The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 235

< #235. Hae-soo's Club Dance >

Han-ga.

Real name, Han Moon.

A loan shark rolling black money in the underworld, and one of the top five moneylenders in Gangjin City.

He tossed aside the crushed apple, wiped his hands with a tissue offered by the man beside him, and said,

“If you cause damage, you have to pay several times over, right?”

“Ten times, sir.”

Han Moon nodded, seemingly satisfied, and continued. “The damage is significant. How do we get ten times back from that cop?”

“There’s a special circumstance. That cop has quite a bit of personal wealth—a lot, actually.”

“…A lot?”

Han Moon tilted his head. His right-hand man didn’t use the word ‘a lot’ carelessly. The minimum unit for rolling money next to him was seven zeros [millions of won].

Han Moon looked at the tablet he was handed, his eyes widening. It was tempting.

“Hmm… this makes things easier. Start working on it slowly.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Ah, before that, we need to hold a welcoming ceremony, right? Contact Dong-gyu’s kids.”

“Yes, I understand.”

* * *

Friday after work.

Shin Hae-soo had a meeting with the members of the ‘Chin Strong’ club.

“Detective Shin has arrived!”

“Oh my, members, it’s been a while.”

“President, it seems your trapezius muscles have gotten even bigger.”

“Ah, I know. My posture is still lacking.”

They gathered at the neighborhood playground, exchanged simple greetings, and immediately started doing chin-ups.

There were ten people gathered today, including Hae-soo, more members than usual.

Because today was the day of the dinner to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the Chin Strong club, members from other neighborhoods also came.

After a simple two-hour workout, the members, covered in sweat, draped their tops over their shoulders and walked to the dinner venue.

As ten burly men, all wearing workout clothes, strolled down the street, people coming from the opposite direction glanced at them and avoided them.

“What is it… are they gangsters?”

“Oh shit, scary…”

A middle-aged woman watched them from a corner and picked up her phone.

“Yes, this is the police station, right? It looks like gangsters are about to fight here. They just went into a barbecue restaurant; they definitely look like gangsters, okay?”

Clang-

As Hae-soo and the Chin Strong members entered the neighborhood’s popular barbecue restaurant, the noisy atmosphere suddenly quieted down.

“What is this, a library? Is it usually this quiet here?”

“You’ve never even been to a library.”

The members also made small noises and found their seats.

The customers glanced at them and whispered.

“What is it, is there a mob gathering here today?”

“Wow… I’m seeing real gangsters for the first time; they look so intimidating.”

“So scary… Honey, where are you going?”

Each of them was muscular and large, with a menacing look to boot, and the man at the front, who appeared to be the boss, had scars all over his body.

Although partially covered by clothing, the scars peeking out were clearly visible: hands, wrists, neck, face.

The customers kept their distance and tried not to make eye contact with them, and they couldn’t even leave the restaurant for fear of being called out for doing anything out of line.

It was like sitting on pins and needles.

“Even though the world is tough these days, it seems there are still many kind people.”

“That’s right. President, I’m always grateful to those who give way to us.”

The other members nodded in agreement with President Cloud’s words.

They had been continuously given way to on the way here, and even received table concessions when they entered the restaurant.

Hae-soo also agreed, as he had received a lot of consideration and concessions while living his life.

“There are originally many kind people. I also get offered seats a lot when I take the subway. There are only strange people on the internet.”

They ordered their food and were sharing a heartwarming conversation, praising the beauty of the world.

Two police officers entered the restaurant and approached the table where the members were sitting.

“This is Officer Im Si-a from the Eastern District Police Station. Just a moment… oh?”

Officer Im was about to recommend an ID check since a report had come in, but he made eye contact with Hae-soo.

“Detective Shin?”

“Oh, Officer Im, what brings you here…?”

Hae-soo heard the details of the report from Officer Im on the spot. Some of the members felt wronged, while most laughed it off.

“This is quite an experience.”

“Funny, funny, haha.”

“Wow, who reported us? What do you want us to do about the way we look?”

“Don’t say ‘we.’ Member, you’re the scariest.”

