The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 19



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Episode 19

Yun Ho-seong shook his head and spoke firmly.

“Sergeant Cha is definitely not a good person. He approached many of his unit members and stole their girlfriends by offering to write them love letters.”

Yoon Ho-seong entered the fray as a witness to discredit Corporal Cha.

Are you trying to drive someone into a position where they might commit suicide by belittling them?

Are you disappointed?

Is this the kind of flimsy story you came up with?

“As the witness said, it is clear that he had written love letters for more than ten members of his unit, obtained the addresses and personal information of his girlfriends, and used them for personal use. I am submitting this as evidence.”

The defense took out a hidden card.

The submitted material was Corporal Cha’s missing service book containing the addresses of his unit members’ girlfriends.

The names of his fellow soldiers for whom he had written love letters and the information about their girlfriends were neatly organized.

Sixteen in total.

I have confirmed the name and contents.

“The number is as many as sixteen. The current situation of the man who is a soldier, the situation of his girlfriend, and even the strategy for conquering his girlfriend are written in detail.”

The judge looks at the material carefully······.

I shoot at Private Yun Ho-seong.

This kid.

Did you steal his service logbook after successfully killing Corporal Cha?

“The handwriting has been confirmed, and it is definitely Private Cha’s notebook. It is something he wrote himself. It is not illegally collected data, but a service notebook that Private Cha gave to Private Yoon Ho-seong to hide a week before he committed suicide.”

Male.

Male.

The audience squints and grumbles with discomfort.

Yeah, that sounds like it would be possible, right?

“Please take a close look at the text I wrote a week ago.”

As the lawyer finished speaking, the phrase was expanded.

〈I’m jealous. You have such a pretty girlfriend······. What should I do when you have a premature ejaculation?〉

That was the last sentence written.

There seemed to be a strange nuance hidden there.

“Private Yoon Ho-seong did not want to make this article public to protect the honor of the person who committed suicide, but now that he has been turned into a suspect, he has brought it up to defend himself.”

I also look at the screen.

The information in the copied notebook seemed sufficiently misleading.

The lawyer said with a serious expression.

“He wants to steal a woman, but he’s worried because he’s premature. He must hate himself for being premature because he has to go on a package tour to Jeju Island with the woman he stole. The following is a survey result that shows that men sometimes feel a desire to die for such reasons.”

He also submitted an English report he had brought from overseas titled “Suicidal Impulses in Men with Premature Ejaculation” as evidence.

“A whopping 18% of men consider suicide because of premature ejaculation. Sergeant Cha, who was burning with passionate desire, must have been even worse.”

Are you saying that this is a document that you worked on that was difficult to read properly because of the small print in English?

Ha. Look at these motherfuckers.

The judge nodded.

The audience also began to nod in agreement.

Anyway, everyone is interested in this kind of story.

“Prosecutor Kang, are there any objections to this opinion? If there are none, we will accept it as evidence.”

The judge reviewed the new evidence.

I read the report in a flash and stored it in my head.

Quick eyes and memory.

This ability comes in handy in times like these.

“Yes. I admit it as evidence, Your Honor.”

The judge looked at me with a surprised expression for a moment, then nodded.

“Since the prosecutor has agreed, this material is accepted as evidence.”

I stare blankly at Yunho Sung.

This kid.

You must be laughing inside, right?

“Then, can we move on to the witness examination?”

“Do so, Inspector Kang.”

After receiving permission from the judge, I approached Yun Ho-seong again.

“Mr. Yoon Ho-seong, you said that Corporal Cha left the notebook in your care?”

“Yes.”

“Did anyone witness or know that the notebook was entrusted?”

“None. I told you to keep it so that you wouldn’t get caught.”

“Then there’s a possibility that you obtained that notebook through some other means?”

I smiled at him.

From now on, I will destroy your lies one by one.

“After confirming that Private Cha had committed suicide that day, didn’t you run to the barracks, steal his notebook, and then report the suicide?”

Yun Ho-seong smiled at my question.

