The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 178

178. Confession of a Murderer

A few seconds before the living room window shattered.

A face as white as if he had seen a ghost, trembling lips, eyes full of fear, and… a faint, fishy smell of blood wafting from inside the house.

Shin Hae-soo was certain that the culprit was here.

A meticulous bastard.

He had planned to flee here in advance and send the female student out instead. If so, there must be a reason why the female student inside the house was cooperating with the culprit, not asking for help as she should be now.

‘A hostage…!’

The culprit could harm the hostage and the female student as soon as Hae-soo backed away. It would be too late to wait for backup.

So, he would step back to reassure them, then attack by surprise.

As soon as the door closed, Hae-soo silenced his footsteps and moved towards the large window in the living room next to it. Then, he took a slight step back and charged forward quickly.

Crash, shatter!!

Hae-soo broke through the living room window and rolled once on the floor. The culprit was momentarily flustered.

He made a fatal misjudgment that it would be easier to get rid of Hae-soo, who was currently lying on the floor, rather than waiting and threatening him with the hostage.

“You crazy bastard!!”

The culprit pushed the female student’s mother aside and lunged at Hae-soo’s neck with a knife as he was getting up from the floor.

Thwack-

However.

Hae-soo quickly got up, grabbed his blade with his bare hand, and slammed him over his shoulder in the same direction he was attacking, grabbing his collar with the other hand.

Thud, bang!!

The culprit was no ordinary man either. He quickly rolled once on the floor covered with glass shards using a breakfall [a technique to safely break a fall] and jumped up. Then, he held a sharp piece of glass that looked like a knife in his left hand, wielding weapons in both hands.

“Interesting, interesting, I’m going to kill you!”

Even in this unexpected situation, his eyes gleamed with madness.

Hae-soo calmly met his gaze and provoked him by waving his hand.

“Come on.”

“Die, you bastard!!”

The guy seemed to rush in, but suddenly lowered his body and tried to stab Hae-soo’s instep with the knife.

It was an excellent choice, but the opponent was not good. If Hae-soo’s dynamic visual acuity was not good enough, if his reaction speed was a little slower, the culprit’s move would have succeeded.

However, Hae-soo read his move and instead stepped forward a half-beat faster, raising his knee.

Thwack!

Before the flustered culprit could back away.

Hae-soo’s knee accurately struck the face of the rushing guy. The guy felt the terrible pain of his teeth curling inward and his nose collapsing in real-time, and he collapsed on the floor in a sprawling position.

Thump-

While the two mothers and daughters were watching, hugging each other.

Hae-soo took out the knife and glass shard that the culprit was tightly holding even in his unconscious state, turned his body, tied his arms behind his back, and said.

“I am arresting you on charges of attempted special murder, kidnapping, and confinement. You have the right to hire a lawyer, and any statement….”

Hae-soo paused, then whispered in his ear while his eyes were closed.

“Try it if you can, I’ll pull out your tongue.”

A fierce murderous aura emanated from Hae-soo’s voice.

The body of the fainted culprit seemed to twitch temporarily.

“What, what! Oh, Hae-soo! Are these people… okay?”

As Oh Geng, the youngest, and other police officers rushed in to check on the female student and her mother, tears began to well up in the eyes of the female student, who was relieved belatedly.

Fortunately, both mothers and daughters were greatly shocked mentally, but there were no physical injuries.

* * *

Gangjin Police Station, Violent Crimes Unit.

When Hae-soo appeared with a bandage on one hand, Chief Kwak made a fuss.

“Hey!! How much are you hurt! Look at this blood! What’s Dol-gyeok’s [Hae-soo’s nickname, meaning ‘Stone Breaker’] blood type? Type ABC! Collect all the type ABC blood!”

Hae-soo waved his hand as if it was nothing, with his unique calm eyes.

“It’s okay. It’s just a slight cut.”

“No, no, anyway, Oh Geng is interrogating that crazy psycho, so you go to the hospital quickly.”

“It will heal quickly in a few days.”

“Are you a troll? Even babies don’t have that much healing power, you idiot! Go quickly! That’s an order from the chief!”

Chief Kwak’s voice grew even louder.

The gazes of the surrounding detectives also gathered a little. Chief Kwak’s eyes were quite serious. Hae-soo had no choice but to nod.

“Well then… I’ll be back.”

“Yes, there’s nothing more upsetting than a detective getting hurt while solving a case. But you can’t not catch the culprit, so once you get hurt, you have to do your best to restore it to its original state. Youngest! What are you doing, are you going to make him drive with that hand?”

The youngest quickly grabbed the car keys and moved out of the office as if running.

“I’m going!”

* * *

Gangjin General Hospital.

Since the reporter, Kim In-kyung, went to the hospital’s emergency room, Hae-soo went there to receive treatment for his hand and check on her condition.

