episode_0024

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“Today’s incident also had nothing but weak and feeble people.”

Incheon Central District Prosecutors’ Office’s 3rd Criminal Division Prosecutor Lee Na-eun muttered softly.

At some point, she started handling only cases that weren’t considered important – that didn’t seem like they would make money – and most of the cases that came over from other prosecutors were like that.

“That, that… . I’m sorry. It seems like the prosecutor doesn’t consider who the suspect is at all… .”

“Why should the officer be sorry about that?”

This is also a type of bullying.

Punishment and ostracism against those who pretend to be noble and stand alone without mixing in with their peers.

‘You’re going to play by the rules anyway, and you probably won’t accept bribes or anything, so just take on cases that aren’t related to that.’

It’s something like this.

“Inspector… .”

Secretary Yoo sighed as he looked at the pile of documents that were still tightly packed.

The reason why Prosecutor Lee Na-eun comes to the district prosecutor’s office to work on Saturdays is because of all these things.

If I work on it late at night, I’ll probably get another pile of work tomorrow or Monday morning.

It’s a never-ending paperwork hell.

‘But still… . Because you are the inspector… !!’

It’s tough for him as an office worker too.

But I was able to endure it.

He respected Prosecutor Ina Eun and… and… anyway, he wanted to be her strength.

‘The only hope for the rotten prosecution! I’m willing to suffer for this person!’

He made up his mind.

This strong yet fragile inspector… no, if it’s to protect a woman, then physical exertion is nothing!

“This part seems to require further investigation.”

“Oh, yes. Uh, which part are you talking about?”

He sneaks up to me and smells my scent.

Inaeun Lee marked a large section of the document.

“The victim’s statement and the scene do not match. The suspect also has an alibi.”

“Ah… . Okay. I will pass it on.”

As I return to my seat, I feel a mixture of regret and happiness.

iced coffee-,

I wish we could have stayed together.

“Excuse me, inspector. Aren’t you starting to get hungry?”

Inaeun checked her watch.

It was a decent lunch.

“… It’s already this much time.”

“I found a delicious noodle restaurant-,”

“Sorry, I’ll do it next time. I have a prior engagement.”

“Ah… . So, you have a prior engagement.”

He made a courageous suggestion and was immediately disappointed.

I hoped that maybe she would look at me like that, but Inaeun didn’t even give me a glance.

‘… As expected, it’s an iron wall.’

Her ironclad rule of cutting ties with family and acquaintances and not dating to avoid creating a weakness was famous.

But… Still, it was hard to bear not being looked at even though I tried hard to make a suggestion.

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When the disappointed officer Yu was eating his lonely lunch alone,

Prosecutor Lee Na-eun met with reporter Yoon Ha-young, with whom she had recently begun communicating.

Reporter Yoon Ha-young opened up her laptop in a room with no walls and showed a video.

“… What is this?”

“This is our team leader.”

“… ?”

Footage of a woman revealing her sins and undressing.

Afterwards, she is forced to have sex naked and is brutally raped.

By the way, this woman is the team leader of Shin Mirae Ilbo?

“You took half a day off yesterday and left work. I think this is what happened after that.”

“Are you missing?”

“I don’t know yet. I checked my email earlier and this video was there, so I came running to you.”

“I don’t quite understand the circumstances. Why did this person do that, why is there a video of it, and why was that video sent to you?”

“That’s it,”

Yoon Ha-young explained everything.

Rainbow Miracle’s general manager Kim Dong-gi exposed various sexual bribery-related corruption through a live broadcast.

Yoon Ha-young, who watched it in real time, wrote an article about it, but the team leader arbitrarily took down the article, and then the same thing happened as in the video.

“The subject line of the email was ‘The Price’. I made it into an article, and because I couldn’t stop it, they called the team leader in and raped him.”

“… Manage your subordinates well, was it something like that?”

“At the same time, you are warning me.”

Prosecutor Ina Eun looked at the video with dry eyes.

In the video, Team Leader Seo Hyun-joo was seen with her mouth swollen shut and looking miserable.

“Did you report it to the police?”

“… If that was possible, I wouldn’t have come to the inspector. I can’t trust the police!”

“… .”

“And honestly, the prosecution too.”

Yoon Ha-young suddenly grabbed Prosecutor Lee Na-eun’s hand.

“The only person I trust is you, Inspector!”

“So you want me to dig into this case?”

“… Well, that’s… right.”

I stared at her, who was slightly avoiding eye contact.

