The Mad Prosecutor Picked Up AI - Chapter 35
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Episode 35: Witness, Participant, Murderer
“When did victim Park Min-sik have a car accident?”
“It’s been 7 days.”
“What day did the murder of the doctor of Oriental medicine occur?”
“wait a minute.”
Wei Junwoo took out his cell phone and started looking for the article, but Aliota was faster.
[That was also in the past 7 days.]
Hoo. It’s the same day, isn’t it?
As I was spinning my head, Wi Jun-woo, who had finally found the day the murder occurred, shouted.
“It’s the 7th. The murder happened. Wait, wasn’t the traffic accident also on the 7th?”
“that’s right.”
“Then is it really true that Mr. Park Min-sik is a witness to this murder case?”
“We don’t know yet. Since we’re here, let’s check out the scene. It’s not our case, though.”
“great!”
I thought he would make a fuss about why I was looking at a murder scene when it wasn’t even my case, but Wi Jun-woo quietly followed me into the alley.
‘If you look closely, Wi Jun-woo is also very greedy for work.’
[He is full of passion and ability. He even accepts Hyungwang’s tricks. It’s rare to find a prosecutor like this.]
‘Yeah. What’s the big deal about not being able to wear some clothes and not being able to park?’
I entered the crime scene past the yellow tape, but there wasn’t much to see. The police and scientific investigation team had probably already swept through the area, so there probably wasn’t anything left.
There were dark red stains on the walls and floor, indicating that a lot of blood had been shed. Well, since someone was dead, this amount of bloodstains was nothing.
Judging by the large bloodstain on the floor against the wall, the victim probably leaned against the wall and collapsed.
“There’s nothing that can be called evidence, sir. I think they’ve already collected it all.”
“A narrow, smelly alley with few people. What were the two people doing here?”
“yes?”
“I lured the doctor from in front of the building and brought him here. And I killed him here. But why on earth did the doctor follow me here?”
About ten minutes had passed since Wi Jun-woo and I entered the alley. It wasn’t a long time, but we hadn’t seen a single person passing by.
Why did the doctor have to follow Mr. A into such a dark alley?
“He didn’t threaten me with a knife and ask me to go with him. He didn’t seduce me with a pretty woman. We didn’t even know each other well.”
“It’s possible that they knew each other. According to the article, the suspect who was arrested was working at that oriental medical clinic. He said he did cleaning work.”
I turned around and looked at Wi Jun-woo.
“If a cleaner from the branch office suddenly approached you and asked you to go into an alley like this, would you go?”
“No. Are you crazy? If you have something to say, say it in a bright place. Why here? … Ah.”
Wi Jun-woo nodded as if he understood my suspicions.
“There’s something. If you wanted to talk, you could have gone to a cafe. Why did you come all the way to this dark alley? Was it a secret conversation between the two of you that you shouldn’t let others hear?”
[We need more information on this case. I don’t think it’s very useful to just speculate without even looking at the case file.]
‘That’s true.’
I’ve been racking my brain, but all I know about this case is what’s in the news articles. Unless I’ve seen the case file that Na Kang-jin has, my guesses will be useless.
“Let’s go. It doesn’t look like we have anything more to gain from here anyway.”
“Yes. Then you are going straight to the branch office?”
“No. You should go to the hospital.”
“Why are you at the hospital? Where does it hurt?”
I clicked my tongue as I watched Wi Jun-woo scan my body, looking for any sore spots.
‘Sometimes when you’re doing well, you act like an idiot.’
[Isn’t that humanity?]
‘It may look ‘human’ to the eyes of AI, but to my human eyes, it’s just ‘silliness.’
“Chief, why are we here now?”
“Well, I came to see the scene of the Park Min-sik incident.”
“Right. Now that you’ve seen the scene, shouldn’t you meet Mr. Park Min-sik?”
“ah.”
From the driver’s perspective, it would be enough to just look at the police report. And since I’ve already seen the black box, there’s nothing new to be gained by meeting it.
But the victim Park Min-sik is different. Why was he injured? How was he injured? Was he really injured or was he a victim of a suicide blackmail group? Was he a witness to the murder of a Korean medicine doctor?
