‘But.’
Wang Woo-hwan glanced at his lawyer, who was glaring at Park Do-joon with a very uncomfortable expression.
‘I guess so.’
Park Do-joon was the one who provoked the lawyer. So, it’s natural for him to be uncomfortable.
‘And there’s a saying that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.’
Wang Woo-hwan couldn’t possibly be unaware that the lawyer was openly showing his discomfort.
If so, he could rest assured.
At least they were on the same side, sharing a common enemy named Park Do-joon.
“What’s going on?”
“It’s an interrogation. What else could it be?”
At those words, Wang Woo-hwan subtly turned his head and closed his eyes again. He didn’t refuse.
‘Just as I expected.’
He had a common enemy right in front of him. Plus, he had some trust in the lawyer.
In that situation, he wouldn’t ask to replace Park Do-joon.
So far, things were going as Park Do-joon had predicted. Of course, by closing his eyes, he sent a behavioral signal that he had no intention of talking to Park Do-joon, but he didn’t explicitly refuse.
‘Yeah, this is what I wanted.’
At least if he didn’t explicitly refuse, Park Do-joon had the authority to interrogate this case. So, Park Do-joon sat across from them and asked a question.
“First question……”
“We will exercise our right to remain silent. Let’s talk when the Chinese government sends a diplomat to protect its citizens.”
‘As expected.’
You can’t unconditionally exercise your right to remain silent. Of course, it’s not that you can’t. The right to remain silent is one of the rights of the accused under the law.
Nevertheless, the reason why it’s rare to exercise the right to remain silent is that it’s practically an admission of guilt.
‘But if it becomes a diplomatic issue, it’s not easy to argue guilt.’
A lawyer would naturally aim for that process.
Park Do-joon knew that.
So, it wasn’t particularly surprising.
‘Rather, it’s your turn to be surprised.’
Park Do-joon smiled inwardly and said.
“Ah, don’t misunderstand. I’m not trying to investigate additional crimes or ask you to admit and confess to your crimes.”
Other police officers had always clung to that, but in the end, no one had ever truly succeeded.
No matter what, the other party was a lawyer. Ready to bite at even the smallest thing.
“By the way, are your family members okay? I heard some bad rumors.”
Park Do-joon tossed it out casually, as if it were nothing. But he didn’t miss Wang Woo-hwan flinching for a moment.
“Are you threatening us now!”
The lawyer naturally flared up. Often, bringing up family is also a method of interrogation. By stimulating the family, they regret it and naturally admit their guilt in many cases.
A typical example is in old movies or dramas, where they buy you a meal and talk about your mother. But Park Do-joon wasn’t doing it for that reason.
“It’s not that. Um, didn’t you tell your lawyer?”
Park Do-joon looked at Wang Woo-hwan with a rather dumbfounded expression.
“What are you talking about?”
“You don’t know at all?”
“No, what?”
Park Do-joon said with a serious face.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you.”
“What? You’re the police. You have to give it to us if we ask! You can’t legally hide evidence of innocence.”
That was true.
Legally, the police cannot hide evidence of innocence. They must not hide it.
“Of course, I know that. But, well, the suspect doesn’t seem to want it disclosed? Are you okay with that?”
Park Do-joon looked at Wang Woo-hwan with an awkward smile, as if he were in trouble. Then Wang Woo-hwan squeezed his eyes shut and didn’t look at him.
“First, we’ll later…… Um, when we hand over the data to the prosecution, it will be passed on together, so it would be good to check it. However, at this point, it would be better to hear it directly from the suspect.”
At those words, the lawyer looked at Wang Woo-hwan. And Wang Woo-hwan remained motionless.
“Shall I give you some space?”
“Please leave for a moment.”
The lawyer said with a stiff face. Park Do-joon didn’t ask any more questions or say anything else and left the room.
“We’ll talk alone. Turn off the camera.”
“Yes, I will.”
Park Do-joon went out and turned off the camera. If he didn’t turn off the camera when he was told to, it would be illegal evidence anyway, so he couldn’t use it.
“Detective, how is it? Did anything come out?”
Lee Ji-soo approached as Park Do-joon came out.
“Wait a moment. We’ll have to wait and see if it comes out or not.”
“Yes?”
As she tilted her head as if she didn’t understand, rumors spread that Park Do-joon had stepped in, and police officers slowly gathered around.
Even though Park Do-joon was hated, his skills couldn’t be denied, and moreover, his ability to manipulate criminals was great.
Furthermore, this time the opponent was Wang Woo-hwan. In other words, the same profiler. They probably knew the basics similarly. All that was left was a battle of wits between the two.
Naturally, everyone couldn’t help but be interested in such a battle of wits.
“When will it come out?”
“Well? It won’t take long. First, we’ll try to check the urgent things first, and then we can move on.”
At that moment, there was a click from inside. And everyone’s eyes turned to that side. And the lawyer who came out from inside approached Park Do-joon with a stiff face.
“Let’s talk later.”
“Did you hear anything?”
“Let’s talk later, later.”
The lawyer left in a hurry.
Seeing that, Park Do-joon chuckled.
“Good. This is enough.”
“Aren’t you going to interrogate him?”
