The Mad Prosecutor Picked Up AI - Chapter 48
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Episode 48: The Revenge of the Cancerous Lump
I was going to the 5th trial room with Wi Jun-woo.
“Inspector, did you happen to be talking nonsense in the deputy director’s room?”
“That’s nonsense. I just said things that made perfect sense.”
“I feel uneasy about something.”
“No need to worry. Have you ever felt uneasy while working with me?”
“There are a lot.”
“hmm.”
Compared to Gunnae-myeon branch office, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office was very large. Gunnae-myeon branch office had only 4 criminal departments and 2 trial departments, while Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office had 12 criminal departments and 5 trial departments.
Among them, the 5th trial room we were going to was on the 14th floor. While I was pressing the elevator button and waiting, Wi Jun-woo asked.
“Are you disappointed?”
“What is it?”
“Are you disappointed that you were sent to the trial department instead of the investigative department?”
“What about you, Chief? Are you upset that you came all the way to Seoul with me and ended up going to the trial department?”
“Of course not. Wherever the inspector is, the most fun place is probably.”
I chuckled. The elevator arrived just in time and we both got on.
“It’s cool to stand in court dressed up in a robe. When will I ever get to do something like that again? I’m actually looking forward to it.”
“Hmm. This time the court is going to be in chaos.”
“Your Honor, I object! Your Honor, sentence this bastard to death! Wow, isn’t that great?”
Wi Jun-woo sighed.
“You wouldn’t really say that in court, would you, you little punk?”
“If he deserves the death penalty, he must be an incredibly bad guy. Why can’t you even say something like that?”
“But you can’t do that in front of a judge.”
“Okay, Your Honor, sentence this guy to death!”
“No. This kid, not this guy, the defendant! The defendant!”
“Oh, right.”
Wi Jun-woo shook his head.
“Surely that wouldn’t happen in a real courtroom?”
“Of course. What do you think of me?”
As I was getting off the elevator, Wi Jun-woo whispered softly.
“I guess I’ll have to chase him to court.”
… …
The office of the 5th trial division was at the very end of the hallway. It felt like it was pushed to the very end. We knocked on the door and went inside.
Inside the small office, there were four or five desks crowded together, and all sorts of papers and documents were piled on the desks, the floor, and even on the carts. The sunlight streaming in through the window made dust flutter as if dancing.
‘Something feels really weird.’
Then a man and a woman sitting at the desk stood up and asked us.
“How did you come here?”
“I am Prosecutor Do Hyeon-gwang, who will be working in the 5th trial division starting today.”
“Hello. I am Prosecutor Wi Jun-woo.”
“Oh, nice to meet you. My name is Moon Seung-hwan, a prosecutor who is assisting Chief Prosecutor Shin Hyo-jin and Prosecutor Kang Jin-gyu in the 5th trial division.”
A man who looked to be in his late 40s or early 50s greeted me. He had a warm and friendly impression.
“You’re doing the work of two people by yourself? That’s amazing.”
“What? I can’t help it since you won’t replenish it.”
“No. Chief, you are really great. Oh, by the way, my name is Kang Min-hee, the field manager.”
A woman who looked to be in her 40s extended her hand.
“Nice to meet you.”
“The inspectors haven’t arrived yet, but they will be here soon. Please wait a moment.”
At the entrance, Chief Seung-Hwan Moon and Staff Officer Min-Hee Kang were sitting at two desks side by side, and there was a door on the right and left sides of the office. It seemed to be connected to the office next door.
“Is that the manager’s office over there?”
“Yes. On the right is Chief Shin Hyo-jin’s office, and on the left is Prosecutor Kang Jin-gyu’s office.”
“Our place is… … .”
“Oh, you can sit over there. Detective Wi Jun-woo, you can use my seat. I’ll go to Prosecutor Kang’s room.”
Just then the office door flew open.
“I have a trial in twenty minutes. Please prepare the materials.”
The woman who finished speaking quickly opened the door on the right and went in without looking back. A small man who followed her in stopped for a moment when he saw me and Wi Jun-woo.
“uh…….”
“Prosecutor. This is Prosecutor Do Hyeon-gwang and Investigator Wi Jun-woo who were assigned today.”
“Ah. I see.”
The man followed the woman who had gone in before him into the room on the right.
“Sir. The prosecutor and investigator who will be starting work today are here.”
“uh.”
The woman, who was the manager, was already inside the office, wearing a robe.
“Manager Moon, please put these materials on the cart.”
“yes.”
“Yeah, you’re the new inspector?”
Only then did I bow my head to the manager who was looking at me.
“Hello. This is Prosecutor Do Hyeon-gwang. Please take care of me.”
