The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 191

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#191. Recruiting Team Members

A day before, in Exit Online.

[Harusari: Are you at your spot?]

[Seoeunidang: I am]

[Harusari: Hae-soo wants to meet Chairman Ahn]

[Seoeunidang: My dad? Seriously?]

[Harusari: Seriously urgent]

[Seoeunidang: Okay, okay, it’s been a while since I cut ties, but I’ll try to contact him again]

[Harusari: I’ll be waiting, trusting in you]

[Seoeunidang: Okay, oh, the Squad Commander was at the hunting grounds]

[Harusari: Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go]

Haru and Seoeun often chatted in the game, and at some point, their manner of speaking (말투) even changed from reality within the game.

Of course, it wasn’t just their manner of speaking that was becoming similar.

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“Oh, finally!”

Team Leader Kwak finally reacquired the sword he had lost after repetitive grinding and smiled brightly. The enhancement level was still low, but he was really happy to finally be able to hunt in his original hunting grounds again.

But.

Whoong whoong-

Two familiar characters appeared before his eyes.

[Harusari: Hi]

[Seoeunidang: Bye]

Stab-

[Your character has died.]

[Dropped +5 Sword of Despair (Unique)]

Team Leader Kwak’s face stiffened as he looked down at the screen.

The two were dancing in front of the Squad Commander’s character, and in the meantime, a nearby slime slowly approached and ate the sword.

The Squad Commander burst into tears at the sight.

[Squad Commander: I… I’ll catch you guys no matter what. I’m the Chief of Investigations!!]

[Harusari: Oh, I’m the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency]

[Seoeunidang: Yeah, then I’m a third-generation chaebol [family-owned conglomerate]]

“Squad Commander… I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you…”

Team Leader Kwak couldn’t bear to look at the monitor and turned his head.

The Squad Commander’s voice of lament seemed to be heard beyond the game.

*

A luxurious Korean restaurant.

Sliding door opening-

A man in a neat suit opened the sliding door, and behind him, a dignified middle-aged man appeared.

Ahn Seoeun, who was already sitting inside, stood up from her seat to greet him.

Ahn Seoeun’s father, Chairman Ahn, tried to maintain a blank expression and opened his mouth.

“What brings you here, asking to see me first.”

“Thank you for making time, Chairman.”

She uses the title ‘Chairman’ in a private setting. Chairman Ahn slightly narrowed his brows at the remark and sat down.

“Are you still sulking about what happened back then? Don’t you know it was all for your own good?”

Ahn Seoeun smiled faintly and nodded.

“I’m trying to understand. There’s someone I’d like to introduce you to today.”

“…What?”

Sliding door opening-

At that moment, the back door, which seemed to be fixed, opened and a large man appeared.

Even though they had never met directly, they knew each other’s faces well.

Hae-soo slightly lowered his head.

“Nice to meet you. Chairman Ahn Ki-won, I’m Shin Hae-soo.”

The chairman’s expression hardened as soon as he saw Hae-soo.

“What is the meaning of this?!”

Chairman Ahn immediately got up from his seat and tried to go outside.

The humiliating memory of being threatened over the phone by a mere detective to release his daughter from confinement resurfaced, and the humiliation of that time rose up.

As he reached for the door, Hae-soo’s voice was heard.

“I’ve joined hands with Chief Ma.”

Thud-

Chairman Ahn’s feet stopped. Hae-soo continued.

“Today’s meeting will have many stories that will be ‘beneficial’ to each other.”

Entrepreneurs, especially those like Chairman Ahn who have built their companies from the ground up, value profit very highly.

The bigger the head, the higher the pride, but sometimes it is a businessman who compromises for profit.

Swoosh

As Chairman Ahn turned back, Hae-soo slightly lowered his head to appease him, and he cleared his throat and sat back down.

“Let’s hear what kind of dangerous meeting you’ve created to talk about.”

Chairman Ahn also knows this. Meeting Hae-soo, who is the only one opposing the Chilseong Society [a fictional criminal organization], could have a negative impact on himself and his daughter, Ahn Seoeun.

