Chapter 19 – Golden Shield (6)
The next morning.
Saint Seong-yul confessed as soon as he saw us who had just left for work.
Lee Seo-woo, who was in charge of recording and recording the confession, was very embarrassed by his sudden change of attitude.
“Seo Woo, did you end well?”
“Yes. I don’t think he’s lying. He said he’ll provide the evidence he’s kept separately, so check it now…”
“Seo-woo is here. Jeong-tae, send a couple of people from the security team.”
“Yes!”
In fact, I secured the evidence yesterday, so I didn’t have to go there.
With that, I’m sure I’ll be able to join the Golden Shield Guild.
Seo-woo looked at the contents of the confession once again and admired it slightly.
“The team leader’s reasoning was correct from beginning to end.”
“I see. To be honest, I was a little surprised. I thought I was wrong in one or two places.”
It wasn’t a completely unfounded imagination, but I never thought it would fit so well.
For reference, Ahn Tae-yang, a missing person, was victimized unfairly because he noticed the guild’s criminal activities.
Lee Seo-woo’s face was confused, as if he still didn’t understand.
“But why did he suddenly confess? He was the one who kept his silence until yesterday, but he suddenly revealed everything, including the PFG chemical incident.”
“Well. Did you go to Santa at night?”
“…”
Last night’s trespass went undetected.
Hunter equipment and abilities were neutralized with green dust, and electronic access records were erased with Oracle.
Despite noticing a bit suspicious circumstances, Lee Seo-woo doesn’t ask anymore.
Alice, who had a rough idea of the situation, took me to a corner and inquired more closely.
“What would you do if the saints told you that you saw Green Dust?”
“Even if I tell you, you’ll have to lose yourself.”
“What?”
“Anyway, the sainthood rate is 100% going to prison at the time we caught it… Even the inmates of the hunter-only prison have a class. Easy.”
Therefore, Yoo Si-hyeon, who was caught last time, will be treated badly even among the same inmates.
Since the hunter’s ability is sealed anyway, the grade during active duty is not very meaningful.
“But the bottom of the bottom… There’s an underground class.”
“What is that?”
“Prisoners caught for green dust. They’re notorious for their viciousness, so they’re lynched without question or question.”
Of course, I deliberately selected only those people and sent them to prison.
The saints rate is still a bottom-level decision because he became an informer, but if it is revealed that he is involved in green dust, he could be killed in prison without exaggeration.
Besides, the green dust is still sleeping in his body, so I won’t go against my heart.
Alice was relieved a little.
“Seo-woo, after you’ve sorted out the transcript, prepare to mobilize. We’re going to arrest the Golden Shield bastards.”
“Yes!”
Lee Seo-woo, who went up to the office and changed his clothes, asked cautiously as if he remembered the press release he had read yesterday.
“By the way, manager. Didn’t we pass the press release too quickly? It’s making a fuss about that…”
“Well, how is it? I only told the exact truth.”
“Yeah, but it is.”
The Golden Shield Guild is under investigation for stock price manipulation.
Seong-yul, a key member, was arrested on the spot!
That is exactly what I conveyed to the press.
I committed it because I was convinced that the Golden Shield was 100% the perpetrator.
I clapped my hands as I recalled an incident that Lee Seo-woo experienced when he was a police officer.
“Ah, that’s right. Seo-woo also suffered unfairly, right? Poke the media once. As a person with experience, the effect is quite good. It makes me feel better.”
“Eh… Ah, no.”
Lee Seo-woo smiled bitterly, recalling the Big Dipper guild incident I had experienced.
Certainly, the media played an important role in that case.
“Since the team leader handed over the evidence video, I just want to handle it according to the law.”
“Well, that’s a great pose.”
We headed straight to the headquarters of the Golden Shield and restrained the guild members.
They didn’t even imagine that the saint rate would confess, so they didn’t run away and stayed still.
First of all, he thought it was important to lower the sentence of the saints rate as much as possible and deny the allegation of stock price manipulation.
“I-let go of this! This case is a guild member’s arbitrariness…”
“That sainthood has blown up.”
I stopped the guild master from talking by showing a copy of the evidence provided by the saint rate.
Eventually, the Golden Shield Guild was also resolved at once.
Alice said quietly on the way back to her office.
“It’s good that the saints have the evidence.”
“Thanks for making my job easier.”
“But… Wasn’t it just luck this time?”
What if there was no evidence for the saint rate?
Alice was eager to ask.
I smiled and nodded my head slightly.
“I was definitely lucky. The same goes for the Golden Shield guys.”
“What?”
“Otherwise, I would have had to interrogate the guild master separately.”
Alice is also very smart.
If there was no evidence, do you think I would have gracefully given up?
Now that she’s used to her way of doing things, she spares her words.
“…”
“But I’m curious.”
“What?”
“If it were Yeriel, how would he have handled this case?”
“Well, I don’t think. If you were a sister, even if she appeared on the air and only raised suspicions, other people would have taken care of it, right?”
Alice is saying something that makes sense.
But Yeriel wouldn’t do that.
If she had stirred up the masses in that way, she would not have been treated as her goddess.
For now, since she’s retired, I won’t be able to see her skills for a while.
‘My way is enough for now.’
Back at the office, we arrested them and started getting confessions.
By the way, today, did not Yeriel, who had not been called, suddenly come to the office?
As I was a little taken back, she moved into my private office to explain.
