The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 20



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Episode 20

– Detective Kang, this murder case doesn’t have a clear motive for murder. That’s why it’s hard to win in court. I don’t really intend to make you look bad in court… The evidence is good and everything is good, but I don’t understand why it’s so hard to find a motive for murder.

It’s something I’ve heard countless times from prosecutors during my time as a detective.

This was especially true of criminals who had committed brutal murders.

If they were to apply for a warrant from the prosecutors, they would have to come up with a motive for the murder.

“The evidence is overwhelming, sir. So, let’s arrest him and find a motive.”

– That won’t work. Without a clear motive for murder, it’s hard to apply for a warrant, Detective Kang!

“No, inspector······.”

– So, f*ck. Bring it to me even if you have to make it! Is that hard? Just weave together the evidence and come up with a good story. Those who graduated from the police academy are good at it. Can’t a detective like you who came up from the bottom write? Don’t you even read common web novels?

“So, catch that guy and have the inspector look for him. I’m too ignorant to think of a motive for the murder.”

– Is this guy joking? He wants to argue with the prosecutor right now, what the heck? Anyway, you detectives are good at destroying crime scenes, beating up kids, and bringing them in, but you can’t find a single motive for murder! Hang up!

The prosecutors teased me by telling me to come up with a motive for murder.

Is the motive for murder that important?

Does every murderer have a plausible motive for killing someone?

In the summer, when you see a fruit fly on the bathroom mirror, you just squish it with your finger and kill it.

Is there any special reason for that?

No, that’s not true.

Because I can just kill them.

Because I don’t feel any guilt about killing them and there are no legal issues.

You could probably kill a bug by squeezing it with your finger.

Do you think there’s a big difference between a human killing a human?

I told you not to make me laugh.

What if a murderer doesn’t feel guilty when his victim dies, and… in fact, he gets pleasure from it, and no one can catch him, so he isn’t held legally responsible?

Even if no one knows, the victim will eventually end up on the same level as a ‘fruit fly’.

Just what I’ve experienced right now is such a fucking mess.

Why did my wife die?

To scare me into approaching the criminal?

Why did I kill?

A criminal killed a detective because he was afraid?

At first, I was confused too.

But now I can know.

It is fun to simply kill someone without any motive.

Those who enjoy the smell of blood are monsters who find thrill in killing itself.

That criminal bastard is sitting calmly in front of me.

We’re going to have to run into these guys anyway.

Not from the perspective of a detective, the ‘tracker’ who catches them, but from the perspective of a prosecutor, the ‘executor’ who must convict him.

Then I’ll show you.

If detectives talk about arrests and prosecutors talk about indictments, then ultimately they are talking about reconstruction of the case based on evidence found at the murder scene······.

The point is that a ridiculous ‘motive for murder’ isn’t the whole story of a crime.

“Sergeant Cha wrote the letter in the first room of the bathroom, where no one was looking, after the soldiers in the barracks had fallen asleep. This was confirmed by the testimony of the entire barracks and his classmate, Sergeant Kim Ha-seong. Private Yoon Ho-seong, who is sitting here, will also know this as a party involved. Right? Witness.”

“Yes, all the members of the unit know.”

The judge and the lawyers began to focus on the witness’s answers.

“Why did the witness buy a thick clothesline instead of a thin one sold nearby? Could it be that he had originally intended to commit suicide?”

Yunho Sung’s eyes sharpened at the sudden change in story.

“After he found out he was a pervert and was beaten up by his girlfriend, he probably wanted to die. He probably did it even more because he was proud of being a popular writer and thought he had a pretty good brain.”

“That’s not··· no··· no···.”

“Don’t answer. I’m not asking you a question. Remember, you’re here as a suspect in a murder case. So, just listen quietly. Don’t interrupt.”

He said it firmly.

Is it because it’s too cold?

The lawyer just stuck his mouth out and didn’t refute the argument.

Overwhelming atmosphere.

There, Yunho Sung, who had been drinking, bit his lower lip with a face of hurt pride.

“The culprit first goes to the bathroom where Corporal Cha is writing the letter. It must have been easy to get there since he was on guard duty.”

I said, pulling the clothesline I was carrying with both hands.

“According to the guards, they bought a very long clothesline. And the clothesline at the scene of the crime was cut with scissors. The witness who was on night duty at the time said that the clothesline was cut with scissors. Is that right? Witness.”

I asked while looking at Yun Ho-seong.

There was testimony that he cut it with scissors provided in the cleaning tool box because it seemed difficult to untie it by hand.

“Yes. My hands were shaking so much that I couldn’t untie the rope.”

“I asked a forensic scientist and he said that most people die after trying to untie the rope around their necks for a long time.”

Yunho Sung looks at me with a dumbfounded expression.

Why? You devil bastard.

I showed him some photos of a few shredded clotheslines that I had obtained at the scene.

“At first I thought it was because there were so many cuts, but when I looked into it and thought he might have been murdered, it seemed strange.”

Yunho-seong squints and looks at me.

I untied the clothesline I had brought and threw it on the floor.

The clothesline fell in front of the lawyer.

Did you throw it correctly?

That’s what I was going to do.

I continued the story.

“If you restore the cut clothesline to its original state, it is this long. It is over 2m long. This is the same clothesline that was found at the crime scene.”

“But is that important in this case?”

The judge tilts his head to the side and asks.

“If you look at the evidence I present now and listen to my explanation of the situation, you will be able to picture the crime scene in your head.”

Well, the report only has photo evidence, so you must be curious, right?

That’s why they put on shows like this.

If you’re curious, you’ll picture the moment of murder in your head.