Hae-soo glanced at Ahn Seoeun once and then looked back at Chairman Ahn and opened his mouth.

“Since it is true that we have received help from Daesung, I would like to give you an opportunity to avoid this storm.”

“What? Opportunity?”

“I made Teacher Cheon step down and hide underground, and I turned Chief Ma around. We can know the future disasters through Chief Ma. So please tell me. What is the situation within the Chilseong Society right now?”

Chairman Ahn gave an absurd laugh. But after several persuasions and coaxing, he opened his mouth.

“…That day, an order called [Standby] came down through Teacher Cheon’s line.”

Standby means to hold your breath and take no action. It means not to take any push in unfavorable or favorable events.

As expected, all the other members of the Chilseong Society knew that the heinous criminal in the news was Chief Ma.

The main forces of Teacher Cheon are three. The first is the network, the second is the company, and the last is Chief Ma, who executes all of Teacher Cheon’s orders.

However, since they failed to make him retire and ended up in a mutually destructive situation, it naturally had a big impact on the members of the Chilseong Society.

Some were aiming for Teacher Cheon, some were worried about being harmed by Chief Ma, or some were trying to eliminate Chief Ma in order to gain points with Teacher Cheon at this time.

It was literally chaos.

“…Good.”

“What do you mean?”

“Isn’t it the perfect day to catch the Chilseong Society…?”

Chairman Ahn could only let out a dumbfounded laugh at Hae-soo’s fearless words.

*

That night, Shin Hae-soo’s house on the 10th floor of Lead Building.

Haru is still doing pull-ups wearing a strange orc mask.

Hae-soo pretended not to see and waited outside with the TV turned up loudly, and when she came out, he called her over.

“Come and sit down.”

“Yes? Ah… Yep.”

Haru was drenched in sweat and was wondering if she should wash up, but she went straight to the sofa at Hae-soo’s serious expression.

Hae-soo sat on a single sofa, and Haru sat on a three-seater sofa, facing each other and continued to speak.

“You know that a special investigation unit has been established to catch Teacher Cheon and the company, right?”

To be exact, it will be officially established on Monday, two days later. Currently, it is only announced in advance to appease the public’s anger.

Of course, as the people involved are hiding their identities, they will declare that they will definitely catch the ‘unidentified thugs and violent groups’.

“Yes, I heard that Hae-soo, Senior Kang-cheol, and Team Leader Oh Kang-cheol are going.”

“Team Leader Kwak is also going, as the leader.”

“Ah.”

“But, the police can’t catch them.”

“Yes?”

“They’ll just scratch the surface as the higher-ups shake them, and they’ll catch one or two scapegoats sent by the Chilseong Society, and the case will be closed.”

Haru, who had thought simply, was quite shocked.

Hae-soo’s eyes sparkled as he continued to speak.

“And I will catch the real thing at the same time.”

Haru’s head lifted again and met Hae-soo’s eyes. Hae-soo continued calmly.

“The company that made you spend such a terrible childhood, Teacher Cheon who created the company, and the Chilseong Society that raised Teacher Cheon to that position… I will catch them and judge them.”

Hae-soo held out a hand to her.

“Will you join me?”

Haru suddenly jumped up, grabbed Hae-soo’s hand, and answered confidently.

“Whose neck should I cut first?”

Hae-soo nodded with satisfaction at Haru’s brutal answer.

*

Hwang Jang-soo, after being lynched, showed a recovery power that surprised the doctor and was discharged from the hospital after three months.

On the day of his discharge, Hae-soo packed his bags and asked.

“What are you going to do now?”

“You said it well, I don’t want to get stabbed again, it hurts like hell, take care of me, I’ll give you all my money.”

“There are no guys aiming for you anymore, go and live a normal life, like you always sang about.”

Jang-soo shook his head.

“That’s why no matter how much you know, a cop is a cop and a gangster is a gangster.”

Jang-soo took off his hospital gown and put on a suit that Hae-soo had bought for him and continued to speak.

