Chapter 464
Theatrical Regression Life
Episode 464
One day, a woman died.
It was serious, but it wasnât complicated. This is because the rebar that was loosely fastened by construction workers fell. The woman suffered an accident while passing by a deserted construction site in the early morning. The body was quickly recovered because a citizen who was taking an early morning walk reported it.
âNo matter how you look at it, this is not our responsibility.â
âStill, itâs something that Gyeongjun came forward to do, isnât it? âJust do some research and come back.â
âI donât think itâs realâ¦â
Detective Ahn grumbled, but took a quick look at our eternal youngest, Detective Hong Gyeong-jun.
âAre you okay? If you just look at it, you can see the angles. Are you saying they gave you another job because they felt bad about you bothering your superiors? âIt has a completely different context from what you were originally doing.â
ââ¦itâs okay.â
Contrary to what he said, the delay in answering seemed to indicate that he had been thinking a lot about this situation. Although his face didnât look particularly surprised, Detective Ahn, who spent a long time with Hong Gyeong-jun, could tell that it was an expression that said, âThis happens all the time in life.â This is a situation that even I think is funny.
Detective Ahn raised his voice in an attempt to comfort his unfortunate junior.
âThe only thing this kid can say is that heâs okay, really. Only the outer skin is fine and I donât even know how to wear clothes. âIâm worried who will take this fierce thing away.â
âWho will take me?â
âThatâs right.â
Even though I tried to hold it in, I sighed heavily. Iâve been on this floor for quite some time. Although the police are called the peopleâs staff, there are many times when they have to look dirty. In Detective Ahnâs opinion, this âdirty situationâ was correct.
âWhy is the guy who was chasing a serial killer in charge of investigating witnesses to accidental deaths?â
This is not to discriminate based on the severity of the work. However, the person Hong Gyeong-jun was originally chasing was a murderer who committed such heinous acts that they could not even be seen on the news. However, in a case where no matter how much we looked at it, there was no evidence beyond an accidental death, the on-site investigation was completed and only the witness investigation was left in charge.
âIâm upset.â
It was Hong Gyeong-jun, who said he had obtained a good information book and had obtained information about people related to that damn âindustryâ.
I was told to prick it as carefully as possible, but even if I prick it gently with a knife, itâs bound to bleed. The high-ranking people involved strongly opposed it.
For some reason, I didnât suffer anything unfair other than being noticed, but through this incident, it was easy to see that Hong Gyeong-jun was out of sight.
âStill, itâs just that the situation turns out to be funny, and Iâm glad that he doesnât seem to be hurting his pride too muchâ¦â
Detective Ahn glanced at Hong Gyeong-jun and clicked his tongue slightly.
This means that Hong Gyeong-jun will be excluded from his current duties, and furthermore, it is tantamount to a threat that he will be entrusted with this type of chore for the rest of his life. Hong Gyeong-jun is not the type of person who doesnât know this, but he still looks like a bully and it just makes me feel angry.
âBrother Ha, how can you not do this?â
âWho is your older brother?â âThere are only police here, so you canât speak clearly?â
âNo, my brother doesnât think this is right now either. Right.â
âHuh? âLook at this guy?â
âNo matter how much our Kyungjun has done so far, he is treated like this!â
âHey, lower your voice, you bastard! âIâm the one who goes and gets ripped off!â
âWhy donât you go crazy, you canât even protect our cute youngest!â
âNo, really, this bastardâ¦!â
The other person, who was gritting his teeth, soon sighed.
ââ¦Do you think youâre just shutting up because you like me? But damn, this situation is going strangely. âAny other time, I would say something and try to do something, but itâs not something that can be solved just by me rubbing my palms and fawning over it.â
âWhat do you mean by that? âWasnât this something that was troubling Kyeong-jun?â
ââ¦.â
The leader of the homicide squad looked around, looked at his team members watching us, and then turned his head. He sighed again and picked up the documents lying on his desk. Captain Park stood up and motioned for Detective Ahn and Hong Gyeong-jun.
âHey, come in. âCome in and talk.â
Detective Ahn clicked his tongue as Captain Park entered the conference room, where the sound was somewhat blocked.
âWhat is it really⦠letâs go, Gyeongjun.â
âyes.â
âBaby, you answer well.â
âIâm good at everything.â
âEverything you said is correct. âItâs all right.â
As we entered the conference room with only one light on, Captain Park winked at the two and made them sit down. Then he scratched his head and continued saying what he had left unfinished before.
