The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 204

Prosecutor, You’re Going Places! – Episode 204

Trust in This Industry (7)

Was it because I watched the video?

Instead of preparing for Choi Gyu-hyun and Jang Young-soon, the press conference and everything else vanished from my mind.

Only me in the video.

No, only that scene of my near-death filled my head vividly.

I feel like I’m going crazy.

Why?

Is this the end for Choi Seo-jun, a miserable death like that?

What did I do so wrong?

Suddenly, my head throbs.

I tried to check the video again, but the future text had vanished without a trace.

Holding my throbbing head, I retraced my memories.

Let’s think slowly.

The sender is 37.

It must be happening this year.

In the video, another man was clearly collapsing next to me as I was dying.

So, was that the guy who was trying to kill me?

I don’t know if he’s a hired assassin or someone who holds a grudge against me, but I can’t deny that the killer was really trying to kill me.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have slashed my face with a knife.

Moreover, I identified three wounded areas in the video.

I don’t know if that’s all or if there are more scars not captured in the video, but what’s certain is that if he had only intended to threaten me, this wouldn’t have been the result.

Wait a minute.

In the video, I didn’t seem to be holding any weapon in my hand.

So, how did the guy next to me collapse?

If one of the citizens had subdued the killer after I fell, it would have been captured in the video, but there was no one who seemed to fit that description.

So, there are two possible scenarios.

The first is that I confronted him for a long time, and after I was stabbed, the police arrived just in time and immediately subdued the killer.

The second is that the real culprit escaped.

However, in the latter case, it doesn’t explain why the police’s attention was solely focused on me.

That’s not to say that the former is entirely plausible either.

I may be older, but I learned judo for several years when I was young, and it’s still in my system, so even if that thug had a weapon, there’s no way I would have been injured so easily.

I racked my brain again, but no matter what scenario I came up with, it didn’t match the video.

Nevertheless, what I saw in the future text will inevitably happen unless I recognize the cause and change it.

Perhaps it was a special situation that made it unavoidable.

For now, there’s only one thing I can do.

Avoid going to the subway station I saw in the future text as much as possible, and carry self-defense items in case of an emergency.

That’s all.

I have to be as careful as possible and find out why something like that is happening.

Damn it.

I can’t die like this.

At least I have to reach the pinnacle of this Republic of Korea, right?

I haven’t even properly enjoyed it yet, nor have I reached that place.

A miserable end… no, that’s a dog’s death.

I have to survive to the end.

***

“After Deputy Director Lee Doo-hyung spoke with STC regarding this press conference, it is estimated that Jang Young-soon will not appear this time either. Also, more reporters than the first press conference…”

Yoon Seol-ha was reporting, but I couldn’t hear it.

Right after seeing the future text, my head was throbbing so badly that it felt like a blank sheet of paper.

I was barely holding on by taking painkillers.

The first thing that came to mind after seeing this text was Choi Gyu-hyun.

But even though Choi Gyu-hyun does a lot of terrible things, he’s not bold enough to hire someone to kill me.

He knows that if I die in this situation, Choi Gyu-hyun will be the most suspected, and considering his personality, he would retaliate politically, not resort to such cowardly tricks from behind.

Wait a minute, is it possible that Choi Gyu-hyun is losing the election because of Jang Young-soon?

So, he turned his anger towards me?

No.

Choi Gyu-hyun has countless Minuk Party lawmakers he wants to kill more than me, but he wouldn’t do such a thing.

Unless it’s a mad dog like Chief Prosecutor Park Jae-pil, Choi Gyu-hyun isn’t that crazy.

That’s not to say that he wouldn’t harm people at all.

If it’s against powerless, innocent citizens, Choi Gyu-hyun is the kind of guy who would abandon his humanity without hesitation.

Therefore, I couldn’t just be complacent and not keep him in check.

The opponent was none other than a leading presidential candidate and an exceptionally vicious politician.

I had to envision all the worst-case scenarios.

“Chief?”

I looked up at Yoon Seol-ha’s voice.

“Yes?”

“You don’t look well…”

She carefully examined my face.

“Should I report again later?”

“Ah, I’m sorry. I was lost in thought.”

“You’ve looked particularly unwell since this afternoon.”

“I’m fine. Please continue briefing.”

“Yes.”

Yoon Seol-ha nodded and continued to explain Jang Young-soon’s press conference.

“Not only did STC make a direct announcement, but they also foreshadowed a bombshell statement revealing other facts, but even STC doesn’t seem to know the specifics. This is expected to have a significant impact not only on Choi Gyu-hyun and you, Chief, but also on other politicians…”

Suddenly, Jang Young-soon’s face came to mind.

If the situation doesn’t go as Choi Gyu-hyun wants, she might really be killed by him.

Unlike me, she has no power in this political arena.

“You said that she’s going to make statements about Choi Gyu-hyun that could lead to him losing his family?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

I think I need to take a step back.

I need to make a rational decision in situations like this, but my life is at stake.

It’s not a political death, but a situation where my lifespan might end.

I need to see how Choi Gyu-hyun moves in this situation to make a rational decision and act.

“I’ll reserve judgment for now.”

“Reserve judgment?”

Yoon Seol-ha looked surprised.

I had never reserved judgment before.

More than anything, the press conference is in two days, so time is of the essence.

