episode_0382
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“It’s been a while. Mr. Minho.”
“Ah, Inspector Seo Min-jeong. Hello.”
After receiving the greeting, Inspector Seo Min-jeong’s eyes turned to Minho’s legs.
‘hmm… ?’
The reason was not that Inspector Seo Min-jeong was attracted to Minho’s body or that he was attracted to the jeans he wore. She was a woman who knew how to distinguish between public and private matters, and there were times when she would criticize others when she visited their home as a guest due to work.
However, the question she felt was a little more intuitive.
“I guess your leg is completely healed?”
“Yes?”
“The last time I saw you, I thought you were using a wheelchair… ”
“Ah… ”
Minho let out a low exclamation.
He also remembered something he had forgotten until now. Instead of living under the identity of Ignis, he lives under the identity of Lee Min-ho, and he is still a victim caught up in the Stone Golem’s terror.
If you look at it by the world’s standards, it would have made no sense for him, who had been in a wheelchair due to a back injury, to be walking around fine in just a few months.
‘Write… ‘This is what happens.’
From Minho’s perspective, it was something that could not be helped.
Would you sit in a wheelchair and disguise yourself every day, knowing that someone would come to your house?
In the first place, Minho, who had no personal connections in the world, and the Lee sisters were also the type of people who had no hobby of inviting acquaintances or coworkers to their home.
The Lee sisters’ tendency to do this grew even more when they brought Minho into their home. From their perspective, they were wary of Minho, who is naive and still has a lot to learn, being overly influenced by others.
This was because they still believed the story they had heard about Minho when they first met him, about him running away from home after suffering domestic violence.
In a way, you could say that there was no shady desire to color Minho in their own colors. In this world, that level of fantasy is something that every woman has.
As only people who knew each other’s secrets stayed at home, the wheelchair ended up in the warehouse a week after being discharged from the hospital.
Dust had accumulated on the armrest before the wheel pattern had even worn off.
In any case, the answers Minho could give in the current situation were limited. Unless you are going to confess that you are Ignis or say that you have awakened supernatural powers, it is difficult to give an answer other than to give an appropriate explanation.
“Ah, haha. I got better faster than I thought.”
I smiled awkwardly and went slightly limp. He is appealing that his body has not fully recovered yet.
Of course, it didn’t work on Inspector Seo Min-jeong. She tilted her head to the side at Minho’s excuse.
‘I think I heard someone running out of the house before I opened the door… ‘
But I didn’t feel the need to bring up such a story and interrogate Minho. The reason I came to Minho’s house today was because it wasn’t something that stiff.
It’s amazing that my body is already feeling better, but isn’t it a crime to recover quickly?
I don’t know if it was the old days when we didn’t care about the back and forth, but now Inspector Seo Min-jeong has learned how to handle situations smoothly.
It was a skill I developed while working in a job that involved villains and heroes.
“Well, I heard that young people recover faster.”
“That’s right… ?”
“The reason I came was to inform you that the Stone Golem incident has been concluded.”
Inspector Seo Min-jeong calmly stated the purpose of her visit.
Stone golem incident. It was a case where a villain named Stone Golem was quietly murdered in his own home. The only clue was that they broke in through a hole in the window.
And at the same time, excluding the bank robbery case, it was Seo Min-jeong’s last field work.
She had visited to inform the involved sisters, Minho and Lee, that the case had been closed.
This was a consideration for the victims who were caught up in the Stone Golem’s terror, and at the same time, it was Inspector Seo Min-jeong’s own arrangement.
“Case closed… ? Oh, you shouldn’t do this here. Come inside. I’ll at least bring some tea.”
“It’s okay. It’s not a story that takes a long time… ”
“Still. My sisters are busy with work right now… You came like this, but if I just let you go, I’ll get scolded.”
“Uh… ”
Minho grabbed Inspector Seo Min-jeong’s wrist and pulled her slightly. First of all, the excuse was that she wasn’t a better person, and Inspector Seo Min-jeong wasn’t cool enough to shake off the man’s pulling hand. In the end, she had no choice but to sit on the living room sofa, led by Minho’s hand.
When Minho brought out the tea without any time to stop him, Inspector Seo Min-jeong thanked him and raised his glass.
