Along with the God of Law - Chapter 364



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364.

‘No, this is ridiculous!’

Baek Hoon-sik was startled and stood up from the audience, but he couldn’t do anything. He just turned his gaze towards Kang Hyun.

“We will extend the recess for a moment. The trial will then be adjourned for 30 minutes…”

“…!”

-What? Did you blow it?

-Where did the defendant go?

-Isn’t he a dangerous, mentally ill guy?

Just ignore the noise.

Kang Hyun stood up as if he had been waiting and headed towards the back door outside the prosecutor’s office. Baek Hoon Sik, who saw him, quickly followed him.

“Did you predict this?”

“You will understand this if you work as a prosecutor. The reporting ceremony is really annoying.”

“No, this is ridiculous….”

“There will be a lot more unspeakable things happening in the future. It will be strange, but you will have to adapt quickly.”

It’s surprising that this situation even occurred.

Kang Hyun’s calm attitude and nonchalant speech surprised Baek Hoon-sik even more.

He was smiling coolly.

As if he had predicted everything.

Tiring.

Kang Hyun started making a phone call to someone without being aware of Baek Hoon-sik’s gaze.

I called three or four places, but they all seemed to agree.

The conversation was all simple. It went like this.

“Yes, please control as prepared. The command center is Seochoseo, and Bangbaeseo will assist. Please refrain from using secret language on the radio.”

Kang Hyun didn’t say anything to Baek Hoon Sik, who had a question mark floating around his head.

‘How does this work?’

Baek Hoon-sik didn’t make a good judgment of the situation, but one thing that was certain was that a new soldier had run away. It was only natural that Kang Hyun would feel pressured as well.

But, it was strange that there seemed to be no pressure at all. I couldn’t help but express it as being truly amazing.

“Boss, boss, please give me some instructions.”

“Yes? You should get back to work now.”

“But didn’t the new recruit run away?”

“Oh, that’s not our responsibility since he ran away from the court.”

“But didn’t you say directly that the other trial judges would use it as an excuse?”

“So, I’ve already prepared everything.”

“yes?”

“Didn’t you hear?”

Baek Hoon-sik was puzzled by Kang Hyun, who smiled like a competent and meticulous doctor.

‘Are you just pretending to be relaxed?’

No matter how I thought about it, there had to be at least a little bit of commotion here.

Or shouldn’t we urgently contact our superiors and at least inform the head of the first trial division?

‘I have no idea…’

The moment when Baek Hoon-sik, lost in thought, follows Kang Hyeon out of the courtroom, his thoughts trailing one after another.

Doo doo doo doo.

“… Huh?”

Baek Hoon-sik raised his head at the sound he had never heard before in his life, and it was the first time he had heard it in person.

“… A helicopter?”

Military helicopter.

“no way….”

Even that helicopter was spinning its propellers hard in the sky, looking for someone.

Baek Hoon-sik, who was more refreshed than ever and experiencing the shock he had never experienced before, quickly turned his head to Kang Hyun and spoke.

“Manager Kang Hyeon…?”

“yes.”

“Did the manager call you?”

“Yes. Even if the entire Joint Investigation Team moves when a new recruit runs away, it’s hard to find a single person. We’ve cooperated with the military. The 211th Regiment of the Army. In the event of a terrorist attack, the 211th Regiment is in charge of Seocho.”

“Oh, no, is this… okay?”

The military was lying in wait along the entire route leading out of the courthouse, and began to take control at Kang Hyun’s call.

I have seen the military being deployed occasionally.

Once a year?

To catch a horrific killer escaping in real time, or a brutal psychopath who starts a fire and runs away, to prevent a shootout from happening.

Compared to this, the scale isn’t that great?

‘Oh, that defendant is also mentally ill.’

Baek Hoon-sik burst into laughter.

I realized something.

Only when you have mastered this many cases and are this meticulous, can you do whatever you want, even if some superiors set a trap for you or everyone around you looks at you with disapproving eyes.

Suddenly, the search for the defendant who had been missing for five minutes was continued by the Seocho Police Station, Bangbae Police Station, the Army 211th Regiment, and even the Seocho District Office. A counter-terrorism force was involved.

The article didn’t even fly. Everything was prepared so quickly.

‘How can it be this systematic? It wasn’t like running away was planned.’

Taang!

A few minutes later.

