The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 22

The video of Shin Hae-soo breaking a car window and forcibly dragging out a middle-aged woman quickly surpassed one million views.

Not only the police precinct where Hae-soo worked but also Hae-soo’s graduation photos were circulating on the internet.

[K-Police, Assaulting a Civilian Woman]

┗ Wow, what is this? Is that person a police officer?

┗ Why is he doing that? He looks so urgent?

┗ Does K-police need a reason? He probably just wanted to take it because she was driving a nice car.

┗ Let’s expose his personal information quickly.

┗ Netizen investigators, where are you?

┗ Isn’t that in front of Gangjin Girls’ High School?

┗ Crazy, that’s a biased video. What does that YouTuber know to be 욕하고 [swearing at] the police?

┗ I go to Gangjin Girls’ High School, and I’ll tell you the facts. That police officer saved our school’s first-year student who was hit by that crazy woman.

┗ The full version of the video has been uploaded. (Link)

┗ That YouTuber is so funny, massively spreading false information??

However, a few hours later, a rebuttal article and video were uploaded.

[Accident Due to Unskilled Driving! High School Girl ‘Paralyzed in Lower Body’]

┗ I came from the link. I’m sorry for 욕하고 [swearing at] the police. I’m doing a deep bow of apology.

┗ Came from the link, it was a mindless Kim Yeo-sa [a derogatory term for female drivers].

┗ That’s why the driver’s license test should be made harder.

┗ That idiot 어그로-specialist [attention-seeking] YouTuber should be buried this time.

┗ It seems that rich Kim Yeo-sa [female driver] fed money to the YouTuber.

┗ Kim Yeo-sa’s [female driver’s] personal information is out. She’s the owner’s wife of Cheongil Soju, her name is Jang Mi-seon.

┗ If you mention her real name, you can be reported, so erase it quickly.

┗ ㅅㅂ [an expletive] It’s a small business, isn’t it?

┗ Cheongil is doomed.

The public opinion quickly turned around. It was the ignorant action of the offending woman who only looked ahead and couldn’t see the sides.

National petitions were uploaded for reasons such as severely punishing Cheongil Soju’s wife, Jang Mi-seon, making her responsible for the female student for life, making her pay the price for defaming the honorable police officer and spreading false information, and thoroughly investigating whether she received money, and the consent quickly exceeded 200,000 in two days.

At that moment, the house of the president of Cheongil Soju.

Crash!

The president’s face turned red as he threw household items and expressed his anger. Next to him was Jang Mi-seon, biting her lower lip.

“You! If you had just quietly compensated, why did you make things bigger by doing that!!”

“No, then should I just let go of the guy who threw me away and broke my car? Can’t you see this?”

She held out her cheek, which was slightly scratched by the broken glass. It was a small scratch that was less than 1 centimeter.

The president didn’t even look at it and shouted.

“Shut up! Is that important now??”

“What, what? Really, aren’t you supposed to be on my side?!”

Jang Mi-seon grabbed her car keys and left the house. Seeing this, the president ran over and snatched the car keys.

“Where are you going! Don’t drive! From now on, take the bus if you want to go out!”

“Ha… Secretary Lee! Have the car ready!”

“Damn it, why are you using Secretary Lee for your personal…”

The president quickly turned his head and bowed as he received a phone call at that moment.

“Ah, yes, President, how have you been? No. That’s all rumors, rumors. No, why suddenly cancel?”

Even if you listen roughly, the content was expected. Jang Mi-seon quickly left the house before the call ended.

***

Daesung Hospital.

In Hyun-ah’s private room, there were the attending doctor and Shin Hae-soo.

“…Dr. John Hobson is an authority on nerve paralysis treatment. Our hospital contacted him, and he said there’s a spot available. If Hyun-ah is okay with it, how about going to the United States and getting treatment from him?”

“…Yes, I will.”

The attending doctor was satisfied with Hyun-ah’s answer and turned to leave, and Hae-soo nodded, making eye contact with her.

“You thought well. Don’t worry about your grandmother or money. I’ll make a phone call.”

Hae-soo went out to make a phone call to thank Ahn Seo-eun, who connected him with the doctor named John Hobson.

Tok Tok Tok-

At that time, neurotic high-heeled shoes echoed in the hospital hallway.

Creak-!

Jang Mi-seon revealed her face as Hyun-ah’s hospital room door was opened roughly. She strode towards Hyun-ah, panting, and shouted.

“Hey! Did you upload all of this? Is 300 million not enough? If I said I’d give you 300 million, you should have shut up and stayed quiet. Do you not know that you can’t earn 300 million even if you sell your body for the rest of your life!”

“What… what are you saying?”

“You’re a parasite, right? A basic livelihood recipient, so you made things big and wanted to turn your life around this time? You’re so young, how can you be so 밝히다 [greedy] for money already? Okay, how much should I give you? How much do you want, you 거지-like 년아 [beggar-like bitch]?”

