Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 105



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◈Episode 105◈

Mom’s son

The scene of the Prime Minister’s son’s murder.

Kim Han-gyeol and Shin Dae-seong visited a daycare center in Gyeonggi Province.

“This kid really has no concept. How could he commit murder in an orphanage with nuns? And he’s the son of the Prime Minister who came to do volunteer work. Is he also a vassal?”

“That’s probably true. Judging from the incident report, he wanted to reveal what he did to the world.”

“The victim’s name is Lee Dong-wook, and he is a total ‘mother’s boy.’”

“Mom’s son······? What is that?”

Kim Han-gyeol stopped walking and asked,

“Wow, don’t you know what kind of expression this is? Mom’s friend’s son! It means that everything was perfect. He even graduated from Harvard. He’s better than Detective Shin.”

“Well? If I had applied to Harvard, would I have been rejected? I applied to the department I wanted to study.”

“Anyway, what can I say about my family? My father was the Prime Minister, my mother was a world-famous designer, and my girlfriend was the beautiful singer Oh Ha-ran.”

“······.”

“Don’t you know the beautiful singer Oh Ha-ran?”

“Yeah, I don’t remember, so it looks like you haven’t been active for a long time.”

Kim Han-gyeol opened his mouth with a regretful expression.

“After Lee Dong-wook died, I was devastated. I retired from the entertainment industry due to alcoholism and psychotropic drug abuse. Lee Dong-wook’s mother is the same. She was a world-class designer and is said to still be hospitalized due to depression. At least Rep. Lee Yoon-chul overcame his son’s death.”

“I couldn’t get over it.”

“You couldn’t overcome it?”

“Yeah, I came to the office and met with him, and I could see that he was barely holding back. It wasn’t that he was overcoming it, he was just holding back.”

“Oh~ This is the moment when I feel the bond between fathers. No, should I say the bond between fathers and sons?”

“It’s here. Shall we go in?”

As they were walking down the hallway, they entered the director’s office.

A kind old nun welcomed them.

“Are you detectives from Seoul? I received a call from this congressman.”

Shin Dae-seong answered.

“I am detective Shin Dae-seong from the unsolved cases unit, and this is my partner, detective Kim Han-gyeol.”

“Oh, hello······.”

Kim Han-gyeol greeted me with a pout.

He had a habit of being intimidated by people who were socially respected.

“You can call me Teresa. Please sit over here.”

Shin Dae-seong sat in the seat recommended by Director Teresa and asked.

“Can I ask you a question about the events of that day?”

“Yes, I will answer everything I know.”

“Was Mr. Lee Dong-wook’s volunteer work planned? The investigation records say it was an unexpected visit.”

“I was the only one who knew. He called me the day before the accident and said he would come down when he had time. He said he might not be able to come if his afternoon appointment was delayed.”

“What were your plans for this afternoon?”

“I was going to an art exhibition with my mom. But the plan was canceled, so Dongwook came down early.”

Kim Han-gyeol whispered to Shin Dae-seong.

‘So the mother was shocked and became depressed. If she hadn’t cancelled the promise at that time, her child would have lived.’

Shin Dae-seong continued to ask questions to Director Teresa.

“Was there anything different from usual at the orphanage at that time?”

“Even now that I think about it, there wasn’t anything like that. It was just a peaceful, chaotic day. The kids were running around noisily, but that’s part of everyday life. Who would have imagined that Dongwook would experience something so horrible?”

“When that happened, the orphanage must have suffered a lot of damage, right?”

“That’s right… When rumors spread that it could be the work of a protozoan, all childcare facilities suffered damage. The number of volunteers decreased significantly, and donations almost stopped. Thanks to this congressman’s appearance on the show and his appeal, we were able to avoid bankruptcy.”

Kim Han-gyeol asked first.

“I looked around on my way here, and the security facilities were quite tight. Was it like this back then?”