âThis incident itself is a simple accidental death, but the atmosphere was strangely twisted.â
âWhat do you do with a simple accidental death? There was no room for anyone to intervene in the incident itself. âAre you trying to frame someone?â
âIf it had been that bad, would I have stayed still? He must have pulled his hand back by rubbing his body on the floor. âI canât let my kids do such dirty work.â
âThen what is it?â
Captain Park sighed heavily. Today was the third time.
âDo you watch the news? âDo you know whatâs going on in the world?â
âWhy the sudden quarrel? âItâs enough for the homicide department to just smell the criminal.â
âThe world isnât that easy? There is a fairly large company called Daily, and it is said that the woman who died this time is their famous daughter. I guess he raised his daughter with so much care because he was the only one with many sons. So⦠what should I sayâ¦.â
âThe owner of that daily place was upset?â
âThatâs it. Thatâs why everyone keeps looking into the case of accidental death.â
ââ¦Isnât that something that usually happens?â
Captain Park shook his head in response to Detective Ahnâs question.
âItâs common up to that point, but the problem is that this party is looking after Daily. This is almost at the level of encouraging people to get angry as much as they want, so we are the only ones in troubleâ¦â As
Captain Park trailed off, Hong Gyeong-jun intervened.
âDidnât Dailey have connections to Ohseong?â
ââ¦Huh?â
âEven a homicide detective should know this. âI was keeping an eye on it.â
âKiya, you amazing bastard. Detective Ahn can also learn from the maknae, right? How good does it look? âItâs not the end of the world if a detective catches a criminal.â
âI am not the youngest.â
âSince youâre not the youngest, are you getting your clothes inspected by a new chick who came in the day before yesterday?â
ââ¦.â
âOkay, anyway, Iâm glad you at least know.â
Captain Park waved his hands.
âYou donât need to know the details, but just know this. The atmosphere between Ohseong and this party is unusual right now. âThey puff up their bodies as if theyâre about to fight, and the lines come and go and itâs a mess.â
ââ¦What does that have to do with what happened to Kyungjun this time?â
âHa⦠Soâ¦â
Captain Park touched his forehead with his hand as if he was in pain.
âI think this is a show-off interview from Lee Dang, trying to appease the Daily CEO. As far as I can tell, yes.â
ââ¦Why do you go to such lengths? What does the death of that familyâs daughter have to do with this party? âI donât understand?â
âThatâs because Iâm not interfering.â
Captain Park held out the document he had just brought in clearly in front of the two people.
âAmong the people you will be interviewing as references, do you see this dangerous person here?â
ââ¦nastyâ¦â
Detective Ahn muttered and looked at the face in the photo.
Even though it looks like a photo close to an ID photo, the frowning eyebrows seem to be a habit and the thick eyebrows show that one has a unique personality. The sharp eyes and bloodless pale face look as if they want to spit at the camera. Well-balanced facial features overall.
âItâs rough.â
For a moment, I thought it was one of the gang leaders I didnât know, but before that, the name caught my eye.
ââ¦Jaeheon Lee?â
Hearing Detective Ahnâs muttering, Hong Gyeong-jun just rolled his eyes and looked at the documents together. It was a simple document with a photo of a strong-looking man attached. Hong Gyeong-junâs face looked as if he was looking at an unfamiliar object.
After checking the reaction of the two, Captain Park continued.
âItâs from the Lee Dang Group.â
âyes? âSuddenly?â
âThe female victim, Yoo Hye-yeon, is someone I met right before she died. âHe didnât just bump into me, he put me in his car and took me home.â
ââ¦.â
Detective Ahn looked at Captain Park as he spoke. Take a look at the person in the photo with a scary look named Lee Jae-heon. Then he looked at Captain Park again and said.
âIsnât this person the criminal?â
âYou detective, donât catch a living person.â
âIs this very impressive? huh? Is it really over there? âItâs right there.â
âWhat is that place over there? I told you, it really was an accidental death. As you said, there is no room for anyone to intervene in the accident. âYoo Hye-yeon was just very unlucky.â
âNo, no matter whatâ¦â
Detective Ahn stuttered.
âI heard this woman died at dawn. If we had met right before he died, we would have talked until dawn or something, but what was the point of putting him in the car, taking him home, and staying with him until dawn? Now that you look at it, the age difference is no joke, right? âI donât know if he died, but didnât he commit a crime in the other direction?â
âStop talking nonsense. The forensic team has already completed the examination of the body. The result is very clean. Oh, itâs so clean. It was in really good condition without a drop of alcohol. âThere were no injuries or anything on my body.â
âAhâ¦â
Detective Ahn apologized inwardly while looking at the photo. Iâm sorry for catching you alive.
