1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 56



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Episode 56

For me, morning usually starts with waking up, washing my face, brushing my teeth, and ends with feeding the dogs.

It was literally always quiet and monotonous, so there wasn’t really anything special about it.

But after meeting my older sister and Yebin, my colorless daily life began to take on some color.

“Uncle, have you seen where my toothbrush is?”

“The shelf over there.”

“Daesu, can you cut some kimchi for me?”

“huh.”

This time, with my older sister joining us, the three of us ended up living together under one roof.

Fortunately, there was a spare room in the faculty apartment, and the accommodation was relatively spacious.

But there is one problem… … .

“Snake! That’s the towel I used to wipe my feet with!”

“Hey, you crazy kid!”

The group lives right next door and comes and goes as if it were their own home.

Thanks to this, the usually quiet mornings became as noisy as a military training camp.

I yawned deeply as I looked at the sight and looked out the window where snow was piled up thickly.

In the yard, Coco, who had returned with a red scarf, was running around happily in the snow.

“Okay, let’s eat!”

In the meantime, my older sister, who had prepared breakfast in a jiffy, brought the table to the middle of the living room.

Then, Yebin and her group ran over like obedient children and started putting down their spoons.

“Mom! Give me lots of food!”

“Hehehe, me too.”

The menu consisted of white rice, kimchi, and soybean paste stew with a lot of toppings.

Although the meal was very simple, it looked delicious, perhaps because it was prepared by my older sister.

“Eat a lot.”

“thank you!”

Maybe it’s because it’s been a while since we’ve had a home-cooked meal, but everyone is busy stuffing food into their mouths.

In particular, Private Lee Hyeon-su and Corporal Oh Chan-il, who were familiar with jjambbap, were constantly evoking admiration.

“Does Olivia suit your taste?”

“Yes! I like soybean paste stew and kimchi.”

“Oh my, you’re totally Korean.”

Luckily, Olivia, who has newly joined, is also eating diligently while squeezing in.

I was worried that he might not be able to adapt, but he seemed to melt away quickly.

“Sister, are you going to the Department of Life Sciences today?”

“Yeah, I have some work to do.”

You must have worked hard for so long and you should rest at home, but I can’t see you just sitting still.

At that moment, Yebin, who was holding a spoon next to him, also raised her hand and smiled brightly.

“The three of us decided to go together!”

“Jin-kyung and Olivia too?”

“Yeah, he said he’d watch over me for a while.”

The atmosphere was so tense that I was worried about sending them away, but fortunately, two people stepped forward.

I nodded my head in relief, thinking, “If Kim Jin-kyung goes with me, I won’t have to worry.”

“Uncle, are you going to see Captain Kang again?”

“huh.”

“No, why do you always call me uncle? There’s been a lot of noise lately with the murder case and all… … .”

“Hehehe. Don’t worry, Miss Yebin! We’ll always be by your side to protect you.”

“Are you more worried?”

“You are really going too far, you rascal.”

Unlike usual when we always go out together, today seems like it will be a busy day with each person having their own work.

The group, energized by a warm breakfast, packed their bags one by one and left the accommodation.

“Ugh, it’s cold.”

The cold wind blowing as usual today makes my legs and arms shrink.

We first walked to the smoking area and talked about our plans for the day while having a cigarette.

“Brother, where do you want to go from?”

“I want to meet the witness first.”

Currently, the only person who has witnessed the criminal is Sergeant Park, who was hospitalized after being stabbed in the stomach.

Fortunately, I heard that he had recovered enough to be able to meet with me, so I decided to go and ask how he was doing.

Boom!

Just then, Coco jumps out of the bushes and rolls around in the snow, wagging her tail.

It was too peaceful and quiet a morning for a murderer to be on the loose.

* * *

As I knock on the door to the hospital room and go inside, Sergeant Park, who was reading a book, greets me with a smile.

“Mr. Daesu!”

I hurriedly stopped him from raising his upper body and pulled a chair over and sat down next to him.

“How are you feeling?”

“Haha, it’s okay. I just bled a little, but it wasn’t a deep wound. Can you see my face looks fresh?”

Although he looks lively, his face is gaunt and pale, as if he is about to die.

But since he’s Sergeant Park, this is all he has to do. If it were anyone else, he would have already crossed the Jordan River.

“Instead of fruit, at least this… … .”

Since I had no way to get a fruit basket, I hastily brought some canned peaches from the hotel.

“Wow! As expected, you know a thing or two.”

But this was actually a hit with my taste, and I kept eating the canned food in admiration.

Sergeant Park, who had enjoyed the soup so much, asked me with a look on his face that said he would live for the next time.

“Is this why you came here?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

He seemed to have guessed why I had come to see him and got straight to the point without a word.

“It was a time when victims were pouring in, so I was patrolling almost 24 hours a day. It was at that time that I was returning from a shift change, and by chance I found the suspect hiding in an alley.”

“Did you run away alone?”

“Yes, it was a bit snowy that day so I couldn’t see his face properly. But he was surprisingly slim compared to his height.

Sergeant Park, who had a keen intuition, quickly realized that the suspect was the culprit.

Naturally, he quickly followed after him and ended up entering a science exhibition hall.

“At first, I thought I had lost it because it disappeared right before my eyes. So I had no choice but to turn back, but it appeared behind me.”