“The lawyer left. So, I can’t interrogate him.”
Probably Wang Woo-hwan alone wouldn’t try to show any weaknesses to Park Do-joon.
“But all the necessary information has been gathered.”
Park Do-joon looked at the surrounding police officers.
“……We have to take the next step. Hehehe.”
What gathered in the meeting room, apart from interest, was the profiling team. This was because there was a serious issue involved in whether or not to disclose it yet.
“At this point, Wang Woo-hwan is likely being threatened.”
“By whom?”
“Hong Woo-jong, of course.”
Park Do-joon said that with a serious face.
“As I said, Wang Woo-hwan was hiding in Korea under Hong Woo-jong’s protection. He used the fake name of Baekryong Society to reveal himself, but basically, if he wanted to hide in Korea, he could have hidden well enough.”
“Well, that’s true.”
Jo Sang-gyu nodded as if he knew. Wang Woo-hwan was Chinese, and if he tried to hide, it would be very difficult to find him.
“In fact, we need to focus on one thing here.”
“What is it?”
“Is Wang Woo-hwan hiding in Korea also essential to Hong Woo-jong……?”
“Huh?”
“Yes?”
“What are you talking about? Isn’t he hiding him because they’re in the same gang?”
Everyone shook their heads at Park Do-joon’s words. Well, it seems that way. If they are tied together as a group, the group moves together. In fact, this time alone, Wang Woo-hwan tried to hide with his subordinates.
“But he also tried to abandon the group at the last moment.”
“That’s true.”
“But, why does Wang Woo-hwan have to be under Hong Woo-jong? He has the power to provide protection. But at the same time, Wang Woo-hwan has already had a precedent of causing an accident while under Hong Woo-jong. Then, when an investigation comes in, you should know that the attention will naturally be focused on Hong Woo-jong.”
“Ah~ That’s definitely true.”
“Now that I hear it, it’s true. From the beginning, even if it was you, Detective, if Wang Woo-hwan hadn’t been under Hong Woo-jong, it would have been impossible to track him, right?”
“That’s right. It would have been completely impossible. With the evidence we have now, we wouldn’t even know where he is.”
From the beginning, all of Park Do-joon’s judgments were based on the fact that Hong Woo-jong was behind him. Of course, without the medium of Hong Woo-jong, tracking is impossible.
“But think about it. In the information we received, are Hong Woo-jong and Wang Woo-hwan a community?”
“That’s definitely not it. Wang Woo-hwan was originally a Chinese organization.”
According to current predictions, Wang Woo-hwan approached Hong Woo-jong and tried to get his hands on Korea, and Hong Woo-jong joined hands with them. In that case, the one in charge is the organization to which Wang Woo-hwan belongs, not Hong Woo-jong.
Of course, it is predicted that there was an organization belonging to Hong Woo-jong, but realistically, since they have been wiped out, they have to rely more on the Chinese organization for force, and then the Chinese organization becomes even more in charge, not Hong Woo-jong.
“But the Chinese organization was wiped out, right?”
“That’s right.”
By touching China’s pride and falling into traps twice, Wang Woo-hwan’s organization was destroyed, and in fact, it will be impossible to recover.
“Then Hong Woo-jong can be in charge, right? They don’t want to go from Korea to China either.”
Park Do-joon shook his head at Lee Ji-soo’s words.
“No. Think about it. When we rescued the people who were kidnapped, Wang Woo-hwan’s organization virtually collapsed. Right?”
“Yes, it seems so.”
With that incident, only the minimum number of people who happened to be away remained under Wang Woo-hwan.
“But how many people were wiped out at that time?”
“At that time, almost…… more than thirty people, right?”
“Yes. How many organizations with more than thirty people do you think there are in Korea?”
“Huh?”
Only then did everyone realize. There are not many violent organizations with more than thirty people in Korea. Of course, I can’t say there are none at all, but at least they are not so weak that they are eaten up.
“In fact, in that situation, about thirty people could form a separate organization in Korea and live well. Remember? Those guys were old, but they rented out an entire local motel and used it as a hideout.”
“That’s right?”
“Considering that, the overall assets seem sufficient. In that situation, they usually choose to be independent.”
If they can’t go to China at the point when the Chinese headquarters is gone, their choice is obvious. They each try to build their own power by becoming independent, and they don’t try to go under someone else.
“But Wang Woo-hwan is dangerous, isn’t he?”
“That’s why I’m saying it’s strange. Of course, I can expect Wang Woo-hwan to be the only surviving leader in the organization. But I once said? Criminals try to become the boss whenever they get the chance. But Wang Woo-hwan actually has great value in a large organization, but no value in a small organization.”
Because even if he puts forward a plan, he doesn’t have the ability to execute it.
“You mean they want to be the head of a snake rather than the tail of a dragon.”
“Yes, of course, if you can’t ignore the tail of a dragon, you’ll definitely go there.”
For example, the section chief of a large company has more power than the president of a small company called ‘jotso’ [a derogatory term for a small, poorly managed company].
“The organization in China naturally supplied that power and money.”
“But…….”
“Now that’s impossible.”
Then there are only thirty people left. Including the guys who were arrested this time, there are only about thirty-five people. And that organization doesn’t give enough money and power.