The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 88



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“That’s right. This is the music. Ah. Isn’t it such a beautiful melody?”

A commotion.

A commotion.

The audience members who had their ears covered made disgusted expressions. The judge also looked at me with a puzzled face.

Beep.

When the music was turned off, Im Soo-jung opened her eyes with a regretful face.

“Ms. Im Soo-jung still has the drug in her body. We have also sent the remaining drug to be analyzed.”

I turned my head and looked at the judge and said firmly.

“Of course, the drugs confiscated during the Japanese cult incident are included. And this is the graph of the analysis results.”

Beep.

The three graphs are almost identically superimposed.

“I don’t know exactly what the drug does, but I’ve definitely seen that listening to this music while injecting drugs has a psychological effect.”

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

“Hey! Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok! This isn’t some comic book, but a drug created by a group that dreams of world domination! The prosecution is currently disrupting the court, Your Honor.”

The judge nodded, staring blankly at the screen with three overlapping graphs.

“I know for sure that those three drugs had similar effects, but what does that have to do with this case?”

“From now on, I will tell you the contents of the phone call with the Japanese prosecutor who interrogated Yuki, the leader of a pseudo-religious cult and one of the main culprits in the recent Jeong Yu-ra Gate.”

Beep.

The contents of the phone call with the Japanese prosecutor were leaked.

Of course, subtitles were provided separately.

– According to our Japanese chemists, this drug was created during World War II for the purpose of controlling the human mind through human experiments. It seems that it was injected into Japanese soldiers and made them fight for their lives.

I was shocked by the Japanese prosecutor’s voice and subtitles.

– It has been confirmed through this incident that the Japanese government kept it secret after the nuclear bomb was dropped, but it was leaked to pseudo-religions such as Aum Shinrikyo.

Beep.

The contents of the conversation with the Japanese prosecutor were disclosed up to that point.

“These two cases are not simple suicides as the world knows. Heo Ji-yeon is a cruel case in which she deceived those who visited a mental hospital, experimented with drugs, and killed them. Your Honor.”

The courtroom became as cold as if water had been poured on it.

“Heo Ji-yeon is experimenting with drugs through the Sky Blue Mental Hospital. She conducted biological experiments on two victims.”

The courtroom was frozen.

Wasn’t this incident initially considered to be an assisted suicide by someone with a mental illness?

I continued the story.

“They set up a mental hospital, found a target who could legally fake their own suicide, systematically and premeditatedly committed murder, and on top of that, they deceived the court with the intention of blaming Im Soo-jung.”

dump.

Attorney Lee Cheon-su, who had been standing, sat down. After thinking for a moment, he spoke into the microphone.

“I hereby cease defending this trial, Your Honor.”

“If that happens, there will be legal sanctions. Are you okay with that, Defense?”

Attorney Lee Cheon-su, who said that, pointed at Heo Ji-yeon, who was sitting in the witness stand, and shouted.

“You! Don’t contact me again. I can’t defend you even if you give me a billion dollars!”

Yes, Attorney Lee Cheon-su.

From now on, focus on the divorce case that you are good at.

Stop defending someone with your hands full of blood.

bang.

bang.

The judge’s face turned pale as he concluded the first trial.

“I can’t possibly proceed with this trial right now. It’s like seeing the devil. I’ll schedule a second trial as soon as possible.”

“Your Honor, thank you.”

I bowed my head to the judge.

The judge walked up to the prosecutor’s table and held out his hand.

“No. I want to thank Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok. I almost became a stupid judge who would have let such a malicious crime end with just assisting suicide.”

I also took his hand and shook it.

“Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok, thank you. Thank you so much.”

“No, Judge Choi Ma-gil.”

So the first trial was concluded.

This incident has generated more articles than the Jeong Yu-ra Gate.

Reporters dug into the relationship between Heo Ji-yeon and Jung Yu-ra.

And then interview articles and evidence came pouring out that Heo Ji-yeon was the culprit.

