The Legendary Detective Catches All the Criminals - Chapter 153



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◈Episode 153◈

Suspects

“Detective Shin!”

Kim Han-gyeol ran towards Shin Dae-seong.

“Yeah, what’s going on?”

“Would you like to take a short break and then do it?”

“I’m not tired at all······ I just started.”

Kim Han-gyeol quickly whispered.

‘What are you going to do if you catch the culprit already? You also have to think about the broadcast time, right?’

‘Did Detective Kim decide that the woman was the culprit?’

‘Doesn’t it look suspicious to anyone? He keeps sweating and can’t even make eye contact with Detective Shin. This is a reaction of extreme impatience. He’s even biting his fingernails openly right now.’

Shin Dae-seong glanced at Han Soo-kyung and replied.

‘It’s clear that it’s related to the PD Kim murder case. But I can’t say that she killed him.’

‘Whose fortune did you get?’

‘I was trying to look into it, but Detective Kim got involved.’

‘I’ll help too.’

‘I hope you don’t mind me bothering you.’

‘It’s not an interruption, it’s just to fill up the broadcast time.’

Kim Han-gyeol approached Han Su-gyeong and handed her a handkerchief.

“Wipe your sweat with this.”

“Thank you······.”

Han Soo-kyung accepted the handkerchief without hesitation.

“Don’t be too nervous. You have to be shameless when interrogating a witness. You just have to say things that are in your favor. First, you have to find your composure. What are your duties here?”

“I am a member of the art team.”

“Are you good at drawing?”

“······.”

“I’m joking. And I liked the expression on your face just now. I’ll answer Detective Shin as confidently as I can.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Han Soo-kyung nodded vigorously, and Shin Dae-seong asked a question.

“When was the last time you saw PD Kim Shin-woo?”

“Are you talking about when PD Kim was alive?”

“Wait a minute. Did you also see PD Kim Shin-woo murdered?”

“!”

Han Soo-kyung hurriedly covered her mouth, but it was too late.

Shin Dae-seong asked with a serious expression.

“When was the last time you saw the living PD Kim Shin-woo, and when was the last time you saw the dead PD Kim Shin-woo?”

“······.”

Han Soo-kyung was completely speechless.

It was obvious that if Shin Dae-seong pressed harder, he would keep his mouth shut even more.

“Detective Kim, are you going to help me?”

“Yes, Detective Shin. Just give the order.”

“From now on, Detective Kim will be Han Soo-kyung’s lawyer.”

“Is that really okay?”

“Yeah, I think that’s why Han Soo-kyung is likely to open her mouth.”

Anyway, the situation turned out just as Kim Han-gyeol wanted.

He immediately went to see a lawyer and spoke to Han Soo-kyung.

“Hello, client. I am detective Kim Han-gyeol, your defense attorney. I will do my best to prove your innocence, so don’t worry.”

Han Soo-kyung opened her mouth with a look of disbelief.

“Detective Kim, you’re a police officer too. Isn’t this a game of Go-Stop that you set up?”

“First of all, Detective Shin can’t play Go-Stop.”

“······.”

Han Soo-kyung looked at him in disbelief, and Shin Dae-seong made an excuse.

“It’s not that I can’t hit, it’s that I don’t hit. If I show my skills, it’ll end too quickly.”

“That’s a confession.”

Then he said to Han Soo-kyung.

“No one knows Detective Shin better than I do. If you are innocent, I will protect you.”

“thank you.”

It seemed like Kim Han-gyeol was sincere.

Shin Dae-seong started asking questions to Han Su-gyeong, who had found safety.

“Let me get straight to the point. Ms. Han Soo-kyung, did you kill PD Kim Shin-woo?”

Her once confident expression immediately fell apart.

“I’m sorry······ I’m really sorry······.”

Han Su-kyung, who had been sobbing, burst into tears and shouted.

“I killed him! PD Kim was harassing me so badly. I mistakenly thought that was the only way to escape.”

Kim Han-gyeol hurriedly intervened.

“Stop making such dangerous remarks. How can you just say something and it all falls apart? There is no solid evidence yet. For now, I recommend that you remain silent.”

“No, I will continue talking.”

“why?”

“I think that will put my mind at ease.”

“omg······.”

Even though Kim Han-gyeol tried to dissuade him, it was no use.

Han Soo-kyung confessed the truth about what she had done.

“You don’t know how much PD Kim has tormented me. It’s gotten worse these days, and it’s driving me crazy. It didn’t matter even if I told my superiors. No, PD Kim and I were in cahoots. The main writer also fought because of me. Even when I resigned, he said he would chase me and harass me until I died.”

