You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 310

You Have Been Defended – Episode 310

I had to make the most correct and accurate judgment I could from now on.

How to use this success that Kang Min-jae, Choi Jong-hyun, Jo Bong-joon, and the families of Tae-shik and Manager Oh risked their lives to bring.

To prevent this success from being just a fleeting victory, and that fleeting victory from becoming grave goods in my tomb.

Careful steps, like carrying a heavy load down a slope, are needed.

So, I decided to wait a little longer.

If I scraped together all the evidence I had secured and handed it over to the police, I could be free soon, but I thought about the enemies lying in wait to catch me, intoxicated with victory and losing their judgment at that moment.

“Ah, can’t we just take it to the police? I’m getting frustrated.”

Of course, Jo Bong-joon and Choi Jong-hyun were very dissatisfied.

It seemed they were frustrated with me for being on hiatus for two weeks already and not taking any action even though everything was ready.

“What if we take the evidence first, and the National Forensic Service concludes that chloroform was not detected in Lee Jung-chan’s lungs?”

I had to consider the possibility that Woo-shin might plant someone in the National Forensic Service to manipulate the analysis results.

The handkerchief is decisive and objective evidence that I did not commit a crime.

If that is defeated, all that remains is ‘human evidence’ that depends on various variables.

The meter reader and the homeless man.

Even if they say a hundred times, ‘I killed him,’ ‘I saw him,’ if chloroform is not detected in Lee Jung-chan’s lungs, it gives room for other claims to emerge.

It is true that Lee Jung-chan’s DNA was detected, but claims that the handkerchief was not used in the murder process, things like that.

“Don’t worry. The National Forensic Service will release the second autopsy results soon anyway.”

“How can you be so sure?”

It was time for them to release the second evidence, but they seemed to have lost faith in the police, who were still dragging their feet.

I understand well enough, but even those police officers won’t be able to do that this time.

“Because I talked to CEO Lee Se-hwa yesterday.”

“……Lee Se-hwa? You talked to Lee Se-hwa? Is it okay to do that already?”

There are still about two months left until her inauguration, but her influence is already greater than that of the current president.

They will know without me having to explain at length the difference in the right to speak between the person who is leaving and the person who is coming in.

Above all, isn’t this about the death of the former leader of the Minwoo Party, to which the current president belonged?

There is no reason for the current president to tell them not to rush the investigation.

“It seems CEO Lee Se-hwa has been very worried about you, Attorney Cha. Now that all the evidence has been gathered, Soo-il said it wouldn’t be bad for him to make a call.”

Kang Min-jae added an explanation.

Since I started living in seclusion after being in this situation, or rather, since I was prevented from joining Lee Se-hwa’s election camp, I thought she would no longer want me.

I thought that I, already flattened by gossip and the stigma of being a murderer, would no longer be the talent she wanted.

And that was a natural thing.

Isn’t it a world where people with good images are more popular with the public than excellent people?

Of course, in the case of people with good images, there is a risk that they will be ruined if that image disappears…….

Anyway, I was also someone with a good image.

But Lee Se-hwa said exactly this.

-If Attorney Cha solves this case wonderfully and comes back, his excellence will be even more recognized, and his image will be even better, so why would I give up on Attorney Cha?

Her determination was enormous.

So, I shared the progress so far with her in general terms, and she dotted the eye of the dragon [added the finishing touch].

-I knew Attorney Cha would do it. I’m glad I didn’t give up. Very good. So, should I help you one more time here and make you owe me a debt? Hahaha.

…It was a bit burdensome.

However, if the evidence we had was to work properly as soon as possible, the second autopsy results had to come out as soon as possible, and the police also had to be friendly to us.

So, I couldn’t refuse the hand that Lee Se-hwa offered.

“But is there any reason for the police to be friendly to us?”

Choi Jong-hyun, who had been listening to the story, asked with his arms crossed.

“No, I understand that the second autopsy results need to come out quickly. They have to say that chloroform was detected first so that they can’t say anything when we present the handkerchief with chloroform on it. But that doesn’t matter because we can just wait and give it to them. Other than that, our evidence is perfect anyway, so there’s no need for the police to be friendly to us. Whether the police hate Attorney Cha or not, if we just give them the evidence, they’ll just become mute.”

“It would be like that if you only think about clearing my name. But if President Shin denies the charges afterward and continues to claim that we kidnapped the meter reader, and they focus on investigating that, it will be troublesome. Above all, there’s also the fight at Oseong Landscaping. That’s why I said it’s necessary to be friendly.”

“Keueung.”

Perhaps they were aware that they had used somewhat extreme methods, they couldn’t say anything.

“Above all, there are those people. Besides that meter reader and President Shin, the men in suits that Sang-gil contacted.”

“Who are they? …Ah! Those people. The ones Attorney Cha thought were from Wooshin?”

“Yes. Haven’t we already created enough of an atmosphere on the broadcast that Wooshin might have killed Lee Jung-chan? I don’t know exactly who that person is, but it must be someone from Wooshin. If we can bring that person up, we can definitely give the feeling that it was Wooshin’s doing.”

After all, it is impossible this time to prove that Wooshin ordered the murder of Lee Jung-chan and have them punished.

Even if we find that man, and even if that man is related to Wooshin, they will probably get away with it or cover it up with words of excessive loyalty.

But it’s too good to give up.

If we can bite that man properly, we can at least smear dirt on Wooshin’s face.

“Contact Manager Oh and ask him to bring the photos of Wooshin officials that I posted in the office.”

I said to Kang Min-jae.

There, not only the direct family of Wooshin, but also the photos of their right-hand men and those who showed significant activity were all posted.