Officer Im listened to Hae-soo’s explanation and immediately decided to withdraw.

“I’m worried that I might have ruined your good day. Have a good time.”

Officer Im gave a clean greeting to the members and left, and Hae-soo and the members had a serious discussion about this incident.

In fact, most of them were already used to it.

“…I’ve had this happen a few times. Last dinner too…”

“Instead of this, we need to come up with a solution.”

“Hmm…”

The large men put their heads together and pondered.

What they came up with was a group t-shirt.

The unanimous opinion was that the top priority was to clarify that they were not gangsters but good citizens.

To do so, it was most important to emphasize that it was a chin-up club meeting.

President Cloud immediately picked out a group t-shirt on his phone. It was a clean design that he had been eyeing on the internet recently.

“Members, how about this? ‘Chin Strong!’ on the front and ‘Chin-up Club’ on the back in a neat, formal script.”

“Oh, as expected, President, that’s good?”

“I like it too.”

“Good.”

Hae-soo also nodded with satisfaction.

The group t-shirt project proceeded quickly.

“Then what color… black?”

“Oh oh no no, that won’t do. We’re buying it to not look scary, let’s go with yellow.”

“Good! Cute like a chick, and I like cute things too.”

“Haha, will all our members become cuties?! Peep peep.”

“Ahahaha, peep peep!”

The group t-shirt was decided to be an oversized t-shirt to hide the muscles as much as possible.

After having a pleasant meal, everyone stood in a circle in front of the barbecue restaurant and chatted.

As befitting a workout club, not a single person smoked.

The next stop was a club. Since they had met for dinner, they decided to enjoy the entertainment properly.

“Detective Shin, have you ever been to a club?”

When a playful man among the Chin Strong executives asked, President Cloud patted him on the shoulder and answered instead.

“Detective Shin has of course been there. He has a good physique, and, uh, his lats [latissimus dorsi muscles] are clear, and his face is, uh, strong…”

He glanced at Hae-soo, feeling guilty about the last word. Hae-soo nodded slightly.

“I’ve been there. When investigating.”

Hae-soo suddenly recalled old memories. The sweet memory of going undercover with Muscle Monster Woo Kang-cheol and spending money like crazy.

“Hey, what, so you’ve never been there except when investigating?”

Cloud answered again instead.

His eyes were full of respect.

“Detective Shin doesn’t usually enjoy such promiscuous private life! Only people like us go! Detective Shin is a man of upright living who wakes up at five in the morning…!”

“Stop, stop, let’s move, huh?”

Hae-soo stopped Cloud, who was showing excessive loyalty, by putting his arm around his shoulder.

“Okay, good good! Club, wait for us! Our Chin Strong is coming!!”

“Let’s go!”

The atmosphere was very friendly.

More than half of the Chin Strong members had never experienced a club.

They were filled with dreams of rubbing shoulders with beautiful women, which they had only heard about, and headed to the club with light steps.

* * *

Meanwhile, there was someone who had heard in advance that Hae-soo was going to the club today.

She, Haru, was restless at home, pacing back and forth, and went to find Jjok-sae.

“…You want me to dress you up as a man?”

“Yeah, a man.”

The club, as Haru remembers, is a very, very tiring place. Men constantly stick to women, and it’s her job to fend them off.

So Haru’s idea was that if she disguised herself as a man, she could monitor Hae-soo without any problems.

However, Jjok-sae looked Haru up and down and shook his head slightly.

“Hmm… Noona [older sister, used as a term of endearment] is so girly except for her personality, so it seems difficult…”

Crack crack crack

Haru suddenly stretched, cracking her wrist and neck joints.

Jjok-sae sweated coldly at the sight and instinctively took a step back.

“…Why are you suddenly warming up your body… Ha, let’s do it! I’m a genius of disguise!”

A little later.

In front of Jjok-sae, Haru was wearing an oversized semi-suit that didn’t reveal her figure and a hat pulled down low.

To reduce the slender waist and the large gap between the stomach and chest, she wrapped two layers of abdominal protectors.

“Hmm… Even like this, she looks like a handsome woman… Well, we can insist she’s a man, let’s go!”

