and the boss is personally selecting the candidates."

노여주 [29]

"Huh? By what criteria?"

전정국 [28]

"Does the boss care much about the teams within the organization?"

전정국 [28]

"I just pick people I've had my eye on from the beginning."

노여주 [29]

"oh..."

전정국 [28]

"Senior, don't you want to be selected there? I heard they're looking for female team members."

노여주 [29]

"Um... why bother? I like it now."

노여주 [29]

"You teach, you play on the computer... You're so peaceful now, but how busy will you be when you go there?"

노여주 [29]

"And there's no way the boss would have seen me in the first place..."

전정국 [28]

"Hey, did you just come in, senior? You came in through a casting process where only two people come in a year."

노여주 [29]

"...I don't know~ I don't know if I'll be able to do well there."

"Aren't you working there?"

노여주 [29]

"Oh, okay. Let's talk later."

전정국 [28]

"Yes. Thank you for your hard work."

The special team, headed by the boss, was truly a special team. Only the elite members who interacted most closely with the boss and were well-known within the organization were allowed to join.

But me? It made no sense. Even though I'd been working for a relatively long time, I wasn't particularly outstanding in any particular field, much less an elite. My only pride was that the organization's entry process was a casting process.

"excuse me-"

김태형 [29]

"Are there any N organization members here?"

The moment my boss came into the office and looked for me was the thing that completely changed my life, as I had never thought I would ever be put on a special team.

노여주 [29]

"So, I..."

김태형 [29]

"Yeah. I heard you're joining the special team this time."

He called me into his office and told me out of the blue to transfer me to a special team... I knew that this was the boss's original personality, so it didn't matter, but the fact that I had to leave the team I was so attached to right away was more concerning.

Who would handle J training if I wasn't there? Despite my complicated feelings, I was annoyed that my boss was transcribing my personal information onto paperwork. However, contrary to the rumors that he was displaying human heads, his office was quite tidy. I guess rumors are just rumors after all.

노여주 [29]

"...Starting today, are you moving?"

김태형 [29]

"Not today, but starting tomorrow. I need to say hello to my teammates."

김태형 [29]

"Take this and give it to Codename K when you go to work for the special team tomorrow."

노여주 [29]

"Uh, yeah..."

김태형 [29]

"This is my phone number. Call me if you have any questions."

노여주 [29]

"...thank you."

Actually, there were so many things I wanted to ask, but I kept my mouth shut in front of such a formidable boss. Soon after, he gestured for me to leave, and I bowed accordingly before leaving his office.

When I told them I was being transferred to a special team, my current team congratulated me and told me not to forget them when I got there. J said he thought it would work out and told me not to worry about him and to do well when I got there. Do you know I'm worried about you?

Despite my team's suggestion to have a company dinner, I brushed it off by saying I'd make time for it later and was leaving work. I'd worked there for three years, so I'd heard a lot about it, but today, my head was spinning and I really wasn't in the mood for a company dinner.

To get home quickly, I took a shortcut I didn't usually take. I really hated this alley, devoid of streetlights even after the sun had set. It felt like the perfect alley for murder.

노여주 [29]

"...uh."

김태형 [29]

As I was passing through an alley, I happened to see Boss T killing someone. He wasn't just killing people in a normal way, but he was enjoying the killings, torturing them to make their deaths as painful as possible. It was my first time seeing this in person, and my legs were frozen.

When the man's life seemed to have completely stopped, the boss wiped the blood pooling on the floor from the man's severed head onto his face and neck, then smiled. "The ultimate evil mastermind, born to run an organization." It wasn't a title for nothing.

Indeed, the source of the evil that gave birth to this organization was clear and unmistakable. It was foolish to think that the rumors of the day were just rumors. Who knew they'd actually go around beheading people...

I stood in the alley, frozen in shock, unable to move, when my eyes met with the boss, who was crouching before the corpse. My breath caught in my throat, and silence flowed. The boss's eyes... were truly not of a sane person.

