The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 48



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Episode 48

The atmosphere in the courtroom changed completely.

“These are the results of DNA tests on the bodies of the seven victims. They are all women who entered the room salon of accomplice Jung Yu-ra. The tissue test results showed that the same substance as the drugs provided by Park Chan-jin was found.”

Click.

The evidence included the death investigation report, CCTV footage from The Times, and information about drug ingredients found in liquor seized from a warehouse that was searched and seized.

“If you watch this video, you can see Mr. Park Chan-jin himself entering the warehouse. It even looks like he put drugs in the alcohol here.”

I looked at the witness and asked.

“Why did you kill them? And you didn’t kill them directly, but planned the murder using a cult?”

Park Chan-jin kept his mouth tightly shut.

Cheon Je-gu bowed his head as he examined the evidence presented one by one.

It was just like the lawyer’s appearance, with no way out.

“This evidence has already been confirmed by accomplice Jung Yu-ra, so I would like to inform you that it is not fake.”

bang!

I hit the table in front of Park Chan-jin, who was sitting in the witness stand, with my hand.

“It has been revealed that the witness planned to use them as sex slaves and to select only virgins to provide sexual bribes and drug parties to politicians and businessmen who will be accused in other trials. He will be held accountable for that crime in that trial.”

Park Chan-jin, who was on the witness stand, lowered his head and said nothing.

The trial was now drawing to a close.

But Park Chan-jin still did not confess to the most important motive for murder that the judges liked.

“I was actually suspicious of why you went to find the daughter that the leader of Aum Shinrikyo had hidden. Why was it a Japanese cult and not a Korean one?”

Wiggle.

At those words, Park Chan-jin’s eyebrows moved.

As expected, I was convinced that I had hit upon some singularity.

“The witness has written over a dozen articles related to Aum Shinrikyo while working as a reporter. Isn’t that unusual? Isn’t it, witness? Can a reporter write twelve articles about an overseas pseudo-religion over the course of six years?”

Chook.

On the screen, articles about Aum Shinrikyo that he had written were shown.

“When I sent his article to the Japanese side that extradited accomplice Yuki, even the Japanese prosecutors were surprised. The article contained facts that had not even been made public. Witness, how did you know about that?”

“I found out about it through reporting when I went to Japan.”

Sigh.

I laughed at his words.

“Are you talking about reporting? You’ve only been to Japan twice in the past eight years, right? But you found out about it through reporting?”

The judge looked at Park Chan-jin with sharp eyes.

“Witness. Are you lying again this time?”

Cheonjegu stood up from his seat.

“Are you trying to defend the witness again?”

“no.”

At my words, he sat down.

He had a shit-chewing look on his face.

He had already lost his value as a lawyer.

“And this inspection has discovered a surprising fact. This is the result of cooperation with the Japanese prosecutors.”

Beep.

Various documents written in Japanese were displayed on the screen.

“This is the DNA test report of the leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult. His hair and blood are in the hands of the Japanese prosecutors. They said that since it was such an unusual crime, they plan to preserve the DNA sample for 100 years.”

Beep.

A few more inspection reports came out.

“This is a paternity certificate confirmed by the Japanese prosecutors and the hidden daughter of the leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult. As rumored, this is proof that Yuki is his biological daughter.”

Park Chan-jin stood up from his seat.

“Stop it! Stop it! You son of a bitch!”

Suddenly he pounced on me.

Park Chan-jin tried to stab me with the fountain pen he had in his pocket.

Phew!

Just as the sharp fountain pen was about to be stuck in my neck, my fist slammed into his face, breaking several of his teeth.

Bang.

Park Chan-jin rolled on the floor after being hit by one of my punches.

The judge shouted with an angry face.

“Witness! Be prepared to face courtroom disturbance and attempted murder of the prosecutor!”

In the midst of the noise, I pulled out my last card.

When I pressed the remote control, a DNA test form written in Korean appeared on the screen.

“This is the result of comparing the DNA sample of Yuki that we had with the DNA sample of Park Chan-jin that was left in the interrogation room.”

[99.7% Match: Proves that the two are siblings.]

This one line of text written on the screen said everything about the incident.

“The leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult had a hidden son and daughter. The witness was a pro-Japanese collaborator active in Korea, a so-called native Japanese.”

Cheonjegu looks at me with a blank expression.

‘You didn’t know. You kept it a secret from even your lawyer and best friend.’

In the middle of the courtroom, Park Chan-jin screamed with blood streaming from his mouth and his hands bound.

“Fuck! Kang Ji-hyuk! You will definitely die! We won’t just end!”

The courtroom became cold for a moment.

Is it because of the devil-like face?

Or maybe it was because of the sudden word ‘we’?

“Witness. I’m not finished speaking yet. So, watch until the end.”

Beep.

A video of Cheon Je-gu smiling and talking in the interrogation room appeared on the screen.

– Asada Hiroguchi? It’s not an illegal forgery, it’s his cousin’s passport. He wanted to sleep with a young woman, so he tried to go to Laos without telling his sister-in-law?!

“It was his cousin’s Japanese passport. At that moment, the details of the incident began to fit together like a puzzle in my head.”

Beep.

“These seven bodies were not murdered for no reason. They have one thing in common.”

The judge looked at the evidence again with a surprised look on his face and muttered.

“Now that I think about it, according to the documents provided by Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok, these people are all families of independence activists.”

“Yes. Those seven are not ordinary independence activists, but a family of independence activists with deep-level merit who punished the Japanese who trampled on Joseon. It was a meticulous and planned crime.”

The audience was in an uproar again.

I came to realize that this incident hit the most painful spot in South Korea.

