The Mad Prosecutor Picked Up AI - Chapter 46
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Episode 46 Me too already
When I found out that I was going to Seoul, I asked Chief Jang Gi-tae to also transfer Wi Jun-woo. There was no particular reason. Wi Jun-woo was a very capable investigator.
Besides, I was pretty used to my wit and my craziness by now. If I were to work with a new investigator, I didn’t know how long it would take for him to get used to my working style. There’s nothing more demotivating than working with someone you don’t get along with.
Fortunately, the request was accepted. We had our belongings sent to Seoul through a moving company, and we decided to move by car. We had to take Wi Jun-woo’s car anyway.
I wiped the spittle off my cheek and asked Wi Jun-woo, who was nagging me for sleeping next to him.
“How do you feel about going to Seoul?”
“It’s good. It reminds me of old times. It also feels like I’m returning home in glory.”
“Have you ever worked in Seoul before?”
“My first place of work was in Seoul.”
“Oh. But how did you end up being kicked out to Gunnae-myeon?”
Wi Jun-woo glanced at me while driving.
“Well, let’s just say that there were circumstances that made it unavoidable.”
‘I didn’t know he had a story.’
[Yes, that’s right.]
‘I don’t know what it was, but if there was a reason, maybe he didn’t want to go to Seoul?’
“Why did the manager say he would follow me?”
“yes?”
“When I asked you to come to Seoul with me. Why did you say yes?”
“hmm.”
Wi Jun-woo focused on driving for a while without saying anything. I wasn’t trying to set the mood or have a deep conversation. I felt a little embarrassed when there was no answer to my question.
I yawned because I was so embarrassed.
Hmm. I’m sleepy.
“I thought it would be fun.”
I suddenly raised my head at Wi Jun-woo’s voice.
“Huh? What did you say?”
“I thought about it. If I had to choose between a boring heaven and a fun hell, I would definitely choose the fun hell.”
“Oh. So you’re saying Seoul is a fun hell?”
“No. The inspector said it was hell.”
“Me in hell? No, why?”
Wi Jun-woo snickered.
“Working with the inspector is absolute hell. He makes me go to the field all the time, and he makes me do all the dirty and hard work. I can’t drive, I can’t fight. And he keeps making me crave for it.”
“Well, now that I hear it, you really are a shameless prosecutor.”
“But it was fun. The past three months, while working as a prosecutor investigator in Gunnae-myeon and spending time with the prosecutor, were the most exciting. It was thrilling. It was the best.”
Wi Jun-woo, who had cleared his throat once, drove while looking straight ahead.
“Anyway. I thought it would be fun to investigate together in Seoul. The military base without you has become so boring.”
“Today, we have led another lamb to hell.”
I looked out the window. Under the darkening sky, a dark landscape of mountains and fields appeared. The streetlights illuminating the road came and went, coming closer and closer to us, then quickly disappeared behind us.
It became bright and passed by.
It became bright and passed by.
.
.
.
“Inspector!”
“Huh? Yes?”
“Don’t sleep next to me while I’m driving! Isn’t that too much when you won’t even let me change the driver?”
“I didn’t sleep.”
I opened my eyes wide with thick double eyelids and answered.
“Speak with saliva in your mouth.”
“I wonder.”
He moistened his dry lips with saliva and spoke again.
“I’m sorry. I slept late yesterday because I had a farewell party.”
“It was my farewell party too. I slept late too.”
“Oh, is that so?”
I yawned with my mouth wide open.
“Ouch, I’m sleepy.”
I blinked and tried to move my body, but there was no sign of sleep.
“It won’t work.”
I felt like I needed to say something to keep me awake.
“Chief. I never told you why I decided to become a prosecutor, did I?”
“yes.”
“I don’t usually say this to just anyone. Can I tell you a story from my past?”
“no.”
“I was in the third year of middle school.”
Whether Wei Junwoo listens or not, I start talking.
… …
When I was in the third year of middle school, my father passed away.
