Chapter 10:

"Are you really, ignorant or you're just not a coward?"

For a moment, silence fell on the table.

Attorney Baek Jin seemed to be taken aback. He blinked his eyes slowly, but he slammed the table 'bang!' and struck down with his fist.

"What!"

"No, you have to play in moderation. It's so funny."

"This, hey! You really want to die?!"

At the words of lawyer Baek Jin, Hyeon-soo handed over the complaint 'Tak!' covered

"no?"

"What?"

"Wants to die? But that is you...."

Hyeonsu's upper body slowly leaned towards Baek Jin.

"Do you want to take off your lawyer clothes?"

"What is that."

"Article 155 of the Penal Code. Destruction of Evidence, etc. Special Cases Between Relatives."

"...!"

Article 155 of the Penal Code.

A person who destroys, conceals, forges, falsifies evidence in a criminal or disciplinary case of another person, or uses forged or falsified evidence shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding seven million won.

Lawyer Baek Jin hid Park Hyun-seok's cell phone, even though he knew that there was evidence related to the case.

In addition, he intentionally hid a fake cell phone.

Looking at Baek Jin's trembling eyes, Hyeon-soo continued his conversation in a kind tone.

"Park Seok-hyun's cell phone with evidence was hidden in your car by our lawyer, Baek."

A kind tone, a bloody voice.

Lawyer Baek Jin's lips trembled at the sudden turn of events.

"Why, are you a little scared now?"

"That."

Baek Jin's eyes quickly turned.

How did he get to this point while fighting and blazing, but he couldn't ruin his career by destroying evidence?

"What do you see me as…."

Baekjin, who gave a lot of strength to his trembling eyes, raised his voice.

"Hey, don't be ridiculous. All of my seniors and juniors were covered by the prosecution. Make an accusation! Even if I go to court, I'm innocent anyways!"

he was bold

Rather than being ashamed of hiding evidence as a lawyer, he is the kind of guy who is full of confidence that he can cover that much.

A smile was drawn on Hyeonsu's face as he looked at that guy.

"It's fun."

Is this situation really funny?

Hyeonsu grin and look for someone in his cell phone contact list.

"Let's just say you're ignorant."

"This bastard, but from a while ago…."

Lawyer Baek Jin stopped talking.

This is because Hyeon-soo held the cell phone in front of his face.

[KN Reporter Seo Young-mok]

"What?"

"You know, how can they solve the story?"

"What?"

"The son of the mayor of Hoseon-gu raped a classmate, and the victim died. However, a lawyer from the target law firm helped the perpetrator conceal evidence."

"....!"

"It must be quite noisy."

Looking at Baekjin's face turning into contemplation, Hyeonsu continued.

"You know it's a trend where you can't ignore public opinion trials these days, right? But will Lawyer Baek's seniors and juniors be able to handle all kinds of swearing by people claiming to protect one of your connections?"

Moreover, if the media went bad, it was obvious that the Daesang law firm would also offer Baek as a sacrifice and cut it off.

"You..."

"Why? Did you think I would just naively accuse you of hiding evidence?"

Hyeonsu clicked his tongue with a sad expression.

"It was also ignorant."

"This is real, hey! Don't you know that cell phone might not be recognized as court evidence anyway?! You broke someone else's car without a warrant and took it! You have nothing to be ashamed of!"

"It's up to me whether I'm proud or not, so don't worry about it."

Hyeonsu, who was flicking through the screen of his phone, stopped his fingers.

"And you don't have to worry about it."

Then, I turned the screen of my phone back to Baek Jin.

What floats on the screen is the screen of the warrant.

"The posthumous warrant came out a little while ago. Well, thanks to that, the cell phone will be accepted as court evidence without any problems."

And Baekjin's head, listening to Hyeonsu's words, became a blank page in an instant. Now he has no hand left.

He thought it was just a cop.

He was thinking of subduing him with a complaint and extorting a lot of settlement money.

'What is this bastard really like?'

He thought he was just an idiot who didn't cover his front and back, but he wasn't.

Slowly his gaze fell.

Then, the words of honor naturally came out of his mouth.

"Detective Lee, I…."

"Then what's left, Is it just that I accuse Lawyer Baek of concealing evidence and spread it to the media so that he can never set foot on this floor again?"

Hyeon-soo's innocent smile caught Baek-jin's eyes.

Of course, in his eyes, he looked like an evil demon.

"Hey, detective! Ha, if you help me just once."

Attorney Baek Jin, who grabbed Hyeon-soo's arm, lowered his head.

But what came back was Hyeonsu's chilly voice.

"No."

"Huh?"

"Eh, I'll give you any amount of money! and you'll become partner with attorney."

"Hey."

Hyeon-soo's cool eyes fell on Baek-jin's lawyer.

"I don't like it."

****

After a while, the parking lot of Seoul City Hall.

"Ah, you're holding on tight."

Hyeon-soo is moving his steps as he sucks the straw in his coffee.

at that time.

"Team leader!"

Hearing Hyeonsu's welcome voice, a man who was walking in front of him turned around.

"Uh? this case."

A middle-aged man with a short stature and a warm appearance like the uncle next door.

I am Han Dae-seong, the leader of the violent investigation team 2.

Hyeonsu saluted team leader Daeseong Han.

"Loyalty!* And congratulations!"

"what?"

"I heard you got married! Finally, our old bachelor team leader!"

"Hey, be quiet!"

Team leader Han Dae-seong, who hurriedly covered his mouth with his finger, tapped Hyeon-su on the shoulder.

"No, why do you have to hide it this far? and you didn't even have a wedding?!"

"What kind of wedding is for this, given that everyone has grown old."

