The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 117

117. Newbie in the Special Crime Squad

The Commissioner closed his eyes and opened them a couple of times.

“A woman with the highest score in practical skills?”

“Yes, she was famous from the physical fitness test for breaking the national women’s track record in the 100-meter dash this year.”

“A track record…? Was she a track athlete?”

“She was a bodyguard.”

“A bodyguard, huh? Well, sometimes exceptionally talented people with outstanding physical abilities pop up. Even though she’s a woman, her frame and muscles must be extraordinary.”

“Well, that doesn’t seem to be the case.”

The Chief’s aide displayed her personal information on a tablet and showed it to the Commissioner. The Commissioner’s eyes widened as he looked at it.

“Is this… is this the right person?”

“Yes, I was surprised at first too. Her record doesn’t match her appearance.”

“Hmm….”

Just looking at the photo, she has the image of a delicate first love. It’s hard to imagine her as a muscular woman.

The Commissioner and his aide had encountered her once at a rib restaurant with Haesu, but at that time, she was wearing a hoodie and leggings, and the photo was of her in a police uniform, so they didn’t imagine it was the same person and didn’t recognize her.

“A former Daesung Guard….”

Rather, the Commissioner naturally thought of Ahn Seo-eun. He doesn’t know if it’s true, but he is a businessman who is sincere in helping the police, and it would be a lie to say that he doesn’t feel goodwill towards him.

“If she’s a bodyguard, hasn’t she already experienced some real-world situations?”

“Yes? Well, I guess so, but basically, the work of a police officer and a bodyguard is….”

“That’s why she got first place with such outstanding practical skills, right?”

The aide paused, about to argue. The Commissioner isn’t listening to anything else right now. He’s not really asking; he’s telling them to follow his opinion.

The quick-witted aide nodded his head vigorously.

“I think so too.”

“Really? You always know how to spot talent, Kim. Then….”

The Commissioner took a sip of the banana milk in front of him and waved his index finger in the air.

“Send her right away.”

“Are you saying to send her directly to the Special Crime Squad without going through the probationary period?”

“Yes, by the Commissioner’s authority. Anyway, the Special Crime Squad might disappear when I’m gone next year, right? Let’s see what the Special Crime Squad does.”

“Understood.”

* * *

Special Crime Squad Headquarters.

Squeak-

Gang Jin-seo’s Violent Crimes Unit 3 Team Leader suddenly threw the door open. He is the detective who has stayed in Gang Jin-seo the longest, along with the Special Crime Squad Team Leader Kwak.

“What is it? What brings you here? Did you come to brag about the new female detective?”

“Yeah. Well, I was going to do that too, but what a double blessing! Special Crime Squad, you darkies!! Accept this refreshing newbie!”

“Huh?”

At the word ‘newbie,’ Oh Geng and Haesu, who were working, and even the youngest member, jumped up and fixed their eyes on the entrance.

The 3 Team Leader moved his feet and spread both hands behind him. Then, the newbie, who had been hidden by the 3 Team Leader, appeared.

A uniform that fit as if it were custom-made, a face that shines even without makeup. The eyes of the Special Crime Squad members widened the moment they saw her.

“You guys are so happy, huh? Sigh, it’s a shame that the teasing material will disappear so quickly. Good work.”

The 3 Team Leader laughed heartily at their reaction and disappeared behind them.

At the same time, the newbie saluted the team leader at a sharp angle.

“Reporting! I, Officer Haru, have been ordered to transfer to the Chungnam Special Investigation Unit as of today. Reporting accordingly!”

“H-, Hyung-soo [brother-in-law]?”

“Sister-in-law?”

Since they had only seen her briefly more than a year ago, the squad members wondered if she was a police officer who resembled Haru, but when they heard her name, they were convinced.

The squad members didn’t even know that Haru had become a police officer.

Their gazes naturally shifted from Haru to Haesu. However, Haesu was also in the same state, with her eyes wide open.

“How… did she get here already?”

“Already?”

“What, well, since you live together, you knew she became a police officer, right?”

“What’s going on, really?”

As Haesu and the squad members became confused, Haru neatly quelled it.

“While completing my training, I mentioned that I wanted to come to the Chungnam Special Investigation Unit. And the Commissioner sent me. He told the Special Crime Squad seniors to decide directly.”

“Ah… the Commissioner?”

Team Leader and Oh Geng looked at Haesu again. They naturally suspected that Haesu had called the Commissioner and used her connections.

At that moment, the team leader’s personal cell phone rang.