Rattlingㅡ
‘It’s a nice car.’
Inspector Seo Min-jeong felt much more at ease after drinking the high-quality tea from Jungwon prepared by Min-ho. Perhaps that’s why she, who was simply trying to convey that the case was closed, decided to explain the situation a little more to Minho.
“… The person killed was also a villain, and the public’s antipathy towards villains was growing due to recent events in Japan and government agencies. In this situation, if the police holds on to a case where the villain is the victim for too long, the public will not look at it positively.”
‘Japan is probably talking about the terrorist attack committed by Kang Da-kyung… What happened in the government agency, you mean I took the shapeshifters out of SEDAC?’
Minho was able to guess the hidden situation from Inspector Seo Min-jeong’s words. If he were an ordinary person who knew nothing, he probably would not have understood Inspector Seo Min-jeong’s words and would have just nodded, thinking it was just that.
“I see. Then at the top… ?”
“Yes. Coincidentally, a villain who had a personal grudge against the Stone Golem was caught. In fact, he is the most likely suspect as there are no clues at the moment.”
Because of what the Stone Golem did, a special law was enacted and the punishment for villains was strengthened, so in fact, if you were to force it, you could see that all villains had a motive to kill the Stone Golem. It was no exaggeration to say that the police suspect was designated as such.
Inspector Seo Min-jeong asked while observing his reaction.
“Aren’t you uncomfortable?”
“Yes? What is it?”
“The reason for this injury was the stone golem, but the incident ended too easily.”
Minho shook his head at Inspector Seo Min-jeong’s words. There was no trace of interest in this incident left on his face.
The culprit who killed the stone golem in the first place was Minho, so there was no way he would feel particularly impressed by the fact that there was a villain who was wrongfully caught.
In addition, as a person with the status of a hero who can impose private sanctions, there was little interest in the police’s ability to handle matters.
“It’s not that I missed the Stone Golem, and there’s no reason for me to be displeased. That guy is already dead.”
“… … .”
Inspector Seo Min-jeong suddenly felt like smoking a cigarette.
Minho said this because he really had no idea, but to the people next to him, it seemed like he didn’t expect much from the police from the beginning.
Since the emergence of the Irregular, a superpower, the role of the police has been continuously diminished. Since Inspector Seo Min-jeong’s work is mainly related to heroes, I was able to feel it even more vividly.
‘It would be better if I also gained some kind of supernatural power related to investigation… ‘
Inspector Seo Min-jeong tapped the cigarette case on her chest in frustration and lowered her hand. Her reddish-brown straight hair flowed down.
Without realizing it, she asked Minho the question she had been harboring inside. It could be because Minho didn’t seem interested in the case itself, or it could be because a certain hero came to mind when I saw Minho for a long time.
“This is something I can tell you now that the case has been closed… I think there may be another culprit.”
“Another culprit?”
“Yes, I remember the traces of melting the remaining glass on the window. Usually, they break in by breaking or cutting the glass rather than melting it.”
Minho couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable. That’s because those traces were evidence he left behind with his special ability.
“I wonder if that’s a sign of using supernatural powers… This too is just a guess. In the end, we couldn’t find any other suspects other than the villain we just arrested.”
After saying that, Inspector Seo Min-jeong got up from the sofa. Inside, I was blaming myself for saying something pointless.
‘I was uncharacteristically talkative.’
Maybe it was because of Minho’s appearance that stimulated his protective instinct.
“I enjoyed the tea. I guess I have to go now.”
“Ah, yes. Thank you for taking the time to come.”
Minho saw off Inspector Seo Min-jeong as she left the door.
Before Inspector Seo Min-jeong left the front door, a thought suddenly occurred to her and she turned to ask Minho.
“But how did you know that I had become a police inspector?”
“Yes?”
“The last time I saw you here was as a lieutenant. It was after that that I became an inspector.”
“Ah… ”
Minho’s eyes rolled as he searched for memories. Now that I think about it, Minho found out about this fact when he met Inspector Seo Min-jeong in the form of Ignis during the bank robbery.
Minho smiled awkwardly and answered.
“I think I heard it somewhere… I don’t remember much either.”
There was nothing else to say other than that.
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[‘Hero Live with Men and Women Reversed’ stops the world.]
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