You Are Defended - Chapter 523



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Episode 523

I connected my laptop to the monitor inside the hospital room.

And I uploaded the materials I prepared for the presentation.

“Let me explain the big picture first. As you all know, Onodera’s grandson’s surgery will be performed at Okayama Hospital by Lim Hyeon-il. Therefore, So-eun and Lim Hyeon-il will go to the airport to leave the country. Of course, they won’t go together. Lim Hyeon-il will probably make excuses like going to an academic conference or going on vacation to his hometown to clear his schedule.”

“You can check that on the hospital website.”

“But now, Lim Hyeon-il sees outpatients every Monday morning and Thursday afternoon. Japan is a nearby country, and he can quickly get back after having just one surgery, so he could leave on Monday afternoon and come back on Thursday morning. If that happens, it would be difficult to check on the site. That’s why Hyun-beom’s team is monitoring Lim Hyeon-il.”

“If it’s Onodera’s grandson, then from the kids’ perspective, he’s a VIP, no… VVVIP. From the moment he steps foot in the hospital until he leaves, he’ll be treated like a king, completely flat on his back. Lim Hyeon-il wouldn’t just go and do the surgery. He’d greet the parents, flatter them, and personally check on the child’s condition. I don’t think 3 nights and 4 days will do it.”

What Choi Jong-hyun said is correct.

That’s why Lim Hyeon-il is considering taking a fairly long business trip.

However, when I checked on the site, there was no gap in Lim Hyeon-il’s outpatient schedule for the next three months.

Even on days when he doesn’t normally have an outpatient schedule, he will be at the hospital for surgery, so even if he goes on a 3-night, 4-day trip, he will be given a vacation, but we have no way of knowing when that will be.

Well, Im Hyeon-il will not stop at just one trip to take care of Onodera’s grandson in the long term, but will go out several more times, so if he puts his mind to it, there may be a way… … .

This isn’t really important.

We will stop the surgery itself, and Lim Hyeon-il will not be able to set foot in Japan.

“We don’t know whether So-eun or Im Hyeon-il will go out first. So we have to prepare for each situation separately.”

I turned the slide.

“The first is if So-eun makes the first move. From the perspective of Angel House, even though they kicked out the college students, they couldn’t help but think that this would raise our suspicions. So So-eun and the people who leave the country with her would all use fake passports.”

“Aside from old cases like Ms. Kim Mi-ja, weren’t there any cases of using fake passports?”

“If there is a record of my departure from the country, there may be problems later on, so I won’t write it this time.”

Moreover, in a previous life, a forged passport was used in the Ye-rim incident that led to Heo Min-woo’s murder.

It is believed that forged passports are used when it is not an official form of study abroad.

So far, all the cases we have been aware of are cases where people got away with it under the pretense of studying abroad, so we have not yet encountered any cases where they used fake passports.

“Especially since So-eun is going to die in Japan according to their plan, they will use a forged passport even more. So, if we confirm that So-eun is moving towards the airport, we will share this with the detective right away. Then, before she leaves the country, we can arrest her for forgery of official documents.”

“Hmm, so you’re saying that Officer Heo will request cooperation and strengthen the inspection?”

“Yes. In addition, if we receive reports that someone is trying to leave the country using a fake passport, we could identify them and conduct an inspection. However, that alone may not be enough.”

“Right. There’s no guarantee that they won’t use a fake passport.”

“That’s right. So, in case of an emergency, we are considering collecting all the data we have and officially handing it over to the police and having the police protect So-eun.”

Kang Min-jae, who heard what I said, slowly nodded and said.

“Are you saying that you will not share it among ourselves like we are doing now, but will officially report it to the police through the inspector?”

“That’s right. Since you could be caught later for procedural issues, it would be better to pretend that you didn’t know about it, so that you won’t have any trouble within the police later. Since you can just assume that you acted after receiving a tip from a trustworthy person, Reporter Choi will take on the role of a trustworthy informant.”

In fact, Heo Min-woo said that he didn’t care if he got into trouble because of this.

However, he shared with us the data that he could have obtained as a police officer, and since this is illegal, if it is revealed, it could backfire on us as well.

In order to prevent all these problems in advance, it must be treated as if Heo Min-woo had no knowledge of this.

“And the second. If Lim Hyeon-il leaves the country first. The general framework is the same in this case. If it’s Lim Hyeon-il, it’s easier. You can treat it as an extension of the gas explosion incident and make Lim Hyeon-il a target of the investigation.”

“Yes. I thought it would be okay to start with the Choi Jae-hoon case and expand it from there.”

“The gas explosion incident was a case that you were already in charge of, and if you look at Choi Jae-hoon’s blog diary, it reveals that Lim Hyeon-il ordered the removal of healthy people’s organs. There is also the testimony of Jeong Ji-min, who was in a relationship with Choi Jae-hoon. Even if you claim that you can’t trust the diary, didn’t you also confirm that Lim Hyeon-il and Choi Jae-hoon went to Ribbon Medical Center just as the diary says? The credibility of the diary is sufficiently proven.”

“That’s right. It would be much easier to expose Im Hyeon-il. Then, there’s no need to hand over all the data.”

What Jo Bong-jun said is correct.

If the situation arises where we have to hand over data rather than just crack down on fake passports when So-eun leaves the country, we must report key evidence that Angel House is engaging in human trafficking.

I’ll just pass it over to the extent that it can prevent departure, but it would effectively mean exposing a big card, so I hope it doesn’t go that far.

