The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 190

< #190. Special Task Force >

#190. Special Task Force

Shin Hae-soo slowly scanned Masil Jang from head to toe.

The blue inmate uniform was stained red and torn in many places.

Masil Jang was also seriously injured, which explained why he couldn’t overwhelm the attackers without sustaining any injuries himself.

Hae-soo holstered his gun, took out handcuffs, and fastened them on Masil Jang’s wrist.

Two broken handcuffs, plus the one just applied, encircled his wrist like grim trophies.

Hae-soo looked away from him and surveyed the corpses.

Not even a small groan could be heard. Not only the company employees who ambushed them but also the inmates who were working with them were dead or injured.

Most of the inmates were injured, dealt with by the “company employees.”

It was clear that those who were unharmed were the company employees who had disguised themselves as inmates, and Masil Jang had taken them out.

“Are they all dead?”

It would have been helpful if even one had survived, offering a clue about their residence or Teacher Cheon [likely a high-ranking member or leader of the Chilseong Society, a criminal organization], but unfortunately, none remained.

Masil Jang seemed to understand the implication of Hae-soo’s words and replied, “Hornets only sting when provoked. They don’t know anything more than I do, so don’t feel bad.”

Hae-soo frowned and looked at Masil Jang.

His eyes blazed like a beast’s, but Hae-soo detected a deep-seated fear beneath the surface.

Even an overwhelming master was still just an individual, facing a legion. Ultimately, he feared death.

That’s why he had called him when he fell from the 20th floor, and that’s why he had clung to the car until they arrived.

Because he already knew too much about the Chilseong Society, he knew that they would not give up on assassinating him.

Even in a detention center or prison, the assassination attempts would never cease.

“Ma Jin-gang.”

Masil Jang raised his eyebrows, looking down at Hae-soo at the sound of his real name, which he hadn’t heard spoken in a long time.

“You’re going to die soon.”

Masil Jang shrugged, appearing nonchalant, as if he already knew.

Hae-soo looked at him and continued, “You missed Teacher Cheon, the ‘Company’ is gone, and you’re going to die, so the plan completely failed.”

Masil Jang smirked at Hae-soo’s words.

“Do you really think it’s a failure? It’s just the beginning. The round table of the Chilseong Society isn’t full of pushovers. Teacher Cheon has no choice but to hide in the shadows, and they won’t miss this opportunity, then naturally… Boom.”

Masil Jang raised a hand, spread his fingers wide, and made a gesture as if a bomb was exploding.

As Masil Jang had said before, many within the Chilseong Society were dissatisfied with Teacher Cheon, but they had been suppressed by his overwhelming power. Now, they would try to eliminate Teacher Cheon, seeing this as an opportunity, or try to climb the ranks by stepping on him.

However, in the process, some groups would lie low and survive, and another Teacher Cheon might emerge. In the worst-case scenario, Teacher Cheon might rise to the top again and reign.

In the meantime, the assassination attempts on Masil Jang would continue endlessly because he knew all the weaknesses of Teacher Cheon and the Chilseong Society.

None of this was the ending Hae-soo wanted.

And the Masil Jang in front of him was afraid of death.

“Don’t you want to live? I’ll save you.”

Masil Jang burst out laughing at Hae-soo’s confident words, looked around, and then met his eyes again.

“I don’t have much faith, even just looking at today.”

“Then die like this.”

Masil Jang’s eyebrows narrowed sharply. He rattled his handcuffs and took a step towards Hae-soo.

A strong smell of blood and an oppressive aura wafted over him. It felt like meeting a hungry tiger in a dark forest.

However, Hae-soo did not back down and looked him straight in the eye.

Just as Masil Jang was about to speak.

Beep beep beep-

“There inside! Hands up!”

“Step back! Detective Shin, are you okay?!”

“Ugh.”

The police, who arrived late, rushed in. Hae-soo raised a hand to signal that he was okay and dragged Masil Jang out of the carnage.

Later, police officers from all nearby police stations and precinct offices, along with a riot police battalion, arrived, and Masil Jang was transferred to the detention center under their protection.

Hae-soo did not leave Masil Jang’s side during the trip.

Just before entering the detention center, Masil Jang stopped, turned around, looked at Hae-soo, and said, “I’ll look forward to it.”

In any case, it meant he would cooperate.

* * *

Hae-soo moved quickly.

