The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 254

The headquarters of Samen, a game company located in Shinbundang [a district in Seoul known for its IT companies].

Loud voices leaked from the president’s office.

“Why not?!”

The president of Samen was glaring at the executive across from him. The executive could only avoid his gaze, unable to answer.

“Why Daesung? What’s he hoping to gain by jumping into the game industry? Can the executive director understand this?”

The executive director slowly raised his gaze, which he had been trying to avoid, and said in a barely audible voice.

“Well… Chairman Ahn of the Daesung Group, who is currently serving his sentence… is said to enjoy Exit Mobile.”

“You’re telling me you believe that nonsense? He’s just trying to sweet-talk us to take our stuff, ugh… Is there no way?”

The executive director lowered his gaze again and opened his mouth in an even heavier voice.

“They bid 1.5 times more than the originally expected acquisition amount. Going beyond that would be too much of a loss. We have to… give up.”

The president, with a face like he had eaten shit, looked out the window and muttered.

“Damn it…”

* * *

[Daesung Group Acquires ‘Exit Mobile’]

[Daesung Group’s New Subsidiary, Daesung Soft, Launches; Daesung Promises to Spare No Expense to Deliver the Best Fun.]

Ahn Seo-eun pushed forward, and Chairman Ahn, who was imprisoned, also actively participated.

The development team began upgrading Exit Mobile with financial support that had never been available before.

“Team Leader, when I casually mentioned the interface, 5 billion won just dropped, you know?” [Won is the currency of South Korea]

“Haha… When they said we’d be absorbed by Samen, I thought it was time for me to leave, but what’s going on?”

“Exit, into which we poured our bodies… now it’s time to pour our souls.”

“With this level of support and environment… we have to pour it in. Let’s go for 365 days of overtime!”

“Let’s go!!”

It is very rare to provide full support to a game that has already been released for more than three years, rather than launching a new game.

Therefore, the developers of Exit Mobile were impressed by Daesung’s generous support and burned with even more passion.

They strengthened the PC version to make it run independently and added a seamless mobile phone streaming service.

In addition, the development costs were generously supported to research additional content, so the developers fell into happy 고민 [gomin – worry or concern in Korean].

Not a few people visited PC rooms [Korean internet cafes] to fully enjoy the upgraded graphics of Exit, which had been fully upgraded.

The number of users of the game Exit was increasing.

* * *

Gangjin Police Station, Violent Crimes Unit Office.

“Detective Kwak, I heard you’re on vacation tomorrow. What’s up?”

Detective Kwak shook his head at Oh Gyeong’s question.

“Something’s up, a very big something. Anyway, don’t whine about not having me and work hard.”

It should be worrying to hear that something big is happening, but Detective Kwak’s expression was full of joy, excitement, and anticipation.

Shin Hae-soo stared at him and suddenly asked.

“Are you going on a trip with your wife to a nice place?”

Detective Kwak was startled by the word ‘wife’ and widened his eyes.

“…Huh?! Uh, uh, what, what are you trying to find out, you rascal! Don’t try to pry into the secret private life of a middle-aged man! I’m leaving first! Good work, everyone!”

“Take care, sir.”

Leaving Hae-soo, who bowed sharply, Detective Kwak left work as if he were running away.

The next morning.

Detective Kwak wore his usual work clothes and headed to the shoe rack. As he did, he made eye contact with his wife in the kitchen and smiled awkwardly.

“I, I’m off to work.”

“Okay, honey, have a good day at work~”

Detective Kwak nodded and subtly took a breath, putting on his shoes.

Then, he heard his wife’s voice from behind.

“Honey?”

Thump.

Detective Kwak was startled and stumbled sideways.

His wife hurriedly supported him.

“Are you okay?”

“Uh, uh, why, why did you call me?”

His wife was holding his work bag in one hand.

“You left this behind.”

“Ah, I forgot, thanks.”

Detective Kwak took the work bag from his wife’s hand. The tips of his fingers were trembling slightly.

“Well, then, I’m off to work.”

“Okay, have a safe trip.”

Detective Kwak opened the front door, got into the elevator, and only after the door closed did he let out a sigh of relief.

“Hoo…”

Only then did he realize the reality of today, and a smile spread across his face.

“Woohoo hoo hoo!”

His steps to his car in the ground parking lot were very light.

And, from the veranda, his wife was watching his excited steps intently.

* * *

Detective Kwak, who had set out for work, arrived at the most modern PC room in the neighborhood.

Today was the historic day of the Exit massive update.

He took off his coat and hung it on the chair, put on his headset, and fully enjoyed Exit Mobile on the PC version.

Because it was morning, there were no noisy students, and this PC room had thick partitions between each PC, so the game sounds of others did not penetrate well.

“Hehehe!”

It’s fun. I’m happy. It’s better than taking a business class to a resort and vacationing.

As he was enjoying himself, a smell wafted from somewhere and stimulated his nose.

“You can’t leave out food in a PC room!”

On a roll, Detective Kwak immediately placed an order.

A hot bar and boiled ramen in a square aluminum foil container.

“Ramen is definitely Samyoung Ramen.”

While waiting for the mild flavor of Samyoung Ramen, the smell of ramen, which stimulated the nose of Detective Kwak, a Samyoung Ramen mania, wafted.

“Here…”

It was definitely Samyoung Ramen. So, when he got up to greet it, a white, slender hand reached out from the seat directly across and received the ramen from the employee.

“Thanks.”

When the owner of the hand gave a short greeting to the employee, he thought it was a familiar voice, but Detective Kwak quickly dismissed the thought.

“A lass who knows her flavors.”

Soon after, Detective Kwak’s hot bar and ramen arrived, and he ate the ramen while listening to the sound of his character auto-hunting with his headset on.

