NBFF 152

Age and seniority carry considerable weight in Korean society.

As a Korean who grew up alongside Confucian values, I have no desire to blindly criticize such a culture.

But at the very least, it was undeniable that there had been plenty of serious problems within the Special Forces during its early days.

It was a secret unit whose very existence wasn’t known to the public.

And it was deployed to all sorts of dangerous sites where its members had to put their lives on the line.

Moreover, since it was essentially a military organization, the internal culture was extremely rigid.

In particular, because I had taken first place at the training center by an overwhelming margin, several senior members would call me aside and make me listen to the phrase, “A senior’s orders are absolute,” dozens of times.

I even got smacked on the head once while counting the number…