The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 43



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Episode 43

Finally, I stepped forward.

“This is Kang Ji-hyeok.”

Clang.

At the same time, a flash went off.

Glance.

From a distance, Kim Hye-jin was seen getting out of the car.

Okay, the actor is ready.

“Reporter. Did you just ask about the ringleader of this incident?”

The reporter nodded.

“This is reporter Kim Il-seon from the Korea Daily. This case is a typical drug and kidnapping case, but who is the real ringleader?”

I know.

Reporter Kim Il-seon!

He was a decent reporter who was called a “big reporter” among detectives.

After that, he became the editor-in-chief of the Korea Daily and exposed the affair between the president’s wife and the Japanese prime minister. After being fired, he became a reporter who runs an investigative broadcast called ‘Goryeo’s Voice’ on YouTube.

“Based on our investigation so far, we are aware that there is a designer who designed this entire incident.”

“Is that designer the ringleader? Do the prosecutors already know who he is?”

“I have the outline. However, the designer is too meticulous, so I can’t answer any more questions due to the nature of the investigation. Of course, I can’t help but write an investigative article.”

Clang.

The reporters excitedly took pictures.

“I will put the designer in front of you soon. He may be the person we need to put in front of the reporters.”

At the appropriate time, Jung Yu-ra, dressed in prison uniform, was dragged in behind the reporters.

“Take this off! Who the hell are you to handcuff! You piece of shit!”

When Kim Hye-jin grabbed the handcuffs and dragged Jung Yu-ra out, Jung Yu-ra screamed.

The reporters’ attention was drawn to that.

“Huh? You’re the Times Madam?”

“This is the madam who was arrested during the search!”

“But strangely, you look familiar?”

Some people’s faces turned white.

When I saw it in person, I knew who it was.

All the reporters’ cameras were turned on her.

I said with a smile.

“Her name is Jung Yu-ra. She is the key suspect in this case, and she has just been formally arrested and will be interrogated here.”

The reporters were in an uproar.

In particular, a light flashed through reporter Kim Il-seon’s eyes.

“Jung Yu-ra?”

“That’s right! No way… Daehan Ilbo Park······.”

“Shh! Stop talking.”

Yes. She is your senior and the wife of Park Chan-jin, who is called the idol of the journalism world.

Those who know, will know?

“What are you looking at! Hey! Do you know me? How many times have I been to a room salon? Dig up some of that son of a bitch’s corruption and kill him with articles! That’s what a reporter is for!”

He gave a hint to Kim Hye-jin to take Jung Yu-ra to the interrogation room.

“Jung Yu-ra! You are a suspect in this case, and anything you say from now on could be used against you in court.”

Only then did Jeong Yu-ra bow her head in surprise and walk away.

Kim Hye-jin deliberately tripped her during the gap and made her fall.

Boom!

Jung Yu-ra falling in front of reporters was captured in photos and on TV.

“What the f*ck. These fucking dogs!”

Thanks to this, she became the worst suspect in the history of the Republic of Korea.

“We will conclude the interview due to the suspect’s interrogation. If you have any questions, please contact our Western District Prosecutors’ Office.”

Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong approached at an appropriate time and spoke.

“Citizens, please wait a moment. Our Western District Prosecutors’ Office will investigate this case to the end and bring all those involved in the crime to justice.”

Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong said so and greeted them.

As expected, he knows showmanship.

The timing of the exit was also exquisite.

He grabbed my shoulder and spoke quietly.

“I’ll give Kang Ji-hyeok 100 points for properly exposing Jeong Yu-ra.”

We entered the prosecutor’s office amidst the reporters’ flashes.

The chaos was resolved when the police stopped the reporters from following them.

* * *

“Have Daehan Ilbo reporter Park Chan-jin banned from leaving the country and have investigators go to the airport to conduct special surveillance.”

As soon as I entered the examination room, I spoke to Secretary Lee Hyeon-ah.

“I just did it, sir.”

She spoke to me, shaking a copy of Jeong Yu-ra’s ID.

“Well done.”

“Thank you, Inspector.”

She answered with a smile.

* * *

Jung Yu-ra, whom I met in the interrogation room, glared at me with a grin.

First memory.

I offered her a glass of cool juice.

“You like orange juice, right? Let’s take a breather first.”

Always start gently.

But I didn’t forget to make eye contact and put pressure on him.

