The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 74

“…”

Shin Hae-soo’s simple greeting filled the auditorium with silence. Hae-soo, thinking the trainees were just awkward because it was their first meeting, put on the gentle smile he had practiced on the way.

“S, scary.”

“Shh, he can hear you.”

However, his smile was interpreted as, ‘You guys are going to die soon, so be prepared.’

When the silence continued, Hae-soo slightly hardened his face and began to speak.

“I heard that when a special instructor comes, you cheer.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the trainees shouted out of self-preservation.

“Wowww!!”

“Welcome!”

“Shin Hae-soo! Senior! Shin Hae-soo! Senior!”

“We’ve been waiting for you!!”

Only then did enthusiastic cheers erupt. Hae-soo finally smiled in satisfaction and continued the briefing.

“…I plan to incorporate eight years of know-how to teach field investigation methods and suppression techniques.”

After shouting for a while, the trainees relaxed a little and began to whisper, looking at Hae-soo.

“His arms look bigger than they did in the picture, right?”

“Yeah, he looks intimidating…”

“I heard he had the highest arrest rate when he was at the precinct.”

“Are we really meeting a living legend…”

“H, he’s cool…”

The trainee representative, Kim Woong-min, didn’t like the atmosphere of praising Hae-soo even though he hadn’t done anything special.

He’s just a figure created by exaggerated articles to improve the image of the police. Police trainees have a duty to face reality.

As the representative, Woong-min decided to take courage and shatter his classmates’ illusions.

“Instructor, I have a question.”

“Ask away.”

“I heard that you were recently attacked by eight contract killers at your home, but you subdued them all. Is that true?”

The auditorium turned cold at Woong-min’s question, which implied he wanted the truth to be revealed.

When Hae-soo slightly narrowed his brow, Woong-min felt his heart freeze.

“No, it wasn’t eight people.”

“Ah…”

“I knew it…”

Some couldn’t hide their disappointment at Hae-soo’s answer, while others nodded as if they expected it.

Mi-yeon, who was sitting next to Woong-min, moved her lips as if asking how he knew. Woong-min’s shoulders lifted slightly.

Then Hae-soo’s answer continued.

“The reporter who didn’t check the scene directly wrote a speculative article. It was actually twelve people. I let the leader go to track down the client, and the rest were severely injured and immediately sent to the intensive care unit [ICU] from the scene.”

The trainees’ mouths gradually widened at Hae-soo’s words. Woong-min’s expression changed to ‘This isn’t what I expected.’

Hae-soo continued with a firm expression.

“If the opponent attacks with a knife, you must do your best to subdue them without worrying about the law or the opponent’s safety. Losing your own life is instantaneous.”

“Wow…”

The trainees looked at him with their mouths half-open at Hae-soo’s passionate speech. Saying the obvious has power when it comes from someone who has actually experienced it.

For a moment, the trainees imagined how Hae-soo must have felt when facing the men with sashimi knives.

Then Woong-min raised his hand again.

“Instructor! Can you show us a little bit about how to subdue an opponent with a knife?”

“Here?”

Several trainees answered in unison to Hae-soo’s question.

“Yes!”

Hae-soo hesitated for a moment. He had made a resolution on the way to the police academy. Except for one special day, he had never properly taught anyone, so he decided to at least give good feedback.

Hae-soo nodded and rolled up his sleeves.

“Ooh…”

“Ah…”

The most common places to get injured when dealing with someone with a weapon are the hands and arms. The numerous scars engraved on Hae-soo’s forearms made something tingle in the trainees’ hearts.

Some felt fear for the path they had to walk, while others felt their chests boil with passion.

Hae-soo held up two fingers.

“There are two ways I subdue opponents. One is striking, and the other is joint manipulation. Striking is suitable when dealing with multiple opponents because it may not completely neutralize the opponent in one go.”

“Did you subdue them with strikes back then?”

“I used both. There were many of them, and my left hand was injured, so I subdued them mostly with strikes, but I can’t show that to the trainees, so I’ll show you joint manipulation.”

Then Woong-min raised his hand again.

“Instructor, it’s possible! We have gloves prepared here.”

What Woong-min pointed to was an open-finger glove with a slightly thicker padding on the fist part.

Hae-soo pondered. He wondered if he could control his strength, but he also thought it would be better to show them directly.

“Hmm…”

“I think we can learn a lot if you show us directly.”

“Alright.”

As soon as Hae-soo’s permission was given, Woong-min ran to get the gloves. Hae-soo took a pen from his pocket, handed it to him, and said.

“Think of this as a knife and come at me, stabbing my neck.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Thud

At the same time as Woong-min’s answer, he stretched out the pen, and his wrist was caught in Hae-soo’s hand at a terrifying speed.

Hae-soo made a truly frightening expression for the first time and said.

“Take this seriously. Like it’s real, with the intention of stabbing my carotid artery and killing me.”

“S, sorry. I understand.”

Woong-min’s heart shrank at Hae-soo’s stern energy, but he felt ashamed that the other trainees had seen him scared.

That soon turned into revenge, and he stretched out the pen like Hae-soo had told him to.

Bang

At the same time, the world turned black for Woong-min.

Thump

Hae-soo quickly grabbed Woong-min, who was rolling his eyes and falling backward, and slowly lowered him to the ground.

When he turned his head, the medical staff who were waiting rushed over and carried him away on a stretcher.