“It must have been so hard. How did you escape from the suffering?”

“PD Kim was a ‘coffee fanatic.’ He gave it to me, saying it was a new flavor of coffee.”

“What did you put in your coffee?”

“It’s cyanide.”

Kim Han-gyeol raised his hand and shouted.

“I object!”

“This is not a courtroom. Just tell me.”

“My client is making a false confession under psychological pressure. Detective Shin, you know that well, right? Is it easy to poison someone? No. Try putting cyanide in his coffee. Who would drink that?”

Han Soo-kyung said.

“They said it was a new flavor of coffee. PD Kim, who was talking on the phone, said it was good and drank it.”

“Detective Shin, I would like to request a brief recess.”

“I don’t like it… What kind of detective would give up in a situation like this?”

Kim Han-gyeol asked Han Su-kyung.

“How did you get the cyanide?”

“The Internet. There’s something called the ‘dark market’ where you can get everything you need for crime.”

“How did you know that?”

“My dream was to be a screenwriter. It was something I researched while writing a mystery novel.”

“You said we were the art team, right?”

“······.”

Kim Han-gyeol thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“How much cyanide was in your coffee?”

“I don’t really remember that… I was so nervous. To be honest, I only rode for a little bit. I was so scared because I thought I was really going to die. That’s why I only rode for a little bit. I didn’t think I was really going to die.”

“Have you confirmed that the victim is dead?”

“Oh, no! I just gave him some coffee and left quickly. When I came back later······ Producer Kim was dead.”

“Did Han Soo-kyung clean up the coffee cup that was at the scene?”

“That’s not it. I just ran out because I didn’t know anything. I was completely out of my mind. No······ I worked hard because I had to come up with an alibi.”

“Isn’t that too honest? How much easier it would be if there were only criminals like this in the world. But murder is a serious crime that can never be forgiven. Since Han Soo-kyung confessed, I will arrest her as a criminal.”

Kim Han-gyeol took out the handcuffs.

Han Soo-kyung seemed to have already made up her mind and gently held out both hands.

“sorry······.”

“An apology should be directed to the victim.”

“I never want to think about PD Kim. If he hadn’t harassed me like that, this wouldn’t have happened.”

“I feel sorry for you too, but there’s nothing I can do. Han Soo-kyung, you’re under emergency arrest on charges of murder······.”

“Detective Kim, just a moment.”

“why?”

Shin Dae-seong whispered in Kim Han-gyeol’s ear.

‘What about the broadcast time? Are you planning on ending it like this?’

“!”

‘So let’s arrest them later.’

Shin Dae-seong turned his head and asked Detective Lee Jun-gi.

“How different is the suspect’s statement from what he just said and the situation at the scene?”

“There is no coffee cup that the suspect allegedly gave to the victim.”

Han Soo-kyung spoke quickly.

“It’s a ‘M-size’ plastic coffee cup used in coffee shops. I just brought the one I had at home.”

“There was no coffee cup itself. And he said he gave it to the victim who was talking on the cell phone······.”

“yes that’s right”

“The victim’s cell phone was not even at the scene.”

“Where did it go? I clearly saw it······.”

Shin Dae-seong summarized and spoke.

“Someone must have cleaned it up before the cleaning lady came in. Han Soo-kyung didn’t touch anything.”

Kim Han-gyeol asked with a puzzled expression.

“Who would do something like that? If someone dies, you have to report it… How can you just wipe away the crucial evidence at the crime scene?”

“Even Detective Kim, doesn’t something seem strange?”

“Of course it’s strange. Could it be that Han Soo-kyung has a guy she likes?”

“What kind of novel idea is that?”

Han Soo-kyung also looks very curious.

“Someone liked Han Soo-kyung. They stole crucial evidence to cover up Han Soo-kyung’s crime.”

Shin Dae-seong asked Han Su-gyeong.

“Do you have a girlfriend at the broadcasting station?”

“There isn’t any.”

Kim Han-gyeol changed the question and asked.

“Is there a man who unilaterally chases after Han Soo-kyung even though she is not interested in him?”

“No? There isn’t.”

“Are you sure there isn’t any?”

“No, I don’t have one. At times like this, I wish I had a real boyfriend.”

Detective Lee Jun-ki asked Han Soo-kyung.

“Where is the poison I bought at the Dark Market?”

“Over there······I hid it among the props at the broadcasting station.”

“It’s a dangerous item. Come with me and get it.”

