Chapter 25 Part 6: Commission – Innocent

“You worked hard.”

“Ugh, it’s a headache…. It’s so hard to get out of this.”

“That’s because you were the first to discover it.”

Haran contorted her face as if she was under a lot of stress.

She must have been interrogated quite a bit. Well, it’s understandable.

It’s not like one or two bodies came out.

“But you don’t have to receive that kind of thing anymore, right?”

“…That’s what I’m worried about.”

“Why?”

“Anyone can see that it’s suspicious. The first discoverer suddenly disappears, and when they looked for her, it turned out that no one with that appearance lived around the house in the first place… Isn’t the aftermath too sloppy?”

“Ah, that?”

I know very well what Haran wants to say.

It’s definitely a clumsy method. I don’t particularly like doing it this way either.

If I were to say what kind of method I like…

It would be to kill them all so that they can’t even suspect anything, or to get out without being caught by anyone.

I didn’t like leaving so many traces like this.

If I were going to do it really thoroughly, I would have formally found a house nearby and pretended to be a friend living with Haran, imprinting us on the people around us.

“You’re saying the aftermath is sloppy.”

“…Yes?”

But I didn’t do that. Because that’s how the client will be satisfied.

The police officers at the scene would all have suspicions that it was sloppy and that someone else might be behind it. They’re not stupid either.

Look, they’re still checking around to find Haran.

It seems they realized that Haran wasn’t a neighbor.

“Our client wants to make her experience what he eventually experienced, right?”

“That’s right. It seemed like he hated being framed.”

“But you know what? It wasn’t just that woman who screwed over the client.”

“Yes? Wasn’t it because that person lied that it turned out that way? There’s no room for anyone else to intervene…?”

It was natural for Haran to express doubts.

Yes, on the surface, it looks like only the woman who is working hard to explain what she experienced did it alone.

It wasn’t particularly wrong. Because the executor is only that person alone.

“The woman lied alone. But, if only that woman had done it, the client wouldn’t have been framed.”

“I’m sorry. I don’t really know who you’re talking about. Isn’t that woman the only one who did terrible things to the client?”

“It’s not particularly like that. He went to jail for a crime he didn’t actually commit.”

The client never actually committed sexual harassment.

But why did the client go to jail?

The answer is simple. It’s because the client received a guilty verdict in court.

“They just believed it without any evidence. That human being committed sexual harassment.”

“Isn’t there? The DNA on the victim’s clothes…”

“That kind of evidence is too weak to be called evidence. There’s no way it could be adopted as evidence to be found guilty.”

DNA? Ha, that’s ridiculous. It’s an absurdly insufficient thing as evidence.

It’s not like the harassment scene was directly filmed on CCTV, and there are no witnesses who witnessed it.

They just adopted the traces of the client on the clothes as evidence.

But, can that evidence really prove that the person committed sexual harassment?

What if, as the client who was accused of being the perpetrator testified, he hugged the person who was about to fall so that they wouldn’t fall?

Even if there was physical contact, that can’t really be evidence of harassment.

They may have been in a romantic relationship and made contact, they may have helped her from falling, or they may have really committed harassment.

The fact that he touched her clothes cannot be determined to be harassment.

But, the people in the courtroom cut off all possibilities. They blindly believed that he committed harassment.

Believing only her words.

“I’ll say it again, the client wanted to return what he had suffered. That’s why he did this.”

Anyone can feel that it’s strange.

Haran has disappeared without a trace, and she was never a resident in the first place.

But it’s also true that there was a mountain of corpses in her yard, and it’s also true that only her fingerprints remain on the murder weapon that killed the corpses.

A story that anyone can see is sloppy and that there seems to be a real culprit.

But this was good. Because only then can I feel the emotions that the client experienced.

“Haran, think about it. So many people died. What do you think the reporters will do?”

“…It’s a scoop. Maybe it’ll be spread to everyone as breaking news before long.”

“Yes. And, they’re really good at subtly making up stories.”

The meaning changes completely if you slightly twist one word or intentionally don’t say it.

It’s true that she is a strong suspect, but there are also unresolved questions remaining.

If you take away the fact that there are unresolved questions from that fact, isn’t it very perfect?

