You Are Defended - Chapter 513



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Episode 513

“… … Well, you know. I apologize if I said something off-topic.”

What pulled me out of my thoughts was Kang Min-jae’s dead voice.

I stared at him.

It is said that it is generally not easy to point that out to someone with an inflated ego.

It’s not that there weren’t people like that around me, but I never felt uncomfortable or close enough to point them out, so I never felt any difficulty.

But it seems like it is indeed a difficult task.

Looking at Kang Min-jae now, I think he thinks he made a very rude remark.

“I’m not a great speaker, so I’m not sure if I got what I wanted to say across properly, but if you felt offended, well… … . What is it? I apologize with the small hope that you can resolve this without cutting me off… … .”

But I don’t think he was rude.

I didn’t even feel bad.

I just feel a little bit ashamed that the secret I’ve been trying to keep hidden for so long has been exposed and that the lies I told to hide it have been exposed.

Rather, I was surprised by Kang Min-jae’s ability to use a way of speaking that taught me a lesson without making me feel bad.

“I don’t feel bad. I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch. And Kang Byun has something he wants to say, but when I try to refute him one by one, he keeps cutting me off. That’s why I just listened quietly. You know I didn’t keep my mouth shut because everything Kang Byun said was right, right?”

Actually, it’s all true, so it’s right to keep your mouth shut.

I was so lost in thought that I had nothing to say in rebuttal.

Of course, I could have added various settings and forcefully refuted it somehow, but Kang Min-jae completely defeated me in the sense that he made me not even try to do that.

Still, I couldn’t honestly admit that what Kang Min-jae said was right.

Judging from the fact that Kang Min-jae repeatedly told me that he respects me, it seems like he thinks of me as special.

Actually, it’s not that special, but if Kang Min-jae feels that way, there’s nothing I can do.

However, while specialness can be respectable to a certain extent, if it goes too far, it tends to mutate into a sense of discomfort.

Even though I don’t want to lie anymore, I think I should at least try this as a last resort.

“I know. Of course.”

[untruth]

In return for denying the existence of superpowers, I was punished by finding out that Kang Min-jae was deceiving me.

However, since he also seemed to be trying to tie up this awkward situation beautifully, I decided not to pursue it any further.

When Kang Min-jae first spoke to me, he was already so sure of himself that it was nearly impossible to change his mind.

“Anyway… … . It wasn’t because I knew the knowledge of the future, but I admit that I tried to carry a burden higher than average. It’s something worth thinking about. For now, I think what Kang Byun said is right.”

It will probably take a lot of effort to naturally accept the problems that Kang Min-jae pointed out.

As you plan everything going forward, you will have to ask yourself countless questions like, ‘Am I starting again?’

Finding the balance between the two is also very important.

It must be a tough training, but I’m glad I learned about it before I started running for the special prosecutor’s office in earnest.

I just got up from my seat.

Kang Min-jae looked up at me with a bewildered expression.

“Are you going?”

“I have to go. I talked too much today, Kangbyeondo. Now, rest. That’s enough.”

“I’m okay… … .”

“That’s just Kang’s opinion. Don’t forget that you’re still a patient. Director Kang will be here, so you won’t need it much, but if anything comes up, contact me.”

I took a bottle of juice out of the refrigerator in the hospital room.

“It’s hot. I’ll drink this.”

“Oh, you can eat it all.”

“You’ve eaten everything. You’re going.”

As I left the hospital room, Kang Su-il, who had been standing outside the door, approached me.

He seemed curious about what was going on because the conversation was going on for so long, but he didn’t ask any further questions.

I nodded and went down to the parking lot with Taesik, who had been waiting.

“I’m glad the riverside is better than I thought, right?”

“I know.”

“We’ve overcome one hurdle.”

I nodded.

I’ve seen that Kang Min-jae is getting better, and the aftereffects will become clearer as time goes on, but worrying about it now won’t change the outcome.

