The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 106

106. Guilt is a Gift

“Charge, Charge?”

Team Leader tilted his head, watching Shin Hae-soo, who looked like he could chew through steel, now clutching his head and staggering like a sickly high school girl.

He wondered if Hae-soo was suddenly acting. In Team Leader’s mind, the idea of a ‘fragile Shin Hae-soo’ was an impossibility.

After a few seconds, Hae-soo reopened his eyes, steadied himself against the wall with one hand, and shook his head.

“Yes, let’s go.”

“Uh, okay.”

Hae-soo started to turn back, then checked the time and began to walk. Slowly, calmly.

In the ground-level parking lot visible from Park Seo-young’s house, Hae-soo headed to the driver’s seat and said,

“I’ll drive. My night vision is good.”

“Huh? Night vision? Okay.”

Team Leader felt puzzled by Hae-soo’s behavior but assumed there was a reason and sat down without complaint.

When Team Leader didn’t immediately put on his seatbelt and stared at Hae-soo, Hae-soo fastened it for him and immediately floored the accelerator.

Vroom!

“Ugh! If you have a complaint, say it with words, whew-”

Hae-soo immediately made a radio call while driving.

“Detective Oh, can you play back the recording of that guy’s voice?”

-Huh? Are you talking about Kang Jin?

“Yes.”

-Just a moment.

Oh Geng had obtained Kang Jin’s consent to record their interview on his phone. He played the voice over the radio.

[…Do I have to say all sorts of things like that?]

‘That’s the voice.’

Hae-soo’s eyes sharpened.

The voice of the person who was watching, not Gu Gwang-heon.

Kang Jin killed Gu Gwang-heon. In an hour, no, in 50 minutes, he would already be kidnapped.

“Track Kang Jin’s location! Quickly! Team Leader, request a location trace on Gu Gwang-heon!”

“Uh, okay!”

Team Leader didn’t know what was going on, but he did as Hae-soo said. There were times when Hae-soo became frighteningly intense, and those times always involved urgent matters where he took the correct action.

So, Team Leader and the team members believed that Hae-soo had a good sense as a detective as much as his physical abilities, and they implicitly cooperated with him.

The response to the request was immediate.

Both Gu Gwang-heon and Kang Jin’s phones were turned off.

-Kang Jin’s location is his house? Both his phone and smartwatch.

Hae-soo frowned. The place he saw in the future vision was definitely not his house. A dirt floor, dust, a place where no one could hear screams.

“Gu Gwang-heon’s location is up too. Where is this, near Seogang Dam?”

“Is it close to Kang Jin’s house?”

“Um, about this far?”

Team Leader marked the locations of Gu Gwang-heon and Kang Jin’s houses on a map and showed them to Hae-soo for comparison.

Hae-soo glanced at the map while gripping the steering wheel, thinking hard. Kang Jin was definitely at home until Park Seo-young’s smartwatch rang. The time it took to find Gu Gwang-heon and bring him to the crime scene wasn’t long.

It’s not far.

Gu Gwang-heon’s phone must have been discarded nearby as soon as he was kidnapped. The approximate route can be estimated.

“Team Leader, call the Intelligence Division.”

“Uh, okay, okay.”

Team Leader called the Intelligence Division’s direct number on the radio, put it on speakerphone, and held it out to Hae-soo.

-This is Kim Ji-hye from the Gangseo Intelligence Division.

“This is Shin Hae-soo from the Violent Crimes Unit. Based on 882 Gojeonggil, Bangju-dong, Useong City, please find a barren field-like place with no buildings within a radius of at least 200 meters.”

-With those characteristics, I can find it quickly, don’t hang up. Just a moment. There are a few places.

“Yes.”

Team Leader immediately wrote down the address the Intelligence Division officer gave him on his phone. As soon as he hung up, Jung Young-soo called Hae-soo’s phone.

“Speak.”

-Got that bastard’s location! It’s a prepaid phone, you know?

