The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 44

Madam Yu was slightly surprised, as this was far from the image of him brawling with three guards inside Red Moon before.

‘Did he subdue the three guards while hiding his strength?’

In any case, as a detective dealing with gangsters, some level of skill was within the expected range.

Only the process is different; with Chief Ha next to her, the result is the same.

“You’re making too much of a show for catching one, aren’t you? Kill them.”

The men with weapons hesitated, then charged at the two again.

Hae-soo and the youngest member made eye contact and nodded simultaneously, then ran towards the opposite wall.

Since they were surrounded, there were men in the direction they were running. The men clearly showed signs of panic at the charge of Hae-soo and the youngest member, whose muscles were weapons.

“Uh, uh-”

Thud

Hae-soo and the youngest member each grabbed a man’s face in their hands. They continued running to the end and simultaneously slammed the men they were holding into the wall.

Wham!

Their heads and backs collided, and blood spurted from their noses and mouths.

Hae-soo and the youngest member abandoned the collapsing men and ran to the left.

It was a narrow space where materials were piled up.

As soon as they took their positions, the men who had been closely following them pounced.

“Die, you bastard!”

“Where do you think you’re going!”

Hae-soo reached out to the man who rushed in first, extending a sashimi knife. He hadn’t tested it yet, but Chief Gu’s custom-made special anti-stab gloves gave him confidence.

Thud-

The blade narrowly grazed his fingertip, and he grabbed the man’s wrist, then grabbed his forearm with the other hand and swung the man towards the youngest member.

The man spun half a turn due to centrifugal force, and the youngest member’s fist, timed perfectly, landed squarely on his face.

Pow!

The man floated into the air, spun once, and fell to the floor. He trembled as if he had been in a traffic accident, then went limp.

Hae-soo glanced at the youngest member. The youngest member had also won an amateur mixed martial arts competition in his background, so he wanted to see what his combat sense was like, and it felt like they would work well together.

“Good, let’s quickly sweep them up and catch that woman.”

“Yes, I understand!!”

The youngest member was full of energy as he was fighting his first real battle with Hae-soo.

Sashimi knives, iron pipes, hammers—all have different lengths and attack areas, so it’s not easy to deal with. Even one hit can be fatal.

In this case, it’s a shame, but stand-up striking is more efficient than joint locks.

Bang!

Hae-soo blocked the iron pipe with his forearm and reached out with a punch. The man whose jaw was properly hit with the punch lost his eyes and slumped down.

Avoiding it would lengthen the movement and allow a hit. He usually deals with iron pipes or hammers by taking them on his body.

A hammer comes in from the left. He twisted his waist to deflect the attack and pushed the man’s body with his shoulder, sending him to the youngest member.

Thwack!

The youngest member made him hit his head against the man he was holding, taking down two people at once.

Bang! Bang!

The men fall down with Hae-soo’s short, sharp punches.

The youngest member, whose physique was a weapon, fought while holding the men in both hands, using them as shields and weapons.

“Stupid…”

As the number of fallen people exceeded half, the composure disappeared from Madam Yu’s face. Having watched them for a while, she could roughly guess the skills of the two detectives in front of her.

“Chief Ha, take care of that pig first.”

“Yes.”

Chief Ha took out a karambit [a small, curved knife resembling a claw] with a crescent-shaped blade from his pocket and ran out.

Tada da tadak-

Chief Ha stepped on the materials and jumped high, instantly stabbing the youngest member’s shoulder with the knife and falling back.

“Kugh”

The youngest member was momentarily flustered by the pain in his shoulder, the men rushing in more fiercely at this timing, and Chief Ha, who had fallen back.

In such a scene, this moment takes lives.

Chief Ha lowered his body and stuck close to the youngest member, cutting the back of his knee with the knife,

Sizzle-

Rising up and cutting his armpit,

Swish-

Just as he was about to stab his carotid artery, a man’s body flew and covered him.

Thud!

Chief Ha couldn’t finish and nervously pushed the man’s body aside. At the same time, a large fist came close to his nose. Chief Ha’s pupils widened.

Crack!

Chief Ha reflexively turned his head to avoid the punch. The punch grazed his ear and broke the wooden material behind him.

Bang! Bang! Crack!

Chief Ha frantically stuck to the wall, turning his body to the side, avoiding the punch with this unbelievable explosive power.

