The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 189

< #189. Failed Plan >

Two people fell from a 20-story building, and one died on impact.

It was a place with many office workers, and people quickly gathered at the shocking sight.

“A, a person just fell. They’re badly hurt, and this is… Cheonseong Building. Someone, call…”

The woman who received Manager Ma’s gaze reported to 112 [South Korean emergency number, like 911], and an ambulance arrived first, probably because someone else had reported to 119 [South Korean emergency number for fire and rescue] in the meantime.

Squeak, squeak-

“Ah, ao, what kind of strength is that… Officer, please loosen your grip! Officer!”

Three paramedics were trying to move Manager Ma, but his hand holding onto the car wouldn’t let go.

Manager Ma was gathering his mental strength to endure, even as he felt his body gradually becoming paralyzed.

This was because there was a high probability that there could be a company employee among the paramedics.

Cheon Teacher [a term of respect for a powerful figure], the company under him, was more than capable of that.

Manager Ma barely held onto his fading consciousness and mumbled, looking at the woman calling 112.

“Shin Hae-soo… Detective Shin Hae-soo…”

Even in a state where he couldn’t move, a criminal couldn’t help but shrink back when making eye contact with Manager Ma. Moreover, since he was bleeding profusely, there was even more pressure to be scared and listen to him.

“Sh, Shin Hae-soo, he’s asking to call Detective Shin Hae-soo…”

The woman managed to understand and conveyed the message. One of the paramedics flinched at the mention of that name.

A situation room member, realizing that this wasn’t a normal situation because of the title of detective, called the violent crimes unit, and Violent Crimes Unit 4 immediately dispatched to the scene while contacting Shin Hae-soo at the hospital.

Soon after, Shin Hae-soo arrived with Violent Crimes Unit 4, and Manager Ma, upon seeing his face, finally released his grip on the car and lost consciousness.

“Uh, uh, he let go, he let go.”

“Wow, he finally let go, are you Detective Shin Hae-soo?”

Hae-soo nodded at the paramedics’ words.

“Yes.”

“This person was desperately looking for Detective Shin even in this situation… I’ve never seen someone like this in such an urgent situation, not even knowing his own life was in danger…”

“Hmm…”

Hae-soo came right away without even thinking about who it was when he heard that someone was looking for him, but he never imagined that Manager Ma would be lying here covered in blood.

“One, two! Heave!”

With the addition of the muscular rookie, four people barely managed to lift Manager Ma onto a stretcher, and only then did Ha Team Leader’s miserable appearance underneath become visible.

“Ugh…”

“Ugh, puke!”

“Okay, everyone step back! Don’t take pictures there!”

At the sight they were seeing for the first time in their lives, people frowned endlessly or vomited, and some chuckled and took pictures or videos.

A late-arriving patrolman helped the detectives control the scene.

Hae-soo volunteered to ride in the ambulance with Manager Ma as his guardian, and Ha-ru, who followed to protect Hae-soo, also rode along.

Her gaze as she looked down at Manager Ma lying with his eyes closed was complex and subtle.

“Keep watch for a moment, don’t let anyone do anything foolish.”

“…Yes.”

Hae-soo called Oh Gyeong and spoke urgently.

“Hyung [Korean term for older brother or close male friend], this is a big case. He also has a gunshot wound on his shoulder. Raid the scene right away. Earlier, I saw that the 20th-floor window was also torn off.”

“Who is that person, isn’t he that person from before?”

“Yes, I’ll tell you later.”

“Hmm… Okay, I understand for now.”

Hae-soo sent Oh Gyeong and got back into the ambulance.

In his heart, he wanted to go up there himself and turn things upside down because there was a high possibility of loopholes appearing at this timing, but on the other hand, he couldn’t leave because he judged that this was the situation where Manager Ma needed him the most.

Swish

A paramedic wearing a hat pulled down low tried to get in, but stopped when he saw Hae-soo and Ha-ru and headed to the passenger seat.

Hae-soo stared at his back and said to the paramedic already inside.

“Let’s go to Daesung Hospital.”

“Yes? Ah yes, that’s what we were planning to do anyway.”

Thus, the ambulance carrying Manager Ma moved to Daesung Hospital.

***

Manager Ma, who was thought to be the core of Chilseong Group, fell from a height of 20 floors and looked for Shin Hae-soo.

The meaning of this was very significant.

