The Mad Prosecutor Picked Up AI - Chapter 139



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Episode 139: Great Sword Master

Wi Jun-woo and I drove to Gaemyeon-ro. I had already finished the five cases that had been handed over to me. I wanted to ask about the cases that seemed a bit unique.

Because Chief Han Jae-sik held onto every case and wouldn’t let go, neither I, Wi Jun-woo, nor even Ki So-young had anything to do in the office.

“Hey, it’s nice to be outside. After all, inspection is about the field, right?”

Wi Jun-woo, who had been killing time in the office with nothing to do, seemed more excited when he came out.

Yeah, I guess. Even if I were in the office, they’d just make me do squats and push-ups.

[So you’re not satisfied? Didn’t men always like thighs?]

‘I think it’s because Wi Jun-woo seems to have been using me.’

[Use?]

‘Wi Jun-woo likes Ki So-young.’

Since Ki So-young is such an ironclad person and Wi Jun-woo is also so timid in front of women, he couldn’t confess to her even though they were working in the same office. But he still wanted to show that he liked her, so he dragged me into it.

There’s a high chance that I won’t be able to properly speak until I go to offer my condolences to Mr. Kisoyoung’s father next year.

‘He can do dozens of push-ups at a time, so how can he compare to me, who can’t even do a few and whose arms are shaking?’

[That’s true. I personally enjoyed watching Hyungwang’s squat pose.]

‘Don’t watch that kind of stuff for fun!’

While we were bickering with Aliotta, the car arrived at the parking lot. As we entered, Detective So Hae-jin, who was sitting in the seat, greeted us warmly.

“Inspector! Chief! What’s going on?”

“How have you been?”

“yes.”

“Oh my, isn’t that our prosecutor Do Hyeon-gwang who solved the stalking case by poisoning a tree?”

Detective So Hae-jin, who was not originally a quiet voice, raised the volume even more when he greeted me. The police officers nearby started muttering and turned to look at me and Wi Jun-woo. Detective So Hae-jin spoke even louder with a proud expression on his face.

“I saw your interview on the news. You seem to be good at receiving messages on screen, right? Hahaha.”

“Thank you.”

I looked around at the police officers who were pointing at me and whispering, then asked Detective So-hae Jin.

“I don’t see Detective Lee Mi-yeon here?”

“Ah, as expected… … .”

“no.”

“Do you know what I’m going to say?”

“I don’t know what it is, but anyway, it’s not.”

Detective So Hae-jin looked slightly aggrieved, but soon regained his composure.

“Senior Miyeon is out of the office for a moment. She’ll be back soon. Oh, there she is. Senior! Prosecutor Do Hyeon-gwang is here.”

Lieutenant Im Yeon, who came in from outside, took her seat as if greeting us, and glanced at us.

“What’s happening at the police station at this hour?”

“Why would a prosecutor come to the police station? I came because of a case. I have some questions about the cases that were handed over to the prosecution.”

When I told him that I was there because of a case, Detective So Hae-jin immediately raised his voice.

“What’s the case? You caught a photographer who manipulated photos by attaching glue to live birds, and you also solved a stalking case against an English teacher. What’s the case this time?”

Oh, that’s not it.

The police officers who were watching us started muttering, and then one of them asked loudly.

“Is that why you came here? The serial car arson incident that happened last month?”

“No. That would have gone to the 2nd criminal division.”

Suddenly, the atmosphere turned into a quiz show to see who could guess who. When I denied it, this time another policeman spoke.

“Then, the lawyer tax evasion case? Right?”

“It was turned over to the Tax Crimes Investigation Unit.”

“Then what? If it’s a case that the prosecutor handles, it’ll be on the news and in the newspaper, so it’ll be a big case, right?”

No, I’m not taking on big cases, but the cases just get bigger! It’s unfair! It’s unfair!

Detective So Hae-jin tilted his head as if wondering what on earth I had come to ask him. He seemed completely clueless, so I tried to tell him.

“It’s not a big deal. What it is is… … .”

