The Legendary Detective Catches All the Criminals - Chapter 128



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◈Episode 128◈

I want to buy eyes that I haven’t seen before

Gosoyeon carefully approached the iron gate that Kim Han-gyeol was gesturing at.

Then I put my ear to the door and listened intently.

“!”

Her eyes widened and her ears pricked up.

‘I heard it too! There’s definitely someone in there.’

Kim Han-gyeol also asked in a lowered voice.

‘Where is this place? It’s locked with that padlock?’

‘It’s a warehouse where seasonal supplies are stored.’

‘Did the police search here too?’

‘I’m not sure······ I was guarding the front at the time.’

‘Where are the keys?’

‘Just a moment. Can you check here?’

Gosoyeon’s reaction was somewhat awkward.

‘Is there any reason why I shouldn’t check?’

‘Actually······there’s a rumor that there’s a ghost here.’

“!”

Shin Dae-seong suppressed his surprise.

‘No problem, just give me the keys.’

‘all right.’

Gosoyeon took out a bunch of keys from her vest pocket.

‘Is this it······ or, this······.’

She put the keys into the lock holes one by one.

Kim Han-gyeol looked around and asked.

‘How do the hotel staff behave?’

‘It’s the same. I’m following the instructions of CEO Wang Mina.’

‘Are there any employees who seem suspicious?’

‘No. No matter how much I look at them, I can’t find anything suspicious. They all seem nice.’

‘A detective’s job is to be suspicious. Even if there’s nothing suspicious, you still have to be suspicious.’

‘I guess I did well not to become a detective······ Am I a loser? Not this either······.’

I tried half of the keychains, but none of them fit.

Kim Han-gyeol asked a primitive question.

‘How can I get into a locked place like this? Unless I’m a ghost······.’

‘Well, well······.’

‘How many witnesses have seen ghosts?’

‘No one said they saw it directly. They said they heard a strange sound. If it’s suspicious, shouldn’t we check it out first?’

‘It’s the most important thing for detectives. Sometimes, it’s annoying and we just pass over it.’

-Clang!

The moment the lock finally opens,

The two look nervous as they make eye contact.

Go So-yeon carefully opened the door, and Kim Han-gyeol took out the knife he had brought from the kitchen.

Gosoyeon turned the doorknob completely and asked with her eyes.

‘Are you ready?’

Kim Han-gyeol took a deep breath and nodded quietly.

-Thud!

Go So-yeon opened the door forcefully, and Kim Han-gyeol rushed in, swinging a kitchen knife.

“Kaaaak~!”

Inside the warehouse, a passionate fight between a man and a woman was taking place. The woman was startled and screamed,

“Whoa!”

Kim Han-gyeol also screamed, thinking that it was a ghost, and the situation became awkward for both of them.

I found out who Gosoyeon is.

“What are you guys doing here? Don’t you know what kind of situation we’re in? I told you not to come out of the dorm.”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry······.”

“It’s not a matter of being sorry, but what the hell are you doing? When did you two start seeing each other?”

The man just lowered his head, and the woman answered.

“Before I got a job here.”

“what?”

“Actually, we’re living together… I didn’t tell you because I was worried it would affect your job search. I’m truly sorry. And please completely forget about what I just saw.”

“I also want to buy eyes that I haven’t seen before.”

Kim Han-gyeol came to his senses and asked the woman he was living with.

“You two, you’re not ghosts, are you?”

“yes?”

“Sorry, I asked the wrong question.”

“······.”

“Have you seen anyone suspicious around here? Someone carrying an unconscious person or something······.”

The cohabiting couple’s woman answered right away.

“No, we didn’t see anyone.”

“So how long has it been since you came into this warehouse?”

“I’m not sure exactly, but it was about 15 minutes ago······.”

“I’m just curious, isn’t it?”

“Yes, ask me anything.”

“Why is there a lock on the outside door? Wasn’t it supposed to be opened by a colleague in an hour or so?”

The cohabiting couple’s woman opened her eyes wide and asked back.

“What do you mean? Locking it from the outside?”

