The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 211

< #211. Happiness Dream, Fist Dream >

Ogange’s declaration of war made the Happiness Dream office workers tilt their heads in confusion. It had come so suddenly, without any warning signs, that it took them a few seconds to understand what was happening.

“What, what is he saying?”

“Who are you people?!”

“N-no, I didn’t do anything wrong, I-I just do as I’m told…!”

Ogange pointed to a muscle-bound man passing by.

“Block that door. They said the bathroom is connected to the back door. Woo Gang-cheol [the muscle monster’s name], you can handle it alone, right?”

The muscle monster, Woo Gang-cheol, squeezed his biceps and replied.

“Piece of cake.”

Ogange nodded, looking at his bulging biceps.

“Yeah, you’re reliable. Just don’t kill anyone.”

Shin Hae-soo went into the private office at the end of the hall with the newbie.

Inside, there was a man in his mid-30s and a young woman who was hastily getting dressed. The woman’s outerwear had the Happiness Dream logo on it.

The man shouted, zipping up his pants.

“W-what the hell? Who are you guys? Where did you come from?!”

Hae-soo rested his hand under his chin and replied.

“Can’t you tell? I’m a cop here to arrest you. Lee Happiness, CEO of Happiness Dream, I’m arresting you on charges of fraud, conspiracy to commit murder, and organ trafficking.”

Lee Happiness was startled at the word “police.” He had never imagined Hae-soo as a police officer because of his appearance.

“S-shut up, you bastard! What did I do wrong? Show me a warrant!”

“The warrant is over there. Now come out.”

Hae-soo gestured with his hand, and Lee Happiness grabbed the golf club in the corner and swung it.

“Screw you, you son of a bitch!!”

“Kyaa!”

Whoosh- Thud-

The golf club aimed at Hae-soo’s head was easily caught. Hae-soo grabbed Lee Happiness’s hair and slammed his head against the corner of the desk.

Thwack! Thwack! Crack!!

After slamming it down three times, Lee Happiness’s face was covered in blood, and teeth, presumably his, were scattered on the desk and floor—at least ten or more.

Hae-soo grabbed the back of his bloody neck and dragged him out.

Thump Thump Crash!!

It was a mess everywhere. There were far fewer police officers than Happiness Dream employees, so the resistance was fierce.

It’s a common phenomenon at the scene of an arrest.

The less serious the crime, the less the resistance. The more serious the crime, the more the resistance, even at the risk of life.

The fact that they were resisting as a group was also proof that they knew they were guilty.

Hae-soo glanced at the newbie handcuffing the female employee who was straightening her clothes. The newbie flinched when their eyes met.

“You cuff her too. I’ll take care of suppressing the resistance.”

“Yes? Ah, yes, I understand!”

Hae-soo rotated his shoulders with a relieved expression and stepped forward. His steps seemed very light.

The newbie watched Hae-soo’s back with sparkling eyes.

Hae-soo grabbed the neck of a large man swinging a chair at a detective and pressed on his collarbone.

Crack-

“Kuaaak!”

The large man dropped the chair and sat down. Hae-soo grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back.

Snap!

“Augh!!”

It was twisted to handcuff him, but his shoulder was completely dislocated, and the large man groaned in pain.

Clang Clang

Hae-soo quickly handcuffed him and went in search of his next target.

Bang! Bang! Crack- Squeeze

He used jabs for opponents wielding weapons and mercilessly twisted the limbs of opponents rushing at him.

Even though it was a light jab, when his fist hit, they fell to the ground as if hit by an anesthetic gun, along with the sound of tearing flesh.

Even though the situation was chaotic, Hae-soo miraculously recognized those who weren’t resisting and subdued only those who resisted violently.

“Uaaaah!!”

Whack Bang bang!!

In the meantime, someone flew into the air from the back and rolled on the floor with a beast-like roar.

The muscular senior officer was subduing those trying to escape through the back door.

Crack-

“Hahaha!! Come here, come here, where are you going!”

Even team leader Ogange, who seemed the most innocent, enjoyed breaking the bones of those who resisted, just like Hae-soo.

The newbie stroked his chest. He felt fortunate to be on the same team as those monstrous guys.

On the other hand, a reasonable suspicion arose.

‘Violent Crimes Unit 4 is like this… what about the other teams… did I come to the wrong place?’

It was a newbie with one more thing to worry about.

