Chapter 82 – Corporations (2)
The arrest investigation is a very convenient method from the viewpoint of the investigative agency.
Since the investigation is conducted while the suspect has already been caught, he can be summoned and interrogated at any time…
You can’t get rid of or manipulate the evidence on that side.
There is no one completely clean in the world, so if you go through an arrest investigation with harsh words, you can make a crime that you didn’t have.
It was not for nothing that I called for an investigation without a warrant even before I was appointed as a special investigator.
Prosecutors can detain a suspect for up to 20 days before filing an indictment.
If you bring in the cops, you can keep them locked up for up to 30 days, but you don’t have to go that far with these guys.
The president of the Dark Horse Guild, who confidently clamored to follow the law, was confined in a cage as if he were about to die.
Other employees suffered the same.
They looked at the president who recklessly provoked me in the midst of excited bullshit.
“Whoa, whoa! Whoar… Growl!”
Kerr was crying incessantly in the confinement room where they were locked up.
The guy drooling and glaring at the inside of the cage didn’t usually look threatening.
Some of the weak female employees even shed tears.
“Please put the dog away…”
“Kkong kong! Kreureu!”
Kerr, who had been crying endlessly for the first time in a while, stopped her movements as soon as I entered the restraint room and came closer.
I told him, completely ignoring the screaming and screaming of the suspects.
“Good job, let’s go eat. Pick a place you like today.”
“Woof woof!”
Kerr excitedly waggled his tail and followed me.
He had an unbelievably calm demeanor for a guy who had gone wild just a moment ago.
All the employees of the Dark Horse Guild were stunned to see it, but…
I didn’t even look back at them.
Climbing up to the office, Kerr flicked down her delivery app and tapped a corner with his paw her.
The intelligence of Cerberus, a hunter pet for hunting monsters, is at the level of slapping the face of quite a few genius dogs.
“What is it, Japanese food? Mr. Jiyu, come and order in moderation.”
“Yes! Team leader. How do I calculate…”
“Oh right.”
I handed over the card I confiscated from Seo Ji-yu last time.
Seeing him tremble with emotion upon receiving it made me want to confiscate it again.
“Manager…”
“What? Are you not going to order it? Do you want to take it back?”
“No! By the way, is it really okay to keep arresting them? What if I do something like a claim for damages later?”
“How many people we’ve arrested so far… You’re asking that really early.”
I reassured Seo Ji-yu while scolding him.
“As long as innocent doesn’t appear, there’s no problem. Even if innocent appears, it’s a loss over there.”
“That’s the loss…”
Arrest investigation is a very painful thing for the victim.
The repetition of life where you can’t go anywhere and are called out, interrogated, and imprisoned again…
If the investigative agency conducts an arrest investigation, the innocent victim can receive compensation later, but the amount is absurdly small.
Even if you receive compensation, you cannot return the time and credit you have already lost.
“Originally, an arrest investigation is not about obtaining a warrant for nothing.”
“Oh my gosh.”
Seo Ji-yu seemed worried about what would happen if they were innocent victims, but…
To me, it was 100% guilty.
Otherwise, there was no need to attack me like that.
The president overreacted because there was a corner where he was stabbed properly.
After we finished lunch, Kim Jeong-tae, who was heading to the headquarters of the Dark Horse Guild, sent a message.
Blanche also helped, albeit in a small way, by submitting evidence of this and that.
As soon as I finished eating, I looked at it and sighed deeply.
“That’s right. These motherfuckers…”
“Did something come out?”
“There are so many that it’s hard to choose.”
Well, in a way, it’s natural.
Body-enhanced hunters are not only strong, but also extremely superior in endurance and durability.
If he had driven him to death from overwork… He would have to have been overworked.
According to the testimony of the deceased’s wife, it was supposed to come out before sunrise and come in at midnight.
After slowly reviewing the data, I called a lawyer first.
He introduced himself as the exclusive lawyer of the Woncheong Guild and spoke to me without hesitation.
“Sir, I will give up my defense of the Dark Horse Guild and its employees.”
“It’s okay, so call the original guild master first.”
Took.
When I lent him his smartphone his, he called his boss his with his hands shaking.
After a while, the guild master of Woncheong, who literally jumped in with his socks, sat quietly next to the lawyer.
As a result of the previous investigation, I decided that it would be difficult to weave in to the original guild… I just decided to let them go.
“Have you been to the mortuary?”
“Yes… I’m back. I’m really sorry about this incident. We, the original requester, are acutely aware of our responsibility.”
“The Dark Horse Guild, a corporation… It’s very convenient and nice to be a corporation.”
“?”
I decided to confess my feelings in front of the two men.
They didn’t say a word and just listened quietly.
“Corporations are basically treated as having no criminal capacity, because a company is not considered capable of committing murder.”
“…”
“Isn’t it strange? This case is obviously a murder case committed at the company level, but there are only victims and no perpetrators. It’s ridiculous, right?”
“This…Is strange.”
When the guild master of Woncheong slowly nodded and agreed, I finally got to the point.
“Boss. How much would you like to pay for condolences?”
“I… I can get about 5,000 right now. Of course, I can pay more!”
