The Legendary Detective Catches All the Criminals - Chapter 149



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◈Episode 149◈

Eternal life

The building next to the shopping center.

The US Special Investigation Team was put on alert with the sound of gunfire.

This is not a situation where we can wait for Shin Dae-seong’s signal.

No, there was no signal to deploy the police.

Manager Park Dong-hee shouted like a charging general.

“Deploy all personnel immediately!”

Detectives from the special task force for unsolved cases also moved hurriedly.

We ran out of the office where we had been eavesdropping and ran down the stairs in a line.

-Doo doo doo doo doo.

Detective Seo Min-ju asked Kim Han-gyeol.

“Is what you said true, Chief? There was no sign to deploy police forces?”

“It’s not my fault… Detective Shin asked me to buy him some time. He said to delay deployment as much as possible while he searches for the Creator.”

“Are you saying that? What if Detective Shin gets hurt? No, what if the guys in the shopping center get hurt? They’ll sue you for not responding properly.”

Kim Han-gyeol responded with a resentful expression.

“If there was anything wrong with me, it was that I completely followed Detective Shin’s words. Song Yoo-jung, who would have thought that girl would come out of there?”

“It was really lucky that Detective Shin was safe. It was fortunate that Song Yoo-jung didn’t shoot the gun so badly.”

“Luck is a skill. But why did that girl show up here?”

“Didn’t you say you were Lee Wan-yong’s replacement? You mean the next game manager?”

“Whether it’s the manager or the replacement, I’ll catch them this time!”

-Tiring.

The walkie-talkie Kim Han-gyeol was holding rang.

-The support team has completed the perimeter surrounding the shopping center. The tactical team has completed entering the shopping center. The Alpha team has ascended to the top floor where the criminals are.

Manager Park Dong-hee’s voice was heard on the radio.

-There are still detectives from the unsolved crimes unit on the top floor. I hope you infiltrate them with the utmost caution.

Kim Han-gyeol came out of the building and ran to the shopping center. A line of detectives from the unsolved crimes unit followed him.

Kim Han-gyeol relayed the message while running out of breath.

“This is Beta Team, the unsolved crimes unit. We will be arriving at the scene soon… gasp, gasp, Alpha Team, please stand by!”

-Okay, I’ll wait in the entry standby mode.

Detectives from the Cold Case Unit entered the shopping center.

Armed tactical teams guarded entrances and exits and important routes.

Kim Han-gyeol immediately ran up the escalator.

“Huff, huff… You’re running too fast… I’m already out of breath and my legs are shaking….”

Seo Min-ju looked up and shook her head.

“Your physical strength is still poor.”

“······.”

Kim Han-gyeol couldn’t say no. The detectives who followed them were Seo Min-ju, Shin Soo-ah, and Hwang Yeo-ju. Coincidentally, they were all women. But none of them looked as distressed as Kim Han-gyeol.

Kim Han-gyeol barely made it to the top floor.

Alpha Team was waiting at the entrance to the temporary structure created by the ‘Creator’.

Kim Han-gyeol approached, catching his breath, and asked.

“What is the situation?”

Alpha Team Leader, in his late 30s, answered.

“That’s what we want to ask. There’s only one entrance here, and no one comes out from inside.”

“Are you not coming out? Are you unable to come out?”

“We don’t think it can come out. It seems like someone is guarding it from inside.”

“It’s most likely Detective Bang from the Unsolved Cases Unit. I’ll go in first.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Kim Han-gyeol took the lead and entered the structure’s entrance.

pitch black darkness.

Alpha Team special forces turned on the lights.

At the end of the passage, a door made of iron was visible.

-Thump thump thump······.

A knock on the door from inside was heard, along with a distinct voice complaining.

“Why are you blocking the road, you little brat!”

“Is that my heart? Anybody who comes any closer will die.”

Kim Han-gyeol turned his head and spoke quietly.

‘Detective Bang is right. He is a warrior worth a hundred men.’

‘What do we do now? Should we go inside?’

