The Ultimate Inspector, Kang Ji-hyeok - Chapter 99



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“Did you rest well, Kang Ji-hyuk?”

The prosecutor’s office was just as Ji-cheol had said.

Prosecutor General Choi Hye-sung.

Lee Cheol-jung, Chief Prosecutor of the Western District Prosecutors’ Office.

and.

Even the head prosecutor of the special department, Nam Jun-mo.

The three were known to be prosecutors’ comrades.

It was currently called the most powerful group of prosecutors.

I sat on the empty sofa.

Slurp.

Chief Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung served fragrant tea in a luxurious teacup.

“Thank you for handling it well.”

“No. It’s my job. Mr. Eom Ja-hyeon was a person who committed numerous crimes.”

President Choi Hye-seong nodded.

“Don’t you all know how difficult insurance fraud cases are? But Prosecutor Kang brought it to the death penalty. It’s like he brought all the cases to a guilty verdict for several years.”

Sigh.

Chief Prosecutor Nam Jun-mo looks at me, smiling with the corners of his lips slightly raised.

“Prosecutor Park Jin-su, who was her husband, never once summoned her or accepted her as a witness.”

“Prosecutor Park wasn’t that important. He wasn’t needed to bring down Um Ja-hyun herself.”

“It would have been easiest to hit Prosecutor Park since he would have collected investigative materials without indicting him.”

Nam Joon-mo knew everything.

It’s not that I didn’t want to do that either.

Prosecutor Park Jin-soo wanted to impose a social punishment, not a legal one.

Of course, eventually it would be dealt with by law, but that wasn’t enough.

Prosecutors are essentially public servants who receive taxpayer money.

Through an inspection, he received a first punishment from the same public officials, and a second punishment from the public.

Finally, I decided that it was right to conclude with legal punishment.

That is the ‘punishment’ I will give to public officials who commit corruption.

“There are always holes in easy things, right? I thought that if you grab the easy things right in front of you, you will miss the important things that are further away.”

Huruk.

After saying that, he drank all the tea in one sip and put the teacup down.

Chief Prosecutor Nam Jun-mo asked me with an amused expression.

“Kang Ji-hyeok. You said you’re turning twenty-nine this year?”

“Yes, Chief Prosecutor.”

“Hey. What on earth were you guys doing for a living back then?”

“As you all know, I think that’s when I first learned how to play golf······.”

“I was in a bad position handling an embezzlement case, so I got a huge blow from my superiors and was kicked out to Chungcheong Province.”

Prosecutor General Lee Cheol-jung and Commissioner General Choi Hye-seong answered with apologetic faces.

Chief Prosecutor Nam Jun-mo asked me a direct question.

“I don’t know what you said to the director, but he asked you to be transferred to the special forces.”

I didn’t answer and just glanced at President Choi Hye-seong.

He smiled and spoke simply, holding the teacup to his lips.

“You can’t give a big job to a prosecutor who hasn’t experienced the special forces. That’s the iron rule of this organization.”

Of course I knew.

My deal to create another powerful special unit directly under the president was not going to work out immediately.

President Choi Hye-seong placed the teacup she was drinking from on the table.

“Your opinion is still under consideration. In order to carry it out······.”

He turned his head and met Nam Joon-mo’s eyes.

Nam Joon-mo raised his eyebrows and made a face as if asking why I was looking at him.

“That person definitely has to push you. You know who’s the top prosecutor among us.”

The average citizen would think that Prosecutor General Choi Hye-sung is the top prosecutor.

no.

In the world of prosecutors, there is Chief Prosecutor Nam Jun-mo, the head of the special department.

No matter what anyone says, he is the best of the best.

“Okay, I thought I had to go to the special forces. I just didn’t know it would be this fast.”

“I remember. You said that after you finished your work at the Western District Prosecutors’ Office, you would go to the Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office and then come to the Special Investigation Division later, right?”

Chief Prosecutor Nam Jun-mo surprisingly remembered that incident.

‘You’ve been watching me the whole time, Nam Joon-mo.’

I thought I should lighten the heavy mood.

“They say everyone has a plan until they get beat up in the ring.”

Chief Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung was the first to snicker and laugh.

“Ji-hyeok… no, Prosecutor Kang was fun since he was little.”

He subtly showed off his friendship with me.

President Choi Hye-seong nodded and spoke calmly.

“Well, Kang Ji-hyeok solved your daughter’s case beautifully. Even though he was a prosecutor, he made the witness the culprit in court instead of the suspect. It was still great even when I saw it again. It was really thrilling as a prosecutor.”

