The Mad Prosecutor Picked Up AI - Chapter 99



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Episode 99: I’ll scratch you openly!

Gong Min-ho approached Wi Jun-woo, who was slightly frozen, and smiled faintly.

“Don’t you remember me? It was two years ago, I think, when I saw you here at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.”

I don’t remember. Because of you, the people in the office dispersed, and the prosecutor in the same room quit the job and went back to his hometown. Wi Jun-woo was also kicked out to Gunnae-myeon, a remote area.

As if the trauma from that time came back to him, Wi Jun-woo shut his mouth and clenched his fists.

Even after seeing that, Gong Min-ho continued talking nonchalantly.

“I heard that you went down to Gunnae-myeon branch office after that. How was it? Was it good?”

“… … .”

“It would be nice. The air in the countryside is good, right? No fine dust, no honking cars. How nice.”

‘Wow, your basic personality is bad. Do you pick Yang and Ji based on their personality?’

[The skill of scratching people is no joke.]

‘I need to press down on that bastard Gong Min-ho.’

[Hyun Gwang Do, are you going to scratch it little by little?]

‘Are you ready to take it easy? I’ll scratch you openly!’

“Chief Wi Jun-woo.”

“yes.”

“A lawyer came while you were away. Do you know who he is?”

“yes?”

Wi Jun-woo looked at me with a face like, “What kind of nonsense is this?” It was because the last time, when the two of us were looking at Gong Min-ho from a distance, I told him a story about Wi Jun-woo’s past.

I continued talking, ignoring Wei Jun-woo’s blank expression.

“I’m sure you don’t know who he is, so let me introduce him to you. A really great person came to our office.”

“Haha. That’s amazing.”

Gong Min-ho smiled and made a face. I pointed to him with my hand and introduced him to Wi Jun-woo.

“This is attorney Gong Min-ho from Yangachi Law Firm.”

“Pfft!”

Wi Jun-woo burst out laughing at the sudden name attack, then quickly started to control his expression. Gong Min-ho frowned, as if he was upset.

“Inspector, you’re a thug. That’s too much to ask.”

“Oh. Wasn’t that the company name?”

I pretended to have poor eyesight and squinted my eyes over my glasses, holding the business card Gong Min-ho gave me close to my eyes and then moving it farther away.

“It’s not ‘Ah’, it’s ‘An’. It’s not ‘Chi’, it’s ‘Ji’. Yang and Ji!”

“Sorry. It’s Ann, not Ah. It’s Ji, not Chi.”

I cleared my throat and pointed at Gong Min-ho with my hand again and spoke to Wi Jun-woo.

“This person is attorney Kong Min-ho from the law firm Yang Ae-chwi.”

“Phew!”

Wi Jun-woo burst into laughter again, and Gong Min-ho snapped at me.

“Inspector!”

“Why are you doing that?”

I looked at Gong Min-ho with the most innocent and innocent expression possible. I couldn’t understand why he was angry.

“It’s not a drink, it’s a waste. It’s a sheep!”

“Sheep?”

“Oh, no. It’s Yang Anji, Yang Anji!”

“Ah. Yang An-ji, the person in charge of the Bbanggyu Corporation?”

“No, you shouldn’t pronounce it like that. It’s the law firm Yang An Ji.”

“Ah. Yang An-ji, the legal representative?”

Wi Jun-woo’s face turned red from laughing so hard that he couldn’t hear anything, and Gong Min-ho tilted his head as if something was strange. Then he soon realized.

“Ah! It’s not the law, it’s the law. Law Firm Yangachi! No, no. Aww, why are you like this?”

Gong Min-ho moved his mouth wildly to show himself saying aeiou, then spoke again.

“This is Yang & G Law Firm!”

“Aha. Yang & G Law Firm.”

“yes.”

I looked at Wi Jun-woo.

“Did you hear? Hey. I’m attorney Kong Min-ho from Moowoo Law Firm’s Yang Ae-ae & G.”

When I spoke with a deliberately loud pronunciation, Wei Jun-woo giggled.

“Wow. Whoever named the company did a great job naming it.”

“Right? You must be very proud. The company name and the company image fit together very well. Yang Aechwi. No, Yang Anji.”

Gong Min-ho’s face turned red and blue.

“Sir, if you keep doing this, I will file a formal complaint.”

“Hey, why are you protesting about something like this?”

“This is it? This could be considered defamation!”

“Ah. Are you going to go for defamation of character? Oh no, that won’t do. I’m sorry.”

“Is this something that can just be overlooked by saying sorry? What do grown adults do with names?”

“So, are you really going to sue me? Are you going to spread a rumor in the neighborhood that Prosecutor Do Hyeon-gwang called Yang & G Law Firm Yang Ae-chwi?”

