The Mad Prosecutor Picked Up AI - Chapter 134



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Episode 134: The Reason I Killed the Tree

The man, who had been standing there with a surprised face when our eyes met, only then realized that he was holding a cutter knife in his hand and quickly hid his hand behind his back.

“Oh, how did you come?”

I tilted my head, wondering if that was the right line to say in this situation. But I answered anyway.

“We are here… … .”

But before he could answer, the man struck him.

“Did you come to see Attorney Min? He moved his office here.”

“Really? When did you move?”

“It’s been a while. Maybe six months?”

Oh, so that’s why the windows outside were like that too. Well, I guess they wouldn’t have just left it like that in an office that was still in operation, and it had become ‘uncivilized’.

The man spoke to us.

“Are you here for a civil lawsuit? Our lawyer is good at that too. He’s much better than Attorney Min.”

“What if you were our lawyer?”

“It’s right here next to you. Attorney Lee Sang-do. I’m the office manager there. My name is Jeong Hoon-seok.”

The man, Jeong Hoon-seok, pointed to Attorney Lee Sang-do’s office with his hand, and there was a cutter knife clearly in his hand.

Jeong Hoon-seok was startled and quickly put his hand down, but it was already too late.

“What is that knife?”

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

“I don’t think it’s nothing.”

Wi Jun-woo quickly stepped forward and snatched the sword from Jeong Hoon-seok. He tried to resist, but he was no match for the skilled black belt Wi Jun-woo.

“Ouch. My arm hurts. Just a moment.”

After taking the knife away and subduing him by holding his arm behind his back, only then did I see the last office door that was hidden by Jeong Hoon-seok.

The original writing on the office was supposed to be ‘Min Jae-han Lawyer’s Office’, but the writing was scratched here and there with a knife and erased, and the only writing that remains now is.

‘The office of the undisclosed lawyer.’

“Uncivilized?”

“I tried to make it savage, but I couldn’t erase the dots yet.”

“Ah, savage.”

When I looked at him with a serious expression, Jeong Hoon-seok nodded and nodded.

“No, what is a grown man doing now? Was the window facing the street also made by Jeong Hoon-seok? Did he change the letters to ‘uncivilized’?”

“No. Do you think I would have hung out of a second-floor window and erased it? It was just old and the letters were falling off. I was just getting inspired by it and scraping the letters off the door.”

“I don’t think that’s something to be proud of either.”

“That… that’s true.”

“Why did you do this?”

Jeong Hoon-seok raised his head at my question and got angry.

“That’s because it’s what it is. Oh, can you let go of my arm? I’m not going to run away.”

Wi Jun-woo let go of her arm because she spoke so confidently. Jeong Hoon-seok, who had been rubbing his arm for a moment, opened his mouth.

“Attorney Min Jae-han is a very evil person. He doesn’t care about his clients and is just a money-grubbing scumbag.”

“Are you going to throw it away?”

“Do you know what happened this time? I intentionally lost the case that my client had given me.”

“But then, that won’t work. That would be against the code of ethics.”

Jeong Hoon-seok snorted.

“Who cares about a code of ethics? Besides, even if you have a suspicion, you can’t do anything about it because you don’t have any evidence.”

“How did you know that he lost on purpose when there was no evidence?”

“After the case was over, I moved to the opposing law firm. It’s a huge firm in Korea. Why would a lawyer from such a place get scouted to such a prestigious firm? And to the opposing firm? It’s the price I paid for losing the case, for sure.”

Jeong Hoon-seok looked at the words ‘uncivilized’ with a grin on his face.

‘If that’s true, then he is a savage.’

[It’s understandable to be angry.]

Jeong Hoon-seok’s actions were clearly damaging someone else’s property, but I didn’t want to arrest him for property damage here. He said the office had already been moved anyway, and when the next landlord comes in, they’ll eventually take all those letters down.

Instead, I asked what I was curious about.

“You said that you are the office manager of Lee Sang-do’s law office?”

“Yes, yes. Would you like to request a case?”

“No, that’s not it. Is there anyone named Jaden among the clients who come to the office? He’s a foreigner.”

“Among the clients?”

Instead of answering, Jeong Hoon-seok scratched his head. Seeing that, Aliotta shook her head.

