The Mad Prosecutor Picked Up AI - Chapter 90



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Episode 90: Right, You Might Not Know

After checking the text, Lieutenant Im Yeon looked at me with a trembling face.

“Is there really nothing else besides this?”

“That’s what I said.”

“What strange people.”

Lieutenant Lee Mi-yeon, who kept frowning and tilting her head, gave me back my phone. She probably had no choice but to believe me since she didn’t see any text messages exchanged between the two of us.

“Okay, I’ll go first. Thank you for your hard work.”

“Yes. Goodbye.”

As Detective Yim Ji-yeon turned around, a low humming sound was heard.

“Haejin, we need to shut this guy’s mouth. Food… … costs too much. Have you ever really bullied your boss?”

I quietly prayed for the repose of the soul of the clueless detective. Then I took Aliotta, who was still avoiding my gaze, out of the courtroom.

While I was talking to Detective Im Ji-yeon, many people must have left, so it was quite quiet inside and outside the courtroom.

“Where did Wi Jun-woo go? Is he still talking about working out with Detective So Hae-jin?”

There were no other people in sight, except for a crowd of people in the parking lot.

The court and the prosecutor’s office are right next to each other, so they are within walking distance. Wi Jun-woo won’t be in the parking lot, right? Where on earth is he?

As I was looking around, Aliotta said:

[It’s over there, on that bench over there.]

Looking up, Wi Jun-woo was sitting alone on a bench far away, staring intently into space. Seeing that Detective So Hae-jin was not there, it seemed like he had returned to the police station with Lieutenant Im Yeon-i.

I walked towards Wi Jun-woo. Normally, he would have noticed me approaching, but for some reason, Wi Jun-woo looked like he was distracted by something else.

‘Where on earth are you looking so passionately from? Are you a celebrity or something?’

[Wei Jun-woo’s gaze is directed to the parking lot. It is in the 10 o’clock direction ahead.]

When I looked over there, I saw people standing around chatting away. On the screen that Aliotta enlarged, there was Ma Jun-seok and his team of lawyers from Yang & Ji Law Firm.

You’re not a stalker. You were just sitting there watching Ma Jun-seok?

I approached and spoke to Wi Jun-woo.

“You were here.”

“Oh, you’re here. What about Detective Im Yeon-yeon?”

“The misunderstanding was resolved.”

“thank god.”

“That’s right. If I hadn’t cleared up the misunderstanding, my nose might have been broken.”

I glanced at Ma Jun-seok again.

“What about Detective So Hae-jin? What happened to him?”

“I sent it after strongly warning them not to tell anyone because it was a secret that the prosecutor and detective Im Yeon were dating.”

“Really?”

“What if Detective So Hae-jin leaks the truth about the two of you not being in a real relationship? Then our prosecutor will be arrested for perjury.”

“That’s true. Detective So Hae-jin is secretly innocent and says things without any ill intentions. But you wouldn’t believe that forever, would you?”

“After some time, Detective Yim Yeon-yeon will probably tell you. Like, you broke up, or you dumped me.”

I sat down next to Wi Jun-woo.

“But how did you know, Chief? That me and Detective Lee Mi-yeon were fakes?”

“Isn’t that obvious?”

“Why is it obvious? I don’t know.”

Wi Jun-woo said with a rotten expression.

“Why would someone like Detective Lee Mi-yeon date a virgin like you, a prosecutor? Unless you have a crooked eye. That’s only natural and logical.”

“Oh, are you insulting the 40 million virgins in the entire country?”

“First of all, there aren’t 40 million people who are single all their lives. I wasn’t insulting single people all their lives. I was insulting the prosecutor who raided his girlfriend’s house an hour before their date, saying he wanted to see her true colors.”

Not saying a word. Ugh.

As I turned my head around in frustration, I saw the parking lot that Wi Jun-woo had been looking at. At that moment, Ma Jun-seok and Gong Min-ho from Yang & Ji Law Firm were laughing heartily as if they were having so much fun.

“I was wondering what you were looking at while you were setting the mood. Was it Ma Jun-seok?”

“no.”

