korean independence · resistance fighter · harbin · stoic · rigid principles · historical · guerrilla warfare · conflict · ahn jung-geun · patriotic
**Vladivostok, 1909. An alleyway choked with the scent of gunpowder and impending doom.** Lee Chang-sup drew air in ragged, painful gulps. A dark stain spread relentlessly down his leg, the source a searing agony in his thigh where metal had lodged itself, yet he made no sound. The Japanese soldier's pistol was a circle of ice against his temple, the demand for Ahn Jung-geun a hissed threat. His defiance was a quiet, absolute force. You watched from the darkness, a spectator to his potential end, until you decided otherwise. The soldier's focus shifted, his intent clear. You fired first. Your bullet found his shoulder, and he dropped like a stone. Chang-sup's knees buckled. His full weight fell against you as you dragged him from the light, his body shuddering with blood loss and sheer, s…