The sound of a flare was heard, and a radio transmission was heard nearby. It was a radio transmission that Kang Hyun had received in advance.

Chijik.

-I found it! It wasn’t far.

-They say he’s lying face down in the grass nearby. Situation clear! Let me broadcast again! Situation clear!

Seo Nam-wook, a legendary fugitive and potential murderer who obstructed special public service resulting in death.

His walk to freedom was over in less than five minutes.

It seemed like I had met the wrong person to get something done.

Baek Hoon-sik swallowed his saliva in fear.

‘Wow. Grim Reaper!’

The reason why Kang Hyun’s nickname is the Grim Reaper among criminals. Baek Hoon-sik was experiencing it in real time.

The grim reaper doesn’t just send you to the underworld, but inflates your size tenfold and then sends you to the underworld.

Wouldn’t he, even among the inspectors, become a grim reaper if there was anyone who harmed him?

It was scary. The meeting between the 2nd and 3rd trial division chiefs and Kang Hyun.

* * *

widely!

“You don’t call that an explanation, do you?”

“Didn’t I explain why when I said I was sorry?”

“I was away from the scene for so long that I made a mistake in my judgment.”

“ha….”

Kang Hyun swept his hair from his forehead. His seniors, Lee Nam-ki, the head of the 2nd trial division, and Chae Jin-min, the head of the 3rd trial division, lowered their heads as if they were being punished and received Kang Hyun’s anger directly.

They were right to set a trap. They had an excuse. They just didn’t know that Kang Hyun would wrap up the case so quickly and show up in front of them to express his anger.

So, neither trying to get along with him nor trying to persuade him as a senior worked. He had no choice but to admit and acknowledge the fact that he had created a vacuum in the management of new recruits just to make things difficult for Kang Hyun.

The mediator between the 2nd and 3rd division chiefs who bowed their heads and the 5th division chief Kang Hyeon was naturally the 1st division chief, Chief Prosecutor Jeong Ji-eun.

“Okay, okay. Let’s stop. The case has been resolved, and right now the media is only praising the trial department and Kang Hyun.”

“Yeah! Isn’t that good?”

“Senior Lee Nam-gi! If you open your mouth one more time…!”

“Eek. I’m sorry… Chief Jeong.”

Lee Nam-gi, who had been talking obliviously, shrugged his shoulders.

“If you have any shame, keep your mouth shut. Prosecutor Kang Hyun is being polite and respectful, so he’s putting up with this. How can you not only prevent your junior from taking on a difficult case, but also create an opening for a new recruit to run away?”

“If you keep talking like that, what will become of us?”

“It’s a judgment made after recognizing and anticipating the possibility of an act occurring. Don’t we usually call that negligent intent? Am I talking to the suspect right now?”

“…I apologize.”

Jeong Ji-eun immediately shut the mouths of the two managers tightly, then turned her head to Kang Hyeon.

“You stop there. No matter how much your seniors did, they didn’t really intend for Seo Nam-wook to run away. They probably just wanted to say something about the situation reported after the trial ended.”

“All right.”

When Jeong Ji-eun spoke, Kang Hyun simply answered and sat down without any hesitation. Seeing that, the two managers shivered with goosebumps.

The current situation is such that the two chiefs are forced to quit their careers as prosecutors and take off their uniforms.

Did he reveal a nasty symbol to trouble his juniors within the prosecution, which operates on the basis of strong trust within the organization?

That was something that could neither be tolerated nor understood.

“Instead, Kang Hyun. Tell me what Manager Kang wants. As a mediator, I will confirm whether it is a request that the two seniors can accept and serve as a witness.”

“Okay. First of all, I would like you two chiefs to refrain from getting involved in any of the cases being handled by the 4th and 5th divisions.”

“Okay.”

“Also, I would like you not to receive any related information reports. Just as this matter was not relayed to the Second Director, future matters should be relayed only as regular business reports.”

“…Thank you.”

As the two managers nodded their heads in agreement with Kang Hyun’s proposal, Kang Hyun and Jeong Ji-eun smiled faintly as if they had achieved their goal.

What Kang Hyun was aiming for was also a great benefit to Jeong Ji-eun.

The five courts are divided into two divisions, with power distributed between the first and second division judges.

When Part 1 moves, Part 2 applies the brakes, and when Parts 4 and 5 try to do independent work, Part 3 stops them.

