The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 192

Prosecutor, You’re Going Places – Episode 192

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-A silver van has arrived.

“What’s the license plate number?”

-43 Ro 4298.

The car Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jang Ha-young mentioned.

It’s a PBC [a fictional broadcasting company] broadcasting station vehicle.

I don’t know if they’ll broadcast it live, record it and send it to a current affairs program, or send it to the news, but what’s certain is that they came after hearing the information leaked by Assemblyman Choi Gyu-hyun.

“Are the prosecutors all ready?”

-Yes. They’re divided into 4 sedans, and the rest are hiding themselves directly to eliminate blind spots.

“Thank you for your hard work. I’ll move in shortly.”

-Understood.

The current time is 7:45 PM.

I went to a nearby cafe and ordered an espresso.

Shouldn’t I go to the meeting place?

I should.

However, it’s not cool if the main character goes to the party first and waits, right?

I sat down and took a sip of the espresso.

Bitter.

Only bitterness filled my mouth.

‘Refreshing my ass,’ I thought, ‘it’s just terribly bitter.’

Why do people drink something so tasteless?

About ten minutes must have passed.

A text message arrived.

-From: Yoon Seol-ha

-Mirs Aviation’s Executive Director Park has arrived.

He’s punctual.

However, I had no intention of getting up and leaned further back in my chair.

It’s time for them to appreciate the aesthetics of waiting.

How long has it been?

The espresso I had been sipping little by little started to show its bottom.

The current time is 8:30 PM.

Only then did I leisurely get up from my seat.

And then, I got in the car very leisurely and headed to Bellomint Tower in Hwanghak-dong.

When I went down to the 3rd basement floor, I saw the silver PBC van and four black sedans that Prosecutor Jang Ha-young had mentioned parked there.

Of course, other cars were parked there as well, so there was no way they would know that prosecutors were hiding in them.

It goes without saying that the owners of the other cars would not appear.

Because all the vehicles were arranged by me.

When I brought my car to the center, an SUV that had been hiding in the corner came up and parked next to me.

“Hello, Prosecutor.”

A man with a neatly styled two-eight haircut [a classic Korean hairstyle] got out and bowed politely.

He must be Executive Director Park.

“Ah, yes.”

I answered appropriately and went straight to the point.

“Let’s check the goods first.”

“Yes.”

When Executive Director Park glanced at the man in the black suit behind him, the trunk immediately opened.

Blue boxes much smaller than apple boxes came into view.

When I opened a box slightly, it was full of 50,000 won bundles [Korean currency, approximately $40 USD per bundle].

It looks like each box contains about 500 million won [approximately $400,000 USD].

I could feel it right away.

The intention is to drag out the time of moving the money so that it can be captured well by PBC’s camera.

Their intentions are so obvious.

“The chairman asked me to tell you to take good care of him.”

“Putting Chairman Kim Byung-ho aside…”

I smiled brightly.

“Assemblyman Choi Gyu-hyun is doing well, right?”

“Yes?”

He looked bewildered.

Wait a minute.

I deliberately made a feint so that the broadcasting station guys could hear it, but looking at Executive Director Park’s expression, something is suspicious.

Does this mean that Executive Director Park also knows that Choi Gyu-hyun is behind Chairman Kim Byung-ho?

Realizing that he had made a mistake, he immediately changed the subject.

“Shall we move it?”

Thanks to that, I couldn’t find out the details, but what was certain was that I couldn’t dig anything out.

Of course, I had no intention of digging any further because nothing would come out even if I dug deeper.

“Let’s do that.”

As soon as I finished speaking, a man in a black suit, who appeared to be Executive Director Park’s secretary, began to move the blue boxes to my car.

Of course, not at a fast pace.

“I don’t know if it will fit in my car because it’s divided into several boxes. Looking at this, it seems like there’s a lot of empty space because it’s not a box optimized for holding money.”

“I’m sorry. I had to prepare in a hurry…”

Buzzing, buzzing.

At that time, my cell phone vibrated.

-From: Yoon Seol-ha

-Chief, PBC has started broadcasting a live news flash of the current scene.

You sly bastards.

Instead of filming it appropriately, editing it, and broadcasting it, they’re trying to screw me over with a live broadcast?

Of course, it must be Choi Gyu-hyun’s idea.

Since he’s such a big shot, he’s making the audacious assumption of capturing this transaction scene live and releasing it as a news flash.

I took out a cigarette from my pocket and lit it.

I’m curious.

Whether this is a violation of broadcasting deliberation regulations or not.

I’ll find out if I wait.

I took a puff of cigarette smoke and exhaled it very deeply.

***

“Hello, this is Shin Min-hoon, reporting live from the scene.”

The reporter began to speak to the camera in a hushed voice.

“Our PBC received a tip that a high-ranking prosecutor was receiving bribes from a specific company and secretly came to the scene. And it was determined that money, presumed to be a bribe, was actually being exchanged, so we decided to broadcast an emergency news live.”

As soon as the reporter finished speaking, the screen began to show Choi Seo-jun and Executive Director Park, who were not far away.

A satisfied smile spread across Choi Gyu-hyun’s face as he watched this news while drinking vodka at home.

‘Yes, the day you finally go down is today,’ he thought.

He had prepared in advance to move beyond vodka and even pop champagne.

Choi Gyu-hyun poured the vodka into his mouth in one gulp and turned his gaze back to the TV.

The reporter on the scene blinked and checked, then continued speaking with a flustered expression.

“Oh, wait a minute. This face looks familiar?”

The reporter frowned and gave his best performance.

“Isn’t that Choi Seo-jun, Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office?”

Thanks to having already heard from above, he knew, but he continued speaking as if he were seeing it for the first time.

