The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 135

A Person Who Sees One Step Ahead (1)

-Was the mastermind behind the murder of Chief Kang Joong-sik, Special Investigation Department’s Choi Seo-joon?

-Choi Seo-joon, Han Ji-yoo’s boyfriend and a star prosecutor, has been named as the mastermind behind the murder of Chief Prosecutor Kang Joong-sik, which has become a hot topic. The murder of the chief prosecutor, which took place inside the Seoul Eastern Detention Center, caused a great deal of controversy. It was revealed that the murderer had given the victim a health drink containing potassium cyanide in the lawyer’s reception room. It is alleged that Choi Seo-joon, chief prosecutor of the Special Investigation Department of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, commissioned the murder. The suspect has admitted to all his crimes, claiming that he received 300 million won from Choi Seo-joon for the crime. In fact, Choi Seo-joon and Kang Joong-sik had been investigating each other’s corruption since February, three months before the crime took place. This led to Kang Joong-sik being tried on drug possession charges, and Shin Yong-ho, Choi Seo-joon’s best friend, being imprisoned in Uijeongbu Prison. In addition, Kang Joong-sik claimed his innocence and had recently exposed various facts about Choi Seo-joon. In other words, Choi Seo-joon had enough reason to bear a grudge against Kang Joong-sik. ……(omitted)……. The suspect’s photo, released by the police, is as follows.

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-We hope that the truth of the case will be revealed as soon as possible to comfort the souls of the victims.

-Fact Punch Reporter Homin Jong

As expected, various articles have been pouring out since I was arrested by the police.

Immediately after being arrested, I had a hearing on the warrant for detention, but it was rejected. The court cited my long tenure as a prosecutor and the potential risk of evidence destruction, given my expertise.

As a result, I am currently being held in the Seoul Detention Center.

It was rare for a prosecutor to be detained, but it wasn’t unheard of; it happened from time to time.

However, being detained and living in a detention center was not a pleasant experience.

The good thing was that I had finished a lot of preparations before I was arrested.

Frankly speaking, the Special Investigation Department had identified Do Hyun-seung, the suspect in this case, before the police arrested him.

Besides, since I am a current prosecutor, not a former one, I was treated very differently from ordinary criminals.

The same goes for the police. If I am confirmed as the actual suspect, it would be a sure chance for them to get promoted. However, if I get out of this alive, the aftermath would be too much for an ordinary police officer to handle.

Those who watched me dismantle the police in the Arbiter case would know what to expect.

Also, the detective in charge of this case was a direct subordinate of Kyung-gam [Police Superintendent] Jung Hyung-joon, who has a close relationship with me.

“Prosecutor, you need to explain this part.”

Detective Na Kyung-ho showed me several documents.

Data classified as circumstantial evidence to support the suspect Do Hyun-seung’s claim that he met me.

It was a list of base stations with the location data of Do Hyun-seung’s and my cell phones, extracted from the two weeks before Chief Kang Joong-sik’s death.

When you use a cell phone, the nearest base station is recorded. Do Hyun-seung claims that he was with me because the same base station was recorded at a similar time.

I was dumbfounded that he brought this up as circumstantial evidence. It was not something that an ordinary criminal would know.

Looking closely at the data, it turned out that he had been in the same base station as me for almost ten days, not just once or twice.

It’s obvious.

They put someone on me to check where I was, and then followed me to the same base station late in the day.

If it overlaps once or twice, it cannot be evidence, but since it matches every evening for ten days, it can be seen as circumstantial evidence that we were together.

Of course, it is only circumstantial evidence that can be inferred that we were together, and it would not be adopted as evidence in court. In other words, there is no concrete evidence to support the claim that I contacted him and commissioned the murder.

“Do Hyun-seung said that he used a burner phone that you gave him, so there is no communication record.”

“A burner phone?”

I chuckled.

“The base station overlap was just recorded by them following me around, so there is nothing to explain. Just give me a pen and a notebook. I’ll write down a list of all the people I met each day. That should be enough for an alibi, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

I received a pen from him and wrote down the schedule of what had happened, recalling the memories.

After writing about half of it, Detective Na Kyung-ho carefully opened his mouth.

“It’s just circumstantial. I believe in your innocence, Prosecutor, so I’m telling you this to help prove it.”

“I’m relieved that the detective in charge believes me.”

I smiled lightly and winked at the camera.

Detective Na Kyung-ho, who understood what I meant, waved his hand as if to say not to worry.

“I’m not recording. You can speak comfortably.”

I stopped writing the alibi and looked up at him.

“Thanks to what I heard from Kyung-gam Jung Hyung-joon, I was able to prepare in advance. It’s a bit out of the blue, but thank you.”

“No. As a police officer, I believe that we should prevent citizens from being falsely accused, even if we don’t know anything else…….”

“Is that so?”

I put down the pen and stared at him.

“If someone like you rises high, this country will be brighter, and the people will be able to trust and rely on the police.”

“You flatter me.”

“Na Kyung-ho, Detective, right?”

“Yes?”

He gulped, perhaps embarrassed by the mention of his name.

“Ah, yes. That’s right.”

“I’ll remember your name even after this is over.”

I twisted the corners of my mouth.