“I’m not spreading rumors.”

“Well, that’s okay. I just need to be disciplined. But you know what? Case law and court records are all searchable public records. Some swindler trying to get clicks could turn this into an article.”

“… … .”

“Think about it. What would happen if this were to become an article and spread across the internet? There would be chaos in internet comments and communities. Memes would be created and circulated, and it would go viral, so from now on, everyone would call themselves Yang Aechwi, the law firm of Ppungkyu. Then, the name Yang & G Law Firm would completely disappear.”

Gong Min-ho glared at me with scary eyes. That’s what it’s going to be like. Even in his opinion, Yang Ae-chwi, who is a good match for the Bbaek-kyu method, is just too perfect.

Once this gets into someone else’s ears, it goes viral in an instant. And once the image is engraved in people’s minds, Yang & G Law Firm will forever be known as Yang Aechwi Law Firm.

I heard a strange creaking sound next to me, so I turned around to see Wi Jun-woo leaning forward, laughing breathlessly with his shoulders shaking.

“Bengkyu Corporation, Yang Aechwirae… … .”

It looks like you’re wiping away tears? Are you breathing?

Anyway, since Wi Jun-woo seemed to be in a good mood, I decided to propose a truce at this point. I looked at Gong Min-ho and said.

“I’ll apologize. Let’s end this between the three of us, the three of us, by keeping the fact that Yang Aechwi is a corporation.”

“Oh, right.”

Gong Min-ho seemed angry, but eventually nodded.

“Okay, then. But I would like you to stop messing around with our company name in the future.”

“Yes, yes.”

Gong Min-ho glared at me with a face that seemed to show that he didn’t trust me as I answered flatly. In times like this, the best thing to do is to change the subject.

“But, didn’t you come here because you had something to say? I think you said you had important information related to the case.”

“Oh, right.”

Gong Min-ho took a moment to catch his breath and calm down before speaking to me.

“These are the amounts and details of the expenses used by Hwang Dae-bong when he entertained Chief Kim Jong-hyeok, Prosecutor Jeong Min-gu, and Assemblyman Ko Yoon-seok at Jay Ritz.”

I accepted the paper that Gong Min-ho handed me.

“2.68 million won? Didn’t Hwang Dae-bong say it was 3.78 million won when he first reported it to the police?”

“It’s because you got the numbers wrong.”

“Huh? You want me to believe that?”

If you divide 3.78 million won by 3 people, it becomes 1.26 million won per person. It definitely falls under the Kim Young-ran Act. But what if it’s 2.68 million won? The amount per person drops below 1 million won. That means it doesn’t violate the law.

“Here is a new statement from President Hwang Dae-bong. He says that he initially misread the receipt and made a mistake in the numbers. Here is the order history provided by Jay Ritz.”

Gong Min-ho handed over the order details provided by Jayritz, asking how he had obtained them.

“Hmm. Soju, beer, water, Perrier. And the cost of the waitress. All in all, 2.68 million won?”

“Yes. If you check the detailed information on this side and the Jay Ritz price list, you will know that it is the exact amount.”

“Wow, you must have put a lot of thought into this to avoid breaking the law. That’s amazing.”

“Thank you… … Ahem. I didn’t use my head, but that’s the truth.”

I handed over the papers that Gong Min-ho had handed me to Wi Jun-woo. Wi Jun-woo, who had been laughing breathlessly on one side, came over to my side and started reading the materials I had handed him.

“I will find out if it is true or not when I investigate.”

A smile appeared on Gong Min-ho’s face.

“Why don’t you investigate it thoroughly? If you investigate and find out that it’s true, shouldn’t you immediately drop the charges? Before the trial and the judge breaks it.”

“Don’t worry about that, I’ll take care of it. I have a history of being rejected by judges anyway.”

“Don’t worry… … .”

“Then please leave now. You are interfering with the investigation. Attorney Gong Min-ho of the Bbaengmu Law Firm, Yang Ae-ae-ae & Chui.”

“Big.”

Wi Jun-woo hurriedly covered his mouth next to him, but failed to hold back his bursting laughter. Gong Min-ho glared at me and Wi Jun-woo for a moment.

“Then I’ll take my leave now. You had a lot of laughs today. You know that the one who laughs last is the real winner, right?”

Gong Min-ho spoke as if he was cool for no reason and then left the office.

“What does it matter? I’ll be the one laughing last.”

Wi Jun-woo, who had been laughing out loud, began to carefully read the materials I had handed him again after Gong Min-ho left.

“Hwang Dae-bong wrote another statement. He said that the entertainment expenses that day were 2.68 million won.”