There was a mountain to figure out.
“Mr. Park Min-sik is still in the hospital?”
“yes.”
“Let’s go there. There are a lot of things to ask when we see each other in person.”
* * *
The place we arrived at by car was . It was the hospital where the traffic accident victim Park Min-sik was hospitalized.
“But you’re still in the hospital? If it’s just a cracked bone, can’t you just get treatment as an outpatient? They’ll put a cast on you, and you can go to the hospital when it comes off later.”
“Chief, haven’t you seen many traffic accident patients?”
“I saw it though.”
“There are many people who would put a stake in a hospital if it weren’t for their own money.”
For most people, hospitals are places they don’t want to go. They take up time, cost money, and are painful.
But what if it’s not my money? There’s no reason to avoid being in the hospital.
“Since it will be covered by insurance anyway, some people think it is an opportunity and get all kinds of tests done. They say their backs and necks hurt because of the aftereffects of the accident.”
“I guess so.”
“Because the amount paid for outpatient treatment and inpatient treatment is different, if there is even the slightest reason, the hospital will try to cover it up.”
Although we don’t know, Park Min-sik may have received treatment for his back or shoulder in addition to the cracked bone, or he may be receiving physical therapy.
Wi Jun-woo stopped the car and asked.
“Then I guess I should look for a hospital room first.”
“No. Let’s go to the security room first.”
“Why the security room?”
“I have to see what happens on the day that Mr. Park Min-sik was first brought to the emergency room.”
We first headed to the security room to check the CCTV. There was no warrant, but when I showed them my ID card and said I was going to check on the traffic accident nylon patient, they showed me the screen without any suspicion.
“There he is coming in. Is that the driver supporting him? He’s not a 119 paramedic, is he?”
The screen showed a man in a suit carrying a man in a dark gray hoodie into the emergency room.
The man in the hoodie was walking slowly, almost leaning on the man in the suit, as if he had injured one of his legs.
“I think the driver didn’t call 119 because he wasn’t seriously injured and just drove here himself.”
“So, of course, I didn’t think he was injured enough to need hospitalization.”
The one wearing the hoodie is Park Min-sik. He looks to be around 30 years old.
After checking the screen, I headed to the emergency room this time. That was because I wanted to meet the doctor who first treated Park Min-sik.
When I went to see the doctor who had treated Park Min-sik that day, a young doctor wearing round glasses and a sleep-deprived look appeared with a stethoscope slung over his shoulder.
“Hello. I’m Hojun Lee, an emergency room resident. Are you looking for me?”
“I am Do Hyeon-gwang, the prosecutor of Gunnae-myeon branch office. This is the investigator.”
Wi Jun-woo also bowed his head and greeted him.
“I have a question about the patient who was in a car accident a few days ago. Do you remember Mr. Park Min-sik?”
“Are you Park Min-sik?”
“It wasn’t a serious injury, but I heard there was a crack in his leg bone.”
“Oh, that person. Yes, I remember.”
“I heard you were hospitalized because of that accident. Do they even hospitalize you for something as minor as a bone fracture?”
“uh…….”
“I received a complaint of self-harm blackmail. I’m investigating. Are you sure you were really hurt?”
Lee Ho-jun rubbed his eyes once, as if he was tired, and then answered.
“I had a fractured leg, a fractured right wrist, and a fractured rib. I also had to have my back, neck, and shoulders checked as a result of the traffic accident. I remember being hospitalized for that reason.”
‘If anyone saw this, they’d think there was a major accident.’
[Could it be that he was a very weak person?]
“That patient, Mr. Park Min-sik. Is there any possibility that he was injured somewhere else and hid it to intentionally crash into this car? He’s seriously injured for a minor bump.”
Lee Ho-jun shook his head.
“That’s not true. The X-ray showed that my bones were very weak. My bone density was also low.”
“Are you talking about osteoporosis? Isn’t that person still young? I thought osteoporosis was something that happened more often to older people.”
“It can also appear in younger people. Of course, it is true that it is more common in older people. People who are born with a poor ability to absorb calcium, or lack of exercise, drug addiction, and excessive drinking can also have an effect.”