“Hello. I am Wi Jun-woo, a prosecutor who was assigned with you.”
“Nice to meet you. My name is Shin Hyo-jin. I’m the head of the 5th trial division.”
Manager Shin Hyo-jin, who looked to be in his mid-40s, extended his hand. After shaking hands, the short man who had brought us in also shook hands.
“This is prosecutor Kang Jin-gyu.”
“Nice to meet you.”
Manager Shin Hyo-jin, who had long, wavy short hair that barely reached her shoulders, looked at me quietly and asked.
“You’re younger than I thought? How many years have you been here?”
“It’s my first year.”
“ah.”
He nods and asks another question.
“Do you have a lot of trial experience?”
“When I was at Gunnae-myeon branch office, I followed my senior there. Maybe once or twice?”
“Ah. About twice.”
A faint smile spread across Manager Shin Hyo-jin’s face. It wasn’t a smile of joy, but a smile of suppressed anger.
“Pro Kang. Is this Nam Deputy Manager who is teasing me right now?”
“uh…….”
“When I sang a song asking for more recruits, you didn’t even listen, but you sent me one person, and that was only for a year? Two years of trial experience?”
Still smiling, Chief Shin Hyo-jin placed both hands on her hips and looked back at Kang Jin-gyu.
“This is clearly telling me to go fuck myself, right?”
“Oh, I don’t think so.”
“Director Nam, really? What are you trying to do?”
At the end, I shouted out loud, and at that moment, Chief Seung-Hwan Moon opened his mouth.
“Sir, I have uploaded all the materials. You must go to trial.”
“Ha. Okay. I have to go to trial.”
Manager Shin Hyo-jin put her hair up behind her ear and walked out, pulling a cart.
“I’ll go to the trial. Mr. Kang, show me the sword. Okay?”
“yes.”
Then, she looked at me again with a smiling face as if to ask me when she had ever been angry.
“I’m busy so I can’t talk at length right now. Ask Pro Kang for more details.”
“yes.”
“Since you’re new here today, should we have a company dinner tonight? I’ll see you at the company dinner. And the manager above.”
“Yes. Have a nice trip.”
Chief Shin Hyo-jin disappeared without looking back, pulling the cart. Kang Jin-gyu opened his mouth as he watched her from behind.
“The manager is a better person than I thought. He does have a temper, though.”
“You’re a cross-dresser.”
“Yeah. I’m angry and I don’t have any lingering feelings. I just got hit by the manager.”
“Are you getting caught?”
“Can’t you see it here? I was caught, so I was sent to the 5th trial division. And there’s only one person here, me.”
“Then why is there only one member?”
“There was another person above me named Park Jeong-se, but he was kicked out. Because of Manager Shin.”
Kang Jin-gyu continued speaking after seeing my curious face.
“At that time, Senior Park and the manager confidently prosecuted and tried the case despite pressure from Vice-Chief Nam Woo-joong. But soon after, Senior Park was sent to the Wonju Branch of the Chuncheon District Prosecutors’ Office.”
“Wow. It seems that Manager Shin is more resilient than I thought.”
“With that upright personality and impatient temper, I get into trouble every time something happens. Ugh.”
Kang Jin-gyu said, shaking his head.
“Oh, can I stop talking? I feel like I’m much older than you, considering your age.”
“yes.”
“I’ll tell you about the trial court later.”
* * *
Chief Prosecutor Kim Jong-hyeok, who was in charge of the 3rd Criminal Division, kept his mouth shut and watched Deputy Chief Nam Woo-joong’s expression. Something must have happened that was extremely unpleasant. Judging from the fact that he had been frowning and deep in thought since a while ago.
“Are there a lot of incidents these days?”
“There are always a lot of cases. If you just look at the number of cases, it’s hard to tell if this is Gotham City or Seoul.”
“Where are you sending your department’s cases?”
“I send them mostly to the first trial division. Oh, and I send the smaller, less important ones to the fifth trial division. Why is that?”
After a moment of thought, Vice President Nam Woo-joong opened his mouth.
“Do you know Chief Jang Gi-tae?”
“That traitor? Of course I know him. Isn’t he stuck in the countryside somewhere right now? Or has he already given up?”
“Go down to the Gunnae-myeon branch office.”
“I see. I don’t really care.”
As I answered with a broad smile, Vice-Chief Nam Woo-joong’s words rang in my ears.
“Chief Jang threw a bomb.”
“A bomb? What is that…? Did you expose something?”
“No. I sent someone to Seoul.”
“A person… …. Could it be an assassin?”
“Oh, this guy. Are you filming a movie?”