“Even if you break their heads, dissolve the group, and do whatever the hell you want, people’s hearts can’t be cut off so cleanly. There are still a lot of guys who respected that bastard as their boss, or the guys below him, or just the guys who want to bury me, so once a gangster is always a gangster.”

Hae-soo quietly pondered Jang-soo’s words and pulled the carrier containing his luggage.

“Then hide and live, follow me.”

“Oh, oh good, I’m looking forward to it.”

That’s how Hae-soo bought the vacant 902 unit downstairs in Hwang Jang-soo’s name, and he had been quietly living in Lead Building under Hae-soo’s protection.

And now.

Shin Hae-soo, Haru, and Hwang Jang-soo are facing each other in unit 902.

Jang-soo squinted at Hae-soo’s serious expression.

“What’s up? Are we using knives?”

Hae-soo hesitated and nodded slightly.

“It might be necessary.”

Using knives that Hae-soo, who had told him to completely quit that job, was recommending, there was no room for doubt. There is no need to doubt.

Jang-soo chuckled and replied.

“What are you asking? From the moment you were talking nonsense about resetting in front of me, you’ve been holding my lifeline. A dog has to do what its owner tells it to do.”

*

Six monitors are installed in two rows in a small but neat room. The game is running in real time on the two main monitors in the center.

Tak tak tadadak

Jung Young-soo was busily tapping on the keyboard with sparkling eyes.

Then.

Knock knock-

A fairly loud knock irritated Young-soo. He frowned and said.

“Oh, seriously, who is it, 택배 [delivery person]? Just leave it there~!”

Thump thump!

Then this time a slightly louder sound rang. It feels like it has a slight emotion.

Young-soo shrank his neck like a turtle and muttered softly.

“What, what is it, is it downstairs? I didn’t make any noise between floors, was the sound too loud?”

Young-soo timidly turned down the speaker volume and carefully went to the front door to check outside through the peephole.

Outside the door stood a man with a tremendously fierce impression.

“Hee-ik!”

Young-soo immediately lowered his body and covered his mouth. Then a man’s heavy voice was heard.

-Looks like no one’s here, should I break it?

A normal person wouldn’t say ‘break it’ so naturally.

Young-soo trembled with fear. Then the bell rang.

Ding diring ding dingding-

Young-soo was horrified and dropped his cell phone, barely catching it in the air and hugging it in his arms.

-He’s inside, he’s in front of the door, hey, open the door.

“H,h,heueu”

Young-soo pressed the button next to him, but the cell phone was still vibrating, and Young-soo hurriedly answered after checking the caller.

“S, Shin hyung [older brother/friend]! There’s a fierce man in front of my house right now…”

-Yeah, open the door.

But the voice sounds double. It seems to be heard from beyond the door. When I checked the hole again, I saw Hae-soo next to the fierce man.

Only then did Young-soo grab his surprised heart and open the door.

Hwang Jang-soo’s eyes widened as he went to Jung Young-soo’s room.

Young-soo’s living conditions had improved, so he moved to a small villa and was even more properly equipped.

It was also Haru’s first time visiting Young-soo’s house after he moved, so she opened her eyes wide and looked around.

“Wow, this looks like a room from a movie, are you a genius?”

“Yes? Ah, no, I just like touching computers…”

“You’re also humble, amazing.”

Hae-soo also glanced around and immediately sat down in the gaming chair that Young-soo was sitting in and brought up the main point.

“Young-soo, let’s do a long-term project.”

“Aha…”

Young-soo was already doing a long-term project with Haru, so he looked at her. She closes her eyes and opens them. It’s the meaning of permission.

“Yes… What kind of work is it?”

Hae-soo briefly explained only what he needed to know.

“…Among them, the main thing you’ll do is to distinguish false information. Will you do it?”

There was no hesitation in Young-soo’s answer.

“Of course, hyung, you’ll pay me a lot, right? Ah, so there are four people on this team?”

Hae-soo shook his head and held up two fingers.

“No, there are two more left.”