The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 145

145. Haru’s Transformation

Operation name: ‘Honey Trap’.

Haru’s mission is to infiltrate a karaoke bar as a hostess to uncover the drug trafficking network linked to the Mujin Faction.

-How to do makeup like a karaoke hostess

“Officer Ha.”

Haru, who was typing in a search query, turned around, startled by Shin Hae-soo’s voice.

“By any chance… is this the site you showed me before on how to express when you enjoyed a meal?”

Haru nodded deeply.

“Y-yes… Mr… Shin… that’s correct.”

“Close it.”

“Yes, Senior Shin.”

Hae-soo fell into thought. Haru doesn’t know how to apply heavy makeup.

Thanks to her days working as a bodyguard, she knows how to do basic makeup, but even that looks awkward.

Hae-soo thought of someone who could help with this, and An Seo-eun came to mind.

Swoosh.

He took out his phone from his pocket to find An Seo-eun’s contact information, but he paused.

‘Daesung…’

The scene from Detective Park’s X-file, where her family was mentioned as a suspected group of the Chilseong Society [Seven Stars Gang, a Korean organized crime syndicate], came to mind.

Hae-soo hesitated for a moment and put down his phone.

Team Leader Kwak, who had been peeking at the search query Haru was about to enter on the community site, muttered with a serious expression.

“This is a problem, I don’t know how to do makeup either…”

“Are you stating the obvious as if it’s not obvious?”

“Oh ho? Oh Gyeong-i is slowly crawling up? Are you saying we should take off our ranks and have a go?”

“Nah, I wouldn’t do that; I don’t want to be the one paying for your funeral.”

“That’s true.”

At that moment, the youngest member cautiously raised his hand. Hae-soo gestured with his chin, and he carefully opened his mouth.

“Um, should I call my girlfriend…?”

“Ah?”

“Ah, that’s right!”

The team members then remembered that the youngest member’s girlfriend was a stewardess, the current dream job for many men.

* * *

A little later.

Hae-soo and Haru had briefly left their seats.

Knock knock.

The youngest member jumped up at the sound of someone knocking on the door of the Special Crime Squad headquarters. The team leader also turned his head towards the door.

“Oh, you’re here?”

Before the youngest member could open the door, it opened on its own, and a woman with a perfect cat-like face appeared.

She wore a pique polo mini dress that highlighted her long legs.

She peeked her face in with a slightly nervous expression but soon smiled brightly at the youngest member and stretched out her hands.

“Nyang-ning-nyong!!”

“Uh, uh, Yoong-yoong…”

The youngest member glanced at the team members and said her nickname in a small voice as he welcomed her into his arms.

The girlfriend rushed to hug the youngest member as if they hadn’t met in months and even clung to him.

“Ahem, cough.”

“Hehe, youth is good, good to see. Let’s proceed as is. I may be old, but I’m not a *kkondae* [a Korean slang term for an older person who is condescending or uses their age to justify their actions or beliefs].”

The youngest member glanced around even more at the team leader’s strange words and pulled her away, belatedly introducing her.

“Um, yes, Team Leader, this is my girlfriend.”

As he introduced her to the team leader, the girlfriend completely changed her face from the earlier affectionate one to a haughty one and bowed her head.

She had an image reminiscent of a Savannah cat with the face of a cat and long legs.

“Hello. I’m Jeon Yuri.”

The team leader was amazed by the sudden change from a lisping voice to a clear and articulate tone like an announcer, and he stood up and clapped his hands.

“Ah, I am Yuri? A Yuri as transparent as glass! There will be no need to create slush funds! Ehehehe!”

Of course, the embarrassment from the sudden overreaction was the team members’ burden.

“T-Team Leader.”

“Hyung [older brother or male friend], let’s talk for a moment.”

At that moment.

“Pfft-”

A clear laughter broke through the chilling air. Jeon Yuri was covering her mouth with her hand, trying to hold back the laughter that was escaping.

Oh Gyeong, as well as the team leader, were surprised by the reaction.

“Huh?”

“This… works?”

Belatedly composing herself, she cleared her throat and raised her head.

Having heard the general details, Yuri looked around the headquarters and expressed her doubts.

“Where is that woman?”

“She’ll be here soon.”

As if on cue, the door opened, and Hae-soo appeared.

Sharp, slanted eyes, steel-like muscles, numerous scars. At Hae-soo’s appearance, Jeon Yuri instinctively cowered and hid behind the youngest member.

Since her boyfriend is a superhuman-level muscle monster, she has developed immunity and doesn’t get scared easily, but the aura emanating from Hae-soo made her shrink back.

However, unlike her, the youngest member smiled brightly and excitedly approached Hae-soo, like a puppy wagging its tail to greet its owner who had gone out and come back, and introduced his girlfriend.

“Senior! This is my girlfriend. Yuri! This is Senior Shin Hae-soo!! Senior Shin Hae-soo!”

Yuri, who had lost her shield, was flustered and sighed softly at the oblivious and excited youngest member, tucked her hair behind her ear, and bowed her head.

“Ah… I’m Jeon Yuri. I’ve heard a lot about you. So much that my ears are bleeding.”

“Shin Hae-soo. Nice to meet you.”

At the sound of a woman’s voice that hadn’t been heard in the headquarters, Haru, who had been hidden behind Hae-soo, peeked her face out to the side.

‘Gasp!’

Yuri, who met Haru’s face, opened her mouth in surprise for a different reason.

“T-This person is…?”

“That’s right, my only junior, Ms. Haru.”

Yuri’s eyes widened in genuine surprise. She had heard that she was a female detective with good suppression skills, so she had imagined her to be a muscular, tanned, girl-crush-worthy female warrior.

But seeing a slender figure with a waist as small as hers, and a pure and innocent face that evoked a sense of protection, she was shocked.

