The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 294

Prosecutor, You’re Going Places! – 294

Empty House Robbery (9)

“Greetings, citizens. This is Choi Seo-jun, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.”

A tremendous number of people flocked to my press conference.

In this situation, where curiosity about the President’s affair and his partner is rampant, there isn’t a Korean citizen who wouldn’t know about it.

And I am none other than the President’s brother-in-law.

Except for high-ranking political figures, most people don’t know my actual relationship with him, so they must think some juicy details will come out.

Unfortunately, I have no intention of speaking about that directly.

Using Sung Tae-hyun’s family affairs to tear him apart is the job of my underlings; it’s not something I should be doing.

“I am here to make a confession regarding the President.”

A barrage of flashes erupted.

“Many of you know that I am related to President Sung Tae-hyun as his brother-in-law.”

I continued with a sorrowful voice.

“Therefore, I struggled a lot about whether to even speak about this. However, as a citizen, not as a prosecutor, I felt that this was not right, so I am here to reveal the truth.”

Up to this point, they would think it’s about the President’s affair.

But what I’m about to drop is this:

“The President ordered me to conduct illegal surveillance of civilians.”

Civilian surveillance.

As soon as the unexpected term popped out, the reporters looked bewildered, but the camera shutters didn’t stop.

The President is already a hot potato, and civilian surveillance is one of the worst crimes, to which the public is most sensitive.

There couldn’t be a more tempting prey for the reporters.

“First, I would like to apologize. I am sorry.”

I stepped to the side of the platform and bowed 90 degrees.

I remained still for over 10 seconds before finally raising my body.

“At first, I thought I should refuse, but…….”

I paused as if my throat was choked up in front of the microphone, then continued with difficulty.

“Beyond being brothers-in-law, I couldn’t refuse the threat that he would use his presidential authority to disadvantage my promotion.”

I slowly shook my head from side to side.

“However, I couldn’t bring myself to carry it out directly, because it would be interfering with South Korea’s liberal democracy. That’s why I decided to reveal the truth.”

I took out a document placed on the platform and unfolded it.

“This is the official document in which the President ordered civilian surveillance.”

A document that Yoon Seol-ha forged, not the actual Cheongwadae [the South Korean equivalent of the White House] document.

Of course, Cheongwadae will deny it.

However, the authenticity doesn’t matter.

In this situation, whether the public believes it or not is the top priority.

“Of course, this is confidential. However, according to the special law created in the extraordinary session of the National Assembly earlier this year, there is a clause that acknowledges public interest reports regarding matters that are clearly deemed to prevent harm to national security or destruction of the constitution’s guardian spirit. Therefore, you may publish this document in the media.”

This is also a law that I created with the Daehan Party using my casting vote.

I had been designing this moment for a long time, step by step.

For this moment of empty house robbery [taking advantage of a vulnerable situation].

“To be honest, it is defying the President’s orders, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it, because it would be betraying the trust of the people.”

I spoke with emphasis on each word.

To make anyone who pondered it support me more and more.

“However, the President’s orders were not only for me.”

I let out a short sigh and continued.

“He gave the same orders to Sung Jin-hyun, the head prosecutor of the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office. Some of you may know the name, but he is President Sung Tae-hyun’s cousin.”

Sung Tae-hyun will surely try to frame me for civilian surveillance through Sung Jin-hyun.

But I had no intention of giving him that chance.

In fact, I had already tied his hands and feet through Song Hyun-sung, so there was nothing to worry about.

“And Chief Prosecutor Sung Jin-hyun carried it out perfectly. In other words, he was at the forefront of conducting civilian surveillance.”

Gasps of surprise didn’t stop among the reporters.

I clenched my fist tightly on the platform.

“However, I thought this was not right. That’s why I requested an investigation into this. And I have been secretly conducting investigations through the inspection department of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office.”

I turned around and pointed to the door.

“Deputy Chief Prosecutor Song Hyun-sung of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office will give you a detailed explanation of this.”

As if he had been waiting, Song Hyun-sung entered the press conference and stood on the platform.

A place where he can attract the attention of the media and the public.

In other words, a place that opens the way for his success.

“Hello, this is Song Hyun-sung, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office and acting head of the vacant High Prosecutors’ Office.”

He opened his mouth, glaring at the camera as if he would devour it.

“I will brief you on the case.”

***

7 PM.

It was a late hour when everyone would normally be off work, but the lights were brightly lit in Cheongwadae.

Above all, the place where people were crowded was the Cheongwadae press conference room.

“To get straight to the point, Cheongwadae has never ordered civilian surveillance.”

The faces of the reporters covering this were filled with smiles.

A battle of truth.

And it’s between the President and Choi Seo-jun, the number two in the prosecution.

Moreover, the two are brothers-in-law.

It didn’t matter who won at all.

For the time being, the traffic of articles would skyrocket, and there would be a constant stream of sensational articles.

If they could get a scoop here, they could aim for a bonus as well as a special promotion.

The reporters began to focus on each word coming out of the spokesperson’s mouth, their eyes sparkling.

