The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 207

< #207. Visiting the Hideout >

On the way down the mountain.

A woman held a rope in her hand, and behind her, three men with menacing looks walked along, their wrists tied together.

The woman, Haru, shook the rope roughly and opened her mouth.

“Duck.”

“Quack, quack.”

“Quack, quack!”

Haru nodded in satisfaction and continued.

“Turtle.”

“Turtle?”

The trio paused. Haru narrowed her beautiful brows and spoke seriously.

“Turtle, turtle.”

“Tu-turtle, turtle.”

“Turtle… is, is this right?”

The bald man questioned, and the tattooed man frowned, muttering quietly.

“Just do it, you bastard, unless you want to get hit again…”

Shin Haesu was closely following behind them. The tattooed man glanced at Haesu, met her eyes, and quickly looked away, facing forward.

Haesu had shown her police ID to the YouTuber Yeobong and persuaded her to film the scene.

Fortunately, Hwang Jangsu’s crushing of the tattooed man’s wrist was not captured.

So, they agreed to say that Haesu broke the wrists during the process of arresting the trio, and in return, the filmed footage could be aired on her broadcast without any mosaic [blurring of faces or sensitive content].

In addition, the part where the trio was being taught a lesson was also being filmed at the YouTuber’s request. She said she would add it when uploading the recording later.

Inside the confiscated golf bag was a baby wild boar. Its mouth was tied with a string to prevent it from making noise, and when it was released, it quickly disappeared somewhere.

“…Yes, yes, we are heading down to the southern entrance of Mt. Gangnae. The three men match the description of those wanted. Yes, please send two patrol cars.”

By the time Haesu had almost descended the mountain, thanks to the prior report, two patrol cars and police officers had arrived at the entrance.

Haesu and her team handed over the trio and immediately moved to the police station to write statements.

The CCTV footage and descriptions matched, and after the victims were brought in to confirm, the perpetrators were confirmed.

They were indicted on charges of special assault and attempted sexual assault.

* * *

That night, Haru was playing the Exit mobile PC version on her computer in her room.

Tap tap tap-

[Seoeunidang: Hiking? Oh, that sounds nice! I wish you had taken me tooㅠ.ㅠ]

[Harusari: Let’s go together next time ㄱㄱ [go go].]

Haru suddenly remembered Haesu putting her arms around her waist and tying her clothes. Her heart felt strange. It was strangely bubbly and painful, and her heart was beating fast.

She couldn’t concentrate on the game and just stared blankly at the monitor.

Quack-

“Ah.”

In the meantime, Haru’s character was standing blankly and got beaten to death by the monsters.

[Seoeunidang: Huh?]

Thwack thwack thwack!

Since it was a place where many monsters gathered, Seoeun died not long after Haru died.

[Seoeunidang: Haru! I died too ㅠㅠ Why did you suddenly die?]

[Harusari: Sorry. Let’s go again. Did you lose any items?]

[Seoeunidang: I lost experience points ㅠ_ㅠ So sad]

Haru silently offered a trade to Seoeunidang’s character and gave her 100 experience potions of 30 percent.

[Seoeunidang: Oh my, what is this? Yay!]

[Harusari: ㄱㄱSing [go go sing].]

* * *

The next day, Haru approached Haesu as soon as she woke up, sticking her face close.

Her fair face, without any makeup, looked like a girl.

“What is it?”

Haru blinked at Haesu a couple of times and opened her mouth.

“Are you off today?”

“Yeah.”

“An Seoeun wants to come to the hideout.”

“Hmm…”

Haesu also knew that Haru and An Seoeun met and communicated every day in the game.

An Seoeun, the best partner and helper who had distanced herself since learning that Daesung was part of the Chilseong Society [Seven Stars Society, a criminal organization].

She trusted her, but she had cut off contact for fear of causing her harm, but now the Chilseong Society was in no position to care about Haesu.

Chairman Ahn of Daesung had also unofficially decided to support Haesu, so there was no reason to avoid her.

“Bring her.”

“Yes.”

Haru turned around, trying to hide the smile that was spreading without her knowing, and took out her phone.

She thought she was going to contact Seoeun right away, but she logs into the game. It seems that whispering in the game is now more convenient than contacting her via personal KakaoTalk [a popular Korean messaging app].

* * *

The hideout.

The reason Haesu gathered the hideout team was the downfall of the Chilseong Society, but it is also used to investigate various other crimes in a different way from police investigations.

Nearly 50 million won [approximately $40,000 USD] is spent on maintenance every month, but Haesu’s fixed income from her assets far exceeds that, so she continued to maintain it.

In addition, the benefits of preempting information during the investigation process cannot be ignored.

“I’ll be out for a bit.”

At Haru’s words, Jangsu and Jjoksae showed interest, not Haesu.

