The Mad Prosecutor Picked Up AI - Chapter 140



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Episode 140: The Mad Inspector Picked Up AI

“You’re saying that the prosecutor will investigate this case?”

“yes.”

“Why? This is a case where the suspect has not been identified yet and it has not been sent to the prosecution yet.”

I said to the bewildered detective So Hae-jin.

“Just as there is no difference in the severity of a case, what does the distinction between the prosecution and the police have to do with resolving a case? Anyway, I have a lot of time now. I am an expert at resolving cases.”

“Uh. Hey, Miyeon-senpai. What should I do?”

As the gentle Golden Retriever panted and tilted his head, the Doberman glared at me with sharp eyes.

It’s scary. Even just looking at Detective Yim Yeon is scary!

Lieutenant Lee Mi-yeon, who had been lost in thought for a moment while looking at me and Wi Jun-woo, opened her mouth.

“Yes. It’s a small case, but it’s not bad to work together. It’s for the citizens. Besides, the prosecutor seems to be good at solving cases.”

“It’s a bit embarrassing for me to say this myself, but don’t you think I’m pretty capable? Although I’m a prosecutor, I’m actually more like a combination of a detective, a detective, and a prosecutor. Where else in the world can you find a prosecutor who solves cases with a genius brain like mine, who goes around the scene like a detective, and who carries out the task of proving guilty? Isn’t that right?”

Lieutenant Im Yeon-i, who was quietly watching me standing proudly with my chest out, said:

“Inspector. Last time, you caught Ma Jun-seok, who hurt Hae-jin. I really appreciated that. Really.”

I know you’re grateful, but why are you saying that now? At this time, out of the blue?

[Hyun Gwang. I think you’re hypnotizing yourself.]

‘Hypnosis?’

In response to my question, Aliotta sat cross-legged in the air, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath, just like Manager Han Jae-sik did when he meditated.

[This guy is not a hitman. Let’s hold on. This guy is a good prosecutor who caught the guy who hurt Haejin. Let’s hold on. Let’s not hit him. Let’s not hit him.]

I slowly approached Detective So Hae-jin, covering my nose with my hand. Detective So Hae-jin told us more about the dead stray cat case.

This is a case that has not yet been sent to the prosecution. Therefore, a police report has not been prepared. Detective So Hae-jin did his best to explain to us based on the records he had written down in his notebook and cell phone.

“Could you please explain the four generations of suspects?”

“First of all, Choi Young-hoon, who lives on the second floor, is an office worker in his 40s. Kim Hyeon-gwang is in his early 30s and unemployed.”

“Your first name is the same as mine. But your last name is different.”

Wi Jun-woo, who had been listening quietly from the side, nodded meaningfully.

“Hyun-kwang was unemployed. Oh, not the prosecutor, but this Hyun-kwang. Unemployed Hyun-kwang. Unemployed. Is there a devil in his name? Not the prosecutor.”

I flinched every time he said ‘Hyun-kwang’, but I couldn’t get angry because he said it wasn’t about me. So I asked about the next suspect.

“What about the first floor?”

“There’s an old lady in her seventies living next door, and a newlywed couple living there. The details are written here in my notebook. The handwriting is a bit weird, but would you like me to write it down for you?”

“I’ll take a picture with my cell phone.”

I stopped Wi Jun-woo from taking out his cell phone.

“No need. I memorized it all with my genius brain. Thanks to my photographic memory.”

Someone next to me seemed to be quietly saying, “You’re unlucky,” but I held it in. I’m a genius. Jealousy is like a fate that always follows a genius.

[It’s not that Hyungwang is a genius, it’s that I do everything. The only thing Hyungwang has done is pick me up by chance!]

‘A genius picked up AI.’

[Didn’t the crazy inspector pick up the AI?]

I, a genius, asked detective So Hae-jin.

“Detective, can I see a picture of the dead cat?”

“Yes. It should be on my phone.”

Detective So Hae-jin searched through his cell phone, found a photo, and showed it to me.