Multiple bodies found in the home of a 23-year-old woman… Suspect, “I didn’t do it.”

With a headline like that, you won’t be able to stand not clicking on it.

People who watch the news as if they are possessed by the sensational title will read all the contents that the reporter intentionally omitted and pour out curses at her like fish in water.

They killed so many people and denied the charges, aren’t they crazy?

They are trash that should not be alive. That kind of criticism will pour out.

Yes, just like the client was cursed like that.

“Let’s go back soon. Everything we had to do is over.”

“Yes? Is it okay with just this?”

“It’s okay. The rest will flow on its own. Just explain it to the client.”

At first, they will think that there might be something sloppy behind it and continue to investigate.

That woman will frantically say that someone framed her, and there will actually be more than one or two strange things.

But you can’t ignore public opinion and continue the investigation.

What the hell is the public authority doing, are they crazy for living off taxes, etc.

The more the trial is delayed, the more arrows of criticism will pour out.

With the support of that public opinion, the political world, which thought it was a good opportunity, might put pressure on them.

In that case, pressure will naturally come from the higher-ups, and the police will have no choice but to give up the investigation and use the cards they have now.

Yes.

A person who is wanted by public opinion and is judged to be a strong suspect, albeit a little suspicious.

If you close your eyes tightly and sentence that person to guilty, everyone will be happy, right?

Suspicious someone? Hey, where is there such a thing. It’s a conspiracy theory.

A suspect who consistently claims innocence?

She must be mentally ill. She killed so many people, so she must be a psychopath.

Yes. Only after proceeding like that will the client’s revenge be over.

A guilty verdict imposed on a person who may or may not be the culprit.

That was the unfair incident that the client experienced.

Being backstabbed by the public authority, which I thought would protect me because I was innocent.

That was the content of the revenge.

“…Now that that’s done, you’ll probably be able to check the news for future events.”

“Is that so.”

“This is a video recording of the revenge process… If you don’t like it, come find me. I’ll take care of the follow-up.”

“No, I don’t think that will be necessary. It’s perfect.”

The client stared blankly at the TV and smiled.

It seemed like he was happy to see the girl who had plunged him into the abyss being known to the people of the world as an atrocious human being through TV.

“It was right to believe his words. I’m so glad I commissioned you.”

“You don’t have to praise me that much.”

“No, I can’t do that. I’ll say it again, it was really perfect. It was the revenge I wanted, no, even more than that.”

His expression holding the record I gave him seemed much better.

I wondered where that dying appearance had gone, and he bowed to us repeatedly in a neat appearance.

“You’ll have to check all the future events on the news to finish it, right?”

“I don’t really want to check that far. I’m already relieved. I’m going to get rid of that woman from my life now.”

“That’s not bad either. But, it would be good to check on her whereabouts when you’re stressed sometimes.”

“Haha. That would be nice too. I’m sure the pent-up feelings will disappear in an instant.”

Unlike when I first saw him, Haran seemed a little awkward at the client’s energetic appearance of smiling.

But it didn’t feel so awkward to me. There are quite a few cases of people being ruined because they have received too much emotional trauma.

Due to the nature of my work, I have seen many cases where such people rise up by taking the terrible end of the person who tormented them as nourishment.

“Here, this is the reward.”

“Haran. Take it.”

“Ah, yes.”

Haran, who was counting the cash he brought, tilted her head.

As if it was different from the amount she knew, Haran, who counted it several times, eventually asked the client.

“…It seems like there’s a lot more?”

“I added a little more. I really liked the work.”

“I don’t refuse things like that.”

“Haha. That’s even better. You don’t need to refuse, so please accept it.”

Hmm, I really like clients who are so quick with transactions.

It becomes a bit of a hassle if a client appears who makes excuses to avoid paying the price.

The number of bodies to be disposed of increases.

“…Um, what are you planning to do in the future?”

“Well. I’m thinking of studying again and becoming a lawyer. I don’t want to make someone like me again.”

“That’s not bad. I don’t know how many years it will take, but I’ll cheer you on.”

“Thank you.”

Unlike the back view I saw last time, I thought as I looked at his back view that seemed relieved as if he had put down his burden.

Today, money has come in, so shall I have a party with Haran?