The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 87



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Lim Soo-jung shook her head and continued speaking.

“I don’t know why it’s there, but it is.”

“Why are you there? If the prosecution is right, didn’t the witness tie up Mr. Jeon Jun-woo with a cable tie and pour thinner on him to set fire to the car?”

“No, absolutely not.”

Attorney Lee Cheon-su paused for a moment and then spoke firmly.

“Furthermore, the car used to kill Jeon Jun-woo was also Im Soo-jung’s own car.”

The judge looked surprised again as he looked at the investigative records.

The audience was also abuzz.

“No. That car was also lost and reported lost.”

“Witness! Don’t give false testimony. You don’t remember what happened when you were mentally weak!”

“No, I really didn’t.”

Lee Cheon-su pressured witness Im Su-jeong.

First of all, we had to calm the mood by looking at Im Soo-jung’s anxious face.

“Your Honor, the defense is currently pressuring the witness in the courtroom.”

“I admit it. Attorney, lower your voice.”

I came forward to protect the witness and stand before Attorney Lee Cheon-su.

And then, he looked around at the audience and the judges and quietly refuted them.

“Do you remember what I said in this courtroom? That villa originally belonged to the defendant, Heo Ji-yeon.”

The judge nodded.

“I see. I remember.”

“Witness. How many months ago did you enter the villa?”

“It hasn’t been that long. I think it’s been about three months.”

“I see. Let’s think about it logically. It’s been about three months since we moved into that villa, and even Ms. Im Soo-jung, who lives there, used it as a hideout for crimes? Isn’t that strange?”

The judge also nodded.

Common sense sometimes has power over law and justice.

I asked Im Soo-jung a question.

“Witness. Where did you lose your car?”

“This is a parking lot.”

“Are you talking about the villa parking lot?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Where did you put your car keys?”

“I left it with the villa manager.”

Beep.

She uploaded a lost car report she had filed at the police station.

“She reported the car missing to the police herself. And that’s it.”

I glanced at Heo Ji-yeon and continued talking.

“Let’s watch the full video of one of the CCTVs you saw earlier.”

Heo Ji-yeon’s red motorcycle entered the villa, and a little while later, a car came out.

Beep.

The video stopped.

I saw a car license plate.

“You will see the license plate number 0815. Your Honor, please look at the lost and found report from earlier.”

The judge checked the lost report among the evidence and muttered.

“0815. Same number. So who stole the car?”

“Yes, this is Heo Ji-yeon.”

The audience was in an uproar.

Another piece of evidence had been uncovered.

However, attorney Lee Cheon-su stepped forward, defying people’s common sense.

“That video alone does not prove that suspect Heo Ji-yeon stole the car―”

Beep.

As the defense attorney spoke, audio of the evidence began to flow out.

– Mr. Villa Manager, if you don’t tell me exactly what’s going on, you’ll be involved in a murder case.

– Oh, I see. I told you earlier. The building owner took it.

– So, the owner of this villa took Im Soo-jung’s car keys?

– That crazy woman had a seizure and asked for her keys because she needed to go to the hospital. I work here, so the building owner asked for them and I gave them to him.

– Why are you giving me the keys when it’s not even the villa owner’s car?

– Oh my. The worker does whatever the owner tells him to do. And of course they let the mentally ill person have a seizure. The owner of the building is the director of the mental hospital over there.

The courtroom was quiet for a moment.

“As you all know, the building owner and hospital director he is talking about is the suspect sitting over there, Heo Ji-yeon.”

Attorney Lee Cheon-su sat back down with an awkward expression.

A dark shadow fell over his face.

I walked to the center of the courtroom and reorganized the case.

“As I said before, do you remember the two motorcycles owned by Mr. Heo Ji-yeon? Crucial evidence was found on the black motorcycle.”

Beep.

A close-up of a black motorcycle and its dirt-covered wheels appeared.

“That dirt is the dirt from the crime scene. Based on all the evidence I have presented so far, it is clear that Heo Ji-yeon was the one who filmed the scene of Jeon Jun-woo’s murder and went to the broadcasting station.”

