The Legendary Detective Catches All the Criminals - Chapter 49



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◈Episode 49◈

Jealousy Incarnate

Gangnam 2nd Police Station intersection.

Sundae Gukbap restaurant, a regular spot for Team 3 Gangnam.

This is where the lady boss takes care of things.

She took care of her hearing-impaired con artist husband until the end.

The meal is almost finished.

Shin Soo-ah, who had finished eating first, brought coffee.

Kim Han-gyeol and Bang Jin-woo watched this scene from the car.

“Detective Kim, why are we watching the same detective?”

Kim Han-gyeol, who was watching through the telescope, responded.

“Detective Bang, aren’t you curious about the new detective’s identity?”

“There are no people below me who graduated from the police academy. So I’m still the youngest. What else would you want to know?”

“Detective Bang, think about it with enthusiasm. Why would a talented person who graduated at the top of his class from the police academy come here? You’ll only break even if you do well, and there’s no gain.”

“That’s true. Other police officers see Gangnam 2nd Station as a symbol of demotion. But if they get an order from above, there’s nothing they can do. Isn’t it the police’s job to criticize when they have to?”

“I looked into it and he applied on his own.”

“Really?”

“Detective Shin Soo-ah stood out as soon as she entered the police academy. The head office was also very interested in her, but she came here.”

“Maybe he just applied because his house was close by? There are geniuses who have that kind of style.”

“No, there’s something else. My intuition told me······.”

“Senior Kim’s intuition cannot be ignored.”

Detective Bang Jin-woo also watched the Sundae soup restaurant with a new mindset. Shin Dae-seong and Shin Su-ah chatted while drinking coffee.

“Whoa!”

Detective Bang Jin-woo suddenly screamed in surprise.

“what’s the matter?”

“Could it be that they are father and daughter? I saw that they both enjoyed the Sundaeguk earlier. I can only conclude that they have similar tastes. Aren’t their last names also ‘Shin’? I just got goosebumps.”

Kim Han-gyeol answered in a tired voice.

“No······Detective Shin Soo-ah is from an orphanage.”

“That’s why? Detective Shin, you’re from an orphanage too!”

“You idiot, how does that have anything in common? Doesn’t that mean that Detective Shin Soo-ah doesn’t have parents?”

“No, no. Listen to my reasoning until the end. Detective Shin had a daughter he was hiding, and he couldn’t let her live as the child of a murderer. That’s why he secretly left his daughter in an orphanage right before he was caught by the police.”

“······.”

“And time passed, 20 years! Detective Shin’s name was cleared, and the daughter who had become a police officer out of resentment toward her father came to see me. What do you think? My reasoning?”

Detective Bang Jin-woo’s reaction was that he expected praise,

“You really wrote a novel? There’s no secret about Detective Shin Soo-ah’s birth. Her parents died in a car accident, and she was left in an orphanage with no relatives to take care of her.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah, I’m sure. I checked it several times.”

“When did Detective Kim investigate that again? But wouldn’t it be better to be 100% sure?”

“What should I do?”

“I have a feeling that it’s a father-daughter relationship. Let’s do a DNA test. Detective Kim, pull out Detective Shin’s hair. I’ll pull out Detective Shin Soo-ah’s hair.”

This is when Kim Han-gyeol shows a harsh reaction.

“Move!”

The two hurriedly lowered their bodies into the car.

Shin Dae-sung and Shin Su-ah came out of the sundae soup restaurant.

Kim Han-gyeol lifted his head slightly and watched where he was going.

“Oh, that’s ridiculous!”

“What doesn’t make sense?”

“Detective Shin went into the cell phone store, right?”

“That’s right. It was so inconvenient for Detective Shin not to have a cell phone. It’s about time he got one.”

“No, Detective Shin said he wouldn’t buy a smartphone until he caught the culprit who killed his wife.”

“why?”

