The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 49



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Episode 49

【Entertainment Agency CEO Murder Case】

On the way back to my new home.

I sold my old house and bought a new apartment near the courthouse.

This apartment will more than quadruple in price in five years.

At least in this life, I was determined to earn enough money to buy an apartment.

The swaying alcohol effect disappeared into white breath.

It was a company dinner after a long time.

Since there was a guest named Cheon Je-gu, I had one or two drinks and ended up drinking quite a lot.

“Cheonjegu. The stock that will make the most money this year is LC Chemical. Make money by buying and selling.”

“Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok, do you also trade stocks?”

“Of course. You have to earn money so you don’t become mean to money. So trust me and invest. Then you can pay off the deposit or something.”

“LC Chemistry. Okay. Okay… But if you fail, I’ll kill you.”

“Invest in it, investigators. It’s solid information. You have to make money to be ruthless. Coolness comes from money.”

“So, did you make a lot of money, inspector?”

“How much do you think you earn at my age, Kim Hye-jin?”

“About a billion? Isn’t that a lot of money? At that age······.”

“Even so, you’re just pretending to be older than me even though you’re the same age as me.”

“So? Did you earn 1 billion, inspector?”

“1.98 billion won. That’s the amount that was recorded in my bank account as of yesterday. In addition, there’s 1.47 billion won in my stock account. Is this something that our investigator would accept?”

At the company dinner, they were drunk and squinted their eyes and told me not to lie.

‘Yeah. That’s a lie. I have twice as much money in my stock account. I said half because I was afraid you’d be surprised.’

It was exactly as it was said.

After returning and becoming a prosecutor, I invested the seed money I had saved into stocks.

Considering all the hardships I had to endure as a detective because of money, I couldn’t help but feel that way.

I invested in stocks at the time and lost a lot of money.

After running all night for days trying to catch the culprit, my stocks would be destroyed before I knew it.

The legend that stocks make money if you leave them for a long time was all nonsense.

At the time, I was so excited that I studied which stocks had made the most money since the early 2000s.

I had no idea that it would help me so much after regressing like this.

Of course, in a few years, all the money invested in stocks will be invested in coins.

Then, you will become so rich that you won’t have to worry about money at all, as your income will increase dozens of times.

‘Who is that son of a bitch?’

I open my phone and look at the last message I received.

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

Sigh.

Of all the sons of bitches who killed me, I finally got my revenge on Park Chan-jin.

“Park Chan-jin! What do you think? I’ll drink soju and eat beef and go home, but you’ll be crying tears of blood in that cold detention center right now? This is revenge. You son of a bitch!”

The town screamed as if it was going to burst.

I took the elevator to the 14th floor, entered the password, and went into the house.

Rattling.

A quiet apartment with no one around.

I thought of Se-hee, who said he wanted to live in an apartment during his days as a detective.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t know better at the time, so I ended up buying a villa… It was my fault, Sehee.”

I apologize to my former, or rather future, wife as I enter the room and look at the post-it notes plastered all over the walls.

Bam.

I took off a red post-it note that said ‘Park Chan-jin’.

I removed the red thread that connected the blue Post-it note with ‘Jung Yu-ra’ written on it one by one.

I even removed the yellow post-it note attached to the line.

About 1/6 of the post-its were gone, leaving a lot of empty space.

“One of the axes of the bug that eats away at the world has fallen off? Hehe.”

The walls of the room where I had gathered information about the cartel that had killed me were still full.

‘Choosing to be a prosecutor was the best decision I ever made.’

The information that prosecutors could obtain was incomparable to that of detectives.

Kwak.

I crumpled up the information about Park Chan-jin I was holding and threw it in the trash can.

“It was fun, you son of a bitch.”

* * *

Park Chan-jin was sentenced to life imprisonment as an accessory to this incident. Accomplice Jung Yu-ra received a sentence of 28 years.

“Don’t think you’re lucky it’s not the death penalty, Park Chan-jin. You’ll face a heavier punishment when the trial for the gate case that Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong brought in opens.”

