The Mad Prosecutor Picked Up AI - Chapter 12



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Episode 12 Who Died?

The sea breeze was cool.

White clouds float in the blue sky, seagulls squawk, and waves crash against the shore.

It’s nice to be outside after a long time.

Oh, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?

anyway.

As he was moving the bag he was holding in his right hand to his left hand, he suddenly asked a question to Wi Jun-woo, who was standing next to him.

“Chief.”

“yes?”

“You know what people call me, Sword?”

“I know.”

Wi Jun-woo answered indifferently without even looking at me.

“Do you know why they call it that?”

“What is so obvious?”

“?”

“It’s hard to call him ‘Prosecutor Do Hyeon-gwang!’ It’s just the last name plus the ‘sword’ in prosecutor, Do-geom.”

That’s right. In cases where there is a rank, such as a chief prosecutor or deputy chief prosecutor, you call them chief or deputy chief. But if there is no rank, it’s a bit ambiguous to call them that.

It’s awkward to call someone “Mr. Sohn” like a regular office worker. It’s also funny to call other prosecutors “Prosecutor.”

I do call people who are older than me ‘senior’, but that’s usually the title used when superiors call subordinates or prosecutors.

But the problem is.

“Everyone else calls me ‘pro.’ I’m a pro, Kim is a pro.”

The word prosecutor is called in English. Usually, the first two letters of the word are combined to form prosecutrix, such as Pro Kim or Pro Park.

“Why am I the only one who is not a pro swordsman? Why is that?”

Knock knock.

Wi Jun-woo, who had been walking slowly, stopped walking. He looked at me intently with his eyes half-open, perhaps because of the sea breeze.

“… … Don’t you know?”

“I’m asking because I don’t know.”

“What comes to mind when you think of swords?”

“Um, a knife?”

Even if it is not the general public, those who have studied law cannot help but think of a sword when they hear the word ‘sword’. This is because of the ‘Act on the Safety Management of Firearms, Swords, Explosives, etc.’ that they studied so diligently.

“People think that you, sir, are a bit dangerous. To the extent that you have to manage safety by law. If you’re not careful, everything could explode and fly away.”

“Hmm. Really?”

Am I that dangerous?

No, why?

Where is there someone as safe as me?

“But it’s not just in Gunnae-myeon. Even when I was in the Judicial Research and Training Institute, everyone called me a swordsman? Everyone else called me a ‘pro’?”

“People’s thoughts are all the same. The people at the Judicial Research and Training Institute also knew. That the prosecutor was a bomb. And ‘Do Pro’, doesn’t that seem a bit out of place?”

It’s not like it even suits you.

I glared at Wi Jun-woo, who was grinning, with a displeased expression.

“What about the manager?”

“What am I?”

“What do you call me, Chief?”

“Of course I do. I call you inspector.”

“No, not in front of me. When you call me from behind. What do you call me?”

Wi Jun-woo became serious.

“Whether it’s in front or behind, I always call you inspector.”

“No way.”

“It’s true.”

“Don’t be like that. Tell me honestly, like a man.”

“I am naturally manly.”

Despite my provocation, Wi Jun-woo did not come over.

“What do you usually call me? Sword?”

“no.”

“Crazy guy?”

“No.”

“What the hell?”

“Oh, what do you think I am? I told you, that’s not true.”

When I opened my eyes dimly and glared at him, Wi Jun-woo turned his head to the other side again.

[When I see that flustered facial expression, the rising skin temperature, and the awkward body language, I can tell that Wi Jun-woo is lying right now.]

‘Even if it’s not AI, I know. That’s clearly a lie.’

What on earth are you calling me that makes you do that?

“There’s definitely something going on. Aren’t you calling me by a strange name?”

Wi Jun-woo, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped and turned around to look at me.

“Inspector, I have a question.”

“Fighting a question with a question. This is a classic evasive tactic.”

“It’s 10 o’clock on a weekday morning now.”

“I was wondering what time it was?”

“But why are the inspector and I at the beach instead of the office?”

“Oh, that’s right.”

Wi Jun-woo showed me the net and tongs he was holding in his hand as if he was showing off.

