The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 30



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Episode 30

“Prosecutor Kang. Why are you laughing like that?”

The strongest prosecutor asked me as I was looking at the incident report.

“Is it weird to laugh?”

“Uh. That’s weird. It’s really weird because you seem to smile a lot these days. You don’t fit in with me. You’re always so serious······.”

“I’m glad that a guy named Zhou Qian was executed by the police.”

The strongest inspector looks at me with a dumbfounded expression.

Why is that fun?

Of course it’s fun.

“I envy China, where bad guys are executed.”

That Chinese guy who killed his wife.

The son of a bitch who was linking China and Korea among the drug cartels was none other than Zhou Qian.

From the moment I found out about the guy’s involvement in the Jin Geo-sang incident, my desire for revenge burned within me.

Perhaps Jin Ge-sang was used to execute Zhou Qian in China.

“Well, it’s a shame that a young prosecutor in his 20s during his training period handled a case of that scale so well······. It’s worth smiling about.”

That son of a bitch who killed my wife, I’ll put him on the gallows with my own hands.

I didn’t know it would be this thrilling.

“I was convinced that the best way to comfort the victims was to give them the maximum punishment the law could give them.”

forgiveness?

That’s what X is for.

For the victims’ families, the greatest consolation would be for the perpetrator to receive the most severe punishment.

I too regret not being able to see Zhou Qian being killed with my own eyes.

I felt relieved.

Because I punched that son of a bitch.

Wheein.

The face of the strongest prosecutor who answered the phone hardened.

“Yes, Chief Inspector. I understand.”

He winked at me.

“I will go to Yeonhwajeong right now.”

What about the lotus pond?

Isn’t that a high-class home-style restaurant in Yeoksam-dong?

This place is rumored to be only open to high-ranking officials, but is it open for lunch?

“Follow me, Kang Ji-hyeok. This is a call from our chief prosecutor.”

“All right.”

I followed him as he looked at the documents.

“Should I drive?”

“I don’t have a car because I’m a trainee.”

“Yeah. Look carefully at the documents related to the case of Grandma Kim Kkot-bun. It’s a bit of a headache. Why did her granddaughter go missing… It looks like the cases will be merged.”

He glanced at me and then turned on the radio, probably because he was bored.

The road to Gangnam during lunchtime is quite congested and boring.

The noon news came on.

– The police announced that they have arrested a prime suspect in the case of Mrs. Kim Kkot-bun, who was brutally murdered two days ago in Guro. Meanwhile, the police said that they believe the granddaughter Park, who was kidnapped that day, is also a crime committed by the same suspect and that the case will be solved soon.

“That case? I see the suspect has been arrested?”

“I will complete the investigation and hand over the materials, so please give me a chance to have a trial.”

The strongest inspector squinted his eyes.

It’s a face that says you don’t like it.

“Why?”

“There’s a chance that there will be a fight with the detectives. They’re doing a botched investigation right now.”

“Are you saying that the police are in a hurry so they caught a similar guy? How do you know that?”

“Because the data tells me so.”

“Is the data a shaman? Tell me everything?”

I said with a smile.

“Data is evidence. Evidence doesn’t lie, right?”

Boohoo.

Before we knew it, we had arrived in Gangnam.

Prosecutor Choi Kang-han, who had been driving without saying a word, let out a sigh.

“Okay, let’s do that. The case came to me anyway. Let me investigate it and you go as the trial prosecutor.”

“thank you.”

“I should be grateful. Of course.”

There was only one black sedan parked in the lotus pond parking lot.

“The prosecutor is waiting. I will guide you.”

A beautiful woman dressed in black appeared before us.

Eating at a place like this starting from lunch······.

The prosecutors in South Korea really have a lot of free time.

* * *

dripping.

“It’s the strongest. Come in.”

“Okay. Come in.”

When I entered the room, the entire wall was made of glass.

Outside the glass, a small pond was visible, and water droplets were falling into the pond, creating small sprays.

The chief prosecutor was looking at it.

Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong.

Thanks to the Yeonggwang Construction incident, you’ve become a star overnight, beating out all the chief prosecutors. Are you starting to have second thoughts?