The funeral home at 3 a.m. was quiet. Many of the people who had come to the funeral had left, and the relatives who had been guarding the place were either napping in a room set up on one side or nodding off in their seats.
My mother, who had fainted from crying, had already been brought inside by her relatives. After going to the bathroom, I sat at the entrance of the funeral hall set up at the hospital and looked inside.
At that moment, a young man wearing a suit came in and stood at the entrance staring at my father’s memorial photo for a long time. He was a man with a very sad look on his face.
He then handed over the subsidy in a white envelope, bowed in front of his father’s photo, and went out.
The sight was so impressive that I unconsciously followed him out. The man, who was blocking the cold wind with his hand outside and was about to light a cigarette, noticed my gaze and took the cigarette out of his mouth.
I slowly approached the man and stood in front of him.
“Sir, are you a dog?”
… …
“No, wait. Time! Stop! Inspector, was your personality that different from that time? You said it was when you were in 3rd year of middle school?”
“He was always a tough guy.”
“Are you a consistently bad guy?”
Wi Jun-woo felt my cold gaze and cleared his throat. Then, he looked forward and opened his mouth again.
“So? What happened?”
“Then why are you interrupting me?”
“Anyone would quit if they heard something like that.”
“Just drive properly.”
After nagging him for a bit, he continued telling the old story.
… …
“Sir, are you a dog?”
“What? Huh, right.”
It was a face that said it was so absurd that he couldn’t even be angry.
“아버지 친구분들이 그러시던데요. 검사 그 개새끼 때문에 우리 아버지가 돌아가신 거라고.”
He was the criminal who I had caught by running until my feet were sweaty and my tongue was smelling sweet. I was going to arrest him so he couldn’t run away any longer and tighten the reins on the investigation.
The prosecutor rejected the request for an arrest warrant, citing the fact that his residence and identity were clear and there was no risk of him fleeing. That guy was the nephew of a member of the National Assembly, you know.
When the arrest warrant failed, the criminal fled again. After lying in wait for several days, my father finally caught him again and was killed by a knife wielded by the criminal.
I heard what my father’s friends and fellow detectives who came to the funeral said.
-In the first place, the prosecutor would not have gone like this, even though the bak was only a warrant.
A man who looked aggrieved asked me, as if he had guessed the context after hearing what I said.
“Are you, by any chance, Detective Do Young-bae’s son?”
“yes.”
“Oh, right.”
The man, who had been hesitating for a while, awkwardly opened his mouth.
“You must be having a hard time. I don’t know how to comfort you… … .”
“그래서. 아저씨가 그 개새끼예요?”
The man who had been staring at my face shook his head.
“No. That son of a bitch… … . The prosecutor who refused to request an arrest warrant is my killer.”
“Shooter? What is that?”
“It’s a kind of teacher. A senior who knows more than I do takes charge of a newbie like me and teaches him.”
“Would you like to learn from a dog?
“… … .”
The man, who had been choosing his words for a moment, made an excuse for his shooter.
“Our shooter didn’t do that on purpose.”
“… … .”
“Who in the world would knowingly not issue an arrest warrant for someone who would die? Our shooter wasn’t that bad.”
“yes.”
“Even if you do that, you can’t help but be a dog.”
“그럼 아저씨도 나중에 사회생활을 많이 하게 되면. 그 사수랑 같은 나이가 되면. 그때는 누군가에게 개새끼가 될 건가요?”
The man looked into my eyes for a long time.
“No. I… … I’ll try not to.”
“thank god.”
An awkward silence flowed between the two. Unable to bear the awkwardness, the man pulled out all the adults’ weapons. Questions like those of a regular holiday customer.
“What grade are you in?”
“I’m in 3rd year of middle school.”
“Are you studying well?”
“no.”
“What is your dream? What do you want to do next?”
“hmm.”
I thought for a moment. Dream. I didn’t really have any dreams.
“I want to get tested.”
“test?”
“네. 개새끼 같은 검사 말고요. 나쁜 놈들 다 잡아서 감옥에 처넣는 그런 검사가 될 거예요.”
