The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 83



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“Are you saying that you killed Oh Hyeon-nam?”

“Yes. I did. No, rather than kill him, I helped him commit suicide.”

Recording and videotaping were taking place.

“I’ll stop here for today.”

“Inspector.”

“Why are you doing that?”

“Actually, Hyunnam confessed to me.”

She once again gave testimony that shook up the case.

“He said he was the one who stole my car. So he killed me.”

“Are you saying that Oh Hyeon-nam was the one who killed Jeon Jun-woo?”

“At first I thought it was a joke, but then I found out while watching the news. It was true that Hyun-nam really killed Jeon Jun-woo······.”

I was looking at Im Soo-jung’s budding lips.

How smoothly it moves···

Those lips poured out stories like a dam with its floodgates opened.

“Let’s stop talking about that.”

“Wallet. So, what Hyun-nam was afraid of was that he dropped his wallet at the scene of the crime··· That’s what I said.”

“You dropped your wallet?”

“Yes, it definitely was.”

That fact has never been in the news.

That was a secret known only to the criminal and the investigators. I never thought I would hear that secret from Im Soo-jung’s mouth.

“Ms. Im Soo-jung. Let’s stop talking here for today. Go back to the hospital and see you again in two days.”

Lim Soo-jung stared blankly at my calm face.

“You’re not that surprised, are you, Inspector?”

“No. I was quite surprised.”

“I don’t think so?”

“I need to check the investigative data more. I didn’t know about the story about losing a wallet at the scene of the car fire······.”

“Ah. You didn’t know, Inspector······. Isn’t that why there was a false report in the news at first? Because of that wallet.”

“Let’s stop talking. Today, we are taking statements about the Oh Hyun-nam case. Please don’t talk about other cases, Ms. Im Soo-jung.”

Lim Soo-jung’s testimony ended here.

I saw her eyes flutter several times.

“The evidence is supposed to arrive today, so I’ll check it out and then continue with the witness statements. For now, Ms. Im Soo-jung, please get checked out at the hospital and I’ll see you in two days.”

I called the police who brought her back, and Im Soo-jung was taken back to the hospital by their hands.

I poured out the remaining coffee.

I felt sorry.

– I’m so confused. Are you okay, Inspector Kang?

A voice signal came from the other side of the magic mirror.

It was detective Na Gook-hyun.

The confusion in my heart was conveyed through my voice.

“It’s confusing······. It’s okay.”

– Should I say this is absurd? How can the victim of this incident, Oh Hyeon-nam, be involved in the murder of Jeon Jun-woo······.

“I’m a detective. Did you bring all the evidence you seized and searched?”

– Yes, sir. I was bringing it in when I heard that all the office staff were in the interrogation room.

I walked up to the magic mirror, looked at my face, and said.

“Two investigators, take the materials and organize them in the office. We’ll be looking into everything starting today.”

– all right.

Ji-cheol and Hye-jin answered at the same time.

They, too, seemed as confused as Detective Na Gook-hyun on the other side of the magic mirror by this statement.

‘Well, that’s a very possible statement.’

Detective Na Gook-hyun asked again in a confused voice.

– You said you would look at all of the materials, more than two boxes, before the second statement in two days?

“Just looking at them won’t do. To fight the monster bastards hiding behind them, you have to look at them enough to draw the same picture.”

I heard detective Na Gook-hyun sigh.

– Phew. I don’t know who the monster is.

I took a step closer to the magic mirror and said.

“I’m a detective. I’ll just ask. As a detective, what did you feel from Im Soo-jung’s statement?”

He didn’t say anything.

– To be honest, I guess it doesn’t really resonate with me? Yes, it does.

Knock knock.

I answered, tapping the magic mirror with my finger.

“I’m a detective. As expected, I’m a good detective.”

* * *

Back to the office.

Investigators and officers piled the evidence they found in this raid near the whiteboard.

Kim Ji-cheol said as he put down the last folder.

“If the story is that Oh Hyun-nam stole Im Soo-jung’s car and killed Jeon Jun-woo there, and Im Soo-jung helped Oh Hyun-nam commit suicide······.”