Vibration Vibration

[Commissioner Jo Gam-chan]

It’s a direct call from the Commissioner. The team leader almost dropped his cell phone, grabbed it again, and answered the phone urgently.

The situation is changing so quickly that he can’t keep up.

“Yes, Commissioner, this is Inspector Kwak Su-cheol.”

-Hello. Do you like my gift?

“Ah, the newbie, she just arrived.”

-I timed it perfectly. That friend was ranked first in her class in training. I heard that the Special Crime Squad is having a hard time because of a lack of personnel these days, so I skipped the probationary officer period and sent her directly with the Commissioner’s authority, so make good use of her. You can send her back if you don’t like her.”

“Yes… thank you. Commissioner.”

Through the phone call, the team leader sensed that the Commissioner did not know the relationship between Haesu and Haru and had independently sent Haru here.

The team leader glanced at Haesu, then looked at Haru and raised both hands in the air.

“Just like the 3 Team Leader said, she’s a refreshing newbie! Welcome Officer Ha!”

“Welcome!!”

“The youngest member is escaping…?”

Haesu decided to listen to Haru’s detailed explanation later, grabbed her shoulder, and made eye contact.

“Welcome. If you live here from the beginning, other places will be easy.”

“I have no intention of going anywhere else.”

“Okay, okay. Um, go change into your activewear over there and come back.”

“Yes, understood.”

Whether it was because she had been properly trained during the training period, from her tone to her eye contact, she had the feeling of a real new detective.

While Haru was changing clothes in the locker room, the squad members put their heads together again and made serious expressions.

“Hyung-soo… no, Officer Ha, just one person came in, but the headquarters feels brighter.”

“Yeah, it definitely is… The Special Crime Squad isn’t an easy place even if someone like you comes in.”

“Well, we’ll have to see. The Commissioner wouldn’t have sent Officer Ha to just protect the headquarters.”

Not only the youngest member but also the team leader is worried because Haru is a woman with slender limbs and an appearance that stimulates protection.

Oh Geng was relatively calm because he knew that the quartet who attacked Haesu’s house in the past had been defeated by Haru, but since he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he couldn’t completely let go of his worries.

While bringing up the parts that they were worried about, they also looked at Haesu.

Haesu sighed softly. It’s something that will be resolved over time. Haru’s skills were certain.

Swish

At that time, Haru came out after changing into her activewear. The squad members couldn’t speak for a moment when they saw her.

“Ah….”

“Um.”

“It’s the same clothes, but this is, very different?”

It’s the activewear that the detectives, including Haesu, wear the most, but it looks like a completely different outfit. It felt like watching an outdoor advertisement.

Haesu looked at her and tilted her head at the two slightly protruding lines on her chest.

“What is this?”

“Yes, these lines are a chest binder.”

At Haesu’s question, Haru immediately grabbed it and pulled it forward in front of the squad members. Then, the clothes she wore underneath tightened her chest and made it smaller.

The squad members widened their eyes at the sight and avoided eye contact, feeling embarrassed.

Haru continued her explanation firmly.

“If it’s tightened, it’s uncomfortable to breathe and can cause indigestion when eating. However, when running to catch a criminal, the bigger it is, the more it gets in the way, so I tighten it tightly.”

“Ah, um, I see, but make sure to tuck it in well so it doesn’t get caught when you tighten it.”

“Yes, Officer Shin Haesu.”

“Call me ‘Sunbaenim’ [senior].”

“Yes, Shin-sunbaenim.”

In that way, the Special Crime Squad seemed to be returning to normal.

The youngest member was in tears because he couldn’t treat his first junior casually because she was his senior’s sister-in-law.

That day, during lunchtime, the team leader spoke as if he had made up his mind when the squad members gathered at the headquarters after finishing their meal in the cafeteria.

“Today is a company dinner! A newbie welcome party!”

“Today? Not Friday?”

“You never know when the weekend will disappear and the after work will disappear, right? We have to do it on a day like today when work is neatly finished.”

“That’s what Hyung [older brother] said is right.”

“I’m in too.”

“I’m available too!”

Everyone answered, and Haru was the only one left. When the attention was focused on her, Haru pursed her lips and remained silent, then clenched her fist and raised it to her chest.

“Thank you!”

“Good!”

* * *

The company dinner was at Hanpan Samgyeopsal, the Special Crime Squad’s regular restaurant. The meat restaurant where the Dongdong gang members shouted ‘sea of blood’ in the past.

