There Are No Villains in My Regression - Chapter 145



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There is no villain in my return 145

“Lee Woo-ram?”

“Do you know this person?”

“He’s a criminal wanted for real estate fraud.”

Oh Cheol-gi nodded as if he finally understood.

“The money was flowing into China, and it seems to have been connected to the Triads or ethnic Korean criminal organizations.”

Chinese criminal organizations commit international crimes in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and other countries rather than within China.

There are also ethnic Koreans who speak Korean, and the value of money is much higher.

Recently, as the Korean economy has worsened, fraud has spread in all directions, from voice phishing to real estate loan and insurance fraud.

These are evil people who take advantage of the financial difficulties of the common people.

“Lee Woo-ram committed fraud and should have handed the money over to the Chinese side as usual, but he pocketed it separately.”

In that case, there is a high probability that the victims’ money is still in Korea.

“You have to find Lee Woo-ram before the three Heilongjiang brothers. Search through everyone around him, including those who did business with him. If he’s still in Korea, it’s just a waste of time.”

“Yes, sir.”

After finishing his conversation with Oh Cheol-gi, Shin-woo immediately returned to the Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office.

And then I contacted another district prosecutor’s office and transferred the real estate fraud case related to Lee Woo-ram.

Usually, they don’t want to give up their cases, but this isn’t a case like Lee Woo-ram’s where the investigation has been halted.

Shinwoo brought all the cases involving each real estate corporation established by Lee Wooram.

To sum it up, the total amount of damage is 300 billion won.

Detective Kim Ji-hye stuck out her tongue.

“That’s a huge amount of damage. Where did all this money go?”

“They would have distributed the money and laundered it through accounts used by ethnic Koreans. At least hundreds of accounts would have been used.”

“If all these properties are auctioned off, will the victims be able to receive relief?”

“It’ll be tough now that the real estate market has collapsed. Plus, most of these are overvalued multi-family homes, so the winning bid will be less than half of the deposit.”

The victims have only about a year left until their lease expires.

Looking at the records, I could roughly see how the events would unfold.

Even if the criminal is caught, the recovery rate is unknown and the victims will inevitably lose a significant amount of time and money.

Most inspectors try to avoid such incidents.

“Since the inspector was transferred, I wonder if there is a way?”

Detective Oh Kyung-soo glanced at Shin-woo.

Just like the last time with Beomgupa, we solved a case that was expected to be unsolvable.

As a prosecutor who has become a national hero, expectations are high for Shinwoo.

Just because Shinwoo was transferred to this case, people are contacting him from all over, asking if he has some information.

“Hmm. Or maybe he just became interested because An So-jeong was a victim of real estate fraud. The prosecutors I’ve watched so far are sensitive to fraud by ordinary citizens and the people’s economy.”

Contrary to everyone’s expectations, Shinwoo did not move right away.

Lee Woo-ram disappeared without leaving any evidence behind, as if he had evaporated.

I looked through the people around him, but nothing particularly meaningful came up.

Shinwoo did not become impatient, but continued to observe the people around him and waited for changes to occur.

‘If we are to get out of Korea, there has to be some kind of movement.’

However, unlike Shinwoo, the three Heilongjiang brothers did not have much patience.

Shinwoo received a phone call from Bae Ji-hoon.

Suicide case, but the dead person is Lee Woo-ram and the co-representative of the Seoul corporation.

Bae Ji-hoon contacted Shin-woo after learning that the case received at dawn was related to a real estate fraud case he was investigating.

-The scientific investigation team is currently investigating, so the results will be out soon.

“Tell me where you are. I’ll be there right away.”

Shinwoo explained to the investigators what he heard from Bae Jihoon about the initial police investigation.

“The informant is the dead man’s daughter. She said she came home late one night after drinking and found the man hanging from a tree in the garden.”

“You hanged yourself in your own garden? Was it suicide?”

Kim Ji-hye asked in surprise.

“If you look at the situation, that’s true. But right now, we can’t be sure of anything. The police said there are suspicious circumstances that make it difficult to conclude it was suicide.”

Traces of violent rebellion remain on the body of the hanged man.

“Of course, that alone doesn’t mean it wasn’t suicide, but the circumstances are a bit strange. The informant daughter testified that she had seen her father arguing with someone on the phone several times recently.”

“There must be a lot of suspects since this is a case where a suspect in a rental fraud case was murdered.”

The place where the car stopped was a three-story detached house in Cheongdam.