He also ordered rice, mixed it with the soup, drank every last drop of the soup, and then chugged a can of carbonated cider.

“Kheu! This is heaven!”

It’s a comprehensive gift set of things that are bad for the body, but what’s bad for the body is delicious, and what’s good for the body is tasteless.

That’s when he was feeling a small happiness and chugging cider.

-Kkeueak

A chilling death cry, the sound of a character dying. Surely the health was at maximum just a few seconds ago? There were no enemies around? Could it be…

Above the grayed-out screen, a character with the nickname ‘Harusari’ was looking down arrogantly.

“Kkeueaak!!”

Detective Kwak screamed the same scream as the character and tore at his hair.

“Look at that weirdo.”

“Hey, hey, be quiet, don’t look, my dad said not to mess with adults in PC rooms and arcades.”

“Huh? But what’s an arcade?”

“I don’t know either, it’s something similar to a PC room.”

Elementary school students who had skipped school were whispering while looking at Detective Kwak, but Detective Kwak didn’t care and despaired.

However, he won’t just be defeated today.

Swish.

Detective Kwak pressed the resurrection button and stared at the monitor with a burning gaze.

“Just you wait, I’m not the me from before!”

Whether he didn’t say it carelessly this time, the items of the Squad Commander character in the inventory window were shining differently than before.

His diamond spoon disciple [born with a silver spoon, meaning someone from a wealthy family], who is presumed to be a diamond spoon, has been of great help.

Detective Kwak was confident.

He was at least twice as strong as when he met Harusari before.

He searched for Harusari with his eyes on fire.

“There you are… Let’s fight!”

Clang clang clang clang!

-Squawk!

However, the screen quickly turned gray again. Detective Kwak had lost again.

However, Detective Kwak’s eyes were still sparkling brightly. His gaze was on the blood flowing down the side of the Harusari character, who was looking down arrogantly.

-Kyaeuk

And, after a few seconds, Harusari collapsed on the spot.

It was the Squad Commander’s hidden strike, the bleeding poison that killed Harusari, who had little health left!

It wasn’t a sneak attack when health was low during hunting with bosses or monsters, nor was it an attack by a large number. He fought fairly and squarely, and although he died first, he killed Harusari.

The joy was more joyful and exhilarating than being promoted to lieutenant.

Detective Kwak jumped up from his seat and stretched out his hands.

“Waaaaaa!!”

“Aaaagh!”

Almost at the same time, the woman sitting across from him also jumped up and screamed chillingly.

The two faces naturally met. A familiar, no, a very familiar face.

“…Huh?”

“…Haru?”

Detective Kwak recalled the time he had encountered Haru when he had decided to have a 현피 [hyeonpi – a Korean slang term for meeting in real life to settle an online dispute], seeing Haru’s timing of jumping up and the scream full of despair. Then, his nemesis ID overlaps.

The scene where Hae-soo showed him that Haru had started YouTube with a fatherly smile flashes by. Haru’s nickname there is…

‘Harusari.’

Detective Kwak, who had been lost in thought for a very short time, met Haru’s eyes again. She also had a similar confused look.

“You’re…”

“Squad Commander is…”

Soon, the two people’s eyes changed from suspicion to certainty.

“Harusari?!”

“Squad Commander?!”

And then comes a terrible silence, after a few seconds of silence, Haru quietly held up the unopened cider can on the table upside down.

* * *

Haru was briefly consumed by anger, but a PC room murder did not occur.

Detective Kwak couldn’t believe the shock that Haru was Harusari, so he went over to her seat and even checked the monitor.

The real ID is Harusari. Even the appearance is the same. It can’t be denied. That character is the character he was fighting fiercely with until just now.

“Haru, Haru is… Harusari.”

“Squad Commander, Squad Commander, Detective Kwak… Why didn’t I know.”

The two minds were complicated.

It’s a strange feeling that I can’t express in words, but it’s nice to have someone close to me doing the same game and enjoying it deeply.

After a moment of silence, Detective Kwak asked Haru as if throwing it.

“But isn’t this patch a bit strange?”

“Ah, you’re right. I also had a lot of complaints. This is a patch that kills existing high-level users like me and Squad Commander.”

“That’s right, that’s right, you think the same as me? Ah, so have you been to the new dungeon?”

“I went with my guild members yesterday…”

The silence was only temporary, the two have a very strong medium called Exit Mobile.

Before they knew it, they were talking about the game for a long time as if a floodgate had burst.

After a while, they went back to their seats and played the game, and then it was time to leave work and they parted ways, and that night came.

Click, Cheeee-

Detective Kwak drank a can of beer alone at home with a stiff face. His wife, who had come out of the shower, tilted her head as she looked at Detective Kwak.

“What’s wrong, you never drink a sip of alcohol at home, what’s bothering you?”

“…There was, but it’s over now.”

Detective Kwak crushed the empty beer can roughly and got up from his seat with a determined look.

Then he went to the bathroom, logged into the game, and sent a letter to Haru.

[To Harusari]

-Harusari, I will pretend that the Pandora’s box that opened by chance today was not opened.

Watch your back. (From your rival)

This is the conclusion that Detective Kwak came to after a long 고민 [gomin – worry or concern in Korean].

If Harusari is on the same side, we can go hunting together and talk about the game as happily as we did earlier, but the tension and fun of the game will be reduced. More broadly, it loses the meaning of the game.

Harusari was a bigger presence to him than he thought.

Ding-

A reply came from Harusari soon.

[Reply: Harusari]

-ㅗ [This is the Korean way of expressing the middle finger]

“Heh.”

Detective Kwak finally smiled coolly and closed the letter.