<p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span>***</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span>  </span><span>그대에게</span><span></span><span>드리는</span><span></span><span>꿈</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span></span><br></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span>    9. </span><span>귀향</span><span>(8)</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span></span><br></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span></span><br></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>그기</span><span></span><span>아이라카머</span><span></span><span>머요</span><span>? </span><span>그래가</span><span></span><span>순사를</span><span></span><span>보낸</span><span></span><span>거</span><span></span><span>아이요</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>그건</span><span></span><span>맞습니다만</span><span>......”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>결국</span><span></span><span>서장은</span><span></span><span>그렇게</span><span></span><span>말할</span><span></span><span>수밖에</span><span></span><span>없게</span><span></span><span>몰리고</span><span></span><span>있었다</span><span>. </span><span>김은</span><span></span><span>내심</span><span></span><span>쾌재를</span><span></span><span>불렀다</span><span>. </span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>결정타를</span><span></span><span>날리는</span><span></span><span>기분으로</span><span></span><span>언성을</span><span></span><span>높였다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>일</span><span></span><span>처리를</span><span></span><span>그래</span><span></span><span>밖에</span><span></span><span>몬</span><span></span><span>하요</span><span>? </span><span>수악키로</span><span></span><span>소문난</span><span></span><span>화적눔들을</span><span></span><span>어리한</span><span></span><span>순사</span><span></span><span>하나</span><span></span><span>보내가</span><span></span><span>붙잡는다꼬</span><span>? </span><span>삼척동자도</span><span></span><span>웃을따</span><span>. </span><span>내</span><span></span><span>이분</span><span></span><span>일은</span><span></span><span>반다시</span><span></span><span>경무국장인테</span><span></span><span>이야기하겠소</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>회장님</span><span>, </span><span>한</span><span></span><span>번만</span><span></span><span>봐주십시오</span><span>.”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>서장은</span><span></span><span>김에게</span><span></span><span>애원을</span><span></span><span>했다</span><span>. </span><span>자신의</span><span></span><span>머리를</span><span></span><span>다</span><span></span><span>쥐어뜯고</span><span></span><span>싶은</span><span></span><span>심정이었다</span><span>. </span><span>모르고</span><span></span><span>당한</span><span></span><span>것과</span><span></span><span>알면서도</span><span></span><span>당한</span><span></span><span>것은</span><span></span><span>천양지찬데</span><span></span><span>자신은</span><span></span><span>후자로</span><span></span><span>시인한</span><span></span><span>셈이</span><span></span><span>되고</span><span></span><span>말았다</span><span>. </span><span>정보를</span><span></span><span>입수하고도</span><span></span><span>안이하게</span><span></span><span>대처하다</span><span></span><span>애꿎은</span><span></span><span>고등계</span><span></span><span>형사</span><span></span><span>하나까지</span><span></span><span>죽인</span><span></span><span>게</span><span></span><span>돼</span><span></span><span>버린</span><span></span><span>것이었다</span><span>. </span><span>벗바리</span><span></span><span>좋은</span><span></span><span>김이</span><span></span><span>쑤셔댄다면</span><span></span><span>파면을</span><span></span><span>피할</span><span></span><span>수</span><span></span><span>없었다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>좋소</span><span>. </span><span>내</span><span></span><span>서장</span><span></span><span>전정이</span><span></span><span>불쌍어가</span><span></span><span>함</span><span></span><span>봐주지</span><span>. </span><span>근데</span><span></span><span>내가</span><span></span><span>뺏긴</span><span></span><span>재산은</span><span></span><span>우짤</span><span></span><span>거요</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “...... </span><span>꼭</span><span></span><span>잡겠습니다</span><span>. </span><span>꼭</span><span></span><span>잡아서</span><span></span><span>뺏긴</span><span></span><span>거</span><span></span><span>그대로</span><span></span><span>돌려드리겠습니다</span><span>.”