The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 245

Nemesis (9)

I was hugging Han Jiyu and sharing the joy when suddenly,

*Tring-.*

The phone rang.

The caller was God’s Hand, Go Seong-tak.

“Yes, this is Choi Seo-jun.”

-Prosecutor, we finally did it!

His voice, coming from the phone, was not just filled with joy but trembling.

-You’ve worked so hard!

“No, you’ve worked harder than I have, Seong-tak.”

-I’m just grateful that you say so.

The laughter of others was heard over the phone.

It seemed like they were in a festive mood over there.

-The candidate… no, the president-elect.

“Of course. Once 100% of the votes are counted and the Central Election Management Committee confirms it, his term begins. He’s the president starting tomorrow.”

-It feels like a dream.

He and I burst into laughter without either of us starting first.

“What is our president’s brother-in-law doing?”

-He’s preparing to move to give his acceptance speech. It seems like the location will be Gwanghwamun [a major public square in Seoul].

“I see.”

-We’re contacting people through the secretarial team. They say they’re throwing a big party at our usual spot, so I think it would be good if you could come, Prosecutor. And there will probably be stories about those we are grateful for there.

It was said to express gratitude, but in reality, it was nothing more than a place to gauge the president-elect’s inner thoughts.

Under the guise of expressing gratitude to those who greatly helped in this election, it was to give a hint about new personnel decisions.

In short, it was like notifying the ‘line people’ [those seeking favor or positions] in advance about how the new government’s cabinet would be formed.

It was telling the ‘line people’ that these people helped me and will take key positions, so they can line up accordingly.

Frankly speaking, it was safe to say it was an election performance.

“Is the President coming after the speech?”

-Yes. He has to appear to be going home, so he’ll go home right after the acceptance speech and then take the secretarial car to the hotel.

“Okay. I’ll go ahead and wait.”

-See you there.

As I hung up, Han Jiyu looked up at me and asked.

“Do you have to go?”

“Yeah. Today is the day.”

It was late, but she didn’t stop me.

Han Jiyu knew what kind of place it was.

She even actively took care of my clothes.

“Have a good trip, Oppa [term of endearment for older brother or boyfriend].”

“Go to sleep first. I’ll be late.”

“Okay. I should call Jisu.”

“Yeah, do that.”

I kissed her forehead.

“I’ll be back.”

I quickly dressed in a suit and headed to the hotel.

***

“Who is this? Isn’t it the President’s brother-in-law?”

“Hahaha, no. I’m just an ordinary prosecutor.”

“No, who would see the Chief Prosecutor as just a prosecutor?”

As soon as I arrived at the hotel, people flocked around me.

It couldn’t be helped.

The name Choi Seo-jun was no longer just a prosecutor, but a powerful figure as the president’s family.

A member of the National Assembly slyly rubbed my shoulder and said flattering words.

“Are we finally going to hear the title of Attorney General?”

“Ehey!”

I took a deep breath and waved my hand.

“No. I’m just doing my best in the given position.”

“Hahaha, you’re still a prosecutor.”

“Prosecutor.”

A city council member politely approached me and offered a champagne glass.

“Would you like a drink? On a day like today, who would say anything even if you get drunk?”

“Shall we?”

I took the glass and raised it high.

Then, everyone raised their glasses above their heads.

“For the new regime of the Republic of Korea.”

“Cheers!”

I poured the champagne into my mouth in one gulp.

The sweet alcohol scent spread in my mouth, and at the same time, the carbonation scratched my throat coolly.

It was a much more luxurious and flavorful drink than any expensive liquor I had ever had.

As I began to feel a little tipsy.

“The President has arrived!”

With a loud voice, the attention of everyone in this place was focused.

Everyone applauded and cheered at the same time.

Seong Tae-hyun, who had finished his acceptance speech, was more confident and imposing than ever before.

Seeing him, a proud smile began to form on my face.

Seong Tae-hyun reached out and greeted leisurely as he headed to the platform, and the path he walked was parted in an orderly manner like the miracle of Moses.

“Thank you.”

He went up to the platform without hesitation, grabbed the prepared microphone, and shouted powerfully.

“We did it!”

Seong Tae-hyun’s voice was more confident and louder than ever before.