“hmm.”
“Someone with severe coughing can even break a bone. It may seem like a minor injury to us, but if you’ve been hit by a car, this is definitely possible.”
I asked Lee Ho-jun one last question, who nodded and then yawned.
“Did you notice anything unusual when you were treating Mr. Park Min-sik? Anything strange?”
“Well, other than the fact that I was surprised at how young a person’s bones were… … . Ah!”
Lee Ho-jun raised his head as if he remembered something.
“Do you remember anything?”
“Yes, but it’s nothing special.”
“It’s okay. Please let me know, even if it’s something small.”
Lee Ho-jun scratched his head for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“There was blood on his upper underwear.”
“Your top underwear?”
“Yes. It’s called a running shirt, right? It’s a knit. I was going to lift up my clothes to examine my side because it hurt, and there was blood on the knit. So I tried to cut the hoodie with scissors, but it was so expensive that I couldn’t cut it.”
“Cutting clothes?”
“Because wounds in the abdomen or chest need to be looked at quickly. There could be internal organ injuries, but why are you taking off the clothes? In the emergency room, if it’s urgent, they cut everything off. I was surprised to see blood on the car accident victim. But the funny thing is, there wasn’t a single drop of blood on the outer clothes.”
“There was no blood on your outer clothes, only on your underwear?”
“Yes. Fortunately, there were no other wounds on the stomach or side. The only thing was a cracked rib.”
“It was definitely strange. What did you do next?”
Lee Ho-jun shrugged.
“I was glad that there were no other major injuries, so I just let it go. The emergency room was busy at the time, so I sent it off for an X-ray and forgot about it. It suddenly came to me when you asked me about it a little while ago.”
“I guess I should meet Mr. Park Min-sik.”
“If you want to know where Mr. Park Min-sik is hospitalized, just ask Mr. Jeong at the desk.”
“Yes. Thank you for your cooperation.”
As I was heading to the emergency room desk, Wi Jun-woo followed me and asked me.
“What is the blood on your underwear? It can’t be your own blood.”
“Could this be the blood of the murdered doctor?”
“Are you suspecting that Park Min-sik is not a witness but the murderer of the doctor? But why is the blood on his underwear instead of his outer clothes? If he had stabbed him with a knife, blood would have splattered on his outer clothes.”
“I think he might have wiped the sword on his shirt. He wouldn’t want to wear bloody clothes if he wiped it on his outer clothes.”
“Oh, I didn’t think of that. You said there was no blood on the knife. If this is true, it would be great.”
I shook my head as I watched Wi Jun-woo acting all excited.
“It’s still just a suspicion. If I could secure the clothes, I could figure it out quickly. Too much time has passed now.”
When we arrived at the desk, we asked the nurse some questions.
“I’d like to see Mr. Park Min-sik, who was hospitalized due to a traffic accident. What room is he in?”
“Room 302. But you’ll have to hurry. You just finished your discharge process.”
“Huh!”
Wi Jun-woo and I went up to the third floor with our eyebrows raised. A hospital room for six people. Most of the beds were empty, but fortunately, there was still one man left.
A man in plain clothes, not a hospital gown, organizing a bag on the bed. A man with a bandage wrapped around one leg and his right wrist. This person is probably Park Min-sik.
“Mr. Park Min-sik?”
“who……?”
“Hello. I’m from Gunnae-myeon branch office. My name is Prosecutor Do Hyeon-gwang.”
Oily hair from not washing it, a pale complexion. Park Min-sik looked at us with a wary look in his eyes.
“Why is the inspector looking for me?”
“The driver sued me because of a traffic accident.”
“ah.”
Park Min-sik nodded, visibly relieved.
“Can I ask you a few formal questions?”
“Yes, I am.”
Park Min-sik sat down on the bed he was organizing.
[His eyes look anxious. His breathing rate is slightly increasing. This is evidence that he is very anxious right now.]
‘Look at that guy closely. Analyze what he’s saying. There’s definitely something there.’
[All right.]
I smiled brightly at Park Min-sik.
Whether he was a witness to the murder of a Korean medicine doctor, a participant, or a murderer.
Shall we take a look now?