The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 261

Prosecutor, You’re Going Places! – Episode 261

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“You little runt!”

Sung Tae-hyun cursed, slamming his desk.

“That zombie bastard. How can he keep coming back to life no matter how many times I kill him?”

His voice was filled with genuine annoyance.

It was already the end of March, with April just around the corner.

Nearly four months had passed since he began his presidential term in December of last year, yet Choi Seo-joon remained unyielding.

In fact, he was stubbornly holding on and gathering his own forces.

And with a minimum of 31 members, he had secured the casting vote in the National Assembly.

Sung Tae-hyun held 120 votes, the equivalent of gathering all the votes of the Korea Party.

He even considered giving strength to the Korea Party by sacrificing one of his own votes.

“Damn it.”

However, he couldn’t actually join forces with the Korea Party to run the government.

If it were a secret ballot, he could have brought someone over, but all votes in the National Assembly were conducted by roll call.

In other words, if a member betrayed them even once, they would be branded as a traitor not only within the party but also in their constituency, making it virtually impossible for the Korea Party and the People’s Party to join hands.

Ultimately, he had to bow his head to Choi Seo-joon to pass bills.

He knew that he wouldn’t fall easily, but he never imagined that he would recover so quickly.

Chief of Staff Gong Jae-won opened his mouth with a troubled expression.

“The regular session of the National Assembly is not far away now…”

When Kwon Jae-cheol was impeached and all voting schedules were changed, the regular session was also moved to start on July 1st instead of September.

The time remaining until the regular session, when important bills would be pouring in, was roughly three months.

He had to secure the votes of the members somehow during that time.

Leaving Choi Seo-joon aside, he had to gather at least the votes of the Manse Party and independents to check the Korea Party.

“This is bullshit. This is going to make the Korea Party laugh, not just Choi Seo-joon.”

The fact that the People’s Party was divided into Sung Tae-hyun’s line and Choi Seo-joon’s line was well known in the political world.

The Korea Party couldn’t pass bills on their own either, just like Sung Tae-hyun’s side, but they knew how much Choi Seo-joon resented Sung Tae-hyun.

They would be watching from across the river, laughing gleefully.

Then, they would occasionally appease Choi Seo-joon to pass bills that benefited them.

Even if that wasn’t the case, they could conspire and pass bills that monopolized all sorts of privileges for themselves.

If that happened, the People’s Party wouldn’t be able to refute it.

If it looked like a division was occurring within the same party, it would only lower the public’s trust.

If that happened, the answer was ultimately one.

“Then let’s see them try.”

Sung Tae-hyun’s eyes burned with venom.

“I’ll use my presidential veto power on everything.”

Veto power.

Even if a bill proposed in the National Assembly was passed, the president could directly exercise their veto power when it went through the executive branch.

Although they could veto all bills, the reality was that they couldn’t actually do so.

Frankly speaking, if they vetoed all the bills proposed and passed by the opposition party, it would be no different from a dictatorship.

They had to exercise their veto power cautiously within the limits of what the media and public opinion would allow.

The president could wield their power more strongly with the support of the people.

Sung Tae-hyun knew that there were limits to the veto power, so he sighed deeply even after saying it himself.

“I need to find another way.”

How long did he spend agonizing with Chief of Staff Gong Jae-won?

Knock, knock.

A female employee from the secretarial team carefully entered with a knock.

“What is it?”

“Mr. President, it’s time for your workout.”

“Forget it. I have a headache today, so postpone it.”

“That’s…”

The female secretary carefully clasped her fingers and said,

“The First Lady said you must do it today… If you postpone it any further, it’ll be the fifth refusal…”

“Haa…”

After becoming president, Sung Tae-hyun’s health was rapidly deteriorating.

Unlike other presidents who exercised in the internal gym or occasionally enjoyed jogging within the Blue House [the South Korean equivalent of the White House], Sung Tae-hyun wasn’t exercising at all.

The fact that his black hair, which hadn’t been long since he entered the Blue House, was already turning white proved that his health was deteriorating.

That’s why the First Lady, Han Ji-soo, had been saying for weeks that he should at least do Pilates to awaken his body’s muscles, even if he didn’t do cardio.

That was why she had brought an instructor to the Blue House in the first place.

Chief of Staff Gong Jae-won also felt the need for exercise, so he carefully opened his mouth.

“Mr. President, let’s talk while we go.”

“Where do we do Pilates?”

“In the physical training room.”

“Aish.”

Sung Tae-hyun eventually clicked his tongue and grabbed the armrests of the chair with both hands, getting up from his seat.

“I’ll guide you.”

Sung Tae-hyun headed to the physical training room with the Chief of Staff, following the secretary.

“Gym clothes are prepared in the locker room. Please change and come out.”

“Where’s the instructor?”

“She’s in the waiting room next door. I’ll bring her right away.”

“Okay.”

Sung Tae-hyun said to the Chief of Staff as he entered the locker room.

“I don’t think I can stay like this.”

“Then what should we do?”

“It was a mistake to send that guy to the High Prosecutors’ Office, being mindful of my wife and in-laws. Looking at the situation…”

After confirming that they had entered the locker room, the female secretary headed straight to the waiting room.

“Instructor.”

“Yes?”

Kim Nana, who had been playing with her phone, naturally got up from her seat.

“The President has arrived.”

“Ah, really?”

This was the president she was meeting after waiting five times.

She had been constantly preparing and then canceling and postponing, so she was worried that something was wrong, but finally, the opportunity had come.