"Ah, you can't do that if you care about my sister-in-law. Did you get permission from my sister-in-law? she must be really sad, you guys didn't even have a ceremony!"

Team leader Han Dae-seong shook his hand at Hyeon-soo's growing voice and continued.

"Ah, of course we discussed and decided."

"Then what about the honeymoon? Where?"

"What a honeymoon, hey! Stop talking nonsense. How are you?"

"Hey, I always get along so well."

"Are you still living with that old woman?"

"Do you remember?"

"Then."

Team leader Han Dae-seong, who drew a smile, moved along with Hyeon-soo.

"I am still confused about you. Are you crazy, or are you really stupid and really nice?"

"Let's say both."

Hyeonsu smiles brighter than when he is with other people.

He looked at team leader Han Dae-seong in silence and tilted his head.

"But what are you worried about? The new groom's expression is too bad?"

At that, a team leader stopped walking.

A face that seemed to have something to say.

"Why? What is it for?"

"The case of the mayor's son this time, Was it you?"

****

After a while.

It was a yukgaejang** restaurant in an alleyway in front of the police station.

Since it is midday on weekdays, Hyeonsu is sitting alone in the corner of the restaurant, eating Yukgaejang.

Hyeonsu's expression was quite serious.

After roughly opening the spoon a few times, he put it down.

It was because of a conversation I had with team leader Han Dae-seong of Team 2 a while ago.

'The victim who was victimized by the son of the mayor.'

Han Dae-seong and the victim were already acquainted with each other.

'It was so bad. Even back then, He saved them a few times from being plagued by loan sharks all the time.'

The victim's parents who ran a restaurant.

With successive losses, they tried their hand at private loans, and the results were disastrous.

'It looks like they been in debt in many places because of those loan sharks. Those loan sharks are also bad guys, so they wouldn't let them go even if they paid off the principal amount.'

The loan sharks who come to visit every day, and thanks to them, the restaurant is not successful and even regular customers are gone.

'Even if I want to help, I'm going to have a lot of debt. This time, I managed to get a loan to get a charter. Ha, why on earth do bad things only happen to people like this.'

Their daughter, their last hope, also disappeared as a victim of an incident.

The case is settled.

The truth of the incident will be revealed in detail, and the perpetrators will be punished.

Yes.

'It's not like the victim is coming back. That's why the new groom's expression looks like this. He feel so pathetic and sorry for not being able to do anything for you.'

Han Dae-seong, the team leader of Team 2, was such a person.

He genuinely caught the bad guys and genuinely cared about the victims.

'Just like that. I wonder if you have any money.'

Team leader Han Dae-seong, who was confused, passed Hyeon-soo's eyes.

Then he slowly got up from his seat.

****

That night.

"What the hell was wrong with my daughter!!!"

The victim of Park Seok-hyun's case, the desperate cry of her mother spread at her funeral hall.

"like this, If you go like this, how will your mother live."

It was already the second day of the funeral, but the victim's parents could not accept the death of their daughter.

A father who stands beside her and holds her tight so that she doesn't fall down.

He ran to the construction site every day to feed my family.

Because of that, He couldn't even see the daughter grow up.

"I'm sorry about this, Because dad couldn't protect you."

His father clenched his teeth as he closed his eyes, which had burst blood vessels.

It looked like it would collapse, but it was clear that if he collapsed, the child's mother would also collapse.

"You'd rather do that to me, to me!!"

Mother screamed, clutching her chest.

A crime that started in the name of a prank. It took away the precious life of a child and the happiness of his family. Nevertheless, the perpetrators were busy thinking about how to reduce their sentences.

Thanks to the evidence Hyeon-su found, they will all receive the punishment they deserve, but whatever punishment will not be enough.

Everyone present bowed their heads at the sound of the song.

And behind the pillar with a little distance.

"...."

Hyeonsu is standing.

Knowing the sorrow of losing a family member, Hyeon-soo did not dare to offer any comfort to the victim's mother.

Hyeonsu, who had been looking at them for a while, moved on.

"You can write your name here, and you can also write your name on the condolence envelope."

Standing in front of a woman who appears to be a relative of the bereaved, Hyeon-soo filled an envelope with condolence money and handed it over to the woman.

"Ah, over there. You didn't write your name on the envelope?"

At her words, Hyeonsu turned around and walked away without answering.

"what, Who are you? Because you didn't write your name."

The man next to her shook his head at her words.

"Isn't that an empty envelope? He can't pay because he don't have money. Maybe he was embarrassed to write his name and just gave it to you. just let it be."

"No, being caught is heavy.... such crazy!."

The man turned his head at the sudden woman's curse.

"Uh, bring your sister."

"why?"

Opening the envelope given to Hyeon-soo, the woman said to the man with trembling hands.

"The check"

"How much?"

"Che, ten thousand won bills."

"What, what?!"

The woman and man, who had been looking at the envelope and each other, looked at the direction Hyunsoo was heading to.

"Who was it and why?"

****

* Choongsung (loyalty) : Each unit chants different slogans. The slogan originated in the Korean War. South Korean soldiers went to war with North Korean soldiers, chanting the will and desire that resulted from the war in the area. The universal national slogan is "Choongsung(loyalty)," but... The Navy usually uses the slogan "PilSeung(must win)." And Army units use different slogans for each unit. There are many slogans such as "Igija(Let's win)," "MyulGong(Destruction)," "JunJin(Advance)," "DolGyuk(Running)," and "BookJin(Northward)."

** Yukgaejang : Yukgaejang or spicy beef soup is a spicy, soup-like Korean dish made from shredded beef with scallions and other ingredients, which are simmered together for a long time.