* * *

Violent Crimes Unit, Gangjin Police Station.

Lee Happiness, CEO of Happiness Dream; Kim Mi-young, an insurance planner; and Kang Sang-cheol, a corrupt police officer, were separated to prevent them from coordinating their stories.

Lee Happiness was taken to the former Gangsu Unit building for separate interrogation.

He didn’t open his mouth, thinking he was being clever.

“I’ll talk when my lawyer comes, and you, I’m going to make you pay for what you did to me.”

Lee Happiness pointed at Hae-soo and threatened him. Hae-soo clenched and unclenched his fist and muttered lowly.

“Your pronunciation is good. Not enough teeth were pulled out, I guess.”

Lee Happiness hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand.

Hae-soo smiled coldly and continued.

“Kim Mi-young’s interrogation will be over before the lawyer comes. You know that exercising your right to remain silent now may be used against you, right?”

Lee Happiness’s eyebrows twitched slightly, but his mouth remained tightly shut.

Knock knock

At that moment, the muscle monster knocked and entered the interrogation room and secretly told Hae-soo something.

While listening, Hae-soo looked up at Lee Happiness and nodded meaningfully.

Lee Happiness watched Hae-soo’s expression and began to shake his legs.

The muscle monster left, and Hae-soo continued the interrogation.

“There’s an interesting saying in investigation law: a crime is most perfect when committed alone.”

“…What is it?”

“When people commit a crime together, they create a shield, not knowing that it’s a rope that strangles each other.”

Lee Happiness lowered his gaze to the table, his eyes moving restlessly.

“Ms. Kim Mi-young is very thorough. She has all the call details with you on a burner phone [a disposable phone used to avoid tracking], the documents she received in advance with subscriber information, and the burner account [an anonymous account] that received the insurance money. You don’t have to testify if you don’t want to.”

Bang!

Then, he slammed the table with both fists and shouted.

“No! I didn’t know that bitch would do that! I really don’t know anything about insurance fraud! I just did what she told me to do because she was good at coaxing people to sign up for insurance! Kim Mi-young conspired with that cop bastard!”

Hae-soo narrowed his brows and moved closer with a serious expression, as if to listen more closely.

“So, you’re only responsible for forging the car contract, and you have nothing to do with the insurance fraud or the death investigation—that is, the murder conspiracy?”

Lee Happiness nodded, flustered, when the word “murder conspiracy” was mentioned.

“That’s right! What murder! Ugh!”

“Ah… so you admit that you forged the contract?”

“Ah, ah…”

Lee Happiness rolled his eyes as if he had been tricked, then leaned back against the backrest.

“I’ll talk to my lawyer.”

It was already too late.

Hae-soo smirked and got up from his seat.

“Suit yourself.”

* * *

At the same time, Violent Crimes Unit interrogation room, Gangjin Station.

Team 4 leader Ogange is interrogating insurance planner Kim Mi-young.

“…You get them to sign up, work to get the life insurance payment approved when they die—killing two birds with one stone. That’s what you did, right?”

Kim Mi-young maintained a haughty posture, crossing her legs and arms, and said.

“Not at all. I’m embarrassed that you’re presenting distorted logic as if it were true. Do the police still torture people and create false facts these days?”

Ogange shrugged.

“Maybe, maybe not?”

A flash of madness flashed in Ogange’s eyes, and Kim Mi-young flinched, but she calmly continued.

“I was just in a mutually beneficial relationship with the CEO of Happiness Dream. I only know the police because they are in charge of the death accident.”

“Hmm… I see. Would you like to take a look at this for a moment?”

Ogange turned the laptop and showed it to Kim Mi-young.

It was a scene of Lee Happiness testifying in the interrogation room.

-…!Kim Mi-young did it all?!

Seeing Lee Happiness’s remarks blaming her, her haughty expression contorted.

“That son of a bitch who eats dog testicles…!” [A Korean curse]

* * *

Intelligence Crime Investigation Team interrogation room.

Because there was no suitable interrogation room, Squad Leader Kwak brought corrupt police officer Kang Sang-cheol here.

Squad Leader Kwak’s eyes were filled with murderous intent as he faced Kang Sang-cheol.

“You trashy son of a bitch—no, you’re like mold growing on the end of rotten food waste that can’t even be separated for recycling. The police are getting cursed at because of guys like you, you son of a bitch!!”

Kang Sang-cheol muttered, sitting sideways.