“Is that what happened to you?”

“Yes, if support had come even a little later, I probably would have been killed by that bastard.”

Sergeant Park’s expression darkened when he was asked if that was how he had been treated, and he slowly nodded.

At this, I scratched my forehead and realized that the situation was more serious than I thought.

“I didn’t even see the attack. When I came to, my abdomen felt hot. If I hadn’t dodged, I would have been stabbed in the diaphragm.”

It was an attack that aimed precisely at the vital spot, the lungs, by inserting the knife under the diaphragm.

If even the proud Sergeant Park acknowledges it, then he is truly a man of considerable skill.

Just thinking about an opponent who is both a crazy psychopath and armed with force makes my head hurt.

“But weren’t you moving with those detectives? Someone named Choi Tae-jin already went there yesterday.”

“I think we’ll probably move separately.”

“Yes? Why?”

“I’m not an expert in this field.”

“No, why would you want to argue about something like that when you already have so few people? Where is someone as capable as Mr. Dae-su? That won’t do. Shit, I should go and argue with him… … .”

“Hold on. If you don’t, the thread will burst.”

Even Corporal Park, who said this, did not acknowledge me at first and was wary.

But how much more professional pride must detective Choi Tae-jin have, who has a longer career than him?

For now, the only way to help each other is to just keep our mouths shut and focus on our own work.

“I will contact you later.”

“Yes! Come in, Mr. Daesu!”

After finishing the interview, I joined the group waiting outside the hospital.

“Brother, did you find out anything?”

“Yes, it seems to be sorted out.

“Oh my, already?”

“What is it?”

I took out the case log that Corporal Jang had secretly given me last night and showed it to the two of them.

“The first sign of the murder was found at a floating restaurant over 30km away from here. Given that it was early in the incident, the soldiers, students, and residents who were in the campus shelter from the beginning are not suspects. That leaves us with two things.”

“Outsiders who have no connection to the shelter or people who came in after the incident… … .”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Corporal Oh Chan-il, who was certainly a smart-head, immediately understood the point.

“But no matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t seem possible that someone outside the shelter could commit such a perfect crime. No, even if it were possible, it would be absolutely impossible at this rate.”

Killing a person is easy with just a knife, but doing it without being caught requires a lot of meticulous preparation and luck.

But while he killed over twenty-three people, there was only one witness, Sergeant Park?

Even if he is a natural born killer, it is impossible in an unfamiliar space.

That means.

“An insider who came in later?”

“That’s right. It flowed in here.”

Is it usually difficult to hang a heavy corpse, drain the blood, and then embalm it?

It is impossible to complete this complex series of processes within a limited amount of time.

Even if you need a space to work, going back and forth makes no sense.

I figured he was hiding inside the shelter and operating secretly.

What solidified the speculation about this was Sergeant Park, who was stabbed while chasing the criminal.

“It must have been a bit disconcerting because it was the first time his identity was revealed. That’s why he changed his mind and attacked quickly.”

The criminal, who had already managed to escape, came back and tried to kill Sergeant Park.

This was an impulsive behavior pattern that was 180 degrees different from the courageous initiative he had shown so far.

The guy got stabbed.

The sore spot that I wanted to hide the most.

“Are they still in the shelter?”

“From now on, we need to look for clues.”

I snatched the case log I had handed out to my group and opened it up to show the photos of the victims one after another.

“Usually, these guys have their own set routine. Even if they commit a murder, they must follow the rules and procedures they have set for themselves.”

It is already a well-known fact that the perpetrator only targets and kills young women.

However, the victims all had both innate characteristics and acquired marks.

“Your height and hair style are similar?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

All of the victims are of similar height, build, and have similar hair styles.

This shows that his murderous intent is gradually changing into a sexual desire towards women.

Are you sick of ordinary objects now?

This is the stage where sexual desire is often expressed through murder.

“And immediately after killing the victim, the criminal drained all the blood and washed the body clean. Not a single drop of blood remained at the scene.”

“Obsessive-compulsive disorder!”

“This time, Hyunsoo got it right.”

At first I thought it was for preservation purposes, but now I see that it is a common symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Perhaps the formalin used for post-processing was also an extension of this concept.

“Finally, the time of day. The presumed time of murder is all late in the morning and there is a commonality in that it was a snowstorm. The day that Sergeant Park was stabbed must have been in the same environment as above.”

The method of murder, the motive, the time, the place, everything fits together like a routine.

As the art he pursues becomes more and more perfect, this routine will never change.

“It’s likely he’s not on the shelter list. But if we narrow down the list of suspects, we’ll eventually get a lead. First, we’ll start with his hideout… Are you listening?”

Private First Class Oh Chan-il and Private First Class Lee Hyeon-su, who had been absent-minded for a moment, suddenly startle and distance themselves.

And then, as if he had goosebumps, he squinted his eyes and swept his arms down.

“Brother, are you by any chance the culprit?”

“yes?”

“No, how can you figure this out in one day?”

It’s difficult to explain.

Because I didn’t learn it in theory.

I’ve just seen a lot of these guys and I just applied that experience to this case.

But since I couldn’t tell the truth to my companions, I decided to just beat around the bush.

“I watch dramas quite often.”

“… … I’ll tell you that.”

Fortunately, I fooled him perfectly.