You Are Defended - Chapter 529



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Episode 529

It’s already been 20 days since the truck driver who hit Kang Min-jae was monitored.

“Ha, when are the police going to arrest that kid?”

Hoyoung whispered to Woocheol, who was lying next to him.

“I don’t know.”

Woocheol also whispered the same thing.

Even though they were inside the room, they had to whisper and talk.

Because of that, my throat hurts and it keeps getting dry, but there’s nothing I can do about it.

The soundproofing in this hotel is so bad that you can even hear people farting in the next room.

If they don’t speak in 100% air and 0% sound, he can hear what they’re saying, just like he can hear a truck driver.

What is it? I think one day, one of my friends who was quite good at studying said this.

When I look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into me.

Is this what you say in this situation?

I think it’s roughly correct.

No, not that.

“Taeshik said that if that kid keeps refusing to be questioned by the police, he’ll be arrested.”

“So when is that continuation? Oh, I want to drink. I’ve been abstinent for 20 days and my hands are shaking now. That bastard needs to be arrested or something.”

Taesik assigned a team of five truck drivers to watch over him, and they have been staying at the station ever since.

At first, the team was dispatched with Dae-cheol as the team leader, but when Dae-cheol was assigned important work, Ho-young filled the vacancy.

I didn’t know then.

I thought I could drink a can of beer since I was supposed to be watching in shifts.

“Think of this as an opportunity to return to the level of a newborn liver.”

Woo-cheol, who was watching Ho-young exaggeratedly shaking his hand, offered some words of comfort in his own way.

Woo-cheol took over the new team after Dae-cheol left, and he joined the company at the same time as Ho-young.

“Don’t you want to drink?”

“Are you an alcoholic? Just hold on.”

“That’s why I’m holding on, you punk.”

The team’s job was divided into two: one was to monitor the area around the hotel entrance and the window of the driver’s room, and the other was to eavesdrop on the driver’s phone conversations in this room.

Since they had to get in their car and chase the driver right away if an emergency arose, they were never allowed to drink alcohol.

“Isn’t that kid bored? How come he never leaves his room?”

During the 20 days he stayed here, the driver only went out three times.

Every time he went out, he came back with a pack of cigarettes, a considerable amount of alcohol, and some light snacks from the nearby supermarket.

Meals seemed to be filled with delivery food or ramen.

I could tell because I could hear the sound of a suitcase clinking frequently from beyond the door, and when I couldn’t hear the sound of a suitcase clinking quite often from beyond the wall.

“The guys who gave that kid the job are really some dudes.”

Hoyoung said, clicking his tongue.

Meanwhile, Woo-cheol had fallen asleep from exhaustion after sitting in the car all night watching the entrance to the hotel, but Ho-young didn’t notice because he was lying with his back to him.

“I heard that you agreed to give him money even if the project failed. Aren’t you a gangster?”

“… … .”

“You say you’ll take care of everything and then go back on your word. That’s something even third-rate gangsters these days don’t do.”

The driver had been calling quite frequently until last week.

Sometimes I would use the speakerphone, so if I was lucky I could hear the other person’s voice.

The other party, that is, the one who instigated that bastard to take the car and throw it away, acted quite shamelessly.

The failure allowance was based on the assumption that the driver had failed to kill the former president, but the driver ended up killing the former president’s grandson, which resulted in an entirely unforeseen problem.

This has complicated the case and it remains to be seen how compensation will be dealt with.

“It’s obvious that those kids are just wasting time like that and trying to kill the driver… … That driver is also a jerk, he’s a jerk.”

According to information obtained by Cha Ju-han, Wooshin will soon send someone to hand over the driver to Japan.

Then the Japanese will take care of the driver.

Taesik said that since the wanted notice is issued and the driver’s departure from the country is prohibited, they will most likely try to secure the driver’s identity before that, so he told them not to let their guard down.

Of course, these words probably didn’t come from Taesik’s head.