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>연신</span><span></span><span>머리를</span><span></span><span>조아리면서도</span><span></span><span>서장은</span><span></span><span>일단</span><span></span><span>큰소리를</span><span></span><span>쳤다</span><span>. </span><span>시간이</span><span></span><span>지나면</span><span></span><span>김도</span><span></span><span>좀</span><span></span><span>누그러들</span><span></span><span>것이라는</span><span></span><span>계산이었다</span><span>. </span><span>서장의</span><span></span><span>코를</span><span></span><span>완전히</span><span></span><span>꿴</span><span></span><span>김은</span><span></span><span>적이</span><span></span><span>만족했다</span><span>. </span><span>앞으로</span><span></span><span>건국연맹</span><span></span><span>일을</span><span></span><span>하는</span><span></span><span>데도</span><span></span><span>수월할</span><span></span><span>것이었다</span><span>. </span><span>반면</span><span></span><span>서장은</span><span></span><span>죽은</span><span></span><span>안가를</span><span></span><span>저주했다</span><span>. </span><span>봐라</span><span>, </span><span>네놈</span><span></span><span>때문에</span><span></span><span>내가</span><span></span><span>이렇게</span><span></span><span>됐다</span><span>. 바</span><span>가야로</span><span></span><span>조센징놈</span><span>!</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>한편</span><span>, </span><span>경찰서</span><span></span><span>앞에서는</span><span></span><span>김의</span><span></span><span>소작인들이</span><span></span><span>모여들고</span><span></span><span>있었다</span><span>. </span><span>수백</span><span></span><span>명의</span><span></span><span>군중을</span><span></span><span>맞은</span><span></span><span>경찰들은</span><span></span><span>어찌할</span><span></span><span>바를</span><span></span><span>모르고</span><span></span><span>우왕좌왕했다</span><span>. </span><span>강제로</span><span></span><span>해산시키기에는</span><span></span><span>숫자가</span><span></span><span>너무</span><span></span><span>많았고</span><span>, </span><span>까딱하면</span><span></span><span>큰일날</span><span></span><span>분위기였다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>우리</span><span></span><span>어런</span><span></span><span>저래</span><span></span><span>맹근</span><span></span><span>화적눔들</span><span></span><span>잡아온나</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>화적눔들</span><span></span><span>몬</span><span></span><span>막은</span><span></span><span>서장은</span><span></span><span>보따리</span><span></span><span>싸라</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>연락을</span><span></span><span>받고</span><span></span><span>병원에서</span><span></span><span>허겁지겁</span><span></span><span>달려온</span><span></span><span>서장이</span><span></span><span>나섰다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>여러분</span><span>, </span><span>진정하시오</span><span>. </span><span>이래서는</span><span></span><span>안</span><span></span><span>되오</span><span>. </span><span>내가</span><span></span><span>방금</span><span></span><span>김회장님을</span><span></span><span>만나</span><span></span><span>뵙고</span><span></span><span>왔소</span><span>. </span><span>김회장님</span><span></span><span>부상은</span><span></span><span>경미한</span><span></span><span>것이라서</span><span></span><span>금방</span><span></span><span>나을</span><span></span><span>것이오</span><span>. </span><span>그리고</span><span></span><span>빠른</span><span></span><span>시일</span><span></span><span>안에</span><span></span><span>범인들을</span><span></span><span>잡을</span><span></span><span>것을</span><span></span><span>약속하겠소</span><span>. </span><span>그러니</span><span></span><span>여러분들은</span><span></span><span>돌아가서</span><span></span><span>생업을</span><span></span><span>계속하시오</span><span>.”