The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 92

Prosecutor, You’re Going Places! – Episode 92 (92/341)

Submersion (7)

As soon as I checked the news, my phone rang.

“Yes, this is Choi Seo-jun.”

-Chief, did you see the article?

It seemed it was already up as a newspaper or internet article, not just news.

“I just checked. Is it true?”

-Yes. I came to work right away to check, and to be exact, only the false address registration is true, and the special admission has not yet been confirmed.

It seems Yoon Seol-ha saw the news and came to work even on the weekend.

“I see. Please check the facts further. I’ll get ready quickly and go to the office.”

-Yes. The outline is already out, so you can come slowly.

“Okay. Before that, please find out where the information was first captured and announced.”

-Understood.

I hung up and went straight into the shower booth.

I cooled my head with cold water and slowly retraced my thoughts.

The false address registration is true, but the special admission has not been confirmed.

Even if it’s about his child, Kyung Dong-soo, who is not only serving as the Mayor of Seoul but also aiming for the presidency, wouldn’t have moved thoughtlessly.

That means, in the end, he didn’t get the special admission.

Then, the story of special admission is aimed at Do Joon-chul, who sent his child to the United States.

I didn’t expect Prime Minister Choi Gyu-hyun to move this quickly.

Starting this diss [attack or criticism] before the party primaries are over means that he will never easily hand over the 20th presidential seat.

Well, if the Daehan Party loses overwhelmingly to the Minguk Party here, trying for the next presidential election is secondary, and they will be crushed in the general election this fall, so they will try to narrow the gap as much as possible.

I need to move quickly too.

When you stand in line, being the first to go is what people remember.

***

“So, the address where the children were falsely registered is actually their grandmother’s house?”

“Yes. But in fact, the grandmother’s address is also in Daechi-dong [affluent neighborhood in Seoul known for its high concentration of private educational institutions], but she actually went down to Changwon, Gyeongnam [province in southeastern South Korea], to live.”

“Does the grandmother originally live in Changwon?”

“No. Until about 10 years ago, when Kyung Dong-soo and his wife were working outside, she took care of the children instead, and it seems she went down around the time they entered elementary school.”

“So, she didn’t report the move after moving?”

“Yes, that’s right. And five years later, Kyung Dong-soo became the Mayor of Seoul and moved to the official residence, but it seems the children still remained there because of school issues.”

Yoon Seol-ha additionally handed over a document.

“What is this?”

“It’s the counseling record of the second son.”

“Counseling record?”

“Yes. It seems he received treatment from a professional counselor once every 1 to 2 weeks.”

“How much is it?”

“It’s about 100,000 won [approximately $75 USD] per session at a university hospital, and he paid the full amount directly. There’s nothing problematic about the counseling.”

I immediately examined the data she handed over.

Data showing that the second son has been steadily receiving counseling from middle school to the second year of high school.

At that moment, Kyung Dong-soo’s path was immediately drawn.

“We don’t have to worry about this.”

I put down the document with relief.

“Don’t worry about it. We can proceed in a new direction.”

However, Yoon Seol-ha asked as if she didn’t understand.

“How……”

“It’s obvious. He’ll make excuses that it was unavoidable due to friendship, not false address registration. If there are so many counseling records, he can say that he couldn’t easily adapt due to his relationships with friends if he transferred schools, so he had no choice but to not change the address of his existing house.”

“Then what about the first son?”

“In the days when Kyung Dong-soo was elected Mayor of Seoul, they both attended the same middle school, so he can say that he made them attend together so that the second son wouldn’t be anxious.”

“Ah.”

She gave a purely admiring look.

“You came to that conclusion as soon as you saw this data……”

“It’s basic.”

“I thought this data would make Kyung Dong-soo quite embarrassed. And Do Joon-chul too. Of course, it’s not enough to make them resign from their candidacy, but I thought it would last quite a while.”

“Other people will think so too.”

I twisted the corners of my mouth with a smirk.

“We have to use that.”

Yoon Seol-ha’s eyes sparkled.

“Using it means……”

“Yes. Most people, whether they’re attached to Kyung Dong-soo, Do Joon-chul, or the Daehan Party, will cling to this case. People who move quickly will try to help the people they support through data related to this case.”

She smiled knowingly as if she knew what it meant.

“Data saturation.”

“That’s right.”

I pushed the documents she had found to one side and organized them.

“If everyone fights over this case, the case itself will soon collapse. The public will easily get tired of it.”

“Then, we become a force for Kyung Dong-soo with very fresh and unconventional cases?”

“Bingo.”

I pretended to shoot a bullet and got up from my seat.

“So we need to find new data.”

At that time, my phone vibrated.

Buzzing, buzzing.

Twice briefly.

It’s a text message.

I was talking to Yoon Seol-ha when I took out my phone to check.

-Sender: 32

-Photo

The photo showed a whiteboard full of election strategies and weaknesses of the opposing candidates so that you could tell it was an election camp at a glance, and on one side, a sash that read ‘Pillar of the Minguk Party’ was hanging down.

The pillar of the Minguk Party is a symbolic phrase in Do Joon-chul’s party primary.

In other words, it means Do Joon-chul’s election camp.

However, despite all these backgrounds, what catches the eye the most was something else.

It’s two men and women.

