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“I can’t solve this right now!!”
Jiho Kang, who was tied up with chains, struggled and shouted.
“I will kill them all! I will kill them all!!”
I told the hunters who ignored Kang Ji-ho and escorted him to Dangjin.
“thank you. From now on, I will take care of myself, so you can go back.”
“Are you okay by yourself?”
I said with a smile.
“it’s okay. If you tie it up like that, it’s not a big deal to be called an Awakened.”
In fact, the whole body was rolled up with chains, except for the head.
It’s not at a level that only F-class or E-class dungeon hunters can solve.
“All right.”
“Yes. You suffered.”
Having sent the hunters back like that, I brought a chair and sat down in front of Jiho Kang.
“Hmm…”
“Are you the boss? The boss who drew dungeon equipment!! If you don’t solve this right now, I’ll kill you first!!”
I said with a smile.
“I still haven’t made up my mind. After awakening, can’t you see anything?”
“What?”
“There are only 20 Awoken working under me.”
The outpost knights were recruited from time to time, and now the number has reached 20.
“And there are hundreds of Awoken who will be happy to lend you their power if you give them money. You’ve been through it before.”
I looked down at Jiho Kang and said.
“It means that you are not my opponent from the beginning. Aren’t you more curious than that? How did I get you?”
At my words, Jiho Kang looked at me and said.
“okay. How the hell do you not know?”
“Simple.”
I said with a smile.
“I’ve been watching you ever since.”
“···What?”
“Since all my business is in this direction, I am very interested in the Awakened. That’s why I tend to do some research on the newly awakened Awakened in advance.”
On average, about 200 hunters awaken per month.
It may be in the early days, but considering the wealth and connections I have now, the basic investigation of the hunters, who only have about 200 people a month, is nothing.
After all, Hunters are supposed to come to the dungeon when they wake up.
Then, collecting information near the dungeon would be enough.
Right now, even in Dangjin Dungeon, I have all the information about the Hunters, right?
So, you deceive Kang Ji-ho and others by acting as if you have a plausible information network across all the dungeons.
If that’s not the case, I can’t explain why I caught Kang Ji-ho faster than the police or prosecutors.
Anyway, thinking about it, this is really good.
Even if I use people to collect basic information near the dungeon, combining it with my previous life knowledge, I can create a great synergy effect. have.
why didn’t i think of this
As I concentrated only on Dangjin, my thinking narrowed.
Isn’t it because of the information from my previous life that I’ve grown so much now?
It’s a hoax to create a proper alibi, but can I put it into practice?
It’s an information network…
“You’re doing an investigation…?”
oh
Thinking too long
First, I need to focus on this guy.
“okay. Then you caught my eye His behavior was strangely different from other Awakened people.”
The exact information I remember about Kang Ji-ho is that he committed the crime within a month of waking up, spent a short time as a hunter in Seongbuk-gu and Jecheon, spying on the house of the chief prosecutor in his spare time, and why he committed the crime.
However, this information alone is not enough to pressure Kang Ji-ho.
“Usually when they wake up, they run to the gate and fall in love with the taste of making money.”
“········”
“But, strangely, you disappear from the gate every few days. Of course, you may be away to play with the money you earned. So I just thought it was. But the guy who was active in Seongbuk-gu suddenly moved to Jecheon.”
As if looking down from above.
As if you already know everything.
“From then on, I thought something was strange.”
Jiho Kang swallowed dry saliva and said.
“How… how…”
“uh. I don’t know, but I’m pretty famous in the industry. Dungeons are only 4 more, right? The extent to which Awakening trends in and out of there are grasped is a piece of cake. Anyway. Although dungeon equipment is available in Jecheon, the probability is low and the monsters are strong, so freshly awakened hunters will probably avoid it. But did the newly awakened one go to the Jecheon Dungeon? It was weird. therefore.”
I said raising the corners of my lips.
“I put a person on it.”
“Follow me…?”
“uh.”
Jiho Kang said with a bewildered expression.
“chaff. Did you just stick with people like that?”
okay.
The motivation for this part is a bit weak.
But it doesn’t matter.
Because what I envisioned is not a perfect story, but only a process to reach the known result.
In other words, stop fooling around.
