Along with the God of Law - Chapter 414



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414.

“Hmm.”

At the presiding judge’s table sat a young judge with a ponytail, at the prosecutor’s table sat Kang Hyeon, and at the defendant’s table sat a public defender with a somewhat dejected expression.

Central District Court, single-judge panel ‘Cho Ki-jun case’ relevant court trial date.

“Hmm.”

The trial proceeded in a relaxed manner, without any tension or room for argument.

Because Jo Gi-jun didn’t come out today either.

“… Should I adjust the deadline?”

“Yes. The deadline needs to be postponed.”

“Let’s do that first.”

“If the defendant repeatedly fails to appear, I would like the court to take action.”

“… I will accept the prosecution’s argument. Does the defense have any particular objections?”

“doesn’t exist.”

The public defender nodded, and Kang Hyun lightly collected the documents, anticipating the end of the trial.

“Yes. Let’s wrap up the trial here and think about our own methods. Keep in touch with your public defender.”

“All right.”

The trial date for the Central District Prosecutors’ Office’s 12th Division’s violation of the Reserve Forces Act ends.

The trial, of course, could not proceed because the defendant, Jo Gi-jun, was not present.

Instead, Kang Hyeon from the prosecution filed a formal objection to Jo Gi-jun’s absence, and the judge immediately accepted their complaint.

Really, without a moment’s hesitation, ‘immediately.’

This meant that the Central District Court was not giving weight to this case, thus condoning the judge’s unilateral action or even encouraging him to take more active action.

This meant that an arrest warrant would soon be issued by the court’s authority, and that investigative agencies would be able to move freely to enforce it.

Very, freely.

After the trial is over.

“I’m Prosecutor Kang Hyeon.”

He turned his head. He was a young judge from the 12th district, a man whose face was familiar but whose name he did not know well.

“My name is Judge Kim Ari.”

There are frequent instances where judges call prosecutors in private, but this is usually only when they are friendly and acquainted with each other.

It was clear that the ‘judge’, who was an old acquaintance but had never spoken to Kang Hyeon, had a purpose in calling him.

“Yes, your honor.”

“Can I talk to you for a moment?”

“Of course. Oh, but if it’s about recent events, I refuse.”

He also knew very well that the Central District Court had been turned into a mess due to Kang Hyeon’s ‘Wang Nam-ryong incident’ and that there was chaos with the change of judges and everything.

That’s why there were often requests that weren’t requests or requests that weren’t requests to Kang Hyun, but they were all really uncomfortable and he felt uneasy about doing anything about them.

For example, things like, ‘I’ve been working really hard and uprightly to do this and that, so please tell the judges around me to go this way.’

An ironic situation where judges ask prosecutors to do the judges’ work.

Even though it was a temporary phenomenon created by Kang Hyun, it was still incredibly embarrassing.

“Here’s what I want to tell you about the incident.”

Fortunately, Judge Kim Ari did not seem to have such thoughts.

“That’s fortunate.”

“yes?”

“No. Go ahead.”

“Mr. Cho Ki-jun’s case. Well, Prosecutor Kang Hyeon has handled many large-scale cases, so it probably isn’t that big of a case.”

“No. The incident itself is not the cause of the difference in severity. I treat it with weight.”

“I would be honored if you would say so. And it would be easy for me to say it.”

“If you have a word?”

The judge paused for a moment, then spoke to Kang Hyeon with a somewhat serious look in his eyes.

“I would like to request the court to cooperate in arresting him early.”

“Cooperation in arrest?”

“The court recently formed a ‘defendant arrest team’ and is scheduled to conduct a test run. I think it would be good if the prosecutors of the 5th trial division were to be added to that.”

It seemed like they were planning to officially request Kang Hyun’s cooperation in setting the standard.

“Um. Wait a minute. Not the Central District Prosecutors’ Office, but the 5th Trial Division?”

“Yes. I am making this request directly to the 5th trial division of the prosecutor’s office.”

This is not a normal situation.

The purpose of sending the request for cooperation to Kang Hyun’s trial department instead of the Central District Prosecutors’ Office’s investigation support team or the police at all is obvious.