Deputy Manager Nam Woo-joong, who was glaring at Manager Kim Jong-hyeok with a displeased expression, clicked his tongue once and then opened his mouth again.
“I sent one prosecutor straight to the 5th trial division. That’s why I’m telling you. Now, send some cases that are worthy of being called cases to the 5th trial division.”
“Is this a case worth investigating?”
“The staff has been increased, so we can’t just leave them to deal with trivial matters forever. These are important cases with a lot of evidence and materials to read.”
Only then did Manager Kim Jong-hyeok understand what Vice-Chief Nam Woo-joong had said and nodded his head vigorously.
“Oh, yes. I understand.”
At first glance, it sounded like he was telling me to send him important information, but in reality, he was telling me to bury myself in data so that I wouldn’t know if the sun was rising or the seasons were changing.
Vice President Nam Woo-joong clenched his fist.
A bad-mouthed, rude guy.
Let’s see if you still talk nonsense when you’re buried in work and about to die.
* * *
The 5th trial division’s dinner was small. Chief Shin Hyo-jin, who spent the whole day in the courtroom, senior Kang Jin-gyu, who also went back and forth between the office and the court, investigator Moon Seung-hwan, and staff officer Kang Min-hee. And Wi Jun-woo and I. That was it.
Since the main characters of today were me and Wi Jun-woo, Manager Shin Hyo-jin was talking to me a lot. After clinking our glasses and taking a shot, Manager Shin Hyo-jin spoke.
“Dogeom, what I said earlier didn’t bother you, did it? It’s not that I don’t like Dogeom, it’s just that I have a bit of a problem with the vice-chairman.”
“It’s okay. I forgot.”
“I just have to do my job well. Then I won’t be touched by anyone. Are you good at sword work?”
“I know it’s a bit embarrassing for me to say this, but he was a star prosecutor at Gunnae-myeon branch office.”
“Star Inspector?”
Wi Jun-woo, who was inhaling meat, stepped forward.
“When I was at Gunnae-myeon branch office, our prosecutor caught a serial killer. He also shut down an illegal gambling den and a drug supply place.”
“Wow. Is that so? He was a great talent?”
“No. I guess I was too good to be lucky.”
“What? Hahaha. This is funny, dude. This is my style. Let’s have a drink.”
“yes.”
After clinking our glasses and taking a shot, Manager Shin Hyo-jin refilled my glass.
“By the way, putting such a capable person in the trial department, and in our 5th department at that. Isn’t that too much, Deputy Nam?”
“I’m fine.”
“It’s okay. People who are good at investigations should become prosecutors. This is clearly a retaliatory personnel move. Sword, did you do something wrong? How can you send me to our department as soon as I came to Seoul?”
Manager Shin Hyo-jin seemed more excited than I was. When I looked around, Kang Jin-gyu was also looking at me with a slightly pitiful expression.
I guess I really have to tell you this story.
“Sir, what should I do if I get cancer?”
“Cancer? You need surgery.”
“Yes. It needs to be completely removed through surgery or destroyed through chemotherapy. Otherwise, it will later metastasize to other organs and relapse.”
“yes.”
Manager Shin Hyo-jin looked at me with an expression on her face as if wondering what I was going to say.
“But what if this lump of cancer is so annoying that I send it somewhere else? The cancer up there is so annoying, I throw it in the trash can. Do you know what happens then?”
“Shit can?”
“Cancer metastasizes in the trash can. Originally, it was only stomach cancer, but now it has colon cancer. It’s not over if you just throw the cancer lump in a corner. Instead, it fights back even bigger.”
“Oh. Is this the cancer lump’s revenge?”
Wi Jun-woo intervened from the side.
“You could say that.”
“So, what you’re saying about the sword? The sword is a cancer, and our 5th trial division is a shit bucket, is that it?”
‘Oh, is that how it is?’
Chief Shin Hyo-jin spoke with a faint smile still on her face. It wasn’t an angry expression, but rather a face that seemed to find something funny and absurd.
“uh…….”
“Sir, that’s not what Prosecutor Do meant.”
Wi Jun-woo stepped in to help, but Chief Shin Hyo-jin burst into laughter instead.
“Oh, that’s funny. Well, it’s actually a shithole. It’s a department that gets bullied like this.”
“I didn’t really mean to say that.”
“Hey, it’s fun. Sword. Well, as long as I do my job well, that’s fine with me.”
Manager Shin Hyo-jin, who had been giggling at the thought of something so funny, raised her glass.
“Come on, let’s all have a toast. Among us, the people from the shit-can department. To the counterattack of the cancerous lump!”
“For!”