First, he had eight stitches sewn into his palm and went to find Kim In-kyung.

A young man and two police officers were standing in front of the operating room. The police officers recognized Hae-soo and saluted.

“Investigator Shin, you’ve arrived? This is Kim In-kyung’s boyfriend.”

“Ah, yes.”

The young man, with reddened eyes, approached and grabbed Hae-soo’s hand tightly, as if he had already heard about him.

“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for saving In-kyung. If we were just a little late… Still, they say there’s no danger to her life.”

“Ah, that’s a relief.”

As he was about to offer words of comfort, the phone rang.

Bzz, bzz.

“Yes, Team Leader.”

-Hey, this bastard is a complete idiot. He keeps asking for you, says he’ll tell you everything. He says he killed five more people.

“…I’ll be there now.”

* * *

Violent Crimes Unit interrogation room.

The culprit facing Oh Geng is leaning back in his chair with an arrogant look in his eyes.

His nose is crushed and there are more missing teeth than present in his slightly open mouth, but the atmosphere is still relaxed.

Oh Geng frowned and said.

“Park Jung-guk, you’re mistaken. Can you handle him when he comes? Do you want to see him even if you end up like that?”

“That’s why I want to see him. I’m telling you, I’ll tell him everything when he comes.”

His face is horribly suited to a serial killer, but it’s ridiculous how his pronunciation is slurred because half of his teeth are missing.

Oh Geng suppressed a laugh and continued.

“Okay, he’s coming soon. By the way, you’re lucky. Half of the serial killers caught by him are dead.”

Perhaps reading that it wasn’t a lie, a slight surprise was visible in his eyes this time.

Knock knock

-This is Shin Hae-soo. I’ll come in.

“Yeah, yeah, come in, let’s switch quickly.”

As soon as Hae-soo opened the door, Oh Geng immediately jumped up and handed over the baton. Hae-soo didn’t sit down right away, but propped his chair against the doorknob and covered the CCTV with the empty coffee cup he brought.

Feeling uneasy at the sight, Park Jung-guk asked.

“What are you doing-”

Before he could finish speaking, Hae-soo’s rough hand grabbed his hair and slammed his face into the interrogation room table.

Bang, bang, bang!! Bang!

“Cough, cough-”

Hae-soo paused for a moment, and Park Jung-guk raised his head. His face was quickly covered in blood.

Hae-soo’s eerie voice was heard in Jung-guk’s ear.

“A serial killer dares to designate a detective?”

“No, no, that’s-”

Bang, bang, crash!!

The table eventually broke, and Park Jung-guk fainted again like when he was arrested. Just before fainting, he heard the sound of other detectives knocking on the door.

Three minutes later, when Jung-guk woke up again, there was another makeshift table in the middle, and he was facing Hae-soo.

“I know you’re awake, lift your head.”

Jung-guk felt an irresistible sense of intimidation and lifted his head as if being lifted by someone else’s hand.

“Why did you look for me?”

“Because… you’re like… me…”

Hae-soo immediately reached out and grabbed his chin.

Crack

“Ugh!”

“Speak properly.”

“You’re, you’re like me!”

At that moment, a terrible murderous aura flowed from Hae-soo’s eyes. Jung-guk instinctively trembled his lips at the murderous intent, but his eyes were smiling.

“That’s, that’s right… I felt it when you first hit me, ah, you’re not afraid to kill, you’re enjoying it.”

Bang!

At the unexpected words, Hae-soo slammed the table hard with his palm. The table shook as if it would break at any moment.

“Should I pull out that tongue?”

“Your reaction is already proof. If you were a normal person, you would have just dismissed it as nonsense, but you wouldn’t be staring at me like you’re going to kill me. Tell me, how many people have you killed? How does it feel? Was it good because you were legally killing people?”

Along with the giggling laughter, Jung-guk’s two eyes, trembling but rounded, stared at Hae-soo.

Creak-

Hae-soo got up from his seat.

Feeling an even stronger murderous intent from him, Jung-guk hurriedly continued.

“The first one was not here but in the next neighborhood, Haguk-dong, her name is Jin Ha-ryun. 21 years old, her legs were so white and pretty… I don’t know if you can find her, they said they were going to redevelop the area.”

Hae-soo, who had been glaring at Jung-guk, sat down again.

Anyway, as long as he was inside, there were many opportunities.

For some reason, Park Jung-guk confessed all the murders to Hae-soo. The victim’s age, name, and even the place where he disposed of the body.

What was certain was that Jung-guk was boasting when he confessed.

***

Park Jung-guk’s first murder did not go smoothly.

At first, he sat near a woman (Jin Ha-ryun) who came to the cafe alone, and when she left her seat, he put sleeping pills in her coffee. And when she couldn’t come to her senses, he took her out pretending to be her boyfriend.