“The person on the other side appears to be Park Hoon, Executive Director of Mirs Aviation.”

At that time, Choi Seo-jun lit a cigarette, and this could not help but be captured on camera in detail.

The reporter knew that it would be a problem on the broadcast, but he couldn’t stop it.

Since the higher-ups would be responsible anyway, it was not something he needed to consider.

“At the moment I mentioned it, boxes presumed to contain money are being moved from Executive Director Park Hoon’s car to Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun’s car.”

All sorts of sites on the internet were already in an uproar.

Not only that, but inquiries began to flood the broadcasting station asking if the actual situation was correct.

Most of the inquiries were about whether the actual situation was correct.

Unlike the originally scheduled time of 6 o’clock, Choi Seo-jun changed the time and even showed composure, so the news flash was delayed, and thanks to this, the number of viewers was much higher than expected because the news flash was moved to the middle of a daily drama that was doing well.

Choi Seo-jun didn’t intend for this point, but it was a lucky break.

It was no exaggeration to say that the heavens were helping him.

However, the reporter, who did not know Choi Seo-jun’s thoughts, began to criticize Choi Seo-jun harshly.

“Viewers, until now, Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun has been deceiving the Republic of Korea and fooling the people. He is a person who has repeatedly been suspected of bribery but has escaped like a loach. To think that he was even given the title of National Prosecutor… As one citizen, I feel devastated.”

At that time, one item was instructed to the reporter on the scene from the broadcasting station.

-When all the boxes containing money have been moved, go out to the scene and take close-up photos of the faces of the people involved and interview them. Follow them to the end even if they run away.

The reporter was flustered, but in his position, he had to do as he was told.

He prepared to go out without saying a word.

Of course, that instruction was the content that Choi Gyu-hyun called the president of PBC and came down through this.

Choi Gyu-hyun, who was watching through the news flash, could not hide his pounding heart and leaned his body toward the TV.

“Suddenly, Chief Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun is holding his cell phone and typing something. It looks like he’s sending a text message somewhere.”

Shortly after, the employee who was moving the money stopped after the twentieth box.

“All the boxes containing money have been moved to Chief Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun’s car. This scene was witnessed not only by me and the VJ , but also by you viewers… no, all the citizens. As a reporter, I don’t think I can just watch this and move on.”

The reporter grabbed the doorknob with a determined expression.

“I will go out and raid the scene myself and ask Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun what he was thinking when he did this. No, I’m going to ask him!”

Just as he was about to open the door and go out.

Choi Seo-jun looked directly at the place where PBC’s camera was and gave a very gentle and bright smile.

The flustered reporter couldn’t open the door and froze.

‘Could it be that he noticed?’

Before he could even think that, Choi Seo-jun flicked the cigarette he was holding.

At that moment.

팟-!

The high beams of the four sedans turned on, illuminating Choi Seo-jun and Executive Director Park in the center.

It felt as if a spotlight was shining on them.

The surprised reporter widened his eyes, grabbed the doorknob, and picked up the microphone again.

“Wait a minute, what’s going on?”

Before he could finish speaking, men and women in black suits began to pour out of the four sedans.

“It feels like I’m watching a scene from a movie. What’s going on…”

The reporter instinctively began to broadcast this situation.

“Ah, it seems like Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun has set a trap.”

At that time, Choi Seo-jun raised his eyebrows at the camera.

At the sight of that, the reporter was possessed by something and recalled the instructions that had just come down from the broadcasting station.

‘He told me to go out and get an interview.’

The reporter glared and said.

“I’m going to go out and ask what’s going on right now!”

***

I texted them to turn on the high beams to match the timing of throwing the cigarette, and they timed it very well.

It’s a kind of performance.

It’s being broadcast live on terrestrial TV, so I can show this much performance for the people.

At the same time, the junior prosecutors and investigators who got out of the car rushed to Mirs Aviation’s Executive Director Park and subdued them.

Just for a moment, the reporter and camera got out of the silver van as if they had been waiting and came towards us.

Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jang Ha-young said firmly to Executive Director Park, not caring about that.

“Pursuant to Article 200, Paragraph 3 and Article 212 of the Criminal Procedure Act, you are under emergency arrest without a warrant as a flagrant offender on charges of bribery. In this regard, you have the right to appoint an attorney and request a review of the legality of the arrest, and if you have anything to say, please do so now.”

A perfect Miranda warning without any errors.

They won’t be able to argue later.

I put on a surprised expression and looked at the camera and the reporter.

“Who are you?”

The reporter hid his surprised expression and held the microphone to me.

“Hello, this is Shin Min-hoon from PBC. I was lurking at the scene after receiving a tip that bribery was taking place.”

“Ah, so that’s what happened.”

I said with an awkward expression.

“But we can’t do interviews without the permission of our superiors.”

Showing that I’m following the rules will appeal to the public more than explaining my achievements.

I wrinkled my nose and added one word.

“I’m just doing what I have to do as a prosecutor.”

After finishing the brief interview and stepping back, the prosecutors arrested Executive Director Park and his secretary and took them away.

While the camera was capturing them, Yoon Seol-ha quietly approached me and asked.

“Chief, shall I make an emergency arrest?”

“Yes?”

I tilted my head and asked.

“Executive Director Park and his secretary have already been arrested.”

She raised her hand.

Yoon Seol-ha was holding a cigarette butt in her hand.

“Why are you holding that?”

“In case there are people who will nitpick about throwing a cigarette in a public place.”

As expected of Yoon Seol-ha.

“You can’t make an emergency arrest for throwing a cigarette butt. And this is not a public place.”

“It’s not illegal, but it’s enough to be a source of criticism for people.”

I smiled softly.

“I’ll buy you a cup of coffee later.”

“Sounds good.”

I got in the car with her and went straight back to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.