You have a face that tells me you knew I would ask that question.

The lawyer answered on his behalf.

It was probably a situation where he kissed Yun Ho-seong.

“It takes more than 15 minutes to go back and forth from the bathroom to the barracks because there is a distance. The next worker showed up 10 minutes later. The next worker said he met Private Yoon Ho-seong in the bathroom. So, that is impossible.”

So, how important is it to go to the scene of the incident and check it out in person······.

I’m going to break you all from now on.

I said as I looked at Detective Kim Ji-cheol.

“Did we save the video we filmed together on a USB?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

I turned my head and looked at the judge and said.

“I have a video that I didn’t submit in advance because I was worried something like this might happen.”

The judge nodded.

“Since the witness has presented new evidence like this, we should also check the prosecutor’s evidence. I admit it.”

The video showed the hallway of the barracks.

It was a video that had been filmed in advance with Detective Kim.

– I’ll check the time, so go to the bathroom and report to Sergeant 1, then run back inside the barracks and search the car sergeant’s closet, then go back to the bathroom.

I said that in the video and started timing.

And when it was all over and I pressed the stopwatch······.

〈4 minutes 45 seconds.〉

Time stood still like that.

The lawyer squinted his eyes as he watched the video with a dumbfounded expression.

“Even if our investigators are fast, 7 minutes? I think that’s more than enough. 15 minutes? Isn’t that proof that you didn’t check the scene yourself?”

When the lawyer started to say something, I cut him off.

“It was enough time for Private Yoon Ho-seong, who was on night watch, to confirm that Corporal Cha was dead and steal the notebook.”

widely!

I slapped the material I had with my palm and spoke loudly.

“If he had killed Corporal Cha, there would have been ample time to avoid any further clashes with the officers.”

I turned my head and picked up the recorder in my hand.

“Now, I will give you another piece of evidence.”

Beep.

I played the recording file into the witness stand microphone.

– The one on the left is Sergeant Cha, the one in the middle is me, and the one on the right is my girlfriend.

– Did you meet up?

– Corporal Cha even paid for the amusement park entrance fee. He was a surprise to me. I’m really grateful to him.

– Are you a great gentleman?

– It’s not just me. It’s a secret, but there are quite a few kids who did well because I surprised their lovers.

Yun Ho-seong’s pupils dilated.

I uploaded the photo I had obtained from the sergeant onto the screen.

“This is the picture he is talking about. Let me hear more.”

After meeting the corporal, I left the unit and instructed the sergeant on duty to take the photo.

Beep.

I pressed the play button again.

– You’re handsome. Doesn’t Sergeant Cha have a girlfriend? He came out alone.

– You said you didn’t have any?

– How many months ago was it?

– Maybe about two months ago?

Kuk.

Here I stopped the sound recording my conversation with him.

The audience became quiet.

“The main character of this conversation is one of the soldiers listed in the military service log submitted by the lawyer! He is Private Choi Jin-sang. His girlfriend likes crowded places like parks, but Private Choi Jin-sang only goes to closed places like video rooms.”

“Did you memorize all that in that short time, Inspector Kang?”

“Yes. It was evidence I didn’t have, but on the contrary, I thought it was important evidence, so I memorized it all.”

The judge is resting his chin on his hand and thinking seriously.

The evidence presented by the lawyer ended up proving, in reverse, that Corporal Cha was not a bad person.

For me, it was like blowing a room.

The lawyer in particular had a shit-chewing expression.

“The situation written in the service notebook presented by the lawyers themselves is different from their absurd claims, in that it was written by Corporal Cha to solve his colleagues’ problems.”

I said, glaring at Private Yun Ho-seong.

Unlike before, he was looking at his feet with his head down.

“Sergeant Cha didn’t have a girlfriend. Then why did he buy a Jeju Island travel package? It must have been his own solution for Private Yoon Ho-seong, who was having trouble with his girlfriend.”

Male.

Male.

I released emails and recorded phone calls I had with the travel agent.

