The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 58



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Episode 58

We started digging from the Gunja Human Resources Office.

If the prosecutors set their mind to it and start collecting data, they can get everything out, second only to the National Intelligence Service.

If you think about how it took several days to apply for a warrant to obtain a single communication or bankbook document during my days as a detective, prosecutors were detectives with truly unlimited power.

If done properly, there is no power more fearsome than that of the inspection group.

“The military personnel office is strange.”

“I’m watching too.”

From that day on, we dug into the military personnel office. The two investigators reported while grasping the flow of personnel.

“There are very few people who have worked for more than a month.”

“But it’s not like we’re connected to a human resources company and supply players. At best, we’re a company that supplies players for a short period of time, like a day or a week······.”

The opinion of Hyunah Lee, the accounting officer, was a bit different.

“It’s a company with good sales and high short-term profits. But the shareholding structure is concentrated in one person.”

“They’re all focused on one person?”

I quickly looked over the documents of those who had shares.

Try to maximize your memory.

And all those documents were pointing to one person.

“Kim Ji-pyeong! It’s this guy. He owns about 12% of the company’s shares, but he’s a real estate mogul who owns nine buildings in Gangnam at the age of 64… The shares are divided among his relatives.”

“As expected, the inspector is amazing. You were able to figure out that document in one breath······. It took me hours to find it······.”

Lee Hyun-ah said in surprise.

“Usually, these companies are private companies, but this is a special corporation······. The accounting is so clean, but this kind of flow of human resources and company money shouldn’t be like that······.”

“Because it’s too clean?”

“Yes. It’s accounting that looks like it was handled by a professional. Most of the sales are from the hospital… Even if you dispatch cleaning and construction workers….”

“hospital?”

Tingling.

I felt like electricity was running through my head.

Sometimes, when my insight and memory become one, this phenomenon occurs······.

Sizzle.

I drew red arrows on the whiteboard and wrote names.

“Here?”

“How did you know, Inspector?”

Gangnam Heo Hospital.

Heo Cheol-tae, one of the cartels that killed me!

This author has fallen into my net again.

But Hyuna shook her head.

“Gangnam Heo Hospital’s invested subsidiary······. No, ‘Saengmyeong Hospital’ is the largest hospital in Jamsil among its own investments. The transaction amount with this hospital is over 78%.”

I smiled at Hyuna’s words.

The total amount of transactions made between Sae-Saeng-Myeong Hospital and Gunja Human Resources Office last year was 26 billion won.

A transaction volume of over 2 billion is moved every month.

“It doesn’t make sense that the human resources office can earn this much money by supplying manpower to the hospital.”

Ji-cheol said as if he was speechless.

“Last year, the average number of people working there was over 100 per month. The labor cost was set at 20 million won per person.”

“Does it make sense that people who clean bathrooms and repair buildings get paid more than doctors in hospitals? Does that mean I wasted my life?”

Hyejin sighed with her coffee in her mouth.

She comes from a background as a common detective, known for her low pay.

This time, when I came as an investigator, I was surprised by the 50% salary increase.

It’s no wonder people grumble when they see this amount of money.

‘Yes. It’s impossible to hit Heo Byeong-won right now, so should we try tightening the purse strings through this incident?’

A big picture of the incident was drawn in my head.

“Sir. What about the entry and exit records of the two people I asked for?”

“Here it is.”

She handed me a few printed sheets of paper.

“Just in case, I printed out two more years of entry and exit records.”

“You’re living longer than I thought? No matter how many times you travel abroad, do you think a college student in his 20s has this many records of entry and exit?”

“I traveled to Southeast Asia, especially Laos, often.”

There are quite a few tourist destinations in Southeast Asia.

Of course, Laos is one of them.

‘Why is the name Laos suddenly appearing in my case? It has to be a coincidence······.’

The place that bastard Park Chan-jin tried to run away to in the last incident was also Laos.

This time, Choi Jin-cheol and Ha Su-yeon also visited Laos as if it were their home.