“Aigo [an expression of frustration], you’re good at swearing, but it’s a bit unfair. I didn’t do anything to deserve such insults. I just said that someone died when they died, so I wouldn’t unnecessarily increase the workload.”

Squad Leader Kwak frowned, turned the laptop, showed him the screen, and continued.

“Don’t try to deny it, you son of a bitch. Do you think we just caught you? You passed on six cases that should have been investigated as murders of their own children, husbands, and wives! As simple accidents. You killed these six people. Even if scammers are originally like that, the police shouldn’t have done that.”

Kang Sang-cheol looked at Squad Leader Kwak, remained silent, then lowered his head and continued in a self-deprecating tone.

“If the police, the police, have so much pride, they shouldn’t let the citizens get beaten up like that. They shouldn’t give such shitty salaries when they go out to be a shield with their lives on the line, don’t you think? Inspector Kwak Soo-cheol?”

Squad Leader Kwak, who met his eyes, frowned.

He felt disgusted because he partially agreed with his sophistry.

Squad Leader Kwak closed the laptop and got up from his seat.

“No, you’re just trash who made petty money with people’s lives. Don’t talk like a freedom fighter… um, let’s get hit a little first.”

“What?”

When Kang Sang-cheol raised his head at the word “hit,” Squad Leader Kwak’s laptop was being swung at him.

Crack! Crack Bang!!

* * *

[The reality of the debt collection company ‘Happiness Dream’: fraud, even murder conspiracy, seven deaths.]

···It was confirmed that CEO Lee of Happiness Dream hired employees mainly from young people in their early social years who were full of dreams of turning their lives around.

After joining the company, they used a method of shackling them so that they could not leave the company by forcing them to buy luxury imported cars on loans to satisfy their vanity.

···By helping victims sign up for family life insurance and guaranteeing post-mortem care, they encouraged family murder, eventually leading to terrible events.

The murder conspiracy charges against CEO Lee were recognized.

┗N2il: What are you talking about? Can someone summarize it for me?

┗gun007: If you can’t understand this, are you not even a high school graduate?

┗N2il: Uh, I’m still in middle school

┗gun007: Ah, sorry, I was a bit of a boomer [someone out of touch with younger generations]

┗Hwioleo c: So, someone died and they ordered them to kill them? Isn’t the person who killed them at fault after all?

┗Fujisang: Wow, it’s so scary. When I see things like this in Korea, I think it’s still a developing country. They always say it’s an advanced country.

┗Love Party: It’s all the government’s fault. If the government does well, would those guys come out? The problem is the legal loopholes. They only make laws that make money for the chaebols [large family-owned conglomerates], so these loopholes are created.

┗Dream Now: Yeah, next political insect [derogatory term for political activists]

┗Miracle: One-line summary. A company called Happiness Dream pushed people with no money to become more indebted and even made them kill their families. End

┗Jugongja: Summary is so good.

┗Sword of Chaos: Wow, it’s so terrible, that victim is also trash after all

┗Wangsimni 70: There are three people who killed their families, paid off their debts, and then committed suicide.

┗Gakongi: How do you know that?

┗Wangsimni 70: I don’t know?

Even though the Happiness Dream case involved many people and was a serious incident caused by loopholes in the social and legal networks, the public’s interest quickly faded.

This is because the incident is not easy to understand at once, simple, and does not stimulate compassion and anger.

* * *

The home of Kang Seon-joo, a victim of Happiness Dream.

Three people are sitting around the table, and her son is playing with Robocar Poli toys on one side of the living room.

“Really, thank you so, so much. Thank you. If it weren’t for you, I would have really… it’s terrible just thinking about it. Sob…!”

Kang Seon-joo shed tears. Then her son ran over and hugged her.

“Mom, Mom, Mom, don’t cry, don’t die, don’t die.”

The son also shed tears. Kang Seon-joo looked at her son and hugged him tightly.

“Mom won’t die, never, so don’t worry. Mom is sorry, sorry…”

Since that day, her son would come and repeat the words “don’t die” whenever he had a chance. Whenever those words came out of the mouth of a five-year-old child who couldn’t even recognize what death was, Kang Seon-joo felt like her heart was breaking.

At that time, Haru, who was sitting across from her, opened her mouth with a determined look.

“…So, what do you want to do with your husband? Police? Or… revenge?”

Kang Seon-joo’s eyes sparkled as she met Haru’s eyes.