‘When I give the signal, Detective Bang will open the door. We will go in and subdue the Untouchables.’

‘All right.’

Alpha Team members checked their equipment.

The moment the Alpha Team Leader, who was fully prepared, nodded,

-Thump thump.

Kim Han-gyeol said, knocking on the iron door.

“Detective Bang, it’s me. I brought the SWAT team, so open the door quickly.”

“Did Detective Shin’s autograph come off?”

“No, there was no such thing from the beginning.”

“What did you say?”

“There’s something like that, so open the door first.”

“All right.”

-Clang!

The moment Bang Jin-woo opened the thick iron door, the police special forces Alpha Team rushed in like a flood.

“Don’t move! It’s the police.”

“If you move, I’ll shoot! Everyone, put your hands up and get down on the ground!”

Alpha Team warned, holding guns loaded with live ammunition.

The Untouchable members who had been running away by opening the iron door hurriedly raised their hands.

“Ha, ha, I surrender! Please don’t shoot!”

“We, we surrender too!”

No one resisted.

Most of them lay down on the ground under the command of the special forces who were aiming their guns.

Kim Han-gyeol approached Bang Jin-woo and spoke.

“Wow, that’s amazing. How did you hold off this many people by yourself? Did you fight them one-on-one with your back to the door? It’s a situation where numbers don’t matter.”

“That’s only possible in martial arts. Detective Shin has provided some helpers.”

“Helpers?”

Bang Woo-jin said, gesturing to the people around him.

“From here to here, it’s on our side.”

When they took off their masks, there were faces that Kim Han-gyeol recognized.

“Director Jeong Pil-seung is here too?”

“These days, we do this more than the agent. The police are here, so we’re leaving.”

“Okay, here, detective Seo Min-ju will guide you well.”

Soon the helpers followed Seo Min-ju out.

“Oh, this isn’t the time for me to be doing this!”

Bang Woo-jin asked Kim Han-gyeol, who was burning with fighting spirit.

“Why? What’s going on?”

“We have to catch Song Yu-jeong.”

“The psychopath who kidnapped and murdered young siblings?”

“That’s right, that bitch showed up here and shot Detective Shin.”

“Oh, was that the gunshot sound you heard earlier?”

“Yeah, fortunately my shooting skills are terrible so I didn’t hit Detective Shin. We have to catch that crazy bitch quickly.”

“Okay, I’ll help too.”

Kim Han-gyeol and Bang Jin-woo ran towards the stage.

This is the place where Song Yu-jeong appeared as a replacement.

But she was nowhere to be seen, and Lee Wan-yong was lying on the chair, tied to a chair, with blood pouring from his head.

Bang Woo-jin asked Shin Dae-seong, who was touching the carotid artery.

“Are you dead?”

Shin Dae-seong answered with a dark expression.

“No······ This kid is alive again. His carotid artery is throbbing and he’s breathing perfectly fine.”

“I guess he’s the strongest traitor, so his reputation is really good. Don’t they say that if you get cursed at, you’ll live a long life?”

“If that’s the case, then this guy could live ‘eternally’······.”

-Clap clap.

Kim Han-gyeol woke Lee Wan-yong up by hitting him on the cheek.

“Get up, traitor. Get up!”

“Hey, my head······.”

Lee Wan-yong regained consciousness and woke up.

Then, Kim Han-gyeol asked, leaning his face close.

“Do you know who I am?”

“Detective Kim Han-gyeol from the Unsolved Cases Unit······ His mother is the national actress Kim Hye-ran, and he is Detective Shin Dae-seong’s partner.”

“Correct! Who made you like this?”

“Song Yoo-jung… She’s my replacement. I was really lucky. All the shots she fired at Detective Shin missed, and she aimed her gun at my head. There was absolutely no way she could miss. But guess what! The gun broke and wouldn’t fire. Song Yoo-jung couldn’t do anything no matter how hard she tried, so she hit my head with the gun and ran away.”

“That persistent guy… Where did Detective Shin go?”

