The Mad Prosecutor Picked Up AI - Chapter 5



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Episode 5: The scene of the bracken fern theft

Snap, snap, snap.

Ta-da-dak, ta-da-dak.

The quiet office was filled with endless noise. The sound of me throwing papers. The sound of me typing on the keyboard.

The prosecutor’s office is usually piled high with documents. This is because there are many cases, but also because there is a lot of information included in each case.

The police are out and about investigating. They search the surrounding area, collect evidence, find witnesses, and chase and handcuff escaped criminals.

After handing over the collected materials, the prosecutor sits at his desk and receives the case in paper form.

On-scene photos, transcripts, various phone conversations and bank transaction records.

The first thing the prosecutor in charge of a case does is read various documents and the police’s opinion on referral and decide whether to indict or not.

So the thing that takes the most time is document review.

[This is unfounded. There is absolutely no evidence of a crime. Even if it goes to trial, there is nothing we can do.]

[Let’s go to prosecution! There is a similar prosecution case in 2015!]

I guess the speed has increased thanks to the help of artificial intelligence.

Not only that. The speed of reading documents has also doubled. No, what is it? It must have tripled or quadrupled.

Rather than reading each word one by one, it feels like you’re storing the entire page in your head.

Moreover, there is no need to look back and ask, ‘What did I write just now?’ because this guy remembers everything he has seen once.

The piles of papers on the desk were disappearing like a mountain.

There was one more thing that was special about the AI3000KN05-03. It helped me write reports, which was my biggest weakness.

This guy had a ton of examples of reports he had inside. Prosecution opinions, non-prosecution opinions, internal reports, criminal awareness reports, arrest warrant applications… … .

It was equipped with everything, by type and function. All I had to do was type as the guy told me.

“Wow, this is sweet.”

“yes?”

“No, no. I’ll take care of it. Heh heh heh.”

Wi Jun-woo looked at me with sharp eyes and then lowered his head again.

[Hyun-kwang, since we are already in sync, you don’t have to say anything out loud. You can communicate with me just by thinking to yourself.]

‘know.’

[I’m worried that if I keep talking out loud, people will start doubting my existence.]

‘No one will suspect anything.’

[What are you talking about? If you keep mumbling like that, then of course I’d suspect something’s up. Who else but a crazy person would mumble to themselves?]

“Oh, I told you I had no doubts. Right, Chief?”

“yes yes.”

Wi Jun-woo answered dryly without even raising his head.

[… … .]

‘Look at that. Now you don’t even care what I say to myself.’

[Hyun-kwang, were you crazy from the beginning?]

‘Enough with the nonsense.’

“Ugh~!”

“Eek!”

I threw down the last document and shouted. Unlike me who was neat and refreshed, Wei Junwoo looked back at me with a shocked face.

“Hey, it’s over already?”

“Then, how long are you holding on to this?”

Wi Jun-woo asked with a trembling face.

“Did you really get kidnapped by a UFO? Are you really Inspector Do? There’s no way you can do such a good job.”

“What are you talking about? I used to be good at my job.”

“You did well, but you were incredibly slow. Like a snail.”

Hmm. That’s what it felt like.

“Sir, what happened to the unlicensed driving record I asked you about this morning?”

“Oh, I’m finishing it up now.”

“What about the misdemeanor prosecution rate report?”

“You asked me to do that 20 minutes ago. I’ll do it once this is finished.”

“Check the call records of the Yeomcheon incident?”

“Oh, inspector, wait! It hasn’t even been 10 minutes since I asked you to do that!”

Hey, are you angry right now?

“Chief, solving a case is not something that a prosecutor can do alone. The investigators and prosecutors need to work together as one, thinking that we are one body.”

“That’s true, but I’m telling you, the inspector’s speed is abnormally fast right now.”

“Isn’t it that it’s not that I’m fast, but that you’re slow? Like a snail?”

When he repeated what he had said earlier, Wei Jun-woo’s face turned pale. Wei Jun-woo clenched his teeth.

“Just wait and see. I’ll do whatever it takes to finish this today.”

“Well, it’s a bit much to do everything today… … .”

“Eww!”

Wi Jun-woo didn’t listen to me anymore and ran to the computer.

‘As expected. Our manager is really good at his job.’