Nam Jun-mo leaned toward me, clasping his hands together.

“A prosecutor who values ​​the scene. And a prosecutor who completely overpowers his opponent in court with evidence. Prosecutor Kang is capable of both. I want to have such a genius by my side.”

He spoke to Chief Prosecutor Lee Cheol-jung.

“Sorry, but you, District Attorney Ace. The special unit that will change its name will take over.”

“Choi Kang-han and Kang Ji-hyeok too. They’re taking out all the aces of the Western District Prosecutors’ Office.”

“It’s not just the Western District Prosecutors’ Office. They took out all the aces from each district prosecutors’ office. The Special Investigation Department is capable of that, but······.”

President Choi Hye-seong also grumbled playfully.

Chief Prosecutor Nam Jun-mo looked at his watch and then stood up from his seat.

“I’ll go first. There’s one thing that just won’t let go······.”

I also got up from my seat and stopped him.

“There are conditions for going to the special forces.”

“Are there any conditions?”

“Yes.”

“Do you dare to set conditions for a prosecutor being transferred to the special unit?”

“I will go to the special forces only if you accept my conditions.”

For a moment, it felt like the prosecutor’s room was frozen cold.

‘I have to show my podium here. If you plan on using it as your long-term pawn, I have no intention of going.’

Chief Prosecutor Nam Jun-mo turned around, folded his arms, and spoke to me authoritatively.

“I’ll listen to those conditions. Whether I accept them or not is another matter.”

“We will bring our current team with us.”

“Are you talking about that team now?”

“Yes, please give me the order together. That is my condition.”

“Not a golf course membership, an Italian sofa, or a spot in the basement parking lot?”

“No, I don’t need that. I just need my team.”

Chief Prosecutor Nam Jun-mo smiled.

I thought I was old enough to die, but he had a more aged smile.

“Hey, Chief Prosecutor Lee Chul-joong. Are you okay? Can I sweep away all the aces in your district attorney’s office?”

“What good would it do if they went under another inspector? They’d take everything. They’d probably blame me, but that would be better, wouldn’t it?”

Chief Prosecutor Nam Jun-mo looked at me properly and said.

“Call. Okay. Then, starting next Monday, you will go to the Special Forces… No, the Heavy Investigation Unit.”

“thank you.”

From 2009, the Special Investigation Department was renamed the Central Investigation Department.

I ended up getting admitted there.

* * *

Our dream team’s mouths dropped open at those words.

“Excuse me, we’re all being transferred to the Special Forces… no, the Heavy Investigation Unit?”

“Okay. You can come to the main office starting next Monday.”

“In the second year of the inspection, you’re in the heavy water department? This is totally awesome!!”

While the investigators were talking with wide eyes, Hyun-ah spoke with a worried look in her eyes.

“I’m going to meet the strongest inspector. What should I say?”

“Don’t worry. I’m sure Prosecutor Choi will be happy to see you.”

“I guess so. Because that’s the kind of person he is.”

I knew it.

This is how much HyunA respects Prosecutor Choi.

Only then did Hyuna smile.

“Still, it’s nice to be with Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok. I guess I’ll have to become the best ace in the Central Investigation Department, right?”

“That won’t do. It has to be at least the best prosecutorial dream team in the Republic of Korea, right?”

The two investigators squinted their eyes.

Said at the same time.

“I’m getting goosebumps. You’re really suffering from prince syndrome, Inspector Kang.”

So, my first day of work in the new year turned out to be my last day at the Western District Prosecutors’ Office.

* * *

The next morning.

I got a text message on my phone while I was in bed.

[This is Kim Ha-jin. How about a glass of soju with the beef you promised tonight?]

It was Hajin.

My partner, Kim Ha-jin.

He was now the head of the Cyber ​​Investigation Unit, the most powerful unit in the National Police Agency.

[I’ve been waiting. Let’s have a proper drink today.]

Hajin sent me the name of a delicious beef restaurant in Yeoksam-dong.

[7pm. I’ll make a reservation.]

[okay.]

“Detective Kang. Is it pork every day? When do we get to have a glass of soju with beef?”

“If you want to eat, let’s go. I’ll pay.”

“Hey, why are you doing this? You must be struggling to pay the bank interest while buying a villa on a low salary······.”

“It’s okay for Hajin to buy me a glass of soju.”

“Beef is expensive. Soju… I’ll buy it too.”

“Yeah. Beef is expensive.”

We had that conversation in the car while waiting for the culprit all night.