“Ah, that’s it! Now I know. That’s the one that leaked industrial technology to China a while ago, right? As expected. Were you in charge of this?”

The voice was so loud that people were whispering all over the police station, saying, “Oh, that must be it.” Unable to bear it any longer, Wi Jun-woo quietly whispered to Detective So Hae-jin next to him.

“The Information Technology Crime Investigation Department handled that. Our department… … .”

Detective So Hae-jin hit his forehead as if he had made a big mistake.

“Oh, right! It was the inspector’s office, right?”

“It’s the Jongbeopbu.”

“Oh, yes. The Jongbeopbu.”

Detective So Hae-jin scratched his head and asked again.

“Then what kind of case did you come to ask about?”

Not only Detective So Hae-jin and Inspector Lee Mi-yeon, but also other people in the police station were watching us. They were clearly curious about what kind of case Prosecutor Do Hyeon-gwang, who was on the news every day, had come to the police station to investigate.

I said quietly, coughing.

“Well, there was that incident that happened in the multi-family house. The woman assaulted the man next door… … She stabbed him in the shoulder and chest with her fingers.”

“iced coffee.”

“… … .”

“iced coffee.”

Why are you answering twice?

For a moment, the entire police station seemed to be engulfed in silence, and then there was the sound of air escaping. Everyone looked disappointed and went back to their seats to do their business.

Oh, people. Are you discriminating between big and small cases on the news right now? The police shouldn’t do that! Where are the big and small cases? Each and every one of them is important, huh? They’re all cases with the solemn fate of being guilty, huh?

Contrary to my expectations, even the detective So Hae-jin right in front of me had a slightly puzzled expression on his face.

“But why that incident? It was really nothing special.”

“That’s true, but I have a question.”

Lieutenant Lee Mi-yeon, who was listening from the side, glanced at me.

“Inspector, you must have a lot of time. You even go around investigating small cases like this.”

“I don’t really have a lot of time.”

“But you’re coming to the police station just because of something like this? Oh! By any chance?”

Lieutenant Im Ji-yeon asked me cautiously with a look of pure curiosity on her face.

“Have you been disciplined by any chance? Did you come here without doing your work because you were suspended?”

“Oh, what are you talking about? Disciplinary action? I was selected as an exemplary prosecutor by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.”

“Best Practices Testing? What’s that?”

Ha, you don’t know this? Yeah, you’re not a prosecutor, so you might not know.

Aliotta, what do you call this in English? Best Practice Test?

I wanted to give a cool English punch, but Aliotta, who had been letting her guard down, was startled and responded.

[Oh, that, that’s right. Great Sword Master?]

I arrogantly shouted the words that Aliotta had said to Detective Yeon-i.

“Don’t you know the best practice test? Great Swordmaster?”

“……yes?”

“No, that’s right. A great prosecutator. A very excellent and wonderful prosecutor.”

I hastily tried to make up for my slip of the tongue while glaring at Aliotta floating in the air.

‘Hey! This inspector isn’t that inspector! The inspector is called a prosecutor!’

How does this artificial intelligence thing not know that?

That guy got me confused too.

Aliotta, the real culprit behind this situation, avoided my gaze while carrying her luggage on her back.

[Wasn’t it this? As you know, I’m not an AI specialized in English, but an AI specialized in law.]

Even the few police officers who had been watching this side with some interest shook their heads and went the other way.

“Anyway! It’s not that I have too much time on my hands, I’m here purely as a good prosecutor who wants to investigate the case.”

“Yes, okay. Okay. Haejin, tell me about the incident.”

I left the vicious Doberman and went next to the gentle Golden Retriever.

“So, why was this case sent to the prosecution? A case of this level could have ended with a simple settlement.”

Assault is a crime that cannot be punished without a will. If the perpetrator and the victim reach an agreement and the victim says he or she will not be punished, the state cannot punish him or her. It is simply processed as “no right to prosecute.”

“The victim’s will is very strong. He said he would never settle until he received an apology.”

I nodded, because at first glance it seemed like a valid opinion.

