The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 23



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Episode 23

〈Supreme Prosecutor’s Office.〉

It’s always busy here.

It was a place I was often called to when I was a detective, but it felt different coming here as a prosecutor.

“Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok?”

As soon as I got to the lobby, someone called me.

“The prosecutors are waiting.”

She took me to the prosecutor’s office.

There were three men sitting there.

“Are you Kang Ji-hyuk?”

“Yes.”

As I entered, a man wearing black glasses sitting on the sofa extended his hand to me.

“This is Kim Jong-cheol, the Eastern District Prosecutor.”

“Hello. This is Kang Ji-hyeok.”

Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office.

It had moved when I lived there, but now it’s near Guui Station.

I held his hand gently, but he gripped it so tightly that it broke.

“I looked through the information. It seems like the military prosecutor days were hot. So I’m thinking of getting it in advance.”

“Huh. Why are you like this?”

At those words, another middle-aged man stood up.

A neat man with black hair slicked back.

Sharp eyes and a high nose.

I know him.

A man who rose to stardom overnight by resolving the “2 billion dollar bag gate” incident.

This is Choi Hye-seong, nicknamed ‘Prosecutor Choi of Straightforwardness.’

A man who quit his job as a prosecutor, was elected to the National Assembly, and within five years, caused a stir in the political world, even becoming a presidential candidate.

Of course, I died before the election, so I don’t know the results······.

“This is Choi Hye-seong, the Western District Prosecutor.”

“I know. Nice to meet you.”

“Huh? You know me?”

In fact, he wasn’t very well known before that incident.

The Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office was famous for its special investigations into corporations.

It was an even bigger incident because it was unexpected that politicians were targeted there.

“Of course. Aren’t you the Chief Prosecutor of the Western District, the person that detectives hate the most?”

“Haha. Prosecutor Kang, do you know that too? Wow. You’re amazing at such a young age.”

Detectives are reluctant to take on corporate-related cases.

Because you have to do well to get what you pay for.

He is very obedient to prosecutors, but he also files many personal lawsuits against detectives, which is a nuisance.

Above all, there is a high possibility that damage will be done to the surrounding relatives.

Corporations are more brutal than criminals.

They have money and lawyers.

Especially in South Korea, large corporations do not just leave detectives who approach them alone.

I will definitely punish you by any means necessary.

Of course, the cases that receive the most bribes are also corporate-related cases······.

Some big companies treat their inspectors well, but it’s no different for detectives.

The senior who took the money harasses me at the police station and nags me at home to stop investigating.

So the detectives hated and feared being called to the Western District Attorney’s office.

Unlike prosecutors, detectives were powerless in the face of great power.

“Why did you become a prosecutor?”

The two chief prosecutors stood up, but this man did not stand up.

They seemed to be around the same age, but······.

This man had a much more commanding look than them.

Sharp rimless glasses.

Undyed white hair.

And maybe because he cut his hair short, he looks like a soldier.

He is the man who later became the Prosecutor General.

“What? Are you showing off by saying you’re the head prosecutor of the special forces?”

This is Chief Prosecutor Nam Jun-mo who arrested and stripped the father-in-law who was accused of bribery.

I know him better than anyone else.

“Namjunmoil is here. He’s currently in charge of the entire special forces.”

He spoke with his coffee to his lips.

Special Forces······.

Although he later suffered from political oppression, at least during this period he was the flower of the prosecution.

Prosecutors who do not go through the special unit become life-style prosecutors.

It’s just a story about a powerful civil servant.

Iced Americano.

This guy has my tastes.

Maybe it’s because I’ve stayed up so many nights drinking coffee.

If you stay up all night drinking sweet coffee, you’ll end up with an upset stomach······.

Rather, it would be better to just blow off some sleep with an iced Americano.

I absolutely must go to the special forces.

In order to complete revenge, you must become a special prosecutor, also known as a ‘special prosecutor’.

Shh.

I smiled, raising the corners of my lips.

“This is Kang Ji-hyeok. Nice to meet you all.”

“Sit there.”

Nam Jun-mo held out his hand to me and told me to sit down.

The confident type.

A junior that even the cold-hearted master craftsman couldn’t treat with disrespect.

Namjunmo······.

I will run to you someday.

But not now.

“Let me get straight to the point. I want to go to the Western District Attorney’s Office.”