The moment I said those words, I realized that this was truly my dream.
It doesn’t matter if you have connections or a lot of money. All those who commit crimes will be thrown in jail.
“Even if you have a long social life, even if you get older, you don’t have a dog to anyone other than criminals.”
The man, who had been thinking deeply about something for a moment, asked.
“I was talking to you earlier. I’m a fucking… … . How did you know I was a prosecutor?”
“I’m wearing a suit.”
“There must have been a lot of people wearing suits besides me?”
I thought about it for a moment. How did I know?
“Because of your facial expression.”
“expression?”
“Most people were sad. Some were angry or sorry. Some felt empty. But you.”
“I am?”
“I could see shame on the old man’s face as he looked at his father’s memorial photo. Regret and shame.”
“her……!”
The man looked away without saying anything. In the emergency room of the building next door, the lights were flashing and the siren was blaring as an ambulance was coming in.
The man who had been watching the scene for a while suddenly blurted out.
“You have to study hard to pass the exam.”
“yes.”
“You really, really have to do it well. You can’t just do it a little bit.”
Somehow the man looked so serious that I nodded seriously as well.
“And fix that temper too.”
“Temperament?”
“Is it the first time you see?
“hmm.”
“A person who says everything he wants to say can’t even go near a prosecutor. If you really want to be a prosecutor, you have to kill your temper.”
“……yes.”
The man, who looked wronged, rubbed his hands together as if he was ready to leave and took a step forward.
“Come in. It’s windy.”
“yes.”
The man who had been walking a couple of steps turned around and smiled at me.
“I’ll see you later when you grow up and become a real prosecutor. I’m looking forward to it.”
I nodded instead of answering.
… …
“Wow, he’s really something.”
“What is it?”
“So, isn’t that the person who made you the prosecutor you are today? He gave you advice that was so helpful to you that it became your blood and flesh.”
“I see.”
Maybe it was because I was thinking about going up to Seoul. Suddenly, I thought of that old man from back then.
“Do you know his name?”
“No. At that time, I wasn’t in the right frame of mind to ask the adult’s name. All I know is that he seemed a bit wronged.”
“Who could it be? Are they still checking?”
Prosecutors quit when they reach the level of chief and open a law firm. I don’t know if they’re still working as prosecutors.
“If you are still taking tests, how old would you be?”
“At that time, I was a rookie prosecutor learning under a shooter. That was 15 years ago. I would be in my mid-40s now. If I were still working as a prosecutor, I would be a senior prosecutor.”
I looked out the dark window and lost myself in thought. Wi Jun-woo was right. In a way, he was the one who made a great contribution to my becoming a prosecutor.
He is the person who made me realize that my dream was to become a prosecutor, and he gave me practical advice on how to become one.
Are they still testing?
If so, which district attorney’s office would it be in?
Has the prosecutor who lived for 15 years became a dog?
“If I knew the name, I would be able to find it right away, but that’s too bad. Well, that’s only possible if he’s still in the prosecution. If he’s quit being a prosecutor, it would be hard to find out.
Do you remember the face? It might be blurry since I saw it briefly at night 15 years ago.
Surely, Chief Jang Gi-tae wasn’t that prosecutor? Oh, I don’t think so. If I was, I would have remembered it a long time ago. ‘Huh? This guy’s talking exactly like that 3rd year middle school kid who didn’t have a problem back then?’ Right?
Is it possible that it is at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office where we are going? If so, that would be great. But in our country, if you add up the number of district prosecutors’ offices and branch offices, there are about 60. I don’t know where it is.
“Hey, I didn’t know that happened to our inspector.”
“… … .”
“Inspector?”
“… … .”
“Inspector! I told you not to sleep next to me!”
“Ugh.”
I woke up to Wei Junwoo screaming.
I wiped my spit away as I looked at Wi Jun-woo, who was glaring at me while driving.
I didn’t have a long social life, but I thought I was already a dog for anyone.