“Wow, that’s amazing. I called them trash, but even reporters who write articles properly can find out things like this.”

“That’s right. There are a lot of reporters who can do it well if they do it right.”

“Originally, reporters would be able to find out more certain details about a case than detectives or prosecutors. At least their imagination is better than ours.”

“I see, sir.”

In the second trial, it was revealed that Im Soo-jung’s testimony and the body shape in the CCTV footage taken before going up to the rooftop were that of Heo Ji-yeon.

Furthermore, a second autopsy was conducted on Oh Hyun-nam, who had not yet been cremated, in accordance with a detailed autopsy petition submitted by Oh Hyun-nam’s older brother.

Last birthday, a tiny amount of skin tissue was found in the ring my brother gave me as a gift.

“According to the results of this investigation, the Oh Hyeon-nam case, which the defense attorney said was a suicide, was also a case in which Heo Ji-yeon personally pushed the victim, who was under the influence of drugs, and caused him to fall.”

DNA testing revealed that it was identical to that of suspect Heo Ji-yeon.

This was perfect evidence proving that the second incident was a murder.

“The victim Oh Hyeon-nam reached out and grabbed the defendant Heo Ji-yeon’s fingertips, begging for her life, but the defendant pushed the victim all the way. That’s how he ended up killing her.”

Only then did Heo Ji-yeon bow her head.

“Ugh, uh. Kang Ji-hyuk. I lost. F**k. Your shit is big. You son of a bitch.”

Heo Ji-yeon was stopped from swearing in court.

“Your Honor, I have one last request.”

“Tell me, Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok.”

“Please accept all of the cola found in the villa, which was not accepted as evidence during the search and seizure, as evidence and collect it from the court.”

The judge looked at me quietly.

“Please, Your Honor.”

The judge looked at the clerk and said.

“The court will accept all of that cola as evidence, so collect it all.”

All of the cola found in the villa was seized as court evidence and taken to the court warehouse.

That’s the safest place.

“Order, the first murder is a circumstantial evidence, but there is insufficient evidence of direct murder, so the crime of aiding and abetting murder is applied. However, defendant Heo Ji-yeon is sentenced to death according to the prosecutor’s request for aggravated punishment, including violation of the Medical Act, murder of the victim Oh Hyeon-nam, and manufacturing of dangerous drugs.”

bang.

bang.

The judge issued a death sentence.

In that case, the death penalty will continue through the second trial and even the final trial due to public opinion.

“You’ve finished this case properly, Prosecutor?”

“Yeah. That’s fortunate.”

Detective Kim Ji-cheol drove into the office in a good mood.

* * *

A few days later, I received a call from the autopsy report’s author, Noh Moo-chul.

– Yes. Kang Ji-hyeok. You handled this case cleanly as well. You did a good job. Even the dead will be grateful.

“Well then, that’s fortunate. It’s thanks to you that you finally found the culprit’s body tissue in the second autopsy.”

– That friend named Oh Hyun-nam, he didn’t give up even while dying and held onto the devil’s hand, so the tissue got stuck between the rings. It’s all thanks to that friend named Oh Hyun-nam.

My friend’s younger brother.

It was thanks to him that he managed to fit the devil’s skin tissue between the rings.

– Of course, you and Hyunnam Oh were amazing for trying to find the culprit until the end.

“okay.”

Forensic pathologist Noh Moo-chul paused for a moment and then asked me quietly.

– But, by the way, why was all that cola recalled? I was there during the second trial, and I just couldn’t understand it.

Sigh.

I picked up the phone and smiled.

“Oh Hyun-nam’s arm. There were a lot of red bubbles there, right?”

– Yes. I know because I did the autopsy myself. There was an allergic reaction there.

“Hyunnam is allergic to cola. That drug that makes people feel bad. There was only a very small amount of it at the hospital.

– No way! That cola!

“Yes. That cola was a Trojan horse to hide the drugs. Hyunnam even let me know that with his own body. He asked me to stop that devil’s crime.