By the time the trial is over, Park Chan-jin will have been sentenced to death.

However, since Jeong Yu-ra provided information favorable to our side throughout the trial, her prison sentence was not more than 30 years.

Unlike the United States, there is no legal ‘judicial transaction’ in South Korea.

However, only in drug investigations is it possible to negotiate a sentence through an ‘official report’.

Most people involved in the case know that the next most common document drug offenders use after a letter of reflection is this ‘public statement.’

The official report usually reads, “This defendant has made a distinguished contribution to our drug investigations.”

Such defendants are subject to sentencing.

Jung Yu-ra said so.

That was possible because this case involved a drug case.

I told her that, but the truth is that the next incident would overlap and I would receive the maximum legal sentence.

She just looked weak compared to her husband, Park Chan-jin.

“Jung Yu-ra. I never forgive criminals.”

A month later, I received a call from the Japanese prosecutors.

Yuki was tricked by me into going to Japan to stand trial and was sentenced to death.

The prosecutor in charge said he would be executed on the same day his father was executed.

“Thank you, Inspector. Thanks to you, the accomplice in this case will soon be sentenced to death.”

– Is that so? Thanks to the materials that Prosecutor Kang handed over, we won Yuki’s trial completely. Thank you.

“I see. Thank you for your hard work. Please contact me anytime you want to cooperate with the investigation of criminals. Prosecutor Makoto Hayashi.”

– Thank you for executing the two people I was looking for throughout the Ashara Shoko investigation. To repay your gratitude, I will help you with any investigation you do, so contact me whenever you need me. Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok.

I already knew that Yuki would be sentenced to death.

The biggest reason I cooperated with the Japanese prosecutors in an unusual way was because of the prosecutor in charge.

Prosecutor ‘Makoto Hayashi’.

According to my predictions for the future, he will become the 52nd Prosecutor General in 2020.

During my time as a detective, I read a special article about him, who was known as the most corruption-free prosecutor general in Japan.

[The most difficult thing was dealing with the Aum Shinrikyo incident. It was an incident that shook the foundations of Japan, but there was no time to deal with hidden cases. At the time, there was someone I wanted to catch so badly that I wanted to risk my life for him. But I couldn’t catch him. I think it was the greatest shame in my life as a prosecutor.]

The writing was like this.

The person he thought was the greatest shame was none other than the cult leader’s hidden daughter, Ashara Yuki, but he failed to catch her.

And one more.

As far as I can tell, the Japanese name is Toshiaki Asahara.

One of the indigenous Japanese pirates planted in Korea, known only to the executives of Aum Shinrikyo and the top 1% of right-wingers in Japan.

It would have been none other than ‘Park Chan-jin’.

I had completely sorted out the incident that would become a stain on Prosecutor Makoto Hayashi’s life.

‘Prosecutor Makoto. I intend to make full use of you. You will continue to be on my side.’

The guide spoke in his head.

〈Makoto Hayashi. He served as the Prosecutor General of Japan three times from his 50th to his 52nd term. The current Japanese AI inspection system is named ‘Makoto’. It honors his spirit as the greatest prosecutor in history. His grandson is also the head of the inspection system. Kang Ji-hyeok’s choice was right.〉

If the guide’s words are true, this incident has changed his future.

“It’s possible. If I handle a big case, it’s certain that I’ll change the huge future that follows.”

* * *

In the related incident, ‘The Times Drug Gate’, two members of the National Assembly, Lee Hyun-soo, a three-term member, and Kim Ho-young, a first-term member, were sentenced to 12 years in prison for aiding and abetting murder and the prostitution of a minor.

It became an incident that heated up 2008, with three cabinet members, including the Prime Minister, and two of the top ten conglomerates each sentenced to nine years in prison.

“I seek the death penalty for Park Chan-jin, an accomplice in the kidnapping and murder of independence activists, and life imprisonment for his accomplice Jeong Yu-ra.”

Because of this incident, Park Chan-jin was sentenced to death and Jeong Yu-ra was sentenced to life imprisonment in the final trial of the Supreme Court.

