Along with the God of Law - Chapter 413



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413.

This old, worn-out ruin. Actually, I didn’t have any particular expectations, but an unexpected ‘evidence’ came out.

The three prosecutors gathered at the scene now began to think of the word ‘cyber investigation’.

‘Cyber ​​investigation.’

A field of investigation handled by the Digital Investigation Division, Cyber ​​Investigation Division, and Forensics Team.

Technology leak crimes, digital forensics, decryption systems… .

Inevitably, the term ‘cyber investigation’ comes to mean the same thing as ‘complicated.’

Cyber ​​investigation itself was a field that would make an ordinary employee of a prosecutorial organization nod their head in confusion.

In movies and dramas, they say, “Okay, player, enter.” with just a few keystrokes.

Reality is a rather tedious and boring field of technology that is created through long experience and time, so it is not easy to approach without special interest and talent.

Even Kang Hyun did not have any special interest in or development in ‘forensic medicine’, so this field had limitations in terms of investigation ‘itself’.

There are limits to how much you can learn about programming or how much you can develop an eye for systems and sites.

However, after Park Hyun-ah checked a few things on this laptop and looked at the screen that appeared, the three inspectors were able to spit out the word ‘onion’.

It was because there was a browser icon that was very famous among investigative agencies.

“It’s a stealth browser.”

“you’re right.”

“Wow, isn’t that it? That… what is it? It’s used for organized crime?”

Baek Hoon-sik is also a prosecutor, so he knows what this means.

A major incident, meaning that at least a certain size of organization is involved.

But Park Hyun-ah spoke as if summarizing the current situation for him, who did not have the talent to delve further than that.

“This laptop was found to have a browser installed on it that allows the network to be used as a ‘virtual tunnel’ that makes IP tracking impossible. It’s a laptop for accessing so-called ‘dark web’ sites. The administrator is Jo Gi-jun.”

“The dark web?”

“It is used for neutral purposes such as independent journalism and whistleblowing, but most of it is used for criminal purposes, such as large-scale illegal drug trafficking or human trafficking.”

“Do you happen to know how it works?”

“Simple. It works by having it pass through multiple encrypted nodes running routers so that the IP address it arrives at looks completely different.”

“Oh… I see.”

It wasn’t a nuance of answering with real knowledge. Baek Hoon-sik nodded as if Park I-hyeon’s words were something he couldn’t understand.

Dark web.

It is like a gateway to the dark world of black market trading, hacking tools, and illegal pornography.

It is a concept of the Internet area where people create their own sites to avoid the eyes of the government and investigative agencies and use methods to avoid external access by using a ‘password’ that only they know.

Currently, there are about 8,500 domains that are kept under wraps even by investigative agencies. That makes them difficult to find and even if discovered, difficult to access.

When the police or prosecutors investigate cyber-illegal gambling or voice phishing cases, they sometimes come up. When that happens, the people in charge start by saying this.

-Contact the digital investigation department.

-Should I hand this over to the cyber investigation team?

In such cases, there was even a saying that ‘the investigation starts from this point.’

Park Hyun-ah discovered it right away while sitting down. It was the moment when his true worth was clearly proven.

‘It fit.’

It was also the right decision for Kang Hyun to bring Prosecutor Park I-hyeon here.

He watched Park Hyun-ah touch various things while wearing white gloves, then said with confidence.

“We’ll be on site for about 30 minutes from now. Let’s try to extract as much as we can from this laptop.”

“Yes? Chief, that’s a bit too much even for Senior Park Hyun… First, we should confiscate it and hand it over to the Digital Investigation Division…”

“All right.”

“Yes? Senior? Is it possible?”

Usually, a forensics team or digital investigation expert would step in to collect digital evidence. That’s why Baek Hoon-sik was surprised by Kang Hyun’s words and tried to stop him in order to protect Park I-hyeon.

Instead, Park Hyun-ah nodded as if she understood and began to focus all her attention on the screen.

It was a bit confusing for Baek Hoon-sik.

“We didn’t bring any equipment, and we didn’t even contact the central side… Is this possible?”

“If your internet connection environment changes, it may actually take longer to access it. Since it basically uses an anonymous IP, there is a high possibility that it will be damaged if you try to hack into it from the outside… .”

Park Hyun-ah tapped away at the computer keyboard as if she were doing some kind of hobby.

‘By any chance, Manager, from the beginning?’

Baek Hoon-sik looked at him with curious eyes and continued asking Kang Hyeon questions.

“… Did senior Park Lee-Hyeon think that this was necessary on site?”

“yes.”

“Why did you think that? Aren’t you going to tell me?”

Baek Hoon-sik spoke as if he had half given up, but Kang Hyeon shook his head as if to say, “Why are you saying that?”

“No? The reason is simple. Mr. Cho Ki-jun had a criminal record that included an investigation into violations of Article 26 of the Information and Communications Network Act. The case was concluded without a public prosecution, but Article 26 is related to the transfer of personal information due to business transfers, etc. In other words, although Cho Ki-jun is currently unemployed, it is highly likely that he has worked in website management or system personal information handling in the past.”

“ah?”

“As I said, I didn’t come here because of things like ‘not showing up for the reserve force’.”

“ah….”

How many moves are you looking at? He muttered openly, but Kang Hyun pretended not to hear and focused on Park I-Hyeon.

‘Everyone, what’s so easy…?’

Baek Hoon-sik was a complete idiot. When asked about something, the only people around him were those who said, “It’s simple.”