Onlookers gathered and glanced inside the scene of the incident.

Police officers set up a cordon to keep people from approaching any further.

Before entering the house, Shinwoo stood on the road and looked around.

There was a CCTV installed nearby to prevent illegal dumping of trash, but it was not able to cover the inside of the house.

A wall that was shoulder-high and trees planted along its perimeter obscured the view.

‘The outside cannot see inside. Is the private garden actually helping to carry out secret crimes?’

As we entered, a well-kept lawn and garden were revealed.

Scientific investigation officers were investigating the scene.

Among them, Bae Ji-hoon, who Shinwoo also knows well, was also seen.

The body of a leashed man lies on the lawn.

“Detective Kim Ji-hye will be back in a moment.”

“……No. I’m fine too.”

For now, the most important thing is to determine whether it was suicide or homicide.

“Shinwoo, you’re here. If you feel uncomfortable looking at the body, you can come back later.”

“No, it’s okay.”

Shinwoo stood next to Bae Ji-hoon and watched the scene.

A woman wearing a mask, with only her eyes exposed, glanced at Bae Ji-hoon and Shin-woo before turning her gaze back to the corpse.

“Is this the famous prosecutor that Team Leader Bae mentioned?”

“That’s right. Have you heard of Team Leader Han Soo-kyung as Kang Shin-woo?”

“Well, I think I saw it on the news. But why did the prosecutor come to such a dangerous place?”

Shinwoo gave the answer to this.

“Because he’s one of the suspects in the global fraud case.”

“Don’t prosecutors usually sit at their desks and work? They especially hate cases like this. You’re a unique person.”

There is ample reason for Shinwoo to be transferred here to handle all the cases related to this.

Han Soo-kyung examined the body, pressing down on it from the head to the feet.

“Is this your first time seeing a suicide corpse?”

“yes.”

“Well, since you’ve come all this way, I’ll explain it to you in detail. Usually, after two hours of death, you start to slowly stiffen up, and after about eight hours, it spreads throughout your body.”

Rigor mortis progresses from the top of the body to the bottom.

Han Soo-kyung, who had finally confirmed that her fingertips were frozen, carefully opened her eyelids to examine her cornea.

Its color was cloudy, like rotten fish.

“If you look here, the finger joints are stiff and the cornea is cloudy, right? The estimated time of death is 12 to 15 hours ago. The deceased’s daughter said that he went out late at night, so he died right after that.”

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“So, murder or suicide?”

“Just wait a moment. I still have more to explain to you, sir.”

Han Soo-kyung showed the wound on her neck.

“There are rope marks on the back. This is evidence that someone strangled the man from behind. If it was a suicide by hanging from a tree, the marks would have been higher up or to the side.”

On the man’s nape were clear bruises from his struggle.

The bruises left while hanging from a tree are different in direction and trace.

“Is there a difference between hanging yourself and dying from suffocation? Isn’t it the same thing as dying from suffocation?”

“Usually, people think that strangling someone causes death by blocking their breathing, but to be exact, it blocks the blood flow to the brain.”

These two are similar yet different concepts.

“If blood flow to the brain is blocked, people usually lose consciousness within 10 seconds and die within a few minutes. That’s why most bodies that die by hanging have pale faces.”

This is because the blood vessels are compressed by a certain weight.

On the other hand, if you strangle the neck with inconsistent force, venous blood will remain and cause petechial hemorrhages on the face and neck.

The man lying on the floor had petechial bruises here and there on his face and neck.

“The culprit strangled the man to death and then hung him from a tree.”

“That’s right. You learn faster than anyone else.”

“I heard he was smart since high school.”

Shinwoo also saw several corpses of people who committed suicide in his past life.

So I know some of the characteristics.

From facial congestion to the shape of the knot in the string, the presence or absence of feces on the floor, and the position of the string.

In the case of suicide, the excrement flows downward and the knot of the rope is likely to be relatively simple.

And to hang it comfortably, I tied the string at a distance that I could reach by standing on a chair or a chair of my own height.

Shinwoo looked under the tree.

‘There is no excrement at this site.’

Not only that, the knots of the strings were so complicated that they had to be tied alternately twice, and they were also positioned very high, at nearly 3 meters.

“This wasn’t meant to be a suicide in the first place.”

Han Soo-kyung’s eyes lit up at Shinwoo’s conclusion.

“That’s right. Rather, they hung it on the tree so that everyone could see it clearly. As if they were warning anyone who saw the corpse.”

