You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 624

You Have Been Defended – Episode 624 (624/641)

[Kim Cheol-soo: The game’s just over, huh?

Who Opened the Door Like Hwang Hyeon-hee: Let’s go for a special investigation. The domestic prosecutors can’t properly investigate the Korean political and business circles.

Want to Eat Gwamegi: This definitely needs a special investigation.

Want to Eat Gwamegi: I’m worried about the pay-to-play prosecutors, but there’s no realistic alternative to a special investigation.

Chris Park: We need to choose the special prosecutor well. It can’t be the same old faces.

ㅗMyung-hwa Pharmaceuticalsㅗ: Please release the list.

Kim Hyun-ah: We need to expose all those inhuman bastards.]

“Many of you seem curious about who’s written in here.”

Jo Bong-joon placed his hand on the bundle of ledgers.

[Stand: How can we be sure that ledger is real?

Damn Car: The moment you reveal that, you’ll get sued for defamation, guaranteed, lol.

Trash Reporter Out: If you want to spend the rest of your life in jail for defamation, go ahead and reveal it, lol.

Trash Broadcast: The fabrication is elaborate, lol.]

Choi Jong-hyun, who was reading the chat, chuckled.

“Those who say we’re trash reporters and doing a trash broadcast are more concerned about our well-being than anyone else. If we get sued for defamation and go to jail, isn’t that good for you? Even if we said we wouldn’t reveal it, you should be encouraging us to reveal it. If you think Kim Mi-ja’s words are all lies and this evidence is fabricated, then you must think Wooshin and the figures in Korean politics and business have never frequented a *yajeong* [a type of exclusive, traditional Japanese establishment].”

“That’s right. The people who believe us are telling us to reveal it, but the people who think we’re scammers are the most worried about us.”

“Don’t worry. We have too much to do to get caught up in lawsuits. We need to strike while the iron is hot. The investigative authorities will verify it and release the list. Or maybe they don’t need to release it. The answer will be obvious just by seeing who gets called in by the investigative authorities.”

[Want to Eat Gwamegi: lololololololol

Bring Back the Handsome Lawyer: lolololol It’s a bit disappointing, but I acknowledge it’s a reasonable choice.

Bong-joon, Let’s Go to School: I hate this broadcast so much, but I’m worried about them going to jail. The ultimate *tsundere* [a person who is initially cold and hostile but gradually shows a warmer side], lolololol.

ㅗMyung-hwa Pharmaceuticalsㅗ: Trembling, lololol.]

Already, there were movements in the chat to collect the nicknames of viewers who were urgently trying to stop the ledger from being revealed and to create a list.

Choi Jong-hyun shook his head and said to Kim Mi-ja.

“Kim Mi-ja, could you explain this ledger?”

─From when I became the manager of the *yajeong* until recently, for about 15 years, I personally wrote this ledger. Whether they were Korean or Japanese, I wrote down everyone who visited even once.

“Is there a reason why you created this ledger?”

─The people who come to the *yajeong* are either on the same boat as Go Sang-joon, or people Go Sang-joon is desperate to get on his boat. But even the latter are mostly people who have already crossed over. They came all the way to Japan with airline tickets and accommodations provided by Go Sang-joon.

“So, do those people know that the children in the *yajeong* came from the House of Angels?”

─Not all of them. Unless they were completely on the same boat, Go Sang-joon didn’t reveal that the children here were from the House of Angels. Because he didn’t know when it might become a problem.

“So, those people would just think of this place as a high-end *yajeong* that’s actually in operation.”

─Yes. Usually, they would suggest it, saying they prepared it so the family could have a comfortable vacation, and then, gauging the atmosphere, they would lure them to the *yajeong*. They would leave their families to go sightseeing for a while, saying they had to go out for a bit for work, and then they would come to the *yajeong* and receive sexual favors. Of course, there are also cases where they come to Japan for official schedules.

[Want to Eat Gwamegi: They come with their families and do that kind of thing, lololololololol.

Choi Jong-hyun’s Wig: They show off to their families and then do that there.

ㅗMyung-hwa Pharmaceuticalsㅗ: Ew.

Apollo Worshipper: If it’s because of an official schedule, then they went with the people’s taxes. My precious money, sob sob sob.]

─Anyway, because of that, you can see that the people who come there are targets that Go Sang-joon puts a lot of effort into. That’s why nothing should upset them at the *yajeong*. Once it’s decided who’s coming, I receive information in advance about their preferences and allergies. From preparing food to alcohol… and other things I don’t want to mention. That’s so they can receive the best service when they come to the *yajeong*.

“…That’s really systematic.”

─Of course. And the people who come there once always come again. I’ve never seen anyone who only came once. I think you know the reason why without me having to tell you.

Extremely taboo things are possible there.

And yet, because of Wooshin’s backing, it’s safer than doing it in Korea.

It must have been like a drug.

Our society has become more prosperous than before.

Now, money alone can’t win the world over.

I think it’s right to realize values beyond what money can buy, but Wooshin, paradoxically, went the opposite way.

They chose a method that stimulates human senses.

This was, absurdly, successful.

─If the person being entertained was displeased or didn’t like something there, that’s also recorded. Because it shouldn’t happen again next time. That way, they’ll keep coming to the *yajeong*, and won’t they become truly one with Wooshin? If Go Sang-joon goes down, their lives are over too. They have no choice but to become a community.

“So that’s why the records became so detailed.”