“Oh my. This is the state.”

“Isn’t that right? This was taken when it was discovered. After this, ah, this. This is a detailed photo of the wound after washing off some of the blood.”

The cat in the photo was a white and yellow cat. In the first photo, its legs were bent at an odd angle, and its head and stomach were covered in blood.

The photos shown later clearly showed that the stomach, head, and the area above the eyes had been stabbed with a sharp weapon. There were more than five or six stab wounds on the torso alone.

I looked closely at the wound and asked.

“It’s hard to tell from the picture, but how long is the wound?”

“Just a moment.”

Detective So Hae-jin looked through his notebook and answered.

“3.1cm, 3.4cm, um. Most of them are around 3cm.”

“It’s not a long cut, but rather a literal stab wound?”

“Yes. Not only that. If he was stabbed with a knife, the wound entrance should be wider and the inside should be narrower. In this case, the width of the wound entrance and the inside is the same.”

Aliotta nodded while looking at the photo.

[As with stabbing, the wound entrance should be much larger because in general, when stabbed, you will be struggling.]

‘This wound is really unique.’

I asked.

“Does that mean the weapon isn’t a knife?”

“Yes. The researcher said it felt like it was hit with a large screwdriver, but I think it was probably a tool like a string, chisel, or iron spatula.”

“Are the tools somewhat specific?”

“So I searched nearby woodworking shops and hardware stores, but I still haven’t found any evidence.”

“Which of these wounds was the most fatal? Probably the stab wound to the stomach?”

Detective So Hae-jin shook his head at Wi Jun-woo’s question.

“No. The most fatal thing was the head. Look at this picture. The head.”

“Whew.”

There were some sharp weapon wounds above the eyes and on the head, and when Detective So Hae-jin showed the next photo, the back of the head on the other side of the cat’s head was visible. It was sunken in.

“It was pretty horrible. He was hit in the head with a blunt object, or he was hit against a wall. Anyway, he said that there was a big impact to his head, and that was the first and most fatal injury. He probably almost fainted at that time.”

Aliotta, who had been listening in the air, nodded.

[Aha. Then you would have stabbed the sagging cat, not the struggling one.]

Wi Jun-woo seemed to think so too.

“Still, I guess he wasn’t that cruel. He didn’t stab him alive.”

“That means you stabbed a dead man multiple times. That’s not something a person in their right mind would do.”

“That’s true too.”

Detective So Hae-jin said.

“Is this enough information?”

“Yes. Now leave the rest to us. We’ll catch the murderer and solve the assault case.”

* * *

We headed back to the office. Even though we had no work to do and were just playing around, it was still too early to leave work right away.

After receiving the case-related information from Detective So Hae-jin, our job was to go to the multi-family house and meet with the suspects. Considering that four of the six households were office workers, early afternoon on a weekday was not the best time.

I walked down a long, dark hallway and opened the familiar door to the law office.

“I’m back.”

We greeted each other, but neither Manager Han Jae-sik nor Ki So-young just glanced at us, and no one responded. Ki So-young always did that, so it didn’t bother me. But Manager Han Jae-sik.

‘Oh my, you’re really working hard.’

The Pillars of Hercules piled on his desk didn’t seem to have shrunk at all, but Manager Han Jae-sik was looking through his documents and fidgeting. Perhaps because it had been so long since he had worked, he looked as if he had aged by five years.

“Manager, you’re working hard.”

“That’s right. Even if we come, they won’t even look at us.”

Only then did Manager Han Jae-sik give a cursory greeting, his eyes still fixed on the documents.

“Yeah. Did you have a good trip? Was there anything special you wanted to do?”

“Should I say there is a separation, or should I say there isn’t?”

“What could be so big of a deal over such a small incident? Surely it wasn’t like someone stabbed him in the stomach with a knife.”

“I did get a stomachache though.”

“What?”

Manager Han Jae-sik was so surprised that he jumped up from his seat.

“You stabbed me in the stomach with a knife?”

“He said it didn’t look like a knife, but blood was flowing out.”