“20 times a year. I went to Laos twice a month.”

“You dated in Laos. If you compare the testimony that you met once or twice a month with the immigration records······.”

“No matter how cheap it is, do college students still go on dates overseas?”

Hyejin and Jincheol grumbled with bewildered faces.

Click.

I checked the map of Laos where they went a lot.

I muttered as I zoomed in and out on the map.

“With the Mekong River in the middle, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia are called the Drug Triangle.”

I remember that in Laos there were experts on drugs and various crimes.

I thought I should meet the guy I knew from my days as a future detective, even if I don’t know what he’s doing now.

I had another connection with him, so it was a chance to check it out.

Lee Myeong-cheol.

In the future, he was running a fairly large detective agency that covered the Southeast Asian region.

In fact, he was a guy who wanted to become a detective, but he said that his dream was cut off when he was sent to the military.

In my past life, he didn’t become a detective, but in this life, I helped him find him innocent when I was a military prosecutor, so I don’t know what kind of life he’ll lead.

When I think about it, it’s been a long time since the guide helped me.

〈Data confirmed that Lee Myung-chul was active as an international detective. Ultimately, he was confirmed to be the first South Korean FBI Southeast Asia regional director. He was found dead in the Mekong River basin in 2030.〉

“Thank you, Guide. You were a great help again.”

chuck.

I pasted the color tattoo photos printed from CCTV onto the whiteboard.

Then he looked at Hyejin and said.

“Find a tattoo shop in Thailand that can do a tattoo of that quality on your wrist.”

“All right.”

Ji-cheol was given a different order.

“Do you remember? The only trial I lost when I was a military prosecutor.”

“Yes. I remember. Was it the Private Lee Myeong-cheol incident?”

“He must be a detective now. Find him and meet him. I have something to ask him about the Southeast Asian incident.”

“No, how did you know that Private Lee Myeong-cheol became a detective?”

Ji-cheol said with surprised eyes.

I told him it was no big deal.

“He’s not a regular detective, he’s an international detective, so find him as quickly as possible.”

“Oh, I understand.”

So we divided up the cases among ourselves.

As the two of them left the office, Hyuna asked me.

“But this case is just a case of bodily harm caused by negligent homicide, so why are they digging somewhere else rather than the perpetrator, Choi Jin-cheol?”

“Because that’s the essence of this case.”

“···Yes. How far is Prosecutor Kang looking?”

“A little ahead?”

“okay.”

Knock, knock.

HyunA’s hands on the keyboard became faster.

I will prepare the report in advance and gather the materials I need.

With such great people by my side, I could focus solely on the case.

Actually, based on this incident, I was aiming for something bigger.

[If you have time tonight, would you like to have dinner? I have something to tell you······.]

I sent a message to the strongest inspector.

Wheein.

A moment later, the cell phone rang.

A message has arrived.

[Okay. I already have something to say. How about a glass of soju with beef after a long time? At that house at 7pm. Call?]

Sigh.

I smiled.

The strongest inspector remains unchanged.

Hyuna saw my smile and slyly said something.

“I hope you’re having a good time, Inspector?”

“Yes. I’m meeting someone I like for the first time in a long time in the evening.”

The strongest prosecutor who transferred to the special forces will give me wings.

This case will be of more help to the special investigation division of the main office than to the district prosecutor’s office.

That’s how it felt.

My insight told me that this case required a special unit.

* * *

Profit.

The sound of beef roasting over a fire always stimulates desire.

Slurp.

Soju fills 70% of the glass.

“This incident has changed like this?”

“Yes, if you look at the report, it is true.”

“This is interesting. This case.”

“I’m scared. This kind of incident······.”

I’m going to take a quick look at the strongest.

Kang Han smiled as he downed the glass in front of him in one go.

“So, would you like the special forces to make an announcement?”

Slurp.

After pouring soju into the empty glass, I emptied the glass in front of me in one gulp.

widely.