Thud

He was cornered in a corner where both sides were walls. As soon as Chief Ha realized he was cornered, he kicked off the wall and jumped forward, colliding with Hae-soo to create space, and stabbed his side with the knife.

Stab! Stab!

“?!”

He doesn’t feel the knife going in. The texture isn’t stab-proof clothing, but when he had a strange question, his knee flew into Chief Ha’s face. He quickly raised his guard to cover his face.

Thwack! Thwack!

Even though he raised his guard, his head was dizzy from the impact. He thought he couldn’t go on like this, so he endured the impact and hugged Hae-soo’s knee with both hands, trying to cut his hamstring.

Crack!

An impact like lightning struck his back.

Hae-soo had hit his back with his elbow.

“Cough!”

Chief Ha’s posture was slightly loosened by this attack. Not missing the moment, Hae-soo grabbed his hair, lifted him up, and punched him.

Pow!

“How dare you!”

Thud!

“Touch the youngest!”

Wham!!

Chief Ha’s face was so sunken that he couldn’t recognize it after Hae-soo’s three punches landed squarely.

He was tough enough not to let out a single groan and just slumped down.

“Come on in, you bastards!”

The youngest member was limping on one leg and dangling one arm, holding a man hostage and stalling for time.

An action that could only be done with the belief that Hae-soo would definitely take care of Chief Ha and come.

Hae-soo threw one of the hammers that had fallen on the floor at them and ran out.

Thud thud bang!

Since Chief Ha was quickly subdued and his momentum was broken, it was no longer a fight. Later, he finished by dealing with two fleeing men.

Clatter-

Madam Yu, who had been slowly backing away, opened the back door and ran away. The youngest member followed behind her, limping with fire in his eyes.

“Where do you think you’re going!!”

“Stop!”

Seeing that, Hae-soo ran out at full speed and pushed the youngest member to the side.

Bang!

At the same time, a gunshot rang out, and blood burst from Hae-soo’s shoulder.

“Detective!!”

Hae-soo stuck close to the wall and gestured to the youngest member.

“It grazed me, stay there.”

“But, but…”

Hae-soo slightly poked his face into the open back door.

Bang!

A bullet quickly flew and bounced off the iron door. The aiming skills are not very good.

“Youngest, take out a board from the back and throw it outside.”

“Yes? Yes!”

While the youngest member was taking out a wooden board 2 meters long and 1 meter wide, Hae-soo picked up one of the hammers that had fallen on the floor.

“Now.”

Whoosh- Bang!

As soon as the wooden board was thrown, a gunshot rang out. Hae-soo lowered his posture and quickly ran out, throwing the hammer at Madam Yu, who was immediately visible.

She was standing behind the car’s hood as a shield, aiming here with a pistol.

“Kyaak!”

Madam Yu screamed as she saw the flying hammer and ducked.

Whoosh-

As the hammer cut through the air, she stood up again. At the same time, a black shadow covered her.

“Gender Equality Kick!”

Thwack!

The tip of Hae-soo’s foot accurately struck Madam Yu’s chin. White corn [a Korean snack, similar to puffed corn] fell from her mouth, and she fell backward.

*

The police special forces arrived at the warehouse about 10 minutes after Hae-soo arrived, with the help of the control center.

Squeak-

After subduing the men guarding the warehouse and opening the warehouse door, a scene different from what they had expected unfolded.

“What is this…”

Several dozen men were lying on the floor, groaning, and two detectives were pulling their arms behind their backs, tying them with their own clothes.

Weapons, presumably held by the men, were scattered on the floor.

The squad leader was stunned and stood still until he made eye contact with Hae-soo.

“Special forces?”

“Ah…”

“Just tie up the rest.”

“Yes, yes.”

Hae-soo’s eyes were filled with a fierce energy, as he had just fought a life-or-death battle.

The squad leader just nodded repeatedly and waved his hand at the members.

***

The youngest member, who was quite seriously injured, was immediately taken to the hospital. Hae-soo also had minor injuries, but after receiving first aid, he returned to the police station.

Detective Oh and the team leader thoroughly searched Red Moon, which was missing Madam Yu and Chief Ha.

There was also a chief-level person on that side, and three special forces members were injured, but no matter how good they were, they couldn’t beat guns.

The chief was receiving treatment at the hospital with gunshot wounds to both legs and his side.

A large amount of cash and drugs were found in the Red Moon vault. However, there was no ledger.

