The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 126

A Prosecutor’s Rise to Success! – Episode 126 (126/341)

Reversal (6)

-Exclusive! Current Chief Prosecutor Arrested on Suspicion of Drug Possession!

-Kang, a chief prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, was arrested in Gangnam [a wealthy district in Seoul] on suspicion of possessing drugs. The prosecutor was involved in a dispute with another group at a bar. Police, responding to a report, requested him and his junior prosecutor to accompany them. Kang refused, leading to a search of his belongings. The search revealed that Chief Prosecutor Kang was in possession of 0.3g of methamphetamine, enough for about 10 doses. Consequently, the police arrested Kang on the spot… This unprecedented situation of a current chief prosecutor being arrested for drug possession raises questions about the outcome.

-WK Daily, Reporter Park Su-hyeong

Just ten minutes after Chief Kang Jung-sik was arrested, an exclusive article was published by reporter Park Su-hyeong.

This was partly because many people were posting about it on social media due to the area being a busy district, but also because Park Su-hyeong was actually at the scene.

He had prepared the article in advance, so he waited a few minutes after the incident before uploading it.

The article didn’t explicitly mention which department or who he was, but the fact that he was Chief Prosecutor Kang from the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office was enough for his identity to be exposed on the internet.

Now, all that’s left is to watch him struggle.

The thought of Chief Kang Jung-sik flailing around already excites me.

***

As expected, Chief Kang Jung-sik had no intention of collapsing easily.

He knew that if he got entangled in my scheme this time, his lifeline would be cut off, so he was desperately trying to survive.

Of course, to me, it was just a struggle.

Despite being a prosecutor, he didn’t defend himself directly. He even hired a lawyer from one of the top four law firms and strongly appealed his case through the media.

-Our client believes that this is all a setup. Chief Kang Jung-sik is expressing his opinion to the media through a news interview with his hired lawyer.

-He stated that he saw Chief Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun at the scene. It has been confirmed that there is black box footage of the patrol car in which the client was being transported, and we have requested this as evidence from the police.

-Is Chief Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun involved in this case?

The lawyer answered with conviction to the reporter’s question.

-Yes. Our client believes that Choi Seo-jun is behind this series of events. It is retaliation for investigating his corruption. Otherwise, there’s no way Choi Seo-jun would have been at the scene of the arrest, right?

The lawyer continued to speak logically and systematically, as if he had prepared in advance.

-That’s not the only suspicious thing. Kyung-gam [Police Senior Superintendent] Jeong Hyeong-jun is a detective known to be close to Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun. He is not from the Yeoksam District Police Station but is the head of the Narcotics Investigation Department at the Gangnam Police Station. But that detective came to the scene of a 112 [Korean emergency telephone number] report that should have been handled by a local district police station? That doesn’t make sense. And that’s not all.

He appealed strongly, as if expressing Chief Kang Jung-sik’s feelings.

-The article published exclusively by reporter Park Su-hyeong, who broke the news of our client’s arrest, is proof of this. If he didn’t know about this in advance, how could the article have been published exclusively less than 10 minutes after the incident? With photos of the scene, too.

-Is it a problem that the reporter published the article?

-Yes, it is. Park Su-hyeong is the person who has exclusively broken several scoops about Chief Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun before. In other words, he knew this incident was going to happen in advance.

The reporter’s eyes sparkled as he summarized the case and asked him.

-So, Kang Jung-sik believes that this entire incident is a setup by Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun?

-Yes, that’s right.

-I understand.

He nodded and said to the camera.

-This fact is not related to this broadcasting station, JBN, and is claimed from the perspective of Kang Jung-sik’s lawyer…

Watching the interview, Yoon Seol-ha chuckled and crossed her arms.

“He’s coming on strong, isn’t he?”

“Of course. If there’s even a slight scratch here, the lines he’s worked so hard to create will all fall apart.”

I shrugged and added.

“Of course, it won’t end with that; he’ll have to lose his position too.”

“Should we prepare a press conference to explain?”

“No. Just leave it alone.”

“You’re just going to watch?”

Yoon Seol-ha looked surprised at the unexpected answer.

“It’s a plausible argument, so there will be controversy.”

“Of course, I’m not just going to watch.”

I had no intention of doing an interview with a mere media outlet.

Rather, I was preparing a way to gain even more credibility.

Beep, beep.

As expected, Song Jae-hoon PD [Production Director] called at the perfect time.

“Yes, Jae-hoon.”

-Chief Kang Jung-sik’s side did an interview as Seo-jun predicted.

“Yes. It seems we can proceed according to the scenario.”

-Should I go to the Central District Prosecutors’ Office after work today?

“Yes. Let’s meet at a cafe nearby. I’ll get approval from the Chief Prosecutor in advance.”

-Understood.

Yoon Seol-ha, who immediately recognized Song Jae-hoon PD just by hearing the name ‘Jae-hoon,’ exclaimed as soon as I hung up.

“Wow, you really are a prosecutor. Did you predict that the viper would come out like this?”

“Of course. After being bitten by a viper a couple of times, I’ve developed immunity.”

“Are you going to do an official position interview through PD X-File today?”

“Yes. Since this is an attack on me, there shouldn’t be any problem getting permission from above, so I’m going to do an official interview.”

“So, are you going without a mosaic [blurred face]?”

“Yes. I’m going to be confident.”

***

Chief Prosecutor Seo Gi-woong granted permission for the interview without any hesitation.

Perhaps he felt sorry for misunderstanding me in the case covered up by Shin Yong-ho’s corruption, he had been taking better care of me lately.