“Kang Ji-hyeok! You son of a bitch. I told you I’d finish this off with a prison sentence and let you out after about 15 years! You son of a bitch!”

After the Supreme Court’s sentencing was over, Jeong Yu-ra shouted at me, who was standing behind the audience.

“Sorry, Yura. I’ll bring you some food. A big sausage, I think you’ll like.”

I winked and raised my hand at her.

Jung Yu-ra, who had been swearing, was dragged out with a crazy look on her face.

The reporters flashed their cameras on me like that.

“Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok. Are you going to continue working as a prosecutor?”

“I heard that the KMT sent a love call to you, saying that they would give you a badge and want you to join them?”

“Are you going to quit being a prosecutor and go into politics? Prosecutor Kang!”

“You are being mentioned as the number one figure in your 20s who will shake up Korea. What do you think?”

I said, shaking my head.

“No, that’s not the case. I think there are still too many criminals to catch.”

I think about it as I leave that place.

In fact, it was exactly as the reporter said.

A few days ago, a proposal came from the main opposition Kuomintang Party.

“Wouldn’t it be better to suggest it to Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong instead of me?”

I recommended Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong to the National Party that came to visit.

[2008 Person of the Year. Western District Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong]

[2008 Idiom of the Year. Things will surely return to the right path]

There was a rumor going around that Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong, who was in charge of handling the huge gate case, would immediately be promoted to the position of Prosecutor General.

“Did you hear? Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong is about to become the Prosecutor General?”

“It’s all thanks to the young ace of the Western District Prosecutors’ Office, Kang Ji-hyeok. Should we also stand in line?”

“The reason why our Western District Prosecutors’ Office has suddenly become so heated is because of the cases that Kang Ji-hyeok brought up, right?”

Such stories poured out from here and there.

Prosecutor General Choi Hye-seong must be thinking about it right now.

‘Will he become the Prosecutor General, the best in the world of prosecutors, or will he advance to the National Assembly and become the rising star of the main opposition party?’

* * *

My life didn’t change much after that.

Although his face was known and he was cautious, he was gradually forgotten as time passed.

[Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong. Appointed as the 37th Prosecutor General, not a member of the National Assembly]

[Prosecutor General Choi Hye-sung: I will obey the law and the people, not my superiors]

[Prosecutor General Choi Hye-sung, appointed by the president. Declared that she would follow the law and the people, not her superiors.]

Chief Prosecutor Choi Hye-seong, following my advice, rejected the KMT offer and became the Prosecutor General.

Maybe you’ll become a presidential candidate someday?

Thanks to that, I quietly disappeared from the press.

In the meantime, one problem arose: Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung took over as our Western District Prosecutor.

Se-hee’s father, who was his wife, became the chief prosecutor.

Of course, it doesn’t matter in my life now, but it’s true that I still felt uneasy.

At least the fact that he is my childhood friend’s father remains the same.

– Ji-hyeok. I heard that Se-hee’s father came as the Western District Prosecutor’s Office chief? Haha. That’s good. That’ll be a little easier.

My mom, who called me after a long time, said that.

* * *

dripping.

The door to my room, where I was sorting out the case, suddenly shook.

“Inspector. I think you should come out and see me.”

Ji-cheol’s voice was urgent.

I opened the examination room door and went out to the office.

It was a man with a familiar face.

“Who are you?”

“Don’t you remember? I······.”

He handed me his business card.

“Kim Sae-han, your road manager?”

“Yes. I’m Yuni, no, Lee Se-hee’s manager. Don’t you remember when you were discharged?”

I remembered.

This man is Sehee’s manager.

He was the manager who took me to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office on the day I was discharged from the military.

“Prosecutor. Se-hee was taken to Geumcheon Police Station. I came here because I was told to go see Kang Ji-hyeok, the prosecutor at the Western District Prosecutors’ Office.”

Sehee was taken away?

To Geumcheon Police Station, which is under our jurisdiction?