“… It’s not the 5th trial division, it’s me who needs it, right?”

Is it to receive Kang Hyun’s afterglow? As expected, it’s a really bad idea.

“I will politely decline. The police or the Central District Prosecutors’ Office’s investigation support team will do a better job.”

At Kang Hyun’s words, whose face darkened slightly, the judge glanced at him for a moment and then waved his hand in embarrassment.

“Ah… I hope there is no misunderstanding. We are requesting this because we need Prosecutor Kang Hyun’s know-how.”

“Know-how?”

“Yes. Everyone knows that the staff of the district prosecutor’s trial department has no field experience. However, I often hear that Prosecutor Kang Hyun leads the staff of the trial department and conducts field investigations quite perfectly. We need the ability of a prosecutor who can make people who are sitting still get up and run and fly.”

It wasn’t that I was trying to gain anything from Kang Hyun. It was a request for his help with practical work.

“Need training for the absentee arrest team?”

“Yes. There are about 50 people, but if this test operation goes well, we will increase the number to about 100. However, since the court does not have a proper field expert, I think this case will be a good opportunity.”

“hmm.”

“You can just teach them the techniques to track down and arrest a defendant who has disappeared or is running away, or you can directly direct them. It doesn’t matter if the prosecutor directs the investigation under the pretext of ‘cooperative investigation.’ It’s not against it in terms of the separation of investigative authority or the obligations that come with it legally.”

It was a reasonable and seemingly innocent statement. Kang Hyun still shook his head, but his eyes had become much softer.

“Besides, I heard that the defendant is involved in something related to ‘illegal drugs.’ The Joint Investigation Team is planning to investigate this separately.”

“Where did you hear that?”

“From Seocho-seo.”

“Are you by any chance from the Seocho Police Station Violent Crimes Unit?”

“Yes, that’s correct.”

It must be Team Leader Hong. It was the moment when Kang Hyun had something to say to Team Kyung Soo.

anyway.

“I’ll think about it, but don’t expect anything.”

“Thank you for that much. Okay.”

After talking with Judge Kim Ari.

Kang Hyun was lost in thought as he returned to the Central District Prosecutors’ Office.

‘Early bird, it might be harder to find than expected.’

The court plans to officially request assistance from the prosecution and other investigative agencies.

The courts are also increasing their arrest force, and public power is also strong, so they are often ahead in terms of information power. But they are saying that they are still unable to find Jo Gi-jun.

‘If we find Jo Gi-jun, we can find out more, but what if we can’t find him?’

It was the moment I entered the office with all sorts of thoughts in my mind.

“uh!”

Park Hyun-ah’s unusual voice jumped over the curtain and reached Kang Hyun-ah.

Soon, people from the 5th trial division gathered.

They all began to see the amazing results that Park Hyun-ah had discovered through her abilities.

“…?”

Kang Hyun’s footsteps also gradually quickened and he headed towards him.

“The captured images of TeleK messenger conversations were automatically saved to the cloud and remained there. It seems that it can be used to imitate the way in which buyers of illegal drugs attempt to trade illegal drugs to sellers on the dark web.”

“That, the algorithm? You’ve figured out the algorithm!”

“That’s right! You cracked the code. Good job.”

The duo of Jeon Yun-woo and Choi Jeong-woo, who still had no knowledge of this field, were showering him with ignorant praise. Baek Hoon-sik was just staring blankly at the screen.

Kang Hyun was able to roughly understand the situation.

“Can you trace the sales route?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Well done.”

It is possible to understand the transaction situation superficially if you have a certain level of skill.

However, Park Hyun-ah was doing more than that.

“So, does that mean imitation is possible?”

“I think it would be good to keep the site running normally and set up a trap in the way that ‘early-morning waves’ did.”

‘Early wave’? Does that mean there’s more than one person?

“It wasn’t just one person, it was twenty, or at least ten, who had to move at the same time.”

Park Hyun-ah added at the look in his eyes.

Park Hyun-ah had already taken it for granted that this ‘dark web’ incident was impossible below a certain scale.

“When can I start?”

“Anytime.”

“Would anyone fall into the trap?”