“Are you going to pick up Haru’s friend?”

“Ooh, a new face, a new face, bring her quickly.”

“Yes, sir.”

About five minutes after Haru left, the sound of the elevator coming down was heard, and the steel door opened.

Squeak

Haru entered first, followed by An Seoeun.

Haesu had ordered her to come in inconspicuous clothes, but her striking features already stood out from afar.

A white cap she had never seen before, a khaki field jacket, and a gray cotton dress inside that slightly revealed her figure.

She had paid attention to her outfit in her own way, but it seemed to have attracted a lot of attention.

Seoeun’s eyes widened as she looked at the dimly lit LED lights in the dark underground.

The feeling of an underground secret base, which she had only seen in dramas [Korean TV shows], made her heart flutter.

Haesu approached her first and greeted her.

“It’s been a while.”

Seoeun finally came to her senses as if cold water had been poured on her at Haesu’s voice and accepted the greeting.

“Yes… It’s been a while, Haesu.”

Jjoksae’s eyes had been fixed on her since Seoeun appeared. He suddenly took a big step forward and stood in front of her.

Seoeun was startled and stared with her already large eyes wide open, and Jjoksae opened his mouth with a very serious expression.

“I’m sorry to be so forward, but I love you.”

Immediately, a palm the size of Jjoksae’s face flew and pushed him to the side. It was Hwang Jangsu.

“Don’t take that guy’s nonsense to heart, but have we met somewhere before?”

“Yes? Um, I don’t know…”

Jangsu was also astonished by An Seoeun’s appearance, just like Jjoksae. However, rather than that, he tilted his head, trying to remember something familiar, but he couldn’t recall.

Since Jangsu had suffered a major injury and fell into a coma, his memories of when he worked as a loan shark were mostly faded.

The doctor explained that it was the brain’s defense mechanism. It was not a loss of memory, but a blocking of bad memories for survival.

However, Jjoksae, who didn’t know this well, and who had been thrown far away to the large screen, chimed in.

“Ugh, how old-fashioned, do people still use those lines these days? Where have I seen you before? Who do you look like? Why don’t you just say you watered the flowers [a cheesy pickup line]?”

Hwang Jangsu pushed Jjoksae again at Jjoksae’s teasing, and they bickered between mismatched physiques, and An Seoeun covered her mouth with her hands and chuckled.

“You guys are funny.”

Then, when Seoeun made eye contact with Jung Youngsu, Youngsu threw down his headphones as if throwing them away, jumped up, and bowed deeply to her.

“Has the gorgeous goddess employer arrived?!”

“Youngsu, have you been well too? It’s been a while since I’ve seen your face.”

“I should have visited you every holiday, it’s all my fault!”

The team members were amazed at Youngsu’s new appearance, who had shown lethargic behavior in everything.

Since Haesu introduced Seoeun to him when he was nineteen, Youngsu had been handling various tasks besides working for the Daesung Department Store security team.

That was more profitable and useful than he thought.

Rather than Haesu, who illegally used him only when incidents occurred and there was no other choice, Seoeun, who was legitimately legal and gave him work often, had a very large impact on Youngsu’s living expenses and housing preparation.

“No, it’s okay. I’m busy during the holidays too, so it would be difficult to meet anyway. Thank you for your kind words. Cool. Is this Youngsu’s seat?”

Seoeun came to Youngsu’s seat with six monitors and asked. Youngsu shrugged his shoulders and nodded.

“Yes, Shinhyung [term of respect] told me to customize it as much as I wanted without worrying about money, so I completed my fantasy here.”

“Haha.”

“This is the exercise space. That menacing-looking guy over there uses it the most.”

“Ah…”

Jung Youngsu took Seoeun around like a guide and showed her the hideout.

At that sight, Jjoksae and Hwang Jangsu stroked their chins and tilted their heads.

“That guy does that sometimes.”

“I know. It’s amazing, I think that gorgeous goddess is his boss.”

“Hmm, she looks rich.”

Haesu watched Seoeun from behind them and said.

“CEO of Daesung E&M, the youngest daughter of the Daesung Group [a large conglomerate].”

“Gasp?!”

“Huh?”

Jangsu and Jjoksae were surprised, looked at each other, and admired her once more.

“Wow!”

“Impressive, at a young age.”

Jangsu also knows quite well how chaebols [family-owned conglomerates] and large companies work.

Even if they are a member of the owner’s family, it is not easy to become the head of an affiliate.

If you give them a position out of the blue, not only will the affiliate’s executives be dissatisfied, but sales may also plummet, so you can only appoint them as the head when their skills, experience, and recognition from executives have accumulated to some extent.

There are some companies that don’t, but this is mostly common.