– Oh… That’s an incredible story. Kang Ji-hyuk, you’re truly amazing.

So I hung up the phone.

A few days later, a police investigation revealed that the cola had a drug reaction.

The last of this quiet incident was filled with that incident.

[Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok! Blocking the influx of a huge amount of drugs into the country]

[Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok saved the Republic of Korea from mind-controlling drugs]

[South Korean prosecutor. Protecting 50 million people from drugs made by Japanese evil spirits]

HyunA, who saw the article, brought me an iced Americano and asked.

“You became a public prosecutor again in one breath?”

“Let’s not even talk about it in our office, because we might get addicted to MSG.”

“There’s no MSG in that coffee, so drink it without worry, inspector.”

Hyuna had a pleasant face.

[Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok said that he wanted to protect the physically and mentally weak because they are also citizens. Isn’t this something worth listening to at least once?]

A few days later, an article written by a reporter who was Hyejin’s friend was published.

“Do you think Hyejin is the best at writing articles?”

“You’re saying you’re good at adding MSG?”

“···Well, not necessarily, but I like this article.”

That’s how this incident ended.

The office where everyone has left work.

The incident was concluded by removing all the content from the whiteboard.

‘But where on earth was this drug experimented with?’

Although it was not submitted as evidence, among the materials obtained during the search and seizure of the villa was a note with an address written on it.

I went to the villa manager late at night and asked him.

“What is this note?”

“Ah, that’s the building owner… no. It’s the address that Heo Ji-yeon wrote down. When this villa is sold, he asked me to send all the cola from that room here.”

“Are you saying this is the address to send the cola to when the villa is sold?”

“Yes. I asked you to send it to that address.”

I returned to the office and typed the address into my Internet browser.

Click.

And then I pressed the result.

[Dream Castle Pharmaceutical Division]

On the screen, letters flashed telling me where the address was.

‘Look at this? In the end, all the drugs from this experiment will go to Dream Castle’s Yoon Tae-soo?’

The back of my head where I was shot started to hurt.

“I can’t wait to smell the blood that’s about to burst out.”

I heard that voice again, the one who had been excitedly pointing a gun at the back of my head.

‘Dream Castle Chairman Yoon Tae-soo!’

That was when.

〈Kang Ji-hyeok. Looks like you finally did it. All the hundreds of criminal records involving that drug have disappeared. Perfectly.〉

“Well then, that’s good.”

〈Kang Ji-hyeok. You did a great job. Thank you for giving us confidence in our choice.〉

Is it because they blew away Park Chan-jin, who was a reporter?

The cartel I was supposed to punish revealed itself sooner than I expected through an unexpected scene.

Shh.

I smiled at my face reflected in the window late at night.

‘It’s definitely coming. Every time you catch the devil by the tail and punish him by law, he’ll naturally turn towards your cartel.’

* * *

The next day.

Chief Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung called me.

“Have you gotten over your trauma?”

It was an unexpected question.

I lifted the car in front of me.

The fragrant tea tickled my nose.

When I didn’t answer, Chief Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung asked again.

“The last suicide case involved a suspect jumping from the rooftop. I knew you had been handling similar suicide cases since then.”

I poured a little tea into my mouth.

A refreshing floral scent wafted in.

‘My father-in-law thought I would be traumatized by the suspect’s suicide.’

Gulp.

I drank the remaining tea in one gulp.

Afterwards, he showed a very small smile to Chief Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung.

“I feel like I’ve gotten away from it. Completely while solving this case.”

“Usually, prosecutors suffer from trauma when a suspect commits suicide. I was like that when I was young.”

“I didn’t know.”

“After something like that happens, they sometimes become less active in investigations.”

I looked at Chief Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung and spoke seriously.

“Don’t worry about that, Chief Inspector. That won’t happen.”

Bam.

Chief Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung placed a file in front of me.

“Then, should I review this case? It’s not an easy case, so I’ll reject it.”