* * *

After finishing reviewing the documents, I went out into the hallway to cool my head and have a cup of coffee. At that moment, Prosecutor Na Kang-jin was standing in front of the vending machine, making coffee.

“Oh, it’s quiet.”

Na Kang-jin, who had just picked up a paper cup at the entrance of the vending machine, opened his eyes wide and looked back at me.

“This kid said, ‘Let’s see, let’s see.’”

“Hello, senior.”

I bowed. I am a polite person.

When I greeted him brightly, Na Kang-jin hesitated. It wasn’t the kind of greeting someone who had just called me a timid person would give. I could tell he probably thought he had misheard me.

“Oh, oh? Okay.”

Na Kang-jin, who doubted his own ears and missed the timing to get angry, frowned while drinking his coffee.

“Anyway, the coffee here tastes bad. This is why rural areas are no good. Ugh, I should hurry up and go to Seoul.”

There is no one who does not know that Na Kang-jin wants to go to Seoul. Moreover, he is the son of Chief Park Seong-min’s friend. He is a guy that the Chief is openly supporting.

He would jump into important cases that would yield results, and he would steal them even if they were from other prosecutors.

Like a robber.

But he still hasn’t left the military camp. That guy must be pretty incompetent.

“If I can solve this hit-and-run case, I’ll go straight to Seoul. Wouldn’t it be possible if Assemblyman Baek Cheon-soo joins in the effort, following the Chief of Police?”

“yes yes.”

I answered dryly and took a coffee from the vending machine. Na Kang-jin, who didn’t seem to like my attitude, started picking a fight for no reason.

“Don’t procrastinate on your work, Inma. Huh?”

“Yeah.”

“What case are you working on now?”

“It’s the bracken fern theft incident.”

“Phew.”

Na Kang-jin spit out the coffee he was drinking.

“Stealing bracken fern?”

“The neighbor accused me of secretly digging up bracken ferns from her field.”

“You’re so pitiful. You studied all night and worked hard to become a prosecutor, but now you’re stuck in a remote place like this, dealing with your grandmother.”

Na Kang-jin chuckled as if he was being sarcastic.

“That’s better than being quiet.”

“This kid! Didn’t you call me quiet earlier?”

“Me?”

“okay!”

“yes.”

I’m the type that can’t lie, so I was answering honestly, but then I heard footsteps behind me.

“Prosecutor, the suspect in the hit-and-run case has arrived. You must begin the investigation.”

Na Kang-jin, who couldn’t bear to get angry in front of the manager, glared at me, gritting his teeth.

“You just wait and see. As long as I get here.”

“goodbye.”

Being polite, I bowed at a 90 degree angle this time too.

* * *

“Okay, so tell me step by step.”

The eyebrows of Mrs. Kim, sitting in front of me, shot up.

“What did you want me to talk about again? That Younggeun’s family dug up our bracken ferns again?”

“No, Your Majesty. Why would you go digging for bracken?”

“You didn’t dig it last time?”

“That was then. That’s why I said I didn’t apologize then. I said I wouldn’t do that again.”

“Who would know that you said you wouldn’t do it in front of people and then dug it up behind their backs?”

“Wow, that’s too bad, Your Majesty. Do you not trust me like that?”

“Go to sleep. Calm down.”

I read the documents that the police handed over.

“Last month, Grandma Kim Man-ja sued Grandma Lee Soon-im? For stealing bracken fern?”

“Inspector Son, is that the end of it after I apologized?”

“That’s right. You apologized and paid compensation at that time. Grandma Kim Man-ja withdrew the lawsuit. But you’re suing again this time?”

Mrs. Kim slammed the desk.

“Do you have evidence this time?”

“Evidence? Oh, by the way, it says there’s CCTV evidence here.”

“I turned on the TV because I didn’t know something like this would happen again.”

“Let’s take a look.”

As I was looking at the CCTV footage from the police, I saw Grandma Kim and Grandma Lee standing right next to me, looking at the screen.

[Hmm. The image quality isn’t very good.]

‘That’s right. Where is the earth and where is the sky?’

The CCTV footage was seriously poor in quality. Even though it was taken in broad daylight, the screen was dark due to noise.

“Why is the screen like this?”

“That’s the cheapest one, I asked for it.”

“Your Majesty, you have a lot of money. Please give me something good.”