However, Kang Hyun played a decisive role in making the trial division so-called ‘independent’ so that it could be used as Jeong Ji-eun intended.

‘I guess I can move around a bit more freely now.’

Kang Hyun came to the trial department for a moment to reflect on the biggest goal he had to accomplish.

Putting the first vice minister, Do Jin-guk, completely under Jeong Jung-heon’s control.

And the 1st Vice-Chief, like the 4th Vice-Chief, helps and supports Kang Hyeon without any ulterior motive.

‘It’s just beginning.’

There are many things to adapt to and mountains to climb, but for now, the foundation has been laid.

Behind Jung Ji-eun’s ‘happy expressionless face’.

Now, what Kang Hyun had to focus on was his inner strength.

He had five prosecutors in his trial department, and he had to train them well and make them his own people.

Kang Hyun knew very well that order could be maintained only if the top was solid and the bottom was taken care of.

* * *

“Are you crazy?”

“no.”

“But why were you absent?”

“I attended the trial of Director Kang Hyeon.”

“Is the prosecution your playground? Is this a kindergarten? Who cares?”

“…sorry.”

“The Gohap 1345 incident was a media exposure incident. If you were there and your face was sold somewhere, what would they have said internally?”

“…Senior. I just went there to learn.”

Baek Hoon-sik felt wronged for a moment. However, he ended up getting on the nerves of his senior, Ahn Ji-won.

“Fuck. Are you talking back?”

“sorry.”

“If you sell your face, you’ll be like a scapegoat for Chief Kang. Are you a trial prosecutor or a political prosecutor?”

“that….”

“You, Geumcho. Stay in your seat.”

“… .”

“You understand? Stay in your seat!”

“All right.”

“Fuck, you’re a black belt, so you talk too much.”

Ahn Ji-won, a senior prosecutor in the 5th trial division, vented her anger at the youngest prosecutor, Baek Hoon-sik, using profanity.

Again, again, again.

As she left, Baek Hoon-sik washed his face with a pained expression.

“Everyone… doesn’t seem to like it very much.”

After Kang Hyun descended into the 5th trial.

The five prosecutors directly under Chief Kang Hyeon were in a very sensitive situation. Except for Prosecutor Baek Hoon-sik.

This was especially true for Ahn Ji-won. She took the other three male prosecutors, who were her law school classmates and juniors, with her and continued to tell them to be wary of Kang Hyeon.

“He is a dangerous person. Especially to prosecutors like us.”

“No matter what… isn’t it rude to refuse a meal?”

Her only friend of the same age, Jeon Yun-woo, spoke cautiously, but she firmly shook her head.

“Chief Kang Hyeon can remain neutral because he is capable, but if we get caught up in that, we’ll get our backs broken in the fight between the vice-ministers.”

She had a point.

Because the trial department is a ‘field of power struggle’ between the first deputy chief judge, Do Jin-guk, and the second deputy chief judge, Yoo Seong-jin.

They were not prosecutors who were in a position to take sides and go around scheming just because they were under their direct control.

The idea that they are in a position where they have to keep their mouths shut, lower their heads, and just do their job.

That was Ahn Ji-won’s firm idea, and prosecutors Jeon Yun-woo, Choi Jeong-woo, and Park Yi-hyeon thoroughly followed it.

As a result, the person who was busy getting hit by jumping around here and there right before Kang Hyun arrived was Baek Hoon-sik.

He was already getting scolded for not being able to do his job, and since he was known to be a fan of Kang Hyun, it was understandable that Ahn Ji-won would dislike him.

“… Phew. I’m eating alone again.”

The trial department prosecutor’s lounge.

It was lunchtime, so everyone had left and Baek Hoon-sik sat alone in a deserted place, opening his lunch box.

“Hehehe, but you made a good kimbap.”

His hobby is cooking. He received some sesame oil from his mother who came from the countryside, spread it on kimbap, and cut it up.

A moment to enjoy the sophisticated flavor tickling your nose all by yourself.

It seemed like the blow from An Ji-won’s angry swearing had all disappeared.

“It must be delicious?”

“uh?”

When he came to his senses, he saw a face he had never seen before across from him.

No, to be exact, there were people who were so tall that it was hard to make eye contact.

Kang Hyun.

He came with his lunch box and sat down.

‘…Why, Inspector…?’