Detective Lee Jun-ki took Han Soo-kyung with him and brought back a vial of medicine that was hidden among the props in the broadcasting station.

This entire process was filmed with a camera following along.

Shin Dae-seong poured the white powder inside the bottle onto a piece of paper to check, and asked Han Soo-kyung.

“Are you sure you bought the cyanide from the dark market?”

“Yes, I thought it would be like sky blue because it was called cyanide. But it was closer to white. I looked it up on the Internet and it said that was correct.”

“How much did you put in your coffee?”

Han Soo-kyung hesitated for a moment and then expressed herself with her fingers.

I made a motion of gently pinching it with my thumb and index finger.

“Cyanide is highly toxic. The lethal dose is 0.15g. There have been cases where people have died while trying to revive a dog that had swallowed cyanide and collapsed with artificial respiration. But this… doesn’t seem to be cyanide?”

“Huh? That, that’s impossible? You said your credit was guaranteed?”

“How did you get this medicine?”

“I used the ‘throwing technique.’ I went to the alleyway that was sent to me via text message, and the vial was hidden there.”

“Have you ever checked to see if it was real before writing it to the victim?”

“How do you check that?”

“There are no rats these days······ If you used it on stray cats or pet dogs, they would have noticed it right away. In the past, they said they even caught pheasants with cyanide.”

“Are you crazy? Why would you do that to a cat or a dog? It would be so pitiful if they died like that.”

“You don’t seem to feel sorry for people dying?”

“······.”

Shin Dae-seong asked detective Lee Jun-gi.

“Can you call the forensic team over here? Let’s find out if this is real cyanide.”

“Okay, I’m at the scene right now. I’ll ask if you have some time.”

Detective Lee Jun-ki took out his cell phone and made a call, and Kim Han-gyeol approached Shin Dae-seong.

“What if this isn’t cyanide?”

“It gets incredibly complicated. You don’t have to worry about broadcast time.”

* * *

A tense atmosphere in the studio.

The scientific investigation team leader tested the drugs that Han Soo-kyung had purchased.

Detective Lee Jun-ki said to Kim Han-gyeol.

“We’re lucky. Team Leader Choi Sang-hyeok is the top expert on poisoning.”

“I thought so. But I didn’t know you would set up a laboratory here. Do you carry all that equipment around?”

“I don’t know either.”

The scientific investigation team leader brought the equipment and reagents into the studio and carefully examined them.

The camera was again busy capturing the scene.

Looks like the test results are finally out.

Team leader Choi Sang-hyeok took off his mask and approached Shin Dae-seong.

“Thank you for waiting, Detective Shin.”

“No, I’m just grateful that you accepted my sudden request. Have you gotten any results?”

“Yes.”

Team leader Choi Sang-hyeok said while showing the bottle of medicine that Han Su-kyung had purchased.

“The powder inside this is not cyanide.”

“Then what kind of poison is it?”

“It didn’t react in the toxicity test. I don’t know the exact ingredients, but it’s not poison.”

“If you mix this in coffee and drink it, will it kill you?”

“Absolutely not. I’ll just throw away the taste of coffee. I’ll bet my wrist that I won’t die if I take this whole pill.”

Shin Dae-seong thought for a moment and then asked.

“Are you sure the victim died from cyanide poisoning?”

“Yes, that’s for sure.”

“It’s not true that people died from drinking coffee laced with this drug.”

“Yes.”

Han Soo-kyung stood up abruptly and said.

“Did I get scammed? Did I buy something other than poison? Then, I didn’t kill PD Kim?”

Shin Dae-seong gestured for them to sit down and said.

“Attempted murder is also a serious crime. Please follow our instructions until the investigation is complete.”

Kim Han-gyeol reacts awkwardly to the unexpected result.

“If it wasn’t Han Soo-kyung, then who killed PD Kim?”

Detective Lee Jun-ki expressed his thoughts.

“I suspect announcer Oh Jeong-ah. She benefited the most from PD Kim’s death.”

Team leader Choi Sang-hyeok intervened and said.

“I’m suspicious of that woman named Thelma. She openly said she would kill the victim. Her motive is most certain.”

Kim Han-gyeol also said.

“I still suspect Han Soo-kyung. The screenwriter said it was a dream. She planned this whole situation. She’s out of the running as a prime suspect.”

Shin Dae-seong asked.

“Why does everyone think the woman is the culprit?”

“Because the MZ shaman who looks like a melting pot said so? Could it be that the MZ shaman intentionally drove you away?”