“5,000… But the hunters are high-quality personnel.”
They were delighted when I laughed bitterly, but…
Hearing the next words, he returned to his pitiful face.
“Originally, when an industrial site worker dies, a fine of about 500 per person comes out, right? But Hunter is 10 times that.”
“…”
“Boss. You haven’t benefited from subcontracting until now. Spend a little more. Shouldn’t you at least send the son of the family to college? You’ll have the face of a large guild, so how about 100 million? “
“Yes, of course you have to pay that much.”
We shook hands after reaching an agreement.
To be honest, I feel apologetic because I feel like I’m being ripped off for nothing in this case.
To put it bluntly, what is wrong with the prime minister who only sold the priority for the attack?
Still, it was caught by the special forces, but if it was 100 million, it would be very cheap.
Next, I called in the president of the subcontractor, who could be said to be the main culprit in this case.
As soon as he entered the interrogation room, he looked for a lawyer, but…
The lawyer had long since left the association.
“The man quit, so get a new lawyer. I’ll give you one hour from now.”
“What, what? Why is the lawyer quitting all of a sudden?”
“Because he’s smart.”
When I returned the phone and left the room, he hurriedly moved.
However, hiring a new lawyer was not so easy.
In the first place, lawyers familiar with the Hunter case are quite rare…
It was not a dispute with another guild, nor was there any lawyer willing to intervene in a fight against the Special Forces.
We boast a 100% guilt rate so far.
Eventually, he was again interrogated without a lawyer.
He’s noticeably calmed down, as if he’s finally realized that things have gone terribly wrong, but…
As soon as I calmly chose my words, he raised his voice again.
“First of all, the guild’s gender ratio is quite strange. In particular, 80% of the hunters active in the field are female… Ah, it’s 90% now, right?”
“Well, what’s the matter? Are you ignoring female hunters?”
“No. I haven’t said anything like that yet.”
I stared at him, silenced him, and continued speaking as calmly as possible.
To be honest, just looking at the evidence I’ve obtained so far, I feel like yelling at him, but I’m barely holding back.
“One interesting thing is that the male to female ratio wasn’t this extreme from the start. Just a year ago, there were more males among the staff at the Dark Horse Guild.”
“…”
“But from two years ago, the number of new hunters hired drastically decreased, and from six months ago, male hunters started to leave the company as a group. Is there any reason you can guess?”
“The men say they don’t want to work, so what can I do? These days, this industry isn’t the same as it used to be.”
I know that very well.
I kindly pointed out the part he intentionally omitted.
“It’s important why male hunters suddenly don’t want to work. Isn’t everyone suddenly no longer in need of money?”
“…”
“As you said, the hunter industry is not what it used to be. In recent years, the number of dungeons created has drastically decreased, so the Dark Horse Guild’s business trips to rural areas have naturally increased. It’s become an era where you can’t survive if you don’t go.”
The boss affirmed my story with a heavy silence.
This is his confirmation his so far, there is no need for anything.
The real problem starts now.
“But a business trip to the countryside is very tiring. You have to drive all day to the dungeon and then drive back alone when the job is done. It would be nice if there was a driver or something… A small subcontractor would do that for you. I have no clue.”
The biggest problem with most subcontractors is that they unconditionally try to cut costs.
Since the money that falls to them is fixed anyway, the more they reduce the cost, the more the operator’s share increases.
The dark horse guild operated by purchasing the right to attack from a large guild, but there was a limit anyway since the weight class was small.
Purchasing the right to attack from the prime minister also requires money and personal connections.
“However, the female hunters of the Black Mag Guild rarely went on business trips to the provinces. At most, they were in Gyeonggi Province.”
“What to do when they say they won’t go out!”
“Then why did the men say they were willing to leave? It seems like everyone left the company because they didn’t like it?”
“…”
The balance was already broken at the point when the male hunters left the company as a group.
However, the dark horse guild was not in a position to receive the work because it was covered.
If you were able to choose and receive the work given by the prime contractor, you would not do any subcontracting from the beginning.
Instead of hiring additional hunters or distributing business trips equally, the boss of Dark Horse chose a much simpler and more economical solution.
“It’s just that male hunters are used exclusively for out-of-town business trips.”
“What’s wrong with that?”
“Well. People must have died because there was a problem, right?”
“They also agreed! Make sure to pay for your travel expenses… “
“Does it make sense to send it down at least five times a month and give it 20 more? This will cost more gas!”
“Yurubi is paid separately, of course…”
The boss who always talks back about what is so unfair.
I hit the materials I had been investigating in front of him.
Bang!
“You work 60 hours a week, you don’t get night pay, and even the time you go on a business trip and return isn’t included in your working hours… How the fuck are you living alone in the 90s? “
This is enough for the dead to have endured so far.
Of course, the president still showed no sign of reflection.
“Is it my fault that he died after working foolishly?”
“There’s still a long way to go. I’ll tell you how many safety rules your guild broke, step by step from now on.”
Accidents like this are usually caused by ignoring very basic safety rules.
It was made to prevent accidents if you keep this, but it is broken by the company’s circumstances.
The president opened and closed his fists with a flushed face.
Surprisingly, it seems to be killing the temper in its own way.
