The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 222

Prosecutor, You’re Going Places! – Episode 222 (222/341)

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Chief Prosecutor Gong Han-yeong of the Western District Prosecutors’ Office looked at me, startled, as if he hadn’t expected me to come.

“I taught him.”

“…….”

He couldn’t say anything, like a chick that swallowed a pill [meaning he was speechless and overwhelmed].

Silence fell in the office in an instant.

Even the sound of breathing was not heard, and only my voice was echoing in the air.

“Chief Lee, did you deliver the official letter?”

“Yes. I delivered it to Chief Yoo Seok-won…….”

Chief Lee Doo-hyung’s gaze turned to Chief Prosecutor Gong Han-yeong.

He was holding a half-crumpled document in his hand.

Looking at the contents on the back, it seemed to be an official letter.

I looked at Chief Prosecutor Gong Han-yeong again and asked.

“Do you have any complaints?”

He clenched his teeth and trembled.

He must be pissed [angry].

And embarrassed.

This is the Western District Prosecutors’ Office.

He’s being completely ignored in the heart of the enemy, in front of dozens of his subordinates.

It’s not like he was just standing still and got attacked; it’s like he tried to humiliate Chief Lee Doo-hyung and got a counterpunch from me in return.

“Since the official letter has been delivered, I think the work is done.”

I looked down at him and turned my head.

“Let’s go, Chief Lee.”

“Yes.”

The moment Chief Lee Doo-hyung was about to follow me out.

“Is this bastard crazy…….”

A muttered sound from behind pierced my ears.

Turning around, Chief Prosecutor Gong Han-yeong was glaring at me with fierce eyes.

It seemed he had decided that if he let me go like this, it would be more than just smearing his face; he wouldn’t be able to face his subordinate prosecutors again.

But I had no intention of quietly letting it go.

“Chief Lee.”

I smiled and asked Lee Doo-hyung.

“I didn’t hear wrong, did I?”

“I think you heard correctly.”

I hardened my face and looked at Chief Prosecutor Gong Han-yeong.

“Say it again.”

He gritted his teeth and said.

“You’re still wet behind the ears [inexperienced]…… you can’t even look at me in terms of seniority.”

“Hoo.”

I let out a deep sigh and said clearly.

“How many terms are you?”

“What?”

“I’m from the 43rd class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. Chief Lee, how many terms is Prosecutor Gong?”

“He’s from the 35th class of the Institute.”

“He’s eight terms higher than me.”

I smiled at Chief Lee Doo-hyung’s answer.

“If you’re that many terms higher, shouldn’t you reflect on why your rank is lower than mine?”

I said, walking towards him.

Chief Prosecutor Gong Han-yeong flinched for a moment, and that 모습 [appearance] was fully conveyed to the other prosecutors.

“Don’t be scared. I won’t hit you.”

I went close to his ear, lowered my voice, and asked him so only he could hear.

“If you go any further, you won’t be able to hold your head up in front of your subordinates……. Can you come to work like this from tomorrow?”

Chief Prosecutor Gong bit his lip.

“Do you think the President will stand still if you intervene like this?”

I scoffed and replied.

“Yeah, I think he will.”

He gnashed his teeth.

“This is something the President is concerned about. You’re just a chief prosecutor, even if you’re from the Central District Prosecutors’ Office. Don’t do more than you can handle.”

“Well. I don’t think I’m doing more than I can handle…….”

I twisted my lips naturally.

“The position of chief prosecutor is too small to contain me.”

Chief Prosecutor Gong Han-yeong’s eyes began to waver.

“If you’re scared of me, say you’re scared. I’ll let it go this once.”

He couldn’t say anything more.

He couldn’t bring himself to say it, but I could tell that he was tacitly admitting defeat.

I lightly patted Gong Han-yeong’s shoulder and raised my voice again.

“I’ll stop here for today, so don’t be too proud next time. You might have to kneel before me then.”

I winked at him and said.

“Chief Lee, let’s go back quickly. If we stay in a place that has become a dog of the regime for too long, we might smell like dog food.”

***

When I arrived at the Central District Prosecutors’ Office, I received a call from Song Hyun-sung.

-What the hell did you do?

“Why, is someone saying something?”