‘Ah, no… this is cheating.’

Her appearance is even more shocking up close.

Pale, almost transparent skin, neatly spread eyelashes, seemingly indifferent but somehow wounded and melancholic eyes. A slender fox-like face that men adore, and even a small ear peeking out from between her hair that enhances her innocence.

She has a visual that would be top-tier even within her airline, where only the most beautiful women in the country gather—no, she should be filming an airline CF [commercial film].

Does that mean her boyfriend’s words that she is good at actual combat are a complete lie? That’s not true either.

Her arms are about the same thickness as hers, but the substance is different. She rolled up her sleeves to her elbows, and compressed muscles were revealing their presence on her slender forearms. The bulging veins in between complete the look.

If she were just a moderately pretty female detective who only takes up space like a doll, her jealousy would have been amplified by anxiety.

But because she is this good, even the small anxiety she had originally disappeared, and she even began to feel respect.

A cool woman who is good at everything and even pretty is the wannabe of many women.

Jeon Yuri completely abandoned her initial mindset of just looking around her boyfriend’s workplace and finishing the job casually.

She rolled up her sleeves and took out the equipment she had brought, saying with a determined look.

“I will do my best to demonstrate my skills.”

“Ooh, m- *meosiss-eo* [it means cool], Yoong-yoong!”

“Trust me! Woonyongming!”

Oh Gyeong tilted his head.

“Didn’t you call her Nyang-nyong-ning earlier?”

“It changes every time. She doesn’t even remember what she called herself.”

“Ah, I see.”

They sat Haru in the middle of the office, and four men, including Jeon Yuri, were staring intently at Haru.

Haru’s eyes were shaking back and forth. Jeon Yuri, who was closest to her, read her emotions and stood up, saying.

“I can’t do this. Let’s go over there; you guys do your work. This lady is going to transform a bit here.”

“Ah…”

“Yes, yes, I interrupted. I’m sorry.”

“Let’s work!”

Jeon Yuri took Haru to a place in the corner of the office that was covered by partitions.

Those who were called *ajeossi* [it means middle-aged men] pretended to work, but the sounds from beyond the partition were sensitively heard in their ears.

“…Look above your eyes, here, this finger, don’t let your eyes follow the finger. Fixate here, that’s right.”

With one more woman entering, the office smell was somehow different, and the air was different. Although there were two married men, Hae-soo strongly shook his head to shake off the feeling that his heart was fluttering and he was committing a sin.

“…Put this on too; what’s your shoe size?”

“235 [Korean shoe size, approximately US 6.5].”

“Oh, same as me! Is this fate? Try these on.”

“Yes.”

A little later.

Clack clack clack.

As the sound of high heels stimulating the men’s cochleas approached, the team members naturally turned their gazes in that direction.

Haru’s awkward appearance was caught at a glance. A dark blue belt dress that hugged her waist, and black high heels.

“Huh?”

“Wow……!”

“*Heol* [it means OMG]…….”

Pure exclamations without a hint of pretense flowed out from here and there.

Her bangs, which made her look younger, neatly reached her eyebrows, and her hair, which had been scattered below her shoulders, was neatly tied back in a bundle, revealing her snow-white neckline.

The thick eye makeup made her eyes look 1.5 times bigger than usual, and her long, slightly upturned eyes made her look even more haughty and prim.

The glitter under her eyes took care of her loveliness in the meantime, and her light pink lips were elastic and moist.

“Um…”

Hae-soo couldn’t speak and stared blankly at her for a few seconds.

Haru blushed at the four pairs of burdensome gazes and strode forward, shouting.

“I’m going out now!”

“Uh oh oh!”

“No no no no wait!”

Hae-soo then came to his senses and shook his head at Haru.

She’s pretty. Too pretty. Excessively pretty. It needs to be moderate so that there are no variables in the operation, but the necessary prettiness is overflowing, which is a problem.

Hae-soo reached out his hand towards Haru’s face, waving it around, and opened his mouth.

“Is there… a makeup method that makes you look less pretty?”

“Ah.”

“Hehe, geez.”

Hae-soo is literally saying it sincerely, but others take it as a roundabout way of saying she is too pretty now and chuckled in vain.

Haru should have taken it that way more than anyone else, but she only interpreted Hae-soo’s words literally and turned her gaze to Jeon Yuri.

“Is there a makeup method that makes you look less pretty?”

“Huh? Ahaha”

* * *

[Hwangjini Karaoke]

It is a karaoke that Mujin Faction members occasionally appear in.

Clack clack clack.

It’s still evening when the sun is up.

Haru went to the karaoke wearing the makeup Jeon Yuri did for her, the clothes, and high heels she gave her.

The madam at the karaoke counter turned her head at the unfamiliar shoe sound, and her eyes widened when she saw Haru.

-Don’t be nervous, chew gum and ask naturally, is there a job here?

Haru’s concept is an immature young woman.

She opened her lips slightly.

“…Yes.”

-Do, don’t answer, don’t answer.

“I see…”

-…

Haru, who swallowed the rest of her words, then discovered the madam looking at her. Sparkling eyes of greed, seeing her as money.

Haru walked creakily and glared at her. After about 1 second… 2 seconds… 3 seconds, she chewed the gum twice and opened her lips.

“Here. Job. Is there?”

-Ah…

-Didn’t you just turn on an AI? My navigation says exactly this.

-Our Officer Ha, there are things she can’t do.

-Is the owner looking strangely and refusing…

-Shh, Officer Ha is confused. Shh

The madam nodded her head greatly and ran out from the counter, grabbing Haru’s hand.

“Y-yes, yes! Overflowing, overflowing, we have to create it even if we don’t have it, hey, Hak-soon-ah!!”

-Um…

-G, good?

-As planned.