“Mr. Jeon Jun-woo’s case ends with no right to prosecute, and Mr. Oh Hyeon-nam’s suicide case ends with Ms. Im Soo-jung’s crime?”

Two investigators poured out their words to me.

Secretary Lee Hyeon-a handed me a freshly brewed cup of coffee.

“I guess Ms. Im Soo-jung shook things up? In the interrogation room.”

I took my coffee and walked over to the whiteboard. I stared at the overall picture I had been investigating.

“But, inspector.”

Ji-cheol crossed his arms and asked me with a puzzled look.

“Prosecutors don’t speak formally to criminals, do they? But I don’t think you spoke informally to me even once before······.”

“So. I also found it strange?”

I looked at the two investigators alternately and said with a pleasant expression.

“We’ve made a lot of progress. Our investigators too. Did you figure that out? That’s great.”

Clap clap.

I said, clapping my hands.

“Im Soo-jung is not the culprit. If we had left it alone, it would have ended with Im Soo-jung committing suicide.”

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I slammed my hand on the whiteboard and spoke firmly.

“If that were the case, there would have been three victims, but they would all have ended without a prosecution?”

After saying that, he raised the corners of his lips and smiled.

“The designer redrew the drawings in a hurry because we were approaching them faster than expected.”

I spoke to Ji-cheol and Hye-jin while putting my coffee to my lips.

“Ji-cheol is rushing to the hospital right now to prepare for any eventuality. For example, if Im Soo-jeong commits suicide.”

“All right.”

“Hyejin.”

“Yes, sir.”

“From now on, I’m going to lie in wait near this mental hospital.”

I handed her the printed documents on my desk.

“Sky Blue Hospital?”

“If you look at that file, there will be pictures of doctors and nurses. Go lie in wait near that hospital.”

“Ambush. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”

“While you’re undercover, double-check the paperwork and ask questions about the nurses and doctors as carefully as possible without being caught. If anything strange happens, call me right away.”

“Old story! Inspector.”

Hyejin left the office with a cheerful expression, even saluting.

“That jerk, he does like it. Hyejin definitely suits being a detective better.”

“I think so. So that’s the kind of person who always smiles like that. Detective Kim Hye-jin······.”

Hyuna also said with a surprised look on her face.

“Then shall we look at the evidence?”

I looked at the spot on the whiteboard where the ‘?’ was drawn.

“I’ll definitely bring you to court. Look forward to it, you little designer.”

I checked the documents while looking at the photos of the villa that had been seized and searched.

The fingerprints found there were either Im Soo-jung or Oh Hyeon-nam.

In the report, they were written as ‘life fingerprints’ that were imprinted on cups, door handles, etc.

“Most of it is a fingerprint of daily life······. It certainly seems that way.”

Clearly, the fingerprint evidence found in the villa was as Lim Soo-jung testified.

I reviewed the evidence photos found in the villa one by one.

“With cable ties.”

In another photo, a matchbox with a camel on it was seen.

“matches?”

The image of the burning car came to mind.

‘If you light a fire with a lighter, you might get hurt, but if you light a match and stick the wood end into the thinner, it might be a little safer, right?’

The next picture was a black plastic bag containing the syner.

“It’s so well preserved, as if we’re hoping to find evidence that fits the Jeon Jun-woo arson murder case?”

I continued to look through the photos from the scene, muttering.

“Wait a minute. What is that?”

As I was looking at the photos from the scene one by one, I stopped at the photo of the refrigerator.

“Aren’t all the drinks in the fridge cola?”

One side of the refrigerator was full of cola.

It was all cola, except for a few waters. Of course, there were a few sugar-free ones, but the only drinks were cola.

‘Why does the fridge cola keep catching my eye?’

There were traces of Coke cans scattered throughout the photo, even in an abandoned trash can.

A memory from long ago flashed through my mind and soon became clear.

I called Oh Gil-nam.

“Sorry for being late at night, Gilnam.”

Gilnam’s voice was drunk.

– My friend, Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok?