“This is the money I earned by saving and not spending it on things like this.”

“Okay, be quiet. Concentrate, concentrate.”

At my words, the two grandmothers stared at the screen again.

“Sir, look at your shoes carefully. People can be like this.”

“Uh… … This person is just sitting there, not moving at all?”

“Oh. What is that? Are your eyes, Inspector Seon-sang, swollen?”

“Is this a tree?”

“Ah, over here. Over here.”

The screen was covering a fairly large area, and it was completely covered with bracken.

What Grandma Kim was pointing to was the left end of the screen. When she played the video, something black moved.

“… … Grandma. Isn’t this a shadow?”

“Yes, that is Yeong-geun’s shadow.”

“No, Your Majesty. My shadow is prettier when it is a bit more rounded.”

The person’s nose was nowhere to be seen, and instead only a shadow was captured at the edge of the screen.

‘What, you’re suing me for that shadow?’

[The shadow is definitely a person’s shadow. Just like grandma said, it’s clearly a person sitting on the floor, crouching, and then getting up.]

‘Even so, we don’t know whether it’s sitting down to pee or digging up bracken. And there’s no clue that it’s Mrs. Lee’s shadow.’

“This video was taken last Tuesday.”

[Based on the current sun’s altitude and the length and direction of shadows cast by trees and people, this video was taken between 12 PM and 2 PM.]

“The time taken was exactly 1:27.”

[Huh. How did you know that, Hyungwang? Even if I missed something in the solar altitude calculations… … .]

‘It’s printed at the bottom of the screen.’

[ah.]

It’s written clearly. You’re just using your head for nothing.

“You know what? I dug up some bracken fern from the pot in the yard.”

“This is outside the screen? I can’t see anyone, just shadows.”

“Yeah. If you come a little closer, you’ll see Younggeun on TV.”

“That’s not me.”

The shadow sat for a while, then got up and disappeared completely out of the screen.

“How much is missing?”

“What you took is a piece of paper. Grandi, the bracken fern leaves are really dirty.”

“Your Majesty, if you had just taken it out, I would have taken it with me. Why would you take just a little bit of it?”

“I guess I was afraid I’d get caught like this!”

“Wow, it’s so frustrating.”

‘Hmm. What do you think?’

[The shadows of trees and people, the altitude of the sun… … .]

‘Stop talking nonsense. So, what?’

[… … .]

What’s with that expression? Do AIs get hurt too?

[The shadow owner is estimated to be 159~163cm tall and weigh 48~52kg.]

‘What about Mrs. Lee?’

[I am 158cm tall and weigh 59kg.]

Even if the height is roughly right, the weight is not.

“I am sorry, Your Majesty.”

“It’s a shame, it’s a shame to leave. I’ve taken care of you so much, knowingly or unknowingly.”

“Grandmas, please calm down first.”

First of all, I had to stop the friendship between the two grandmothers before it got any worse.

“This person is not Grandma Lee Soon-im.”

“Look at that, Your Majesty!”

“No way? You can’t even see my face, so why can’t you just watch me?”

How can I answer that? I can’t say that the AI ​​measured my height and weight.

“This, that is, if you look closely here, this. The shadows are all over the place, so it’s not pretty.”

“… … .”

“Phew!”

Wi Jun-woo, who was listening at the desk next to him, hurriedly covered his laughter.

Mrs. Kim looked around Mrs. Lee’s body as if trying to check her shadow.

“Then, this thief.”

“Don’t worry. We’ll catch him through further investigation.”

After the two grandmothers passed away, Wi Jun-woo came to my desk smiling broadly.

“Hey, I knew our inspector was good at his job, but I didn’t know he was this good. You say his shadow doesn’t move? Hehehe.”

“Now is not the time to laugh like that. Let’s go out and investigate the scene.”

The smile disappeared from Wi Jun-woo’s face.

“On-site investigation?”

“I have to go to the bracken fern theft site.”

“Huh? No, what is that bracken fern theft scene?”

“We have to catch the culprit.”

“Look, I still have a ton of work to do.”

“Go to that mountain and come back and clean it up.”

“uh…….”

I stood up from my seat, leaving Wi Jun-woo, who was crying, alone.

‘Isn’t this a bit strange?’

[Yes. That’s strange. As expected, Hyungwang noticed it too.]