I said, putting down my glass.

“Yes. This case requires a special unit. It will be that level of a case.”

“Is this how the incident between two people who collided on the subway station stairs ended? What if Kang Ji-hyuk ended up catching them?”

“It wasn’t me who got caught, it was this thing that was happening and the subway crash was the trigger.”

“This report is really killing me. You are the best of the best, Kang Ji-hyeok. No other prosecutor could have uncovered this much of the case in such a short period of time.”

Slurp.

He filled my glass with wine.

Fuller than usual.

“That’s too much praise, Prosecutor Choi.”

“How about meat?”

“Still the same. Beef never betrays you, Inspector Choi.”

Choi Kang-han raised his glass in front of me.

“Shall we do it once?”

“Okay, let’s have a drink. I have to go back to work too.”

“You don’t rest, Kang Ji-hyuk.”

“People around me are diligently asking for information, so I have to take responsibility for creating the story.”

“Yes. That’s your power. The way you can give a story to an incident and make it interesting to the public.”

“Isn’t the only power we can rely on the law and public sentiment?”

visor.

Their glasses clinked in the air.

The soju slightly spilled from my glass, which had been full.

“The materials will be handed over to you officially tomorrow. The special department will take charge of this case, and you will be given full authority to officially investigate and prosecute the case.”

“Thank you, Inspector Choi.”

The best special unit in the prosecution service.

I put one foot in like this.

I’m still a second-year prosecutor at the Western District Prosecutors’ Office, but tomorrow I’ll be the ace watched by the special department.

‘I will open the door for you. Wait until I destroy that dirty cartel.’

They each chewed and swallowed the last remaining piece of beef.

“Beef is the best after all.”

“No objection.”

Back at the office, I organized the data I had collected so far.

The data that had been filling the whiteboard were converted into text and filled into the report.

Hold on.

When I saved the report, the sun was rising.

“It was easy to finish because Secretary Lee Hyeon-ah organized it well?”

From tomorrow, the war will begin.

After lying down on the sofa and closing my eyes for a while.

* * *

Bam.

Cold water ran down my cheek.

I opened my eyes.

The morning sunlight swept through the examination room window and hit my eyes.

“Lee Se-hee?”

“Good morning, Inspector. Here’s an iced Americano.”

Even though she looked like Se-hee because the light was blocking her view, it was Lee Hyun-ah standing there.

‘Damn······. Why did it have to be Lee Se-hee?’

“You investigated celebrities, but are you still curious?”

Hyun-ah Lee went out of the examination room.

A wall clock was visible above her back.

It was 11:15.

I remembered that I hadn’t sent in the completed report yet.

“I sent the report you wrote to Special Investigation Unit’s Choi Kang-han. I checked and it seems like he’s finished.”

As expected, Secretary Lee Hyeon-a is amazing.

It wasn’t a hollow title to be the Western District Attorney’s Ace Attorney.

“good job.”

“That’s too much praise. Now get to work. The investigators are already waiting. Your mouth must be itching. Since morning.”

She smiled.

I took a long sip of my iced Americano and it seeped into my body.

“Tell them to come in. Let’s start the meeting.”

After a while, everyone sat down on the sofa.

Hyejin spoke first.

“I looked into it mainly among criminals who came over from Thailand, and found that there are only a few places that do tattoos of that quality. I found three places.”

Hyejin, as expected from a former detective, said that she started by investigating criminals from Thailand. She placed the map she had printed out on the table in front of her.

“As expected?”

Three of the tattoo shops were located near the border with Laos.

“If you cross the bridge here, you’ll reach Laos. So, they say that people from Laos come over the bridge to Thailand every day to buy manufactured goods and then go back.”

“There are three tattoo shops nearby?”

“that’s right.”

I packed the materials that Hyejin had brought.

Ji-cheol spoke to me while looking at the text message on his cell phone.

“You arrived just in time. Lee Myung-chul said he would come in person. He said he wanted to see you in person and talk to you.”