“Sit down. I’ll live today.”

“Thank you, Chief Inspector.”

We sat across from him.

He poured some fancy-looking sake into a small glass.

Slurp.

There was a distinctive sound.

“Kang Ji-hyeok. Have a drink.”

“Thank you, Chief Inspector.”

He held the small glass with both hands and drank it in one gulp.

“I’ll just have this one glass. I have to go to the crime scene after lunch.”

“The scene of the crime? Oh, you mean the old lady’s murder case?”

“My granddaughter was also kidnapped and went missing. Mr. Prosecutor.”

Slurp.

This time, he filled the strongest prosecutor’s glass to the point where it clanked.

“Drink. I was deeply impressed by the trial.”

“I was impressed. Thank you.”

The strongest inspector put the glass down after just putting his lips to it.

“I have to take Prosecutor Kang to the scene of the crime, so I’ll just speak. Please understand, Chief Prosecutor.”

Honestly, I was surprised.

How can you confidently take a sip from your glass in front of Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong? If that doesn’t work, why don’t you just call him a deputy?

“Anyway, this kid. He takes after his father······. Don’t act so stubborn. If you do, you’ll break, Choi Kang-han.”

“I’ll take care of that, Mr. Inspector.”

Sparks flew between the two.

Choi Hye-seong.

The strongest.

Could it be that these two are related by blood?

“By the way, have you figured out what happened? It seems like the police are having a hard time.”

Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong asked as she refilled my glass.

“The grandmother was murdered in her room. The wounds in the photos are a total of twenty-five. The weapon used was a small, sharp knife. In other words, it was about the size of a knife that you would find in any home.”

I recalled in my head all the information I had seen so far.

Because my memory is accurate.

“Really? If you stabbed me in twenty-five places, does that mean you hold a grudge against your grandmother?”

“I thought so, but······.”

I stopped talking on purpose.

Prosecutor Choi Kang-han and Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong look at me with curious faces.

“The twenty-five stab wounds are all directed towards the shoulder, neck, and face. They are even of different depths. This is evidence of indiscriminate stabbing.”

I’ve seen so many of his details from his days as a detective that I can tell just by looking at his photo.

“So, I guess he’s the one who holds even more grudges?”

“If you want to kill someone, you have to stab them deeply at least once. Most of the time, it’s the heart or the neck. After you’ve completely subdued them, the rest of the wounds are small, slashing wounds that you use to relieve your anger. It’s like cutting fish sashimi.”

At my words, the two people looked at the fish and couldn’t touch their chopsticks.

Oh, I see.

Isn’t that something you should be saying here, of all places?

“I’m sorry. I said something rude in front of the meeting.”

Huruk.

Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong emptied her glass and handed it to me.

“No, that was interesting. How do you know all that? You seem like a veteran detective with ten years of experience.”

Slurp.

I held the bottle with both hands and filled the empty glass he was holding.

“I exercised a lot and studied criminal cases. I didn’t want to become a prosecutor who only talks about things without knowing the actual situation.”

Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong nodded.

It was a satisfied face.

“This Yeonggwang Construction case also gave me that kind of feeling. They got good testimonies and even infiltrated the gangster building themselves.”

“It just so happened. If we went in with a search and seizure warrant from the first floor, they would have had plenty of time to destroy the evidence.”

“So you hit Younggwang Construction and Guangzhou Logistics at the same time.”

“This was possible thanks to the Chief Prosecutor’s Office’s request for a search warrant for Yeonggwang Construction. Thank you.”

He laughed out loud.

When it comes to prosecutor Choi Hye-seong, that smile was her trademark.

“I plan to kick out all the politicians and government officials connected to Yeonggwang Construction because of this incident. Thanks to those two, I became a star.”

That’s what you wanted, right?

If I search and seize Yeonggwang Construction and Guangzhou Logistics, a huge number of sweet potato vines will be found there.

“The Western District Prosecutors’ Office decided to investigate this case as the Yeonggwang Construction Gate in conjunction with the Special Investigation Unit.”

The situation is bigger than I thought, isn’t it?

This incident may change the fate of Prosecutor General Choi Hye-seong.