Oh Geng naturally picked up the tongs. Oh Geng was the one who grilled the meat when Haesu came and after the youngest member came.

That’s how proud he was of grilling meat.

“Here, this is for our new youngest member.”

“Hey, you have to give it to the leader first, right?”

“The leader has fat here. When you get older, your joints creak, so you have to grease them.”

“Guys, don’t stop me. I’m going to take off my rank insignia and have a match with this guy today.”

“Really? Are you okay, Hyung?”

When Oh Geng put down the tongs and grabbed the cider bottle upside down, the team leader grabbed his hand with both hands and pulled it down.

“Hey, of course, I’m kidding. My fist is my rank insignia, you bastard. I’ll never take it off!”

The youngest member and Haesu were watching the two and commentating as usual, and Haru was staring at the grill with a serious expression and immediately picking up and eating the most optimally grilled meat.

If Oh Geng was proud of grilling, Haru was proud of eating.

After a while, Haru jumped up from her seat.

“I’m going to the bathroom.”

“Oh, okay, okay, go ahead.”

After Haru went to the bathroom, Haesu stared at the meat silently and said in a low voice.

“Regardless of whether Haru lives in our house or is close to me, she is just a newbie in the Special Crime Squad right now. Everyone, please treat Haru only as a newbie in the Special Crime Squad. Haru will want that too. You too, youngest member.”

“Yes! Sunbaenim [senior]! I will teach her thoroughly!”

The team leader answered hesitantly to Haesu’s serious words.

“Huh? Oh, yeah, did it show?”

“I felt that you were being a little ambiguous. Oh Geng-hyungnim [older brother] too.”

“Oh, haha, sorry. But even if it’s not related to you, it’s also because we’re receiving a female junior for the first time, so it’s awkward.”

“That’s right, that’s right, I didn’t know how to treat her? But it seems rude to just pamper her.”

“Treat her the same way you treated her when the youngest member came.”

“Um….”

The team leader glanced at the bathroom and continued.

“But what I’m really worried about is the field. I don’t know how she topped the police academy, but can that delicate body work with us? You guys know best how rough our work is, right?”

Haesu narrowed her eyes and looked at the team leader. He’s serious.

She thought that the team leader had also noticed that Haru was the one who dealt with the quartet during the attack on Haesu’s house, but it seems not.

Or maybe he forgot because it was a long time ago.

But Oh Geng also had a subtle expression. He hadn’t seen Haru’s skills directly, and he had confirmed her slender body with his own eyes, so he was worried.

It’s an understandable reaction.

“Time will solve it.”

Haru came back in time.

“I’m back. Please grill the meat again now.”

“Oh? Oh, okay, okay, if our newbie asks me to grill, I have to grill. Here! Give me 3 more servings!”

* * *

That night, Haesu went home with Haru. They had been living together for quite some time, but it felt strange to go home together.

“How was today?”

“It was good. It was refreshing.”

“The squad members, are they all okay?”

“Yes, Team Leader Kwak Su-cheol likes me. It’s like he’s treating me like a daughter.”

“Haha.”

“Senior Officer Oh Gang-seok grills meat well. He grills the best of the people I’ve seen. I respect him.”

“Respect even?”

“Senior Officer Woo Gang-cheol is uncomfortable with me. He’s having a hard time. Why is that?”

“Um….”

Ding-dong

-Basement floor 1.

The elevator came just in time. Haesu got on the elevator with Haru and explained in a serious tone.

“Before being a newbie in the Special Crime Squad, she’s a housemate who lives with me, so it’s hard for them to treat you as a junior. You have to take the lead first and do your job well. Do whatever you can first. If Woo Gang-cheol can’t order you, I’ll order you a lot, okay?”

“Yes! Understood.”

“Good, newbie.”

“This is home. We’re off work.”

“Public and private are thorough.”

Ding-dong

-10th floor.

Haru flicked her bouncy ponytail with her hand and got off the elevator haughtily. Haesu also smiled and followed her in.

* * *

The incident that would blow away the worries of everyone except Haesu about a delicate woman coming as a newbie to the Special Crime Squad came sooner than expected.

There were no separate cases assigned, so they were only resolving public intoxication cases, and the entire Special Crime Squad was leaving work together.

As soon as they opened the headquarters door, a loud noise rang out.

Crash!!

“Damn it! I told you not to call! Are you ignoring me, you fake cops!!”

A boy is holding an iron pipe and standing on top of a patrol car.

Below him, several young boys who appear to be his friends are smashing the patrol car with iron pipes and baseball bats.