Hae-soo looked at their backs with a satisfied face and turned his head to the trainees.

“The main instructor had the medical staff waiting in advance in case of this. Trainees can focus on the training with peace of mind.”

“N, not peaceful…”

“Scary…”

*

After the intense first greeting, the trainees’ daily routine at the police academy also ended, and it was time for dinner.

The cafeteria at the top of the police academy was in a good location for a light jog.

“Hmm, it’s tastier than the police station.”

The rice is fluffy and the side dishes are good. Hae-soo piled up a bowl of rice and ate deliciously.

Even though the place was almost full, there were two empty spaces around Hae-soo.

Seeing this, Mi-yeon, with her neat bobbed hair, smiled and pointed to the seat next to Hae-soo with her index finger.

“Shall we sit there?”

“Huh? N, no.”

“Let’s go, let’s go.”

“Y, you’re crazy.”

Mi-yeon brought her classmate and approached Hae-soo, her bobbed hair swaying.

“Instructor, can we sit here?”

“Of course, sit down and eat a lot. Physical strength is national power.”

“Yes, physical strength is national power.”

Mi-yeon made a cute fist and repeated Hae-soo’s words, then sat across from him.

“Instructor, can I ask you a question?”

Hae-soo swallowed the food he was chewing and held up his palm.

“Go ahead.”

“When you work in the field, what kind of case is the most difficult?”

“Of course, it’s the most common and frequent case of dealing with drunks. It’s not the alcohol that’s the enemy, but the person who causes trouble after drinking, but if you work as a police officer, you can’t help but hate alcohol.”

“Ah… is that so? I hardly ever drink alcohol to begin with.”

“That’s a good habit.”

“Then, among the cases you’ve handled, the most…”

Mi-yeon asked about various things related to the field, and Hae-soo answered enthusiastically.

Hae-soo couldn’t hide his pride in seeing the trainees trying to learn about the field and the duties of the police even after work hours.

Thanks to that, after the long dinner, Hae-soo saw the trainees wearing sportswear and heading somewhere in groups of three or five.

Following them, he found the central stadium. The stadium was full of trainees exercising separately. The heat of the young police officers filled the wide space.

It was a club activity where they gathered to fill their individual preferences or shortcomings.

Hae-soo stood in the stands and looked down at the scene, feeling good. It reminded him of his own enthusiastic trainee days, which were now a distant memory.

Back then, he seemed to run until he threw up, and then ran again after throwing up.

“Good!”

At that moment, Kim Woong-min found Hae-soo sitting in the stadium stands. Woong-min instinctively flinched and touched his chin.

Woong-min couldn’t forget the shame he felt when he woke up from fainting and faced his classmates again.

The characteristic of muscular people is that they only do strength training, so their endurance is poor. Their lower bodies also have a lot of muscle mass, but that’s it. Woong-min was a runner-up in the citizen’s marathon, so he was confident in his running. He had a good idea.

“Instructor.”

“Oh, hello. Are you alright?”

“Yes, did you come out to exercise?”

“Well, rather than that, I came out to watch.”

“I’m in the running club. Would you mind leading us, thinking of it as a light warm-up?”

Hae-soo needed a reason to join the enthusiastic trainees. He nodded his head greatly and readily agreed.

“Alright!”

Hae-soo followed Woong-min to the group of trainees who were slowly warming up. Then he ran with them on the outside.

“Ooh, Instructor.”

“Hello, can I warm up with you?”

“It’s an honor!”

“Let’s run.”

When you can’t spend a lot of time like in a marathon, you run one half of the lap at full speed and the other half at a moderate pace to maintain your pace in order to increase your endurance.

After running dozens of laps like that…

“Huff, huff, huff.”

Half of them dropped out, and Woong-min was feeling a metallic taste in his mouth for the first time in a while, and his pace was gradually dropping.

‘Why is he running so well? Was that muscle all made from running?’

Hae-soo, seeing Woong-min’s eyes almost glazed over, asked him.

“Isn’t there a set number of laps to run?”

Woong-min widened his eyes. It was because Hae-soo’s voice was very calm.

“N, no.”

“Then let’s stop here. It’s not good to overexert yourself.”

“Heeeck.”

“Ugh, huff, huff.”

As soon as Hae-soo finished speaking, the trainees collapsed to the ground. Woong-min also bowed deeply and was immersed in a sense of defeat.

Hae-soo said to the running club trainees, jogging in place.

“Our goal is not to set a marathon record. Knee cartilage is a consumable, so we must conserve it. The point is to minimize the impact on the knees and build endurance. Good shoes and running posture are important. Get into the habit of running with a small stride and keeping your feet as close to the ground as possible. Of course, seeing you today, I felt that the future of the Korean police is bright.”

Hae-soo smiled and started running alone again. Woong-min looked at his back and was convinced that he was specialized in running.

‘He’s amazing… even after running that much…’

Hae-soo, who finished warming up with the jog, wandered around the stadium alone and approached the horizontal bar. The leader of the horizontal bar club recognized him and approached him.

“Instructor, do you like the horizontal bar?”

“Of course. The horizontal bar is a full-body workout, so I enjoy bodyweight exercises because they are more balanced than lifting heavy equipment in the gym. Jogging and the horizontal bar are the best exercises.”

“As expected, would you like to exercise lightly with us?”

Hae-soo nodded his head greatly.

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