Therefore, for now, we must resume the existing investigation that was delayed due to the accident.

I need to check in with other people to see how far we’ve come.

I took out my cell phone from my pocket and opened Messenger.

The group chat room was in the midst of a heated conversation, with the badge count continuing to rise.

[Heo Min-woo: Then, can we stop worrying about Attorney Kang?

Oh Yang-hoon: Yes. When I went to see it today, I thought it was the person who got into the accident.

Choi Jong-hyun: As expected, Min-jae is Min-jae ㅋㅋ It felt a bit awkward when Kang Min-jae was sick, but it didn’t feel awkward at all. Thank goodness, even Inspector Heo would think he was hurt when he saw him ㅋㅋ

Heo Min-woo: I’d like to visit Attorney Kang’s hospital room once, but I guess it’s a bit difficult right now?]

It was too early to tell that Heo Min-woo was on the same boat as us, so Heo Min-woo had not yet been to the hospital.

Since you seemed worried, I typed a message.

[You don’t have to worry about Kang Byun anymore. You can visit him slowly. Even if Kang Byun is okay now, he had brain surgery anyway, so he’ll have to stay in the hospital for a while. After some time has passed, you can pretend to go to Myungwoon University Hospital for other reasons and go.]

As soon as I typed my message, everyone except one read it.

That one person is probably Kang Min-jae.

[Jo Bong-jun: Oh, did you get a debit card? I wonder what you were talking about.

Choi Jong-hyun: I bet Kang Min-jae didn’t cry. He must have cried because he was touched when he heard that Cha-byeon was worried about him.]

It seemed like a useless conversation was about to begin, so I was about to put my phone back in my pocket when suddenly a phone call came.

The sender was Heo Min-woo.

“yes.”

─I didn’t call you because you said you were talking separately with Attorney Kang, but are you out now?

“Yes. I’m on my way home now.”

─Then, could you please check your mailbox right now?

At Heo Min-woo’s words, I plugged in my earphones to my phone and went into my mailbox.

A new email had arrived from Heo Min-woo.

There were multiple attachments, including a mix of video and image files.

“Where should I look first?”

─You don’t have to watch the whole video. I attached the video because it is evidence that supports the conclusion. Didn’t Choi Jae-hoon have a diary entry that said he was instructed by Lim Hyeon-il to remove organs from a patient who was not brain dead?

“Where did you find instructions for such a surgery?”

─Yes. As the lawyer said, it was not inside the Wooshin Hospital. The two moved around the Wooshin Hospital on their own. According to Choi Jae-hoon’s card usage history, he took a taxi. So I checked the taxi number and checked the public CCTV.

“So where did you have the surgery?”

─Actually, I don’t know exactly what they do there. The security was tight, so I couldn’t enter. And I couldn’t force my way in without a warrant. Of course, I could upload the contents of Choi Jae-hoon’s blog and apply for a warrant, but I’m not at the stage where I can do that yet. I guess it was like they didn’t want to know that someone had discovered this hidden place.

“A hidden place? Wasn’t it an ordinary hospital? Wasn’t it difficult to check even on the Internet?”

─Yes. When I looked it up on the Internet, it didn’t seem like there was any business there. No business information was shown. Road View was also cut off at the entrance to the forest… … .”

Wasn’t there a satellite image confirmation in 2012?

No, it isn’t.

Even in 2012, we had to immediately understand the structure of the area, and we had already checked the terrain and structure of distant areas using satellite photos.

At that time, I mainly checked satellite photos provided by overseas portals.

This is because domestic portals provide photos with different images superimposed on places like security facilities, but overseas portals show things as they are, as if they don’t care about the situation in other countries.

There was a minor controversy in Korea because of this, so I guess that means it provides an accurate image.

“Have you seen the satellite photos?”

─Yes. I saw it. That’s um… … . Ah, file number 15. Even in satellite photos, it’s hard to see what this place is. And the latest photo is from the end of last year, so it doesn’t look like it’s been completed. There are no buildings, and all you can see is the ground that’s been leveled.