“Where.”

-22 Gojeonggil 881.

“Got it.”

Hae-soo immediately hung up and checked the location. It was one of the four places the Intelligence Division had given him.

“Detective Oh, I sent you the location. Go there first and find Gu Gwang-heon and Kang Jin.”

-Okay, got it! Okay!

Whether by coincidence or design, Gu Gwang-heon’s house and Park Seo-young’s parents’ house were on opposite sides based on Kang Jin’s house location. Oh Geng had turned his car around on the way here, so he would arrive at least 10 minutes earlier than Hae-soo.

Vroom!

The navigation said it would take 53 minutes. Arriving at that time would mean more than an hour had passed since he saw the future vision. Hae-soo floored the accelerator in a hurry.

* * *

Thwack!

“Kkeuaaaaaack!!!”

A wide knife was deeply embedded between Gu Gwang-heon’s legs. The pants in that area were torn, and blood spurted out.

The owner of the knife, Kang Jin, lifted the knife, twisted his wrist, and sneered.

“That’s right.”

“Sa, sa, save me, save, heuek, heu.”

“He did too, he also asked to be saved, he begged much more pitifully than you, crying and clinging, grabbing onto my pant leg.”

Gu Gwang-heon, lying down, cried and begged, then stopped.

“That, that… you, you enjoyed it too! Why are you suddenly doing this!! I regret it too! I’m reflecting… Ugh!”

Kang Jin, who had been listening to Gu Gwang-heon’s cries, raised the wide knife again and brought it down on his arm.

Thwack!

Whether it was because of his strength or because he hit the joint perfectly, Gwang-heon’s arm was severed in one go.

Cheeeee-!

Blood poured out of the severed arm like a waterfall. Gwang-heon only turned his head and stared at his severed arm as if it belonged to someone else.

“Keoeo, heueooo….”

Beyond pain, more than agony, he felt detached from reality and made strange noises like a fool.

Kang Jin picked up his severed arm, threw it into a corner, and looked at the dazed Gwang-heon, saying,

“You’re lucky, you bastard, one shot without pain. The others were sawed with a saw, some had their flesh roughly cut out with a paring knife and pulled out.”

At Kang Jin’s gruesome explanation, Gu Gwang-heon slowly raised his head to look at him. He met his eyes and realized.

It’s certain.

Today, he will die at this man’s hands. Those eyes are the eyes of a murderer, proving that everything he said was true.

Appeals will not work.

“Eu, eu, euaaaack!!”

Gwang-heon struggled with all his might. Seeing that, Kang Jin raised both hands and waved them upward as if amused.

“More, do more, you’re the first one to resist like this. It’s fun after all, Gu Gwang…!”

Rattle

At that moment, Kang Jin caught an alien sound in his ear. It wasn’t Gu Gwang-heon, nor was it a sound he made himself.

Animal or person, Kang Jin raised his knife and listened carefully before prioritizing.

“The rest is omitted, I have to finish this first.”

“U, u, ugh!!”

Kang Jin moved to Gu Gwang-heon’s head. And without hesitation, he stepped on his head and brought the knife down towards his neck.

Thwack!

“Heo, heo, heok!”

The knife missed because Gu Gwang-heon was struggling. A slight bloodline appeared on his neck, but unfortunately, the carotid artery was not severed.

“Stay still, no time, I’ll end it without pain, here.”

“A, aaack! No way!!”

Just as Kang Jin strongly pressed Gwang-heon’s face with his knee and raised the knife again,

Bang!

The door of the greenhouse burst open, and a man appeared.

Bang!!

“Kang Jin! Don’t move!”

It’s Oh Geng. He fired a blank shot into the air and aimed at Kang Jin.

Kang Jin was about to bring the knife down but slowly raised his hands.

“Drop the knife, put your hands above your head, and lie face down on the ground.”

Kang Jin tilted his head, looking at Oh Geng.

“How did you find me? How did you know? A detective’s sense, intuition, is that it?”