“I’m so curious as to why we’re doing this.”

If he had come to investigate the incident, it would have been better. But since that wasn’t the case, he seemed even more upset.

We were now at the beach for the “Clean Beach” campaign.

“Well, it protects the ocean, cleans the beach, and it’s good for people to see. Right? People protect the ocean, and the ocean protects people. Don’t you get it?”

“Do you think I’m doing this because I don’t know that?”

“Maybe you don’t know?”

“I don’t know what the hell.”

Wi Jun-woo picked up the styrofoam cup that was half-buried in the sand with a pair of tongs and threw it into the basket with all his might.

[Wow, it’s full of emotion.]

‘I know.’

[I think he thinks of that stick as a flashlight.]

Wi Jun-woo, who had been hitting the tongs on the net more hard than necessary, opened his mouth.

“What I mean is, why are we out on the beach protecting the environment when we should be investigating cases in the office?”

“Oh, me again.”

“?”

“So that’s… … .”

The reason we did this is…

* * *

“Hey, why do you keep popping out like that?”

I stared at my phone screen and was very careful. Now there was only one ball left. Even though I threw the ball so that it would definitely land on an excellent ball, this monster kept popping out of the ball.

“What’s sticking out like that?”

“Oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute.”

A guy who moves around on the screen as if tempting me. He just barely won a raid battle, but he’s not easy to catch.

But that could be a good sign. Maybe it’s a three-star, super-status guy.

No, it doesn’t have to be three stars. This guy was a ‘different colored monster’. Where is that if you just catch it?

I gave him the golden razz fruit and just stared at him. I had to memorize his movement pattern and throw the ball at the moment he stopped in the middle.

I placed my finger on the ball and slowly spun it, waiting for the right moment. The guy tilted his head back threateningly, then stopped again. Yes, right now!

“What have you been waiting for so long?”

“Huh?!”

My fingers moved without me realizing it at the sudden voice from next to me. The last remaining ball rolled away on the floor.

My monster of a different color disappeared with the wind.

“Oh, I missed you! Why did you have to talk to me then!”

As I turned around, feeling irritated, I saw the face of Manager Jang Gi-tae. His expression was calm, as if he didn’t even want to get angry anymore.

“Huh? When did you come?”

“You came just now, you punk.”

“Really? Why didn’t I know?”

“You didn’t know even after I gave you the answer? That’s because you were distracted by the game.”

Chief Jang Gi-tae hit his chest in frustration.

“That’s a good thing. I was so busy playing the game that I didn’t even realize the manager was coming next to me.”

“uh.”

“You must have been very disappointed, seeing how angry you are?”

“This one is a different color, so it doesn’t come out often.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yes. Right now I… … .”

[Hyun-kwang, I recommend that you keep your mouth shut for now!]

I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut at Aliotte’s warning.

[That facial expression may seem gentle at first glance, but it’s actually a face filled with anger, annoyance, and bewilderment.]

‘Oh, really?’

I stopped what I was about to say and smiled faintly.

“What are you doing here?”

“What happened? If someone heard me, they would think I came to their office to play.”

I scratched my head. I was at the back of the branch office building. On a bench by the parking lot.

Since I had nothing to do in the office, and the sun was shining so brightly, I came out and played a game to do some photosynthesis.

Of course, the fact that this place is not visible from the branch manager’s office also played a part.

“I went to the sword room but couldn’t find it. I came to find out where you were playing.”

“ah.”

“What were you doing?”

“As you can see, I’m playing a mobile game… … .”

Veins slowly began to appear on Chief Jang Gi-tae’s forehead.

“A prosecutor comes out during work hours and plays around? What? Playing games on his phone? Oh my, this guy is a prosecutor.”

“What’s wrong with a prosecutor playing games? These are all healthy hobbies.”

“Shut your mouth!”

[Hyun-kwang, shut up!]

Hmm. Did I go a little too far?

Chief Jang Gi-tae and Aliota both harassed me at the same time.

Oh my. I’m so sad.

I just played that game once.

Aliotta gave a scolding.

[It wasn’t just once, it was just once!]

“You shut up.”

“what?”

“No. I’m just talking to myself.”