“People who couldn’t buy it would have lined up. Also, the domain site created by Jo Gi-jun on the ‘dark web’ would open and close irregularly, so it wouldn’t have aroused suspicion.”

In this situation, what should I do now?

‘Trap investigation.’

It seemed faster and more efficient to use the traditional method of luring buyers by digging a trap and extracting information from them using the same sales method.

So, Kang Hyun spoke to those gathered without hesitation.

“I will request on-site investigation support funds. Let’s try to make a deal directly.”

“yes?”

“oh!”

“What is that… Isn’t that what the Joint Investigation Department or the Anti-Corruption Department does?”

Surprise, wonder, confusion, doubt.

Since there were different reactions, Kang Hyun briefly thought about which answer to give first, and then came up with an answer that would win everyone’s approval.

“The Central District Court directly requested our 5th Division to cooperate in the arrest. I think it would be beneficial for both parties if we also received about 50 court arrest personnel.”

“… Don’t you usually refuse?”

“Don’t the police do things like this?”

Kang Hyun simply ignored Jeon Yun-woo and Choi Jeong-woo’s words.

“The court asked for our cooperation, so shouldn’t we show the capabilities of our 5th trial division?”

Then, Jeon Yun-woo nodded vigorously as if he had forcefully accepted Kang Hyeon’s words, and Choi Jeong-woo took a step back with a still strange expression on his face.

“So… where should we start?”

And of course, Baek Hoon-sik was the first to pack his bags and prepare to change his clothes.

* * *

Snap, slap!

Upper Ant Village, a side road leading up a hill that appears when you go up along the embankment.

A dark space.

There, several men are indiscriminately hitting a woman on the cheek.

Already the sound was like a thud, a snap, a crash.

And, Cheolpudeok.

Then came the sound of giggling.

“Why? Where did all those great people go? Did they all run away because the salty fish got tangled up?”

“Hehehe, I guess you’re lucky that you’re venting your anger by slapping me in the face. Just give me the money now.”

“What the fuck… .”

Jeong Da-young swore softly and spat out blood.

“You idiots. Even if I tell you all the holes where the money is, you won’t be able to find them. Because you’re idiots…”

puck!

After a “Gyat” scream, the sound stopped for a moment.

“…he.”

His face turned red and his lips were torn and bleeding.

She looked up at the three men surrounding her.

“…he.”

“…?”

“…what?”

“… Hehehe.”

Neither poisonous eyes nor pleading gaze.

He just had a blank expression on his face, big eyes blinking, and a smile.

The eyes scanned the man who was lifting her cheek, then the guy watching the net from behind, and finally the man standing there like a leader.

“…T, T, T, why are you like this? Why?”

“Are you crazy? Damn it, just call me where the money is!”

The men stammered as if they had not expected it.

They also knew the truth. What kind of person Jeong Da-yeong was.

But they were in a hurry. So maybe they wanted to pretend for a moment that they didn’t know what kind of person she was.

“…Why should I do that?”

Creepy.

Finally, her mouth moved again.

With her eyes still wide, she looked up at the three men.

Sitting down, Jeong Da-young’s eyes, illuminated by the moonlight, still sparkled.

But that sparkle gave men a creepy fear.

The only thought they had now, oddly enough, was this:

‘I might die.’

Even though she was the one who was hit, it was as if they were the ones being oppressed.

“…ah.”

Rather, the three men who came to their senses at that sight remembered one thing they had forgotten.

That you can’t get what you want by pushing Jeong Da-yeong around and slapping her in the face.

No, you shouldn’t be doing this in the first place.

Because she has a ‘coin’.

“Hey, Jinseok, this won’t work. This bitch, she’s half crazy.”

“Ha. Just jump out.”

“Bitch, I’ll see you later. Make sure your phone is on.”

Was he overwhelmed by the momentum or was he being chased by something?

Jeong Da-young, who had been dragged to a dark corner and threatened, woke up as if it was another ordinary day.

I dusted off my clothes and called someone.

“Yes, it’s me. I have something to tell you.”

Still with a calm expression and unwavering posture.

After she spent some time explaining to someone what had happened earlier that morning, she hung up the phone.

Something really strange happened.

Swish,

It was a smile.