The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 33

Too Strong Police – Episode 33

Go Su-jeong had remarried and was living with another man.

The Strong Team 1 found her in the underground parking lot of her apartment.

“Go Su-jeong, you are under arrest for the murder of Kim Go-cheong. You have the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney, and anything you say can be used against you.”

Go Su-jeong, looking genuinely bewildered, calmly denied the charges.

“It wasn’t me. I was the one who was attacked.”

“Let’s talk at the station.”

“My husband is upstairs. Can’t I bring him with me?”

“Get in the car.”

As Go Su-jeong got into the car, Hae-soo turned to the youngest member of the team and asked,

“Check it.”

“It’s a little shaky.”

“It’s okay.”

The youngest showed Hae-soo his phone. Although a bit shaky, it was well-focused on Go Su-jeong. Hae-soo sent the video and immediately called Ahn Seo-eun.

“I’ve sent the video of Go Su-jeong’s arrest as well.”

-Yes, I saw it. This will be even more popular on our end. It’s going to be incredibly sensational, right?

“If a crime is committed, there must be punishment. I don’t care about the means.”

-That’s why I filmed you, Hae-soo. We can prepare to broadcast it after the first trial, right?

“Yes, the content will change depending on the verdict.”

-I understand. Don’t worry.

“The trial hasn’t even started yet, but you trust me?”

If she was found innocent, or if the real culprit confessed, the broadcasting station, Daesung, and Hae-soo, who handed over the files, would suffer a major blow. It was a gamble.

However, Ahn Seo-eun followed Hae-soo’s request without any further questions.

-If I didn’t trust you, I wouldn’t have made this offer at the convenience store before.

“…I understand.”

*

Go Su-jeong’s family was wealthy. Within three hours of her arrest, three competent lawyers from a large law firm were present.

“I didn’t kill him. I was sexually assaulted.”

She repeated the same words like a parrot.

At the first trial, Go Su-jeong continued to deny the crime in court. When it was revealed that her husband’s blood was found in the pension [a type of Korean guesthouse] bathroom, she changed her story.

“I stabbed him with a knife because he tried to rape me, but I didn’t kill him. He was only slightly injured. That must be the blood.”

Shameless lies and the judge’s verdict.

“There are circumstances, but it is difficult to see it as premeditated murder, and the evidence is insufficient. I declare the defendant not guilty.”

Bang, bang, bang.

“What, what?”

“What the hell!!”

Team Leader Oh Geng, and the victim Kim Go-cheong’s brother, who attended the trial, were devastated by the verdict.

Meanwhile, Go Su-jeong stood up from her seat and bowed deeply to the judge. As she stood up again, she was smiling brightly.

“Thank you! Thank you so much.”

Oh Geng was disgusted by her hypocrisy.

*

After hearing the not-guilty verdict, Hae-soo immediately called Ahn Seo-eun.

“The verdict is not guilty. Please prepare for the broadcast.”

-This is crazy. How can the verdict be not guilty with such clear evidence and circumstances…

It was the first time he had heard such anger in her voice.

-Don’t worry. After the broadcast, the world will be talking about Go Su-jeong.

“I trust you.”

A few days later.

A documentary program dealing with actual crimes and suspected crimes was broadcast.

[That’s What We Know. I’m Kim Joong-ang, the host. Today, with the cooperation of the police, we are going to broadcast an ongoing case. It is the case of a father who disappeared without a trace.]

The broadcast showed detailed photos and videos provided by Hae-soo, stimulating viewers’ anger and emotions.

[The father’s love for his son was trampled on. The sedative [a substance used to calm or induce sleep] detected in the child’s hair, what does the paint play that day mean? Is what Go threw overboard really just general waste?]

The host paused briefly to draw attention before slowly opening his mouth again.

[This case is a case that received a not-guilty verdict due to insufficient evidence because the body was not found. According to the verdict, where did Mr. Kim disappear to? As a father of a child, I can only feel sorry. The second trial is coming soon. Your interest will give strength to a just verdict.]

As always, the host finished the broadcast by asking the viewers a question.

Although the faces of the victim and the suspect were blurred to prevent identification, it was enough to arouse public anger.

Without waiting until the next day, chaos erupted that night. A national petition was naturally filed, and the case was linked to numerous community sites.

[Today’s “That’s What We Know”, perfect circumstantial evidence but not guilty]

┗Wow, what is this?

┗One-line summary/Perfect crime if there is no body. Not guilty

┗Bang bang bang not guilty

┗Looking for party members to catch Go

┗Damn… I cried when he sang in his dad’s car

┗Are you really letting such a bitch out into society like that?