노여주 [29]

"....."

The boss stared at me silently for a moment, then smiled. He walked toward me and grabbed the back of my neck with his bloody hands. He then brought his face close to my ear and spoke in a low voice.

김태형 [29]

"If you go around saying that, you'll end up like that too."

As he spoke, he ran his bloody hands over my cheek and neck, and the thought of my face becoming exactly like the Boss's sent shivers down my spine. Thinking that the Boss could really kill me, I nodded. He smiled, gave me a quick kiss on the forehead, and walked out of the alley.

I felt dizzy at the thought of having to work under a team leader like that.

노여주 [29]

"...hello-"

It was my first day on the special task force. It felt strange to be moving from the office where I'd worked for three years to this one. I hadn't slept because of the events of the night before, so I was tired.

Entering the office, I greeted them as politely as I could. Contrary to my worries, everyone greeted me warmly. As expected, the team leader is the only problem here... Oh, right. That codename K I mentioned yesterday...

김남준 [30]

"Nice to meet you, my name is N.K."

노여주 [29]

"Ah, ah...! Hello."

김남준 [30]

"Can I speak comfortably?"

노여주 [29]

"Yes, yes, make yourself comfortable."

김남준 [30]

"Thank you. Can I get the documents the boss gave me yesterday?"

노여주 [29]

"Yes...! Is this what you're saying?"

김남준 [30]

"Right, thank you. You can sit comfortably over there."

노여주 [29]

"Yes, thank you. Please take care of me...!"

As I was about to hand over the documents and head to my desk, relieved that everything was normal, the office door burst open.

김태형 [29]

"I will give a work briefing today."

Briefing the boss himself... I thought it would be quite serious. But more importantly, I didn't want to meet his piercing gaze, so I sat quietly.

김태형 [29]

"Oh, before that..."

The boss put down the documents he was holding and began scanning all the special team members with his three hundred eyes. And the end of his gaze was... me. He met my eyes, smiled faintly, and opened his mouth.

김태형 [29]

"There's a new kid here today, right? He's been working here for three years, so he should know how to do his job well, but please take good care of him."

김태형 [29]

"Oh, where was my team?"

노여주 [29]

"...I worked on search-related tasks in the information search team."

김태형 [29]

"Uh, yeah. Code name is N... I'll start the work briefing now."

The image of Boss last night kept flashing through my mind, and I couldn't quite get used to this now, which was already quite affectionate. The image of Boss smiling and seemingly enjoying himself, his blood smeared on both his own and mine, kept flashing before my eyes.

김태형 [29]

"There is no office work today, only two field tasks."

김태형 [29]

"You all know that we were going to wipe out the ZE organization and that our organization and the IY organization were going to have a showdown today, right?"

김태형 [29]

"Prepare thoroughly and come out, if you don't want to fall behind."

김태형 [29]

"Oh, don't misunderstand, falling behind means your lives are lost."

김태형 [29]

"ZE organization cleanup time is from 9 to 11, so don't be late even for a minute."

김태형 [29]

"K and N are in the same position, so take good care of N. Did you receive the documents?"

김남준 [30]

"Yes, I received it and just need to enter it."

김태형 [29]

"Okay. I'll come later before the IY organization invades."

김태형 [29]

"Good work today too-"

*

As the door closed and the boss left the office, I finally took a deep breath and started packing up. Having done so many sweeps, I typed with one hand, feeling comfortable, and dug up information about the ZE organization.

By the way, if it was the IY organization... it was the organization directly below us. To be precise, we were the top organization, and they were the second-tier organization. It seemed like it would create a completely different atmosphere from the occasional inter-organizational conflicts, so my hands trembled for no reason.

김남준 [30]

"N, did you find any information?"

노여주 [29]

"Uh... yes. Just a moment..."

I felt like things would work out somehow. Just looking at our organization's boss, I knew he wouldn't be out of luck.

