episode_0063

‘First of all, we need to confirm whether this guy Jeon Seong-hyeon is really a collateral line.’

The beginning of everything.

Knowing your enemy well.

If you look it up, this guy isn’t even a collaborator of the Goryeo Group?

Then you don’t have to worry about it anymore.

You can just show your presence to some extent and then, if they still nag you, just slam them down.

I guess you could just send Seol-i or something.

What if the collateral line is correct?

Then I send a more direct warning. I reveal that I am a ‘direct descendant’.

If you figure out the topic yourself and step down, you can end it with a slap on the wrist, considering that you are a collateral of the Goryeo Group, which is essentially a ‘judgment of the law’. It basically means that you should cooperate with the special prosecutor.

Even if it’s just to that extent, he could probably use his connections to get out of probation, so I’m being really lenient. Gao might get hurt a little though.

But I warned you, but you don’t back down?

Then this is ignoring me. Of course there should be punishment.

‘If you look at the reactions during Chuseok, the collateral line was practically treated as a servant… .’

Even the spouses of not just ordinary collateral relatives but also direct relatives, that is, the husbands of maternal aunts, were practically treated as porters.

The difference between direct and collateral lines is so severe that it is like the difference between heaven and earth.

Given that this is the case, even if things get to the worst and I end up killing my collateral relatives, it’s highly unlikely that I’ll have to pay such a high price.

‘If you dare, just kill me.’

Luckily for me, I have Snow White.

If you consider the amount of material or money that a pure individual has, the collateral (presumably) would have much more.

Does that mean he has something knight-level? I don’t think so.

It doesn’t matter if it can’t be solved with Snow White.

At that time, you can ask for help from other direct relatives.

Older sisters… . Aunts… .

If the collateral line rebels, wouldn’t you take care of it? Judging from the reaction during Chuseok, it seems like it will be to that extent.

There can be no direct line that is ignored by the collateral line.

Even if it means borrowing strength, we will definitely punish them.

“Su-ah. Find out if there is a person named ‘Jeon Seong-hyeon’ among our collateral branches.”

“Yes, Master.”

“And… . Talk to the Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office Chief Prosecutor through Prestige. Tell him to continue the special investigation. ”

“Okay.”

Honestly, I wonder if it’s something that needs to be done so directly.

Still, I think I have to do it properly since he might be a collateral person.

+++

After ending the call, Inaeun Lee returned to the special prosecutor’s office.

Everyone was just standing there blankly, unable to do anything in the chaotic atmosphere.

“Let’s eat and leave right away.”

“I… . Inspector.”

One of the special prosecutors asked cautiously.

Yoon Ha-young was a reporter who participated from a different media outlet.

“We… . Is it okay to continue? There are rumors that the special prosecutor’s office is being disbanded… .”

Everyone in the office’s attention was focused on this.

As if everyone had been waiting for that question.

Prosecutor Ina Eun answered nonchalantly.

“The special prosecutor will not be disbanded.”

“Yes? What, what do you mean? Did the chief inspector say that?”

“That’s not it, but it will be.”

“What is that… .”

“And… . Even if it disbands, it’s not now, right? We have to do what we have to do until the end. Find at least one more. In fact, shouldn’t we move faster in times like these?”

“…! Oh, I see.”

The reporter nodded with an impressed look on his face and started packing up his luggage.

But not everyone was like her.

“Inspector.”

A man speaks to me in the hallway.

Lee Na-eun was one of the prosecutors assigned to special prosecution.

“Shouldn’t it be over around here?”

“… .”

“The intention of the Supreme Prosecutor is questionable, but the justification is clear. I mean, the excessive execution in the last Dream First. It’s because it hasn’t been properly reported in the media yet, but if the general public learns the whole story, the disbandment of the special prosecutor will gain momentum. No one will be able to stop it.”

“No one can stop it?”

Prosecutor Ina Eun looked back at him with a strange expression.

It was so provocative that the male prosecutor who spoke to her was momentarily moved to tears.

“The number of deaths identified so far is 151, and there are calculations that 20 to 30 more could emerge. If this is reported to the media, the special prosecutor’s office will be dissolved, and the prosecutor will be held responsible. The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office is trying to wrap this up before that.”

“So the disbandment of the special prosecutor’s office is to protect me?”

“I mean, it’s not necessarily like that, but I mean, that purpose is also included. You know what I’m talking about.”

Those who were selected from the outside for special prosecution seemed to have a bad feeling, but those inside the prosecution felt it vaguely.

That this pressure to disband the special prosecution team is a sort of ‘order’ that came from far above the prosecution.

“We have already achieved a lot. It is best to step back at the right time.”

Inaeun Lee smiled her uniquely strange smile.

“Nobody… . You said that, right? Luckily, I know someone who is way beyond that ‘nobody.’”