The police tracked the cars and all the cell phones used there, searched the connected places, and found Madam Yu’s residence.

A ledger and hundreds of USBs were stored in the vault there.

As soon as he was arrested, Hae-soo took Chief Ha’s fingerprints and commissioned a comparative analysis with the decayed fingerprints found at Shinira’s house. The fingerprints were confirmed to match, but this alone was far from sufficient evidence of murder.

Chief Ha and Madam Yu were separated into above-ground and underground detention cells so that they could not exchange a single word or gesture.

Above-ground interrogation room.

Madam Yu asked first as Hae-soo entered.

“How did you approach Red Moon?”

“Why did you kill Shinira?”

Madam Yu leaned back on the backrest as if Hae-soo’s question was the answer.

“That bastard Kim Sang-tae.”

“Shinira, why did you kill her.”

“Why are you asking me why she died on her own?”

“I see.”

Hae-soo didn’t ask any more questions and got up from his seat. Madam Yu was more docile than he thought, which was rather embarrassing.

Anyway, he expected that there would be no evidence that he had ordered Chief Ha to do it. Since the two were almost always together, they hardly made any calls.

*

Underground interrogation room.

Team Leader 1 and Chief Ha are sitting face to face. Chief Ha’s face was much more damaged, even though the swelling had gone down.

“No, we’re saying we’ll help you, so why are you doing this? Are you going to take the blame alone? Madam Yu ordered everything, right?”

“…”

“Wow, did you really put glue on your mouth?”

Chief Ha had been exercising his right to remain silent since he was caught, as if he couldn’t speak. The team leader was frustrated to death.

Knock knock

“Ah, here comes the cavalry.”

“I’ll try.”

“Yes, go ahead, I’m going to die of frustration.”

As Hae-soo and the team leader switched places, Chief Ha’s pupils shook slightly.

Hae-soo sat across from him and stared into his eyes. The look in this man’s eyes when he faced him in the warehouse was similar to the look in the elevator man’s eyes 13 years ago, and the look in his eyes when he first faced Haru.

He recalled the actions of Madam Yu and Chief Ha. He was strangely overly loyal.

“What is… Madam Yu to you?”

A crack appeared in the statue-like facial muscles of Chief Ha. His mind became complicated by the unexpected question.

“You saw everything from the side, so you know, Madam Yu has at least 20 years [in prison], and if the Shinira murder case is added here, a life sentence is confirmed.”

He had expected it, but he gently closed his eyes as if he felt bad. His eyelids trembled slightly.

Hae-soo got up, brought his face close to him, and whispered as if he was saying something secret.

“Shinira’s murder, did you do it alone? Did Madam Yu order everything?”

He opened his eyes again and made eye contact with Hae-soo. Hae-soo sat back down and spat out the words as if he had nothing to lose.

“I don’t cling to evidence when there’s no body, but if there’s a body, it’s easy to impose a murder charge based on circumstances and motives alone. You know better than anyone else. Madam Yu has plenty of circumstances to kill Shinira. Keep your mouth shut like that until everything is revealed.”

Chief Ha, who had been glaring at Hae-soo as if he would chew him up, finally lowered his eyes and opened his heavy mouth for the first time.

“Let’s do it tomorrow.”

Tap

“Okay”

Hae-soo got up from his seat right away. He will need time to think.

And, without going until tomorrow, Chief Ha found Hae-soo a few hours later.

“I killed Shinira.”

“I know, the evidence.”

“The president has nothing to do with it.”

“Okay, the evidence.”

“If you take apart the bottom of the trunk of vehicle 733, you’ll find the clothes I wore at that time.”

The team leader, who was watching from outside the interrogation room, snapped his fingers and went outside.

*

At the same time, Detective Oh was analyzing the USB in the office with the support of Team 2.

The USB had the name and date written on it kindly, and ‘Sex’ or ‘Drugs’ was written next to the name.

“So, ‘Sex’ is a sex video, and ‘Drugs’ is a video of them doing drugs as the name suggests. These bastards even filmed the moment they recommended it and the other person accepted it. There’s no coercion.”

“They’re meticulous bad guys.”

“That’s right, but there are so many high-ranking trash in our country.”

“Uh.”

The youngest member of Team 2 froze while checking a video.

Detective Oh got up and checked his monitor. Detective Oh’s brow furrowed.

“Why? Oh… it’s our commissioner.”

<#44. Gender Equality Kick!> End