You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 431

You Have Been Defended

You Have Been Defended – Episode 432

The moment the words “organ trafficking” were uttered, a collective sigh filled the conference room.

Everyone had anticipated the mention of “organ trafficking” since the discussion of blood types began, so there were no surprised reactions.

Kang Min-jae slammed the pen he’d been twirling onto the table and rubbed his forehead, looking stressed.

Choi Jong-hyun and Jo Bong-joon concluded their PPT presentation and returned to their seats.

“What are we going to do about these bastards?” Chief Oh exclaimed, pounding his chest with his fist.

He seemed to have a lot to say but was visibly holding back.

Choi Jong-hyun ran a hand wildly through his hair, sweeping his bangs back with a frustrated sigh, and looked at me.

“Haa. So that’s why these bastards were so desperate to kill Attorney Cha.”

“If they pulled L&B [a legal maneuver or strategy], they knew they’d get everything. We found out about the organ trafficking relatively quickly because of the investigation data Grandpa left behind, but the moment we realized Wooshin was suspiciously smuggling people to Japan, it was only a matter of time before it escalated to organ trafficking,” Kang Min-jae explained.

“If we expose this, Wooshin won’t have any way out, right?”

“From a purely public relations standpoint, yes, but they’re the kind of guys who will find a way out no matter what. So, we need to go in with thorough preparation.”

Everyone nodded in agreement with my words.

Investigating the establishment of the House of Angels before its official founding might be difficult due to the lack of historical data, but investigating the children who were sent to Japan after its establishment shouldn’t be too difficult.

First, we need to investigate the children who were sent under the guise of gifted education programs and those who were sent with fake passports.

“Attorney Cha, you were hesitant to jump to conclusions about the sex bribery case at first, but you seem pretty sure this time? Is there a specific reason?”

As he pointed out, I hadn’t wanted to make assumptions until I was certain back then.

But this time felt different.

Suddenly, I remembered the Yerim case from my previous life, which had driven Heo Min-woo to his death, though it had passed without incident in this life.

At the time, a child named Yerim was taken to Wooshin Hospital after a hit-and-run accident and lost her memory before being immediately transferred to the House of Angels.

I don’t know if the hit-and-run accident itself was staged or if it was just a coincidence.

But the important thing is that Yerim was sent to Japan with a forged passport as soon as she arrived at the House of Angels, and Heo Min-woo died while investigating this.

In my previous life, I thought Heo Min-woo, as a police officer, had died because he dug into the House of Angels, where the nominee accounts were hidden. But now, I wonder if Wooshin cut him off preemptively, fearing he would discover the organ trafficking.

Yerim’s transfer to Japan wasn’t under the pretense of gifted education, as we had previously investigated, nor was it after a long observation period.

Everything was processed very quickly.

So quickly that Heo Min-woo would never have found out if I hadn’t told him to ‘look into overseas connections’.

“I’m not completely sure,” I answered slowly.

If Yerim had a common blood type, there would be no reason to send her to Japan so urgently, especially since she wasn’t an orphan.

There would have been plenty of other children in the House of Angels to send to Japan in her place.

But the reason they chose Yerim must be because she had a rare blood type.

If Yerim does have a rare blood type, I think I can be sure that Wooshin is really involved in organ trafficking.

“Shouldn’t we share this information with Detective Heo?” Kang Min-jae asked at that moment.

Kang Min-jae had a high level of trust in Heo Min-woo, so it was understandable, but I am against informing him at this stage.

“I think it’s better to wait until we’re more certain. Anyway, we’ll have to ask Detective Heo for help once things get bigger.”

“I guess so.”

Anyway, how am I going to find out Yerim’s blood type?

I wonder if Tae-shik can find out.

“I’ll be back after a quick trip to the restroom.”

I left the conference room and gestured to Tae-shik, who was playing in one corner of the office.

Tae-shik followed me out with a questioning look on his face.

“What is it? What’s up?”

“Do you remember a kid named Yerim that I had Sang-gil work on before?”

“Ah, yes. I remember.”

“Can you find out Yerim’s blood type too?”

“Blood type?” Tae-shik crossed his arms and tilted his head as if he had received a strange question.

“I don’t know since she’s a minor… I don’t think there’s any registered institution that would have that information.”

“There’s a high probability that it’s a special blood type. Not as rare as -D—D- [a very rare blood type], but maybe RH- [Rh negative]?”

“Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo?” [Reference to Cinderella, implying magic or something extraordinary]

“What CF [commercial film/advertisement] is that from…? Never mind, I’m talking about -D—D-.”

When I wrote it down on my phone and showed it to him, Tae-shik frowned and said, “Is that how you read this? But does this blood type even exist?”

“Baddibaba-dibbidi… Ha, never mind. Anyway, this blood type exists. You know what RH- is, right?”

“Of course, I know that. Do you think I’m an idiot?”

I do think you’re an idiot. Would I think you’re a genius?

“Anyway, if you search communities where people with RH- blood types gather, you might be able to find out. Because it’s a rare blood type, they’ll definitely have contact information there due to transfusion issues. Can you look into it?”

“Hmm, I’ll try.”

“As soon as possible.”

“Yes, sir.”

Tae-shik started calling an employee right away, and I went back to the conference room.

“Anyway, I think we need to get a handle on the organ trafficking side and look into it,” I said as I entered the office.

They must have been in the middle of a conversation, as they were talking for a while before looking at me.

“Ah, Attorney Cha’s here. Attorney Cha, do you know if the Wooshin family has any hereditary diseases?”

“Hereditary diseases?” Hereditary diseases, huh.

I remembered something I had forgotten for a moment.

In my previous life, most of the people in the extended Wooshin family suffered from heart disease.