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>머라꼬</span><span>? </span><span>부상이</span><span></span><span>경미하다꼬</span><span>? </span><span>사람이</span><span></span><span>죽다</span><span></span><span>살았는데</span><span>, </span><span>성한</span><span></span><span>데가</span><span></span><span>없는데</span><span></span><span>경미하다꼬</span><span>? </span><span>이눔아야</span><span>, </span><span>니도</span><span></span><span>그래</span><span></span><span>조져</span><span></span><span>주까</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>그래</span><span>, </span><span>저눔도</span><span></span><span>지대로</span><span></span><span>뿌직어</span><span></span><span>주자</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>여기저기서</span><span></span><span>야유가</span><span></span><span>터져나왔다</span><span>. </span><span>쉽게</span><span></span><span>해산할</span><span></span><span>기미가</span><span></span><span>보이지</span><span></span><span>않았다</span><span>. </span><span>서장은</span><span></span><span>진땀을</span><span></span><span>흘리고</span><span></span><span>있었다</span><span>. </span><span>생각</span><span></span><span>같으면</span><span></span><span>공포라도</span><span></span><span>한</span><span></span><span>방</span><span></span><span>쏘고</span><span></span><span>싶었지만</span><span></span><span>김에게</span><span></span><span>잡힌</span><span></span><span>약점이</span><span></span><span>켕겼다</span><span>. </span><span>그러나</span><span></span><span>말로라도</span><span></span><span>으름장을</span><span></span><span>놔</span><span></span><span>봐야</span><span></span><span>했다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>해산하시오</span><span>! </span><span>계속</span><span></span><span>이러다면</span><span></span><span>발포할</span><span></span><span>수밖에</span><span></span><span>없소</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>서장이</span><span></span><span>엄포를</span><span></span><span>놓자</span><span></span><span>가운데서</span><span></span><span>누군가가</span><span></span><span>큰소리로</span><span></span><span>선동을</span><span></span><span>했다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>여러분요</span><span>, </span><span>저</span><span></span><span>상눔으</span><span></span><span>새끼가</span><span></span><span>우리를</span><span></span><span>총으로</span><span></span><span>쑬끼라꼬</span><span></span><span>카는</span><span></span><span>거로</span><span></span><span>가마</span><span></span><span>놔둘</span><span></span><span>끼요</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>그러자</span><span></span><span>여기저기서</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>저눔</span><span></span><span>죽예라아</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>느그</span><span></span><span>죽고오</span><span></span><span>우리</span><span></span><span>죽자아</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>하는</span><span></span><span>소리가</span><span></span><span>터져나오기</span><span></span><span>시작하더니</span><span></span><span>앞줄이</span><span></span><span>총을</span><span></span><span>들고</span><span></span><span>선</span><span></span><span>순사들에게</span><span></span><span>덤비기</span><span></span><span>시작했다</span><span>. </span><span>다급해진</span><span></span><span>서장은</span><span></span><span>얼른</span><span></span><span>뒤로</span><span></span><span>몸을</span><span></span><span>숨겼다</span><span>. </span><span>어떻게</span><span></span><span>된</span><span></span><span>것이</span><span></span><span>경주의</span><span></span><span>조센징놈들은</span><span></span><span>겁도</span><span></span><span>없었다</span><span>. </span><span>이게</span><span></span><span>다</span><span></span><span>김이</span><span></span><span>바람을</span><span></span><span>넣은</span><span></span><span>때문일</span><span></span><span>것이었다</span><span>. </span><span>까딱하면</span><span></span><span>큰일이</span><span></span><span>터지겠다</span><span></span><span>싶었다</span><span>. </span><span>그렇다고</span><span></span><span>도경찰부에</span><span></span><span>지원요청을</span><span></span><span>할</span><span></span><span>수도</span><span></span><span>없는</span><span></span><span>일이었다</span><span>. </span><span>지원도</span><span></span><span>못</span><span></span><span>받을뿐더러</span><span></span><span>욕만</span><span></span><span>들어먹을</span><span></span><span>것이</span><span></span><span>분명</span><span></span><span>했다</span><span>. </span><span>서장은</span><span></span><span>아무런</span><span></span><span>대응도</span><span></span><span>하지</span><span></span><span>말</span><span></span><span>것을</span><span></span><span>서둘러</span><span></span><span>지시했다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>서장이</span><span></span><span>줄행랑을</span><span></span><span>쳐버리고</span><