Even though it’s the back, you can tell it’s definitely Do Joon-chul by his white hair and his unique slightly twisted shoulders.

Everyone had left work, and the young female employee and Do Joon-chul were hugging and kissing each other.

As soon as I saw the picture, I chuckled.

I haven’t helped for a while, but in the last few days, I’ve given you two very important pieces of information.

Such a seductive text message.

Are you saying that I should do what I can with my own abilities, but only help with the difficult parts?

Well, that’s enough.

As I stopped talking to check my phone, Yoon Seol-ha carefully asked.

“What kind of direction should we look for new data?”

I smiled, twisting the corners of my mouth as much as possible.

“For example, a secret relationship between Do Joon-chul and the election camp accountant?”

Yoon Seol-ha’s eyes widened.

“I’ll find this data myself. Seol-ha, dig into Nam Moon-seok of the Daehan Party.”

“Understood.”

After Yoon Seol-ha returned to her seat, I immediately grabbed my coat and called someone.

“Yes, reporter. Let’s meet for a while today.”

***

“It’s been a while.”

“Have you been well?”

“Of course.”

Reporter Im Yu-na, whom I met after a long time, greeted me happily as if she had been waiting for the meeting with me.

“Prosecutor, your expression has brightened up a lot.”

“I drank a glass of alcohol yesterday, so I’ve become pale.”

“Ahahaha, did you have a hangover cure?”

“Yes. I had ramen.”

I lightly loosened up with trivial jokes.

“There are a lot of news stories these days, aren’t there?”

“There are a lot. But there are so many articles that it’s a problem.”

She shook her head as if she was fed up.

“When one comes up, all the imitation articles come up, so it’s easy to get buried. These days, it’s hard to get attention unless it’s something special…… It’s actually tougher than before.”

“It would be great to get a scoop at times like this.”

“That’s what I’m saying. I don’t know if there’s one somewhere.”

Reporter Im Yu-na said, making eye contact with me.

I put my clasped hands on the table as if I had been waiting and leaned forward.

“There is a good case. My heart is so eager to give it to Reporter Im as a gift…… Would you like to receive it?”

“Of course.”

She also naturally leaned towards me.

Then, before even hearing what the case was, she said something nice to me.

“I’ll have to repay the gift……”

I know how to win people’s hearts.

However, I shook my head.

“It’s okay. I got help last time too.”

If you’re a person who values money, you’ll know that being involved in work is much better in the long run than a relationship connected by petty money.

Reporter Im Yu-na will have to be involved in work and go together for a long time.

Of course, we will go together very secretly.

There was a reason why I chose Reporter Im Yu-na instead of Reporter Park Soo-hyung in this case.

People on our line have noticed to some extent that Reporter Park Soo-hyung has joined hands with me while breaking a few recent cases.

Therefore, if we break a case that could help Kyung Dong-soo through Reporter Park Soo-hyung, Prime Minister Choi Gyu-hyun will surely suspect me.

That’s why I chose Im Yu-na, whose connection with me has not been revealed on the surface.

In the future, I plan to proceed with Reporter Park Soo-hyung for definite cases that are revealed on the outside, and with Reporter Im Yu-na for cases that are active while hidden in the shadows.

Reporter Im Yu-na smiled satisfactorily.

“It seems I’ve really caught the prosecutor’s eye.”

“Of course, I want to go with people who work well for a long, long time.”

Her eyes met mine in the air.

This case will be the one to complete her and my relationship of trust.

In the media, in addition to Reporter Park Soo-hyung and PD Song Jae-hoon, we will gain a reliable supporter named Im Yu-na.

“May I ask what kind of case it is?”

I lowered my voice.

“It’s about a presidential candidate.”

At that, Reporter Im Yu-na’s eyes began to sparkle.

I cut off the flow and said.

“However, there is one condition.”

“What is it?”

“After the coverage, don’t release the article right away and send it to me first. And release it when I give the sign.”

Reporter Im Yu-na replied immediately as if there was no value in worrying.

“Of course. Isn’t that basic?”

I nodded and went straight to the point.

“It’s the affair of Do Joon-chul of the Minguk Party.”

It is a card that can cut off Do Joon-chul, one of the leading candidates of the Minguk Party, in the presidential election where the public’s attention is focused.

It is undeniable that this is a scoop among the scoops that can be released at this time.

As expected, Reporter Im Yu-na’s expression brightened in an instant.

“Such top-secret information…… Thank you so much.”

I said, meaning it was too early to be happy.

“The problem is whether you can capture the scene of the affair or not.”

“Of course I can capture it.”

Reporter Im Yu-na confidently put her bag on the table as if she was always ready.

“Why else would I be a reporter?”

With those words, she began to take out a series of round objects from her bag.

“What is that?”

She smiled and began to open and connect the round objects one by one.

Soon, I could see the identity of the completed object.

A telephoto camera.

When the lenses were connected, the shape of a camera nearly two spans long was completed.

The size was so large that it was difficult to hold with one hand.

Reporter Im Yu-na shrugged her shoulders and lifted the camera in front of her eyes.

“With this camera, I can shoot from 200m away.”

I’m already feeling reassured.

I nodded with satisfaction.

“Then I’ll look forward to it.”

“Of course.”

She said in a confident voice.

“I will take pictures that will make the prosecutor smile very happily.”