Go So-yeon personally showed off a heavy lock.

“This is it. It was definitely locked from the outside.”

“Huh? How are we going to get out if this place gets locked? No one will know we’re here.”

“Really? Then who locked it?”

“······.”

For a moment, I felt a chill, like a scene from a horror movie.

“We’ll just go up now.”

The cohabiting couple hurriedly ran out of the warehouse.

“Detective Kim, who do you think locked the door? Surely it wasn’t a ghost?”

“Hahaha, no way. It must be either a prank by the staff or the work of a genius criminal.”

-Jiing- Jiing-.

Kim Han-gyeol’s cell phone vibrated.

“Surprise······ Yes, Detective Hwang?”

-I uploaded the investigation materials by email.

“Thank you for calling. There’s a chef here at the hotel.”

Kim Han-gyeol did not tell anyone that Shin Dae-seong had been kidnapped.

-Are you talking about Chef Yang Han-sik?

“I don’t know about anything else, but the cooking skills are amazing.”

-Of course the food will taste good. He is a chef who is recognized as one of the best in France.

“Is there anything suspicious?”

-It’s more of a pity than a reward. I started my life as a wanderer after my daughter in Korea passed away.

“You had a daughter?”

– Her name is Yang Eun-bi. She was 9 years old when she died. She went missing while playing with her mother, and her body was found a week later. The culprit has not been caught yet.

Kim Han-gyeol asked as he came out of the warehouse.

“Was there a prime suspect?”

-Yes, there was a suspect the police were keeping an eye on.

“Who is that?”

* * *

Dim lighting.

Chef Yang Han-sik’s expression hardened.

“You’re going to shoot me?”

“If you release Detective Shin, of course I have to shoot him.”

“Then······ shoot.”

“!”

The genius criminal was momentarily speechless.

Yang Han-sik continued speaking with an expression that showed no sign of intimidation.

“Every morning when I wake up, I wish someone would kill me so I can go to heaven and see my daughter.”

Shin Dae-seong tried to dissuade him, saying:

“I don’t think that’s a good idea. I lost my wife too, but I never had such delusions. There’s no guarantee that we’ll meet again after death.”

“Am I a weirdo?”

“No, it’s weird that I’m a psychopath. All I can think about is catching the person who killed my wife. Then I absolutely can’t die.”

“Do you have a talent for persuading others calmly?”

“I don’t want you to die. I think we can get through this without anyone dying.”

The genius criminal put a gun to the back of Shin Dae-seong’s head.

“Shut up. You’re ruining the fun.”

“What are you talking about? I’m about to have some fun. If you fire a gun here, the police will come.”

“I don’t care about that······.”

“Lies, your mind is very complicated right now. You must be getting mad because things aren’t going your way.”

“shut up······.”

Shin Dae-seong, who was tied to the chair, had a more relaxed expression.

“Were you also involved in killing my wife?”

“······.”

“Thank you, I finally found a clue to my wife’s case. You have no idea how happy I am inside right now. If I wasn’t tied to the chair, I would be dancing.”

“What nonsense are you talking about! I don’t know anything about that case.”

“Are you scared? Where’s the energy you had when you spoke to me?”

“!”

“Your appearance makes everything clear. That I am properly pressuring the men who killed my wife······.”

The genius criminal revealed his uneasy mind.

“You’re going to have to make a hole in your head to shut your mouth, right? I’m really going to shoot. Do you think I can’t do it? Huh!”

“I’m not really afraid of dying either.”

The genius criminal was about to pull the trigger on the gun he put to the back of Shin Dae-seong’s head.

Chef Yang Han-sik said with a frown.

“If you kill detective Shin Dae-seong, you will die by my hand.”

“Then I should kill you first?”

-Hwaak.

The genius criminal changed the direction of the gun.

The Korean chef also showed a reaction of not being afraid of death.

“Tell me now. Do you know who killed my daughter?”

“Of course I said I knew!”

“Then tell me who that guy is.”

“Why do you keep making me repeat the same thing? I told you I’d tell you after I finished all the work here.”

“I’ve already changed my mind.”