[Who would go around talking about their office clients? They wouldn’t tell you.]

‘But you caught me stabbing you right now. Won’t you tell me something?’

[It sounds a bit strange when you say it’s a knife fight.]

Jeong Hoon-seok spoke in a firm voice, as if he had already made up his mind.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you anything about our client.”

Yeah. You’re saying that even though you’re the kind of person who scrapes other people’s office doors with a knife, you’re a guy who strictly follows the code of ethics?

But Jeong Hoon-seok said something unexpected.

“But I think I can tell you about that foreigner. He is not our lawyer’s client.”

“What does that mean?”

“Is that foreigner a man? With blond hair, long on top and cropped short by the ears? Wearing horn-rimmed glasses?”

“That’s right. How do you know?”

“This office has a new owner.”

Jeong Hoon-seok shrugged and pointed to the office of Attorney Mi Gae-an.

“Is this the new owner?”

“Yes. It’s been about three months. I heard they just came in.”

“But why is it still called the Office of the Unregistered Attorney?”

“I don’t know about that. The boss said he was an instructor at some academy.”

“Yes, that’s right. Academic instructor.”

“I heard that you signed a contract saying that you needed a lab. You said you were offering it for cheap on the condition that you wouldn’t clean or repair the office.”

I looked at Wi Jun-woo and Wei Jun-woo. Looking at his face, I felt like I wasn’t the only one who found it strange.

“Chief, isn’t this really strange?”

“There are so many strange things that I don’t even know where to start.”

A person who lives and works in Sinchon comes to Gaemyeon-gu every day to drink coffee in the morning. What’s more, he even rented a personal office in Gaemyeon-gu.

why?

Why on earth?

“Why did Jaden get an office so far away?”

“It might be because it’s cheaper here than Sinchon.”

What Wi Jun-woo said makes sense. Even if it’s cheap here, do you really want to commute that long distance every day?

“Why does a private academy instructor need a personal study room in the first place? They can just do it at home or at the academy. They’re not like part-time instructors who earn hundreds of millions of won a year.”

“That’s true.”

And I spent more than two hours here once or twice a week, maybe more often. And yet, three months after renting, the sign for the Uncivilized Lawyer was still there?

What kind of situation are you trying to solve?

“That’s suspicious.”

“That’s suspicious.”

“It’s a bit strange.”

Jeong Hoon-seok, who was listening to our conversation from the side, also joined in, stroking his chin. I asked Jeong Hoon-seok a question.

“Does Jaden come here every day?”

“Yes. I think I saw it almost every day.”

“Are you here today too?”

“No. He didn’t come today. So I was scratching at the door. Do you think there was someone inside and he was scratching at the door with a knife?”

“That’s right.”

I nodded and looked at the firmly shut door of the attorney’s office.

There’s something inside me. A clue to this case.

There must be a reason why I come all the way to this remote area every day and stay for more than two hours.

“I think there’s something inside this door.”

I walked closer and knocked on the door.

“Hello? Is anyone here?”

I knocked on the door and pulled the handle, but the door wouldn’t budge.

“I told you there was no one inside. If there was, they would have come out when I was scratching the door.”

“Do you have a key to this office?”

“Why do I have someone else’s office key? I don’t mind if you’re the boss.”

I, Wi Jun-woo, and Jeong Hoon-seok stood side by side in front of Attorney Mi Gae-an’s office, stroking our chins and looking at the closed door.

“Can’t we just break it?”

“No way. That’s… … .”

“Hey, these guys are not going to work out.”

As Wi Jun-woo was about to say something, Jeong Hoon-seok, who was standing on the far right, uncrossed his arms and looked at us.

“I’m the office manager of a law firm. I’m pretty knowledgeable about the law. If you just break down someone’s office door and enter, you’re guilty of property damage and trespassing. And that’s not all. There are three of us, right? So that’s a special trespassing crime.”

Oh, that’s pretty good.

By the way, why are there three of you? Are you saying you want to join us too?

“We know that too.”

“We are also well versed in the law. This person here is also a prosecutor.”

“Inspector? Hey, no way. … … Really?”

Jeong Hoon-seok, who was initially suspicious, opened his eyes wide and looked at me.

“Are you really the inspector?”

“Yes. This is Do Hyeon-gwang, prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.”