However, my decision was firm, and I had no intention of changing it.

“We will not take any action at this press conference. Instead, we will closely monitor all situations and report immediately if any special circumstances arise.”

Yoon Seol-ha didn’t argue.

“Understood.”

“And Seol-ha.”

“Yes, Chief.”

“Could you get me an electric shocker [a non-lethal self-defense weapon]?”

“Pardon?”

“While you’re at it, buy one for yourself and carry it around too.”

“Chief, is something wrong?”

She put down the report she was holding and took a step towards me.

“You can tell me.”

“It’s not time to talk about it yet. I’ll tell you later, so please just follow my instructions for now.”

Yoon Seol-ha nodded with a worried expression.

“Understood. If your personal safety is threatened, please tell me immediately. I will take action.”

“Yes. I will.”

***

“He’s really going to hold the second press conference?”

“Yes. It’s in two days.”

“That damn hag!”

Choi Gyu-hyun gnashed his teeth in anger.

However, since he hadn’t reported the key details yet, Bulgom, Jung Seung-min, cautiously opened his mouth.

“There’s something Jang Young-soon added that you should know.”

“What is it?”

Choi Gyu-hyun frowned.

His face suggested that he would punish him if it was something trivial.

Bulgom swallowed hard and relayed the contents written in the report.

“After secretly contacting STC, I heard that she is planning to reveal that you had an inappropriate relationship with Jang Young-soon in the past.”

At that moment, Choi Gyu-hyun clenched his teeth.

‘She’s going to expose our past affair?’

This was beyond what Choi Gyu-hyun could accept.

If the fact that he had an affair is revealed during the presidential election, where appearances are important, he won’t be able to prevent his current strong approval rating from falling.

Moreover, seeing Jang Young-soon coming out now, it’s clear that she will reveal the fact that she became pregnant with Choi Gyu-hyun’s child and had an abortion during their affair.

He had to stop that.

Even though it’s a long time ago and it can’t be proven to be true, each rumor will have a huge impact on his approval rating.

“…Seung-min.”

He called Bulgom in a low voice.

Unlike his usual way of calling him by his nickname, Bulgom sensed that something unusual was about to happen from his very low voice.

“Yes, Candidate.”

“You know I don’t like getting my hands dirty if I can help it, right?”

“I know.”

“But there are situations where it can’t be helped.”

“…”

“Seung-min, how long has it been since you did a job?”

At Choi Gyu-hyun’s question, Bulgom’s large shoulders visibly shrank.

“I quit right after leaving Assemblyman’s side, after only doing it for about a year or two.”

“It’s been quite a while.”

He nodded and put a cigarette in his mouth.

“I think I have to do one more job.”

“It won’t be easy to track down Jang Young-soon. In just two days…”

“I’ll tell you how.”

Bulgom swallowed hard.

“It will proceed in two days.”

Choi Gyu-hyun took only one puff of the cigarette and immediately crushed the butt in the ashtray.

It was probably just his imagination that Bulgom felt as if someone’s neck was being snapped as he watched this.

“Clearly, that Jang Young-soon will do the same thing at this press conference as she did last time. Then at this time…”

Choi Gyu-hyun’s eyes rolled back and forth.

***

7 PM, the promised time for the press conference.

In fact, it was more of a unilateral notification than a press conference.

Because it was about transmitting a video on a USB.

Nevertheless, a large number of reporters gathered at the Hanul Center as expected.

Although Choi Gyu-hyun and Choi Seo-jun had undermined Jang Young-soon’s credibility, it could not be denied that she was becoming a hot potato as she was mentioned even more.

So, unlike before, this time the setup was completely different from the beginning.

Unlike the previous press conference, which had a microphone, chairs, and a table, this time a laptop, a beam projector, and a screen were prepared.

It was connected so that it could be viewed on a large screen at any time just by plugging in the USB.

And soon, an unidentified person appeared at the press conference with a USB.

However, unlike the first time, this time it was a woman, not a man.

The noisy press conference hall became quiet in an instant, and the woman silently connected the USB and played the video.

The video began to be projected on the large screen.

There, Jang Young-soon’s appearance was visible again.

-Hello, this is Jang Young-soon.

She was in a hurry and went straight to the point without dragging it out.

-I will tell you the most important thing first. As I claimed last time, Queen Investment was handed over to me by Candidate Choi Gyu-hyun. He was the actual owner. That company was his money-laundering company and was an enterprise that committed all sorts of dirty deeds. You can think of it as a company that was closed down and renamed.

I watched TV with my arms crossed, feeling anxious.

-You may wonder why I received that Queen Investment. Yes. I will explain everything. To tell you about the reason, first of all, before I was imprisoned, Candidate Choi Gyu-hyun and I…

팟-.

Before she could finish her sentence, the lights in the press conference hall suddenly went out in an instant.

-What?

-Is it a power outage?

From the blackened screen, the sound of reporters buzzing could be heard, and soon the lights of cell phones and laptops began to turn on.

That commotion was short-lived, and soon the lights turned on, revealing the scene of the press conference hall.

-Where’s the video?

-Why did the video stop?

-Technical team!

At that moment, noisy sounds were transmitted through the TV from here and there.

-Where did what was here go?

The reporter sitting in the front row jumped up and shouted.