Kim Jong-chol, the Eastern District Prosecutor, frowned.

Are you feeling sad?

“I said the Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office is okay too.”

“That’s my high school district, so at first I wanted to work in a place I had no idea about.”

“Wait. High school?”

Prosecutor General Kim Jong-chul looked through my documents again.

Have you seen me since college?

I guess they wanted to take him with them because he was their junior.

“Ha. I see. So you graduated from the Eastern District Prosecutor’s Office High School?”

“Yes. I also went to school in Sincheon.”

There’s one son of a bitch in the Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office who’s really into this.

Lee Han-soo, you son of a bitch.

I’m going to blow up that club······.

That’ll be next time.

Because the guy is still immature.

It’s a waste to eat it now.

“I will work hard at the Western District Prosecutors’ Office. If you still want me after three years, please give me a transfer order. I am a former civil servant. I have to follow the transfer order.”

My real revenge must begin with the Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office.

To do that, I guess I’ll have to make it more desperate?

Kim Jeong-cheol, Eastern District Prosecutor.

I’ve never seen your face, but I knew you through rumors from my past life.

He was one of the few righteous prosecutors.

A prosecutor who is far from politics or bribery.

So I know there are a lot of good prosecutors in the Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office.

I’m talking about real prosecutors who share his views.

So I didn’t choose that.

For now, we will use Choi Hye-seong, who is tied up in political and major cases at the Western District Prosecutors’ Office.

I will put the most critical information in a cabinet and take it to the Eastern District Attorney’s Office.

Because we’re going to get rid of the dregs of this society there.

My first target for revenge is a journalist.

He is also a journalist recognized by the country’s best newspaper.

It’s easier for Choi Hye-seong to get rid of that kind of reporter.

Because I’m going to cut off Park Chan-jin’s head and offer it as a sacrifice to Choi Hye-seong, who has ambitions of becoming a politician.

“Okay. Then, come to the Western District Prosecutors’ Office starting next Monday. I’ll hire a great senior to be your shooter.”

And one more thing.

Because he’s in the Western District Attorney’s Office.

The best assistant I’ve ever had!

“Can I ask you one more thing, Your Excellency?”

Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong nodded with a pleasant expression.

The sense of superiority that comes from having me.

When you make someone yours, at first they grant you all your requests.

That’s called the honeymoon period.

At times like this, you should say whatever you want.

If you become indifferent later, this won’t work.

Because I realized it while living in society.

Now, like an adult.

Let’s get into it now.

“If possible, I would like to learn from the Western District Attorney’s Office’s Doberman, the strongest prosecutor.”

A relationship we had in the military.

That strongest prosecutor who told me to contact him after I was discharged from the military.

If I had to go on a three-month probationary period, I wanted to do it with him.

“Do you know that crazy guy?”

“Yes. We met during our training days.”

Nod.

Nam Jun-mo nodded.

He looks at me with amusement.

Does that mean you like me more?

“It’s pretty good. It’s the same monopoly, so it’s common.”

Because it’s a chance to get his father, Prosecutor Choi Cheol-min, on my side.

He’s the only man in the Western District Prosecutors’ Office who has the power to stand up to the Chief Prosecutor.

“Okay. I’ll talk to you about it before I go to work.”

He extended his hand to me.

“Well then, let’s shake hands again. Prosecutor Kang, thank you for coming to our Western District Prosecutors’ Office.”

“I should be the one thanking you, Inspector.”

It’s different from my past life.

With my ability!

I gained the power to achieve what I want.

They’re all dead.

I’ll blow them all away.

Look forward to it, we’ll take care of all the criminal bastards without leaving a single hair behind.

“Let me ask you again at this point. Why did Prosecutor Kang become a prosecutor?”

The best man in the special forces, Nam Jun-mo, who had been quietly listening to our story, asked me a question.

I looked him in the eye and said.

“Isolating criminals from society! So that not a single citizen is hurt by them. That’s the goal of my life.”

Nam Jun-mo smiled, raising the corners of his lips.

I think you’ll like the answer.

I saw it in an article later where he was interviewed.

Because it’s the same reason why I became a prosecutor.

It will make you interested.

“That’s an interesting answer.”

Nam Jun-mo glanced at Choi Hye-seong and said.