김태형 [29]

'If you go around saying this, you'll end up like that too.'

...I was so glad I'd only heard about him through rumors for three years. His gaze and smile were truly the epitome of evil. He was the ultimate evil master, reveling in bloodshed and slaughter.

On our way back from our first assignment with the special team, the elimination of the ZE organization. The rest of the team, except for K and me, were injured and had to stop by the reception room first. It seems like even though ZE is a small organization, injuries can't be prevented.

김남준 [30]

"How was your first job?"

노여주 [29]

“But since I did the sweeping work often... it was okay.”

김남준 [30]

"That's fortunate. Still, be very alert for the next task."

노여주 [29]

"Yeah... huh?"

김남준 [30]

"Huh? Why."

전정국 [28]

"Huh? Senior!"

I encountered J walking toward the end of the hallway. It had been a day since I'd seen him, and I wondered why it felt so long ago. J, too, had been on his way to check his equipment in preparation for a battle with the IY organization.

전정국 [28]

"Senior, where have you been this morning?"

노여주 [29]

"Oh, I just finished cleaning up. I should go up and get ready now."

전정국 [28]

"Ah... this person next to me..."

노여주 [29]

"Ah, special team senior. K."

전정국 [28]

"Wow. Isn't that him? The legendary supercomputer K!"

노여주 [29]

"What is that?"

김남준 [30]

"Oh my... That nickname was a few years ago... It's gone downhill now~"

김남준 [30]

"Thank you for your attention. Are you a member of the 6th organization?"

전정국 [28]

"Yes! I'm such a fan..."

김남준 [30]

"Thank you. We have a lot of work to do... That's all for now."

전정국 [28]

"Oh, yes! Bye - see you later, senior!"

노여주 [29]

"Okay, see you later-"

*

김남준 [30]

"My junior is really bright."

노여주 [29]

"Yes, well... I practically raised her, but I still vividly remember the look in her deer eyes when she first came."

김남준 [30]

"You still have deer eyes lol"

As I was heading to the special team office, creating a somewhat harmonious atmosphere with K, a deafening siren sound echoed throughout the building.

"Ahhh- TH Organization, notice to all members. IY Organization has arrived at the headquarters building on the first floor earlier than scheduled."

"I ask all members of the organization to quickly arm themselves and prepare for battle."

"Let me say it again... "

That harmonious atmosphere vanished without a trace with a single announcement, and both K and I ran to the special team office without saying a word. The once peaceful headquarters became a scene of chaos.

By the time K and I gathered our gear and headed out, it was already a complete mess. Members lay bleeding and lying on the ground, the sound of gunfire and screams echoing everywhere. No organized conflict could be more brutal and horrific than this one.

김남준 [30]

"S, can you hear me? I have completed the investigation into the IY organization's movements."

노여주 [29]

"We're up to the fifth floor now, and we're raiding every office."

노여주 [29]

"Entering the 6th floor, the information search team office..."

It was only a moment before the IY organization stormed into my former team's office. I quickly turned on the wiretapping device I'd installed in preparation for an intrusion and held it up to my ear. The moment I did, I heard the screams of my teammates and the sound of gunfire.

Among them was J's scream.

I turned off the wiretapping device again and started briefing the IY organization's location, and tears kept flowing. K, who was relaying the briefing to the special team via radio, comforted me by patting my shoulder and pressing the radio button.

노여주 [29]

"...Entering the 7th floor, entering the training room,"

As I was calming down and briefing, I felt a bullet whizz past my face. Blood pooled in the area where it had grazed, trickling down my cheek. My whole body froze, and I slowly turned around.

김태형 [29]

Behind me stood the boss, his gun aimed at me, keeping an eye on me. Startled, I turned around again and saw a member of the IY organization lying on the ground, bleeding.

김태형 [29]

"I'm sorry for hurting your pretty face~"

The boss wiped the blood flowing down my cheek with his thumb, smiled, and turned to the fallen member of the organization. And then...