“There will be another great detective chief in Korea.”

At that moment, Detective Na Kyung-ho’s eyes sparkled.

He seemed to have grasped the hidden meaning of my words.

He immediately stood up and bowed.

“Thank you, Prosecutor!”

“Sit down. Let’s continue the investigation.”

“I understand. I will do my best to make sure that you are not falsely accused.”

“Thank you.”

I sat comfortably with my legs crossed.

Yes, this is how a proper Korean prosecutor is investigated by the police.

***

“Prosecutor, you have a visitor.”

The prison officer guided me in a polite tone.

It was getting hotter, but when I entered the lawyer’s reception room, I felt refreshed by the cool air conditioning.

“Hello, Prosecutor.”

The man who had arrived first bowed and greeted me.

This man is Attorney Gu Eun-ho, who belongs to a law firm run by Shin Yong-ho’s friend.

He is known as a ‘butler lawyer,’ and his role is to specialize in visiting.

In fact, these are lawyers who are hired not because they need help with the law, but to spend time in a pleasant environment called the reception room, away from the humid and musty detention center.

In fact, I don’t need to hire a lawyer because I feel more comfortable defending myself than getting help from other lawyers, but I hired him for convenience. Of course, the purpose is not to come to the reception room, but for other reasons.

“Do you have any information from Seol-ha?”

“I spoke to her right before I came. She is currently going around mainly the errand centers in Busan…….”

He slowly told me the story he had heard from Yoon Seol-ha.

This butler lawyer is practically a liaison between me and Yoon Seol-ha.

Yoon Seol-ha does not have a lawyer’s license, so she cannot visit. She was hearing about the outside situation through this man in the middle.

“……So she hasn’t been able to identify an exact link yet. But Do Hyun-seung said that he lived in Busan until a month before the incident, right?”

“That’s right.”

“However, unlike the claim that he had a lot of debt and had no choice but to take the commission because of money, his acquaintances in Busan said that Do Hyun-seung had quite a lot of money. In fact, he had been struggling until last year, but his spending suddenly increased dramatically since the beginning of this year.”

That means he probably received money from Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil at the beginning of this year.

“Yes. Then please tell Seol-ha to find out in detail where and how he used the money and where it came from.”

“I understand.”

“Was there anything else to convey?”

“Ah, Song Jae-hoon PD [Production Director] asked me to deliver something, not Seol-ha.”

He carefully handed me a sealed envelope.

Seeing that it was sealed with a stamp and tape, it was to prevent others from seeing it.

Even though Gu Eun-ho is a trustworthy person, if he did this, it must be something unusual.

“Please check it out.”

He handed over the documents and naturally pulled the chair back slightly.

Knowing that it was a secret document, he was considerate enough to make sure I could see it comfortably without being disturbed.

He’s a butler lawyer, but he’s a good guy.

Carefully opening the envelope, there was a letter written by him.

-Seo-joon, while PD X-File was investigating this case, I had an interview with some special content, and I thought I should let you know about this. The broadcast has not been decided yet, and it is quite sensitive information, so please make sure it does not spread outside. The production team has been receiving reports related to the case and the suspect for several days, and there was a woman who talked about something I never expected. So I interviewed her, and she said that she had been working in a business in Busan until March of this year and moved to Seoul this time. However, before moving, while working in a business in Busan, Do Hyun-seung came as a guest several times and served him several times. The first interview ended there, but I thought of the mastermind that Seo-joon mentioned separately regarding this case, so I showed her a picture of Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil in the second interview, and she said that she had seen him too. She said that he came twice around the Lunar New Year holiday this year, and surprisingly, he said that he was a guest who came with Do Hyun-seung. The informant was asked not to leak the information to the outside, and the informant’s identity has been secured. And I haven’t told her that Park Jae-pil is the Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office yet. I am sending you this fact in a letter because I thought it would be helpful if Seo-joon knew. I sealed it so that it would not be leaked in the middle.

P.S By the way, the name of the business is ‘Fantasia’. I sometimes saw the madam organizing the ledger, and I think Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil’s name is also written there.

Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil, this bastard is so low-level that he goes to businesses [establishments with hostesses] with murder contractors.

Well, there’s no better place than a business to open the heart of a guy who has seven criminal records and loosen his guard.

Tsk tsk.

Pitiable bastard.

I was clicking my tongue and putting the letter back in the envelope when a flash of lightning flashed through my head.

Wait a minute.

A business?

The future text clearly told me to contact the person who went to Busan…….

Ah, that’s it!

This is it!

Goosebumps rose all over my body.

The person who went to Busan was not Prosecutor Jung Hyun-woo or Hong Seok-jang, but that woman!

I had completely forgotten…….

I laughed in vain because it was an unexpected person.

I found the last puzzle.

After all, the future text didn’t come for nothing.

I don’t have to drag this fight out any longer.

Naturally, the corners of my mouth twisted to the fullest.

“Attorney.”

“Yes, Prosecutor.”

“I think I need to change the instructions to Seol-ha.”

“What should I tell her?”

“Her real name is Lee Ha-yeon. A woman who used to work under the alias ‘Wolhyang’ at Paju Yojung is now down in Busan. Tell her to find that person.”