Hyun-ah’s eyes were bloodshot with unbearable anger at Jang Mi-seon’s excessive swearing, and she shouted.

“Auntie, can you say that to me now? I don’t need that kind of money. Give me back my legs. I don’t need 300 million or 1 billion, so give me back my legs!!!”

“You 싸가지-없는 년 [rude bitch], how dare you yell at me!”

Slap-

Jang Mi-seon slapped Hyun-ah’s cheek hard. She was wearing two rings on her hand, so Hyun-ah’s cheek was scratched sharply and even bled.

Hyun-ah was momentarily stunned and stood still before turning her head.

“Auntie… are you crazy?”

“Yes, I’m crazy! Our husband’s company is about to go bankrupt because of you, how can I not be crazy? You 썅년아 [son of a bitch]!”

Then she swung her hand again. At that moment, someone grabbed her wrist.

Thud

Jang Mi-seon turned her head and saw Hae-soo standing next to her with a stiff expression.

Hae-soo looked at her with sunken eyes and muttered.

“I’ve never broken a woman’s arm before.”

Jang Mi-seon’s pupils shook slightly as she met Hae-soo’s eyes. His madness when he broke the car came to mind.

“I’ll do it today.”

Crack

“Kyaaaaak!!”

“You crazy bastard!”

When Hae-soo let go of her hand, Jang Mi-seon’s arm drooped down. Then the attendant next to her punched Hae-soo.

Hae-soo easily dodged his hand, grabbed his arm and twisted it, and kicked his stomach to knock him down.

“If you attack me one more time, I’ll break your arm too. And Auntie.”

Hae-soo knelt down on one knee and made eye contact with Jang Mi-seon.

She bit her lip tightly, feeling more fear towards Hae-soo, who broke her arm without hesitation, than the terrible pain of her broken arm.

“Report this with a medical certificate or whatever you want. Take this auntie and get out of here.”

Secretary Lee dragged the dumbfounded Jang Mi-seon out of the hospital room in a hurry.

After they left, Hyun-ah wiped away her tears and showed her cell phone.

“I… recorded everything. Please make this auntie get a strong punishment with this.”

“Hmm… you won’t be able to get a big punishment with something like this.”

“Then… what about spreading it on the internet?”

“That… it’s okay if you don’t upload the name…”

“Then I’ll do that.”

“Okay.”

*

Hae-soo handed over the file recorded by Hyun-ah to a reporter he knew.

Originally, many people want 후기 [behind-the-scenes stories] about sensational incidents. When it was said to be the 후기 [behind-the-scenes story] of that incident, people clicked explosively, and people’s anger exploded even more after listening to the recording file.

Of course, there were curses and 욕설 [profanity] towards parents and children, and there were also people who 우후죽순 [spontaneously] wanted to go to the Cheongil Soju headquarters and commit terrorism.

Daesung E&M office.

Ahn Seo-eun looked at the comments below the recording file and smiled contentedly.

“Now I don’t have to 돌려 [bring back] the D-Special Team.”

“It’s already not 돌아가고 [coming back].”

“Really? Then this is all real public opinion… good.”

*

A few hours after the recording file was released, the house of the president of Cheongil Soju.

Slap-!

“What’s so great that you came back in!”

“Yo, honey?”

Jang Mi-seon, who had never been hit even when she caused an accident as a 진상 [troublemaker], was shocked.

However, the president didn’t care and lashed out at her.

“You reported that police officer? What? Medical certificate? Assault? It’s all because of you that things have gotten bigger now! Everything I’ve achieved in my life is about to collapse because of you!”

The president clenched his fist tightly, even shedding tears, and opened his mouth.

“Divorce, I have to divorce and abandon you to survive, divorce.”

Jang Mi-in’s mouth dropped open at his shocking statement. Her authority is the madam. It all comes from her husband, the president, who is the root of it.

It is all thanks to her husband that she became a madam who stepped on others and looked down from a juvenile detention center. If she divorces, all of that will disappear.

Jang Mi-seon knelt down on both knees and grabbed the president’s pants.

“Honey, honey, please, I was wrong, I’ll beg you like this.”

“Ha, damn it!”

The president kicked the sofa, tore at his hair, and turned his head away.

“What changes if you beg me? You, throw away that 개똥-like [dog poop-like] pride, cancel the report and compensation! Go to that student and the police officer and beg them, that’s the only way, what are you doing? Get out now!”

*

The next morning.

Jang Mi-seon visited Daesung Hospital again. Secretary Lee was holding a bouquet of flowers and a fruit basket.

Having already experienced what happened, Hyun-ah’s eyes turned poisonous as soon as she appeared.

“What are you doing?”

“Hyun-ah…”

Jang Mi-seon bowed deeply in front of Hyun-ah.

“I’m sorry, am I too late? I’m sorry for the mistake I made then, for driving wrong, and for what I said yesterday, I was short-sighted, I canceled the report about the police officer, I should have apologized sooner, will you forgive me?”