Sigh.

I smiled as I remembered that time.

The pockets were light, but looking back, it was a hot time.

‘Hajin-ah. Let’s live by eating beef from now on. You don’t have to drink soju, either.’

Time passed like that and it became evening.

I headed to Yeoksam-dong to meet my long-time partner.

Dinner time.

Yeoksam-dong alley.

‘Smell of cigarettes?’

The smell of freshly smoked cigarettes wafted from around the corner of the alley.

If you turn just one more corner, you’ll see the meeting place.

The moment you turn the corner without thinking much of it.

A flower pot fell on my head.

I dodged by twisting my body.

‘what?’

Wow!

The flowerpot fell next to me and shattered into pieces.

“Why the flowerpot?”

Surprised, I looked at the broken flower pot on the floor.

And the moment you raise your head!

“Fuck. This isn’t a coincidence, is it?”

Wow!

A flower pot fell squarely on my shoulder.

He held his shoulder and lowered his head in pain.

“Ugh.”

That was when.

That alley that smelled like cigarettes.

The guy who popped out of there stabbed something into my thigh.

Swish.

Sharp metal material.

Obviously this is a small knife.

“What the f*ck.”

Bam.

I elbowed the guy on the chin.

But the guy blocked my elbow with his hand.

‘Pro? A pro?’

Wow!

At that moment, a flower pot fell on my head and shattered into pieces.

Sway.

The world turned around.

No matter what country it was, there was nothing it could do.

“Fuck.”

What was stuck in my thigh was a fruit peeler.

Black hat.

Black mask.

Height is slightly over 170 cm.

It was usually the movement of a leader of an organized crime group.

Light and free of unnecessary movements.

“You’re elbowing my chin there? That guy’s pretty good at hitting. You’re a prosecutor, but he’s a detective, right? He’s got a nice body too.”

Bam.

The guy kicked my head with his foot as I fell.

Kuk.

In my daze, I pressed the pen-type recorder in my pocket.

“Did you say your name is Kang Ji-hyeok?”

“You, who are you? You dare to terrorize the prosecutors of the Republic of Korea?”

“What? Whether it’s a prosecutor or a doctor, if you stab them with a knife, they’ll die, right?”

Kuk.

He slightly turned the small knife he had stabbed into my thigh.

“Eww!”

Pain shot from my thighs to the back of my head.

“Did Lee Han-soo send this?”

“Hansoo doesn’t have that much courage. That idiot got his hands on some money and became incredibly weak. He couldn’t even get revenge on his little brother.”

‘What the heck, this kid······. Does he even know about the relationship between Lee Han-soo and his younger sister?’

The guy looked up and said as if nothing was wrong.

“This is Shimaichi, so go back. I’ll meet you there later.”

“okay!”

The guy who was throwing the flower pot from the roof of the villa building answered.

‘There? Where is that?’

“Kang Ji-hyeok. You’ve worked hard all this time, but let’s just say you were found dead here.”

He took another knife out of his bosom.

Black gloves.

The guy was definitely a pro.

“Just tell me who ordered it. Then I can chew on it and cross the Jordan River even after I die. I’m hungry. At least give me something to chew on.”

Bam!

The guy hit me in the face while he was talking.

I had no choice but to stop talking.

“Is it because there’s a lot of words that are behind you?”

He raised his sword.

It was at an angle that would have put it right in my neck.

‘Am I going to die again? Here?’

“Stop right there! Stop! Put your hands up and back off! This is the police.”

A familiar voice.

I could tell who it was.

In my blurry vision, I saw Kim Ha-jin approaching me with a gun pointed at him.

‘Hajin-ah. That’s fortunate. You arrived at the meeting place on time.’

Taang!

Kim Ha-jin fired a shot into the air.

That’s a warning bomb.

“That’s it for the scare bullets. From now on, it’s live ammunition. You son of a bitch. Who are you trying to kill?”

Sigh.

That was the moment.

All too quickly, the black glove stuck a straw into my neck.

Gulp.

I could feel red blood spurting out of the straw.

“See you later, Kang Ji-hyeok. If you die, come back to life and come find me. Heh heh.”

The guy ran quickly.

Hajin ran to me in a hurry and took out her phone.

“This is the alley in front of XX Grill in Yeoksam-dong. Urgent! The inspector has been attacked!”

It was Hajin who called 119.

I lost consciousness and lost consciousness.

Hajin’s voice lingered in my ears.

“Prosecutor Kang Ji-hyeok! Come to your senses!”