“Of course. No one would settle without even apologizing. So the perpetrator doesn’t apologize? Why?”

“Oh, that’s right. Wasn’t this story in the documents that were handed over to the prosecution? You don’t know why the perpetrator went to the man next door and cursed and yelled at him?”

“The documents simply say that the dispute arose over a stray cat.”

“Here’s how it happened.”

As Detective So Hae-jin was about to start speaking, I raised my voice slightly and looked at Detective Im Yeon-i and spoke.

“Look at this. Since I came to the police station and investigated in person, I got to hear the backstory of such cases. Where else would I get to hear such vivid backstory?”

“Oh, yes.”

“Are you answering too dryly?”

As I was grumbling, Detective So Hae-jin opened his mouth.

“It’s a small multi-family house where six generations live. About two months ago, cats started appearing in the multi-family house. The perpetrator, Baek Ju-young, was a cat mom who fed stray cats, and it seems like she often had friction with other residents over that issue.

But one day, I found a dead cat bleeding and thrown in a trash can. I thought it was Lee Seon-jun who lived next door, so I went over and yelled at him.”

“Then that man wasn’t the culprit?”

“Yes. First of all, I have an alibi for the time the cat died.”

I tilted my head.

“Then it’s because she misunderstood. Why can’t you just apologize?”

“Well, I think Ms. Baek Joo-young thinks that the man might be the culprit. When the real animal abuser is caught, and her misunderstanding turns out to be true, then she will apologize.”

“You’re saying that you won’t leave even a single possibility open.”

“yes.”

Both the victim and the perpetrator are stubborn. One says he will drop the case if the perpetrator apologizes, and the other says he will apologize if the animal abuser is caught.

“So the animal abuser who killed the stray cat hasn’t been caught yet?”

“Yes. There were no witnesses, and there was no CCTV in front of it. I think the culprit is among the residents of the multi-family house.”

Upon hearing that, Wi Jun-woo stepped forward.

“You said the cat’s body was found in a trash can. Isn’t it possible that someone other than a resident killed it and dumped it there? If there were no witnesses or CCTV footage, it doesn’t necessarily have to be a resident.”

Oh, as expected. Our Wi Jun-woo has such great insight.

“Oh, I didn’t mention that. That’s where the cat’s body was found, in the recycling bin. The public bins are easily accessible from outside, but the recycling bins are inside the parking lot, so if you’re not a resident, you probably wouldn’t know about them.”

“Then, as you said, there is a high probability that one of the residents is the culprit.”

“yes.”

This time I asked.

“Have you identified the suspect?”

“No. There are six generations living there, excluding cat mom Baek Joo-young.”

“We should also exclude Mr. Lee Seon-jun, the assault victim who lives next door. He had an alibi at that time.”

“yes.”

“Then the remaining four generations are suspects.”

“That’s true.”

This is a significant reduction, said Detective So Hae-jin, scratching his head.

“As I said before, there are no witnesses to the incident. It was Saturday, and the suspects were all inside the house at the time. There are no alibis, or if there are, they are impossible to prove. We haven’t narrowed it down any further among the four households.”

“So if we just catch the animal abuser, the assault case will be solved?”

“Yes.”

“Wow, this is great. Catching one criminal and solving two cases. This is a real double whammy! Killing the pheasant and the eggs! Sister-in-law is happy, brother-in-law is happy! Killing the crayfish and catching the ditch!”

Aliotte shook her head in the air.

[Ha. That guy called the inspector. He’s just digging a ditch and catching crayfish.]

‘I know. I was just confused for a second, just for a second.’

Anyway, all we have to do is catch the cat culprit. If we catch the culprit who killed the stray cat, the animal abuse case will be solved, and if we catch the real culprit, the perpetrator will apologize, so the assault case will be solved.

I ignored Aliotta and looked at the disgraced detective, shouting confidently.

“Leave it to me!”

I showed Prosecutor Great’s bright smile to Detective So Hae-jin, who was blankly staring at me with his mouth wide open.

This is nothing to a best practice inspector!