There Are No Villains in My Regression - Chapter 130



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There is no villain in my return 130

Shinwoo narrowed the scope of the investigation after referring to what he heard from Kim Min-ki.

Among the guardians of children with leukemia identified by Oh Cheol-gi, those involved in drug cases were selected.

There are so few of them that you can count them on one hand.

“A total of 4?”

Among them, there is only one man in his 30s or 40s.

[Name Han Ki-yeon]

[Age 38]

[Working as a caregiver at a nursing home for the underprivileged]

[Address: ***, Gyesan-dong, Incheon]

– Sir, I checked with the nursing home where you work and they said you haven’t come to work for several days.

“It’s an obvious place to go. Keep an eye on the kid in the hospital from afar. If he shows up, contact me right away.”

-All right.

Shinwoo headed to Han Kiyeon’s house with Oh Kyungsoo.

In the car.

In the quiet silence, Oh Kyung-soo looked back at Shin-woo as if he couldn’t stand it anymore and asked.

“Inspector. How did you find out about Han Ki-yeon?”

“I checked the list of hospital admissions against those with drug convictions.”

“In just half a day?”

Normally, an official document must be sent to each hospital to receive a list of hospitalized patients.

You can check your criminal records one by one later, but that also takes time.

A task that would have taken several days was completed in half a day.

“If you want to work with me, you have to get used to it.”

He just blinked at Shinwoo’s calm words.

The two soon arrived at Han Ki-yeon’s house.

It is the basement level of an old villa.

There were so many bills in the mailbox that there was no room to put any more.

Not only that, but the cracks in the door were also filled with advertisements.

“Hmm. I don’t feel any presence.”

Shinwoo came out of the building and looked out the window.

The dust-free window frames contrast with the front door, which looks like it hasn’t been used for a long time.

Oh Kyung-soo noticed Shin-woo’s gaze and walked to the car.

As I started the car and drove away from the villa, a dark shadow appeared inside the window.

Knock knock-

The window opened slightly and an eye appeared through the gap.

The tension was conveyed in his trembling breathing.

Shinwoo opened the window in one breath.

“Huh! What, what is it!”

As Shinwoo went inside, the man got scared and tried to run away.

I opened the door in a hurry, but it was Oh Kyung-soo standing in the hallway.

“I came from the prosecution.”

The man was not wise.

He tried to push Oh Kyung-soo away and run away, but Shin-woo grabbed the back of his neck and threw him to the ground.

“Hey, let go of this! What did I do wrong to deserve this!”

“Don’t move. You’ll get hurt.”

It was only after the handcuffs were put on his wrists that he stopped resisting.

“What are you doing in someone else’s house?”

Unlike being wildly angry, this is an expression that shows that he has somewhat anticipated the current situation.

Shinwoo grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and lifted him up, sitting him on a chair.

“Is this Han Ki-yeon?”

“……No.”

It’s not a lie.

When I checked the ID in the wallet in the man’s pocket, a completely different name came up.

“Gu Bon-seung? What are you doing here? What is your relationship with Han Ki-yeon?”

“I don’t know him.”

“Why are you hiding in a stranger’s house?”

Gu Bon-seung kept his mouth shut and said nothing.

Oh Kyung-soo checked his cell phone.

“Sir, this is Han Ki-yeon’s number. I contacted you five minutes ago.”

“You’re an accomplice.”

“An accomplice? He’s just… a friend. He said he could stay at my house for a while, so I came.”

“But why are you pretending not to exist and coming through the window? Why are you contacting Han Ki-yeon?”

It’s suspicious.

And Shinwoo’s suspicions turned into certainty when he saw the wad of money found in the room.

A shopping bag found under the bed contained 20 bundles of ten-thousand won notes, a total of 20 million won.

“Whose money is this?”

“It’s my money.”

Shinwoo chuckled and showed the bloodstains on the wad of money.

“Do you know what this is? It’s the blood of the victim that Han Ki-yeon killed when he ran away with the money.”

“……How should I know! I just received it!”

“So why did you accept it?”

“Mr. Koo Bon-seung, speak clearly. Otherwise, you will be charged with a serious crime, including being an accomplice to murder and obstructing official duties. Do you want to rot away in prison for 20 years for a few bucks?”

Koo Bon-seung’s expression wavered.

Shinwoo, who noticed the anxiety blooming in his eyes, checked his criminal record.

“Wait a minute! I really am not!”

Although Koo Bon-seung cried out pitifully, it was not convincing.

Oh Kyung-soo’s eyes sparkled as he soon received the reply.

“He has a criminal record of habitual gambling and is currently wanted for fraud and opening and operating a gambling establishment.”

“Why don’t you tell me now?”

Gu Bon-seung let out a deep sigh and spoke in a weak voice.