“Do you have any complaints about Ma Jun-seok?”

“What is there to complain about?”

“Your eyes are so murderous.”

“What did my eyes look like?”

I quietly searched my memories.

So, when did I see those eyes?

“After I teased the manager a lot, the look in his eyes when he glared at me from behind my back?”

“Ah. The look in his eyes that promised revenge, that he would definitely repay this humiliation next time!”

“Is that what you meant? The way you were looking at me?”

“Oh, no.”

Wi Jun-woo stopped talking.

“Anyway. You were glaring at me with a gaze that was three times more intense than the one you used to give me? Over there?”

“hmm.”

I don’t know what happened, but it seemed like he didn’t really feel like talking right now. I’m not the type to ask a lot of questions, so I decided to just keep quiet.

“Did you really mean to tease me like that?”

Despite my will, the snout wouldn’t stay still.

As if he didn’t want to answer that question, Wi Jun-woo brought up a different topic.

“Prosecutor, didn’t I ever tell you when I first started as an investigator?”

“yes.”

“I don’t usually say this to just anyone. Can I tell you a story from my past?”

“no.”

“My first job was at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.”

Whether I listened or not, Wei Junwu started talking.

…

At that time, I was full of enthusiasm. I was a newbie. Everyone liked me as a young and capable investigator.

Wait. Don’t interrupt me, Inspector. You all really did love me.

That day too, I was finishing up work and about to leave. Prosecutor Seo Gook-hyun, whom I was working for, called me.

“Detective, aren’t you going home from work?”

“Oh my, my. Time has passed so quickly. I was so absorbed in my work that I didn’t even realize how fast time had passed.”

“As expected. You are the best investigator in our Central District Prosecutors’ Office. I cannot tell you how honored I am to work with such a capable and competent investigator.”

The manager who was standing next to me also intervened.

“Our detective is not only good at his job. He’s tall and good at fighting. And he’s so handsome. If I had a daughter, I’d take her as my son-in-law.”

“You are both very complimentary.”

Inspector Seo said.

“How overpraiseful. I can’t tell you how much I have benefited from you, Detective. You are the light, the salt, and the life of our office!”

“Thank you so much for thinking that way!”

“Thank you. I really feel deep in my heart how great and precious you are, Detective. I’m not like you, Detective, who doesn’t know the value of a sword.”

…

“No, wait. Time! Stop! Chief, isn’t it too much to ask me to listen to this?”

“Huh? What is it?”

Ha. Are you going to shamelessly pretend not to know?

“Even if you’re speaking based on memory, isn’t this too much of a past-related embellishment?”

“Yunsek, huh? This is all true.”

“Does it make sense for everyone in the office to praise and glorify the manager? In the universe I know, that wouldn’t be possible.”

“It’s strange that the prosecutor always ignores me. Yes? When I first started working, the prosecutor I worked with, Seo Gook-hyun, was very gentle, and the working-level officer also said he really liked me.”

I asked Wei Jun-woo, who kept sticking his flippers out, straight to the point.

“Besides, that prosecutor Seo Gook-hyun probably didn’t even know who I was, but he said, ‘Investigator, you’re different from someone who doesn’t know the value of a sword’?”

“… … The word sword was misspelled. The original meaning was ‘Detective, you’re different from those who don’t know the value of a sword.’”

“Wow. Are you going to keep avoiding it until the end?”

“I’m not trying to be rude, but as far as I can remember, that’s exactly what happened.”

“It’s a memory manipulation unit.”

“Ahem. Anyway. Now, don’t hang up and listen.”

Wi Jun-woo quickly continued telling the old story, perhaps feeling hurt for no reason.

…

Although it was difficult to work overtime every day, the people in our office were happy to work with the determination to create a just society.

That day too, I was coming home late after work, and I felt a presence in the darkness, as if someone was lurking.

You may have thought you were perfectly hidden, but you couldn’t fool a martial artist like me.

“Who are you? Don’t hide, reveal your identity!”

Oh, wait a minute. Okay, okay. I didn’t mean to sound like a Wuxia novelist. Oh, well, let’s just let this slide. No. Do you have any complaints?

