The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 72

Prosecutor, You’re Going Places! – 72

Storm (2)

-Oh, it’s Prosecutor Choi. Long time no see. This is Prime Minister Choi Gyu-hyun.

Prime Minister Choi Gyu-hyun?

It was the first time he had contacted me personally.

And a call this late at night.

It didn’t feel good.

“Hello, Prime Minister.”

-Were you asleep at this late hour?

“No, I was awake thinking about something.”

-I see.

Choi Gyu-hyun continued in a soft voice.

-Prosecutor Choi, you know I cherish you a lot as a fellow member of the Gyeongju Choi clan [a prominent Korean family with a long history], right?

What is he trying to say?

I was starting to feel uneasy for no reason.

“Yes, I am always grateful.”

-Good, good. Did you hear that the impeachment motion is being introduced next week?

“I heard yesterday.”

-Kwon Jae-cheol will be pushed out. But…….

He said in a serious voice.

-I heard that you once joined hands with Kwon Jae-cheol?

Gulp.

I was so embarrassed that I swallowed without realizing it.

-Ah, there’s no need to misunderstand. I’m not trying to say anything, I just happened to hear it.

“I’m sorry. President Kwon Jae-cheol contacted me directly…….”

-Well, that can happen. You couldn’t have imagined he would be impeached at the time.

He said casually.

-I received a call from Vice Minister Park Seong-hyun this time. I heard that Prosecutor Choi made a mistake.

Damn it!

I eventually gritted my teeth at the news I had been worried about.

The thing I was most worried about had finally happened.

Am I going to be dragged down by a drowning person like this?

So futilely?

-Prosecutor Choi, are you listening?

“Ah, yes. I’m listening.”

I answered, suppressing the rising heat as much as possible.

“Please speak.”

-I cherish Prosecutor Choi a lot, but Vice Minister Park Seong-hyun is also a friend I used to work with, so I couldn’t just pretend I didn’t see it. So…….

Okay, you can save a fellow Gyeongju Choi clan member, right?

I listened to his next words with a desperate heart.

-I’ve already told Vice Minister Park to be nice to you.

Yes!

I clenched my fist.

The situation might not be as bad as I thought.

-So I think it would be good for you to talk to Vice Minister Park directly. I think he wants to resolve things amicably too.

“Is that so?”

-Yeah. He has some complaints, but I’ve talked to him well in the middle, so he won’t tarnish my reputation.

He chuckled playfully and continued.

-I’ll send you his contact information, so call him right away. If it’s resolved well, there’s no need to contact me, and if there’s a problem, call me right away.

“I understand.”

-Okay. Get some rest, it’s late.

“Thank you so much, Prime Minister!”

-What thanks. Choi Gyu-hyun said with a light laugh.

-Repay me sometime.

“I definitely will. Please contact me anytime.”

-Go in.

“Thank you! Have a good night!”

As soon as I hung up, I swung my fist in the air.

I lived.

I don’t know what price I will have to pay to Prime Minister Choi Gyu-hyun and Vice Minister Park Seong-hyun, but I will definitely be able to survive this storm.

Prime Minister Choi Gyu-hyun’s purpose was to put me in debt rather than a concrete plan.

Now that this has happened, I am going to fully support him.

Whatever the situation, he saved my life.

The problem is Vice Minister Park Seong-hyun.

He will definitely ask for something difficult, but it won’t be completely impossible.

Since Prime Minister Choi Gyu-hyun is in the middle, he won’t bring out an unreasonable number that I can’t accept.

I have to listen to it first to make a judgment.

I immediately called Vice Minister Park Seong-hyun’s number that Prime Minister Choi Gyu-hyun sent me.

He answered the phone when the dial tone rang about three times.

-Wow, who is this?

He said in a swaggering voice.

-Isn’t this our Prosecutor Choi?

“Hello, Vice Minister.”

-Long time no see. How have you been?

“Yes. I’m doing well. How have you been, Vice Minister?”

-Of course. I’m doing well. Thanks to Prosecutor Choi, I came to the countryside and breathed good air and rested, so my health seems to have improved.

His voice, mocking me, was full of余裕 [leeway/composure].

“I heard you have something to ask of me.”

-Well, it’s nothing special…… Prosecutor Choi must have a burden on his mind for me, right? I also have some resentment.

I listened to him quietly.

-I think it would be good to get rid of each other with this case. Don’t you think?

“That’s right.”

I carefully continued.

“If you tell me what the case is…….”

-My second son just graduated from law school this time. He’s Prosecutor Choi’s junior. Korea University Law School.

“Oh, is that so?”

-Yeah. But when I looked, he was assigned to the Chuncheon District Prosecutors’ Office in some Gangwon-do mountain valley.

“So your son is currently working at the Chuncheon District Prosecutors’ Office?”

-That’s right, that’s right. But Gangwon-do is so cold. Even if it’s summer, I think my heart will hurt too much if I leave him there until winter.

The corners of my mouth naturally twisted.

I think I know what he’s going to say.

-My life is hard to recover now, but my son is just starting, right? That’s what parents’ hearts are like. I want my child to walk on a flowery path even if I walk on a thorny path.

“I will bring him to Seoul in the early next year’s appointment.”

-Oh, our Prosecutor Choi. I’m glad we can talk. However, he added one word.