“A, a murder case?”

“Rather than that… … .”

As I continued to speak, Manager Han Jae-sik’s face turned pale, as if he were suffering from trauma.

“No way… … . Was he really a serial killer? Even though I’m a clumsy person who never won the 5th prize in the lottery! You’re saying he was a serial killer when I personally chose the case with my own hands?”

“No. What’s wrong?”

“Then what? I gave you a bunch of small things to choose from, so why are you suddenly poking me in the stomach again?”

“It’s not a murder case, it’s a grave murder case.”

“Murder?”

“Who killed the stray cat? An animal abuser.”

“ah.”

Manager Han Jae-sik, who had been standing there blankly as if he had been laggy for about two seconds, sat back down with a calm expression on his face, clearing his throat.

“Oh my, what did I say? Wait. Maybe.”

“What is it?”

“Did you kill them so brutally? Burning them, torturing them, starving them?”

“Well, I did stab it quite a few times.”

“Did you kill several? Dozens? A hundred?”

“No. Just one.”

“Really? That’s okay. It won’t even be on the news. Yeah, yeah. That’s okay.”

Chief Han Jae-sik let out a sigh of relief. It was a bit strange to say that a stray cat was fine after its head was sunken and it was stabbed multiple times. Chief Han Jae-sik had a point.

These days, animal abuse cases are so frequent that the death of one stray cat is not news. It has to be something like killing several cats at once, using extremely cruel methods, or filming it and sharing it on social media or chat rooms. It has to be something like that to make it news.

Manager Han Jae-sik, worried that I might appear in the news again, disappeared behind a pile of documents to get back to work. But then, his face popped out again.

“Sword, wasn’t that the assault incident you were going to investigate?”

“yes that’s right.”

“Isn’t that the incident where the woman next door stabbed you in the shoulder and chest with her finger? Right?”

“yes.”

Manager Han Jae-sik, who had heard up to that point, asked with a curious expression.

“I went to investigate that case, so why did a stray cat suddenly appear?”

This time, Wi Jun-woo answered.

“It is related to the assault case. The perpetrator went looking for the victim because he thought she had killed a stray cat that he had been feeding.”

“So I, this great prosecutor, decided to solve that case too!”

Manager Han Jae-sik looked at my clenched fist and opened his mouth.

“What about the great inspection… … or rather, the sword is going to solve this animal abuse case?”

“yes.”

“Why? Is this a case that was passed on to us?”

“No. It hasn’t been sent to the prosecutor’s office yet. There’s not even a police report.”

“Why did you do something like that?”

If your boss is wandering in the swamp of ignorance, it is your job as a subordinate to shed light on him!

I kindly explained it to Manager Han Jae-sik, who knew nothing.

“Poking someone in the shoulder with a finger is clearly considered assault in the eyes of the law, but it’s a very, very minor incident. It can be resolved with an apology from the perpetrator and an agreement between the two parties.”

“Don’t you know that? I’m the chief prosecutor?”

“Well. I don’t think you’d know from the way you usually work… … Anyway. The victim says she’ll drop the lawsuit if the perpetrator apologizes, and the perpetrator says he’ll apologize once the animal abuser is caught and it’s definitely proven that he wasn’t the one who killed the cat. They’re in a standoff situation.”

Manager Han Jae-sik nodded.

“I understand the victim’s position. If he apologizes, I will drop the lawsuit. But why the perpetrator?”

“It seems like the perpetrator is serious about the cat. If the victim is the one who killed the cat, I think he wants to apologize. That’s why he said he will apologize when the killer is caught.”

“Aha. So.”

“If we catch the killer, both the animal abuse case and the assault case will be solved.”

I clenched my fist.

“Catch one criminal and solve two cases! Kill two birds with one stone! Sweep the yard and pick up money! See the lady and pick mulberries! Kill crayfish and clean the ditch!”

In the air, Aliotta placed her hand on her forehead.

[I told you, you’re catching crayfish by digging a ditch. Why do you keep hitting the poor crayfish?]