“Is it just a feeling? Sometimes it’s like that. something is going to come So, just in case, I attached someone. But isn’t it different?”
I said with a smile.
“Does this guy keep going up to Seoul to spy on whose house?”
Kang Ji-ho’s eyes grew as if they were about to pop out.
“And many times.”
Of course, if I go into detail such as what time, what time, where, what outfit, and so on, my acting will end in one shot.
But who in the world asks about it in this situation?
“What the hell!!!!!”
Jiho Kang shouted as he put his forehead on the floor.
“shit!! shit!! I should have been more careful!!”
A situation in which I know what I am doing in a situation where the prosecution cannot even identify the culprit.
Of course, as Kang Ji-ho, I have no choice but to believe what I said that I followed.
Now let’s hit the wedge.
“So I did some research. What the hell is this guy wanting to be so obsessed with?”
I looked down at Jiho Kang and said.
“Prosecutor Baek Young-sik. It was the same prosecutor’s house that put you in jail about 10 years ago. But when I noticed this, it was right after you had already done the work. So, thinking that I might escape to the gate, I hurriedly released the hunters and caught you.”
Jiho Kang shouted evil.
“He stole everything from me! He stole everything from me!!”
“It’s because you did something bad.”
I said with a smile.
“Why are you running an illegal prostitution business like that?”
Ji-ho Kang harbored a grudge for running an illegal prostitution shop and being subjected to an arrest operation led by Baek Young-sik.
But, is that enough to kill a family and escape to the dungeon?
This was one of the things people wondered about in a previous life.
“By the way, it’s only been a few years since I came out. Isn’t it too much to do such a crazy thing with just that?”
“Excessive? no! Not overdone at all! Because of those years, my wife and I had an affair with my business partner and disappeared, and there was nothing left of me!!”
oh
So this kid was the boss of the pants.
It is said that the guy who used to be the boss of the trousers and promoted himself as the boss of the trousers took not only money but also his wife while he was in prison.
It looks like he couldn’t find a business partner, so is he blaming Baek Young-sik, who arrested him?
“He must suffer too. He must lose everything too!”
Should I lose it for a second?
Was this bastard doing this on purpose without the chief prosecutor?
From the beginning, the chief prosecutor’s family was the goal?
Wow. He was a really crazy kid.
“Then why did you run away to the gate?”
Jiho Kang said with a fishy smile.
“Because that way he will suffer forever. He will live in hell without finding me for the rest of his life.”
It’s like Kang Ji-ho went crazy because he couldn’t find a partner and wife.
Now I can understand the things I wondered about in my previous life.
Kang Ji-ho in his previous life perfectly succeeded in revenge.
As if Kang Ji-ho’s survival was always a concern, because he disappeared from the dungeon, making Baek Young-sik unable to take revenge on his family forever and at the same time, unable to give up.
It was a disaster that happened when the man who had gone mad with a grudge awakened.
“… you crazy bastard.”
“I do not care. It’s that bastard who made me like this! So I have to go to the gate! Release this right now!!”
“I’m not a good guy either, but you’re really trash. Garbage that cannot be recycled.”
Anyway, with this, my alibi is complete.
I firmly believed that Kang Ji-ho was caught by following him, so I’ll talk about it that way in future investigations.
I got up from my seat and said.
“ruler. Shall I contact the prosecutor now?”
“I will do it!! I!!”
Baek Young-sik opened his eyes and said.
“I’m going to hold you in my hand!!”
Then a prosecutor said with a sad expression on his face.
“Boss. I understand, but calm down. You know you can’t.”
If a prosecutor is directly involved in any one case, he or she is naturally excluded from the charge.
“Ahh!!”
Baek Young-sik, who had been yelling for a long time, sat down and wept.
“Miyoung-ah… Changi-ya… Sohye-ya…”
Baek Young-sik sits down in tears and mutters the names of his wife and children.
A prosecutor who looked at Baek Young-sik with a sad look.
But then one of the investigators answered the phone and said:
“Inspector!”
“why?”
“An informant has appeared saying they know the identity of the culprit!”
“What?”
At that, Baek Young-sik jumped up from his seat and said.
“who! Who the hell are you!”
The investigator hesitated for a moment, then said.