span></span><span>몇</span><span></span><span>안</span><span></span><span>되는</span><span></span><span>순사들도</span><span></span><span>대응이</span><span></span><span>없자</span><span></span><span>거칠게</span><span></span><span>나오던</span><span></span><span>사람들도</span><span></span><span>김중이</span><span></span><span>위중하지는</span><span></span><span>않으니</span><span></span><span>그만</span><span></span><span>끝내자는</span><span></span><span>말이</span><span></span><span>나오기</span><span></span><span>시작했다</span><span>. </span><span>이만큼</span><span></span><span>본때를</span><span></span><span>보여줬으니</span><span></span><span>됐다는</span><span></span><span>것이었다</span><span>. </span><span>사람들은</span><span></span><span>순사들을</span><span></span><span>향해</span><span></span><span>마지막으로</span><span></span><span>삿대질을</span><span></span><span>한번씩</span><span></span><span>하고는</span><span></span><span>발길을</span><span></span><span>돌렸다</span><span>. </span><span>그</span><span></span><span>일에서</span><span></span><span>사람들은</span><span></span><span>뭉치면</span><span></span><span>된다는</span><span></span><span>자신감을</span><span></span><span>얻게</span><span></span><span>됐다</span><span>. </span><span>김의</span><span></span><span>소작인들은</span><span></span><span>모두가</span><span></span><span>건국연맹의</span><span></span><span>맹원들이었다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>김중을</span><span></span><span>잡아넣었다가는</span><span></span><span>폭동이</span><span></span><span>일어날</span><span></span><span>거라는</span><span></span><span>생각을</span><span></span><span>다시</span><span></span><span>하면서</span><span></span><span>서장은</span><span></span><span>서둘러</span><span></span><span>보고서를</span><span></span><span>작성했다</span><span>. </span><span>이번</span><span></span><span>김의</span><span></span><span>집에</span><span></span><span>든</span><span></span><span>강도들은</span><span></span><span>이전</span><span></span><span>몇</span><span></span><span>건의</span><span></span><span>강도사건과</span><span></span><span>동일범들의</span><span></span><span>소행으로</span><span></span><span>보이며</span><span>, </span><span>그</span><span></span><span>강도들은</span><span></span><span>왜인들이</span><span></span><span>확실하다는</span><span></span><span>것이었다</span><span>. </span><span>물증은</span><span></span><span>확보하지</span><span></span><span>못했으나</span><span></span><span>김은</span><span></span><span>지속적으로</span><span></span><span>임정에</span><span></span><span>자금을</span><span></span><span>대온</span><span></span><span>것으로</span><span></span><span>의심되는</span><span></span><span>자로서</span><span>, </span><span>왜인들이</span><span></span><span>아니고</span><span></span><span>독립운동을</span><span></span><span>하는</span><span></span><span>자들이라면</span><span></span><span>절대로</span><span></span><span>그</span><span></span><span>집을</span><span></span><span>덮칠</span><span></span><span>리가</span><span></span><span>없다는</span><span></span><span>자신의</span><span></span><span>견해까지</span><span></span><span>첨부했다</span><span>. </span><span>또</span><span></span><span>김이</span><span></span><span>입은</span><span></span><span>부상</span><span></span><span>정도를</span><span></span><span>과장하면서</span><span></span><span>혼수상태에서</span><span></span><span>겨우</span><span></span><span>깨어났다고</span><span></span><span>거짓말까지</span><span></span><span>했다</span><span>. </span><span>일련의</span><span></span><span>사건들과</span><span></span><span>동일한</span><span></span><span>왜인</span><span></span><span>강도사건이라는</span><span></span><span>점을</span><span></span><span>부각시키기</span><span></span><span>위해서였다</span><span>. </span><span>그래야만</span><span></span><span>책임을</span><span></span><span>덜</span><span></span><span>것이었다</span><span>. </span><span>강도들을</span><span></span><span>다른</span><span></span><span>데서</span><span></span><span>잡지</span><span></span><span>못했기</span><span></span><span>때문에</span><span></span><span>자신의</span><span></span><span>관할구역</span><span></span><span>안에서도</span><span></span><span>동일한</span><span></span><span>사건이</span><span></span><span>일어난</span><span></span><span>것이</span><span></span><span>아니냐는</span><span></span><span>뜻이었다</span><span>. </span><span>그리고</span><span></span><span>우연히</span><span></span><span>강도들과</span><span></span><