Along with the God of Law - Chapter 385



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385.

“Okay. I’ll make sure to do that.”

“thank god.”

“But I don’t know when that will be.”

“I’m sure it won’t take long. Prosecutor Kang Hyeon… is a big shot who will take his place at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.”

‘If Kang Hyun enters the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, give freedom to the officers in charge.’

Park Ji-soo believed.

So, it is something that will happen in the quite distant future and it will not be an easy request.

Kang Hyun readily accepted the surprising offer from Park Ji-soo, the international cooperation officer.

Then he brought up the main topic.

‘!’

Park Ji-soo’s words were a very surprising statement and speculation.

That’s right, the case record remains in the court.

“It doesn’t make sense that the records of non-prosecution cases remain in the ‘court’.”

Park Ji-soo knew exactly what had happened in the past, but it was just a ‘guess’ with a little imagination.

His words were truly an unexpected clue.

‘Song Doo-seung’s record remains in the court.’

“But it’s true.”

“The record of a case that was not prosecuted is literally a record of a case that the prosecutor ‘did not prosecute.’ It is proof that the case was not sent to court.”

Park Ji-soo nodded at Baek Hoon-sik’s words and said.

“Generally speaking, what the inspector says is true. But the records of the inspection case are a little different. They start quietly, end quietly, and are filled with courtesy, treatment, and political positions.”

“…then.”

“Yes. In the case of former Chief Prosecutor Song Doo-seung, the prosecution secretly prosecuted him and he was tried in court. He was sentenced to prison.”

“…!”

“That’s ridiculous. Then what about this record of non-indictment that we have now?”

“It’s fake. Oh, rather than being fake, it’s a record that was re-created as a courtesy to the parties involved after the ‘division’ broke out.”

This is the moment when the fundamental principles of the law collapse.

Isn’t this ‘corruption’ on a different level from things like ‘violation of the principle of double jeopardy’ and ‘poor investigation’?

“What is this ‘division’?”

“I don’t know that much. I don’t know what happened to Director Song Doo-seung. The widely spread rumor was that he ‘took his own life,’ but in fact, there was a lot of talk.”

His nuance meant this:

In the past, ‘kidnapping, confinement, torture.’

Song Doo-seung was also a victim of this.

The current record is the result of covering up the incident and trying to honor him.

“Sir, no way.”

“… .”

Baek Hoon-sik was startled and slowly shook his head. Kang Hyun’s expression did not change, as if he thought it was understandable.

“But why wasn’t this incident mentioned publicly at the time?”

“Because the gag order was so great at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office. This was a huge incident that could shake up the entire prosecution organization.”

“Gagging? Why?”

Baek Hoon-sik asked without even thinking about opening his mouth and widening his eyes. Park Ji-soo answered in a slow, heavy tone.

“In the past, when I was in the Public Security Bureau, this kind of thing happened all the time. Especially, the target was never an internal employee.”

‘Just over a decade ago, they would tie up a suspect with his mouth shut in the basement and beat him until he said something.’

The words of the late Dean Kim Jong-hwan came to mind. I also remembered the words of Vice Presidents Kim Jeong-min, Han Tae-woong, and Jeong Ji-eun.

If you think about it all, it’s quite possible.

‘You beat him half to death, or you really killed him, and then buried the incident?’

“Well then, let me ask you one last question.”

It felt like the puzzle was starting to come together. But there was one thing left.

“Do you know who this photo is?”

What Kang Hyun took out was a photo of Kang Yoon-ki, the ‘flower beggar from the flower beggar incident.’

Kang Yoon-ki, who refuses to leave the prosecutor’s office, is now spending his time renting a corner of the trial department staff break room.

If the Great Sword found out, it would have been a situation where his head would have been cut off, but it was a situation where Baek Hoon-sik barely managed to survive thanks to his wit.

‘Supporting victims of civil incidents is also our job, right?’

In other words. Anyway.

Director Park Ji-soo looked at the photo really carefully and remained silent for a while.

“If you have any idea, anything will do.”

Kang Hyun and Baek Hoon-sik asked with a little earnestness in this brief moment.

Of course, there is a very high possibility that he will shake his head and say, “I don’t know.” And even if that happens, there will be many unexpected results and great progress will be made in the case.

One of the biggest reasons the two came here was to find out the relationship between ‘Kang Yoon-ki’ and ‘Song Doo-seung.’

“Ugh… .”

Park Ji-soo stared at the photo again and looked for another photo, saying, “Aren’t there any other photos?”

Baek Hoon-sik satisfied his curiosity by showing him many photos he had taken while spending a lot of time with Kang Yoon-ki. A side profile photo of his face, a photo showing the scar on his forehead with his long hair pulled back, and other things.

Then, surprisingly, Park Ji-soo did not answer ‘I don’t know’. Instead.

Isn’t this the most shocking thing he’s said in a while?

“Isn’t this Song Doo-seung himself?”

“yes?”

“yes?”

What do you mean?

Kang Yoon-gi is Song Doo-seung?

“Hey, officer. We are also prosecutors from an investigative agency. Our eye for people is better than most people’s. No matter how I look at it, your face is different from Song Doo-seung’s. There’s even a scar on your forehead…”

“I’m saying this because I have a scar. I once heard that the old Song Du-seung had a scar on his forehead that he covered up, and his eyes, mouth, and face shape are very similar. Of course, there are many differences.”

Baek Hoon-sik looked at Kang Hyeon with his mouth wide open in a comical way, but he didn’t feel that embarrassed.

