You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 434

#435 You Have Been Defended

After telling Tae-shik to send me the data he had collected so far, I went into the study.

The data Tae-shik collected included Im Hyun-il’s Chinese character name [the traditional Chinese characters used to write his name, common in Korean naming conventions], age, residence, educational background, and the hospitals he had worked at.

I didn’t know what alias he used, but I decided to focus on his Chinese character name.

There is a common method for Korean-Japanese individuals to create aliases.

Since both Japan and Korea are within the Chinese character cultural sphere, they often don’t create a completely new name but instead read the Chinese character notation of the Korean surname in the Japanese style.

It’s similar to the method used by our ancestors who were forced to change their surnames during the Japanese colonial period.

Even within the same Chinese character cultural sphere, there are cases where the Chinese characters used in Korean surnames are not used in Japan, which introduces a variable.

The Chinese character notation registered in Im Hyun-il’s family register is 林賢一.

After checking the Japanese dictionary, I was able to confirm that all of them are commonly used Chinese characters that can be used for names.

If you read this as it is in Japanese style, it becomes the name Hayashi Kenichi.

I also searched for this name on international portals.

It seems to be a common name, as several people came up.

Of course, I can’t rule out the possibility that Im Hyun-il used a different alias.

However, it seems that it will take some time for Tae-shik to find out, so it wouldn’t be bad to track it with this name until then.

If Im Hyun-il’s alias is really Hayashi Kenichi, then wouldn’t that save time?

I went to the medical thesis search site I received from Dong-jin and searched for ‘kenichi hayashi’.

And as a result, I was able to confirm a number of papers submitted to the Department of Thoracic Surgery.

“This is it.”

The latest paper is from 2010, just last year.

When I opened the author information of the paper, the affiliation was listed as the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Shingaku University in Japan.

All of the co-authors were also affiliated with the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Shingaku University Hospital.

Looking at Im Hyun-il’s profile on the Seoul Wooshin Hospital website, it only shows that he was active in Korea, and the name of Shingaku University Hospital cannot be found.

There is also no gap in time.

As a Wooshin scholarship student, after graduating from Baek In University Medical School, his entire career, starting with his surgical residency, was spent at Wooshin Hospital.

If the paper’s author, Hayashi Kenichi, that I found is really Im Hyun-il, then Wooshin would have processed the gap while he was at Shingaku University Hospital as if he belonged to Wooshin Hospital.

In other words, the author’s introduction that Hayashi Kenichi belongs to Shingaku University Hospital does not prove that he is not Im Hyun-il.

To obtain evidence that Hayashi Kenichi and Im Hyun-il are the same person, I would have to track down Hayashi Kenichi’s information.

“Hmm…….”

I accessed the Shingaku University Hospital website.

When I entered the name Hayashi Kenichi in the medical staff list search box, a profile came up.

Unlike other medical staff, there was no photo, but I could find a brief history.

[Hayashi Kenichi (Assistant Professor)

Graduated from Baek In University Medical School

Initial Clinical Training at Shingaku University Medical School, Hitozuchi Medical Center

Graduate School of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shingaku University Hospital

Message: Currently on a business trip.]

Graduated from Baek In University Medical School!

This made it clear.

Hayashi Kenichi, who belongs to the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, that is, the Department of Thoracic Surgery, at Shingaku University Hospital, is Im Hyun-il.

Considering that all of Hayashi Kenichi’s paper co-authors were affiliated with Shingaku University Hospital, it can be concluded that all the doctors in the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Shingaku University Hospital know Im Hyun-il and are aware that he is not currently active at Shingaku University Hospital.

Considering that Im Hyun-il, who currently belongs to Seoul Wooshin Hospital, is still being introduced as a thoracic surgeon at Shingaku University Hospital on the official website, Shingaku University Hospital may also be helping to launder his identity.

Unlike the profiles of other assistant professors in the Department of Thoracic Surgery, which include outpatient dates, Hayashi Kenichi’s profile does not have outpatient dates listed.

It seems that they tried to avoid suspicion by leaving a message that he was on a business trip.

To completely launder it, it would have been better to hide the fact that he graduated from Baek In University, but there must be a reason why they didn’t.

Shingaku University Hospital may have taken a step back in case of an emergency.

For example, if a problem arises with the paper or Hayashi Kenichi becomes the focus for other reasons, his information will be thoroughly investigated, and if he is introduced with a forged academic background, Shingaku University Hospital can be held responsible later.

“Let’s find out about this later…….”

Now that it’s certain that they are the same person, I need to check what kind of papers Im Hyun-il has published under the name Hayashi Kenichi.

If there is a paper on organ transplantation, I can solidify my suspicion into certainty, and depending on the case, I may be able to disclose information about Im Hyun-il to other members, including Kang Min-jae.

I reviewed all the papers under his name and sent them to Dong-jin by email.

It was difficult for me to check it alone because I lacked medical knowledge.

I immediately called Dong-jin.