“That’s… if you let the manager talk on the phone, I’ll tell you.”
Then, Baek Young-sik runs to him and grabs the phone and shouts.
“Give it away!”
Baek Young-sik said with bloodshot eyes.
“This is Baek Young-sik, manager.”
-hello. Chief Baek. My name is Insoo Jeong.
“Do you know who the culprit is?”
-Yes. The culprit’s name is Jiho Kang. The manager of an illegal prostitution shop was arrested 10 years ago. And now he’s an Awakened.
“Kang Ji-ho. Awakened?”
Even if I remember the massive crackdown 10 years ago, I can’t remember the names of so many people one by one.
When Baek Young-sik gestured, the prosecutor said to the investigators.
“My name is Jiho Kang! Awakened. Find me quickly!”
– I know where he is.
Baek Young-sik opened his eyes and said.
“Do you even know where it is? How are you?”
– Let’s meet and talk. Come down to Dangjin. I’ll talk to you one by one. Instead, you must come alone.
Baek Young-sik, who received a phone call from the prosecutor while driving to Dangjin, said.
“Did you know?”
-Yes. Name Jeong In-soo. It has at least tens of billions of assets and is the owner of the smelter and various businesses in the area.
Baek Soo-soo said with a firm expression on his face.
“…you are quite a giant.”
-Yes. He is a person of considerable influence around him.
“A person like that wouldn’t have called me to be nonsense. great.”
– Are you really okay with going alone?
“okay. I will go alone.”
The sense of a prosecutor with 20 years of experience speaks for itself.
this is for sure
Jung In-soo knows something.
“Anyway, thank you.”
-What.
“Investigate a guy named Jiho Kang and let him know where he comes out.”
-Yes. Boss.
After running for a long time, I arrived in front of Dangjin Gate.
There were a lot of buildings under construction here and there, reminiscent of a construction site, but that wasn’t what was important to Baek Young-sik.
A container house cafe arrived after Baek Young-sik parked in a nearby empty lot and walked for a while.
When I opened the door and entered, there was a young man sitting alone at a table with no employees inside.
“Mr. Jung In-soo?”
“Yes. Chief Baek.”
Jeong In-soo got up from his seat and said.
“I am Jeong In-soo. Please sit this way.”
How could such a young man accumulate such enormous wealth and dominate the area?
‘Who’s behind the scenes?’
Baek Young-sik tries to find out about Jung In-soo even while his family is slaughtered.
But then he shook his head and thought.
‘No. That’s not what’s important now.’
Baek Young-sik said as he sat down at the table.
“Did you say you know where Jiho Kang is? Where are you?”
“I know your heart, but you can take it slow. He’s not in a situation where he can run away now.”
It’s not something you can run away from?
“······no way.”
“Yes. I caught it. Locked in chains so that it can never be released. So you don’t have to worry. But before that.”
Jeong In-soo got up from his seat and bowed his back slightly.
“First of all, let me apologize.”
An apology, not consolation, for the death of a family member.
“What does that mean?”
Baek Young-sik is in a desperate state right now.
Demanding something in return for handing over Kang Ji-ho to Baek Young-sik is a shame.
What I need now is not to demand but to appeal to me how great I am.
As far as the Awakened and the Gates are concerned, they show that they have great intelligence and influence to prevent the prosecution from treating me badly and at the same time make me think of me as a useful helper.
“For some reason, I hired someone to investigate Kang Ji-ho. Then I found out that Ji-ho Kang was spying on the manager’s house.”
Baek Young-sik’s face began to turn red.
“Yum… Tam?”
“I started an investigation into why they spyed… but in that short time, Ji-ho Kang got things done. Hearing this, I hurriedly released the Awoken and succeeded in catching them just before they escaped to the gate. If I had noticed a little sooner, I would have been able to warn the manager.”
I bowed my head and said.
“sorry.”
“Could you possibly have stopped it?”
“…that must have been difficult. It’s because the friend I put to follow Kang Ji-ho is not an Awakened.”
By creating someone who doesn’t exist, it gives the impression that I was intervening in everything.
It’s like having a plausible intelligence organization under its control.
I got up from my seat and said.
“Go. I will show you Jiho Kang.”