┗Crazy, the judge is a 개객끼 [Gae-sae-ggi, a Korean slur meaning “son of a bitch”]!

┗Investigate if he took money

*

Strong Team 1 at Gangjin Police Station.

Unlike the internet, which was in chaos, the atmosphere in the office was like a funeral home.

Even with the help of broadcasting, it is rare for a not-guilty verdict in the first trial to be overturned.

Go Su-jeong had sued the broadcasting station, the police, and reporters for defamation.

The team leader was also depressed, but as the eldest brother, he was the first to come to his senses and encourage his team members.

“Hey, get a grip, it’s out of our hands anyway, we did our best, right? There are a lot of bad guys besides this woman, right? Let’s get to work quickly.”

“Yes…”

Then the youngest member jumped up.

“I can’t do this. We have to find the body.”

“What, where are you going to find it?”

“The sea!”

“Crazy bastard.”

“I’ll be back!”

“Hey, hey, where are you going?!”

Before anyone could stop him, the youngest grabbed the car keys and went outside. Then Hae-soo quickly got up.

“Hey, Rock, why don’t you go stop him.”

“I’ll be back.”

“Huh?”

Hae-soo and the youngest, unable to give up, headed to Haenam to find the body. With a small hope that it might have washed up on the coast.

After a lot of hardship, Hae-soo and the youngest returned looking like beggars.

“Sigh, seeing them like that, I can’t say they didn’t work all day. Hey, come and eat ramen.”

The two devoured the ramen. Hae-soo was still caught up in the case.

“Why did she kill her husband?”

Since she consistently denied the crime, they had to speculate on the motive based on her tendencies revealed during the interrogation.

Oh Geng, who was in charge of the interrogation, muttered.

“She said she was annoyed because her ex-husband kept calling and asking to see the child. She felt like her current life had to be perfect, and her ex-husband kept interfering with her life with her new husband.”

The team leader added.

“The custody battle was also fierce. The court eventually sided with the mother, so Go Su-jeong brought the child, but then she left the child with her parents and didn’t even see him. She just took the child out of revenge because her husband wanted to take him.”

“That crazy bitch.”

“Was that the only reason? Because there shouldn’t be any obstacles in her current life…”

As Hae-soo quietly speculated on her psychology, his world suddenly turned black.

*

Clatter, clatter.

Curry on a plate is visible. A fancy dining table is also visible, and a small hand scraping the plate with a children’s spoon is also visible.

“Why, don’t you like it?”

The gaze turns. At the end of the gaze, Go Su-jeong, showing a kind smile, is visible. Her new husband is also visible. He scolded the subject of the gaze.

“Jeong-min, you have to answer.”

“It’s…delicious.”

Go Su-jeong smiled at Jeong-min’s answer and said.

“Yes, eat it all, don’t leave any.”

Her eyes were not smiling.

And not long after, his eyes began to close.

“Dad, I’m sleepy.”

“Really? Dad is a little sleepy too. Let’s go to bed early today.”

With those words, his vision completely closed. And some time later, he suddenly felt suffocated.

Even when he opened his eyes, he couldn’t see in front of him. It felt like something was blocking his face tightly.

Ugh, ugh!

He struggled, but he couldn’t overcome the force pressing down on his face.

At that time, Go Su-jeong’s voice was heard. A small but accurate sound, like ASMR [Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, a tingling sensation some people experience in response to certain stimuli].

“Die, die, die, die, die, die.”

*

Cough, cough!

“Detective Shin! Detective Shin!?”

Hae-soo leaned back in his chair, rolled his eyes back, and trembled before jumping up.

“Cough! Huff, huff, huff.”

He gasped for breath and stared at the team leader. The team leader flinched and moved back.

“Why, why are you suddenly so scary?”

Looking at the time and situation, it seemed that no time had passed. This is not just a simple dream. It was the first time in this way, but it was the victim’s point of view.

“Does Go Su-jeong’s new husband have a child?”

“Y-yes, ten years old, his name was Jeong-min…”

The name matched the name he heard in the vision. Hae-soo jumped up from his seat.

“The ex-husband is not the only obstacle in Go Su-jeong’s new life.”

“What do you mean? Could it be…”

As Hae-soo mentioned the obstacle after burying the child, the other team members realized what he meant, Hae-soo was already leaving the office.

“Hey, hey, follow him, follow him! He had the eyes of someone who would kill someone!”

At the team leader’s words, the team members quickly chased after him.

*

Knock knock knock knock knock!

Go Su-jeong’s house.