Masil Jang, an unexpected hidden card, was essential to dismantling the Chilseong Society, piece by piece, in addition to taking down Teacher Cheon.

He had to save him.

At times like this, Hae-soo knew who he could rely on the most. Two people, specifically.

Creak-

Two middle-aged men appeared as the door to the restaurant opened. Hae-soo jumped up and greeted them.

“What’s going on? Detective Shin is asking to see us first.”

“I never meet with the police privately, but I came out because it’s Detective Shin.”

Former Chief of Police and current National Assemblyman Jo Gam-chan, and three-term Assemblyman Oh Seong-joo.

“Thank you. I have something to tell you.”

Hae-soo got straight to the point as soon as they sat down.

Assemblyman Oh was taken aback by Hae-soo’s directness, while Assemblyman Jo chuckled.

“Huh, huh?”

“You haven’t even picked up your spoon yet, what’s the rush?”

Nevertheless, Hae-soo didn’t even consider picking up a spoon and continued with a serious expression while kneeling.

“First, I’ll ask you directly. Are you two members of the Chilseong Society?”

The air in the room instantly turned cold at Hae-soo’s sudden question. Assemblyman Jo’s eyebrows rose slightly, and Assemblyman Oh frowned openly.

Surprisingly, both seemed to know what the Chilseong Society was.

“…What?”

“What is the intention of your question?”

Hae-soo did not avoid Oh Seong-joo’s eyes and continued, “What I’m trying to do is to bring down the Chilseong Society. I’ve been working on it before, but from now on, I’m going to proceed very actively and aggressively. Are you two members of the Chilseong Society?”

At the blunt statement, Jo Gam-chan sighed in relief and said, holding a cup of warm tea, “I don’t know what else you think, but don’t you know that I’ve been supporting you all this time? If that’s the reason, I’ll actively help you catch those guys…”

At that moment, Oh Seong-joo interrupted Jo Gam-chan’s words.

“Then what are you going to do?”

“…Uh, Assemblyman?”

Jo Gam-chan looked at Oh Seong-joo in surprise. Hae-soo was equally surprised, as they had called them here assuming that neither would be involved.

Oh Seong-joo loosened his tie and slightly lowered his shirt to reveal the Big Dipper tattoo imprinted on his collarbone.

It was real. He was a member of the Chilseong Society.

Hae-soo felt like he had been struck on the head with a hammer. He immediately straightened his knees and stood up from his seat.

“Let’s pretend this meeting never happened. Then…”

Tak-

Oh Seong-joo put down his chopsticks with a sharp sound.

“You have to listen to what Koreans say until the end, sit down.”

Oh Seong-joo politely offered Hae-soo his seat again, and Jo Gam-chan was stuck between the two, turning his eyes around like a meerkat [a small mongoose known for its alert and watchful behavior].

When Hae-soo sat down again without a word, Oh Seong-joo looked out the window at the empty air and began to speak.

“It was when I was first appointed as a director, they approached me silently…”

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Oh Seong-joo confessed how he became a member of the Chilseong Society, how he had interacted with its members, and whether he was still active.

He explained that he had been deceived by sweet words and decided to join the Chilseong Society, which was supposedly working together to create a better country. Later, he realized that it wasn’t about developing the country but about manipulating it at will and making the weak suffer more. He claimed that he had hardly participated in any activities since then.

Oh Seong-joo looked at the empty air with regretful eyes.

“…They were so huge the deeper I dug, so much that I couldn’t do anything with my power. I knew it was wrong, but I had no choice but to remain silent for my family. But when I saw you, I realized I just lacked courage…”

“I can’t trust you completely, Assemblyman. But, I believe in the actions you have shown so far.”

Tak, tak

Hae-soo placed a 2G mobile phone [an older generation mobile phone, implying secure communication] in front of each of them.

“There are many things I want you to do in the future. Please always carry this phone with you.”

Jo Gam-chan picked up the phone and looked around.

“I feel like I’ve become a secret agent.”

“That’s right. Secret agent.”

“Hehehe.”

At the dinner, they spent time talking about Hae-soo’s marriage prospects, Jo Gam-chan’s daughter, and Oh Seong-joo’s daughter.

After that, Hae-soo sent them instructions disguised as requests for help, constantly checking whether they were still involved with the Chilseong Society. He accepted their help but maintained a barrier so that they wouldn’t know Hae-soo’s overall plan.