“Grandma Kim Kkot-bun’s case has been reported to the media, so please take care of it properly. Kang Ji-hyeok.”

“Understood, Chief Inspector.”

“But, Chief Prosecutor, I think Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok is going to clash with the police officer who conducted the botched investigation this time. Is that okay, Chief Prosecutor?”

He stuffed a thick piece of sashimi into his mouth and munched on it.

“This is exactly what I wanted. Haha. As expected, Kang Ji-hyeok is the problem solver for our district prosecutor’s office.”

Choi Hye-seong was delighted.

Of course, right?

In the fight over investigative powers that will soon arise between the police and the prosecution, this case will serve as a good example for the prosecution.

I didn’t know I had to side with the prosecution.

Fate is truly strange, they say.

* * *

“I’ll walk from here.”

“Why don’t you walk? I’ll take you there. It’s still a good five minutes by car.”

“It’s okay. I’ll go alone.”

I got off the main road and went up the path I had memorized.

It was a slightly inclined place.

A villa in a quiet alley.

“There are houses all around… It’s a 15-minute walk from the main road.”

We arrived at the villa where Grandma Kim Kkot-bun was murdered.

Yellow police lines were stretched out here and there.

Damn it.

Damn it.

Stairs that lead up to the third floor by foot.

There was no trace of blood or haste on the walls.

There are a total of seven flower pots in the stairway hallway.

The hallway felt narrow because of the flower pots.

“If something happens on the third floor, you’ll end up running into a flower pot or something as you hurry down······.”

I squatted down and examined the flower pot.

“Is he small? No. He must have kidnapped a high school freshman girl and brought her down······.”

While I was muttering, someone shouted at me.

“There! Don’t move and get up slowly.”

It was a woman’s voice.

“How do you get up without moving?”

“Don’t play with words, you punk. Put your hands up first!”

“You can’t raise both hands right now······.”

As I put my hand into his bosom, I felt cold iron on my head.

Hey? This is a gun.

“This is the inspector. Put the gun away.”

“Prosecutor? That’s funny. What kind of crazy South Korean prosecutor comes to the scene of a crime and squats down and looks at a flower pot?”

“Is this your first time seeing a crazy inspector? But he speaks a bit rudely when we first meet.”

“Shall I show you what real rough is?”

She grabbed my shoulders and tried to push me against the wall.

Binggle.

He quickly turned around and grabbed her hand, hugging her gently.

“What if you push like this and step on a flower pot? That goes against the principles of on-site preservation!”

The female detective flinched in surprise.

A body built through exercise in my mid-20s.

Long red hair tied into a ponytail.

A beautifully pointed nose.

Pretty lips bitten as if angry.

The scent of the shampoo Jihye used tickled my nose.

He said, taking his hand off her.

“You must use expensive shampoo. It must cost a lot for a detective’s salary.”

He grumbled and held out the certificate of inspection in front of her.

“Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok of the Western District Prosecutors’ Office, right? Let’s get to work now.”

She squints and stares at the certificate for a long time.

What are you doing, sticking so close to me, this woman?

“Sorry. I’ve been getting old recently and it’s hard to see small letters, so I’m checking because you look better in person than in the picture······.”

chuck.

She put the gun away and held out her hand.

“This is Detective Kim Hye-jin. I’m sensitive because of the kidnapper······. I’m sorry, Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok.”

Instead of shaking hands, he pointed to the closed door with his finger.

“There is no kidnapper in this case, so don’t be sensitive and just open that door.”

The scene of the incident after opening the door and entering.

Grandma’s room was a total disaster.

The white bed was soaked with blood.

I felt like the pungent smell of blood was reaching my head.

“I’m curious, who was the first detective to arrive at the scene of the crime?”

“Yes, I am. I was the first to arrive.”

Detective Kim Hye-jin raised her hand and spoke as if she were an elementary school student answering.

“Then let me ask you one thing. The evidence photo is covered in blood so it’s hard to confirm.”

He handed her a photo of his grandmother covered with a white blanket up to her face.

“Did the culprit cover her with a white blanket before stabbing her? Or did he stab her and then cover her?”