The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 13



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Episode 13

I looked at the judge and said.

“I seek the death penalty for them on charges of forming a criminal organization, manufacturing and selling psychotropic drugs, and premeditated murder.”

Attorney Kim Ji-ho was busy brushing off the white powder on his clothes.

“Lieutenant Han Ji-min! You are a person who should be isolated from this society!”

My voice echoed and lingered in the boiler room.

If the ghost of Private Park Chung-deuk were here, he would have heard it.

You were a bad guy too.

No matter how much money you need, or if you were threatened······.

No crime can be forgiven for any reason.

I won’t just leave you as a poor victim who was murdered.

That’s why I dragged you in as an accomplice in this case.

There is no place for criminals.

I will definitely make it happen.

Only one.

That’s why I came back again.

“I will return to the court. The trial will then proceed to a verdict.”

The judge said so and left the boiler room with a serious expression on his face.

“Han Ji-min! You too!”

Attorney Kim Ji-ho also grabbed the crazy Lieutenant Han Ji-min with a sharp voice.

“Fuck! I finished it well! You little brat!”

Lieutenant Han Ji-min grabbed my shoulder with her handcuffed hands.

“Han Ji-min! I can’t let go of that hand!”

Bam!

My fist flew backward and landed on his jaw.

A thrilling impact.

How many years have I been a detective?

Where do you dare get tangled up?

To fall behind.

“Ugh.”

Lieutenant Han Ji-min fell to the muddy ground and hugged Attorney Kim Ji-ho.

Crazy.

The two were thrown onto the floor of the boiler room.

“These criminal bastards are getting what they deserve.”

I muttered something like that as if I was dumbfounded and left the boiler room.

“Did you finish filming everything, Detective Kim?”

“Of course. As expected, you are the best, Inspector.”

Detective Kim stood next to me with sparkling eyes.

With those respectful eyes.

“Take them all to court!”

“All right.”

The military police dragged out attorney Kim Ji-ho and 2nd Lieutenant Han Ji-min.

* * *

In court, they urgently played the video taken in the boiler room.

The courtroom was silent as the startling video evidence was viewed.

“It seems that all causal relationships have been established in this case. So······.”

The judge spoke with a stern face.

“Please tell me the prosecution’s final sentence.”

“Through a series of evidences, it has been proven that the defendants formed a criminal organization within the military and attempted to make illegal profits by manufacturing and selling psychotropic drugs, and that they committed premeditated murder using stolen military weapons while also attempting to tamper with evidence and insult the military court. These heinous crimes seriously threaten national security and military order, and they require strict punishment. Therefore, the prosecution will demand that the defendants in this case be sentenced to the death penalty, the maximum sentence in a military court.”

Those who realized the seriousness of this incident looked at me with anxious faces.

After being hit in the jaw, Lieutenant Han Ji-min, who had completely lost her mind, lowered her head and laughed like a madman.

“Fuck. We all got caught. Hehe.”

The lawyer lowered his head as if he was pathetic and threw the documents he had brought at Han Ji-min.

Bam.

“There is no room for argument. I will accept your decision.”

The judge began to read the verdict with a serious face.

“This incident occurred while Private Park Chung-deuk was performing his military service. Since it happened under these circumstances, I believe that the death of the private shows problems within the military. Therefore, we must keep in mind that we must reexamine the problems that arise during military service within the military through this incident.”

I was somehow taken aback by the judge’s words.

also.

What a great person.

The law can produce such wonderful words.

“They have committed premeditated and violent crimes to destroy other people’s lives and continue to do so for the sake of making money through drug sales, and they have personally misused military weapons meant for the defense of the country to commit murder by force.”

Those who heard the story of this brutal crime became even more depressed.

The judge continued:

“The defendants are criminals who seriously threaten the peace and safety of society, and there is a possibility that their actions will occur again in the future. Accordingly, they must be severely isolated from society.”

The judge looked at the defendant and said.

Eventually, the judge sentenced Lieutenant Lee Hyeon-su to 15 years in prison and Lieutenant Han Ji-min, the mastermind behind this crime, to death.

Their lives were ruined the moment they committed their crimes, and the court’s verdict merely acknowledged that fact.

So the verdict was concluded.

“Hey, Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok.”

As I was about to leave the courtroom, attorney Kim Ji-ho, who had called me, approached me.

“I got lucky today. It won’t be like this again.”

The shock must have been even greater because he had been called an undefeated lawyer for five years.

“Hey, Attorney Kim Ji-ho. Do you think this is luck? You’re really being sarcastic.”

Shudder.

Attorney Kim Ji-ho’s eyes shook when he heard something from the young military prosecutor.

“Listen carefully. I don’t have much time now, so I’ll keep it short. When I go out into society and become a prosecutor and meet you again, you’ll be defeated. Stop defending criminals and defend the truly innocent.”

Bam.

I clenched my fist and lightly hit his shoulder.

“······!!”

He looks at me with surprised eyes.

“Like this white powder on your shoulder. If you keep following a shit-covered dog, you’ll end up getting shit on yourself too.”

Attorney Kim Ji-ho bit his lower lip in anger and humiliation.

“This cheeky guy······.”

“Kim Ji-ho, you idiot. Shut your dirty mouth. If you want to breathe and live in the future, live as a better lawyer. If it weren’t for the military but society, it wouldn’t have ended like this.”

I gave him a pat on the shoulder and left the courtroom.

“Since you’re wearing a lawyer’s badge, do some good things in life. Don’t get caught up in smelly money. Tell that to your older brother, Kim Jun-tae.”

I gave him advice without even looking back.

Both of them will continue to do trashy things just for the money.

I also know that they won’t change.

But I have to let you know.

I told you two that I would be coming soon······.

Wait a minute.