Manager Ma was abandoned in that building and reached out to Hae-soo to live.

This directly meant that the Cheonseong Building, with its suspiciously overflowing energy, was a place with a very close relationship with Chilseong Group.

So, he didn’t expect much, but he couldn’t salvage anything more than he thought.

Oh Gyeong stormed in with the rookie and the police, and the Cheonseong Building side also readily opened up.

The building lobby was a complete mess. Dozens of bodies were lying scattered.

High-ranking executives of the company located in the building had intensified their emotional fights and even brought in mercenaries to fight, making the absurd claim that it was unrelated to the company.

*

Daesung Hospital, 2-person room.

At Hae-soo’s request, four police special forces are standing guard.

Six UDT-[Underwater Demolition Team]出身 [graduate] bodyguards personally hired by Hae-soo are also patrolling the hospital entrance and inpatient floor, checking in real-time for suspicious people.

-Anyway, that’s what happened, and that Cheonseong company in this Cheonseong Building, nothing came out of it? I’ve never seen a company that doesn’t even have a speck of dust like this before, there were so many bodies…

“I understand. Thank you for your hard work.”

-Okay, anyway, talk to me when that person wakes up, and good work.

There was no change in Hae-soo’s expression because he was expecting it.

The master key is the person lying next to him right now.

Manager Ma’s body was so messed up that the doctor said it was a miracle he was alive.

The bullet stuck in his back was actually poisonous because his body was so thick and his muscles were tough, and the bullet that would have penetrated normally was tearing through the inside.

There were also dozens of places where he was cut with a knife or shot with a crossbow, and there were many places where blood vessels or tendons were severed.

Surprisingly, his organs were not damaged by the impact of falling from the 20th floor, but he needed deep rest.

The worst thing was the liver location on his side, the place Hae-soo focused on hitting.

It was also a big problem that a terribly large amount of anesthetic was injected. As a result, Manager Ma had not woken up for three days.

Swish-

On the fourth day, Hae-soo opened his eyes in the morning. Then, on the next bed, Manager Ma, a huge figure, was sitting up.

“Shin Hae-soo.”

Hae-soo looked up and slowly looked at him. His wrists were handcuffed, and his ankles were tied, but that was just a matter of formality.

The handcuffs are not a problem for Hae-soo either.

Manager Ma stared at Hae-soo’s eyes for a moment and opened his chapped lips.

“I’m the one.”

“…”

“The one who killed your father, Shin Jeong-shik.”

A longed-for name popped out of a stranger’s mouth. Shin Hae-soo’s eyes widened.

Manager Ma continued with his usual dry eyes.

“The reason I found you is because everyone else can be absorbed into the Chilseong Group except you. I can’t trust anyone, except you…”

Manager Ma confessed a lot to Hae-soo as if he were making a confession.

About Teacher Cheon and Chilseong Group, about the company.

The Chilseong Group has already established itself as a huge cartel in Korea.

However, Teacher Cheon, a cowardly powerful man, unconditionally cut off anyone who showed even the slightest sign of resistance or rebellion to him, and everyone was adjusting to him because they had more to gain, even though they all had complaints without knowing it.

The person who gathered those who were on the authority that could be called the stars of the political and business world called Chilseong Group in one place, built a close network, and created a system to control Korea while benefiting each other is the current Teacher Cheon.

He is the core. The reason why Chilseong Group follows him is because the profit is the greatest, but the reason that is no less important is not money or information, but the company.

-Fists are closer than the law, but the law is more scary. But a knife is scarier than the law.

The person who practices these words in the 21st century was Teacher Cheon.

If he doesn’t like you, your authority will go to the bottom and wasting your property is secondary, and even your family will all die in an accident without anyone knowing.

“…If you deal with Teacher Cheon and his company, the Chilseong Group will dissolve on its own.”

“Really… will they dissolve? They are all leading conglomerates.”

There were conglomerates, as well as political heavyweights and media heavyweights.

Manager Ma looked at Hae-soo’s hand in a cast and opened his mouth, looking at his own hand.

“One thing is certain. It will be better than it is now.”

Hae-soo did not deny it.

Even if Teacher Cheon and the company are destroyed and the Chilseong Group is dissolved, the second and third Teacher Cheons will emerge again someday.

If you are afraid of that and do not strive for a better future, nothing will change.

Hae-soo looked into Manager Ma’s eyes and nodded slightly.

“Let’s do it.”