The instruction was to clear up any misunderstandings thoroughly.

Thanks to that, I did the interview very confidently, with my face exposed.

Of course, it was filming the content that Song Jae-hoon PD and I had already discussed for the broadcast.

However, the rest of the production crew who came with him had no way of knowing this, so I conducted the interview calmly so that they wouldn’t notice.

“Currently, Mr. Kang Jung-sik is making various claims, such as this case being a setup and Choi Seo-jun being behind it. I would like to ask what you think about this.”

“I’m dumbfounded.”

I let out a slight chuckle, as if I was at a loss for words, and continued.

“First, about reporter Park Su-hyeong… Yes, it’s true that I’m friendly with him. I was supposed to have a simple drink with Park Su-hyeong in Gangnam that day. I had a lot of work that day, so I left work late because I was working overtime. It was after 9 o’clock, and I was leaving the office to go to the meeting place when I happened to witness the scene, stopped, watched, and met him.”

“Ah, so Choi Seo-jun didn’t know this incident was going to happen at all?”

“Yes. I didn’t even know this kind of incident was going to happen. Our meeting place was nearby, so reporter Park Su-hyeong happened to be there too. Not only reporter Park Su-hyeong, but any reporter wouldn’t have been able to pass by a scene where so many people were gathered.”

“Then, did you make a reservation at the restaurant you were going to near there?”

“Yes. It should be reserved under my name. You can check.”

I had even made a reservation at the restaurant in advance for this.

Everything was moving within my grasp.

“And they’re saying that I’m personally close to Kyung-gam [Police Senior Superintendent] Jeong Hyeong-jun… We had a few cases sent to us in the past, and we got along a bit, so we occasionally contact each other. I heard that he went to the Yeoksam District Police Station to see a younger colleague and came along because a dispatch order was issued. But to connect that to me is far-fetched.”

I continued as if I was speechless.

“It’s literally a delusion. If that’s the case, I would have had to know that there were drugs in his pocket in the first place, but how would I know?”

“According to Kang Jung-sik, Prosecutor Hong Seok-jang, who received instructions from Choi Seo-jun, put it in his pocket…”

“Prosecutor Hong came up from the Busan District Prosecutors’ Office, so he would have been closer to Chief Kang. How could I give him instructions? He’s only been in Seoul for a little over two months. Even if I told him to betray Chief Kang, whom he’s known for years, would he have listened?”

Every word was full of conviction.

I learned it from Han Ji-yu.

I learned that even in acting, you have to go out like this to have the persuasiveness that makes listeners nod.

Of course, I had always done this even before learning from her.

Song Jae-hoon PD asked cautiously.

“So, you’re saying that Choi Seo-jun has nothing to do with this case?”

“Yes. To be honest, he was the one in charge of the corruption case related to my friend a while ago, so I don’t have good feelings for him, but I’m not such a bad person that I would harm others because of that.”

“I understand. Should we send out this interview with a mosaic?”

“No. I officially received permission from above, so you can send it out as is. Everyone knows even if you don’t mosaic it anyway. And I’m confident.”

With those words, I ended the interview.

Two days after the interview, my interview was broadcast without filtering on PD X-File.

In addition, CCTV footage from the store where the incident occurred was also secured and broadcast together.

However, unlike Chief Kang Jung-sik’s opinion that someone secretly put drugs in his pocket, the CCTV footage only showed the scene of Chief Kang Jung-sik fighting, and there was no scene of him putting drugs in his pocket at all.

The effect of repeatedly emphasizing that everything would be ruined if he was caught secretly handing him drugs was effective.

Thanks to that, it’s safe to say that there’s no room for him to escape anymore.

However, the viper, Chief Kang Jung-sik, showed no signs of backing down. Rather, his delusions of persecution spread, and he even made absurd claims.

Stories about sleeping with investigators, anonymously donating money that was received from black money, and meeting Han Ji-yu and me through sexual favors and becoming close because we were attracted to each other.

The donation-related part was true, but it was mixed with lies, so it didn’t gain any credibility at all.

I thought he would stop after doing it moderately, but he continued to make nonsense claims even after his line with High Prosecutor Park Jae-pil was cut off.

It seemed like he would continue to scream even after the trial was over.

I made a decision.

“I didn’t want to use this method, but I have no choice.”

“Yes. It seems we need to use that to prevent the viper from saying anything more.”

Yoon Seol-ha agreed with my thoughts.

It was a means that had been saved as a last resort because it would completely drop him into hell.

I immediately called Prosecutor Kim Joo-hwan, who is on the number 1 line in the Public Security Department.

-Yes, Chief.

“Oh, Kim Pro, are you busy?”

-No. Thanks to the drug case that you handed over to me back then, I think I’ll be able to build up my performance very well, so my heart is very warm.”

“That’s good.”

-Thank you again.

“No need to thank me.”

I smiled lightly and continued.

“By the way, I think you need to step up.”

-Should I do as you said back then?

“Yeah. Kang Jung-sik, that bastard, I thought he would bark moderately and then subside, but his voice is getting louder as if his throat isn’t even hoarse.”

-Yes. I’ll detonate it within today and finish it within my line.”

“Okay, please do some hard work.”

-Please rest well, Chief.

“Go in.”

As soon as I hung up, Yoon Seol-ha said to me with sparkling eyes.

“Now, Chief Kang Jung-sik, the viper, will be quiet, right?”

“As of today, you can erase that human from your mind.”

The thought of the article that Prosecutor Kim Joo-hwan would post made the corners of my mouth twist.

It’s really over now.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office has completely become my world.

But at that moment.

Beep, beep.