“Raise it well. I plan to use it as a sword someday.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. I’m going to take this guy with me when I go in there.”

Anyway, these two are fierce.

The Eastern District Prosecutor puts his coffee to his lips with a look of regret on his face at the two’s prank.

“Kang Ji-hyeok, if you’re having a hard time at the Western District Prosecutors’ Office, contact me. I’ll issue a transfer order right away.”

sure.

Don’t worry.

I’ll just beat up two guys at the Western District Attorney’s Office and then I’ll be on my way.

Please wait patiently for a while.

“Okay. Then, Prosecutor Kang, you can leave. Your appointment to the Western District Prosecutors’ Office has been confirmed starting next Monday.”

Nam Jun-mo said that and his eyes turned serious.

“Don’t forget that you are just a new prosecutor.”

“All right.”

That’s how my life as a prosecutor began, like a flower path unfolding.

I don’t know how it will end······.

It was true that just being liked by them made me feel like my life was starting off with 100 points.

‘The opportunity to properly avenge our deaths has opened up. So watch over us, Sehee.’

All the way back home, I chewed on it again and sharpened my mind.

Hey, you fucking bastards.

You’d better be prepared.

I’m going to show you how scary that law you’ve been so evading is.

* * *

I spent the weekend relaxing, ignoring Sehee’s calls after receiving a congratulatory call from my parents.

[Kang Ji-hyeok, if you keep acting like this, you might end up in a sports newspaper before you even get to do your job as a prosecutor!]

Sehee.

I want you to live happily in this life.

I plan on being busier than I was in my previous life starting tomorrow.

therefore.

From now on, you will live a completely different life.

whiz.

This time, it was a message from the master, Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung.

[Congratulations on your appointment, Ji-hyeok. I think you are a good choice as you are the best prosecutor in the Western District Prosecutors’ Office.]

It’s been fascinating since long ago.

The lives of prosecutors are truly all the same.

A relationship where everyone knows even the smallest things.

The numerous tests are an organization in themselves.

Like a neural network.

[Kang Ji-hyeok. You’re going to work at the Western District Prosecutors’ Office starting tomorrow? If you abandon me, you’ll be accused of adultery under the pretense of marriage.]

The next day, Sehee sent me a message again.

Article 304 of the Constitution: Adultery under the pretense of marriage.

This is a crime punishable by imprisonment for less than two years or a fine of less than 5 million won.

There will be no prosecution as there is no sexual intercourse involved.

She knows a lot because she is a prosecutor’s daughter.

It was deleted in 2012 after the Constitutional Court ruled it unconstitutional in November 2009, but it is still a living law.

“I need to change my phone number.”

I knew it, but I became more scared because I started social life earlier than before.

Sehee has changed.

Do you think you’ve become a more attractive woman?

* * *

Monday morning after the weekend.

Western District Attorney’s Office.

“You said it was 405?”

Go up the stairs.

Take one step at a time and visualize the big picture in your head.

“Hey, Kang Ji-hyeok!”

“hello.”

The strongest prosecutor who had chased me from the lobby hit me on the back and said.

“Aren’t you going to take the elevator? I didn’t know our fate would turn out like this.”

I went into room 405 with him.

A typical woman in her 20s with short hair and wearing a black two-piece suit and a man in his 40s sat down and then stood up.

“The newly appointed trainee prosecutor. You all know him, right? Say hello to each other.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Kang Ji-hyeok. Please take care of me.”

“My name is Lee Hyun-ah. I can run simple errands for you, so please let me know so I don’t waste your time.”

She said so.

With a face full of smiles······.

“This is Cha Hyun-soo. Please take good care of me.”

He was a veteran police detective.

With his short hair, he looked like he had caught quite a few criminals.

“You said that you almost took off your clothes after breaking the arms of two people while arresting ethnic Koreans in Daerim, and now you’ve come here.”

“How about that······.”

He looked surprised, but I knew.

Because he’s considered a legend among the detectives working at Daerim.

“Who will be our office’s first guest?”

“Here’s the list of tasks, Inspector.”

Choi Kang-han glanced at the documents she handed him and handed them to me.

“You’re in charge of this case. My name is Jin Ki-cheol. I’m 15 years old. You cut the throat of a girl in your class with a cutter knife?”

Jin Ki-cheol?

The huge criminals still worked?