*

Manager Ma is unable to move and is quietly tied up in the hospital room, and even if he is now on a different path from Teacher Cheon, he is a special criminal.

He couldn’t rest assured no matter who he put in charge. Hae-soo also couldn’t do outside activities right now, so he told Team Leader Kwak in a hurry and forced him to dispatch.

The corruption of Cheonseong Enterprise located in Cheonseong Building, the corruption of Chairman Teacher Cheon, etc., have no evidence other than Manager Ma’s remarks.

He expected it, but it was not easy to get a warrant. The top was already firmly connected to the Chilseong Group, preventing them from invading Cheonseong Building as if it were a sanctuary.

However, with the influence of former Prosecutor General Jo Gam-chan and three-term lawmaker Oh Seong-joo, he barely obtained a warrant, and the Gangjin Police Station’s Violent Crimes Unit, that is, all of Teams 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the Special Forces headed to Cheonseong Building.

Cheonseong Building welcomed the detectives inside as before.

“Heo [Exclamation of disbelief].”

Oh Gyeong met the chairman of Cheonseong Enterprise and realized that he was a completely different person from the face of Teacher Cheon that Hae-soo had told him.

Even in the data, the plump person in front of him had been the chairman for a long time.

Divided into two teams, the team led by Team Leader Kwak went to the ‘company’ headquarters.

“Wow… these bastards…”

“It’s neat. It’s getting really scary at this point.”

Contrary to what he thought, the company was located in a high-rise building in the middle of Seoul, and the inside was already empty.

The building and company were registered under the name of a foreigner, and he was not currently residing in Korea.

The office was cleaned up without a single piece of paper.

Only three days, everything was erased in three days.

Teacher Cheon, as well as the shadows of the ‘company’ employees of his independent armed group, could not be found.

Manager Ma had already foreseen it.

*

Manager Ma showed tremendous recovery despite being almost fifty years old, as he looked.

He needed to rest for a long time, but once he reached a level where he could just watch, the execution of his charges proceeded rapidly, and the day came when he was transferred to the detention center.

The Violent Crimes Unit is not a group that transfers criminals. There is a separate organization that transports them.

All of the cases handled by the Violent Crimes Unit involve a life and are urgent, so they cannot be asked to help transport criminals.

So, Hae-soo, who had not yet removed the cast, took the lead in transporting Manager Ma himself.

He kept emphasizing that the police special forces could not directly transport him due to schedule issues, but many police officers were attached instead.

There was one barred bus heading to the detention center, six patrol cars, and two vans carrying Hae-soo.

Ha-ru was not a police officer, so she could not join and followed in a car from afar.

Bang, bang, crack

Hae-soo broke the cast and clenched and unclenched his fist. There is still a foreign body sensation, but it is usable enough.

They will definitely target Manager Ma. It may be possible even after he is imprisoned, but a skilled person like Manager Ma can only be pushed by numbers or use guns on this road.

It becomes difficult to kill in prison.

They are coming.

Kwaang, bang!! Squeeeeeak-!!

As soon as he said it, a roar erupted. At the intersection, a huge, long truck pushed a police car. Despite adjusting the traffic light to turn green just before, the truck coming from the side ignored the signal.

Two police cars were pushed away together, and one was almost crushed.

Squeeeeeak- Squeeeeeak-

Following that, two huge trucks of similar length came and lined up to block the road.

Hae-soo narrowed his brows and saw that the two police cars and the transport bus that were going in the front row had already passed.

Hae-soo grabbed the nape of the van driver’s neck, who was looking ahead with a dazed look, and moved him to the side, and drove forward himself.

Booaaah!!

He had to go around a bit to avoid the long line of trucks. It would only take about 5 minutes.

When he got over the truck wall, two police cars and the transport bus were overturned. Several police officers were bleeding and lying on the road.

Hae-soo hurriedly took out his gun and ran from the van to the bus.

Drip, drip-

The bus was filled with the stench of blood. Those wearing prisoner clothes were not, but those wearing black clothes were lying down.

In the center, someone was standing tall, making beast-like rough breaths.

‘Manager Ma…’

The company guys’ plan failed.

Hae-soo gripped his gun, tensed, and slowly moved forward.

If he decides to escape, he can escape now.

At that time, Manager Ma held out his blood-soaked hands. The handcuffs that had been specially fastened with two were already broken.

He smiled and said.

“Put these back on for me.”