Chief Jang Gi-tae opened his eyes wide.

“Everyone at the branch office is busy working overtime and all. Are you the only one slacking off? Don’t you have anything better to do? Are you the only one with so much time on your hands?”

“yes.”

“what?”

Manager Jang Gi-tae, who was about to nag me more, looked momentarily bewildered by my answer that he had nothing to do.

“I have nothing to do. Just give me a case.”

“You were assigned a case, right?”

“I finished it a long time ago. I even submitted the payment, but you didn’t receive it?”

“ah…….”

Only then did Manager Jang Gi-tae suddenly become quiet, perhaps remembering the pile of approval documents piled high like a tomb in his office.

“Please make the payments quickly. How many payments are currently overdue? I think there are still over 150 left.”

Manager Jang Gi-tae, who had been nagging with a frown, licked his lips.

“Shouldn’t we speed things up a bit to reduce the number of pending cases in our branch?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“I have a lot of time, so please give me more cases.”

“No, that’s a bit… … .”

If you pass me a lot of cases, I’ll be happy. I’ll finish them in no time.

If it was just me, I wouldn’t know. Now, thanks to Aliota, the time it takes to write documents has been reduced to about 1/6. If I get used to it a little more, I think I can reduce it to 1/10.

Anyway, the cases that are handed over to a new prosecutor in his 7th month of service are not difficult in the first place. Most of them are resolved by just writing up some paperwork.

But the cases don’t end just because I finish them. The cases I take on have to be approved by Chief Jang Gi-tae.

To pay for all that, Manager Jang Gi-tae would probably have to work overtime and stay up all night.

It’s ironic that the more you order your subordinates to do work, the more work you end up doing yourself.

“I also like it, so I wonder if I would be playing games on my phone at this time. I have a lot of time to spare, but nothing to do. My body is so tired, I could die.”

“Oh, right!”

Manager Jang Gi-tae, who had been staring at the ground and sweating profusely, suddenly opened his eyes wide and smiled brightly.

“Oh, I didn’t think of that?”

What is it? Why are you smiling so happily?

Make people anxious.

“Sword, there is something that suits Sword perfectly.”

“What’s going on?”

“Yeah. You said your body was aching, right? And you have a lot of time?”

“yes.”

“Yeah, that’s perfect. Let’s go to my room right now. I’ll give you some work to do.”

* * *

“… … That’s how we came to do this. Creating clean beaches.”

“Ha. So this is the inspector who got caught slacking off and is getting punished?”

“Hey, it’s a dump. This is also very important.”

“Then why did you get caught playing games there?”

No, what are you talking about?

Whose fault is it all!

I feel so wronged, really!

“This is all your fault, Chief.”

“Why me?”

“It’s a rule made by the manager. No matter how little work there is, playing games on your phone in the office is prohibited. That’s why I got caught playing games outside.”

“Why is the story like that?”

“Just a moment.”

“What do you mean, wait a minute? Avoiding responsibility like that… … .”

“Oh, come on!”

“?”

Wi Jun-woo tilted his face when he saw me suddenly becoming serious.

“Why are there so many people gathered back there?”

Wi Jun-woo turned his head and looked in the direction I was pointing. It was a weekday morning, so the beach was deserted. But strangely, people were gathered only behind the rocks.

“Okay. What is it?”

[Oh. I see the police.]

“police?”

“Huh? The police? Oh, really? With the police. Huh? Yellow tape?”

Behind the people surrounding the area, police officers were seen clearing up the scene. There was also yellow tape surrounding it.

“Hey. It looks like something happened.”

Aliotta continued to zoom in on my view. I felt dizzy for a moment, but soon I focused on the zoomed-in screen before my eyes.

The legs of a police officer standing guard and the legs of a person lying down, glimpsed behind yellow tape.

As Aliotta zoomed in on the screen, she saw her clothes soaking wet and a wound on one of her legs.

“… … I think someone died.”

“yes?”

Wei Jun-woo, who was still far away and couldn’t see anything because of the people, opened his eyes wide and looked at me. I said with a meaningful expression.

“Let’s go for now.”

We nodded with stern faces and walked side by side, carrying our sacks.