span>맞닥뜨린</span><span></span><span>안가가</span><span></span><span>그놈들을</span><span></span><span>잡으려다</span><span></span><span>황천으로</span><span></span><span>가고</span><span></span><span>말았다고</span><span></span><span>짧게</span><span></span><span>덧붙이고</span><span></span><span>말았다</span><span>. </span><span>권총을</span><span></span><span>빼앗긴</span><span></span><span>것도</span><span></span><span>보고하지</span><span></span><span>않았다</span><span>. </span><span>어떻게</span><span></span><span>하든지</span><span></span><span>이놈의</span><span></span><span>골치</span><span></span><span>아픈</span><span></span><span>경주를</span><span></span><span>빨리</span><span></span><span>벗어나야겠다는</span><span></span><span>생각만</span><span></span><span>굴뚝같았다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span></span><br></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>김중이</span><span></span><span>당한</span><span></span><span>강도사건으로</span><span></span><span>수사는</span><span></span><span>다시</span><span></span><span>원점으로</span><span></span><span>돌아가고</span><span></span><span>말았다</span><span>. </span><span>경무국에</span><span></span><span>불려간</span><span></span><span>이중형은</span><span></span><span>꿀먹은</span><span></span><span>벙어리가</span><span></span><span>되어</span><span></span><span>앉아</span><span></span><span>있었다</span><span>. </span><span>정보과장</span><span></span><span>기무라가</span><span></span><span>책상을</span><span></span><span>치며</span><span></span><span>분통을</span><span></span><span>터트렸다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>아니</span><span></span><span>이상</span><span>, </span><span>이상은</span><span></span><span>정보계통</span><span></span><span>밥을</span><span></span><span>먹기</span><span></span><span>시작한</span><span></span><span>지가</span><span></span><span>언제부터요</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “......”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>언제부턴데</span><span></span><span>그따위</span><span></span><span>엉터리</span><span></span><span>정보로</span><span></span><span>경무국을</span><span></span><span>우습게</span><span></span><span>만드는</span><span></span><span>거요</span><span>? </span><span>말을</span><span></span><span>해보시오</span><span>, </span><span>말을</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “......”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>이상</span><span></span><span>때문에</span><span></span><span>우리</span><span></span><span>경무국은</span><span></span><span>웃음거리가</span><span></span><span>되고</span><span></span><span>말았소</span><span>.”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “......”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>무식한</span><span></span><span>깡패새끼들이</span><span></span><span>독립운동은</span><span></span><span>무슨</span><span></span><span>독립운동을</span><span></span><span>하겠냐</span><span></span><span>말이오</span><span>. </span><span>처음부터</span><span></span><span>미심쩍더라니</span><span>...... </span><span>당분간</span><span></span><span>정보비</span><span></span><span>선불은</span><span></span><span>없는</span><span></span><span>줄</span><span></span><span>아시오</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>이가는</span><span></span><span>끝까지</span><span></span><span>침묵을</span><span></span><span>지켰다</span><span>. </span><span>그렇다고</span><span></span><span>사과를</span><span></span><span>하지도</span><span></span><span>않았다</span><span>. </span><span>자존심이</span><span></span><span>상해서</span><span></span><span>그러고</span><span></span><span>싶지</span><span></span><span>않았다</span><span>. </span><span>소나기는</span><span></span><span>기다리면</span><span></span><span>곧</span><span></span><span>그치게</span><span></span><span>돼</span><span></span><span>있었다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>책상을</span><span></span><span>한</span><span></span><span>번</span><span></span><span>더</span><span></span><span>치고</span><span></span><span>기무라는</span><span></span><span>찬바람을</span><span></span><span>일으키며</span><span></span><span>자리에서</span><span></span><span>일어서</span><span></span><span>버렸다</span><span>. </span><span>이가는</span><span></span><span>이빨을</span><span></span><span>뽀도독</span><span></span><span>갈면서</span><span></span><span>경무국을</span><span></span><span>나왔다</span