You motherfuckers.

I’ll change it for you and drink it.

“Attorney Kim Ji-ho! It would be best for you to break up with your brother. If you don’t want to lose······.”

If you are involved with someone you need revenge on, whether they are a lawyer or the president, you will be killed by the law.

“Detective, would you like to have a beer today?”

“Yes, sir.”

Detective Kim grabbed my hand.

“Have a cool beer at Seven Bar.”

That’s how my first military trial ended.

There are some slightly awkward corners, but······.

That was a matter that could not be dealt with in a military court.

“You have to leave the dregs behind. You’ll sweep them all away when you leave the army.”

I muttered like that.

A cold wind blew.

Perhaps because it was near a military base, white stars twinkled in the black sky.

〈Mission completed. Depending on the best results, you will be granted S-grade recovery ability, which is a higher level than the existing B-grade.〉

How much recovery will there be?

What if it’s S-class?

* * *

A few days later, in the morning.

When I arrived at work, Detective Kim, who arrived first, brought me coffee.

“Would you like a cup of coffee?”

“I wonder?”

“But, inspector······.”

The detective who had been sulking took a sip of coffee and finally began to tell the story.

“It is said that Han Ji-min and Lee Hyun-soo committed suicide two days ago.”

Dalgrak.

I carefully placed the coffee I was drinking on the table.

The reason I deliberately put it down slowly was to calm down my momentary anger.

I let out a deep sigh and opened my mouth.

It was to speak as calmly as possible.

“Suicide? How?”

“I heard that in the prison, they took off their clothes, tied each other’s necks together, and hung themselves to death at the same time.”

You’re being a jerk.

The two of them tied each other’s necks with their clothes and passed them to an iron bar where they were hung to death?

Is that possible?

“What about the sign?”

“They call it suffocation.”

“What about the autopsy?”

“They informed the family today without an autopsy and cremated him right away.”

“You put on makeup?”

“yes.”

The evidence was completely destroyed.

They killed the victim by disguising it as suicide, then cremated the victim to destroy the evidence.

“Do evil people go to hell after all?”

“I guess so.”

The military is a place where obedience is life.

Some of the money they made from drugs must have gone up.

I don’t know how far it went······.

“I was naive. I thought I would resolve this through legal means in the military.”

I look at Lieutenant Kim Ji-cheol.

Interest is also a soldier.

I still can’t trust anyone.

Isn’t that what you learned throughout your career as a detective?

There are traitors everywhere.

I’m not sure if he’s really mine.

Even so, we must be careful.

“No. It would have been better if I had died.”

“Did you die well?”

He threw the DNA results report found on the belt to investigator Kim Ji-cheol.

“None. There was no DNA from Sergeant Park Chung-deuk on Lieutenant Han Ji-min’s belt.”

“Is that so?”

Did Private Park Chung-deuk get killed by Han Ji-min?

Or was he also a servant?

That doesn’t mean the son of a bitch is without sin.

Even if it is called tail cutting, the tail is also a part of the body.

He committed a crime.

That is an indisputable fact.

“Anyway, he’s a murderer. This is how this case ends.”

Lieutenant Kim Ji-cheol also nodded.

“That’s right. Since both the suspect and the victim are dead, it’s over.”

“Then I’ll handle minor cases, so please write the report.”

“All right.”

So they returned to their seats.

I look at the one-year entry and exit records of the unit guard post located at my position.

A few car numbers marked with a yellow highlighter.

And for some reason, that car was the only one without the owner’s name written on it.

Wheein.

My phone vibrates.

〈Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung.〉

The long-awaited call came.

It’s a personal call, so I quietly go out and answer it.

“Yes. This is Kang Ji-hyeok.”

– It’s me, Ji-hyeok.

“How have you been?”

– You did a great job this time.

“No, I was lucky.”

Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung.

He is the father of Se-hee, my wife.

“But, have you ever found out?”

– Oh. You mean that car number? Of course I recognized it, since it was your favor. It’s a bit strange. It’s a guy named Park Chan-jin.

Why am I hearing that name here?

Why are you bad kids running around so busy?

Heart pounding.

The moment I hear that name, my heart instinctively races.

One of those who killed me.

It’s the name I sing in a song so I never forget it.

– But why did you ask to check that car? I heard that the bankbook check from last time was used well in this trial······.

“No. There was something bothering me, but I’m okay now.”

That car also came on the morning that Private Park Chung-deuk died.

And, he came in without fail every Sunday evening.

That too, with Lieutenant Han Ji-min’s car.

– It’s a name that our prosecutors are familiar with. There are many prosecutors who have a hard time because of reporter Park Chan-jin.

“I see. I understand. Thank you.”

It was difficult even to speak.

Even breathing.

I needed to take a deep breath to calm my surging anger and hold back my sadness.

“Phew. Phew.”

– Hey, what’s wrong? What seems wrong?

“no.”

– Really? Okay. I see you’re busy, so I’ll hang up now. Congratulations again on doing a great job at your first trial.

“Thank you for your help.”

– I’ll send you reporter Park Chan-jin’s phone number via text message. I think you might need it.

As expected, he is a great inspector.

That sharp feeling.

It must have been engraved on the body through countless events······.

dump.

I hung up the phone and sat down on a bench in the forest.

‘Well, that would be true. If the drugs had leaked into the club… Of course, it would have involved some people.’

The cartel that killed me has been around for a long time.

whiz.

The personal phone had that fucking reporter’s name and number on it.

“Wait for my call, you son of a bitch.”

I muttered as I looked at the text.

Kuk.

Kuk.

I saved the guy’s name and phone number, letter by letter.

‘I will never forget. I will soon cut off those keyboard fingers.’

I bite my lower lip until it tears and make a promise.

I will definitely get revenge······.