Chapter 38 – The Song of Wild Geese (1)
Fortunately for her misfortune, Alice did not express the slightest hint of what had happened last weekend.
It’s probably the same that she doesn’t want to be found out by Yeriel anyway.
I was trying to do my job proudly, but suddenly my work laptop, which hadn’t been turned on yet, turned on by itself.
Alice, who was next to her, was a little surprised. I calmly sat down.
Of course, her mind was as disturbed as mine.
‘Oracle? What is it all of a sudden?’
What appeared on the blue screen was none other than a notice.
Thinking that something had come, I checked the contents and switched the screen.
[Due to system maintenance, Master Lee Je-hyeon and subordinates’ quotas reduced by 70%]
‘Kuk. Matthew, you should have said this beforehand at the regular meeting… Are you saying it’s too obvious to you?’
It seems that Matthew Manuel, the development master, has already begun to act.
Alice, not fully understanding the contents of the notice, quietly asked next to her.
Fortunately, it was morning, so the office was moderately busy.
“What is the quota? Why is it suddenly being reduced?”
“The oracle artificial intelligence endowment work that was discussed at the last meeting… Starting with that, the oracle’s functions are limited.”
“Aha. Then you can’t use it as you like?”
“I can write, but I have to be a little more careful.”
In terms of smartphones, this is no different from a drastic reduction in data transmission.
Considering that more than 20% of the quota must be left in preparation for emergencies, it is equivalent to reducing Oracle’s computing power to almost 10% in normal times.
Yeriel also sent me a message after receiving the notice.
[How do I communicate with the members of the investigation team?]
[That hardly uses the quota. You do as usual.]
[I know.]
Come to think of it, the current members are also receiving work orders from Yeriel.
I clicked my tongue inwardly and tried to say it without thinking.
“Let’s try without Oracle for a while.”
“You can do it?”
“Do you think I can’t?”
In fact, most crimes don’t even require the use of an oracle.
Anyway, the special unit can legally inquire the communication details, and it is possible to track the location of the smartphone in connection with the base station.
Of course, it would be difficult to obtain conclusive evidence by sitting still at home, as in the case of the disaster in the great sea, but…
Still, I don’t think I can do it at all.
“It’s not like events that require an oracle happen often anyway. If that happens often, that’s the end of the century.”
“But if you have a little bit, it’s really counting, right?”
“Because there are still more than 10 months left?”
Alice and I had a small quarrel as usual, distributing tasks to the crew.
After a few days of rest, I picked the biggest event to regain my senses.
“Are you Jeongtae?”
“Yes, chief.”
“Bring me the one that hits the target the most.”
“There’s something good about it.”
Kim Jung-tae was overjoyed at my resurrection and quickly handed me a file.
I accepted it and nodded my head in satisfaction.
Alice asked very worriedly from the side.
“What else is this time?”
“It’s just a normal murder case involving Hunter.”
After investigating kidnapping and rape, short-selling stock fraud, celebrity sex services involving gangsters, and pseudo-denominational cults, this seems like a very normal incident.
But as I looked at the details, I couldn’t help but harden my face a bit.
The incident was not very grandiose or anything, but there was a corner that strangely stabbed my conscience.
“An active hunter murdered her wife… And they were in divorce proceedings because of an affair?”
“Yes? Who had the affair?”
When Seo Ji-yu, who was at least a little free, raised her voice and asked, she naturally took notice of Lee Seo-woo and the other team members.
I stammered, chewing her in her mind.
“That … Her murdered wife’s side committed her affair.”
“Yeah. Anyway, killing is a bit too much, but I can understand your feelings.”
Rattle!
Alice and I were heartbroken by Seo Ji-yu’s words.
Then, for some reason, Lee Seo-woo also revealed his feelings.
“The incident is already famous. Infidelity is unforgivable.”
“Hey. But what if you kill people like that?”
As I spoke in defense of her wife, they both stared at me.
“What’s the matter with the team leader? The person who usually presumes guilt first.”
“That’s right, the team leader wouldn’t even dream of having an affair.”
“Ah. Well, the team leader’s wife is pretty, has a lot of money, and has a nice personality…”
“…”
This, I’m getting more and more trash.
Alice couldn’t bear to lift her head either.
In fact, what we did was an affair that couldn’t be avoided.
At the time, I thought there was something similar to Yeriel’s tacit permission, so I just skipped over it…
It turned out that it was Alice’s lie.
Of course, since I also fell for the temptation, I can’t blame Alice unilaterally.
The team members were excitedly talking about me, not knowing my speed.
“Even your wife proposed first…”
“Hey, guys. Let’s work. Work.”
“Yep.”
Having barely calmed them down, I returned my gaze to the case file.
The accused was already in custody immediately after the crime.
In addition, there is even a video filmed at the time of the crime.
‘What is this… It’s just a level of prosecution?’
It wasn’t stabbed with a knife in public, but it broke his heart with telekinesis.
The accused is a hunter with telekinesis ability, so it is as if the crime has already been confirmed.