><span>. </span><span>좆</span><span></span><span>같은</span><span></span><span>왜놈의</span><span></span><span>새끼들</span><span>, </span><span>좋은</span><span></span><span>정보라고</span><span></span><span>지랄을</span><span></span><span>떨</span><span></span><span>때는</span><span></span><span>언제고</span><span>...... </span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>분을</span><span></span><span>풀</span><span></span><span>데는</span><span></span><span>똘마니들</span><span></span><span>밖에</span><span></span><span>없었다</span><span>. </span><span>즉각</span><span></span><span>박두희</span><span>, </span><span>정인호</span><span>, </span><span>김시재를</span><span></span><span>호출했다</span><span>. </span><span>경무국에</span><span></span><span>정보를</span><span></span><span>제공할</span><span></span><span>때는</span><span></span><span>셋은</span><span></span><span>존재도</span><span></span><span>없는</span><span></span><span>것처럼</span><span></span><span>하고서는</span><span></span><span>이제와서</span><span></span><span>모든</span><span></span><span>책임을</span><span></span><span>그들에게</span><span></span><span>덤터기</span><span></span><span>씌우려는</span><span></span><span>것이었다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>셋이</span><span></span><span>목줄을</span><span></span><span>한</span><span></span><span>강아지처럼</span><span></span><span>쪼르르</span><span></span><span>달려왔다</span><span>. </span><span>이가는</span><span></span><span>다짜고짜</span><span></span><span>뺨을</span><span></span><span>한</span><span></span><span>대씩</span><span></span><span>갈기고</span><span></span><span>봤다</span><span>. </span><span>기무라에게</span><span></span><span>들어먹은</span><span></span><span>욕을</span><span></span><span>생각하면</span><span></span><span>반쯤</span><span></span><span>죽이고</span><span></span><span>싶었지만</span><span></span><span>참는</span><span></span><span>중이었다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>이</span><span></span><span>새끼들아</span><span>, </span><span>너희들은</span><span></span><span>도대체</span><span></span><span>정보밥</span><span></span><span>몇</span><span></span><span>년째야</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “......”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>대뜸</span><span></span><span>뺨부터</span><span></span><span>얻어맞고보니</span><span></span><span>셋은</span><span></span><span>눈에서</span><span></span><span>별이</span><span></span><span>번쩍거려</span><span></span><span>무슨</span><span></span><span>말인지</span><span></span><span>도무지</span><span></span><span>알</span><span></span><span>수가</span><span></span><span>없었다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>너희들</span><span></span><span>때문에</span><span></span><span>내가</span><span></span><span>귀때기</span><span></span><span>새파란</span><span></span><span>경무국</span><span></span><span>과장놈에게</span><span></span><span>욕을</span><span></span><span>얻어먹어야</span><span></span><span>하겠냐</span><span></span><span>말이야</span><span>, </span><span>이</span><span></span><span>새끼들아</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>무슨</span><span></span><span>말입니까</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>그중</span><span></span><span>간덩이가</span><span></span><span>큰</span><span></span><span>박가가</span><span></span><span>불만스러운</span><span></span><span>표정으로</span><span></span><span>물었다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>김정달이</span><span></span><span>그</span><span></span><span>새끼들</span><span></span><span>말이야</span><span>! </span><span>그</span><span></span><span>새끼들</span><span></span><span>짓이</span><span></span><span>아니란</span><span></span><span>게</span><span></span><span>드러났단</span><span></span><span>말이야</span><span>! </span><span>그</span><span></span><span>새끼</span><span></span><span>지금</span><span></span><span>어딨어</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>종로에</span><span></span><span>있던데요</span><span>.”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>정가가</span><span></span><span>기어들어가는</span><span></span><span>목소리로</span><span></span><span>대답했다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>최명원이는</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>명치정에</span><span></span><span>있더구만요</span><span>.”