The Underground Emperor: Starting with Running Away with His Sister-in-Law

However...

Neither the then-president nor the intelligence agency acknowledged the existence of this file...

Plus...

After nearly a year of searching and inquiries...

No one in the media has been able to obtain evidence to confirm the actual existence of the 'guillotine files'.

so...

Ultimately, the matter was dropped...

Although many people still firmly believe the rumor due to other factors, most media outlets have shifted their attention elsewhere.

Perhaps some media workers have never given up...

However, after so many years, it seems that only a very small number of them have been able to persevere...

"I never expected that you, an outsider, would find it..."

Mu Xianmin stared intently at the computer screen, gently moving the mouse while her red lips parted slightly as she attentively explained things to Ding Xin...

She shared what she knew about the "guillotine files".

Ding Xin merely turned his head and glanced at her.

He didn't respond.

He took out his cigarette case, lit one, and continued to quietly browse the information on the computer, following the woman's finger movements.

for a long time...

Mu Xianmin put down the mouse, rubbed his hands together, and muttered thoughtfully, "It's truly shocking, but it's a bit of a pity..."

"What's a pity?"

Ding Xin raised an eyebrow and asked curiously.

"Unfortunately, too much time has passed..."

Mu Xianmin turned to look at Ding Xin, her gaze intense, her tone tinged with unspoken regret: "If you had obtained this file a few years earlier, it might have been like obtaining a nuclear bomb..."

"Is it not now?"

Ding Xin turned his head and smiled as he pressed on, but Mu Xianmin shook his head and softly replied, "Most of the people recorded inside have already stepped down from their original positions, especially those politicians; basically, not one in ten remains..."

However, some people from the financial, cultural, and sports sectors are still quite active...

But compared to a few years ago...

This file is at best a knife to you, and a dull, rusty one at that...

"It's not that bad..."

Ding Xin, a cigarette dangling from his lips, frowned and pondered for a moment, then spoke in a manner that was half questioning and half explaining: "According to South Korea's three-tiered system of government, even if these people retire, their influence remains..."

I don't think it's accurate to call it a blunt knife!

Perhaps it doesn't possess the earth-shattering power of a nuclear bomb at this moment, but it's definitely a bullet with considerable destructive power, isn't it?

This is considered an unspoken rule in South Korea's political and legal system.

For example, the prosecutor system has so-called "former official privileges".

Simply put...

Anyone who retires or changes careers from a position at the ministerial or prosecutorial level or above is essentially granted a get-out-of-jail-free card...

If you break the law yourself, you will basically not be prosecuted!

If I switch careers to become a lawyer, I'm guaranteed to win my first lawsuit!

Those politicians are pretty much the same...

Even those who retire early are mostly their juniors.

Even after ten years of retirement, some people are still referred to by the highest position they held during their tenure.

This isn't just polite talk...

Instead, they genuinely enjoy some of the power they wield while in office, and can influence and manipulate the political landscape to a certain extent.

It's so deformed!

"Indeed, that's how it should be under normal circumstances, but I'm too late to say it; it's not just about early retirement on the surface..."

Mu Xianmin revealed a mysterious smile and asked in return, "Do you remember what I just said? Many media outlets gave up because they couldn't find this file for a long time, but there were also some who firmly believed in its existence and never gave up?"

Ding Xin nodded, indicating that he remembered.

Mu Xianmin smiled and pressed further, "Then do you know why those people are so convinced?"

"why?"

Ding Xin cooperated by feigning a hint of doubt, like a curious child, while Mu Xianmin didn't keep him in suspense any longer, smiling as he gave the answer: "Shortly after the rumors of that missing file surfaced, a series of upheavals occurred throughout South Korea, and this wasn't just talk..."

Especially the intelligence agency...

It can be said that a major overhaul has been carried out!

During that year, the frequency of personnel changes in the legislative, executive, and judicial systems was significantly higher than in previous years...

Moreover, many close associates of powerful figures were exposed for scandals at the time...

As he spoke...

Mu Xianmin stretched out her slender hand and pointed to several names on the computer screen: "Like this one, this one, and this one..."

Their secretaries inexplicably turned themselves in and confessed to their illegal and criminal acts!

If I remember correctly...

These people should still be serving time in prison, right...?

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Chapter 486 The Identity of the Sugar Daddies

"you mean..."

Ding Xin, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, rubbed his chin, vaguely feeling as if he had grasped something.

Mu Xianmin smiled and nodded, knowing that Ding Xin must have thought of something, and continued, "So many people speculated that those powerful and influential confidants might just be puppets pushed out to take the blame for certain groups of people..."

However, since there is no evidence, it remains just a rumor...

But this doesn't stop many media professionals from believing that the 'guillotine archives' really exist!

after all...

Too many coincidences become inevitable!

The file currently in front of us confirms everyone's initial suspicions...

I just went through it briefly...

The illegal acts mentioned above coincide with the crimes that those powerful cronies once admitted to!

You should understand what this means now, right?

"Of course I understand!"

Ding Xin leaned back, gazing thoughtfully at the ceiling.

Mu Xianmin's meaning is easy to understand; he's simply implying that most of the people in this file have already been exonerated once...

in other words...

This "guillotine file" is now an expired product; it might make people sick, but it certainly won't kill them.

so...

Even if Ding Xin wanted to use it for something, it wouldn't pose much of a threat!

Fuck!

I thought I had struck gold, but it turned out to be a worthless foxtail grass that was neither delicious nor worth throwing away!

But thinking about it, it's normal...

This file has existed for so many years, it's impossible to keep it completely secret!

As long as it's made by a human...

There will definitely be some loopholes!

Since the media had received some fragmented information beforehand, it's impossible that those powerful figures at the center of the storm were unaware of it.

Let's delve a little deeper...

Perhaps the rumors circulating in society were deliberately released by those powerful and influential people...

After all, who can predict politics?

Ding Xin frowned.