Knock knock.

About 20 minutes have passed.

Only about 20 minutes had passed, but he seemed to have found something and his fingers moved faster and faster.

It was less than 30 minutes later that Park Hyun-ah opened her mouth.

“I have a site admin account. It’s a domain that is only accessible via the dark web.”

“yes?”

“The purpose is illegal drug trafficking. The method is to exchange passwords through a volatile messenger called ‘TeleK’, access the site through this, purchase goods, and the seller then delivers the goods through ‘TeleK’.”

“no way….”

“And the delivery method is… ‘drop.’”

Kang Hyun’s eyes sparkled at his discovery.

“It’s called ‘throwing’.”

“you’re right.”

“A method often used in drug distribution crimes, where the delivery person who received the goods divides it into small pieces and hides it in residential areas and other places. The medium is TeleK, so there is a high possibility that there are more than one or two people involved… .”

What a drop.

Kang Hyun couldn’t help but be surprised. This was because the very traditional ‘illegal drug’ trade method was being used here.

“Jo Ki-jun, I think it would be easy to add the crime of ‘illegal drug distribution’ to the suspect in the current reserve force law violation and formally request the joint investigation team to investigate. The goal is to arrest Jo Ki-jun, and arrest Jo Ki-jun’s superiors and subordinates, distributors, masterminds, and all those involved.”

“Should we also relay the information only to the Gyeongsu Unit to the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff?”

“yes.”

Kang Hyun, who had finished waiting patiently on the scene, stood up from his seat. He glanced at Jeong Da-yeong and nodded.

“The report was not wrong.”

“I, I’m right. I think you’re doing something bad.”

The strength in her hunched shoulders relaxed.

“I will believe you for now, but you cannot just leave. Since this is the situation, I ask that you cooperate with the investigation.”

She sighed deeply at the thought that she couldn’t escape from this incident, but soon regained her composure with her characteristically bright eyes and said.

“Yes, that’s right. I can’t just sit by and watch my brother do something bad like this.”

A statement that he will fully cooperate with the investigation into this incident.

That is, Kang Hyeon naturally obtained Jeong Da-yeong’s cooperation in the investigation.

‘Suspicious.’

But even in this situation, Kang Hyun felt a little uneasy and lost in thought.

Illegal drugs, the dark web, droppers, early bird offers, and ‘synthetic cigarettes.’

It is a very complicated case, so it is clear that no one can be trusted.

The person named Jeong Da-yeong who was there had so many suspicious points.

“Then please take care of me. Student. But are you a college student?”

“No. I’m just an adult.”

“iced coffee?”

Behind Baek Hoon-sik, Park Yi-hyeon, and Jeong Da-yeong, who are formally exchanging greetings.

‘I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.’

Kang Hyun briefly glanced at the tattoo engraved on the back of her slender right arm.

It was a tattoo with a pattern that looked like a coin, or maybe the sun or the moon, which I had never seen before.

* * *

“I heard you were active this time!”

“Oh, what.”

“Wow, you discovered the dark web right on the spot. Our prosecutor Park Hyun-ah is the best!”

“It’s the best!”

Although Jeon Yun-woo and Choi Jeong-woo came to Park Yi-hyeon’s seat and praised his performance, Park Yi-hyeon remained calm.

Even though Chief Jeong Ji-eun secretly praised Kang Hyun for allowing him to participate in Jo Gi-jun’s trial, it was still like that.

“The inspector is doing his job, so why should he be praised for it?”

“No, but still. ‘Park Lee-hyun’s hobby has shined.’ Isn’t that something to be proud of?”

“Oh, well. Not really.”

“Ugh. So you’re not going to eat?”

“I’ll eat separately later.”

“Okay, okay.”

Gloomy, Jeon Yun-woo and Choi Jeong-woo left. Park Yi-hyun was sharing data with experts through a forensic system called ‘B-net’.

“We can figure out the scale, the detailed list of illegal drugs… and then the buyers too.”

“Even the buyer?”

Whoosh! Park Hyun-ah instinctively turned his head. That meant that the person who was approaching him and sticking his head in was Ahn Ji-won.

“Huh? Huh.”

“That’s interesting. Explain further. I’ll try to understand.”

“okay?”

In that moment, Park Hyun-ah’s eyes brightened.

“There was this early morning incident. The forensic results report came out, and it seems that some of the TeleK messenger conversations can be recovered. Then, through this, the detailed methods and patterns of illegal drug trafficking will be drawn. The systematic principles…”

“The principle is a headache. It’s okay.”

“Oh. Right?”

“So, are you going to get some results this time? Or not?”

“I have to.”

“Yeah. Good job. Our Park Lee Hyun.”

slap.

It was just something An Ji-won said to him in a dry and indifferent manner.

For a long time, Park Hyun-ah couldn’t focus on the screen again and just stared blankly at the spot where Ahn Ji-won had left.

“Good job… our Park Lee Hyun?”

From this one sentence, where did he start and how far did he go in his thoughts?

“Our Park Lee Hyun.”

“Our Park Lee Hyun.”

I was struck by the words that kept lingering in my head.

“Uh… What are you thinking about?”

What on earth were the thoughts going through his head?

For a moment he covered his head and groaned in pain, then he thrust his face back into the monitor with a slightly flushed face.

I pushed it in so deep that my face was almost buried in the monitor. I thought that if I didn’t do that, no one would see.