-The rumor has spread all over the Western District Prosecutors’ Office. That you and Chief Prosecutor Gong Han-yeong had a fight.

“Oh, really?”

I asked, excited.

“Who’s rumored to have won?”

-Of course, you…… no, that’s not the point. Chief Prosecutor Gong is completely pissed off [angry].

“What can he do even if he’s angry? He has to swallow it.”

-Not just the chief prosecutor, but the regular prosecutors are also in an uproar. They’re all determined to destroy the Central District Prosecutors’ Office.

“At least they’re united over there.”

I burst into laughter, and Song Hyun-sung sighed deeply.

-I really can’t tell if you’ve always been brave or if you’re just crazy.

“I guess it’s the latter?”

-Ugh.

“Anyway, let’s get together with Yong-ho after this Thunderbolt Gate is over. He’s doing well in business this time, so he’s going to treat us big.”

-Okay. Take care of yourself.

He said in a sincere voice.

-This case involves the current regime, so something more than you expect might happen.

“Okay, thanks.”

***

-The direction of the Thunderbolt rape case is still in a maze…… Where is the refreshing cider [a satisfying resolution]?

-The Thunderbolt rape case that occurred a while ago is still struggling to find a direction in the investigation. It is no exaggeration to say that the investigation into the case seems to be facing increasing difficulties. According to an interview with a prosecutor official, even the direction of investigation and the content of the investigation between the Central District Prosecutors’ Office and the Western District Prosecutors’ Office are different, which is adding to the confusion. ……(omitted)……. The victim’s wounds are being further aggravated due to the power struggles of each district prosecutors’ office. The prosecution should be aware of this and quickly work to identify and punish the perpetrator.

-Kkaesimin Ilbo, Reporter Jang Won-young

“It seems like the Western District Prosecutors’ Office deliberately leaked it.”

“100 percent.”

I smiled and folded the newspaper.

Since last time, the Western District Prosecutors’ Office has really been grinding their teeth [determined].

Perhaps because their superior, Chief Prosecutor Gong Han-yeong, was completely defeated by me, they are pushing forward with stubbornness and grit, trying to overcome the Central District Prosecutors’ Office.

Of course, that thought itself was extremely arrogant.

The Central District Prosecutors’ Office has never been pushed back by another office, and it never will be.

Most of all, I am confident in the fact that the actual victim’s claim matches our Central District Prosecutors’ Office.

When we showed the victim a photo of Hong Tae-min, the first son of the KM Group, she testified that she remembered drinking next to him until she lost consciousness due to the 물뽕 [mulppong – a type of date rape drug, often GHB].

However, the Western District Prosecutors’ Office is still trying to frame Director Heo Seung-geon as the real culprit.

They were claiming that the victim was drunk at the time of the rape and mistook the person she was with for the actual rapist.

Above all, they also had a suspect who confessed to being the perpetrator.

In addition, the Western District Prosecutors’ Office was even tampering with circumstantial evidence. It was a clear illegal act, but as expected of prosecutors, they were subtly manipulating it without getting caught by others, so it was not easy to touch.

In short, the circumstantial evidence pointed to Director Heo Seung-geon as the culprit, and the actual victim’s testimony pointed to Vice President Hong Tae-min.

Since the prosecution was so divided, the investigation could not proceed properly.

That’s why I had nothing to say even when articles criticizing the prosecution like this came out.

However, this situation will soon be resolved.

Thanks to the victim going to the hospital immediately after the rape, they were able to collect the perpetrator’s DNA there.

In this case, after the initial police investigation began, one of the club MDs [marketing directors] falsely confessed that he had raped the victim, but the DNA test results were inconsistent, so the DNA test results will be very important this time as well.

The National Forensic Service said that they would inform us of the results as soon as possible because it was a case that was becoming a hot topic in the world.

If that happens, we will soon be able to flatten the nose of the Western District Prosecutors’ Office…… no, smash it.

As soon as I had that thought, I received a call from Deputy Chief Jang Ha-yeong.

“Oh, Deputy Chief Jang.”

-Chief Prosecutor, are you in your office right now?

Her voice was urgent.

“I’m in the chief prosecutor’s office, what’s wrong?”

-Can I come and tell you in person?