Attorney Lee Cheon-su hurriedly stood up and raised an objection.

“Okay. Even if the person who brought the tape was Heo Ji-yeon, that doesn’t mean there’s evidence that he’s the culprit, right?”

Yeah. I waited.

I wish those words would come out of the lawyer’s mouth!

“Then, I will request suspect Heo Ji-yeon as a witness. You only brought the tape, but you are being framed as a suspect. How angry must you be? You should give her a chance to testify directly, right? Defense attorney.”

Attorney Lee Cheon-su looked like he was in trouble for a moment. If he avoids calling witnesses now, it will give the judge a bad impression.

The judge also took interest and asked the suspect directly.

“Are you okay, Heo Ji-yeon?”

“Yes, Your Honor.”

It was decided that Heo Ji-yeon would appear as a witness.

The judge declared a 30-minute recess.

“This case had some complicated aspects because it was two cases merged into one, but I now fully understand the case. I will call a 30-minute recess to redistribute the evidence.”

The heated courtroom was adjourned for a while.

Kim Ji-cheol hurried into the break room.

“Here is Colonel Iced Coffee.”

“I’ve been waiting for you. Coffee.”

I took a sip of my iced coffee and it was heaven.

A guide spoke to me in my head.

〈Kang Ji-hyeok. Sometimes you surprise us. This time too. I didn’t know you could use CCTV like that.〉

Sigh.

I smiled, walked towards the window and whispered quietly.

“Thank you always, Guide. Wait, I will change that future. Do you also want to punish criminals to your heart’s content?”

〈Of course. A fair world where those who commit crimes receive appropriate punishment. That is the mission given to our AI inspector.〉

Yeah, that’s right.

That’s the basic job of our inspectors. To be guides.

* * *

After taking the witness oath, Heo Ji-yeon sat down in the witness stand. It was the moment she had been waiting for since the revision.

“Then, let’s start with Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok.”

“Yes, your honor.”

I walked towards her.

Very slowly.

One step at a time.

“Mr. Heo Ji-yeon. Looking at the information, it seems like your parents were farmers. I wonder how they amassed such a fortune.”

“I worked hard to save money.”

Sigh.

I smiled and looked at the audience and said.

“Are you saying that now? A building worth 12 billion won in Gangnam, a villa worth 9 billion won, and a hospital worth 25 billion won? Is that something that can be done by working hard to save up money? Does that mean that other people don’t have that much wealth because they didn’t work hard enough?”

The eyes of the reporters gathered in the gallery became scary.

‘That must be annoying, right?’

“The prosecutor is now asking questions that have nothing to do with the trial.”

Attorney Lee Cheon-su interrupted him with perfect timing. The judge hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth.

“Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok. Is there a reason for this question?”

The judge didn’t cut me off and asked me this question.

I took advantage of the situation to leak another piece of information.

“You may remember the Jeong Yu-ra Gate. It was a huge incident in which they tried to spread a Japanese cult in Korea using drugs and killed dozens of non-followers. Some trials related to the Gate are still ongoing.”

The judge nodded.

“I know very well. Isn’t this a tragic incident that started during the Japanese colonial period?”

“Yes. Ms. Heo Ji-yeon’s wealth came from that very Jung Yu-ra. Her parents gave up farming and moved into Bulgaksa Temple. In other words, it is part of the hidden wealth of that incident.”

The evidence was put on the screen.

A commotion.

A commotion.

The reporters sitting in the gallery quickly began typing out their breaking news.

It would have been fresh bait for the reporters who were upset by the answer just now.

‘This ingredient must be really fresh for the reporters. Cook it to your heart’s content and spread it around the world.’

Attorney Lee Cheon-su, with a puzzled expression, raised an objection.

“Your Honor, the prosecutor is trying to paint the defendant in a bad light with facts unrelated to this case!”

I paused for a moment, then handed over the materials and said:

“Okay, I’ll leave it at that. I’ll accept the defense attorney’s objection.”

Attorney Lee Cheon-su squinted his eyes.