“You said you don’t like being addicted to your smartphone and that you can’t trust its security. There must be something going on. There’s nothing you can do about it.”

“yes?”

“Let’s pull out the hair!”

* * *

Gangnam’s entertainment district bustling with pedestrians.

Kim Han-gyeol and Bang Jin-woo’s tailing continued.

“Aren’t you going to do any work today?”

“Are we playing around right now?”

“The tailing of my colleague is not a real thing. What should I write in the investigation log today?”

“Just tell me anything… Why did you come to a place like this? Detective Shin isn’t the type to slack off.”

“I know this place well. If you go down that alley, you will find a village of inns.”

“Hey, what are you imagining?”

“I never imagined it······ Detective Kim seems too sensitive.”

“I?”

Detective Bang Jin-woo expressed his honest feelings.

“It’s just like my friend who was consumed by jealousy. I was just imagining strange things and going crazy.”

“Am I really like that?”

“Yes, the symptoms are definitely the same.”

“Maybe so. I’ve never had a woman taken from me before.”

“That’s right, you should get dumped by a woman first.”

“hey!”

Kim Han-gyeol, who had been shouting loudly, looked around in surprise.

“I missed it! Where did Detective Shin and Inspector Shin Soo-ah go? It was because Detective Bang said something useless.”

“Calm down. I can guess where you went.”

“how?”

“Do you remember the Babel Union loan sharks from last time? Weren’t they caught when they attacked the Action Academy?”

“Of course I remember. They were really helpless guys.”

“Wasn’t Detective Kim there when the loan shark boss was released?”

Kim Han-gyeol replied, recalling the memory.

“Wasn’t I there?”

“He said he needed to take a dump, so he went to the bathroom. Anyway, at that time, the loan shark was released and he provoked Detective Shin.”

“how?”

“He just threw me his business card and told me to come by whenever I needed money. He said he’d give me a 10% discount.”

“How did Detective Shin react?”

“He quietly picked up the business card that had fallen on the ground. Then he warned me not to throw away the trash carelessly.”

“And that’s the end?”

“No, Detective Shin was smiling as he watched the loan shark boss leaving the main building. He looked like he was going to storm in at some point. The loan shark’s business is located nearby.”

“Do you know where that is?”

“Yes, that’s it!”

Detective Bang Woo-jin pointed at the four-story building.

* * *

The home of the Babel Union loan sharks.

Kim Han-gyeol and Bang Jin-woo cautiously entered the first floor lobby.

“Why is the atmosphere so eerie······.”

“That’s right. It wouldn’t be strange if a ghost appeared.”

“Are you sure Detective Shin came in? Why can’t I see anyone?”

“I heard a strange sound over there earlier.”

Kim Han-gyeol and Bang Jin-woo walked towards the emergency stairs.

“omg!”

Kim Han-gyeol stopped in surprise.

That would be the case, because the loan shark’s men were lying unconscious around the emergency stairs.

“It’s a total wasteland······.”

“Detective Shin’s nickname is ‘Dough.’”

“Do you have any talent for baking?”

“If you rebel, you die. That’s a very direct nickname. This is the result.”

“It is certain that Detective Shin and Inspector Shin Soo-ah came in. But did they go down to the basement? Or did they go up?”

“well······.”

The loan shark’s men were lying spread out all over the emergency stairs.

At that time, Kim Han-gyeol had a hard time making a decision.

“Ugh······.”

One of the loan shark’s subordinates who had passed out came to his senses.

“Hey, are you okay?”

The loan shark’s subordinate regained consciousness and said to Kim Han-gyeol, holding his hand.

“Damn, the salty guys are in.”

“So salty······.”

“What are you guys doing? You should hurry up and tell the boss to evacuate. These aren’t ordinary detectives.”

“Okay, but where is the boss?”

“These idiots, they’re in the CEO’s office on the 4th floor, right?”

“Okay, Detective Bang, tie this guy up and request backup.”

“All right.”