“I am solely in charge of the Choi Jae-hoon case, so it has not been officially shared within the team yet. However, if Lim Hyeon-il attempts to leave the country, we will immediately share it with the team and have him stop leaving the country. In particular, Lim Hyeon-il is at high risk of destroying evidence and fleeing, so he may be arrested.”

“If you stop leaving the country, does that mean you can’t do it for a little while?”

“Yes.”

“Well, since he’s a foreigner, it’ll be difficult to ban him from leaving the country.”

“Yes. That’s true, but it’s not evidence that can be removed or excluded, and it’s a subject of investigation due to multiple suspicions overlapping, so it won’t be banned. The fact that he’s related to Ribbon Medical Center, an illegal medical institution, and that he ordered Choi Jae-hoon to harvest organs from a living person… … Well, we need to tie him up by presenting only those things. It would be better to keep the wiretapping audio for a while longer.”

“Right. It’s the most provocative. We should release it last.”

“But I’m saying this just in case, what if we don’t catch Lim Hyeon-il heading to the airport? In that case, it might be better to arrest Lim Hyeon-il early and hold him there.”

It’s not that I didn’t think about the method that Jo Bong-jun mentioned.

But I excluded that because it would only buy time for Wooshin.

I don’t know when the surgery will be done, but it seems like there’s still time.

But if we keep Lim Hyeon-il from now on, Wooshin will find another breakthrough.

Even if Lim Hyeon-il is a famous doctor, if the situation is like that, wouldn’t it be better to just abandon Lim Hyeon-il and hire a doctor who will perform the heart transplant surgery?

Since Shin-Gaku University School of Medicine is famous for heart transplants, you may be able to find a substitute within Japan without having to go far.

Perhaps, while they are preying on Lim Hyeon-il and the attention is focused on him, they may make the bold decision to quickly perform surgery.

Listening to the wiretapping, it seemed that if the brakes were applied again, Onodera would slap Ko Sang-jun in the face.

“There’s a difference between doing it in the early stages of planning and doing it when it’s all about execution. If it’s in the early stages of planning, you can make up for it and come up with another plan, but if it’s just about execution, it’s burdensome to make a new plan and it takes a long time. Plus, they’ll probably be confused for a while at first, but if you catch that timing, you can deal a big blow to Wooshin. And aren’t Taeshik’s kids experts at tailing? They’ve never missed a single one.”

“Yeah. You’re right, hyung.”

The moment Lim Hyeon-il’s infidelity becomes known to the world, Wooshin will quickly realize how far we have come.

They will monitor us more intensely, and naturally it will become more difficult for us to monitor them.

It’s a shame to blow it early in many ways.

“This is what the detective and I discussed. The police won’t be able to conduct a public investigation right after arresting Lim Hyeon-il anyway. Even if we give them the data, it will take time to figure it out. So before the police hold an official briefing, Reporter Choi and Mr. Cho Bong-jun need to quickly release additional information and sway public opinion. Before Woo-shin uses drugs to downplay the case.”

“Yeah. Well, I’ve already prepared a lot, so I’m not too worried. But I still need to come up with a scenario. How to effectively keep this hot potato from cooling down.”

“That’s right. And for the same reason, you should also gather trustworthy colleagues who can handle the case well while the police are handling it, so that information does not leak to the police. You can turn on the broadcast early to prevent the police from covering up the case, but isn’t the police the one who is investigating?”

Heo Min-woo nodded.

“I already have people in mind. I’ve been thinking about them since we first started working together.”

“Then, can you tell us what kind of people you are thinking of? Of course, I don’t distrust Inspector Heo’s judgment, but there are some people whose reputation within the police force and that of reporters like us are completely different. Let me find out.”

“Oh, yes. Of course! Of course I wanted to talk about it together. Then I’ll go home and organize my thoughts and send you a list.”

“Okay. That’s enough. From here on out, Bongjun and I will be the most important.”

Jo Bong-jun said, stroking his chin.

From the time they brought up the topic of joining the ICIJ until now, Choi Jong-hyun and Cho Bong-jun have been preparing to start broadcasting again soon.

We decided to move the broadcasting platform and reorganize the studio.

It is not just a broadcast of old men’s chatter, but is also being reorganized to function as a media outlet.

“Oh, by the way, I don’t remember how far I shared the presentation materials that Jungwoo made. I’m busy working on the wiretapping audio subtitles right now… … .”

“There may even be data comparing how similar RND and KDL Companies are.”

“Oh, that’s right. I haven’t sent it yet because it’s unfinished, but take a look and see if it’s okay.”

Choi Jong-hyun opened his laptop and turned on the Internet.

“Huh!”

Then, he suddenly let out a strange exclamation and pulled the laptop right up to his nose.

Everyone’s attention was focused on his strange behavior.

“Brother, what’s wrong?”

“I got a reply from ICIJ.”

“Huh? ICIJ? What are you saying? Get out? You can’t do it? Wake up? You don’t need someone like you?”

“Do you want to die?”

“Oh, what is it? What are you talking about!”

As Jo Bong-jun grumbled and shook his butt, Choi Jong-hyeon smirked and said.

“I am very happy that a great journalist like me has decided to join the ICIJ. They say that my work is in line with their goals. They want to talk more in detail through a video interview and decide whether to join.”

“Oh, from what you say, it seems like you just need to make sure you don’t mess up the interview. You’ll do it in English, right? Are you confident?”

“Hey, I got a 109 on the TOEFL. I’m a high scorer.”

I can already hear the list of British Virgin Islands bank accounts coming to me, am I hallucinating because I’m so excited?