It seemed like his pride was extremely hurt.

‘Then why did you rush in to defend this piece of trash? Why don’t you just file for divorce? Lee Cheon-soo.’

I approached Heo Ji-yeon, who was biting her lower lip.

‘We’ve laid enough groundwork, so now it’s time to start finishing things off, right?’

I looked at Heo Ji-yeon and asked.

“How did the witness become acquainted with the victims of this incident, Jeon Jun-woo, Oh Hyeon-nam, and Lim Soo-jung, who is here?”

“We met at the hospital.”

“At the Sky Blue Hospital.”

“Yes.”

I looked at the judge and briefly explained the relationship between the witness and the defendant.

“While receiving psychiatric treatment at Sky Blue Hospital, the witness developed a relationship with the victims, including Ms. Im Soo-jung, that was more than just a patient and nurse. The method used was surprising.”

Beep.

Several patient medical records appeared on the screen.

The patient’s name was highlighted in highlighter for easy identification. Of course, it was a name that would be recognized in this courtroom.

“In this incident, Mr. Jeon Jun-woo was murdered in a car and set on fire, and in the next incident, Mr. Oh Hyeon-nam was murdered after being pushed from a rooftop.”

After talking up to that point and taking a moment to catch my breath, I looked at the witness stand and said:

“And even Ms. Im Soo-jung! Everyone has been receiving psychiatric treatment at Sky Blue Hospital for over two years.”

Beep.

I brought up the patient’s medical records.

“If you look at the patient information, it says that only drug treatment was administered, but there is testimony that the patient actually received injection treatment.”

I looked at Im Soo-jung and said.

“Ms. Im Soo-jung. Did the witness, Ms. Heo Ji-yeon, receive injection treatment?”

“Yes. I gave injection treatment to all the victims, not just me.”

I looked at Heo Ji-yeon and smiled.

“Did you think that since you were the hospital director, you could perform such dangerous treatment? Nurse Heo Ji-yeon?”

Beep.

The hidden medical records of the doctors who administered the injection treatment to Nurse Heo Ji-yeon appeared on the screen.

The date and time were written exactly as they were.

“Usually, doctors know that if there is a problem due to illegal treatment, their life will be over. That is why they secretly collected evidence separately from Heo Ji-yeon. Did you know that, witness?”

“You bastards, you sons of bitches… How dare you betray me? Who gave you all that money without doing any work! You bastards!”

A sudden outburst of profanity erupted from the witness stand.

As expected, Heo Ji-yeon was in the same category as Jeong Yu-ra.

A personality that cannot hold back anger for even a moment.

In particular, he cannot stand betrayal from his subordinates and explodes.

So, this is a characteristic of people who think of everyone else as insignificant except themselves.

“Witness! This is a courtroom. Choose your language carefully.”

The judge spoke to the witness with a bewildered look on his face. I lowered my head and whispered to Heo Ji-yeon.

“No matter how well trained a dog is, it will bite its trainer when it’s really hungry. Isn’t that right, Mr. Heo Ji-yeon?”

widely.

He emphasized it once more, hitting the document he was holding with his hand.

“This examination was conducted by directly obtaining and confirming the injection treatment medication from the Sky Blue Hospital medical records.”

I asked Im Soo-jung, who had returned to the audience.

Of course it was a loud voice.

“You received injection treatment every week, but you always received it separately from Nurse Heo Ji-yeon?”

“Nurse Heo Ji-yeon took him to a special injection room in the hospital.”

“Well, what kind of daring nurse would do something like that? Unless you’re the hospital director. But when you go into that injection room, they play weird music?”

“Yes, I did.”

Beep.

During the recent Jeong Yu-ra incident, music from a CD confiscated from Bulgaksa Temple, which had been hiding a Japanese cult, was played.

A strange sound of the scenery.

Distracting muttering.

Strange religious music flowed out.

As soon as Lim Soo-jung heard the music, she closed her eyes and made a happy expression like someone on drugs.

“Ms. Im Soo-jung. Is the music you played in that injection room the spell used by the cult Buddhist temple?”