“……I didn’t know that people would die either.”

Koo Bon-seung and Han Ki-yeon met at a gambling house.

Gu Bon-seung, a gambling addict, lost all his money at Beomgupa’s gambling house and even lent his name to the gang, becoming a wanted man.

“So you thought about robbing a casino with Han Ki-yeon?”

“Inspector. To be clear, I only helped him escape. I didn’t know that drug addict bastard Han Ki-yeon would kill someone.”

Koo Bon-seung took Han Ki-yeon and fled to Incheon.

“Where is Han Ki-yeon?”

“I don’t know exactly. He just told me to contact him if anyone came looking for him and then drove off.”

“Isn’t there any place you’re expecting to go?”

“I told you several times that you had to pay for your son’s hospital bills, so you must have gone to the hospital.”

That’s not it.

Oh Cheol-gi, who is watching the hospital, has no special reports.

The hospital bills are still the same and Han Ki-yeon has not shown up.

“Inspector. Should we check the vehicle right away?”

“Just a moment.”

Shinwoo looked around Han Ki-yeon’s house.

The accumulated grayish dust and scattered objects indicate that they have not been taken care of for some time.

But among them, there are some that are not that old.

In the bathroom there are empty bags and syringes that have been used not long ago.

“Did Han Ki-yeon come here and get some medicine?”

“Yes. There was not only money in the bag, but also drugs. That kid is crazy about drugs.”

Hearing that, Shinwoo guesses where Han Ki-yeon is.

Leaving Gu Bon-seung in the car, Dae-ho and Kim Won-ho headed to the back of the building.

This is where he parked his car.

“Inspector, didn’t you say that Han Ki-yeon took a car and left? Do you think he abandoned the car and went somewhere else?”

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“No, it’s the opposite. Once a drug addict gets his hands on a drug, he won’t go anywhere until he uses it all up.”

“But he is the kind of person who stole money from Beomgupa to pay for his child’s hospital bills.”

Shinwoo has seen many people at the end of their rope in his past life.

People who come to borrow high-interest loans cannot possibly have ordinary stories.

Among them, there are drug addicts.

These are the people who will make up any excuse to get money and buy medicine.

Even private lenders won’t lend money to them.

‘Because I know there is no future.’

The scary thing about drug addiction is that once you start, there is no such thing as a ‘complete cure’.

It is considered to be a disease that needs to be managed to prevent relapse.

“If you quit drugs, the physical withdrawal symptoms will disappear after a month. The problem is the memory. People who have used drugs cannot forget that time and continue to crave it.”

It is jokingly said that the pain a drug addict experiences while holding back on medication is like holding back diarrhea right before you have a bowel movement.

That meant it was that difficult.

“Inspector, there is a car!”

Oh Kyung-soo’s expression hardened at the glimpse of the car inside.

Someone is lying in the back seat like dried fish.

This is the Han Ki-yeon they were looking for.

“You crazy kid.”

One arm’s sleeve was rolled up and syringes were strewn across the chair.

Shinwoo stopped Oh Kyungsoo from opening the car door.

“Oh, detective, calm down.”

“……sorry.”

There are already several syringes lying on the floor.

A person who has gone to such a dead end must be especially careful.

Shinwoo opened the door carefully.

Drrrrrr-

Han Ki-yeon, who had come to his senses, glared at him with gloomy eyes.

“What are you guys? Why did you come to my house?”

“Mr. Han Ki-yeon is under arrest on charges of murder and drug administration. You have the right to remain silent…….”

“What the hell are you talking about? What kind of murder am I?”

When Oh Kyung-soo tried to handcuff him, he resisted violently.

“I have to go pay my son’s hospital bills right now! If anyone stops me, I’ll kill them!”

The zipper of the bag he was carrying at his side opened and a wad of money and a bag of drugs fell out.

Han Ki-yeon’s eyes became blurry as he looked at it.

His trembling fingers picked up the discarded syringe on the floor.

The tip of the shaking syringe searched for a vein.

“You’re back.”

Shinwoo handcuffed Han Ki-yeon’s wrists while informing him of the remaining Miranda principles.

Drunk on drugs, he continued to mumble incomprehensible words.

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Han Ki-yeon’s condition was more serious than expected.

Upon arrival at the emergency room, the medical staff quickly took action.

Even so, there is no other way than to administer antidotes and intravenous fluids.

“The patient was in critical condition. If it had been a little later, he might have died from shock. Phew. He’s acting up now, so I injected him with a tranquilizer. He’ll wake up in an hour.”

While Han Ki-yeon was lying in the emergency room, Shin-woo talked to Oh Kyung-soo.

“Tsk. The person who stole money to pay for his child’s hospital bills is now doing drugs.”