Anyway, I said it.

“Who’s there?”

Then the person who had been hiding in the darkness appeared in front of me.

“Are you Detective Wi Jun-woo?”

A man who looked sharp at first glance spoke to me. He was wearing a very expensive suit and looked very flashy.

But what is it? It feels like he’s wasting money to hide his pettiness.

Anyway, it was quite suspicious. I could tell with my martial artist’s intuition. My first impression was that he was even more suspicious than Inspector Do.

Why? It’s suspicious that someone I’ve never met knows my name and my job. And it’s even more suspicious that he comes to someone else’s house in the middle of the night.

So I asked.

“Who are you to ask that?”

“Okay, here.”

A man handed me his business card, and when I took it, it turned out to be none other than… … Attorney Gong Min-ho of Yang & Ji Law Firm!

Right? The prosecutor is surprised too. Yang & Ji, the law firm with the highest trial success rate in South Korea, came to me. And Gong Min-ho himself!

“Why did Attorney Gong Min-ho come to see me so late at night?”

“I have something important to tell you.”

“If you have something to say to me, come to me in broad daylight. Don’t wander around at night like a rat.”

Oh. Isn’t it cool? But Gong Min-ho didn’t seem to think it was cool at all. He had that exact same expression on his face, just like the inspector.

“I wanted to come see you during the day, but I was afraid that other people might misunderstand or make unnecessary assumptions if they saw me.”

“What is that?”

Gong Min-ho looked around for no reason even though there was no one around, then came closer to me. Then he spoke in a lowered voice.

“Isn’t Prosecutor Seo Gook-hyun currently investigating the sexual assault case of a medical school junior?”

“Huh? How did you do that? Oh, in the end, you got a lawyer… … .”

“Yes. The medical student’s father fired his current lawyer yesterday and entrusted his case to our law firm, Yang & Ji.”

This case was, as it turned out, a medical student sexually assaulted a junior during a MT. At first, another law firm was handling the case.

I heard that the father of that medical student is a very famous heart surgeon at OK Hospital. That must be why they tried to intervene from the police investigation stage, but it seems like it didn’t go well.

He was sent to the prosecution without any effort, and it seems he changed lawyers as the investigation progressed.

Oh, OK Hospital. Don’t you know? It’s a hospital created by Okum Enterprise. O, K. OK. Didn’t the inspector know that?

Yes, that’s right. You might not know. Anyway.

Although they officially deny it, it is a well-known fact that when Yang & Ji Law Firm was first established, Ogeum Corporation invested in it. No, you didn’t know that either?

Yes, that’s right. You might not know this either. Anyway.

In the first place, Yang Jae-gal and Ji Beom-su, who created Yang & Ji, were both Ogeum scholarship students. So, it is a well-known fact that Ogeum Enterprise and Yang & Ji are deeply connected in many ways… … However, it is also a well-known fact that some may not know.

So it’s obvious. Okum Enterprise, OK Hospital, and Yang & Ji. Since the medical school student father was the head doctor of OK Hospital, he must have moved Yang & Ji.

Since it was a case he was in charge of, you must have known that Prosecutor Seo Gook-hyun was in charge of the investigation. That’s probably why you came to see me.

“If you are representing a medical student, shouldn’t you have come to me separately like this?”

“I have a favor to ask.”

“Please?”

“Prosecutor Seo Gook-hyun, could you please hand me the materials you have investigated so far?”

“Are you crazy?”

Wow. Isn’t that cool? I actually said that. To her face. Are you crazy?

“You know that it’s illegal to ask for the information that the prosecutor is investigating to be withdrawn, right? Oh, you’re a lawyer, so you should know better. Right?”

“Oh, dear. I spoke too quickly. I should have given you this first.”

Then Gong Min-ho held out an envelope in front of me. At first glance, it was an envelope of money. But people are like that. When you see something like this, you wonder how much was in it. Right? I’m not the only one who thinks that way, right?

I opened the door and took a peek, and all I could see was a thick yellow Shin Saimdang. I don’t know how much it was, but honestly, I thought, “Oh my.”

So what did I do?