“what?”

“I won’t be dragged around by you anymore. Tell me who killed my daughter.”

The genius criminal’s irritation reached its peak.

He again aimed his gun at Chef Yang Han-sik.

“Don’t make me angry.”

“You shouldn’t provoke me. I have nothing to lose and nothing to fear.”

“······.”

Chef Yang Han-sik instead threatened the genius criminal with a gun.

“Speak until I count to three. Otherwise… whether you die or I die, someone will definitely die.”

“That crazy guy······.”

“One, two~.”

Chef Yang Han-sik started counting regardless of the genius criminal’s reaction. And the moment he finished counting, it was clear that one of the two would not survive.

“Okay! I’ll tell you who killed your daughter.”

“······.”

Yang Han-sik urged him with his eyes, “Speak quickly.”

The genius criminal said, turning his gun towards Shin Dae-seong.

“The person who killed your daughter is a guy named ‘Choi Min-guk.’ He was a very strong suspect, but he was excluded from the list of suspects because he was a police officer.”

“Really?”

“Why would I lie? That’s why I kept telling you not to trust the police. Choi Min-guk, that bastard’s father was a high-ranking police officer. He used his position to cover up his son’s crimes.”

Chef Yang Han-sik asked Shin Dae-seong.

“Is what he just said true? You said you have the ability to distinguish lies?”

“There was no lie in what I just said.”

“!”

“But I can’t say for sure that Choi Min-guk is the one who killed your daughter. It could be that he believes it on his own without any evidence. I can tell the truth from lies. I’m not someone who can find out the absolute truth.”

Chef Yang Han-sik asked the genius criminal.

“Why was that cop a prime suspect? I didn’t hear anything from the detectives.”

“Choi Min-guk was arrested at the scene of his daughter’s death. He even confessed to killing the girl.”

“And yet you’re saying he was excluded from the list of suspects?”

“What I’m saying is, the police are just being considerate of each other. If he were a normal person, he would have been arrested right away.”

Shin Dae-seong made a request to Yang Han-sik.

“Can I make a phone call? I need to make sure what he said is true.”

The genius criminal spoke with caution.

“You’re not really going to make me use the phone, are you?”

“If what you say is true, then you have nothing to worry about.”

Chef Yang Han-sik took out his cell phone and asked.

“Call the number of the person you want to call.”

“010-7777······.”

Shin Dae-seong gave Hwang Yeo-ju’s phone number.

Chef Yang Han-sik pressed the call button and brought the phone close to Shin Dae-seong’s mouth.

“You need to talk on speakerphone.”

The moment Shin Dae-seong nodded, the call was connected.

-hello?

“It’s me. Detective Hwang······.”

-You really can’t sleep? I spoke to Detective Kim a little while ago.

“I’m away from Detective Kim for a moment due to personal business. Did you also investigate Chef Yang Han-sik?”

-Even though our bodies are apart, our hearts are the same. Detective Kim also asked me persistently about his daughter’s case.

“I heard that a police officer named Choi Min-guk was a strong suspect. Why was he suddenly removed from the list of suspects? I also heard that he confessed.”

-He is not the culprit.

“!”

“!”

The chef Yang Han-sik and the genius criminal react with surprise at the same time.

Shin Dae-seong asked in a calm voice.

“For what reason?”

-Choi Min-guk was under the influence of drugs at the time. The reason he was talking nonsense was because he was under the influence of drugs. We conducted an intensive investigation, but we were unable to find any connection to the Yang Eun-bi case.

“The police quietly dealt with it because he was on drugs.”

-Yes, that’s right.

“Were there no clues at all about the culprit?”

-There was another strong suspect.

“Who is that?”

“My name is Jang Sam-soo. My father had a lot of connections. I’ll send you a photo right away.”

-Jiing-.

The moment I checked the photo that Hwang Yeo-ju sent,

Chef Yang Han-sik reacted with wide-eyed laughter.

“You were the culprit······.”

“Hey, shit!”

The genius criminal threw the first punch, and Chef Yang Han-sik did not dodge but returned the blow.