Hyun-ah, who had been made more mentally 힘들고 괴롭게 [exhausted and tormented] by her until just yesterday, felt 허탈해진 [empty] as she apologized in a soft voice in front of her.

Hyun-ah turned her head, avoiding Jang Mi-seon’s gaze, and only shed tears.

After a long time, Hyun-ah’s dry voice was heard.

“I don’t have to accept that apology, do I?”

“…What?”

“I can’t accept it. It’s not like my legs will come back if I do that. Do you know the pain of waking up in bed covered in poop and pee? It doesn’t matter if it’s not intentional, I have to live like this for the rest of my life, I hope you live in 괴로워 [torment] with guilt for the rest of your life too.”

“You, you really!… Heuk [sob]”

Jang Mi-seon tried to make a last-ditch effort but grabbed the back of her neck and collapsed, and Secretary Lee supported her and dragged her out of the hospital room.

Even after they left, Hyun-ah shed tears for a long time.

*

One month later.

[Cheongil Soju President Divorces Problematic Jang Madam, Alimony Lawsuit in Progress.]

[Cheongil Soju Boycott Trending on SNS]

[Cheongil Soju Distribution Volume Halved in One Month]

Shin Hae-soo was looking up Cheongil Soju articles for the first time in a while.

He was worried that Jang Mi-seon would turn her eyes and 해코지 [harm] Hyun-ah, but she seemed to be out of interest due to the alimony fight with her husband.

Beep Beep Beep

At that time, the phone rang. It was Ahn Seo-eun.

“Yes, this is Shin Hae-soo.”

-Hae-soo, I have good news.

“What is it?”

-Hyun-ah went to the United States and started the new technology electrical stimulation treatment that I mentioned at that time, and it’s said to be positive. Fortunately, some nerves are still alive, and the fact that she is still young has played a big role. Since Hyun-ah is young, she can expect to walk slowly if she receives treatment steadily for about 6 months.

Hae-soo listened to Ahn Seo-eun’s words, slowly lowered his head, and clenched his fist tightly. His eyes also became 촉촉해졌다 [moist].

He saved many lives with the reset, but it feels different from that time. It’s much more valuable.

“That’s really, really fortunate. Thank you. Honestly, I didn’t know that Ahn Seo-eun’s support would be such a big help.”

-Is that so? Thanks to you, we also benefited a lot. Thank you.

That night, articles with one content were plastered on portal sites.

[Daesung Hospital Finds Hope for Paralyzed High School Girl.]

Thanks to this, Cheongil Soju’s madam was 회자 [reminisced] again.

***

A day when 새싹 [new sprouts] sprout and grow 푸릇푸릇 [green].

Brrr-

Shin Hae-soo, wearing a police uniform, speeds through the city on a motorcycle. Four 무궁화 [Rose of Sharon] buds on his epaulettes sparkle.

But the direction he is heading is not the police precinct but somewhere else. His motorcycle stopped in the parking lot of a much larger building than the police precinct.

Click

He parked his motorcycle and entered the building with a confident stride.

Thud Thud Thud.

People glanced at Hae-soo’s appearance, who was tall, bulky, and wearing a uniform that was not commonly seen.

Hae-soo passed several partitions and stopped at one place, saluting with 절도 [precision].

“Reporting! Sergeant Shin Hae-soo, I have been ordered to transfer to the Gangjin Police Station’s Violent Crimes Unit 1 as of today.”

As soon as Hae-soo’s report was over, Oh Kang-seok 벌떡 [abruptly] stood up and 격하게 [enthusiastically] welcomed him, hugging him. The team leader also stood up, applauded, and welcomed him.

“Sergeant Shin! We’re finally on the same team, nice to meet you, really nice to meet you!”

“Wow! Our arrest rate No. 1 Sergeant has come to our team! Welcome! Isn’t anyone clapping? Clap!”

At the team leader’s command, other team members smiled awkwardly and clapped.

The team leader sat down again and said to Hae-soo.

“Someone from above opposed it, but the police chief ignored it. Performance is everything.”

“Is that so?”

Hae-soo’s brow furrowed slightly. As before, it seems that he was forcibly transferred to the police precinct because of 과잉진압 [excessive suppression], and it seems that it was not just that he was about to be blocked this time as well.

It’s something to find out gradually.

“But the team members… am I the youngest?”

No matter how much he looked, there were only three seats in Team 1. The other seats were too empty to be temporarily vacant.

At Hae-soo’s question, the team leader smiled awkwardly and said.

“It just happened to be like that, the youngest was stabbed a week ago and applied for a transfer, they said they’ll put in a new one soon, change your clothes first, that’s the 탈의실 [locker room].”

“Yes, I understand.”

As Hae-soo went to change his clothes, Oh Kang-seok received a phone call. His face became very serious.

“…Kidnapping?”

At Oh Kang-seok’s words, the violent crime team detectives in the detective division office all turned their heads.

<#22. 탈탈탈 [Dusting Off]> End