I think he would have relayed the same story he heard from Cha Ju-han.

I respect Taesik, but he is not a person who knows much about such judicial procedures.

Oh, isn’t it?

I myself was wanted and had a time when I was on the run, so I guess I would know better.

“We need to get an arrest warrant out quickly before those bastards take that kid away.”

“… … .”

If a warrant is issued before Wooshin takes the driver away, he said he should immediately report the driver’s location to the police, confirm that he has been arrested, and then withdraw.

In fact, if you overhear the conversation, the driver is also worried that the police will try to arrest him.

Occasionally, when the phone rang with a different ringtone and I picked up, it seemed like I was talking to my family. At those times, I would just repeat like a parrot, “If there’s any paperwork coming to the house, just ignore it,” “Tell them you don’t know where it is,” and “I have some business to attend to, so just wait.”

Judging from this, it appears that the police are continuously sending summonses to the driver’s registered address and asking his family about his whereabouts.

“Brother Dae-cheol said that Director Kang is still talking to the police, so we’ll hear news once his wanted status is released… … .”

Of course, I would do anything for Taesik, the brother who fed me and gave me a place to sleep, but I couldn’t help but want to go up to Seoul as soon as possible.

“What are you muttering to yourself… … .”

Eventually, Woo-cheol, tired of Ho-young’s monologue (unfortunately, Ho-young thought he was having a conversation), opened his eyes and looked back at him.

“What? Did you sleep?”

“I couldn’t sleep because you were whining so much. Do you want to lose?”

“Ah, that bastard needs to be arrested quickly so we can finish this safely.”

“They’ll probably try to kill that kid before he gets arrested. It’s obvious.”

“But why are you still stuck in that room? Then you should either contact that driver somewhere and ask him to make contact, or you should come here.”

“They said the yakuza gave the job to that driver. But when the job failed and things got weird, those guys decided to transport that kid to Japan. Then the yakuza said they’d kill him in Japan.”

“yes.”

“Then it would have to be the ones who took care of the job and not the ones who gave it to him. It wouldn’t have taken time to coordinate that… … .”

Jeeeeeeing!

It was before Woo-cheol could finish speaking.

A vibration sound came from the next room.

Woo-cheol quickly came up next to Ho-young and placed his ear against the wall next to him.

─Why can’t I contact you?

The driver’s irritated voice was heard.

Was this the reason why he had been cursing alone and not talking on the phone for the past few days?

─Overseas? Then when can I come back? If I keep failing to show up and end up running overseas, I can’t do anything, you idiot. Then I might not be able to set foot in Korea again, but what about my wife and children? If I give them money, they’ll just say it was a case of drowsy driving, settle the case, pay the fine, and if I have to live, I’ll live there for a while and then come out. Why are you twisting such a simple matter like this? Huh?

The driver’s voice grew louder.

I don’t know what the other person was saying, but the driver didn’t look like he was in any mood.

The squeaking sound could be heard through the wall.

─No, I told you I’m not going abroad. The situation will get worse if I go abroad, so why would I go? Are you an idiot? If I succeed, it was 300 million, and if I don’t kill him, it was 200 million. So give me 200 million. Then I’ll process the insurance, compensate them, pay the fine, and come back alive! Just make sure you don’t get caught for attempted murder. The insurance covers the attorney’s fees anyway, so I’ll talk it over with the attorney and just settle it for negligent homicide…

I can’t understand it, but it seems like the other person is cutting the driver off and saying something else.

─No, I’ll keep my mouth shut! If you don’t believe me, you can just hire an expensive lawyer, whether it’s the former president’s grandson or something. Don’t you remember that I said I’d send Taekwang if I killed that lawyer? It’s the same thing. If you’re worried about me opening my mouth, then send Taekwang. No, you can’t deduct the lawyer’s fee from the money you give me, you idiot.