“Yes. Not all of those who were murdered came to the room salon on their own. Let’s hear the testimony of the middle school boy who started this incident.”

Beep.

A video testimony of a boy trying to find his older sister appeared on the screen.

– Someone came to our house. At first, they said it was a charity organization that helped people with national merit. My sister didn’t plan on going to a room salon or something. She said that they were gathering people like that at Bulgaksa and supporting them.

“How could that be······.”

“Then, a Japanese pseudo-religious group is using drugs on the families of those who contributed to the Korean independence movement······.”

“Ouch. It’s horrible to even think about.”

I thought their commotion was fine as background music for the finale of this trial.

“Witness Park Chan-jin lured the families of Korean independence activists away from the world with drugs and money, and even took special bloody revenge on the seven descendants of the families that killed Japanese people.”

I approached Park Chan-jin and grabbed his hair with one hand.

“I would like to kill him right here and now, but I want to show the people that we will properly punish the local Japanese who tried to insult the family of an independence activist under the laws of the Republic of Korea.”

He released the hand that was holding his head, turned around and looked at the judge.

“To summarize! The kidnapping and murder of the seven people was an extremely vicious incident that was planned long ago by Park Chan-jin, a native Japanese pirate hiding in Korea, and combined with a Japanese pseudo-religion to directly murder or shame the descendants of independence activists.”

Swish.

I turned my head and spoke to Cheon Je-gu, who was looking at me with a blank expression.

“You gave me a hint. Thanks to you telling me who the owner of the passport was, the motive for this case was revealed.”

The judge nodded and slammed his gavel down.

bang!

The judge’s eyes behind his glasses were moist, and his face was distorted with anger.

“I understand, Prosecutor Kang. This case does not need to be decided in court.”

dump.

Park Chan-jin fell to the floor.

“Park Chan-jin. You son of a bitch. Just go out there and die.”

After saying that, Cheon Je-gu threw the documents he was holding at Park Chan-jin’s face.

“Attorney, what are you doing now!”

“Your Honor, I will stop defending you. I am a lawyer who should defend any human being, but I simply cannot defend this humiliating case.”

Cheon Je-gu kicked the seat and ran out.

‘Still, he was a pretty good lawyer. He’s different from other lawyers, like I heard when I was a detective.’

And so, the heated trial ended.

The audience stood and clapped their hands for a long time.

“Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok.”

“As expected, it’s amazing.”

“Thank you, Inspector.”

“Thank you for showing me why the Republic of Korea exists.”

They cheered for me as I revealed the truth of this incident, one word at a time.

“The first decision on this case will be made in one week.”

Judgments on small cases are made quickly, but decisions on big cases like this take time.

“Thank you for your effort.”

He went out into the hallway carrying a large box with two investigators.

Kim Ji-cheol said with a pleasant expression.

“You sent us to the chief prosecutor, conducted an independent investigation for a week, and then you uncovered the truth?”

“Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok?”

Hyejin called me while holding a box.

When I looked at her, she gave me a hesitant thumbs up.

“I don’t usually swear allegiance to just anyone, but I’m thinking of trying it for the first time.”

“You’ve been talking for so long. Okay, let’s go.”

The hallway was long.

If you go outside through that long hallway, it will be full of reporters.

“Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok.”

Someone called me from behind.

A familiar voice approached the protagonist, attorney Cheon Je-gu.

He smiled kindly.

“I plan to withdraw from all criminal cases, including this one, and only defend civil cases.”

“Really? The penalty for the legal fees you received must be quite a lot.”

“That’s right. Thanks to that, I ended up going bankrupt.”

Cheon Je-gu wasn’t a bad person after all.

Maestro of the court.

Maybe, his life will be real from now on.

“Attorney Chun. Are you free tonight?”

“Huh? Suddenly?”

I reached out to him.

“Now that the trial is over, we’re going to have a company dinner. Do you want to come? Aren’t you the lawyer who helped me the most today, Je-gu Cheon? Since you cut ties with that worthless piece of trash called Chan-jin Park. That alone should be reason enough to have a drink, right?”

Cheon Je-gu looked at me with his characteristically absurd expression.

Sigh.

A faint smile crossed his face.

“Okay. My phone number is······.”

Phalang.

I took the business card I had first received from him out of my arms and shook it.

“I have it. Attorney Cheon Je-gu’s business card.”

I greeted him like that and turned around.

Cheon Je-gu will have more information about Park Chan-jin than anyone else.

I made him my friend because he was such a treasure trove.

‘Cheonjegu. I mean, I plan to use everything for revenge. Including you… everything.’

“Inspector? Where are you going?”

Kim Ji-cheol shouted at me as I stood in front of the elevator.

“Are you going down to the underground parking lot?”

“Yes? There are reporters waiting outside. Should I go down to the underground parking lot?”

“Yeah. Let’s quickly bring that box and go have a drink.”

Kim Ji-cheol said with a satisfied smile.

“How could I not like it? Isn’t it really so cool?”

“Stop using military language and come with me. Detective Kim Hye-jin, come here too.”

“Yes, sir!”

So we quietly returned to the Western District Attorney’s Office.

A taxi to the company dinner venue.

A guide has appeared in my head!

〈The future has changed. Kang Ji-hyeok. Park Chan-jin, one of our system designers, has disappeared. He was confirmed to have been shot to death by a guard while trying to escape from prison after being locked up for 14 years.〉

The future has changed?

Is Park Chan-jin going to die in the end?

The trial result is life imprisonment or worse?

“You both worked hard. Since you’re in a good mood today, let’s drink until our noses are crooked.”

Wheein.

A message came into my phone.

[Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok. This is your final warning. Stop messing around. Or you’ll die.]

It was an unidentified message.