“No, there was an incident and this member of the National Assembly installed it at his own expense. I was worried that the volunteers and children might feel uneasy.”

“Wow~ Your own son was killed in a horrible way, and you even cared about that?”

“Yes, this congressman has been volunteering here for a long time. At first, he was alone. Then he met his wife and the two of them came, and after he had a child, the whole family volunteered. It was so nice to see that. Even after his son passed away, he continued to care and help.”

Kim Han-gyeol whispered to Shin Dae-seong again.

‘My mind is changing.’

‘What are you talking about?’

‘I’m really sick of politics. This time, I will definitely run in the presidential election.’

‘You mean you haven’t participated in the meantime?’

Kim Han-gyeol quietly turned away, and Shin Dae-seong continued asking questions.

“What was Lee Dong Wook’s reputation at the daycare center?”

“Whew~.”

Director Teresa let out a sigh of regret.

“What more could I say? He was honest, kind, smart, understanding, and… He was praised everywhere and did his job very well.”

“You were a very lucky child.”

“That’s right, he was such a perfect student that you wondered how such a child could exist.”

“The scene of the incident was a completely unused warehouse?”

“It was an old warehouse, but the problem was that it wasn’t demolished.”

“I heard they haven’t demolished it yet.”

Director Teresa nodded and answered.

“Yes, that was the congressman’s request. He asked me to preserve the scene of the incident just in case.”

“Can we go in there?”

“Yes! I also heard about the activities of the special task force for unsolved cases. I prayed that they would take charge of Dongwook’s case, and it happened so quickly.”

Then she handed the warehouse key to Shin Dae-seong.

“The congressman asked me to pass this on. You can keep it until the case is resolved.”

“Thank you, I will look around the orphanage and begin my investigation.”

“Yes, if you need anything, please let me know.”

Shin Dae-seong and Kim Han-gyeol came out of the director’s office.

Kim Han-gyeol exclaimed in surprise as he walked down the hallway.

“Rep. Lee Yoon-cheol is also amazing. He preserved the scene of the incident for seven years.”

“I see?”

Shin Dae-seong, who was smiling faintly, was a full 20 years old.

“Detective Shin, should we go straight to the warehouse?”

“No, let’s go and look around the daycare center.”

“why?”

“Because we have to get inside the mind of the killer. He’s not a normal guy. It’s a mix of meticulous planning and coincidence. Why did he brutally murder his own son?”

* * *

The time when the day starts to get dark.

Kim Han-gyeol was playing with children at the orphanage.

“Do you dare to rebel against the most handsome detective in South Korea? I will arrest you all!”

As Kim Han-gyeol shouted and chased after them, the children scattered.

-Papapapapat!

Kim Han-gyeol played desperately with the children.

“These guys!”

He used all his strength to chase after the children who were running away and caught them all.

The arrested children spoke.

“The most handsome detective in our country, that guy is weird.”

“That’s right, it’s been like that since a while ago.”

The person the children are pointing at with their fingers is Shin Dae-seong.

He paced around briefly with a frowning expression.

“He’s a detective too.”

“Really? Why are you doing that?”

“I’m sure you’re trying hard to find the culprit.”

“Is it because of my brother who died here?”

Kim Han-gyeol asked in surprise.

“How do you know that? It happened seven years ago.”

Most of the children playing with Kim Han-gyeol were in the first or second grade of elementary school.

“The nuns are keeping quiet, but we all know. My brother, who was a good student, died in a warehouse on the hill. They say he was tortured horribly by a crazy murderer.”

“Hey? That’s an investigative secret. How do you know?”

What the kid just said was something that was never made public.

“What’s the secret? Everyone knows. It’s even been on YouTube.”

“That’s right. That’s why ghosts come out of that warehouse every night.”

Kim Han-gyeol was momentarily embarrassed.

“What, what did you say? A ghost?”