“Yes?”

“It means there is no need to worry about the disbandment of the special prosecutor’s office.”

The male inspector sighs as if he is frustrated.

“Inspector, right now, that’s-,”

“Let’s end the conversation here. We don’t have much time. As soon as we started investigating ‘Melodyne’, we started to feel pressure. The ‘real’ backers might have started destroying evidence by now. We have to catch them.”

“Inspector…!”

After saying that, Inaeun walked down the hallway.

+++

Late afternoon.

Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office ultimately decided to proceed with the special prosecution.

It was the decision of the chief prosecutor who received a call from Prestige, but there were many voices internally that were quite surprising.

And that was a huge source of anger for some people.

bang!!

When Jeon Seong-hyeon heard from the CEO of Melodyne that a special prosecutor had come, he slammed the desk.

“Why is the special prosecutor still being established? Are you having trouble with what I’m saying? Disband the special prosecutor! Should I go to that shabby place and be investigated? Me??!!”

“That, that… . I’m sorry, sir. I conveyed my message sufficiently… . Today, they are not listening to me at all-,”

An ashtray flew over.

It flew in a heavy parabolic arc and hit the director’s head.

“Big!!”

Blood is bursting out.

But he only swayed, then quickly regained his balance.

“Did I tell you to kill that prosecutor or did I tell the chief prosecutor to kneel? Just disband the special prosecutor. Why aren’t you listening and are you being stubborn? Since when have you been so stubborn?”

The director managed to answer while wiping the flowing blood with a handkerchief.

“Ah, I guess… . It seems like the other side is pushing for a special investigation… .”

“Who? Is there anything more important than my words as a bloodline of the Dae Goryeo Group? Who would do such a thing?”

“That is… . They are not revealing it. The people on the prosecution side have a secretly strong sense of pride… .”

“Pride is fucking crazy!!”

Jeon Seong-hyeon couldn’t understand it at all.

All this time, the prosecution has been thoroughly keeping the line.

If any issue related to him came up, he would either let it slide without charge or use a double to frame him.

It never reached him.

But what the heck?

This special investigation is shamelessly and without hesitation exposing Jeon Seong-hyeon’s corruption.

He has been focusing on Melodyne, who has been acting as his subordinate, bribing women and doing all sorts of dirty work.

“, there is something suspicious!!”

“Where.”

“This is Goryeo Enter.”

Seonghyeon frowned.

“Korea Enter? That bastard’s?”

“… Yes, yes.”

“Why?”

“That’s….”

“No, there must be a reason. What does continuing the special investigation have to do with Korea Entertainment?”

“… .”

Seong-hyeon sits on a chair, taking a deep breath as if suppressing his anger.

He, who used to be as angry as fire, became calm as if it were a lie.

“Are you sure?”

“There is no evidence, but… . Given the timing, it is quite possible to think so. It seemed like the article was conveying its intent. ”

Seong-hyeon snatched the panel that the director was handing him as if he was snatching it away. After reading halfway through, he sighed and threw the panel away.

“Is this an order? Aren’t they just scared?”

“… .”

“No, directly, ‘Continue the special investigation.’ Something like that has to be poked in the head to be considered an order, but this is just advertising to people, ‘We were cleared of charges~ We’re clean~’. Do you see this as an order? Wow.”

Seonghyeon laughed as if he found it ridiculous.

“These prosecutors are just cowards. I guess they became prosecutors because they are scared.”

“… But you can’t ignore it, right? They keep calling for a special investigation, not once.”

“After… .”

He rolled his tongue around in his mouth and puffed out one cheek.

It’s a habit I have whenever things don’t go well.

“We have to continue the special investigation, right?”

“I think so.”

“No, that gentleman should just keep taking the medicine he was taking so well. Why is he interfering here?”

Seonghyeon shook his head.

“Yes. I, the collateral, should take over. The young master wants the special investigation to continue.”

“If so…?”

“If the special investigation team can’t be disbanded… . We can replace them. The special investigation team just needs to keep going. Right? Korea Entertainment, I don’t know why, but the special investigation team just needs to keep going, right? It’s not like they’re targeting me.”

“That’s right… .”

“Who is that? Inayeon?”

“This is Prosecutor Lee Na-eun of the 3rd Criminal Division of Incheon Central District Prosecutors’ Office.”

“Give me.”

The manager quickly picked up the panel that Seonghyeon had thrown away, brought up a new screen, and handed it over.

Seonghyeon accepted it,

“!!”

I opened my eyes wide.

“Why, why are you doing that?”

“… .”

I wonder if something went wrong?

I wonder if another ashtray will fly in?

And the director is anxious.

Fortunately, that wasn’t the case.

just,

“… So pretty???”

Prosecutor Ina Eun was just so pretty.