episode_0091

‘police!’

I was a little surprised by the unexpected story.

Because there is no reason for the police to come looking for me.

“It’s not like something is wrong… ?”

Han Gyu-ri cautiously speaks with a slightly worried look.

I gathered my wits and tried to speak calmly.

“Nothing has happened, so you don’t have to worry too much. But why are the police looking for me?”

“That… , They said they were looking for witnesses to a car accident that happened not long ago!”

“… Traffic accident?”

Traffic Accident.

I have never witnessed a car accident.

“I thought you said he was a detective from some kind of investigation department… . I was so distracted that I couldn’t see it properly… . sorry… .”

“That’s possible. I’ll go and talk to you.”

After comforting Han Gyu-ri and returning her to work.

I thought about it carefully as I walked towards the office where a person called a ‘detective’ was waiting.

‘A detective… .’

I don’t know much about the police system, but I understand that the traffic department is in charge of general traffic accidents.

In other words, the fact that a detective from the investigation department rather than the traffic department came out means that it was not a simple traffic accident… .

The ironic thing is that although I have passed the place where an accident occurred, I have never witnessed a traffic accident.

It is not a subject of investigation in the first place.

‘Is it the National Intelligence Service?’

But in a larger sense, it makes sense to say that a government agency came to see me.

Because the National Intelligence Service I know does not go around openly revealing their affiliation.

In the original novel, didn’t the National Intelligence Service approach Seol Joo-hee through some small guild?

‘Office 5… .’

Eventually, I reached the office where the detective was waiting, knocked lightly on the door, gave a signal, and went inside.

“Ah, Do Ji-hyuk?”

A tall woman stood up and greeted me as if she had been waiting.

“Nice to meet you. This is Detective Ahn Soon-young of the Gangnam Police Station.”

Her brown hair was lightly tied up, and her face had light makeup. Perhaps because she was being investigated, she was wearing light civilian clothes rather than a uniform.

“Nice to meet you.”

I pretended to shake her hand and immediately used my abilities to open her information… .

[ Name: Park Hae-rin / Potential Rank: A / Possessed Ability: Advanced Marksmanship Lv5 ]

At that moment, I was able to quickly figure out what purpose she had come to see me for.

‘Of course it is.’

The National Intelligence Service came to visit me.

*

“So… . What brought you to see me?”

Do Ji-hyuk looked at Park Hae-rin closely, thinking about leaving for now.

The fact that the National Intelligence Service came to visit means that they have been tracking the case related to Yoon Jae-deok.

In fact, there was a high possibility that he had noticed everything and came to visit.

“Ah. If nothing else, I came here because I had something to ask while investigating a recent accident.”

“Accident?”

“Yes.”

Park Hae-rin has a kind face but sharp eyes.

“Perhaps… . What were you doing early in the morning last Thursday?”

Thursday was the day Do Ji-hyuk caught Yoon Jae-deok and sent him away.

“Well… .”

Do Ji-hyuk was secretly surprised by Park Hae-rin’s behavior of throwing a fastball from the beginning and gave a hint.

“He was probably sleeping at home. But why are you asking that?”

“Are you sure?”

“Is there anything wrong? Rather, I heard that they are looking for witnesses to a traffic accident. What does the fact that I was sleeping have anything to do with the car accident?”

“… … .”

Park Hae-rin was slightly embarrassed by Do Ji-hyuk’s attitude.

Since they caught Yoon Jae-deok, who was their target, and handed him over to the police, they thought he would cooperate and deliberately approached them by leaking elements that would reveal his identity… .

Contrary to expectations, the plan went awry thanks to continued ignorance.

‘if it goes like this… .’

The only thing left for Park Hae-rin is Plan B.

When she remembered that there were no wiretapping or recording devices in the office, she took out the notebook she had kept in her pocket and carefully revealed her identity.

“Actually, I am an agent of the National Intelligence Service. I came here regarding Jaedeok Yoon.”

however.

“Yes. So?”

Do Ji-hyuk reacted strangely calmly, as if he already knew.

‘What is this reaction… .’

Park Hae-rin was a little taken aback by his unexpected reaction again, and before she knew it, she was caught up in his pace and began to look a little nervous.

“You know about Yoon Jae-deok, right?”

“Yes. what… . I don’t know the details, but I know roughly.”

“Why did you hand Jaedeok Yoon over to the police?”

“Me?”

“Last Thursday! Didn’t you hand Jaedeok Yoon over to the police?”

“Well. I’m not sure about that. This is what my friend did… .”

“… yes? Friends… .”

Park Hae-rin was momentarily speechless.

According to information, it was none other than Do Ji-hyuk himself who broke into the welfare organization and caught Yoon Jae-deok… .

In fact, Do Ji-hyuk was speaking as if it was someone else’s actions, not his own.