“You must be tired from being tied up, so please take off the handcuffs. You must be uncomfortable.”

“All right.”

Kim Hye-jin released her handcuffs.

To Jung Yu-ra, he presented the traditional Good Cop Bed Cop technique.

“I’m sorry if our investigator was a bit rough. I was in a hurry because I thought it would be uncomfortable if there were too many photos taken by reporters.”

Huruk.

Jung Yu-ra drank quite a bit of juice, perhaps because her throat was parched.

It seemed like Jeong Yu-ra was slowly finding stability.

As expected, bad people have strong mentalities.

“You know my husband, right? You know what will happen if you treat me carelessly, Mr. Inspector.”

I know very well.

If it’s your husband, that is.

“Jung Yu-ra. For convenience, I will omit formal speech from now on. And all conversations will be recorded and videotaped. Do you agree?”

Jung Yu-ra said with glaring eyes.

“Do as you wish. This green-haired prosecutor is annoying you.”

I crossed my arms and looked at Jeong Yu-ra like I was looking at a bug.

About a minute passed.

Tick ​​tock.

Tick ​​tock.

The interrogation room was so quiet that you could hear the second hand ticking.

“Is there anything you want to ask?”

“Can’t you stand it for one minute and open your mouth?”

“What? Is this real?”

I looked at Jeong Yu-ra with a critical eye and said,

“Watch what you say. You’re a suspect and I’m a prosecutor.”

“Okay.”

Only then did she frown and close her mouth.

“Jung Yu-ra. I’m talking about the bug called a bedbug.”

widely.

I said, tapping the table quietly with my fingers.

“Once they enter the house, they are hard to get rid of. But bedbugs don’t spread any serious diseases or kill people, do they? They just drive people crazy.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Eventually, people in the old days would burn down all their houses. That’s why there’s a saying that goes, “You burn down three thatched houses to get rid of lice.”

Took.

He hit the table again with his index finger and said.

“So, I’m going to take this opportunity to gather all the bastards in South Korea and burn them all down. Jeong Yu-ra.”

“This crazy prosecutor······.”

widely.

He placed the thick evidence he had brought on the table.

“I’m ready to burn the bedbugs, and I’m going to give them some poison before I burn them. So, if you don’t want to answer, don’t. No, it’s better not to.”

Swish.

I played a video for her to watch.

“Yuki has already told you everything, so there’s nothing for you to hear. So, please don’t answer.”

Jeong Yu-ra’s face turned pale.

The pupils shook violently.

– He said that if Jung Yu-ra didn’t listen to him, he would kill her. And he told her to drug the girls he sent her and bring one of them to the room salon every month.

“The testimony alone is two hours long. So don’t get involved. It’s already difficult because there’s a mountain of evidence.”

widely.

He showed me only that much and then closed the laptop.

“Yuki will be handed over to the Japanese prosecutors, so all of her testimonies have been proven to be true in advance.”

Swish.

He handed over the results of Yugi’s lie detector test.

“This isn’t legally valid evidence. How dare you… see me as something!”

Shh.

I smiled at her.

“You know that well, right? But if you’re not there, it will eventually be accepted as evidence in court. Other than this, we can’t hear any more testimony.”

Jeong Yu-ra’s eyes shook greatly.

“That’s the law. You always thought the law was on your side? No. The law in the Republic of Korea is pretty fair.”

I smiled at her and spoke quietly.

“I’ll show you how fair the law is from now on. Wake up and follow me. The maximum sentence is my goal.”

Jeong Yu-ra bit her lower lip and her eyes turned into a poisonous look.

Are you still going to hold on?

“Huh. Why don’t you give it a try? Do you think I can open my mouth to that extent?”

“If you do that, it’ll be better if we can finish quickly. Let’s just check one thing today.”

I pulled out a few pages from the thick document.

It was Park Chan-jin’s profile document.

“Reporter Park Chan-jin. I was curious about this guy. You don’t seem smart enough to have designed all this.”

I spread out the list of Park Chan-jin’s assets that I had investigated all night.

“At first, I thought it was strange. I wondered how a reporter could have so much hidden wealth, no matter how high his salary was.”

Jeong Yu-ra looked down and looked at the list of assets I had found.

Among them, I took out a few documents and handed them over.

“This is surprising. I found out that two buildings in Gangnam that were originally registered under Jeong Yu-ra’s name were transferred to her cousin’s name 11 months ago!”