“He’s finally here.”

Kim Nana naturally stretched her body.

As expected, the tight-fitting clothes were enough to accentuate her figure.

The female secretary asked matter-of-factly.

“Have you checked all the precautions?”

“Yes. I have memorized everything.”

“Please be extra careful because it’s the President. And you must keep all the conversations you have here confidential. No matter what the content is. I don’t think you’ll have any important conversations, though.”

“I understand. Don’t worry.”

“Yes. You can go in right away.”

The female secretary opened the first door of the double doors leading to the physical training room.

Kim Nana bowed her head and went inside, and the female secretary firmly closed the door and moved to the secretary’s office.

“Hmm.”

Just before entering, Kim Nana erased her usual expression and changed her expression to a unique, seductive face when working as a professional.

And at that moment when she was about to go inside.

The sound of someone talking was heard through the gap in the opened second door.

“I can’t leave Choi Seo-joon alone like this.”

A familiar name caught Kim Nana’s ear.

‘Choi Seo-joon?’

The person she had made a deal with.

There was no way she wouldn’t know.

Sensing that it was an unusual conversation, Kim Nana eavesdropped on the conversation through the gap in the door instead of going inside.

“We have to chase him somewhere.”

The Chief of Staff’s eyes widened.

“Are you saying you’re going to issue a new appointment?”

“It hasn’t even been half a year, so the repercussions will be great.”

“Then are you going to just sit back and take it?”

“No.”

“I checked the list of prosecutors I received from Chief Gong last time.”

“Yes. So you’re going to send him to the Legal Research and Training Institute as the head when this term ends…”

“We need to move that time forward.”

Sung Tae-hyun clenched his fist.

“Appease the head of the Legal Research and Training Institute and tell him to step down. He’s a guy with no influence anyway, so if you talk to him well, he’ll know to back down.”

“I understand.”

The corners of Kim Nana’s lips slightly turned up as she heard all of this.

‘I think I heard something unusual.’

But she couldn’t show it.

Kim Nana quickly managed her expression.

“By the way, when is the instructor coming?”

As expected, Kim Nana calmly got up from her seat, knocked on the door, and entered the physical training room at the sound of them looking for her.

“Hello!”

“Ahem.”

The Chief of Staff cleared his throat and got up from his seat.

“Then I’ll go out and wait. I’ll have Secretary Kang sent over when it’s time to finish.”

Immediately after he left, Kim Nana put her hands together and made an apologetic expression.

“I’m sorry for being late. It was my first meeting with the President today, so I was paying attention to my outfit, but I brought something too short…”

She pretended to adjust her shoulder strap nonchalantly.

“My underwear keeps peeking out, so I was fixing it.”

Kim Nana smiled brightly as if it wasn’t a big deal.

At that moment, Sung Tae-hyun’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

He must have swallowed without realizing it.

Kim Nana noticed this, but pretended not to know.

A yoga suit that clung tightly and emphasized the hip line.

And a tank top that emphasized the slender waist and the contrasting prominent chest line.

She had never seen a man who didn’t turn his eyes when wearing clothes that revealed her figure like this.

“Ah, I’m late for my introduction.”

She approached Sung Tae-hyun and curved her eyes into a crescent shape.

“I’m Jennifer Kang. Please take care of me.”

“Jennifer… is she mixed race?”

Sung Tae-hyun’s eyes were fixed on Kim Nana’s chest as he asked this.

“No. Jennifer is the name I used when I lived in the United States… when I was studying abroad and in the ballet troupe. My real name is Kang Hanna, and I’m a native Korean.”

“…I thought she was mixed race.”

Sung Tae-hyun’s gaze swept over Kim Nana’s chest.

“I hear that a lot.”

Kim Nana deliberately straightened her back to further emphasize her upper body.

“Shall we start with a simple stretch?”

“Let’s do that.”

Kim Nana very naturally grabbed Sung Tae-hyun’s wrist.

“First, stretch your arms like this…”

A physical training room with no CCTV cameras and no one watching.

And just the two of them, a man and a woman.

This was Kim Nana’s territory.

She continued the skinship very naturally as if she was exercising.

“You’re doing very well? We’ve warmed up our bodies, so shall we try to get into position?”

“I’m not flexible…”

“I’ll help you.”

Kim Nana gently grabbed Sung Tae-hyun’s hands and placed them on her shoulders.

“Stretch out as if you’re relying on me…”

***

Two months after deciding to appoint Choi Seo-joon as the head of the Legal Research and Training Institute, in June.

Sung Tae-hyun’s angry voice echoed in the Blue House office.

“The head of the Legal Research and Training Institute still hasn’t submitted his resignation?”

The veins in his neck bulged.

“What have you been doing all this time?”

“I’m sorry.”

Chief of Staff Gong Jae-won bowed his head.

“He’s working on an important project related to the Prosecutors’ Office Act and says he’ll step down after it’s finished, but it’s still in progress…”

At that moment, Sung Tae-hyun felt a sense of unease.

“Something’s fishy about this.”

“I’ll expedite the policy reform as much as possible. Or we can pass it on to his successor…”

Something that Sung Tae-hyun himself didn’t know was going on.

His intuition was telling him.

That the head of the Legal Research and Training Institute was deliberately holding out without stepping down.

“I don’t have a good feeling about this.”

“…What should we do?”

“Find out in detail what it is. Investigate all the people around the head of the Legal Research and Training Institute.”

“I understand.”