“So that means construction just started. Is it completed now?”

─I don’t know about that. I couldn’t get inside the fence. Most of what you can see beyond the fence is trees. Just in case, I took a picture of that side. File 12 is that picture. Take a look.

I opened the file he mentioned.

There was a large fence that looked like the gate of a mansion in what was presumed to be a mountain area.

“That’s right. It’s hard to tell what you’re doing.”

─Yes. I looked around carefully so as not to be caught, and there are two large doors, one in the front and the other. One of them is picture number 12. And there are guard posts all over that side. It was difficult to look around because there was a forest around the fence, but there seem to be a few side doors as well.

“Well, it does seem like there’s something mysterious that puts a lot of effort into security.”

─Yes. If someone who doesn’t know better sees this, they might think there’s some kind of national restriction facility here.

“Where is this?”

─You may know about the area called Jungnim-gu in Miseong, Gyeonggi-do. Why, there is a new city called Jeonil right next to it.

“Oh, yes. I know.”

─It’s there, I guess you could call it a small hill. It’s ambiguous to call it a mountain. If you look at picture 11, there’s a map.

“Ah, I have a general idea of ​​where it is. Behind it is Songjusan Mountain. But this place doesn’t seem to be Songjusan Mountain. Is it private property?”

─According to the copy of the register, it is private property. The owner is a corporation called RND.

“RND?”

─Yes. Was my pronunciation bad? Aarr. Een. Dee.

Heo Min-woo emphasized, awkwardly rolling his tongue.

RND, huh?

I thought I misheard, but it turns out I heard correctly.

Is this how it’s always fun?

Wasn’t RND a paper company that Koh Sang-jun set up in the British Virgin Islands?

If things went as planned, it would be one of the paper companies that would be exposed by the ICIJ next year, so Choi Jong-hyun has been asked to join the ICIJ to bring forward the timing.

So he’s building a portfolio and scrapbook that might appeal to the ICIJ.

Even the ICIJ seems to want reporters with fluent English skills, so he was belatedly preparing for a test that would acknowledge his English skills.

Don’t worry too much.

It seemed like Choi Jong-hyun was pretty good at English.

“I see. RND… … . Nice to meet you. I didn’t expect to hear that name here.”

Go Sang-jun, remembering the past when he had exposed KDL Company and L&B, tried to create confusion this time by establishing more paper companies and dividing RND’s stocks.

After all, since the numerous paper companies that held RND stocks were also Koh Sang-jun’s, it was not a very meaningful action from our perspective.

Perhaps Go Sang-jun thought that among the many paper companies, RND would be the last to be caught.

Organ trading is one of the businesses they want to keep hidden the most, so in that sense, they conducted the business under the name of RND.

That is why the land on which Okayama Hospital was established, as well as the land of this hospital that Heo Min-woo has now discovered, were all purchased in the name of RND.

To someone who doesn’t know, RND might just look like a land leasing business.

Coincidentally, there are two hospitals on those lands.

─Why are you doing that? Do you know?

“Oh, since you didn’t know, I guess it wasn’t shared with Officer Heo yet. Well, I guess he hasn’t organized the files properly yet. It’ll take time to edit the data so that Officer Heo can easily understand it, and Reporter Choi must have been busy preparing various documents.”

─Yes? Well, when I checked the copy of the company register called RND, I didn’t notice anything particularly strange. Oh, I’ve attached a copy of the register, so please take a look and talk. It’s all in English, but I’m sure you’ll have no trouble interpreting it.

“I have a copy of the RND register. It is a company located in the British Virgin Islands, right?”

─Ah, yes. … … Wait, is that really Go Sang-jun?

“you’re right.”

The Okayama Hospital in Japan, where organ trafficking is taking place, and an unknown location in Korea that appears to be set up for organ trafficking.

The picture is roughly drawn.

How should I start?