Finally Kim Hyeok found himself back in the living room with Ko Hongfa and Bae Jisung.
"What have we learned?" he asked.
"That he's got another place," Bae Jisung said immediately.
Ko Hongfa was skeptical. "How do we know that?"
"For one thing, the carpet doesn't match the fibers found at the crime scenes. Jaen Songok must have picked up those fibers someplace else. Someplace where he spends a lot of time."
"At work," Ko Hongfa said with a shrug.
Bae Jisung shook her head. "No way. An upscale department store like Golden Drew's wouldn't use cheap short-nap carpeting. It's more like something you'd find in a low-rent office—maybe someplace he's renting."
"And there's another thing," Kim Hyeok added before Ko Hongfa could reply. "Jaen Songok doesn't keep his trophies here. Since he's unlikely to throw them away, he must hide them at another location. A location that offers privacy—isolation or concealment."