“Do that.”

-I’ll be there in a minute.”

As soon as the call ended, a sense of foreboding suddenly struck me.

The only thing that could be a setback in the current situation is the DNA comparison test result.

I have a bad feeling.

Knock knock.

With a knock, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Jang Ha-yeong came in.

“What’s wrong?”

“A problem has occurred.”

She handed me a document she had brought and said.

“The DNA test results just came out from the National Forensic Service…….”

Deputy Chief Jang Ha-yeong frowned.

“According to the DNA comparison result between the DNA collected from the victim’s body and Director Heo Seung-geon’s DNA, they were identified as the same person.”

“What?”

As I examined the report she had handed me, a hollow laugh came out.

As Jang Ha-yeong said, according to the National Forensic Service’s confirmation, the suspect’s DNA was 99.99% likely to be that of Director Heo Seung-geon.

“What is this bullshit?”

“I’m sorry. I don’t understand it either…….”

Deputy Chief Jang Ha-yeong couldn’t continue speaking, as if she didn’t know what was going on either.

Something is wrong with this.

There’s no way the victim could have really mistaken him.

No, in the first place, Director Heo Seung-geon couldn’t be the culprit. If he was, this situation wouldn’t have unfolded.

At that moment, the seal of the National Forensic Service at the bottom of the report caught my eye.

“Wait a minute. Why was this analysis entrusted to the National Forensic Service?”

“I know that the police secured the DNA sample that was initially collected from the hospital during the initial investigation process, so the Western District Prosecutors’ Office collected Director Heo Seung-geon’s DNA and sent it to the National Forensic Service.”

The National Forensic Service is an organization affiliated with the police.

In other words, it is tightly held in Choi Gyu-hyun’s hands.

If he intentionally tried to overturn the 판 [pan – situation or game], then the current situation is possible enough.

Not only that.

If the Western District Prosecutors’ Office sent Hong Tae-min’s DNA to the National Forensic Service instead of sending the DNA collected from Director Heo Seung-geon, it is not impossible.

If that were the case, the DNA results would naturally come out as they are now.

As it is, I can’t trust the National Forensic Service.

There’s only one place left.

“Tell them to send the DNA sample to the NDFC [National Digital Forensic Center]. Attach someone to check so that there are no problems in the delivery process.”

“I understand.”

As Deputy Chief Jang Ha-yeong left, my head began to throb.

Trust in the NDFC, which is called the prosecution’s National Forensic Service, was high, but if the Western District Prosecutors’ Office had intervened in this investigation, it was not impossible that they could have even bribed the NDFC researchers.

Above all, it was even more dangerous because the KM Group was backing them with funds.

In the end, I picked up my cell phone.

“Call Secretary Yoon Seol-ha.”

Not long after, she entered the chief prosecutor’s office.

“Secretary Yoon, we haven’t been able to collect Hong Tae-min’s DNA yet, have we?”

“Yes. Hong Tae-min has expressed his refusal through his lawyer.”

If the DNA comparison results showed that Director Heo Seung-geon was not the culprit, I was going to collect Vice President Hong Tae-min’s DNA, but this result completely derailed the plan.

If the test results were inconsistent, I would have been able to put Hong Tae-min on the suspect list based on the victim’s testimony and forcibly collect his DNA, but in the current situation, no matter how much the victim pointed to Hong Tae-min as the culprit, there was a person who confessed to being the culprit and his DNA matched the suspect’s, so there was no legal basis to collect Hong Tae-min’s DNA.

If I tried to use some trick to forcibly collect DNA, Hong Tae-min would try to refuse even by mobilizing the KM Group’s legal team and a large law firm.

“If I could just get Hong Tae-min’s DNA, I think I could find a way somehow…….”

Perhaps Yoon Seol-ha heard me muttering in regret, she carefully opened her mouth.

“It’s legally impossible, but…….”

Her eyes sparkled.

“If you need even illegally obtained DNA, I will try to get it.”

“Can you do it?”

“It’s difficult, but not impossible.”

Instead of saying please, I slowly nodded.

Yoon Seol-ha, who understood the meaning, smiled brightly and said in a confident voice.

“Chief Prosecutor, I’ll take a three-day vacation.”