─When they come once, they even send them back with generous gifts. Sometimes it’s money, sometimes it’s things. They even give gifts to their families. I record the reactions to those gifts as well. It needs to be reflected in the next gift. This work isn’t just done by me, but also by the strategy team. There must be an enormous number of people Wooshin is bribing, even if they don’t bring them to the *yajeong*.

“So, the information about the people being entertained that comes to Kim Mi-ja, does that also come from the Wooshin Group’s strategy team?”

─It probably does. I’m not sure. They didn’t introduce them to me one by one. I don’t even know their names well. I just called him Chief Woo.

“Chief Woo? So, how did that person, Chief Woo, deliver information to Kim Mi-ja?”

─At first, they used fax. Then it was email. Sometimes it was a phone call. It’s always different.

As Kim Mi-ja finished speaking, Kim Jung-woo displayed an image on the screen.

It was the inbox of the account she used when receiving emails from the person called Chief Woo.

“This is the list of emails Kim Mi-ja received, right?”

─Yes, that’s right. As you can see, they didn’t use the Wooshin domain. Of course, they wouldn’t.

[Give Me My Card Bill, Cherry: Please reveal the email contents too.

Water Channel: The names of the guys who received the hospitality must be all in the emails, lololol.

Want to Eat Gwamegi: If all 15 years’ worth of emails are there, then the dates must all be written down, lololol. Impossible to fabricate.]

The title format of the emails that Chief Woo sent was fixed as ‘Month Year, Day, Number of People’.

This meant the date of the visit and the number of visitors.

The inbox was filled with emails where only the numbers had changed.

“So, you wrote down the contents of the emails you received like this in the ledger and managed it? That’s an analog method that’s hard to find in this day and age.”

─I also tried to compile all the ledgers into one file for ease of management. But Chief Woo didn’t allow it, probably because he was worried about leaks. He told me to record it in the ledger and manage it myself.

“So, should we assume that all the ledgers were created by Kim Mi-ja?”

─No, before I became the manager, Chief Han managed it. So, some of the older ones may have different handwriting.

“Chief Han, you mean the person who manages the children who came from Korea, right?”

─Yes. I think I became necessary because Chief Han couldn’t handle the scale alone. To summarize, Chief Woo is the one who directly delivers orders, and Chief Han is the one who manages the children. You can see these two as the actual people in charge.

[Want to Eat Gwamegi: They did it so systematically, damn it.

Kim Soo-han-moo: Ugh, even curses are too good for those bastards.

Bong-joon, Let’s Go to School: Damn, disgusting.]

“So, has Kim Mi-ja ever met this person called Chief Woo in person?”

─Yes. Go Sang-joon brings him along when he comes to the *yajeong*.

“At this rate, it’s hard to even estimate how many people were involved in this insane human trafficking. It’s always been Wooshin’s way of doing things, but they’re insanely laundering people to keep themselves from being exposed.”

Choi Jong-hyun threw a pen onto the desk and leaned back in his chair.

The reason why the chairman’s family has been found not guilty or acquitted in numerous incidents so far is also because of this.

By repeatedly diluting it with a large number of people, the connections become faint.

It becomes easier to cut off the tail.

“Still, if he has the Woo surname and has been by Go Sang-joon’s side for 15 years, it shouldn’t be difficult to identify him. You said you don’t know his name, but would you be able to recognize his face if you saw it?”

─Of course. As you can see, the ledger contents are very detailed. If the people being entertained say they were even slightly uncomfortable, I get blamed right away. So, I tried to write down and remember even the smallest things. I’m currently staying overseas, but I’m planning to go back to Korea soon. I will cooperate to the best of my ability so that my memories can help with the investigation.

[Want to Eat Gwamegi: I don’t know if Kim Mi-ja can even come to Korea ㅠ I think it’s dangerous.

Chris Park: The investigative authorities will try to protect her, but it’s still unsettling…

Tears of the Minwoo Party: It’s really unsettling… Is there no way to cooperate from overseas?]

All the viewers seem to be thinking the same thing.

Considering what we’ve seen so far, it’s not an unfounded worry.

As Choi Jong-hyun and Jo Bong-joon’s gazes turned to the chat, Kim Mi-ja also began to read the chat.

─I don’t know what to say because I’m so grateful for the concern.

She said in a trembling voice, as if her throat was choked.

When I first told Kim Mi-ja to reveal everything, what she was most worried about was her future.

She said that no one would ever love her.

That there would be no one who would think of her as clean with this kind of past.

There were people who tried to mock and ridicule whatever she said, but there are also people who worry about her and support her.

The world is cold and harsh, but sometimes it gives unexpected impressions that are surprisingly touching.

Perhaps that’s why.

She turned her head for a moment and cried silently.

─I can’t keep staying overseas because I’m also an accomplice. And I heard that speed is the most important thing in these kinds of cases. I don’t want to create a situation where time is delayed because of me. And I will be as careful as possible so that I don’t become endangered.

Kim Mi-ja calmed her emotions and continued.

“I see. If Kim Mi-ja, who knows more than anyone else about the *yajeong’s* operating methods, the people being entertained, and what happened inside, cooperates with the investigation, it will definitely be of great help in revealing the facts and punishing those involved…”

Jo Bong-joon hadn’t even finished his comment.

Kim Jung-woo urgently sent him a message.

The two stopped talking and checked the contents.

[Bring Back the Handsome Lawyer: What’s going on?

Water Channel: Why so uneasy?

Kim Hyun-ah: What?

Kim Cheol-soo: ?

Jo Sang-woo: ????]

Perhaps because the two’s expressions were very serious.

The viewers were also shaken.

But that was only for a moment.

[Want to Eat Gwamegi: Oh, he’s smiling, lololol.