“Prosecutor Do Hyeon-gwang? Now that I think about it, you’re right. I remember seeing it on the news.”

Perhaps because he was an office worker, he was very interested in news from the legal community.

“Oh, then there’s no need to hesitate. Just break down the door.”

“Huh? That’s property damage and special trespassing, right?”

“So what if you’re a prosecutor? Don’t prosecutors usually not follow the law? Even if you break it, you won’t go to jail. Aren’t you completely omnipotent?”

Do you really believe that or are you just being sarcastic?

Oh, why is the prosecution’s reputation like this!

Aliotte pouted and crossed her arms.

[That’s what they call reaping what you sow.]

‘Other prosecutors committed the same karma, so why am I being lumped in and getting cursed at too?’

[If you don’t like it, just stop being an inspector.]

I spoke to Jeong Hoon-seok, who was looking at me with his eyes blinking innocently.

“Because I am a very law-abiding prosecutor.”

“yes yes.”

I didn’t think he believed me, but I thought about it again. What kind of legal excuse could there be to open this door?

After thinking about it for a moment, I suddenly wrinkled my nose and asked.

“Do you smell anything coming from anywhere?”

“Why? Did you fart, inspector?”

“Oh, come on. Don’t you think it smells like gas?”

“Gas? Suddenly?”

Wi Jun-woo, who was looking back at me, noticed my plan and quickly nodded.

“That’s right. It smells like gas. If there’s a gas leak in this office, wouldn’t it be a big problem? We need to open the door and get in quickly.”

As we caught the wind, Jeong Hoon-seok stuck his head in here and there and sniffled.

“I think what you said is right, sir. This thing smells like gas and vibrates.”

“No, it doesn’t vibrate.”

“I think we should call the boss and open the door quickly before something big happens.”

Jeong Hoon-seok winked at me, took his cell phone out of his pocket, and started dialing numbers.

“Hello? Yes, sir. This is Jeong Hoon-seok from the office. Yes. You should come here quickly. There’s an office at the end, a primitive office. The smell of gas there is no joke. Yes. Bring the key quickly. Hurry up.”

Jeong Hoon-seok, who had finished the call with all his might and an urgent voice, spoke to us again in a relaxed manner.

“The boss will be here soon. It will only take 5 minutes.”

“Mr. Jeong Hoon-seok, you act well.”

“Haha. Well, this is about it.”

Five minutes later, the building owner came running in, holding the key. He saw us huddled together in front of the door and asked a familiar face, Jeong Hoon-seok.

“There’s a gas leak here?”

“That’s right. You left the gas stove on when you left work. Hurry up and open the door.”

“okay.”

The president took out a bunch of keys, paused, and looked back at Jeong Hoon-seok.

“Wait, what’s with the gas lights in the office…? Who are these people next to me?”

“Oh my, this smell. Open it quickly. What if this all explodes?”

“Uh, uh. Okay.”

The president, who was about to become suspicious, quickly opened the office door when he heard that the building was going to explode.

Even though I opened the door, the office was dark inside. When I went inside and turned on the light, I saw the office in disarray. The president looked at Jeong Hoon-seok and asked.

“Where is it? Where is the gas leaking from?”

“Look carefully at every nook and cranny.”

“okay.”

The manager looked around the corner, looking for any possible gas leak.

Inside the small office, desks and chairs that people from the previous office had thrown away were piled up haphazardly in one place.

The windows were curtained shut, blocking out all light, and the floor and the fallen chairs were covered in a layer of dust like a carpet.

“I don’t know what you were doing here, but it didn’t seem like a lab.”

“Yeah. Oh, it’s dark.”

Wi Jun-woo, who was sweeping away the dust flying around with his hands, approached the window. Even though he had turned on the light, it was still dark, so he quickly pulled back the curtains on the window.

As I pulled back the curtains, I saw a window with the words ‘Uncivilized Lawyer’ written upside down, visible from the outside, in a tattered state.

[Hyun-kwang. Only the right window is free of dust.]

‘Only the right?’

If there is no dust, it means that this window was opened often.

I went to the window and opened the right window. The scenery along the road came into view at a glance. I clicked my tongue as I looked out the window.

That was it.

This is why Jaden the little shit killed the tree.