Thanks to this, Masil Jang was immediately imprisoned in a solitary cell in the detention center, and measures were taken to prevent poison from being added to his meals.

* * *

[Movie is real, heinous criminal attacked while being transferred to detention center, 11 police officers died]

-···While being transferred, they were attacked by an unidentified group, killing 11 police officers and 3 correctional officers, and 7 inmates on the same bus also died.

The identity of the perpetrators has not yet been identified…

┗Movie?

┗Bullshit?

┗What is this? Is this happening in our country? Did you write the country wrong?

┗There’s Korean written on that bus.

┗I’m going crazy I’m going crazy I’m going crazy I’m going crazy I’m going crazy

┗The police are really incompetent

┗Please use spacing well, you look like a 국평오 [derogatory term for someone with the average intelligence of a middle schooler]

┗So what is the identity of that group? It’s so scary

┗Has Korea also escaped from being a terror-safe country?

┗So what happened to that heinous criminal? Did they kill all the police to release that criminal?

┗Are you illiterate? Read it properly, that heinous criminal survived alone, he didn’t run away and was caught again

┗Thank you

┗lol he is polite in the meantime

┗(Link) Caution/Amazing attack video떴다 [Korean slang for “has appeared”]

The unprecedented incident in which fourteen police officers and correctional officers were killed in broad daylight by unidentified assailants quickly spread around the world.

Shin Hae-soo had even warned directly and thought he had made full preparations, but many victims were killed, and although Masil Jang survived, it was clear that he had failed to protect the transfer vehicle.

So, before public opinion reached its worst, the police secretly leaked the police car’s black box footage to a friendly reporter to highlight how highly trained the attackers were.

[Video of assailants attacking transfer bus, are they human?]

The video begins from the perspective of a black box, presumably from a police car.

Koogung Kwagwang!! [onomatopoeia for a loud crash]

A loud noise echoes, and the car stops.

-Wh, what?

-Team leader! Team leader! It’s blocked behind!

-Wh, what are those?! Hey Taser… Ah, no, get the guns! Guns!

Several black vans appeared, stopped the bus in front, and black-clad thugs jumped out, each with a weapon in hand, and ran towards the police car and the transfer bus.

The momentum of their rush was brutal.

Tang Tang!! Kwajangchangchang! [onomatopoeia for gunfire and shattering glass]

-Aagh!

The police car window was quickly broken, and a police officer’s scream was heard.

Other police officers could be seen fighting the assailants in the distance.

Even when guns were pointed at them, they showed no fear, bending down or rolling to the side to avoid the bullets.

The sight of them stepping on the car and stabbing daggers into the necks and hearts of police officers made it seem like they were watching an action movie.

Although it was mosaic-processed [blurred for censorship], people were greatly shocked that the video was not a movie but a real situation.

The video, which was uploaded anonymously, was re-edited and uploaded by a famous YouTuber, and it spread rapidly.

┗ lol the police deserve to be attacked, it’s like watching a martial arts movie

┗Wow crazy…? Is it not a real movie?

┗Those guys are not action actors but terrorist groups? Bye bye I’m immigrating

┗If you immigrate, you’ll get a bullet in your head.

┗If I stay here, I’ll get a knife in my neck

┗So scary

┗But how is that heinous criminal alive when those guys attacked?

┗The police must have saved him quickly

┗The video is short, how do you know

┗I know everything

As things got this big, the Chilseong Society reached a point where they could not control the media.

This might be a ploy to force Teacher Cheon to step down.

The government had to take some significant action, regardless of whether there were members of the Chilseong Society among high-ranking officials. A special headquarters was established by selecting detectives from Seoul and Gyeonggi, and even from the Gangjin Police Station’s Violent Crimes Unit in Gangjin City, which was famous for its No. 1 crime rate and No. 1 arrest rate, including Violent Crimes Team 4.

Lead Building, 9th floor, Room 902.

Tti-dik-

The door lock released when Shin Hae-soo placed his fingerprint on it. Hae-soo opened the door like it was his own house and entered. Haru followed him at a trot.

Deureureuk Kung [sound of weights being placed]

A heavy barbell was placed on the hook, revealing a sweat-soaked upper body. Large scars all over his body rippled as if they were alive.

“Oh, hey friend, Haru is here too.”

Hwang Jang-soo wiped his sweat with a towel and greeted the two.

Hae-soo stared at his scars and said, “Hey, let’s work together on something.”