At that time, at the parking lot of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.
In the sedan painted with thick tinting, lawyer Baek Jin, who is in charge of defending Park Seok-hyun, is sitting.
"Anyway, I need to know that cops are stupid."
-Did you say Seoul Office? 1 Crime investigation team?
He was browsing the Park Seok-hyun case on a tablet PC while talking to a fellow lawyer.
"uh. Is it Lee Hyeon-soo or Cheol-su? I don't know. There's a strange background. But Ji thinks he's wearing his hair and says he's very nasty, but it's spectacle."
-Ah, Inspector Lee Hyun-soo? The Seoul Metropolitan Government Villain?
"What about the villain, if the villain is that stupid, then the main character would have the taste of killing the villain?"
Baek Jin, a lawyer with a mean smile, closed the tablet PC and continued.
"Well, it's me, it's comfortable and nice. Anyway, I think I will go comfortably thanks to some hogu this time."
- Isn't it confirmed that it goes to the prosecution? Moreover, it seemed like it would explode in the media. Can you put your mind at rest?
"You don't know who the mayor of Hoseon-gu is? If it's that person, our law firm will try to help. In fact, if you just go over to the prosecutor's office, thank you. How many prosecutors are in line to come to our law firm? I want to do it at this time, so I will do all the things that can help the district chief's son be innocent and get points for probation."
- That's great. Then when you're done, give it a shot.
Attorney Baek Jin raised a corner of his mouth.
'Daesang Law Firm' is lined with former judges and prosecutors.
It was quite difficult to survive there as a young lawyer.
I ran here and there to get a connection, but I guess I really betrayed my efforts.
If only he could help the mayor reduce Park Seok-hyun's sentence or receive a suspended sentence.
"Then you should shoot. You will get results, and you will also have a valuable network with the mayor."
It was an opportunity to get your name known to the VIPs, even if it went badly in the press.
Looking at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency visible through the car window, he continued.
"Let's have a drink at an expensive place. I'll contact you."
****
The cold morning air is entering the Crime team office through a small window.
The only light in the dark office was Hyeonsu's desk.
his seat in the corner.
The surroundings were full of Hyeonsu's luggage, as if he hadn't returned home for several days.
Even at a glance, you can tell that he is a homicide detective who works overtime every day.
It was the most familiar scenery for Hyeonsu.
Sitting on a chair, resting his chin on one hand, Hyeon-soo is turning his pencil while thinking about something.
"Attorney Jin Baek of Daesang Law Firm."
As i thought that dealing with the mayor's son would not be easy.
Like all people with money and power, I thought the mayor would find a good lawyer first.
But I didn't know that it would be a target law firm.
The number one law firm in the industry, a vicious law firm that says you can live with a sentence if you have money.
It was a law firm that exists for conglomerates, and powerful people.
and.
"Lee Yong-jae."
Another grandson of Hyeonsu's grandfather and his cousin.
The de facto* representative of the target law firm, the law firm of Attorney Lee Yong-jae.
Hyunsoo smiled.
"It's fun."
Hyeon-soo, thinking of Lee Yong-jae, seemed very familiar.
Like a person who has thought of Lee Yong-jae and his family all his life.
****
About a month ago.
Hyeon-soo had been forced to stop by the hospital room where his grandfather, the chairman of Daesang Group, was lying.
"I intend to leave a legacy to you. If you don't take it, it will go to the other children. how, Are you going to take it?"
Chairman Lee's Legacy, Article 3.
Chairman Lee thought Hyeon-soo would reject his legacy.
The death of Hyeonsu's parents. Seeing the lives that were most precious to him disappear because of that bastard's money, he would never be able to accept that money.
However, the words of Hyeonsu that follow.
"Then take it."
"what? You say?"
"Why don't you like it? You say you're getting hot? Then don't give it to me."
"No, I."
Chairman Lee, who was sitting on the bed, had a puzzled look on his face.
How to convince Hyeon-soo that he won't accept the money from those who killed his parents, whether going to you will be more valuable than my money-crazy sons, he has been preparing to convince Hyeon-soo for several months.