“Oh, detective, is this the first time you’ve seen someone on drugs?”

“Even if you look at it, most of them are in their right minds. And our country is a drug-free country. The people who do it are mostly third-generation chaebols who studied abroad.”

“That’s how it was until now.”

South Korea has the perfect environment for drugs to spread.

While Japan and China sentence drug offenders to death, South Korea is overly lenient on drug offenders.

Also, as the price of drugs differs by more than three times, some people have started to see Korea as a new gold route.

“Like Han Ki-yeon, once you get addicted, you can’t quit until you die. To drug dealers, you’re a regular customer who never quits.”

So, they are trying to increase the number of addicts by releasing drugs in any way possible.

The main target is people in their 20s who have lowered their guard due to being sold to clubs, bars, alcohol and the opposite sex.

“Hmm. Then it’s a more serious problem than I thought.”

“That’s right. This isn’t something that can be solved by simply catching a few vendors. It has to be eradicated from the root.”

“If you’re talking about the roots, are you talking about guys like Beomgupa?”

“They are just dealers after all. Drugs are mostly brought in illegally from third countries like Thailand or Vietnam. We have to hit both the head and the tail at the same time.”

Thailand and other third countries have low thresholds for drugs.

Thai and Vietnamese gangs comprised of illegal immigrants systematically smuggled drugs.

“Come to think of it, not long ago, about 100 Vietnamese people were arrested for holding a drug party together.”

In the outskirts of the metropolitan area, there are many places where the percentage of foreigners is higher than that of Koreans.

Oh Kyung-soo shook his head.

“Oh my. What is going to happen to the country?”

“So, we have to make sure to hit it hard this time.”

Oh Kyung-soo looked into Shin-woo’s powerful eyes and had a feeling that it wasn’t a coincidence that he had chosen this case.

They wanted to continue the conversation, but Han Ki-yeon came to his senses and the nurse called them.

Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office Investigation Room

Unlike when he was causing a commotion, Han Ki-yeon, who came to his senses, was a very timid person.

I looked at the floor and Shinwooman alternately with wary eyes.

“We already know everything that happened at the private gambling house. Our accomplice, Bonseung Koo, has already revealed everything.”

“……I don’t remember.”

Although it was understandable to be angry, Shinwoo continued asking questions silently.

“Do you remember administering drugs to Koo Bon-seung’s car in the parking lot of his house?”

“I don’t know.”

“Mr. Han Ki-yeon, avoiding things like this won’t solve anything. Your son’s leukemia won’t get better just because he uses drugs.”

His eyes widened at the mention of his son.

“If you want to see your son’s face even a little bit sooner, it would be best to cooperate as much as possible.”

“…….”

“Let me ask you one last time. Do you still have no memory of the murder that occurred at the abandoned motel two days ago?”

When I touched my son, his pupils trembled.

When I woke up from drugs, the fatherly love that had sunk to the bottom came back to me.

Finally, the wall that had been tightly blocked was broken through, and the confession flowed out.

“……Originally, I was going to just take the money and run away to pay the hospital bills right away. I thought they wouldn’t report it since it was gambling money anyway.”

“But the victim stopped him and they fought, and he fell through the window?”

“That’s right. When I looked up, he was already impaled on the rebar and dead. I definitely didn’t mean to kill him.”

That’s a ridiculous excuse.

Shinwoo asked, hiding his laughter.

“If money was really your goal, why did you take drugs? Why didn’t you go to the hospital right away?”

Han Ki-yeon clenched his fist on the table.

“I really only intended to do it once. Just once……!”

Tears like chicken poop fell one after another.

But Shinwoo doesn’t pity him.

He simply used the excuse of paying his son’s hospital bills to obtain drugs.

“You’ve been a piece of shit father up until now, but I’ll give you one last choice for your son. Testify about what the Pangupa did. Tell me everything about how they set up gambling houses and sold drugs.”

The reason why the members of the Pan-Gu faction have been able to continue their activities until now is because they blame all the sins they committed on the president of Baji and cut off his tail.

Anyway, after a short break from prison, when he gets out, he commits another crime and lives a miserable life.

But if only Han Ki-yeon and Kim Min-ki had testimonies, they could have kept them in prison a little longer.

Instead of a whip, Shinwoo placed a carrot he had prepared in advance on the table.

“It is a local hospital bill support program.”

Han Ki-yeon’s eyes widened as he opened the file.

“Mr. Han Ki-yeon’s child was included in the list of beneficiaries of the foundation’s sponsorship. There was no need to commit murder and steal money from a gambling house.”

Han Ki-yeon’s face turned pale.

That was the moment when his excuses completely fell apart.

After sobbing for a long time, he decided to testify everything about the Beomgu faction.

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