“But that person was easily caught? … He seemed like a pretty bad person.”

“… … !”

Only then did Park Hae-rin vaguely understand Do Ji-hyuk’s meaning.

The reason why he seems to cooperate obediently but is strangely uncooperative.

The person in front of him is ‘Do Ji-hyuk’.

It felt like the intention was to draw a strict line with the unidentified person who caught Yoon Jae-deok.

“… Jaedeok Yoon has taken over from our side and is being properly investigated. Thanks to the efforts of my ‘friend’.”

“It went well.”

Do Ji-hyuk shows a very satisfied smile as if he has never done that before.

Convinced by his appearance, Park Hae-rin regained her composure and carefully got to the point.

“So… . Why did that friend approach Jae-deok Yoon?”

It felt like I was role-playing, but since I was here to get Do Ji-hyuk’s cooperation, I had no choice but to comply.

“I don’t know. He’s such a difficult friend, so I’m not sure.”

“… So, does that friend have any plans to be active again?”

“Well. If something needs to happen… . Wouldn’t it be possible to come forward again?”

Park Hae-rin, who swallowed her saliva involuntarily at Do Ji-hyuk’s sly smile, quickly came to her senses and slowly reflected on his words.

‘I don’t know the exact reason… . It probably means that they will cooperate for now.’

Whatever the reason, it’s OK as long as the interests are aligned.

The National Intelligence Service, which has been short of manpower due to several recent incidents, desperately needed the help of Do Ji-hyuk, a proven manpower.

“Do Ji-hyuk. We also… . No, I desperately need your help.”

“Is the matter urgent enough to hire the help of a civilian?”

“Perhaps… . Do you know that it is a black society?”

“Yes. I know enough.”

“We are currently working to eliminate that black society. however… . We are in a situation where we are short-handed as manpower has been concentrated on the recent gate flooding incident.”

“So. I need help. Is this it?”

“That’s right.”

“Hmm… .”

Do Ji-hyuk began to rub his chin and pretend to be worried.

In fact, he was already full of intention to help the National Intelligence Service.

The reason why Yoon Jae-deok was arrested in the first place was to eliminate black society.

but.

If I accepted it too willingly, it might look strange, so I deliberately pretended to measure it and took a peek.

“I am helping the country with its work, but is there any compensation?”

“Of course. If the work is completed well, you will be paid an amount that you will not be disappointed about.”

“Specifically?”

“Advanced payment of 100 million won. Balance 400 million. 1 billion when the case is concluded. A total of 1.5 billion will be provided.”

Total 1.5 billion.

It was certainly an amount that even people with most professions could not easily earn… .

It was not an attractive amount for Do Ji-hyuk, who was a leader in the industry.

“It’s salty. Do you deduct tax on that?”

“Of course it is tax free.”

Do Ji-hyuk crossed his arms and began to pretend to be worried.

To be honest, the compensation was good, but there was too little justification to just accept 1.5 billion won.

“Please type a little more. Although not as poor as mine, my friend is not in need of money.”

“… How much do you want?”

“Even if you can’t do it, it should be twice as much. Wouldn’t that at least create a sense of patriotism?”

“… The National Intelligence Service is not a very wealthy organization.”

“Then find someone else. There are a lot of good hunters down there… , you can take anyone and use it.”

Park Hae-rin, cornered, groaned softly.

Since you have approached Do Ji-hyuk, cooperation with him is essential.

However, since the budget was only 2 billion, some way out was needed.

“… Then let’s do it like this.”

Park Hae-rin, who had been racking her brain for a while, came up with a new suggestion.

It was a proposal to cover labor costs with the assets of the black community.

“Isn’t that embezzlement?”

“Embezzlement: Taking something illegally is called embezzlement. I tend to tolerate taking loot.”

In short, the story was to go to the site and take care of it to the best of your ability… .

‘If you do this, the story will be different.’

Do Ji-hyuk smiled inwardly at the proposal, which was full of justification.

“What… . If you’re that desperate, there’s nothing you can do.”

“Then maybe… ?”

“In addition to the initially proposed compensation, the loot is included. If this is the case, I will seriously think about it with my ‘friend’.”

“Thank you… !”

Right after they reached such a dramatic compromise.

“We will contact you as soon as possible.”

After a brief discussion, Do Ji-hyuk saw off Park Hae-rin and went straight back to the office.

‘… I think I forgot something… .’

On the way back, he definitely felt like he was missing something… .

“F, producer! What happened!?”

“Did the story end well? what? They say they’re coming to catch me soon?”

“I just gave a brief testimony.”

“Thank goodness… . I was really surprised!”

“I was really worried about whether I should tell the kids that you were caught?”

Thanks to the team members making a fuss, I was momentarily distracted and forgot about it.