With the same smile I saw in the alley yesterday, he took out the dagger from his bosom.

One of the IY organization members had his head cut off by the TH organization boss.

The boss smiled and roughly wiped the blood flowing from his severed neck with his suit sleeve. He then pointed to something on the neck of an organization member and spoke to me and K.

김태형 [29]

"This kid was the boss. IY organization."

As K and I stood there, terrified and speechless, the boss, without a word, walked up to the first floor of headquarters, holding the severed head. It seemed he was showing it to the IY organization members.

노여주 [29]

"Last night..."

The boss, somehow hearing my unconscious, terrified muttering, turned back to the first floor and strode towards me. Only then did I recall what he had said to me yesterday.

If I keep talking about it, I'll end up like that too...

노여주 [29]

"...Boss, well, well..."

When I tried to apologize for my mistake, the boss, as if trying to stop me from speaking, unbuttoned his blood-stained shirt one by one and showed me the tattoo on his collarbone.

Mars

김태형 [29]

"Because I don't have the strength to kill you."

김태형 [29]

"Don't bother me."

Even after saying that, the boss glared at me for a long time before heading to the first floor of headquarters. That day, the boss actually appeared with the head of the IY organization boss, proving the rumors true. Did the person who spread that rumor also die at the boss's hands?

We won that battle, but after that, when I was working in the special unit, every time we made eye contact, the boss would tap his collarbone with his finger and give me a stern look, so I couldn't last even a month in the special unit and quit the job I had been working for for three years.

Even if I quit the organization, the fact that the world is still ruled by the organization didn't change. Internet articles claiming the TH organization boss is the beginning and end of evil were still filled with comments expressing admiration for him. Only people who haven't actually met the boss can say such things.

After my mind settled a little, the first place I went was J's funeral. That was also the first time I learned J's real name. You probably don't know mine, right? I felt it was time to tell you, so I called out my real name and code name alternately about 30 times in front of J's funeral before heading home.

As time passed, I began searching through various languages ​​to understand the tattoo on the boss's collarbone. After about two months, I learned it was Greek, and another month later, I learned its meaning.

' Ἄρης (Ares) is one of the gods in Greco-Roman mythology and is known as the god of war. He enjoys blood and killing and is cruel and barbaric. He is classified as one of the 12 Olympian gods•••'

While reading a book on Greco-Roman mythology, I stumbled upon a god so strikingly similar to Bos that I couldn't finish it. How wonderful it would have been if he had truly existed only in mythology.

I still remember everything: the look in my boss's eyes, his smile, the pungent smell, and even his hands that smeared blood on my face and neck in the alley where there was not a single streetlight.

If I want to live, I have no choice but to carry the unpleasant stench of that day, something I can speak of but cannot express, in my heart for the rest of my life. I still dream. I dream of my boss chasing me and killing me, of the decapitated man I saw in the alley that day becoming me.

노여주 [29]

"...Please give me a tattoo. On my collarbone."

노여주 [29]

"The design is..."

"This is it."

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Sorry for the delay 🙇‍♀️ I wrote this in a hurry so the quality is low, but I want to say one thing, the reason the TH organization boss got a tattoo of Ares on his collarbone is because he founded the organization with him as a role model!

In the final scene, the female protagonist, living with her trauma, gets a tattoo of Ares! By tattooing the unspeakable onto her body, she expresses her firm resolve not to speak.

[Ares, who enjoys blood and murder = the origin and ultimate king of evil] I tried to make these two titles seem synonymous! You can interpret his actions in your own way!

It's a somewhat heavy-hearted piece of writing, and because it's a story-driven piece, I put a lot of thought into the text, dialogue, background, character photos, etc. to keep the reader engaged. 🥲

I hope you enjoyed it, and thank you for your hard work checking my homework! Thank you for watching ❤️‍🔥

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