He giggled, saying that his heart was racing like crazy and his hands and feet were trembling when he was carrying out the plan.

So he made a mistake. The effect of the sleeping pills was very different from that on animals. It was also a problem that he didn’t tie her hands and feet.

While he was getting a coping saw [a type of saw used for intricate cuts], Jin Ha-ryun ran outside.

At that time, a police officer on patrol found Jin Ha-ryun, who was running away with a heavy body and collapsed.

-Oh my, alcohol is the enemy, a young woman dressed like this…

-That’s right. Excuse me. Excuse me, miss?

-…Come, he…lp

The police officers thought that Jin Ha-ryun, who did not smell of alcohol, was drunk, and Park Jung-guk, who was secretly watching this, boldly stepped forward to the police officers.

-I’m sorry. She’s my girlfriend. Thank you for your hard work.

-Haa, aah…

-Drink moderately, moderately, yes, I guess this lady likes me, her boyfriend is here.

The police shook off Jin Ha-ryun’s hand, who was holding onto the police officer’s sleeve tightly even though she couldn’t come to her senses, and sent her away without suspecting Park Jung-guk.

-Senior, but that woman isn’t wearing shoes? Should we check?

-What check? I can tell just by looking at her face, don’t make unnecessary work and let’s go.

-Hmm… yes

As he walked away, Jung-guk went on a long tirade, saying that the police officer confirmed that Jin Ha-ryun was not wearing shoes, but just ignored it.

And that day, Park Jung-guk, who was released by the police, took the lives of five people, including Jin Ha-ryun.

***

Thanks to Park Jung-guk, who remembered the police officer’s name clearly, Hae-soo contacted the relevant police station to confirm the facts.

In the process, whether someone exposed it or smelled it, this fact was even made public to the media.

[Serial killer Park Jung-guk arrested, murdered 5 women, police failed in initial investigation]

-It has been confirmed that the first victim, Jin OO, escaped from Park Jung-guk’s house and asked for help from police officers on patrol. However, the police mistook Jin OO, who was under the influence of sleeping pills, for a drunk and handed her over to Park Jung-guk, who claimed to be her boyfriend, causing great shock.

The police station in charge of the police officer has not responded.

┗Is this real? Let’s just get rid of the police and make it a vigilante group. They only eat taxes and are useless

┗Reality is more like a movie. Why isn’t the name of that police officer disclosed? Another f***ing human rights protection? Human rights harm humans

┗So, that police officer released him and five people died, shouldn’t he be put in jail as a murderer?

┗That police officer’s information is out, Pyeongtaek City, Haguk-dong Southern Police Station, Officer Kang OO

┗Delete it quickly, you can be reported

┗It’s not even the full name?

┗Do as you please

As the damage was increased due to the police’s lax response, there was great criticism of the entire police force, including the police officer, on the Internet.

On the other hand, Kang Yong-sik, who was the senior police officer at the time, ended up with only a light punishment of a 6-month pay cut.

Because there was no CCTV and the only witness, the junior officer, matched his words, saying that even other police officers would have no choice but to send him away without suspicion, and that opinion was accepted.

***

Haguk-dong Southern Police Station main gate.

A middle-aged man is holding a picket and staging a one-person protest.

Kang Yong-sik, who was changing clothes and coming out to go home, recognized the man and frowned.

“Ah, that old man is always there, doesn’t he have anything to do….”

The man also recognized Kang Yong-sik and ran to grab his clothes.

“You bastard! Bring back our Ha-ryun, Ha-ryun!!”

“Ah, really, it’s not my fault!”

“Ouch!”

Kang Yong-sik pushed Jin Ha-ryun’s father over and got into his car and left.

He went to a meat restaurant and sighed as he drank alcohol with meat with his friend.

“Ugh… Ah, why does alcohol taste so bitter these days? I have to move the police station quickly, my appetite is ruined because I see the f***ing bereaved family every day.”

“You’ve been through a lot. The police are such pushovers, how would they know that she was the culprit if they weren’t a shaman?”

“That’s right, f***…!”

At that time, a shadow fell on their table. A large man in a black jumper, black pants, and a black hat, like a grim reaper, stood in front of their table.

Kang Yong-sik turned his head to look at him and asked.

“What… is it?”

The man sat next to Yong-sik and said in a tone that seemed to be suppressing his anger.

“I’m sorry, those four words are enough.”

“…What?”

“I’m sorry.”

Yong-sik frowned and grabbed the stainless steel water cup in his hand.

He was already in a bad mood, and his private life was being followed, so his anger soared to the top of his head.

“What the f***, are you also a bereaved family? Before I get hit-”

Whack!!

“Aaaagh!!”

Before Kang Yong-sik could finish speaking, two metal chopsticks pierced through the back of his hand.