Can you explain it to me so that it’s easier to draw?

“At first, I didn’t understand it. So I went back to the bathroom and checked.”

A photo appeared on the evidence screen.

“Due to the nature of military restrooms, the lights can be turned off from the outside. So, the witness on night watch can turn off all the lights in the restroom in the middle of the night.”

“Isn’t that evidence that the witness is the murderer?”

The lawyer shouted, as expected, to protect the witness.

Yeah, this is a build up.

Because I need to make the murder in this case feel even more gruesome.

“Attorney, I’ll give you a pair of scissors. Could you cut the clothesline I threw?”

I gave him a pair of scissors, the same ones that were at the scene of the crime.

At first he hesitated, but then, perhaps out of curiosity, he began cutting the clothesline with scissors, just like the one at the crime scene.

“Cut it carefully so as not to hurt your hand, and let me know when you’re done.”

I turned my head again and looked at the judge and continued speaking.

Because right now, it’s important that the judge is convinced by what I say.

“The witness would have turned off the fire outside. No one else but the witness on night watch could have done that. The culprit went in and out of the bathroom several times and set up some kind of device.”

I turned the screen.

The screen displayed the photo the forensic scientist had provided.

It was a photo of Corporal Cha’s ankle, red and bruised.

“The autopsy doctor omitted it from the evidence because he thought it had nothing to do with the case. It would be natural for him to think it was suicide.”

Everyone nodded as if they could do that.

I seriously questioned them.

“Why is there such a bruise on his ankle? He’s a sergeant. You all know that in the military, sergeants don’t work hard enough to hurt their feet like that.”

widely.

I hit the papers I was holding with my hand.

I approached Yun Ho-seong, who had an anxious look in his eyes, and glared at him.

“The culprit would have tied the clothesline into a ball and placed it in front of the bathroom. He would have made a trap that would tighten when pulled. After he was ready, he would have turned off the lights outside.”

I continued my story as I walked towards the judge.

“The moment Corporal Cha came out to find out what was going on, he would have grabbed the trap and pulled it around his ankle. Corporal Cha would have been hanging upside down for a moment, right?”

Click.

When I pressed the button on the PT remote control I was holding, the following picture appeared.

“This photo is of a steel drain pipe above the bathroom where the incident occurred. As you can see, the top is bent downwards.”

The drain pipe in the photo has a dent at the top.

“This drain pipe is very strong. It could not have bent like this just because Sergeant Cha was hanging himself. If you look at the data I provided, you will see that I tested it myself with the investigator. It will not bend unless a sudden force is applied.”

Click.

Moved to the next picture.

A wound on Corporal Cha’s forehead and in front of the flush toilet in Squad 1.

There was a little blood underneath.

“This toilet is not actually used because it is broken, so the blood was just sitting there, hardened and stuck somewhere you couldn’t see it underneath.”

The following video evidence is shown.

It was a video that used 3D technology to create a three-dimensional image of a person hanging upside down.

“I have a friend who is the CEO of a startup that makes 3D stereoscopic images, and we asked him to do it for us.”

In the 3D footage, the dummy is seen rising and then being thrown forward due to the recoil.

“At that moment, he hit his head on the invisible bottom of the toilet bowl and fainted.”

I turned my head and looked at Yunho Sung and said firmly.

“After looking at the suspect’s bankbook usage history, I found out that his hobby was sea fishing, and that he went to the sea at least once a week before joining the military.”

Yun Ho-seong froze.

It must feel like everything about you is being taken away, right?

“Of course, after checking the bloodstain! It matched Private Cha No-Hyeon’s DNA.”

The judge’s eyes widened.

Shall we go towards the end now?

“The suspect lowered Corporal Cha, who was hanging upside down while unconscious, and made him submerge his face in the flushing toilet water of Company 1 before stopping.”

The judge grimaced.

The same was true for the audience.

Only the reporter bastard who participated in killing me was laughing.

Are you enjoying the situation by picturing it in your head with a funny face?

You son of a bitch.

Is this fun, you fucking idiot?

I turn my head and look at the lawyer’s side.

“Does that cut well?”

“It doesn’t cut easily.”

“That’s probably true. After Sergeant Cha died, he took him down, hung the clothesline that was tied to his feet around his neck, and before putting it back up, he cut the clothesline here and there a little bit. That’s why it was easy to cut the clothesline later when he pretended to find Sergeant Cha dead.”

I said while glaring at Yunho Sung.

“He cut it into several pieces with scissors to hide any traces of himself that might have been left on the clothesline.”

Kwak.

I bit my lip for a moment.

“Inspector? Are you done talking?”

“No, there is still time, Your Honor.”

He raised his head again and looked at the judge, speaking calmly.

“That’s why the important evidence was chopped up into small pieces. And by cutting it up in front of the platoon members, he created a physical and psychological alibi for his tracks.”

Male.

Male.

The audience stirred with fearful faces.

I spoke to them with a sad expression.

“He hung the dying Private Cha again and made it look like suicide, and he was killed in a meticulous and planned manner. That brutal murderer is sitting in the witness box.”

I show you the oxygen saturation in the lungs from the first report I received.

He then explains it calmly.

“There was some water in the lungs, but the direct cause of death was the lack of oxygen caused by hanging himself. That’s a fact. But the murder method hidden within was extremely brutal.”

This time, I stand in front of Yun Ho-seong and look at him calmly.

“Why did you kill Corporal Cha? This is a question. Answer, witness!”

The lawyer bowed his head.

Yun Ho-seong looked at the audience for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“Who would dare sympathize with a brat who is not even X? All he has is his father’s rank badge······.”

Came out

Motive for murder!