"Make up your mind quickly. I have to go investigate that reference person."
However, Hyeon-soo just checks his watch casually.
"that, Then what do you plan to do with Team 3?"
3 trillion is not small even for ordinary chaebol. Hyun-soo, who says he takes such money.
'Did I look at the wrong person ?'
I heard that Hyeon-soo, like his father and Lee Han-seok, the son of Chairman Lee, is a righteous person and can't stand injustice. Even at the police station, he was like a mad dog, and he didn't let go once bitten, so he was called 'villain' by his colleagues.
But how easy it is to make 3 sets OK.
As Chairman Lee looked at him with his eyes narrowed, Hyeonsu spat out words.
"I use it for my work, what. That's why I want so much money."
"Work... to do?"
"yes."
"Exactly, how?"
Hyeon-soo's eyebrows curled at the president's inquisitive question.
"I guess you don't have as much trust in me as you thought? As if a little while ago, when you said you were going to pass on the inheritance, and now how and where you are going to use it."
"That's right, of course I could have misunderstood the person."
"Didn't you feel it already? My eyes are turned upside down in front of money, and I don't have parents or anything. With that kind of money, I'm going to give it a try."
"What the fuck?"
"yes. Money that will take the breath of criminals."
"criminal?"
"Chairman, since you is up there, you may not know how it rolls down here. If you look here, all the stars are there."
When Chairman Lee gestured for him to continue talking, Hyeon-soo continued.
"A guy who kills people and then gets away with getting rid of evidence with money, a guy who lowers a sentence with money, a guy who uses money to hold the police tight and make them do what they want. I became a police officer to catch them, but to catch them, I realized I needed money, not a police badge."
"...."
"That's why I took it because you said you would give me money like this."
"...."
Chairman Lee rubbed his chin and looked worried. Then, He raised his eyebrows and the corners of his mouth.
"Why are you laughing?"
"Because I don't think I saw the wrong person."
****
In the end, Chairman Lee was wary of his children and grandchildren. Even the president knew.
They want to use their own money and the company to their liking.
It was one of them, the target law firm.
"Did you leave a legacy to punish these guys?"
Hyunsoo put a smile on his lips for a moment. But soon after, he shook his head.
Personal life here.
The target law firm is not directly related to this case. It's just a law firm belonging to the perpetrator's lawyer.
What Hyeonsu is chasing now is not the target law firm.
Hyeonsu put the pencil he was spinning on the desk.
Anyway, what I need to focus on now is the incident committed by Park Seok-hyun and his two friends.
Clearly, their charges should be revealed and they should be punished.
It was then.
Hyunsoo's cell phone vibrated loudly.
"hello?"
- This is Police Officer Kim! Sorry for calling in early morning!
"No, you work harder. What's going on? what came out?"
-Yes! Do you have a phone that is presumed to be Park Seok-hyun's cell phone found this evening? I just finished a forensic analysis of that phone.
Constable Kim's words continued, and soon after, Hyeonsu jumped up.
"nothing, Didn't you come out?"
Park Seok-hyun's cell phone, which he found while using money for services.
It was to find a cell phone containing conversations between Park Seok-hyun and his friends in the video of the victim's harassment.
"Once I got it. I'll be going soon."
Hyunsoo put down his phone.
There is not much time left to hold Park Seok-hyun, and Baek-jin, the lawyer, does not know what to do during the remaining time.
The cell phone that police officer Kim came to was a fake. A trap that lawyer Baek Jin cleverly prepared to buy time.
What Hyeonsu needed now was evidence. The mobile phone he really used to commit the crime, which will prove Park Seok-hyun's allegations.
But then.
"driving this is me crazy. ah, No way, did you really have to get that far?"
Hyeonsu laughed, raising the corner of his mouth wide.
Hyeon-soo continues to laugh like a crazy person.
It was fun.
It's because the lawyer's method that I thought was coming out as it is.
This, too, was part of Hyunsoo's plan.
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de facto : a Latin expression used to say that something exists even though it may not be legally accepted as existing