No matter how hard he knocked on the door, no one opened it. Hae-soo kicked the door lock to the side and broke it open and entered.

As he entered, the husband was sleeping like a dead man in the master bedroom, even though he had knocked on the door so hard, and next to him, Go Su-jeong was on top of the child, pressing down with a pillow.

She didn’t even look back at Hae-soo, as if she had lost her mind, and shouted sharply.

“Die, die, die, just die!”

Hae-soo rushed over and kicked Go Su-jeong’s body.

Thud!

“Kyaaak!”

After knocking her away, he checked the child’s nose and found that he was not breathing. Hae-soo immediately performed CPR [Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, an emergency procedure to restore breathing and circulation].

“Kiyaaaa!”

At that moment, Go Su-jeong, who had somehow brought a kitchen knife, swung the knife to stab Hae-soo in the neck. Hae-soo turned around and knocked the knife away with his bare hand.

Clang!

Then, he grabbed Go Su-jeong’s neck with one hand and slammed her hard on the floor.

Bang!!

He didn’t have the time or mental space to worry about her dying or to be lenient because she was a woman.

With that one blow, Go Su-jeong’s head hit the floor hard and she fainted.

Hae-soo didn’t care about her and went back to performing CPR on the child. Soon, the detectives rushed in, checked the child’s condition, and quickly picked up their phones.

“Yes, the child is not breathing. CPR is in progress. The location is…”

***

Fortunately, the child was revived. Shin Hae-soo was worried because the child was not breathing even after continuing CPR.

However, he started breathing when 119 [Korean emergency services number] arrived, and the child was supplied with oxygen in time and did not suffer brain damage.

Go Su-jeong was arrested as a flagrant offender of attempted premeditated murder.

In addition, the prosecution separately investigated and revealed that Go Su-jeong’s judge had received a bribe and issued a not-guilty verdict.

“The defendant Go Su-jeong is sentenced to the maximum penalty under the law, life imprisonment, for murder, damage to a corpse, concealment of a corpse, attempted murder, and bribery.”

Bang, bang, bang-

As the judge’s sentence for Go Su-jeong was pronounced, the victim Kim Go-cheong’s brother jumped up and shed tears.

“Keuheuk…”

Shin Hae-soo, who attended as a representative of Team 1, patted him silently.

He couldn’t dare to say to him, who had lost his family, that he was relieved that Go Su-jeong had received the proper punishment. He was just sorry that he had only found a 3cm piece of bone until the end.

*

Hae-soo, coming out of the courthouse, immediately called Ahn Seo-eun.

-This is Ahn Seo-eun.

“Thank you for everything this time.”

-It seems the trial went well?

“She was sentenced to life imprisonment.”

-It’s a pity it wasn’t the death penalty.

It feels strange to hear her say such a gruesome word in a soft voice.

-That’s What We Know also sent their thanks to Hae-soo. The rerun viewership rating is the highest ever, and the documentary director wanted to meet you?

“Please politely decline. I feel burdened meeting high-ranking people except when I’m going to catch them.”

Ahn Seo-eun chuckled at Hae-soo’s not-so-joking joke.

-I knew you would say that. You’re always the same.

“I look forward to working with you in the future.”

-That’s what I should be saying. I look forward to working with you.

*

Feeling good, he left work on time and was on his way home.

Hae-soo spotted Haru in the distance, wearing a tracksuit and pulling down her hood. Her hands were full of recyclable waste.

He had been worried because he hadn’t been home for several days and had called her often, but she was doing better on her own than he thought.

These days, she was also buying simple food at the convenience store and throwing away garbage.

As he was about to approach her to help her with the recycling, he heard someone’s voice.

“Hey, lady, lady, come here.”

Four female students were squatting in the corner of the recycling area, smoking cigarettes.

Hae-soo was curious about how Haru would react, so he stopped and hid behind a utility pole to watch.

Haru pointed to herself with her index finger and asked in a lip shape, ‘Me?’

“Yes. Hey, you. Who else is here besides you?”

As Haru approached, one student stood up and scanned her up and down, saying.

“What the hell, she’s tall? Lady, we don’t have any money, so can you buy us a pack of cigarettes at that convenience store?”

Haru’s brow furrowed slightly. If she doesn’t want to kill them in this situation, she has to use another method.

Haru opened her mouth slightly with an emotionless face.

“…Give it to you?”

“What? What the fuck are you saying?”

The female student put her ear close to Haru. Haru said in a small but accurate pronunciation in the female student’s ear.

“Shall I… cut off your neck?”

<#33. New Ability> End