“As you can see from the evidence from now on, Corporal Cha actually bought three Jeju Island travel package tickets to surprise Yoon Ho-sung and his girlfriend. Here is the evidence.”

Show the package ticket you purchased with a photo.

I received an email with a package ticket in PDF format with the name Yun Ho-seong and my resident registration number hidden from view.

“Mr. Yoon Ho-seong, let me ask you. Are you aware of this fact?”

Yun Ho-seong shook his head and spoke with tears streaming down his face.

You watch your mouth.

If you lie, you’ll be blown away in one blow this time.

“I didn’t know. I thought he stole my lover. Sob, sob. Then he committed suicide. I should have stopped him. Now that I know the truth, I’m so sad. Sergeant Cha, why did you commit suicide?”

He spoke in a wailing tone.

It was so sad that even the audience became silent.

“You didn’t know at all? Mr. Yoon Ho-seong. Are you lying from beginning to end?”

Hold on.

I pressed the recording file.

I heard the travel agent’s voice.

– Cha No-hyun, who made the reservation, asked me to keep it a secret from Yoon Ho-sung. She asked me to tell him directly at the airport.

A roaring audience.

The lawyer nodded, raising the corners of his mouth.

“It matches what the witness said.”

I smiled at him.

Mr. Lawyer.

You’ll regret saying that, right?

– But I was on vacation that day, so I sent a package ticket to Yoon Ho-sung. Cha No-hyun’s address was listed as a military base. So I called them and spoke to Yoon Ho-sung, and found out that they were in the same base, so I sent it to him.

Yun Ho-seong’s face turned white.

“Due to the nature of military units, letters that arrive at the unit are delivered unconditionally. And usually, senior officers pass them on to their juniors.”

Beep.

I played another video file.

“After asking around, I went to the post office that day. This is what he said.”

The man in the video was Private Cha No-hyeon’s classmate, Kim Ha-seong.

– Yes, that’s right. I don’t usually get any other letters, only my girlfriend sometimes gets them, but I remember that day because I strangely got mail from the travel agency.

He said so and added a word with a strange expression.

– Hosung strongly asked me not to tell Noh Hyeon. I didn’t tell Noh Hyeon. There was no need to talk about it······.

I glared at Yunho Sung and spoke coldly in a quiet voice.

The mood has already shifted to me!

The attack begins now!

“He is committing perjury. He is profaning the sacred court. So who is this man with premature ejaculation that the lawyer mentioned earlier?”

I paused for a moment.

It was for dramatic production.

“If you look closely at the evidence presented by the lawyers, it says ‘solution’ and says you need to buy two condoms. You can check it out.”

The lawyers and judge hand over hastily printed evidence.

“I see. There’s even an asterisk drawn on it.”

I memorized it all.

All the letters there!

“Also, according to the English report presented by the lawyer, the percentage of men with premature ejaculation who feel the urge to kill due to extreme stress is 28.6%. In fact, it says in a study that 84.2% of psychopaths suffer from premature ejaculation.”

That report in English.

That’s not a report on premature ejaculation.

This is a paper on the relationship between psychopathy and premature ejaculation, published by Harvard University in 1997.

I’ve already seen that paper.

While investigating this case, I searched everywhere I could to find evidence that this son of a bitch was the real murderer.

But you dared bring that up in front of me.

I’m behind.

This murderer.

“Yoon Ho-seong must have realized his problem while staying out with his girlfriend, and he must have felt embarrassed that Sergeant Cha found out about it. That must have turned into strong anger.”

He held the microphone in his hand and whispered quietly into Yunhosung’s ear.

“Are you being premature, you psychopath? I’m going to send you to hell at lightning speed. F**k.”

The lawyer jumped up from his seat.

He asked me with a calm face.

“Okay, but Private Yun Ho-seong has absolutely no motive for murder.”

I see a lawyer.

The judge also frowned and stuck out his mouth.

It seems like he largely agrees.

“I want to check the method of murder first. Facts are more powerful than motive. Look at the devil hidden inside.”