Kang Hyun, whose expression barely changed, was also looking at Baek Hoon-sik with his mouth slightly open and a surprised expression.

Is it possible that Song Doo-seung and Kang Yoon-gi are the same person?

This was a conjecture that brought about a huge change in the case.

* * *

“Please connect me with Justice Choi Ho-jeong.”

-The Chief Justice is on vacation.

“Isn’t today the sentencing date for case 23913? Sir, why are you lying?”

-Oh, that’s it, I’m sorry! Inspector!

Stop.

Kang Hyun couldn’t help but laugh when he saw that even the court officer in charge of Justice Choi Ho-jeong of the Supreme Court was avoiding his calls.

Given the Supreme Court’s position, it was only natural that the Central District Court would be connected. It refused to connect to the criminal courts related to the Song Doo-seung case, as well as to the civil courts alone.

What the heck is going on?

“… Perhaps, the news that the manager is the subject of an internal audit has spread to the court?”

“That’s not possible. The reason must lie elsewhere.”

The reason the courts do this is very simple.

Currently, the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office is openly attacking Kang Hyun, and he is aware of this. That is why he is being suppressed out of fear of a counterattack.

The prosecution would have hidden everything that needed to be hidden, and if there were any institutions that could silence them, it would be the police and the courts. It would be difficult to directly control the police leadership or individual judges, but the power of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office is enough to control the lower-level employees.

Kang Hyun sighed for a moment, thinking that the police were probably in a similar situation.

‘The Great Sword Airborne Division’s power is indeed formidable.’

Of course, if he went directly to a judge who was favorable to Kang Hyun, he could get help, but in this situation, who could he meet and what kind of help could he ask for?

It could have made things awkward for no reason.

What we need now is information, but gathering it is not easy.

‘Well, there’s nothing I can do.’

I wonder if he has any countermeasures of his own.

“The good news is, they don’t know what we’re doing.”

“I feel like I can’t do anything about it. Should I just go to court myself?”

“No, it’s okay. I have an idea.”

“Here, can I keep thinking about it?”

“yes.”

Baek Hoon-sik looked around the area where he and Kang Hyun were sitting uncomfortably again due to the sense of unfamiliarity.

In this situation where the 5th trial division was overturned and it seemed like I was out on the street, I was surprised that the place I went to when Kang Hyun told me to follow him was not the ‘Central District Prosecutors’ Office-Police Joint Investigation Department’.

Besides, even for inspectors, it is a place that is generally not accessible.

Right here.

It was inside a lawyer’s office in the building of the law firm ‘Odaeyang’.

Ohdaeyang Law Firm.

Isn’t it one of the largest law firms in Korea?

Moreover, since Kang Hyun was the investigative prosecutor who led many victories against the ‘Odaeyang’, Kang Hyun’s image is in fact no different from that of the ‘enemy of the Odaeyang’.

But Baek Hoon-sik let out a hollow laugh at the fact that this was the place he had driven so hard, carrying his records and writing instruments in his bag like a peddler.

What on earth does a prosecutor named Kang Hyeon do?

Do successful people have followers all over the place?

Dalgrak.

The door opened and the owner of the room brought out coffee and asked with a frustrated expression. Baek Hoon-sik was startled and got up from his seat.

“What should I do if I don’t have any money right now? Would you like some coffee?”

Attorney Oh Dae-yang and Kim Han-guk.

He was one of the famous lawyers who has been mentioned a lot on the front page of the newspaper recently.

Baek Hoon-sik recognized him immediately and greeted him.

“hello!”

“Oh, who is this?”

“This is Baek Hoon-sik from the 11th class of law school.”

In private, they call each other senior and junior, but in reality, meeting as a prosecutor and a lawyer is a bit awkward and business-like.

However, Baek Hoon-sik immediately fixed his posture and greeted him. Regardless of whether he was an enemy or an ally, he was a famous lawyer whose face he recognized.

“Uh, uh. Ahem. Yes, I’ll be seeing you again in the future, so please take care of me. I’m close friends with Prosecutor Kang Hyun… Aren’t we close friends? Yes, we’re rivals. My name is Kim Han-guk.”

“Heh heh.”

Kang Hyun smiled faintly and turned to him. He was about to ask him a question while shoving something in his mouth, since there was no one called ‘Dan Byeon’.

“Attorney, have you ever tried a case to overturn a missing person’s declaration?”

“A request to cancel a missing person’s declaration? Isn’t that a common occurrence?”

“I would like to know if there has been a recent case in Odaeyang where a missing person’s declaration was canceled.”

“That’s not difficult. I’ll look into the data under the name of ‘Dancho-rok Lawyer’ and give it to you in secret. Oh, but why?”

“I’d like to see if there are any records of cancellation judgments for subjects without personal information.”

“You can’t access the prosecutor’s office records, so you’re asking me for all these favors. Anyway, there’s no such thing, right? No, would such a thing even happen in our country?”

He tilted his head and said as if it was nothing, but Baek Hoon-sik, who was listening to this, looked at Kang Hyeon with a very surprised expression.

It was because I knew all too well what Kang Hyun was going to do and what would happen next.

The court is being uncooperative with Kang Hyun’s demands.

They don’t give me any information, and they don’t give me permission to view the records.

Even avoiding him.

In this situation, Kang Hyun’s thoughts were quite simple and straightforward.

‘Then why don’t we just force the court to come out?’

That’s right.

Kang Hyun was trying to uncover the secrets of Song Doo-seung and Kang Yoon-ki by meeting with the court while saving Kang Yoon-ki’s personal information through a lawsuit.

In a very formal, external way, a ‘trial’.