Chapter 28: Chapter 28

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“What kind of bastard is this ‘Young Master’?!”

Chief Yoo rushed over as soon as he got the call from Prosecutor Lee Na-eun, and upon seeing the state of the bedroom, his anger flared. His reaction stood in stark contrast to Lee Na-eun’s unperturbed demeanor.

“…How could someone do something like this in a woman’s home?”

He was particularly outraged by the defilement of the sexbot, splattered with semen. The bed, where Lee Na-eun likely slept, and various parts of the room were stained as well. To top it off, the name “Lee Na-eun” was written across the bot’s chest, almost as if declaring, “Push me further, and I’ll come for you next.”

“That bastard. I’ll find you, and I’ll make sure you pay!”

Regardless of who this “Young Master” was, Yoo vowed to find him and ensure that he was punished, whether by legal or physical means.

But beyond his anger...

He felt a twitch of arousal, betraying him as a bulge began to form in his pants.

The sexbot, posed seductively with every hole violated, bore the name of the prosecutor he so admired. It was hard not to imagine her in that same position, bound and exposed.

“Where’s Detective Song and the forensics team?”

“Yes, sir?!”

“What?”

“Oh! I’m sorry. I got distracted for a moment… Detective Song is on his way, and he’ll be here in about five minutes. The forensics team said they’d arrive in about thirty minutes.”

“Understood.”

“Um… Prosecutor, are you alright? After… seeing all this.”

“Nothing happened to me.”

“Well…”

How could anyone be so composed? What kind of person could maintain their composure in a situation like this?

“This is what it takes to fight against evil without hesitation…”

His respect for Prosecutor Lee Na-eun only deepened.

“This is the kind of resolve needed… to uphold justice and reform society. This is what it takes…”

To him, she was nothing short of a beacon of light.

“Oh, and here.”

She handed him an A4 paper. He glanced at it, shocked, and dropped it immediately.

“D-Detective Gong…!”

“Report him as having died in the line of duty.”

“I thought… this was a joke…”

He hadn’t actually thought it was a joke; Lee Na-eun wasn’t the type for frivolities. He just found it hard to believe. A Grade 7 investigator, loaded with implants, dead like this?

Anxieties crept in, apart from his anger toward the “Young Master.” He felt the urge to persuade Prosecutor Lee to stop pursuing this case.

He wanted to say:

“Let’s give up this dangerous case and go back to handling the minor cases. Let’s be a small team dealing with small issues.”

But he knew she wouldn’t listen. He understood that someone like her wouldn’t keep anyone around who’d say something like that.

So instead, he resolved to stay by her side, wherever this might lead—even if it meant falling off a cliff.

“Nothing has really changed. I already assumed Detective Gong was dead. I’m going to visit Rainbow Miracle tomorrow as planned.”

She spoke dispassionately and stepped into the living room.

…

Detective Song and the forensics team arrived.

Detective Song was particularly affected by Detective Gong’s death. He had shared a sense of camaraderie with him in their pursuit of justice, and to lose him like this fueled his anger toward the “Young Master.”

Meanwhile, the forensics team worked quietly, though there’s always one who can’t keep their mouth shut.

“Whoa… this is the XY-324 model?”

“Seriously?”

As they collected samples of semen, fingerprints, and other traces, they whispered amongst themselves, though their voices weren’t quite low enough to go unheard.

“…It is. Even the base model costs three billion won… And they used it like this…”

They glanced at Prosecutor Lee, then back at the sexbot.

Seeing “Lee Na-eun” on the bot’s chest somehow made it feel even more lurid and tantalizing, given the bot’s resemblance to her.

“I wouldn’t mind if someone did this for me. Three billion, just like that.”

“If you sold it secondhand, it’d still go for millions.”

“Basically a bribe, right? Just nasty and gross.”

“Oh? You might be—”

“Hey!!”

Chief Yoo finally had enough and shouted at them.

“There are things you can say, and things you shouldn’t!!”

Everyone turned to look at him. The two forensics members who’d been talking looked embarrassed.

“Chief.”

Prosecutor Lee called out to him. He turned, and she shook her head.

“But—”

“Please, let them work.”

“Y-Yes, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize you could hear…”

“We apologize.”