─ Oh, Joo-han.

“Are you busy now?”

─ No. I played with the kids until this morning, and my wife said she was taking the kids to her parents’ house, so I was watching a movie alone. She told me to rest a bit since I said I would go with them. Heh heh.

“I feel like I have to interrupt your break, what should I do?”

─ Hey, man. I told you not to say that. What is it? What’s up?

“It’s not that something’s wrong, but I found out something more about the doctor named Im Hyun-il that I talked about with your director last time.”

─ Huh? What is it?

“That person is Korean-Japanese.”

─ Really? I didn’t know that. The director didn’t seem to know either.

“Right. When he was briefing as the attending physician of former President Kang Kwan-woong at that time, his Korean pronunciation was perfect, so I didn’t think about that, but he was born in Japan and went to middle school there.”

─ And from high school in Korea?

“Yeah. Anyway, so I dug deeper because I thought he might have a separate name he uses in Japan, and as expected, he did. When I searched for papers under that name, a lot of papers on thoracic surgery came up.”

─ Wow, you’re amazing. You find out all sorts of things.

“So I just sent you the papers that person published in your email. I’m terrible at medical knowledge, so I thought it would be helpful if you could tell me the subject of each paper.”

─ That’s easy. Until when do you need it?

“The sooner the better.”

─ Hmm, wait a minute. I’m turning on my laptop.

Not long after, a notification appeared on the receipt confirmation page that Dong-jin had read the email.

─ There aren’t that many. Let’s see. Kenichi Hayashi? Is this the person?

“Yes.”

─ Instead of the attached file, can you give me the link to that paper?

“It’s in the email body.”

─ Ah, that’s right. Let’s see~ Oh, the affiliation is the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Shingaku University Hospital.

“That’s right. Is it a famous place?”

─ Yeah, it’s famous. It’s top tier in Japan. I heard it’s famous for thoracic surgery.

“Really?”

─ It seems that the place where our director said he went to study in Japan is Shingaku University Hospital. You said he went as a Wooshin scholarship student, right?

“Yeah. That’s right. But when I searched on the Shingaku University Hospital website, there was no record of his career at Wooshin Hospital, only about Shingaku University Hospital.”

─ Really? That’s a bit suspicious. Ah, now that I’m looking it up, Shingaku Medical School is famous for heart transplants.

“Heart transplant?”

─ Yeah. When I skim through the titles of the papers this person wrote, there are many about artificial hearts and heart transplant surgery methods. I’m not in my major field, so I’ll have to look at it in detail.

I think you’ve found something amazing?

“I think this is enough.”

─ No, I’ll look at the contents together.

“I’d appreciate it if you would.”

─ Yeah. But if there’s something I don’t know, I might have to ask a friend in thoracic surgery, so it might take some time.

“It’s okay, take your time.”

─ Okay. Then I’ll look at it as soon as possible and contact you.

“Okay.”

─ Okay, go in.

After hanging up the phone with Dong-jin, I got up from my desk and approached the whiteboard.

And I began to write down what I had investigated so far and my opinions.

1. Im Hyun-il went to Shingaku Medical Hospital as a Wooshin scholarship student, where he obtained a specialist certification in thoracic surgery under the name Hayashi Kenichi.

2. Hayashi Kenichi is affiliated with the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Shingaku University Hospital, but he is currently listed as being on a business trip and does not see outpatients.

3. He mainly wrote papers on artificial hearts and heart transplants.

4. Shingaku University Hospital does not list any of Hayashi Kenichi’s career at Wooshin Hospital.

5. Wooshin Hospital also does not list Im Hyun-il’s career at Shingaku University Hospital.

6. Items 4 and 5 both appear to be actions to hide that Im Hyun-il and Hayashi Kenichi are the same person.

7. Shingaku University is presumed to have some connection with Wooshin.

8. The reason why they don’t want to reveal that Im Hyun-il and Hayashi Kenichi are the same person is presumed to be because of item 3.

Hypothesis 1. Did they choose Im Hyun-il as someone who could help with the genetic heart disease of the Beom Wooshin family?

Hypothesis 2. Did Wooshin employ Im Hyun-il in the organ trafficking business against Japan?

→ This may be the reason why Im Hyun-il had to go to the House of Angels urgently.

I put down the board marker and crossed my arms.

Very little is known about the genetic disease of the Beom Wooshin family.

Few people know of its existence, and I was able to find out about it because I was a prosecutor, and Choi Jong-hyun was a reporter who was intensively investigating Wooshin.

Then I should find out about Wooshin’s genetic disease first.

How do I do that…….

“Ah.”

At that time, a familiar face flashed through my mind.

Why didn’t I think of this sooner?

I let out a hollow laugh and picked up my cell phone.

Not long after I made the call, a voice was heard from beyond the phone.

─ Lawyer?

“It’s been a while.”

─ It’s been a really long time. What brings you here?

“It’s nothing else. I have something to ask.”

─ Yes, ask me anything.