“What the… What is this? I sold the Gangnam building 11 months ago?”

“Park Chan-jin sold it using the proxy document you wrote. He brought your seal as well. Of course, the real estate agency’s statement is here that Park Chan-jin himself received all the money from the sale in cash.”

He also took out the real estate agent’s transcript and held it out in front of her.

“This alone is worth over 26 billion.”

I clapped my hands looking at Jeong Yu-ra.

He spoke to her with an expression of admiration, even sticking out his thumb.

“What a lover! She even gave her seal to her husband and gave two of those expensive buildings in Gangnam to her husband’s cousin.”

Jeong Yu-ra’s eyes began to turn red.

It felt like hot lasers were shooting out of his torn eyes.

This is what happens to criminals when they find out they have been betrayed.

“There’s something else I don’t understand. Around the same time, a woman in her 20s owned an apartment in Gangnam that was originally in your name. She’s a junior reporter at the Hankook Ilbo. She and Park Chan-jin have been seniors and juniors for a long time. This is only worth 1.6 billion won, so it’s nothing compared to the building I mentioned earlier…”

Swish.

I showed her the woman’s picture and profile.

The name was Song Ha-na.

“Hey, you broke up with that girl······.”

“You knew that woman? So, you listened to your beloved wife, broke up with her, gave her an apartment, and now you’re seeing another woman?”

widely.

He handed me another photo of a woman, her profile, and a copy of a bankbook in her name.

“This woman has a three-year-old child. I heard that the father comes here sometimes and that he is quite old. The child is very smart and is preparing to go to the United States to study next year.”

Jeong Yu-ra glared at me with hot eyes.

I attacked her with facts.

“But what’s even stranger is that Bulgaksa has been depositing 300 million won into my account every month for the past 11 months since last year. Did they deposit 300 million won last month too?”

He attacked Jung Yu-ra again with a serious face and an angry expression.

“I have another question. Why did it all happen 11 months ago? It was so strange. But I found something interesting!”

He took out Jung Yu-ra’s overseas entry/exit certificate and handed it over.

“According to the immigration records, you went to Japan alone at that time? If this was sent by Park Chan-jin, it would be really great… How could you not know that?”

Jeong Yu-ra closed her eyes.

His clenched fist was shaking.

“I’ve been paying attention to Park Chan-jin as the architect of this incident, and I’ve found these interesting things······.”

Jeong Yu-ra opened her closed eyes.

Unlike before, he was calm.

Looks like you’ve made up your mind?

Well, do you need this?

Bam.

He took a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and put it down.

“Do you think I might need it?”

Sigh.

She took out a cigarette and put it in her mouth, stumbling.

Teeing.

I lit it with a zippo lighter.

“Take it easy. Time is as abundant as cotton.”

Phew.

White cigarette smoke rose and drifted into the interrogation room.

Jeong Yu-ra opened her mouth.

“You little shit. I’ll tell you everything about Park Chan-jin.”

“Do as you wish, Jung Yu-ra. Recording and filming will begin now.”

Phew.

The pungent smell of cigarette smoke stung my nostrils.

* * *

The next morning.

Wheein.

The cell phone rang.

I was organizing the case all night when I received a phone call.

It was Kim Ji-cheol who was waiting at the airport.

“That kid showed up?”

– As expected, he showed up at Incheon Airport! He seems to be using a fake passport.

Information has surfaced that Park Chan-jin purchased a flight ticket to Laos from Incheon Airport.

* * *

Incheon Airport departure hall.

Wheein.

The door opened and he came out after completing the passport check.

Park Chan-jin was wearing sunglasses.

But I could tell.

My heart is pounding.

“Park Chan-jin. Where are you going?”

Detectives Kim Hye-jin and Kim Ji-cheol were standing next to me.

“what?”

Park Chan-jin stepped back.

Damn it.

Damn it.

I walked towards him.

How long has this moment been awaited?

“Didn’t you know you were banned from leaving the country?”

I approached him.

Kwak.

He pressed hard between Park Chan-jin’s shoulder blades with his thumb.

In excruciating pain, Park Chan-jin knelt on the floor.

“Ugh. Stop it. Ugh.”

They took his passport away.

This is a Japanese passport.

I whispered into his ear as he cried out in pain.

“A forgery of the Passport Law is a forgery of less than one year.”