“Yeah, I have a good sen-”

Whoosh-

The moment Oh Geng opened his mouth to answer, Kang Jin’s knife flew towards Oh Geng. In the gap where Oh Geng ducked to avoid it, Kang Jin followed closely. It’s a body slam.

Kwang kwang kwajik!

Kang Jin rammed into Oh Geng with his bull-like body, pushing him straight through and causing the greenhouse door to bend backward.

Thump! Kwajangchang!

Oh Geng crashed into a place where water pipes were piled up. Oh Geng coughed from the impact and couldn’t move immediately.

Just as Kang Jin was about to snatch Oh Geng’s gun, a fist flew in from the side.

Pow!

With tremendous impact, Kang Jin staggered back four steps, shook his head, and looked at his opponent. The rookie detective he saw at the butcher shop; he thought he only had useless muscles, but he knew how to fight quite well.

The rookie didn’t give him a chance and rushed at him again.

Hung chuck-

As the rookie’s fist flew, Kang Jin stretched out both hands. It was already too late when the rookie realized it.

Hooong- Kwang!!

The rookie spun in the air and slammed into the ground. By the time the rookie got up again, Kang Jin was already more than 10 meters away.

He also judged that it would be difficult to quickly subdue the two detectives and chose to flee.

“Stop right there, you bastard!”

Tang tang!!

Oh Geng belatedly fired his gun, but he [Kang Jin] entered another greenhouse next door. It was a place where weeds had grown tall inside because it hadn’t been managed for a long time.

“Damn it, where did he go? Rookie, you go over there.”

“Yes, are you okay?”

“Yeah, yeah, go quickly, this is a thousand to one! How much longer until backup arrives?”

-This is Sundol, estimated arrival in 10 minutes.

“Damn it, I can’t let this go.”

* * *

At the same time, Kang Jin used the terrain he knew well to shake off the detectives and sat leaning against a greenhouse in the corner, holding his phone.

“It failed. The detectives came.”

A woman’s voice was heard over the receiver at Kang Jin’s words.

-Then abandon him and finish this story.

The woman’s voice was so cold and dry that it was hard to believe it was human.

“Understood. Thank you for everything so far.”

He hung up the phone, took a small knife out of his pocket, and aimed it at his neck. And the moment he was about to stab himself.

Kwajijik-!

The greenhouse tore, and someone’s hand popped out from behind and grabbed his neck. With that brutal force, Kang Jin was helplessly dragged into the greenhouse.

Kang Jin struggled, unable to even confirm who was grabbing his neck. However, the more he struggled, the tighter his neck became.

Flap flap

His movements gradually decreased, and soon, he slumped. Only then did Hae-soo release his arm and look down at him.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Shin Hae-soo.”

At Hae-soo’s words, he suddenly opened his eyes wide. Then, he threw the dirt he was already holding in his hand at Hae-soo and ran to the greenhouse door.

Tadadadak-

The door opens automatically and kindly before he even opens it. However, he was already in a state where his speed could not be stopped. Someone appeared just in time for Kang Jin to come out.

Tudeok hoong-

Kang Jin’s world spun once. Soon.

Kooong!!

His back slammed hard against the ground.

“Keoheok!”

It was Oh Geng. He twisted Kang Jin’s arm behind his back and handcuffed him.

“This is revenge for the rookie, you bastard! Rookie, did you give Gu Gwang-heon emergency treatment?”

-Yes, for now, the ambulance is coming soon too.

Hae-soo brushed the blood-mixed dirt from his eyes and searched the place where Kang Jin was talking. A phone is dropped on the floor. That’s the phone Jung Young-soo was talking about.

Ddik ddik ddik-

[Then abandon him and finish this story.]

The content of the call he just had is recorded. It’s Park Seo-young’s voice.

“I guess you don’t want to die alone, even if you have to give up your life.”

“Keuek, it’s just a means to help her decision.”

“Okay. You did well.”