“Yes, all the kids here know. When it gets dark, a ghost comes out of the warehouse where that brother died.”

“The kids are joking too······.”

“Are you kidding? I saw it too.”

“That’s right. I saw it clearly. It was so scary.”

“You little brat, you’re useless if you tease adults.”

“Why am I teasing an adult? I went to the warehouse a while ago.”

“That’s right. It was just starting to get dark. I went to the warehouse without telling the nuns. At first, I didn’t believe in ghosts either. But as I got closer to the warehouse, I started hearing strange sounds.”

Kim Han-gyeol asked in a very nervous voice.

“Huh······What did you say?”

“It sounded like a cat, or a person. It was definitely the sound of something approaching. We were startled and turned around······”

“Eww!”

My son was so shocked that he screamed,

“What, what, what is it!”

Kim Han-gyeol couldn’t help but feel strange and looked back.

“Detective Kim, let’s go now.”

Shin Dae-seong had approached.

“Whew~.”

Kim Han-gyeol let out a sigh of relief, and the children giggled as they ran to the nun.

“That detective was completely fooled.”

“What the heck~ Your eyes got so big I thought you were going to cry!”

Kim Han-gyeol asked Shin Dae-seong while sweeping his hair back.

“Have you found the characteristics of the culprit?”

“Roughly······ He’s a guy with a mixture of inferiority complex and rebellious nature. The expression ‘servant’ that Detective Kim likes to use would be appropriate. I think he killed the Prime Minister’s son to show something.”

“What were you trying to show me?”

“We need to go to the murder scene and check that.”

Kim Han-gyeol reacts very reluctantly.

“Why do you want to go to the warehouse now of all times?”

“What’s the problem?”

“I don’t believe in ghosts, but I’m really scared right now. It’s getting dark, so let’s go tomorrow.”

* * *

A warehouse with an eerie atmosphere.

Kim Han-gyeol opened the door while grumbling.

“Shouldn’t detectives be afraid of ghosts? Could you please shine your cell phone flashlight upwards?”

“Is this enough?”

“It’s perfect. This is an old key so it doesn’t fit well.”

“Are you feeling anxious because of the ghost?”

“Stop talking about ghosts······.”

-Clang.

Finally the key opened.

Shin Dae-seong slowly opened the warehouse door.

-Squeak~.

The rusty door creaked loudly.

Shin Dae-seong went in, shining the flash of his cell phone and turning on the light.

-sudden.

The fluorescent lights came on, revealing the inside of the warehouse.

“It’s definitely haunted.”

“I know······.”

The warehouse was a perfectly preserved murder scene.

Kim Han-gyeol gestured to the corner of the warehouse and said.

“I think Lee Dong Wook was tied to that chair. Here is a photo from that scene.”

Kim Han-gyeol looked back and forth between the empty chair in the warehouse and the dead victim in the photo on his cell phone.

Then, a strange smile spread across Shin Dae-seong’s face.

“Detective Shin, do you have a feeling something is going on?”

“Yeah······ I think I know the culprit’s reason for committing the murder.”

“!”

Kim Han-gyeol asked cautiously.

“Why did you kill your beloved son?”

“This guy is screaming at the world. Catch me if you can, you idiots. I am a predatory killer who has killed dozens of people.”

“What a shameless kid.”

“That’s right······ He’s just an spectator among the spectators.”

“How should we investigate? There are no clues.”

“No, there are many clues.”

Kim Han-gyeol tilted his head and asked.

“What are you talking about? Are you saying that there is a clue, but the detectives in charge can’t find it?”

“This guy must be an expert at killing both men and women.”

“A case where the victim doesn’t realize that he or she was murdered?”

“Yes, I think it’s not one or two, it’s dozens.”

“Huh~?”

“This guy is exuding incredible confidence. Contact the detectives in the office. Have them look into all the cases that were suspected to be homicides before the Umchin-ah incident.”

“Understood, Detective Shin!”