The accompanying secretarial staff and members of the National Assembly popped champagne with a *pop* sound.

They splashed champagne without formality, and soon Seong Tae-hyun was soaked in it.

However, there was no displeasure to be found on his face. The smile never left his lips.

“I was able to do it thanks to you all.”

It was literally a festival.

Everyone’s face was filled with smiles, and no one frowned.

If you were to pick the place with the highest happiness index in Korea at this time, it would be here without a doubt.

For a long time, he expressed joy and gratitude.

He didn’t come down from the platform.

After shouting for so long, the old men’s energy ran out and the atmosphere subsided to some extent, and then Seong Tae-hyun began his full-fledged thank-you speech.

It’s safe to say that everyone gathered here to hear this.

I was one of them.

“The future of the Republic of Korea depends on the children. I think National Assembly member Hwang Seon-hyung of Seongdong-gu is the perfect person to take responsibility for the education of those children and make them better students.”

It was a hint to appoint Hwang Seon-hyung as the Minister of Education.

The reason why he doesn’t directly point out which department it is is one.

Although there is no possibility, there could be a problem if the contents of the conversation were leaked here.

If he speaks like this, even if the opposition party can latch onto it, they won’t be able to pinpoint any actual wrongdoing.

“Also, I believe that Mayor Oh Jung-sik of Suncheon will create a Korean version of NASA to lead the science of the Republic of Korea.”

The Minister of Science and Technology Information and Communication is Oh Jung-sik.

Seong Tae-hyun seemed to have already decided on all the positions, and he continued to speak without hesitation.

“I think CEO Kim Mi-yeon is the right person to realize gender equality in our country.”

The Minister of Gender Equality and Family is Kim Mi-yeon.

“Chief of Staff Ahn Ji-hoon is responsible for national defense and…”

After giving hints about the newly appointed ministers for a long time, he brought up the topic that everyone had been waiting for.

“And this is the person who will protect the laws of the Republic of Korea and take responsibility for the safety of the people.”

It finally came out.

The eyes of those around me were focused on me, and I was barely holding back the corners of my mouth from rising.

“I have no doubt that Vice Minister Park Chang-sik, who is currently in the Ministry of Justice, will do his best to make the Republic of Korea a stronger rule-of-law state.”

First of all, the Minister of Justice is Park Chang-sik.

“And finally, the person who will lead the prosecution of the Republic of Korea and make criminals pay the price for their crimes is…”

Attorney General.

I smiled brightly and prepared to greet.

At that moment, Seong Tae-hyun and I made eye contact, and he smirked.

No, he twisted it.

Only one side, very sinisterly.

At that moment, I felt that something was wrong.

But Seong Tae-hyun was unstoppable.

He turned his head sharply and shouted at a man on the other side.

“It’s Prosecutor Kim Gu-bon. He will continue to be at the forefront of the prosecution, drawing on his experience as the Deputy Attorney General of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office…”

I thought I misheard, but no.

Seong Tae-hyun’s gaze was still fixed on Kim Gu-bon.

I wanted to believe it was a hidden camera prank, but that couldn’t be.

I couldn’t stop my expression from freezing at the unexpected situation.

I froze on the spot.

“Oh, is there no more alcohol…”

The members of the National Assembly who had been guarding my side quietly moved away.

I was stunned as if I had been hit on the head with a hammer.

My mind wasn’t working at all.

Not Seong Jin-hyun, Seong Tae-hyun’s cousin, but Kim Gu-bon?

I was so dumbfounded that I couldn’t even laugh.

“I, as the President of the Republic of Korea in the future…”

Seong Tae-hyun continued his speech as if nothing special had happened.

One thing was certain.

That son of a bitch Seong Tae-hyun stabbed me in the back.

***

“Prosecutor, are you okay?”

I didn’t think I could maintain my composure among the people, so I came into the room.

The people who had been adoring me disappeared, and the only one left by my side was God’s Hand, Go Seong-tak.

However, I couldn’t bring myself to speak, so I kept drinking liquor.

I wanted to run to Seong Tae-hyun and shake him by the collar right away, but there were too many eyes watching, so I was holding it in.