“Hearing that, I think I might remember where I saw her…”

Jangsu looked at Seoeun and rummaged through his vague memories, but he couldn’t think of anything. Since she is the owner of a large organization, there is a high possibility that he encountered her in relation to work, so he guessed that and stopped thinking.

“This guy doesn’t know how to give up, just give up. You’re an underground thug, that lady is the youngest daughter of a chaebol, it can’t be done.”

“Yeah, shut up.”

It was lunchtime, and they packed and brought in snack menus including tteokbokki [spicy rice cakes], sundae [Korean blood sausage], and fried food and ate lunch there.

Today, Jjoksae, Youngsu, and even Hwang Jangsu had slightly higher voices and talked more than usual.

Haru, the only woman, certainly has outstanding beauty, but she doesn’t talk much and isn’t the type to accept things well.

So, Seoeun smiled and answered well even to small words, so the atmosphere of the hideout changed completely.

So, they brought up all the stories they had, even the story of going hiking before.

Jjoksae was excited next to Seoeun, gesturing and enthusiastically spitting out words.

“…So, I even did rock climbing for the first time in my life? She was dragged around by two uncles like a rescued pet.”

“Ahahaha! I can imagine it, how cute would that be?”

“Oh no no, I’m the cute one, lady, oh right. Haru was wearing leggings and confidently took the lead, and the boss uncle took off his outer jacket and wrapped it around her waist. It was like watching a romance drama, Haru’s face turned red…”

“Ah, ha…”

“Hmm?”

“Ah.”

A moment of silence fell.

Jjoksae wondered if he had made a mistake and looked around at people’s faces with wide eyes, and Seoeun stirred the tteokbokki silently with an expression that was as nonchalant as possible.

Haru’s face flushed as she remembered what happened at that time, and Haesu was embarrassed and looked up at the ceiling.

Only Hwang Jangsu’s eyes were busy looking at Haesu, Haru, and Seoeun, analyzing their power dynamics.

Seoeun was lost in her own thoughts and didn’t say anything, and Jjoksae’s face, who had caused this mess, was so red that if you poked it, a blood vessel would be drawn out.

Youngsu, who was sadly watching the scene, broke the silence and added a word.

“I thought I was going to die at that time. Gorgeous goddess employer, let’s go together later, you’ll taste hell. Of course, excluding me.”

“Yes? Me? Oh, oh, it sounds scary just listening to it. Haha.”

Seoeun laughed and waved her hand, and only then did the atmosphere become natural again.

However, no one failed to notice that Seoeun’s temperature had changed slightly before and after the hiking story.

After everyone had lunch, Seoeun got up from her seat and said goodbye.

“I’ll be leaving now.”

“Ah, as expected, you’re busy, career woman! Cool.”

Haesu took the lead and said.

“I’ll escort you.”

Seoeun waved her hand urgently.

“Ah, no. It’s really okay. I’m not a child. I can go alone.”

Haesu nodded, and Haru stuck to Seoeun and left words like, ‘I’ll whisper to you later.’

Beyond the steel middle door, in front of the elevator.

Hwang Jangsu took the others and left, leaving only Seoeun and Haesu alone.

Ding-dong-

The elevator arrived and the door opened. Seoeun went inside, turned around, and made eye contact, and Haesu opened her mouth.

“Come anytime. As my first partner and most powerful helper, Seoeun, you are qualified enough.”

Seoeun silently smiled and stared at Haesu, then nodded slightly.

Zhiing- Click

The elevator door closed, and Seoeun was alone. She staggered and leaned her back against the elevator wall.

The words that Haesu wrapped her clothes around Haru’s waist were imagined in her head, and at the same time, the last words she had just said came to her mind.

She shook her head violently and muttered while looking at the floor.

“You were bad, really…”

* * *

Daesung E&M Building.

As soon as An Seoeun trudged in, Secretary Kang stuck close and said.

“The Chairman is here.”

“Dad is?”

Chairman Ahn had never visited Seoeun’s company unless it was an official event.

“Huh.”

Because of this, the executives of the E&M company were already lined up in the hallway from the way to the office.

“Did the CEO come?”

“Did you come? The Chairman…”

Seoeun passed them and said.

“You don’t have to be here. Everyone, go inside. I’ll tell the Chairman.”

“Ah, yes.”

“Yes, I understand.”

In any case, An Seoeun is their direct superior, and they are executives who recognize her as a true boss, who is kind and capable.

At her words, they all reduced their footsteps and scattered.

As she entered her office, Chairman Ahn was sitting on the sofa, drinking tea.

He looked at Seoeun’s clothes up and down and opened his mouth.

“What have you been doing outside?”

Seoeun sat facing Chairman Ahn and said.

“Why did you suddenly come here?”

Slurp-

Chairman Ahn did not scold Seoeun for answering his question with a question, took a sip of tea, looked at her for a moment, and opened his mouth.

“Go on a blind date.”