“You are asking for a favor.”

“Ugh… .”

“In the first place, case assignment is not my job. Even if you report it directly to the prosecution, I will never be assigned this case. Don’t you know that?”

“… Still, is there anyone I can trust-,”

“It would be a problem if you showed me this video. Downloading illegal footage, possessing it, and showing it to me, a stranger.”

“That’s it!”

Reporter Yoon Ha-young was restless.

Looking at that, Inspector Lee Na-eun smiled faintly.

It was a fleeting moment.

“There is a way, but it’s not like there’s no way.”

“Yes?? Really??”

“I have a lot of enemies… .”

“??”

“Take down a video that tens of thousands of people were watching, and leave no trace on the Internet… . On top of that, you called the team leader of Shin Mirae Ilbo to your house, got an apology, and even raped him… . And then you boldly filmed the video and sent it to the reporter. If there is a mastermind behind this, wouldn’t many people who hate you see this as an opportunity? ”

“… .”

“An opportunity to physically get rid of the thorn in my eye, Inaeun Prosecutor. At some point, I, who was in charge of this case, might wish that I, like the team leader in the video, would receive all sorts of evil spirits and eventually be found dead deep in the mountains.”

“!!”

Prosecutor Ina Eun laughed as if she was having fun.

But Yoon Ha-young couldn’t laugh.

No matter how senseless and shameless she is, how can you laugh when she openly mentions death?

“I’m sorry, sir. I just-,”

“Oh, no. I’m really fine. Rather, I’m meeting the reporter for the same thing today?”

“Yes… ??”

“I make time to meet you because you are a righteous and sometimes reckless person like the reporter. When I see you, I look forward to the future.”

“That, that kind of… is it?”

“I was thinking that one day you would bring me something like this. A kind of trap.”

“in… .”

Inaeun Lee stood up from her seat, smiling as she watched her embarrassed face.

Yoon Ha-young also got up awkwardly.

“Please send me the video via email. And if you bring this case to our district prosecutor’s office, I will ask the chief. I will take charge of this case.”

“Inspector… .”

When Yoon Ha-young looked at her with an expression that was a mixture of emotion, worry, and everything else, Lee Na-eun patted her shoulder.

“Thank you, Reporter Yoon Ha-young.”

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“You met the inspector alone…? Did you just go to the inspector and tell him about what happened yesterday?”

“That’s likely, right? Of course not. If not, there’s no reason to meet the inspector at this time.”

“Are you crazy?”

It just popped out.

“… That’s right. In fact, he might be a psychopath.”

“The person in charge of the company is losing his/her job because of the company, and he/she is spreading it to other people. Isn’t this basically an epidemic?”

When I look at the surveillance log of reporter Yoon Ha-young, I am truly amazed.

I had some expectations, but I never thought it would be like this.

No, I was just expecting him to get so caught up in the case that he’d be like some kind of detective, poking around here and there, but instead, he just slammed it into a prosecutor he knew.

Shouldn’t you at least outline the background of the video and ask for help or something?

“Team Leader, did you get a call from reporter Yoon Ha-young or anything?”

“… was not… there.”

“You didn’t even call me during that time? Even though you knew what happened to me?”

“… .”

Hyun-ju also lowered her head as if she had nothing to say.

Well, it’s not like she protected Yoon Ha-young out of her own free will, but isn’t it still a bit shocking?

I was raped because of this kind of person.

Even today she was eaten by me.

“Tsk tsk tsk… . This is ridiculous. So, who is the prosecutor he met?”

“Inaeun is famous for being stubborn. She doesn’t accept bribes or anything, so people with money and connections avoid her.”

“Hmm… So that’s why I kept telling you all this.”

“Well… . Well, it is as it appears. But it is a bit strange that a single prosecutor can’t decide which case he will be in charge of.”

“Or maybe you want me to give you some strength? Or something like that? Asking for advice.”

“That’s a bit too much. Originally, journalists and prosecutors shouldn’t meet like this. It’s not really enforced. But a prosecutor who is known for being principled and upright is being so close to a reporter? This is also a bit… .”

Su-ah kept tilting her head.

I wonder if that’s such a strange thing, but it doesn’t seem wrong either… .

“In fact, is he a person with some deep ulterior motive?”

“Yoon Ha-young?”

“No. I’m a prosecutor. I feel that my intuition, which has been honed through my criminal career, is strong. From this prosecutor.”

I see

however,

You’re a corrupt cop.