“Let’s go!”

“Aja [fighting!/let’s go!]!!”

Under Jjok-sae’s support, who seemed to have given up, Haru left the hideout confidently, satisfied with her disguised appearance.

* * *

Meanwhile, Hae-soo and the Chin Strong members were blocked from the entrance.

-Code Blue, Code Blue, to the entrance, to the entrance, there are ten people.

Seeing Hae-soo’s group lining up, the guards radioed and gathered urgently, and the team leader approached and asked cautiously.

“Which neighborhood are you from?”

“Um? Do we have to say that?”

When Cloud answered innocently, the team leader’s face changed seriously. In that world, not revealing the neighborhood, that is, the affiliation, clearly meant war.

The team leader quickly stepped back and radioed.

Soon, the deputy manager came out with a lot of other guards.

“Where are you from… Oh, Detective Shin, isn’t it?”

The deputy manager recognized Hae-soo. Hae-soo realized that he was the one who had broken his arm at Dying Night a long time ago and raised his hand to express his welcome.

“You’re alive; you’ve gained weight; it must be good to live.”

“Ah, hahaha! It’s all thanks to you, Detective. But what brings you here…?”

Hae-soo approached and said to him secretly.

“To play, not investigating, really to play.”

The deputy manager immediately turned around and shouted.

“What are you doing?! Quickly escort the brothers in with a free pass!”

They were able to enter without waiting in line, just like S-class women. But no one looked at them and expressed dissatisfaction.

Thanks to Hae-soo, the meeting with the police, which could have caused a big misunderstanding, and this club event went well, so the Chin Strong members gave him a thumbs up.

“Ah, Detective Shin is the best!”

“What would we have done without Detective Shin?”

Hae-soo, who had entered the club, had a different mindset than when he was investigating, so he felt a different energy.

Hae-soo, who was second to none in maintaining composure, was immersed in a strange excitement.

The Chin Strong members next to him danced like they were possessed. Hae-soo’s shoulders also began to shrug on their own.

“Um, um, woohoo”

Meanwhile, Haru, who had confidently disguised herself as a man and entered the club, settled down on the second floor to comfortably monitor Hae-soo.

At that time.

Clack clack clack

“Alone?”

A woman with thick red lipstick approached.

Haru glanced at her and waved her hand, but she came even closer. A strong perfume that made her feel strange.

“Hoo… You’re the first man I’ve seen who rejects me like this? Oppa [term used by women to address older men, can also mean ‘brother’], but you’re very pretty. Like an idol, oh my, are you really an idol?”

She was wearing a hat pulled down low, so it was understandable that she was mistaken.

Haru sighed softly.

*

At the same time, there are other people watching Hae-soo’s group at the club.

Dong-gyu and his three subordinates, who received orders from Han Moon.

They were in a difficult situation today.

The purpose was to suppress a cop and kill his spirit, but the burly guys were gathering around, so there was no gap.

They didn’t look easy to deal with at first glance.

But they couldn’t give up, so they followed him all day, looking for an opportunity. President Han is impatient and needs to report today.

But then they went to the club and the burly guys started to scatter.

Dong-gyu thought.

‘If we bump into each other at the club and start a fight naturally, we can step on him… Hehe.’

He’s dancing embarrassingly on the stage right now. He’ll soon realize the truth and go in. We have to pick a fight before that.

“I’ll go in first.”

Just as Dong-gyu was about to bump into Hae-soo, Hae-soo was feeling a strange sense of liberation dancing at the club for the first time and shook his body more vigorously.

“Hoo! Hah! Hoo! Hah!”

Hae-soo, who didn’t know how to dance at all, just stretched out his arms and legs and shook them wildly.

Thud!

Then he felt something caught on his arm and turned around, but he couldn’t see anything.

Hae-soo tilted his head and shook his body wildly again.

***

Han Moon’s office.

“I have a call from Dong-gyu.”

“Yeah, did you kill the spirit of that arrogant cop?”

“That is, he couldn’t even try.”

“…What?”

Han Moon’s brow furrowed.