“Hyeonnam’s case wasn’t a suicide. He was murdered.”

– Murder? Someone killed him? What about the suicide video?

“It’s a manipulated video. So, Hyunnam didn’t commit suicide by belittling his own life like you think.”

– Ugh. Hyunnam. I’m so, so glad that my little brother Hyunnam didn’t commit suicide. Ugh.

Gilnam said so.

It’s fortunate that he didn’t commit suicide.

“Okay, Gilnam. I’ll definitely catch that son of a bitch who killed Hyunnam. But Gilnam. I have a question.”

– I’ll tell you anything you need.

“I remember when we were little, Hyun-nam drank cola and had a seizure. Do you remember that too?

– That’s right. Hyunnam is allergic to carbonated beverages. When we gave him cola, he threw a fit and threw a tantrum.

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I hit the desk with my palm.

“Okay, Gilnam. Thank you.”

– Jihyuk. I’m not very educated and ignorant, so I don’t know much, but I shouldn’t be discriminated against just because I have a disability, right? Right?

Gilnam is right.

That should never happen.

“The law of the Republic of Korea does not discriminate against anyone. So I will show you that everyone is equal before the law.”

When something small falls, everything inevitably falls.

At this moment, Im Soo-jung’s unbelievable statement has a small hole in it.

“Next is the motorcycle.”

Yamaha YZF-R3.

There were no fingerprints on the sleek black motorcycle.

“No fingerprints? That’s ridiculous.”

There were no fingerprints and it was clean.

However, tiny bits of dirt and grass were found between the wheels.

“Detective Na Gook-hyun.”

– Yes, sir.

“Go to the National Forensic Service early tomorrow morning and examine the dirt from the first murder scene and the dirt found on the motorcycle tire.”

– It’s already been submitted. The results will be out tomorrow morning.

Na Gook-hyun was definitely an excellent detective, as far as I know.

“Okay. Send me the results as soon as they come out.”

– Of course. Are you still working?

“Shouldn’t a prosecutor naturally work harder than a detective?”

Na Gook-hyun said he understood and hung up the phone indifferently.

“I also like the fact that you don’t like inspections. Na Gook-hyun.”

* * *

The next morning.

Ji-cheol called Im Soo-jeong with a tired voice and told her that nothing was wrong.

“Thank you for your hard work. Just watch over me for one more day.”

– Okay, sir.

Then I got a call from Hyejin.

– The doctors don’t seem to have anything special. That’s what I found when I checked around. But there was a nurse who turned off the lights and went out at dawn.

“The nurse turned off the lights and left work? There probably weren’t any hospitalized patients there.”

– That’s right. I watched because it seemed strange. When the taxi came, I tried to follow it.

Hyejin paused for a moment and then made a rustling sound.

It was probably the sound of someone going through the documents that had been provided.

“What are you doing? Stop talking.”

– Oh, right. Sorry. The nurse was riding a motorcycle that was parked in front of the hospital. It was a red Yamaha YZF-R3.

It was the same model as the motorcycle that was in the villa’s underground parking lot.

– I remembered the face and looked through the documents again, and the nurse is definitely Heo Ji-yeon. But, inspector, why did you tell me to go undercover at this hospital?

I clearly remember seeing it in the documents.

Heo Ji-yeon.

30 years old.

Height: 169cm.

Weight is 51kg.

He must have a pretty slim build.

The house is #1406, XX Apartment, Yeouido.

I thought she lived alone in a pretty expensive apartment for a nurse.

“I didn’t know you were a nurse. I thought you were a doctor······.”

– Excuse me, Inspector. I’m dying of curiosity. How did you know and order me to go undercover at this hospital?

“The victims, Jeon Jun-woo, Oh Hyeon-nam, and the current prime suspect, Im Soo-jung. What these three have in common is that they have all been to mental hospitals and are highly dependent on hospitals.”

– Yes, I remember.

I told her quietly.

“I was thinking about how the three of them met and then I realized that they all went to the same mental hospital.”

Ah! So that’s the Sky Blue Hospital!

“bingo.”