It looks like the driver even promised to hire lawyer Taekwang to reduce his sentence as much as possible if he succeeds in killing the driver.

Plus, they’ll add an additional 300 million.

Then the driver would have thought that it was a profitable business since he could pay off his gambling debts and live comfortably.

─Hey guy. Don’t you know who’s at a disadvantage right now? If you say that I got it from you, won’t you be screwed too? Why the hell do you think you’re the one talking? Do you think I don’t know who’s behind you? No? Of course not, that’s bullshit. What the heck is there? The fuck, you’re the lawyer who falsely accused me of murdering Lee Jung-chan. I saw it all at the scene of the accident, but you’re pretending not to know. Wasn’t it Secretary Go Yoon-soo who ordered the criminals to kill Lee Jung-chan? It was all on the news, but you pretend not to know. Do you think I’m a real idiot?

The driver kept firing without stopping.

─Do you think people are stupid? Who thought that the Chief Secretary acted alone? The Chief Secretary took responsibility for Ko Yoon-soo’s order to kill him. Everyone knows that! So it’s obvious who’s going to pay to kill that lawyer’s son. It’s Woo-shin. You know Woo-shin is behind him, right? That’s why he’s been doing this fucking crap because he’s worried that I’ll blow it all… … . Yeah, fuck, you have so much money, why are you wasting your time like this, thinking it’s a waste to spend hundreds of millions of won! Should I take this to the police and blow it all? Do you want to die together? I recorded every single phone call I had with you.

I’ve never heard a driver speak so aggressively to someone before.

Rather than talking about the story, they were busy trying to appease and soothe the other person with words like, “How long do you have to hide?” and “I understand that you have a lot on your mind, so let’s settle this quickly and make each other feel better.”

It had not been long since the accident, and I think he was scared because the recipient happened to be the former president’s grandson.

But since it’s been dragging on for three weeks now, the driver seems to be getting angry and deciding to go all out.

─Fuck, now you’re making sense. You should’ve done this a long time ago… Then I guess I’ll give you 200 million won in cash and even a lawyer named Taekwang? Right? If you say something different later, I’ll really turn myself in. Yeah. … … Right, you can’t receive it in an account.

It seems that an agreement was reached to lower the driver’s sentence to the maximum by hiring attorney Taekwang and paying him up to 200 million won.

─At the station, there’s a market called Bangjin. Room 109 of the Samil Inn near the entrance. What time is it? 1 o’clock? Dawn, noon. Dawn? The dawn that’s coming back, or the dawn after tomorrow night? … … No, I know the date changes after midnight, but I’m asking just in case.

1:00 a.m. return.

It looks like they’re trying to bring money here from that side.

─Okay. I’ll have to count the money, so bring a counterfeit bill. It’s not counterfeit money, right? … … No, I don’t want to believe it either. But you’ve been dragging your feet and haven’t contacted me for a week now, so aren’t you worried? Okay. Okay. Then contact me when you leave. Pack your bags.

And then the call was disconnected.

─Ah, you little shits, you should’ve done this a long time ago. As expected, you have to be strong to get what you say. Who do you think you are, a fool?

The driver started muttering to himself and then suddenly started humming.

“Did you record it?”

Woo-cheol, who had been quiet, whispered to Ho-young.

Hoyoung showed Woocheol the screen of his cell phone that was recording.

“Send it to hyung quickly. Those guys are supposed to be here at 1 AM.”

“But wouldn’t it be bad if those kids could come to an agreement? Those kids would just get released.”

“… … Do you have no brain?”

Woo-cheol looked at Ho-young with a look of contempt.

As Hoyoung blinked, Woochul snatched the phone from him and sent the recording file to Taesik, saying:

“You’re going to kidnap that bastard after meeting him after coaxing him like that. If you were going to do whatever he asks right away because he’s scared because you made a sound and spoke a little loudly, you wouldn’t have dragged it out like this! You need to tell your brother to send the kids over.”