“I don’t know. I ran like crazy looking for the Creator. I was sure He was here.”

Kim Han-gyeol grabbed Lee Wan-yong by the collar and asked.

“Creator, where is he?”

“I don’t know either?”

“Are you sure you came here?”

“I told you that’s what Detective Shin said?”

“So it’s certain! Tell me where the Creator is. I get really scared when I get angry. Should I show you right here? Huh!”

Lee Wan-yong said this after explaining the situation.

“First, let go of the collar… Why are you all so anxious because you can’t catch me~.”

-Ouch!

Kim Han-gyeol hit the back of Lee Wan-yong’s head and urged him on.

“Where did Detective Shin go?”

“If the Creator is here, there must be a secret passage.”

“Secret passage?”

“Yes, when the Creator moves, there is always a secret passage prepared for safe escape.”

“Where is that?”

Lee Wan-yong answered in a weary voice.

“Only the Royal Guard knows that. And shouldn’t we start by untying the rope? My head is bleeding? Song Yoo-jung, that girl tried to kill me by striking me with a pistol?”

Kim Han-gyeol didn’t care about that kind of thing.

“Answer my question first. What is the Royal Guard?”

“They are truly scary. They will do anything for their Creator. If they wanted to, they could blow this place up.”

* * *

Shin Dae-seong asked the suspicious man again.

“Answer quickly? The Creator… is it you?”

The suspicious man answered without turning his head.

“Since when have people started calling me that?”

“You’re the one who killed my wife?”

“I can’t tell you that. It’s not time yet.”

“······.”

“Anyway, it’s been a while? Detective Shin Dae-seong.”

Shin Dae-seong took the hand on his shoulder and asked back.

“Do I know this guy?”

“No, you won’t remember me. I remember you unilaterally.”

“If you take off the mask on your face, you might remember it. If you don’t like it, I can take it off forcibly.”

“You’d better not do that. Unless you want to kill everyone here.”

The Creator winked at the man next to him.

The man with the expressionless face froze the jumper jacket silently.

“!”

Shin Dae-seong opened his eyes wide.

Because I saw him wearing a bomb vest.

“It doesn’t seem to be fake.”

“That’s right, I knew Detective Shin would recognize me right away. They are my personal guard. They would do anything for me.”

There were five SS men wearing bomb vests, ready to detonate at the order of the Creator.

Shin Dae-seong said with a faint smile.

“Did you prepare a lot?”

“I’m a very cautious person, you know. And I’m meeting detective Shin Dae-seong. I’ve prepared to an extreme. It’s the kind of power that could blow up the entire shopping center.”

“I don’t care if it explodes?”

“what?”

“If you are the one who killed my wife, then I don’t mind dying here and now.”

The Creator responded, hiding his bewilderment.

“It’s not just Detective Shin who dies. It’s everyone near the shopping center who dies.”

“I don’t care about that. I’m a psychopath with a severe lack of empathy.”

“Even a psychopath knows that his own life is precious, right?”

“I’m thinking rationally. If I let you go now, will I ever catch you again? If there’s no chance of that, then it’s better to die together now.”

“I don’t think that’s a rational thought at all······.”

“You can’t think rationally about a psychopath. So, why don’t you look at me and turn around?”

“What if you don’t like it?”

“I will arrest you by force. Then your guards will detonate the bomb. As I said before, I am willing to die with you. Do you agree?”

The Creator slowly turned back towards Shin Dae-seong.

“Detective Shin is more clueless than I expected······.”

Then he stopped and met Shin Dae-seong’s eyes.

“Is this okay?”

Shin Dae-seong said with a stern expression.

“Take off your mask.”

“That’s a bit difficult.”

“The conditions under which we can all survive are simple. Take off your masks, and answer one question of mine. You don’t have to answer truthfully. Then you can escape from here safely.”

“Can I believe it?”

“If you don’t like it, then don’t say anything.”

“People who have nothing to lose are just too dangerous. I, Detective Shin, have more than you.”

-Ugh.

Finally, the Creator took off his mask.