* * *

The 4th floor of the loan shark’s hideout building.

Shin Dae-sung and Shin Su-ah arrived by climbing the emergency stairs.

“There isn’t much resistance except on the first floor.”

“Don’t let your guard down. The head of the loan sharks is on the fourth floor. The core forces will also be gathered here.”

As soon as Shin Dae-seong finished speaking,

“이 개새끼들!”

A large member of the gang swung a club.

Shin Soo-ah took a slight step back to avoid the club.

And then immediately attempt to approach.

He held the electric shock device in his hand and placed it against his neck.

-Support, support, support!

The large member of the organization trembled.

No matter how large the creature was, it could not last more than a few seconds before collapsing.

-Thud~!

The dust shook as the giant member of the organization fell.

Shin Dae-seong said with a satisfied expression.

“The electric shock device is good?”

“It’s being developed by the Ministry of Defense.”

“It seems that Detective Shin has a lot of trust in the National Police Agency. He even gave permission for the Ministry of National Defense to develop a weapon.”

“I was selected as a tester. I have to periodically report on the pros and cons of using it.”

“Thanks to you, I was able to get here comfortably without any fuss.”

They walked down the hallway and talked.

“You entered and graduated from the police academy as top student?”

“Judge Baek Byeong-cheol was a great help. He has been helping me ever since I was in the orphanage.”

“You seem to have been quite good at studying, so why did you become a police officer?”

“That was Judge Baek’s condition. In exchange for his generous support of me, I became a police officer.”

“Did you ask why?”

Shin Soo-ah answered in a voice that showed no emotion.

“At first I was curious but held back, and then I found out on my own. Your daughter was murdered by someone.”

“Then you know who I am?”

“I am Judge Baek’s son-in-law. I would have been a replacement for Detective Shin. I am glad that Detective Shin was released after clearing his name of injustice. I will also do my best to catch the real culprit.”

Shin Dae-seong’s questions continued.

“Have you never been adopted?”

“Yes, I gave off a bad vibe when I was young. Even though I was pretty, I wasn’t chosen.”

“Sigh······.”

Shin Dae-seong let out a strange laugh and soon apologized.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean anything by it. I’ve heard that a lot too. I was told that I was a strangely unpleasant kid······.”

“I understand how you feel.”

“I’ll be teaching you Shin Kyung-wi for just one week. After that, I’ll be acting with my original partner.”

“I will follow Detective Shin’s decision.”

“What I do isn’t easy. Whenever it gets hard, I give up.”

“That will never happen. That’s what Detective Kim Han-gyeol does too.”

“It seems like you don’t like Detective Kim?”

“I feel strangely uncomfortable······.”

Shin Dae-seong spoke in a voice that changed the mood.

“Now, let’s come to our senses. Who did you say we were going to arrest today?”

“I am Song Tae-chang, a loan shark from the Babel Alliance. I am 43 years old and a former member of the nationwide gangster ‘Big Shot’. I have no criminal record.”

“If you had been in and out of prison, you wouldn’t have been able to throw me a business card.”

Soon after, they encountered a group of gangsters.

Shin Dae-seong took out his ID card without stopping walking.

“We are detectives from Gangnam Police Station 2nd Violent Crimes Unit 3. We have come to arrest your boss, Song Tae-chang, and those who resist will… die.”

“Fuck, isn’t that that crazy detective from back then!”

Among the gangsters were those who had been shot at martial arts and acupuncture schools.

They couldn’t rush in recklessly and kept retreating.

“What the heck?”

At that moment, Song Tae-chang, who was in the office, came out.

“Big brother, that crazy detective came again.”

“What are those guys down there doing?”

“We were on our way to check that out too.”

Shin Dae-seong said, showing the handcuffs.

“How? Do you want me to drag you along nicely······ Should I make some dough for you?”

Song Tae-chang’s choice is,

“Take control!”

As expected, this time I decided based on my mood.