I have a few people in mind right now, and if one of them is the one, I can just show it to the fisherman who the meter reader and Sang-gil met and have him point it out.

About an hour after contacting him, Manager Oh arrived.

He came with a thick album that seemed to contain everything from his first birthday to his elementary school graduation photos.

“This person. He is Ko Sang-joon’s chief of staff. I don’t think this person would have shown his face directly, but if he gets caught, it’s a jackpot, so let’s take out a photo.”

“Ah, him too. He’s the guy who cleans up after Ko Yoon-soo. He’s not affiliated with the secretariat, but it’s like a disguise. What he does *is* the chief of staff. Ko Yoon-soo always takes him around. I heard that he appears whenever Ko Yoon-sung causes an accident.”

As Manager Oh turned the album one page at a time, Choi Jong-hyun and I pointed out one person at a time, and Manager Oh took out those photos and put them in one place.

“Ah, him too. Ko Yoon-min’s cousin. He’s also Ko Yoon-min’s lackey. His family itself is like that. He didn’t have the ability, so he ruined the company his father left him and tried to leech off his brothers. Ko Sang-kyung didn’t accept him, but Ko Sang-joon accepted him. I think Ko Sang-joon gave him a position on the condition that he would acquire that failing company with Wooshin. Since then, those children have been leeching off Ko Sang-joon’s children for generations. If Ko Yoon-min took the lead, this bastard probably appeared there.”

“Is Ko Yoon-min the CEO of Wooshin Card?”

“Yes. He was thinking of acquiring Geumsan Card to match the size, but it fell through because of the Myung-hwa Pharmaceutical case. If any of Ko Sang-joon’s sons have a grudge against Attorney Cha, it’s definitely him. In fact, Ko Yoon-soo is the eldest son, so apart from being at the level of Little Ko Sang-joon, there’s no reason for him to interfere in this matter.”

Choi Jong-hyun shook his head at Manager Oh’s words.

“Ko Yoon-min is not young at all. He’s in his mid-30s.”

“Ko Yoon-min is already in his mid-30s?”

“Time really flies, doesn’t it? It feels like it was just yesterday that he got his picture taken with his hair dyed blonde when he came back from studying abroad.”

“That’s right.”

As Manager Oh nodded, Kang Min-jae interjected.

“Even if Lee Jung-chan is past his prime, he’s still a big shot. Wouldn’t they have ordered Jin Soon-ki instead?”

“Oh, Min-jae knows Jin Soon-ki too?”

“I studied from time to time. Haha.”

“Jin Soon-ki, you mean the uncle who was Ko Sang-joon’s secretary?”

Jo Bong-joon, who had been silent, interjected and asked.

It’s understandable that he wouldn’t know if he wasn’t someone who had been watching Wooshin with interest.

“That’s right.”

“That uncle is the CEO of Wooshin Life now. He’s a huge figure?”

Wooshin Life is the foundation of Wooshin’s financial resources, so you might think so, but no matter how much he has become the CEO of a lucrative affiliate, the roots do not change.

He was Ko Sang-joon’s secretary and strategist.

Even if he quit being a secretary, he would not have quit being a strategist.

I remember that when the Wooshin special investigation started in my previous life and he was summoned, he faced the investigation with a very calm and relaxed attitude.

Personally, I felt that he had some similarities with Director Bae of Hanyoung Group, whom I met in this life.

“He wouldn’t have done it directly, but he would have ordered his subordinate to do it. Anyway, let’s not rule him out just in case.”

Choi Jong-hyun said, taking out Jin Soon-ki’s photo from the album.

A total of 12 people were gathered like that.

If the person the meter reader met that day, or the person the fisherman who Sang-gil met saw, is among these, it’s a jackpot.

* * *

As expected, the police announced the results of the second autopsy the very next day.

Chloroform was found in Lee Jung-chan’s lungs, and it seemed that he was already dead before being thrown into the reservoir, as there was no water in his lungs.

Some other information came out, but since it was confirmed that chloroform was detected, there was no need to pay attention to anything else.

-Attorney! Where are you right now?

“I’ve passed Yongjin Service Area.”

-Aha. So, it will take about an hour and a half to get to the police station from now on?

“I think so.”

-Okay. Awesome! My scoop is coming in an hour and a half! I’m so excited~!

“I know you’re happy because it’s a scoop, but it would be nice if you could refer to me as a person.”

-Haha, mistake, mistake. Wow, our Attorney Cha is coming in an hour and a half! Is that okay? Drive safely~

Yoon Se-yeon was chattering noisily as if she was about to sing a song and hung up the phone.

I stared at the phone that had been disconnected.

Isn’t that a bit too much?

“Reporter Yoon seems very happy.”

“Of course she’s happy because she’s filming me appearing alone.”

I thought about how to reappear in the world in a pretty decent way without damaging my image.

In fact, the safest way is to first hand over the evidence through Kang Min-jae, prove my innocence, and then appear at the police station…….

But that seemed a bit boring.

Since Choi Jong-hyun and Jo Bong-joon made it so dramatic, shouldn’t I show some showmanship to some extent?

“How are you doing, Attorney? Well, you’ve come out for an outing after a long time.”

“It was too busy to call it an outing.”

“Still, you’ve been at home for over a month and came out like this.”

“Well… that’s good.”

I leaned back against the backrest and took a deep breath.

The scenery passing by outside the car window was all gray concrete, and the rice paddies beyond that, but it wasn’t boring to watch.

“Eat some baby potatoes. And some walnut cookies.”

“I’m already full.”

“Still. You won’t be able to eat properly once you go into the police station.”

“Won’t they order me food?”

The car, which had already entered Seoul, had already arrived in front of the police station.