Chapter 100
A man lying inside the compartment, hooked up to more mechanical devices than anyone else.
That man was Kang Young-chan.
“Is that really Team Leader Kang Young-chan…?”
The sight of Kang Young-chan that Do-jae saw was nothing short of shocking.
His face had aged drastically, his skin was wrinkled and shriveled, and his hair had turned completely white.
If not for his wolf-like eyes and protruding mouth, he would have been unrecognizable.
“It’s Team Leader Kang.”
Kim Hwan-soo stood with his arms crossed, gazing into the compartment with a worried expression.
The two watched Kang Young-chan silently for a long while.
Do Jae was the first to speak.
“Has it been like this since then?”
The “then” Dojae referred to was the time of the Gaeseong campaign.
The time when dark clouds spread, the Red Oak Priest appeared, and Kang Young-chan collapsed.
Kang Young-chan, collapsed like that, was carried on Kim Hwan-soo’s back and transported straight to the expeditionary force headquarters.
And Dojae didn’t know what happened after that.
“He was fine for a while…”
Kim Hwan-soo began his explanation.
The story went like this.
Kang Young-chan had been in a coma for a full day immediately after collapsing.
After that, Kim Hwan-soo wanted Kang Young-chan to undergo further examinations, but Kang insisted that he knew his own body best and immediately declared he would head out on the punitive expedition.
However, the core mission of the Gaeseong campaign—hunting the Red Oak—was already complete, and he was assigned to his original task.