When I read the related materials and went to interrogate the accused, not only Alice but also Seo Ji-yu followed me.
“Mr. Jiu, do you have anything to do?”
“It’s my job to assist the team leader.”
“You could have put coffee errands that way.”
But it was a little too much for me to do anything else, so we went down to the confinement room together.
The defender, Kim Woo-joo, had a very drawn-out impression.
Originally, he was a little more fleshy, but he seemed to have barely touched his meal.
As soon as he met me, he was slightly terrified.
Now my name and face seem to be quite well known.
“This, Investigator Lee Jae-hyun?”
“Hello Mr. Kim Woo-joo. Let’s go comfortably…”
“Sir! Save me. Mom, I didn’t kill you!”
“…”
I was a little taken back by the unexpected situation.
It’s as if the case has already been decided, but to deny the allegations so strongly.
The guild’s lawyer wouldn’t have done this?
After calming him down a bit, I summarized the incident.
“Kim Woo-joo, 31 years old, A-rank hunter. A person with telekinetic abilities belonging to a large guild. He was in the process of divorce with his spouse, and his two children are 8 and 7 years old respectively. Is there anything wrong?”
“That… It is.”
“On the day of the incident, Kim Woo-joo, accompanied by their respective lawyers, was having a meeting at a cafe with his spouse, who was in the process of divorce proceedings. There were several times when his voice became heated during the conversation.”
“T, nothing wrong.”
I didn’t know what the hell he was trying to say, so I continued my explanation.
“Then, suddenly, the spouse coughed up blood and collapsed. He was taken to the hospital as quickly as possible, but died before arriving. At the time of death, his heart was completely crushed. There were no other traumas. Did you know ?”
“I know.”
Anyone can see that during the argument, emotions were intensified, and it seemed that Kim Woo-joo had crushed his heart with telekinesis.
So, the association immediately arrested Kim Woo-joo.
As a result of the autopsy, the heart even showed a magical response.
First of all, it is certain that Kim Woo-joo’s wife died from telekinesis.
“But what claim do you want to make?”
“I-I didn’t do it! I didn’t kill it!”
“Kim Woo-joo, please calm down a little. You can hear me without raising your voice.”
“Ah… I’m sorry.”
Kim Woo-joo shrinks as soon as I give him attention.
It certainly doesn’t seem to control emotional changes.
Besides, there was a deep sense of resentment in his voice.
I asked again just in case.
I wondered if he was trying to claim that he was mentally and physically weak.
“So… Are you saying it wasn’t your intention to use telekinesis?”
“No. Not even that. How much time do I have, and would I make such a mistake?
This also makes sense in its own way.
Kim Woo-joo is an elite hunter who has been dispatched overseas.
It’s hard to see now that I made that mistake.
“However, there was only one hunter, Mr. Kim Woo-joo, who was present at the scene at the time.
“Is that important?”
“That’s the most important thing. In this kind of hunter crime, the ability of the accused is important.”
Even though I felt like I was a lawyer, I explained it sincerely.
Criminal ability.
It’s not just a term used in the hunter industry, it’s literally ‘does the suspect have the ability to commit an offense?’ Will see
However, in Hunter crime, the meaning is slightly different.
If the victim freezes to death and the suspect has telepathic abilities, the suspect cannot be recognized as the culprit.
However, in this case, the abilities used in the crime match the abilities of the suspect perfectly.
I said, trying not to overstimulate him.
“I tried to stage a heart attack with telekinesis, but the force was too much and my heart ruptured… Others might see it that way.”
“So, I didn’t use telekinesis at all.”
“But the victim died of telekinesis.”
“Sir. If I had been the culprit, I wouldn’t have made her stupid mistake like that. She had a thousand more ways to kill that woman more stealthily!”
I couldn’t bear to deny Kim Woo-joo’s protest.
If his wife dies, the first person to be suspected is Kim Woo-joo, but it is doubtful that he dared to commit the crime there.
“You want to claim that you’ve been framed by a Hunter with a similar ability? Telekinesis is a relatively common ability.”
“That’s it! As expected, the investigator knows!”
Kim Woo-joo looked up at me with a face as if he had grabbed a rope.
I also felt a bit strange today, so I asked him again.
“Didn’t you want to judge your wife for cheating?”
“Of course I wanted to judge! But how could you even commit murder anyway? We were already going through divorce proceedings.”
“… OK. Let’s investigate this a bit more.”
I finally left the interrogation room with such a voice.
Actually, I was thinking the same thing.
No matter how much he cheated on his spouse, there was no way he could just kill them blindly.
More than ever, I want to believe in the innocence of the accused.
“T-chief? To investigate this a little more…”
“There’s some truth in Kim Woo-joo’s words. All we have now is circumstantial evidence. It’s almost like red-handed criminals, but there were no other hunter experts at the scene.”
“Yeah, but it is.”
“Jiyu-san, stay still.”
Alice also came out with great effort and she left the confinement room as one body.
Seo Ji-yu followed me, losing her words her at my change her.