ââ¦No, then what on earth were you doing during that time? âIâm sorry for being biased, butâ¦â
âYou should be asking me that from now on, so you sat there asking me something. âThis bastard.â
Captain Park clicked his tongue and continued speaking.
âBut be careful about this. This isnât interviewing a suspect. Itâs literally just an interview. âIt was already decided that way internally⦠To be honest, I didnât trust the higher-ups, so I directly inquired with the people who went on the field investigation just in case.â
âAhâ¦.â
âIt was a real accidental death, Lee Jae-heon is innocent, and this incident is just a show, so donât do anything pointless. âDo you understand that Iâm just going to have a comfortable conversation in a comfortable atmosphere?â
âNo, what is thatâ¦â
It was literally a show. A show of sorts. While my pride as a police officer and detective was hurt, there were still unanswered questions.
ââ¦So why did Kyungjun win? âThereâs a lot to do.â
âYou were talking nice earlier, right? Itâs true that Iâm sending it to you as an embarrassment. How angry they must have been that Naboorang, a detective with no roots, had invaded the hive of precious people. âIt will also serve as a warning to be careful from now on.â
ââ¦.â
âBesidesâ¦.â
Captain Tak Park lightly hit the desk and looked at Hong Gyeong-jun.
âHey, what are you doing walking around these days?â
Hong Gyeong-jun answered in his characteristic, shameless voice.
âNothing special. âI go around looking for criminals.â
âBecause you go around meeting people, this party nominates you first. âThis isnât some kind of host bar, so they appointed a detective and damn it.â
ââ¦A nomination came in?â
Although it was a ridiculous situation where the witness nominated a detective, Hong Gyeong-junâs voice as he asked the question was calm, as if he said, âI knew that would happen.â In response to Hong Gyeong-junâs question, Captain Park nodded as if he was right.
âLooking at you talking nonsense, do you know anything? Yeah, man, it canât be done without you. If our leadershipâs intention was simply to trouble you, it wouldnât have gone so far as to say that this party is looking for you. Or did you even bother this party? uh? If thatâs the case, tell me quickly? âI have to take care of things.â
ââ¦If it was sore, it was soreâ¦â
ââ¦.â
Captain Park picked his ear.
âIs it time to goâ¦?â
Detective Ahn intervened.
âYouâre too polite to go yet.â
âThe fuck, this isnât an auditory hallucination? really? Is it finally time for me to fly away?â
âYou did stay out for a while.â
âYou mean my palm rubbing skill didnât work? Well, what good is my palm if it hurts all the way to this point? âNo matter what kind of floor I rub my forehead against, I donât know whether or not my hair will get cut.â
Captain Park asked again.
âreally? Did you get sick of this? uh? I wonât scold you, just say it. Iâm very serious now. This isnât just about you and me. âIf you really stung that hive, now is not the time to talk about it. We need to go take care of it right away.â
ââ¦Uhâ¦.â
Hong Gyeong-jun visibly hesitated. Isnât he this hesitating bastard? Just as Detective Ahn, who was next to him, was starting to become anxious, Hong Gyeong-jun, who seemed to have gathered his thoughts, opened his mouth.
âThere was some connection.â
Captain Park smiled warmly.
âThere are times when the word âfateâ comes out of your mouth, right? think carefully. That might not be fate. âIt could be a bad relationship.â
âIf itâs a bad relationship, itâs a bad relationship, but heâs not a bad person.â
âSigh, Gyeongjun. âThis is a person from this party, a person from this partyâ¦â
Captain Park slumped down in his chair.
âIâm fucking real. Iâve heard something about this guy named Lee Jae-heon, but are you going to keep telling me such shallow lies? Or are you really deceived? Itâs not? Thereâs no way our Gyeongjun could be that stupid? No, there is no way Lee Jae-heon would be smart enough to fool someone in the first placeâ¦?â
âWhy are you swearing like that?â
âSo what.â
âIâm not stupid and Lee Jae-heon is also smart.â
ââ¦.â
There was a long silence in the conference room. Detective Ahn soon asked.
âWho are you? âWhat did you do to our Gyeongjun?â
âI am Hong Gyeong-jun.â
âIf you look at this fierce thing, itâs our Gyeongjun. Wow. Whatâs going on?â
Captain Park muttered softly.
âThatâs what I saidâ¦.â
(Continued in the next episode)