“Hey honey?”
“You’ve gotten used to the titles now. I’m glad.”
“What happened all of a sudden?”
“I was asked to attend by the president of the association. I think there was strong pressure from outside the association.”
If it’s a request to appear… Are you having a hearing or something?
Only then did I catch a glimpse of the situation.
In fact, it was something that would surely happen someday.
“It’s faster than expected.”
“Maybe it’s because you’re doing your job so well?”
“It is.”
The launch of the association’s special investigation unit is, in effect, a surprise declaration of martial law.
It is an act that other government departments cannot and should not like.
In addition, less than two weeks after the Special Investigation Unit was launched, I arrested an S-rank hunter on the spot, and a while ago, I arrested all members of the Golden Shield Guild.
It is only natural that people would be frightened by this.
Yeriel asked for her opinion, as if she would match me as much as possible.
“What would you like to do?”
“Are all the people participating in this meeting aware of the current situation? About the lifespan of gates and dungeons.”
“Most of them.”
“Then… Can I do it my way here?”
“Do by that way.”
Surprisingly, Yeriel readily agreed and crossed arms with me.
Thanks to you, I left the office with great courage.
“Manager?”
“You guys are still doing some work. Just leave work when it’s time.”
“Ah, I see.”
The team members feel awkward and embarrassed.
She gets into the elevator, and Yeriel presses the button for her to go upstairs.
After a while I was able to face the embarrassed face of the president of the association.
“How exactly did this happen?”
“All members of the Golden Shield Guild have been arrested on suspicion of stock manipulation. There is also clear evidence.”
“Yes, that’s right. There are complaints from Your Excellency the President, the Ministry of Justice, the Prosecutor’s Office and related departments. We will be exchanging some questions via videoconference, so be careful.”
“All right.”
After all, it seems that it has become like an informal hearing.
In particular, the prosecution hates me very much, but since I became the association’s special investigator and arrests criminals at will, I have no choice but to criticize them.
To them, I am a traitor to the organization, a shame that must be buried.
If I am active as a special investigator, the prestige of the prosecution will naturally fall.
Soon after, I entered the conference room and stood in the center facing countless eyes.
Yeriel sat right next to her and stood by me.
The eyes of the attendees were greatly shaken when they saw us entering amicably, but…
They immediately gathered their voices and began to protest vehemently.
[Current investigation by the Special Investigation Unit is overly irresponsible and rule-of-thumb…]
[Lee Je-hyun is a person who has been dismissed from public office. But why would someone like that […
[Last time, they ignored our request to attend.]
The president of the association began to deftly deflect the criticism and suspicion, but it seemed that the other side had also decided to come this time.
In particular, the prosecution is going through every detail, from the last time I was kidnapped to the recent Golden Shield case.
If you think there’s even a little bit of a problem, bite it and see.
[In particular, Seo Ji-yu, a member of the investigation team, is a former criminal of embezzlement.]
“The appointment of investigators is entirely within the investigator’s authority. Seo Ji-yu played an active part in the Golden Shield investigation.”
[Is there any proof that all guild members are arrested for manipulating stock prices?]
“Of course.”
[This is how all the hunters who will protect Korea are going to jail!]
[Excessive investigation from entering a private facility armed with firearms…]
What’s really funny is that none of them even get her grievances about Yeriel.
While stumbling through the investigation process from beginning to end, he doesn’t even mention the part that has to do with Yeriel.
After all, she is a kind of sanctuary.
‘This is a waste of time.’
It is impossible to satisfy all of them anyway.
It makes me a little sorry to see the president of the association sweating profusely in front of me.
I thought so and finally took action.
“Chairman, can I speak directly?”
“Jae-hyun?”
“Ah. Can you hear me?”
I pretended to check the mic and watched their reactions.
People expressing their displeasure from beyond the screen.
[…
Immediately after a brief silence.
I made a clear declaration in front of them.
“It’s Dust I drew.”
[What, what?]
[For a moment. Lee Jae-hyun, what did you just say…]
“I personally judged the hunters who committed crimes over the past five years. There will be cases you know about and cases you don’t know about.”
Hwaaak!
When I made and showed the green dust in front of the camera, the meeting room fell into silence.
You can even hear the sound of the association president swallowing saliva from the side.
In particular, the faces of the prosecutors were quite worth seeing.
I put my personal feelings aside for a while and continued the explanation.
“I can turn Seoul into ruins right now. If I use my hands, it will become uninhabitable for about half a century.”
[Yes, Mr. Yeriel!]
One of the participants in the video conference shouted as if asking for help.
But instead of overpowering me, Yeriel stood up and quickly crossed his arms.
Faces stained with contemplation at actions that clearly sided with me.
I realized later that she knew who I was.
“I don’t think even Yeriel will stop it this time.”
[…
“Don’t interfere with my work.”
Those who had criticized me and the Special Investigation Team just a moment ago had become docile like a flock of sheep.
Yeriel Frost and Green Dust. To antagonize both is simply suicidal.
In particular, the former counts a little too much.
When I finished the notification and tried to turn around with Yeriel, someone shouted.
[That, green dust… What the hell are you trying to do!]
Even though I made up my mind to put aside my personal feelings.
I couldn’t stop something boiling in my chest.
In the end, I screamed out loud.
“What you should have done earlier!”
The meeting room fell into complete silence.
Yeriel and I walked side by side and left the conference room.