“There must have been some kind of deal going on behind the scenes. How could 1.1 million won suddenly disappear?”

“If this is really 2.68 million won, we can’t catch the people who received the entertainment under the Kim Young-ran Act. What should we do?”

“We need to investigate further.”

“How?”

Hmm. Okay. How do I do that?

After thinking for a moment, I opened my mouth.

“How about applying for another search and seizure warrant for Jay Ritz?”

Wi Jun-woo shook his head.

“Probably not. The first trial is coming up soon, and they’ve already conducted a search and seizure once, so I don’t think they’ll allow it.”

“Then should I just rush into the scene?”

“Then you get rejected. Don’t you remember when you go into the billiard hall in Gunnae-myeon?”

“Then you can’t go in? You can just sneak in.”

“What would you find out if you went in?”

“Chief, why are you so negative?”

“Me?”

I held out my hand and stopped Wei Junwoo from speaking.

“Chief, there’s a very negative aura going on right now. We can’t handle this case like this.”

“It’s not that I’m negative, but that’s the case. Nothing has been properly investigated and there’s no evidence.”

“Oh! You’re being negative again. I told you to live positively.”

“still-.”

“Ugh!”

“no-.”

“Ugh!”

“Speak up-”

“Use it!”

Wi Jun-woo, who was trying to say something, kept getting stopped by me, so he ended up just sighing. I said to Wi Jun-woo, who was like that.

“Didn’t you hear that earlier? The one who laughs last is the winner. From now on, let’s only think positive thoughts and say positive words.”

“… … .”

“You can do it, you can do it! There are things like that. Yes. Sure. Okay. Of course. Of course. Okay. Whatever. Go, go, go! Let’s just use words like that from now on.”

“… … Okay. Okay, let’s get some stuff out from under your butt. Don’t you want to get your butt wet?”

“ah.”

Somehow, strangely, the chair was too hard.

As I was taking the documents out from under my butt and putting them on the desk, my cell phone rang. I picked up the phone and spoke in a cheerful voice.

“Hello! It’s been a while. How have you been?”

Wi Jun-woo made a ‘woo’ sound when he saw me greeting him happily.

‘No matter how much I scolded you not to use negative language, why do you have to jeer and say ‘woo woo’ like that?’

[Hyun Gwang. It looks to me like he’s not booing ‘woo woo’ but asking ‘who?’]

‘Oh. Is that so?’

[You really are bad at reading lips.]

‘Don’t tell me to talk. I’m on the phone.’

I continued the call, lightly ignoring Wei Junwoo and Aliota.

“Yes, of course. Okay. Of course. Of course. Okay. Whatever. Let’s go!”

After I answered coolly and hung up the phone, Wi Jun-woo asked with a calm expression.

“What kind of change is it that makes you take it so positively?”

“I heard that Chief Jang Gi-tae and Senior Kim Hyeon-cheol from Gunnae-myeon Branch Office came up to Seoul. They said that they will be coming down on Sunday anyway, so if you have time, let’s meet up tonight.”

“So you decided to meet up?”

“Of course. Don’t you know how positive it is? It’s also Friday night.”

Wi Jun-woo tilted his head with a worried look.

“It’s nice to see you after such a long time.”

“Why? Aren’t you going with me, Chief?”

“Since it’s been a while since we last met, we’ll definitely have a drink, right?”

“I guess so.”

“You know that we’re in a very urgent situation right now, right? We can’t just rest and play around because it’s Friday night. The trial is right around the corner, and there’s a lot to investigate.”

I nodded silently. That was because what Wi Jun-woo said was not wrong at all. Wi Jun-woo said with a serious face.

“Me. Even though other people call the prosecutor a swindler and all, I thought he was a person with a strong sense of responsibility for the cases he was in charge of. But I don’t think it’s right for him to be playing around and drinking so irresponsibly when the case hasn’t been investigated at all.”

“Then what would you like to do, Manager?”

“I should decline, saying I’m busy. I’m wondering if it’s okay to stay up all night and investigate. After the case is over, can’t we go down to Gunnae-myeon and meet them?”

I stroked my chin with my finger.

“Hmm. So you’re saying that you’d rather not meet the manager?”

“yes.”

“I heard that Ms. Kisoyoung also came.”

Wi Jun-woo suddenly found his jacket.

“Where is the meeting place? Let’s go quickly, Inspector. We can’t keep people who came all the way from the provinces to Seoul waiting.”

“Oh. So are you going to meet him?”

“Yes. Of course. Okay. Of course. Of course. Okay. Whatever. Let’s go!”

Wi Jun-woo opened the door and went out without waiting for my words.

No, this guy.

I have to get off work and go.

It’s still 4 o’clock now.