Because of that, even during the special investigation in my previous life, a high-intensity investigation was impossible, and they often delayed the investigation due to heart problems.

“I remember it being a heart-related disease.”

“That’s right. Everyone said they didn’t know, so I thought I was mistaken. Look, they say they have heart disease.”

“I didn’t know at all. I couldn’t find it even when I searched.”

“That’s why Wooshin Hospital has been prominent in heart disease and organ transplantation…” Choi Jong-hyun stopped talking and widened his eyes.

I felt the same way.

The fact that Wooshin later established a large organ transplant center and appointed Im Hyun-il as the head was something I remembered even during the attack on Kang Kwan-woong.

Im Hyun-il was the doctor who operated on Kang Kwan-woong at the time of the attack.

“Damn it, that’s right. That’s right. Looking at this, they exploited their hereditary disease and later started a big business.”

“Everything fits perfectly.”

Im Hyun-il.

It was an issue I had temporarily forgotten due to the shock of Kang Kwan-woong’s death at the time.

I remember wondering why the person who would become the head of the organ transplant center, which had astronomical capital invested in it, was in the branch office.

I suddenly had a thought.

Did Kang Kwan-woong really die because he was old and couldn’t withstand the attack and high-intensity surgery?

Or did Im Hyun-il tamper with the surgery and cause his death?

The point at which I learned that Im Hyun-il was the surgeon was after Kang Kwan-woong’s surgery had already ended.

So, I couldn’t stop the surgery itself.

But what if Im Hyun-il had tampered with it and caused Kang Kwan-woong to die?

No traces were found in the autopsy…

‘No, don’t get caught up in sentimentality.’ I shook my head.

Even if Im Hyun-il tampered with it, Kang Kwan-woong’s death was an incident I couldn’t have prevented.

That’s not what I should be thinking about now.

What I should be thinking about now is Im Hyun-il, who will become the head of the organ transplant center in the future.

I don’t know where Im Hyun-il was before he was appointed as the head of the organ transplant center in my previous life.

But in this life, he was in the Yongin branch.

Im Hyun-il may not become the head of the organ transplant center in this life, but anyway, because it’s a matter of the future, Im Hyun-il must have achievements that will make him stand out in organ transplantation in this life as well.

“Anyway, Chief Oh, me, and Attorney Kang haven’t seen all the data yet, so let’s finish reviewing it and talk again. Let’s end it here for today.”

“Okay. We’ll look into it in our own way too.”

As soon as the meeting broke up, I rushed home.

And I sat down in my study without even changing my clothes.

I tried to find Im Hyun-il’s simple personal information by searching Yongin Wooshin Hospital, but Im Hyun-il’s name was nowhere to be found.

I searched for Im Hyun-il’s name on the portal again and found information that he had been transferred to the main hospital among the articles about him performing the surgery at the time of Kang Kwan-woong’s attack.

“So that’s how he becomes the head of the center.”

The fact that Im Hyun-il was transferred to the main hospital at this timing can only be interpreted as him tampering with Kang Kwan-woong in the operating room.

Kang Kwan-woong was in his 90s and had a slim chance of recovery, but anyway, he is a doctor who failed to save a former president.

Yet, the fact that he was transferred to the main hospital can only be seen as recognition of his contribution.

What’s surprising among these is that he is a professor of general surgery, not transplant surgery, even though he is going to be the head of the organ transplant center…

I decided to skip it since it’s not an immediate issue, and I entered the main hospital’s website to find Im Hyun-il’s profile.

“Graduated from Baekin University Medical School.”

Baekin University Medical School?

It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.

I searched for Baekin University Medical School on the portal again.

It’s a private university in the provinces, and other departments are not popular, but because it has a medical school, it seems to be known among people aiming for medical school.

Certainly, when I entered the Baekin University website, the medical school building was splendid, but the other university buildings were crude.

“Hmm…”

Im Hyun-il, a graduate of Baekin University Medical School, is even a professor at Wooshin Hospital, so they should have put it up in big letters.

I searched every corner of the site and found a place where Im Hyun-il’s name was.

[Im Hyun-il, 21st graduate of Baekin University Medical School, appointed as head of surgery at Seoul Wooshin Hospital]

There is no other place to confirm information about Im Hyun-il.

I scrolled down and found an unexpected name.

[Baek Chan-geun, 21st graduate of Baekin University Medical School, appointed as head of neurosurgery at Seoul Myungwoon University Hospital]

Baek Chan-geun, head of neurosurgery at Myungwoon University Hospital.

For a moment, a blurry face flashed through my mind.

I’ve seen this person before.

Myungwoon University Hospital’s neurosurgery department is where Dong-jin works.

I think I saw him once in passing when Dong-jin was falsely accused before.

If Baek Chan-geun is an alumnus of Im Hyun-il, even the same 21st graduate, they will know each other well.

Maybe I can get information from there.

I called Dong-jin without hesitation.

You Have Been Defended [EN]

You Have Been Defended [EN]

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[English Translation] Prosecutor Cha Juhan's relentless pursuit of the corrupt Wooshin Group ended in betrayal and death at the hands of those he trusted most. But fate, it seems, has other plans. Granted a second chance, reborn as a Wooshin sniper, Cha Juhan vows to bring the entire Wooshin family to justice, no matter how many lifetimes it takes. Trading his prosecutor's badge for a lawyer's gavel, he embarks on a path of vengeance, armed with extraordinary abilities beyond human comprehension. They told him to know his place in the next life? He'll show them exactly where they belong – behind bars. Prepare for a thrilling saga of revenge, justice, and supernatural power as Cha Juhan targets Wooshin once more, turning the courtroom into his battleground.

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