“Like the Amazonian natives who hang the corpses of their enemies? Then who was the killer trying to warn?”

Bae Ji-hoon’s analogy is accurate.

“That’s for Detective Bae and the young prosecutor to figure out. My job is to find out that it was a murder and that the culprit strangled the man with a rope.”

Shinwoo thought it was a good idea to listen to Han Soo-kyung’s explanation.

As I looked at the corpse, memories of my past life flashed through my mind.

This is a warning, just as Bae Ji-hoon said.

I know of people who kill in a similar way, but are much more vicious and disgusting than this.

‘The Three Brothers of Heilongjiang.’

The target is tortured and killed by people around them to vent their anger, and then hung in a conspicuous place.

Some parts, such as the ankles, wrists, and tongue, are cut off and displayed.

Judging from the fact that they killed him relatively quickly and easily, they must have killed him in a hurry.

‘Why did you do that? Did you get any clues about Lee Woo-ram’s location?’

Shinwoo took a closer look at the body before the scientific investigation team disposed of it.

But there is something unique about the rope wrapped around the neck.

It was lighter than the average one and seemed to be waterproof so blood wouldn’t seep into it.

Surprisingly, it was investigator Kim Ji-hye who discovered the rope’s true identity.

“Sir, this is a ship’s rope. It’s made of a material that is resistant to seawater, so it’s light and strong. My father worked at the sea, so I’ve seen it often since I was little. Does this mean that the criminal is a fisherman?”

That’s not possible.

There’s no way the Heilongjiang Three Brothers would carry around a rope like this.

They probably used what they had in the house.

Shinwoo stood up from his seat, organizing the thoughts in his head.

Now it’s time to meet the informant who first discovered the body, his daughter.

The inside of the house was as splendid as it looked from the outside.

Carpets covered the marble floor and expensive paintings hung on the walls.

The victim’s family was sitting on a leather sofa in the living room.

She didn’t seem particularly shocked by the death of her husband and father.

His wife, Kim Mi-kyung, was smoking a cigarette with her legs crossed.

“Why are you so calm?”

Bae Ji-hoon, who was looking at his family, turned his back and whispered.

“It seems like Kim Mi-kyung and her husband lived like any other man. Even with her daughter, all she did was give and receive pocket money.”

“So you’re saying we were a family like any other? What’s your alibi?”

“Kwon Ah-young was out at the bar all night, and his ex-wife was at the hotel with another man. At least she wasn’t here when the victim was murdered yesterday.”

Shinwoo approached the two and bowed his head.

“This is Prosecutor Kang Shin-woo. Can I talk to you for a moment?”

“I told everyone else everything, so why do I have to tell you again? Why didn’t we all hear it at once? What the hell is this?”

Kim Mi-kyung had a sharp personality, just like her skinny body.

“This will be the last time.”

“Okay. Let’s do it quickly since we don’t have much time.”

Kim Mi-kyung stubbed out the cigarette she was holding on the table.

His daughter, Kwon Ah-young, looked at him and shook her head.

“What is your relationship to the victim?”

“You’re asking without even knowing that?”

“Mom. I’m just checking. Don’t ask me every time. Just answer!”

“Oh my, why is he being so irritating to me?”

The reason Shinwoo asks questions even though he already knows is none other than this.

The idea was to ask them questions that were clearly factual, to gauge their reactions, and to find out more clearly if they were lying.

“How was your relationship with your ex-husband, Dae-Hoon Kwon?”

“It was terrible.”

“Can I ask why?”

“Six times at the hotel, three times at the airport. That’s the exact number of times I caught him flirting with different women. He’s the kind of person who needs to smell a different woman’s body every day to feel better. Thinking about all the pain he’s caused me, I should’ve killed him a long time ago.”

Kim Mi-kyung tried to take out a cigarette but broke it in half.

Then he glanced in the direction of Kwon Dae-Hoon’s body and shook his head.

“He clearly ended up like that because he messed with a married woman. It’s all about retribution.”

Shinwoo now asked Kwon Ah-young a question.

“I heard that Mr. Kwon Dae-hoon had a person he often argued with on the phone. Could you explain?”

“I don’t know the details. We weren’t interested in each other. All I saw was that we fought loudly whenever we talked on the phone.”

“Do you know who you were fighting with?”

His wife, Kim Mi-kyung, answered the question on his behalf.

“As expected, my name is Woo Ram Lee and he is my business partner.”

Shinwoo’s eyes sparkled when the name he wanted came out.

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