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>그래</span><span>, </span><span>이</span><span></span><span>새끼들아</span><span>! </span><span>그런데</span><span></span><span>이번에는</span><span></span><span>경주</span><span></span><span>김부자가</span><span></span><span>털렸단</span><span></span><span>말이야</span><span>. </span><span>그놈이</span><span></span><span>임정에</span><span></span><span>자금대는</span><span></span><span>거</span><span></span><span>천하가</span><span></span><span>다</span><span></span><span>안다</span><span>, </span><span>천하가</span><span></span><span>다</span><span></span><span>알아</span><span>. </span><span>그놈이</span><span></span><span>죽을</span><span></span><span>뻔했단</span><span></span><span>말이야</span><span>. </span><span>그런데도</span><span></span><span>독립운동하는</span><span></span><span>놈들</span><span></span><span>짓이야</span><span>, </span><span>이</span><span></span><span>새끼들아</span><span>? </span><span>헛다리</span><span></span><span>짚은</span><span></span><span>거지이</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>박가들은</span><span></span><span>귀를</span><span></span><span>의심했다</span><span>. </span><span>분명히</span><span></span><span>주먹잡이들과</span><span></span><span>독립운동</span><span></span><span>조직이</span><span></span><span>연계돼서</span><span></span><span>벌이는</span><span></span><span>일들이라고</span><span></span><span>믿어</span><span></span><span>의심치</span><span></span><span>않고</span><span></span><span>있었던</span><span></span><span>것이다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>깡패새끼들</span><span></span><span>뒤타는</span><span></span><span>짓거리는</span><span></span><span>당장</span><span></span><span>그만둬</span><span>! </span><span>그리고</span><span></span><span>수일</span><span></span><span>내로</span><span></span><span>한</span><span></span><span>건</span><span></span><span>해와</span><span>. </span><span>안</span><span></span><span>그러면</span><span></span><span>다들</span><span></span><span>죽여</span><span></span><span>버리겠어</span><span>, </span><span>알겠어</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>이가는</span><span></span><span>바락바락</span><span></span><span>악을</span><span></span><span>썼다</span><span>. </span><span>박가들은</span><span></span><span>이가에게</span><span></span><span>인사도</span><span></span><span>하지</span><span></span><span>않고</span><span></span><span>나와버렸다</span><span>. </span><span>분하기를</span><span></span><span>이루</span><span></span><span>말로</span><span></span><span>다할</span><span></span><span>수</span><span></span><span>없었다</span><span>. </span><span>적지</span><span></span><span>않은</span><span></span><span>나이에</span><span></span><span>따귀나</span><span></span><span>맞고</span><span></span><span>다니는</span><span></span><span>자신들의</span><span></span><span>신세가</span><span></span><span>한없이</span><span></span><span>처량하게</span><span></span><span>느껴졌다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “시</span><span>팔놈</span><span>, </span><span>어디</span><span></span><span>두고</span><span></span><span>보자</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>박가가</span><span></span><span>이빨을</span><span></span><span>뽀도독</span><span></span><span>갈았다</span><span>. </span><span>그리고</span><span></span><span>이빨</span><span></span><span>사이로</span><span></span><span>침을</span><span></span><span>찌익</span><span></span><span>내뱉았다</span><span>.</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>왜</span><span></span><span>벼락은</span><span></span><span>저런</span><span></span><span>새끼들은</span><span></span><span>피해</span><span></span><span>가는</span><span></span><span>거야</span><span>?”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> “</span><span>우리</span><span></span><span>저</span><span></span><span>새끼</span><span>, </span><span>언젠가는</span><span></span><span>죽이자</span><span>!”</span></p> <p style="font-size:15px;line-height:normal;"><span> </span><span>정가와</span><span></span><span>김가도</span><span></span><span>한마디씩</span><span></span><span>저주의</span><span></span><span>말을</span><span></span><span>쏟아냈다</span><span>. </span><span>한</span><span></span><span>발</span><span></span><span>앞서</span><span></span><span>걷던</span><span></span><span>박가가</span><span></span><span>우뚝</span><span></span><span>멈춰섰다</span><span>.</span></p>