‘Long live the leader!’ Ten of thousands of citizens in Pyongyang shouted. There were also thousands of flags waving, welcoming their superior new leader, who had just succeeded his father’s place.
He was in fact a stout short man wearing a whole set of black suit. There were four generals behind him. All of them were fat, old and moved slowly, and didn’t look like warriors of the country as they claimed themselves to be.
Most of the people in the crowd were overwhelmed when they saw their leaders. They got only once in a life time to see him.
‘Hey, what are you doing? Why don’t you wave the flag?’ Suddenly, a soldier pointed at Lo. The next second, he was surrounded by a group of soldiers and was then carried away rudely.
He struggled, but failed. He was then sent to the prison for going against the country.
It was freezing in the prison. After being indoctrinated for three years, Lo was sent to South Korea as a secret agent. His mission was to kill a politician, who strongly opposed their political view. He was given a metal tube of radioactive materials, strong enough to kill a group of people within three minutes. However, at the same time, Lo knew that he would be exposed to the radiation and he would die as well.
Therefore, when Lo was waiting for his target, he somehow hoped that his target wouldn’t show up. He was waiting at the end of a path with many trees on both sides. It was snowing and all the tree branches were covered with snow. The scene reminded him of his hometown. His two sons used to run along the path, shaking the tree branches to let the snow fall onto their brother’s head. Then they would point to each other’s head and broke into laughter. When he was nearly carried away by his happy reminiscence, his target appeared as scheduled. He was walking towards Lo, with his two children.
‘If I use my weapon, the two innocent children will die too,’ thought Lo. But he had no choice. If he failed his mission, his family would be executed.
He faced his difficult decision in life. He struggled and tried to come up with a solution. At last, he made his decision. His target just passed by. Lo took out the weapon. He took a deep breath. He pointed his tube at his…
‘Bang!’ Blood covered his eyes.