The forensics team leader then reprimanded them thoroughly. The two had to step forward and formally bow in apology. Prosecutor Lee remained unaffected.

“Well… we won’t have results until tomorrow afternoon.”

“Tomorrow afternoon?”

“There’s a mix of real and fake semen, so we can’t analyze it here. We also didn’t find anything else to identify anyone.”

The forensics team expressed their disappointment. They’d expected to have results on the spot, but that wasn’t the case this time.

“Please expedite it for tomorrow morning.”

“…”

It was a challenging request, but the team leader nodded after some thought.

“We’ll do our best.”

The forensics team departed with the samples.

“Chief Yoo, tomorrow I need you to go to the sexbot store to check CCTV footage and confirm the payment records. Detective Song, you’re coming with me to Rainbow Miracle.”

“…Yes, ma’am.”

“Understood. But ma’am… where will you sleep tonight?”

The sexbot was still in the bedroom, and the bed was stained with semen. Moreover, the house itself had been breached, so relocation would be the norm—even if just to a hotel for a night.

“I’ll sleep here.”

“W-What?! Here?”

She checked the time.

“It’s getting late. Thanks for your hard work today.”

She stood aside, signaling them to leave.

“Prosecutor…!”

“See you tomorrow.”

“…”

Chief Yoo and Detective Song hesitated but then sighed. They knew too well that she wouldn’t listen.

“Take care, Prosecutor.”

In the end, they left. Lee Na-eun was alone now.

She showered and returned to the bedroom. The sexbot was still there, and the bed was marked with dried stains.

“….”

She activated the bot, which was indistinguishable from a real person. It moaned as it powered on.

Of course, this didn’t affect her in the slightest.

“Move.”

“Yes…”

The bot got off the bed, and she lay down in its place.

“How many more days?”

She stared at the ceiling, thinking.

The end was near.

“Which side will it be, Lee Na-eun?”

She reviewed the case again.

The live stream witnessed by Yoon Hayeong was shocking. Yet within hours, it vanished from the internet as if by magic.

Yoon Hayeong had written an article about it, only for Team Leader Seo Hyun-joo to take it down within ten minutes. But she didn’t escape; she was dragged to the Young Master’s house and brutally assaulted.

She sent Detective Gong to Rainbow Miracle, and he disappeared, then died.

This was the most formidable force she had ever encountered, and perhaps, the most formidable force the Central Prosecutor’s Office had ever faced.

No one could erase something viewed by tens of thousands from the internet without an unimaginable level of influence.

Devices believed to have viewed the video were remotely destroyed, yet no one spoke a word about it.

What kind of being held such dominion?

“What’s my preference?”

Absolute ruin? Or overwhelming power?

Either way, she was certain it would provoke powerful emotions she had never felt before but had always yearned for.

“I might actually be excited.”

…

“Master, Prosecutor Lee Na-eun from the Central Prosecutor’s Office has issued a cooperation order for Rainbow Miracle. She’s visiting today.”

I heard the news as soon as I woke up.@@novelbin@@

It seems my little stunt yesterday had an effect. She’s charging right in.

“Lee Na-eun really doesn’t know when to hold back. No matter how angry she is, shouldn’t she think things through a little? Her investigator died. I even kindly let her know.”

“That’s true. If I’d been in her place, I’d have filed for a medical leave first. She’s got some serious mental fortitude.”

“She’s quite a piece of work.”

“Oh, and I did some digging on her.”

Suah handed over a file.

“Remember how I mentioned she cut ties with her family and acquaintances to avoid vulnerabilities?”

“Yes.”

“Well, most of them are missing.”

“?”

I flipped through the document. It detailed the whereabouts of Lee Na-eun’s family, many of whom had gone missing over time.

“It happened gradually over time, and since her image is so clean, no one suspected anything. But isn’t it strange to have so many missing people around one person?”

“Considering she does this kind of thing to me, who knows how she’s behaved before? Maybe she’s facing some payback.”

“That’s the usual thought. But my investigator’s instinct tells me something else.”

“Like what?”

“She's not actually being righteous, she's just pretending to be. She's actually an evil bitch who would kill her family, her acquaintances, all of them, to get rid of them, but she's just pretending so she can play in bigger waters.”