“I don’t know how this happened either…”

He was also making a blank expression as if he didn’t understand.

I drank the liquor again.

Go Seong-tak shook his head as if he couldn’t stand still.

“I don’t think this will do. I’ll go find Seong Tae-hyun myself…”

The moment he jumped up from his seat.

*Squeak-.*

The door opened and Seong Tae-hyun came in.

Shamelessly pushing his intact face forward.

Go Seong-tak asked accusingly.

“President, I think this is an incomprehensible situation for me. I think you need to explain…”

Seong Tae-hyun cut off Go Seong-tak’s words.

“You can go out.”

When he gestured with his chin to the outside, Go Seong-tak looked at me.

I drank a glass of liquor straight and took a deep breath.

“Go out.”

“…I understand.”

After Go Seong-tak left, Seong Tae-hyun sat down, sneering.

“I guess you were disappointed.”

He said, filling my glass with liquor.

“You disappeared without congratulating me… Were you upset?”

“I clearly told you that I wanted the position of Attorney General. And I even made you revise the law because of it.”

“It’s our prosecutor’s freedom to want something.”

Seong Tae-hyun twisted the corners of his mouth roughly.

“It’s my freedom to appoint whoever I want.”

Seeing his attitude, I couldn’t hold back my anger.

“You!”

I could feel the blood vessels rising on my forehead and neck.

“Do you know how much I ran like a dog to get you elected, and you do this?”

“Hey, I thought our brother would understand.”

“You stab your own family in the back?”

“Family… that’s good.”

He poured liquor into his own glass and drank it all at once.

“That’s why it’s not allowed because we are family.”

When I glared at him without answering, he continued.

“If I put you, brother, as the Attorney General as soon as I become president, what would the people say? They would say that the brothers-in-law are doing everything. You don’t want to hear that kind of talk when you’ve just become president, do you?”

He twisted the corners of his mouth sinisterly.

“You son of a bitch, how much have I done for you!”

I threw the glass in front of me against the wall.

The glass shattered with a crash, but I didn’t care and said to him.

“If that’s the case, you should have told me in advance. What kind of disgrace is this!”

“Ah, that’s my mistake.”

Seong Tae-hyun wrinkled his nose and nodded.

“I apologize for that.”

My teeth were clenched and my hands started to tremble.

If there weren’t people outside, I would have twisted this guy’s neck right now.

“What’s the real reason?”

A murderous atmosphere hung heavily.

“You wouldn’t have become president without me. There shouldn’t have been a reason to screw me over like this.”

“Haha.”

He snorted and then.

“That’s true. But…”

He twisted the corners of his mouth roughly.

“You should know the truth better.”

Seong Tae-hyun also became serious and said.

“Should I tell you that all of this is your karma?”

“…What?”

“Did you think I wouldn’t notice your intentions when you put Go Seong-tak on me?”

Damn it.

Did he notice?

“Well, it’s understandable. Because you didn’t know until recently.”

He nodded slowly.

“If the presidential election hadn’t been brought forward, I probably would have been fooled by you guys.”

Seong Tae-hyun chuckled and twisted the corners of his mouth.

“I couldn’t be more grateful to Choi Gyu-hyun. He gave me the presidency and saved me from your clutches.”

He nodded and patted my shoulder.

“I won’t kick you out because I still think about the family relationship. I have to be mindful of my wife.”

“…”

“Would you be satisfied with the Seoul High Prosecutor’s Office?”

He was telling me to go to the High Prosecutor’s Office, which is a retirement course, and rot there for two years before leaving.

Seong Tae-hyun got up from his seat and looked down at me.

“You were too greedy. It would have been nice if you were satisfied with moderation.”

With those words, Seong Tae-hyun left the room.

“You son of a bitch!”

I couldn’t calm down my anger and overturned the table.

The bottles and glasses were all shattered, but it didn’t relieve my anger.

“You bastard. I’ll get revenge.”

As I clenched my fist tightly, my fingernails dug into my flesh and blood started to flow.

“I will definitely blow your head off.”

Somehow.

By any means.

Surely.

Definitely bring him down.

And reach the top.

Not as the Attorney General.

To a higher apex.

I will achieve it no matter what.

<> The End