-But my heart is a little hurt, so Seoul is not enough…… Can you take him to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office? He’s a direct junior from Korea University, so it would be nice if he was in the same district prosecutors’ office if possible.

It’s not that difficult.

“I’ll try my best.”

-I don’t know much about the prosecution, but I heard that there are three major departments in the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office?

Cheeky guy.

He’s too greedy.

Three major departments.

It refers to the three major departments called the top in the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, which is the first among domestic district prosecutors’ offices: the Special Investigation Department, the Public Security Department, and the Science and Technology Crime Investigation Department.

If it were a normal person, they would refuse right away at the moment of demanding this.

No, they wouldn’t even be able to demand this in the first place.

But this time the situation was different.

No, if I can make a deal to this extent, it’s not a loss for me either.

“Would you be okay with any of the three major departments?”

-Of course, of course. Anywhere is fine. If he goes to the Special Investigation Department, which is said to be the best of the three, can Prosecutor Choi take good care of him? Hahahaha.

He’s coming to the Special Investigation Department…….

Then it’s even better.

I can control him under me.

Even if Vice Minister Park Seong-hyun has my weakness, it is a limited weakness in the time when President Kwon Jae-cheol is controversial due to impeachment.

If the impeachment is finalized around the beginning of next year, my weakness that he has will turn into a piece of paper, and in the meantime, his second son will come to the Special Investigation Department and be under me, so the situation will be reversed.

Imagining this arrogant guy groveling again, I couldn’t help but smile.

I should bring him to the Special Investigation Department on purpose, not to another department, right?

No, I will.

Let’s see if he can stay still even if his son is under a chief prosecutor.

Hiding the laughter that was leaking out, I said.

“I understand. Then I will do my best to bring him to the Special Investigation Department.”

-Prosecutor Choi is really cool. That’s why everyone says Choi Seo-joon, Choi Seo-joon.

He doesn’t look to the distant future, he’s just satisfied that he’s received a promise that his son can be put in the Special Investigation Department of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, and the satisfaction in his voice doesn’t go away.

Well, that’s why he reached out to Secretary Lim Seon-mi and got involved in sexual harassment.

If he had thought about the future, he would have gone to a hostess bar instead of reaching out to his secretary.

“I’ll proceed according to the appointment season in early next year at the latest, so please tell him in advance, and send me your son’s profile separately soon.”

-Okay, Prosecutor Choi. It was a very useful story at this late hour.

“It was a good story for me too, Vice Minister. Have a good dream.”

-Go in.

Only after hanging up the phone did I let out a comfortable laugh.

It was solved so easily that I felt empty about what I had been worrying about.

Of course, it’s not easy to bring his son, not to another department, but to the Special Investigation Department, but it’s not difficult either.

Simple guy.

He’s letting go so easily with something that can shake my leash.

Is that why there’s a saying that parents who think about their children become endlessly foolish?

Thanks to that damn love for his children, I was able to survive very easily.

Prime Minister Choi Gyu-hyun said that if things went well, there was no need to contact him separately, but I thought I should still say thank you.

If it weren’t for him, it could have been quite twisted than it is now.

It was late, so I sent a text message instead of a phone call.

-Recipient: Prime Minister Choi Gyu-hyun

-Thank you so much, Prime Minister. Thanks to you, I was able to talk to Vice Minister Park Seong-hyun and finish it well. I will run to you anytime if you call, so please contact me anytime if you need me. Thank you again and have a good night.

-Sender: Prime Minister Choi Gyu-hyun

-Impeachment is like a typhoon. If Prosecutor Choi wants to withstand the storm without shaking, he can’t just stand still. Detonate something that can solidify your position and show off your presence. Only then will you be able to hold your head up and survive intact even after the storm is over.

To withstand the storm without shaking, you have to detonate a big case.

In other words, there are many people who will be shaken when the typhoon of impeachment hits.

Thinking one step further, it means that it is the most optimized time to step on them and rise.

A big case.

In my head, that case came to mind again.

The secret deal between the three chief prosecutors, including Chief Kang Hyun-soo, and SL Group that had been put on hold.

And the data I received from Prosecutor Lee Doo-hyung that can cut off Prosecutor General Kim Jae-wook’s head.

It’s time to detonate it.

First, after the impeachment situation breaks out, warm up with the Chief Kang Hyun-soo case and then cut off Prosecutor General Kim Jae-wook’s head when it gathers some attention.

Detonating two at the same time could rather distract attention.

***

-Motion to impeach President Kwon Jae-cheol introduced! The third impeachment motion in Korean history. What is the reason?

As soon as the impeachment motion was introduced, all the media in Korea started to bombard articles related to impeachment day and night.

I waited and dealt with the postponed case.

“Ms. Seol, quickly prepare to transfer the Saint Harper stock manipulation case to the Public Prosecution Department.”

“Already?”

“Yes. Now the attention of the entire nation has turned to impeachment. If we finish it now, we can handle it quietly.”

“I see. I understand.”

I waited for this time.

If we deal with the Saint Harper stock manipulation now that the interest in it has faded, the public will not pay attention whether Hanwool Group receives a prison sentence or not.

Team Leader Han Seung-ho has already used his hands on the Public Prosecution Department.

The judgment will be a suspended sentence to a moderate degree.

Everything is beautifully finished.

Now all that’s left is to survive this storm.

And to go up.

To become a true king.

All that’s left is to trample on Chief Kang Hyun-soo.