“President Sung Tae-hyun has never ordered the matter in question even once during his 1 year and 8 months in office, and the Cheongwadae directive document that Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun revealed at the press conference was never created by our side. Cheongwadae will launch an investigation into the forgery of official documents, and all of these actions are a deliberate move to undermine the credibility of the current government…….”

The spokesperson read the text rigidly, as if spewing out anger.

“We will reveal the truth about this matter and take legal action against those who have tarnished the reputation of Cheongwadae and caused confusion in the country.”

Various online communities were relaying this broadcast and spewing out all sorts of speculations.

Not a single cover-up article was uploaded to deliberately cover up this article.

It was natural for Choi Seo-jun to attract public attention, and Cheongwadae also had to shift the focus to Choi Seo-jun in order to avoid public criticism of the President’s affair.

Meanwhile, at the same time.

Choi Seo-jun, who was watching the press conference on TV, twisted his lips roughly and made a call somewhere.

-Yes, Prosecutor.

The recipient was none other than Mudfish.

“I sent you a video by email. Check it out.”

-Just a moment.

The sound of typing on the keyboard was heard, and at the same time, the answer followed.

-Yes. I have confirmed it. Is it a 20-minute video?

“Yeah. Release it now.”

Mudfish grinned and answered vigorously.

-Understood!

***

-Breaking! Sung Tae-hyun President’s affair video released?

-A sex video presumed to be President Sung Tae-hyun has been uploaded to a certain website on the Internet. The man’s face is the same as Sung Tae-hyun’s, and the wart on the right pinky finger and the dot on the left middle finger are giving confidence to the suspicion that the man in the video is President Sung Tae-hyun. The woman in the video is mosaicized, but an anonymous Cheongwadae official has reported that the filming location is a physical training room inside Cheongwadae. As a result of an interview with an expert by this reporter, it is safe to say that there is no possibility of any editing or manipulation in the video, except for the mosaic processing of the woman’s face. In other words, the main character in the video is Sung Tae-hyun, and it has been proven that there is no room for excuses. In the end, Han Ji-soo, the First Lady, who could not stand the President’s affair, took her child and fled to the home of her sister and brother-in-law, Han Ji-yu and Choi Seo-jun. The police are preventing the video from spreading, but already many people on the Internet are spreading the video. In addition, various countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom are using the sex scandal of the President of Korea as a foreign topic…….

The comments were also a mess.

-LOL, he got caught without being able to deny it~~!

-Is this a country? South Korea is doing very well!

-I’m going to be president too!

-Is the wife for mental recuperation? Bullshit!

-Recuperation is recuperation. It’s true that he was angry because of the president. LOL.

-Wow, I saw the video, what’s up with Sung Tae-hyun? Is he a rabbit? LOL.

-Breaking) President reveals his genitals to the public!

-I think it’s the first time in the world that the whole nation has seen the president’s naked body. Really!

-The Emperor’s New Clothes LOL

-When Cheongwadae employees come to work and see the president’s face, they will only think of the video.

-Of course, if you become president, you should enjoy that level of entertainment!

-Ah, but he’s so shameless. It’s true that the First Lady ran away from home, but he’s lying that she went to rest?

-Huh. Then isn’t it a lie that he didn’t do civilian surveillance?

-Of course. It’s 100% lie LOL

-That’s right. Once you lie, can’t you do it twice?

-I knew it. Our Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun wouldn’t lie.

-Really, Prosecutor Choi Seo-jun wanted to protect the justice of our country ㅠㅠ

-The only person to trust is really Choi Seo-jun.

Already, public opinion was leaning towards me.

Sung Tae-hyun was.

He was collapsing rapidly.

***

“What the hell!”

Sung Tae-hyun swept the objects on his desk in the office at once.

“Jennifer Kang, where did this bitch go! Find her quickly!”

His fuse had already blown.

The only two people who had the video were himself and Jennifer Kang.

The fact that it spread meant that she released it.

Even the woman he trusted betrayed him and ran away.

Not only was he abandoned by his family, but even his mistress betrayed him.

“This vixen… I’m going to kill her. Where is she? Has the security team still not found her yet?”

Sung Tae-hyun shouted with his eyes bloodshot, but.

“That’s…….”

Chief of Staff Gong Jae-won trembled and opened his mouth.

“Her whereabouts are still unknown.”

“How can that be? The guys on the Cheongwadae security team……!”

At his anger, Chief of Staff Gong Jae-won finally told the truth.

“It seems that Choi Seo-jun hid her.”

“……What?”

“Traces of contact with a special investigation prosecutor were revealed at the end… If not, there is no reason why we can’t find her.”

“Damn it!”

He spat out profanity.

‘I felt strange from the beginning when Park Soo-hyung, Choi Seo-jun’s connection, released the article about Han Ji-soo…….’

Sung Tae-hyun’s fists began to tremble.

Along with that, anger and self-loathing surged.

In the end, Sung Tae-hyun’s blood pressure rose to an unbearable level.

He grabbed the back of his neck and collapsed.