Chapter 106 – Stalking (1)
While Seo Ji-yu was dispatched, I decided to finish small tasks in advance.
While I was paying for various documents and receiving reports.
Two tails swayed wildly behind his back.
Tia sat Kerr down and searched for something on her smartphone her.
At first, he wanted to devise today’s lunch menu already, but it wasn’t until he saw Alice join in.
I decided to interrupt them while taking a moment to catch my breath.
“What are you doing?”
“Oh, I’m just studying this and that.”
“…Is it a study to find the expensive hunter loot rankings?”
What they were watching was a kind of ranking video.
I really wanted Ker to know this, but…
Originally, it wouldn’t matter since kids often watch video sites.
I laughed at the hunter’s booty that claimed to have been traded for 1 billion units.
Alice immediately walked away from the side.
“It’s already sold out, so it doesn’t go to 1 billion? It must be a bit old. It’s true that it’s a hit if it still comes out…”
“Is there such a case?”
It’s understandable that you’re excited about such a video.
Humans are social animals, and instinctively engage in the act of ranking.
No, it’s not actually the exclusive property of humans.
“But how many dragon horns and tails these days?”
“Ah, my master… Do you not like my horns? Others say I like my tail…”
Tiriling!
While Tia was enjoying her flirtation, she received a call from Seo Ji-yu.
Seeing that it’s a little earlier than expected, I think I’ve found something.
“Oh, Mr. Jiyu.”
[Manager. I found it. I think this is stalking.]
“Already? Did you check properly?”
[Yes. I saw the suspect come to the victim’s guild and be dragged away by the guards. I see that there are rumors here too?]
“Okay. Mr. Jiyu, keep investigating.”
[Yes!]
It’s not normal if you come to a job that everyone else sees.
Alice also became serious in an instant.
“To be stalked by a clairvoyant… It’s horrifying to even imagine.”
“I know.”
No matter how combat-type hunters are, they are not invincible 24 hours a day.
In a long-term battle, the one with clairvoyance has a much better advantage.
Besides, there’s no guarantee that she’ll keep an eye on her forever.
Especially considering the ecology of hunters, stalking is like being in an ambush so that you can attack at any time.
While working as a hunter, there are plenty of moments when people become weak.
The problem is the verification method of stalking.
This is not the kind that can be caught and investigated.
Since he stalked using his hunter ability rather than a camera, there is no guarantee that evidence such as photos remains.
It would be nice if it stayed, but if it didn’t, it would be a waste.
Besides, it can’t be concluded that it’s stalking to the extent that he came to work.
Alice seemed to disagree with me, but I was convinced.
“Merely approaching the workplace is not a sin. Further investigation is needed.”
“…Do you have any ideas?”
“I just remembered something good.”
I first asked Seo Ji-yu to pursue the suspect.
While the suspect was eating lunch, I quickly called the victim.
She hesitated for a while before answering the phone.
[… Hello?]
“Hello, this is Special Forces. Are you Ha Ji-eun, who contacted me about the stalking?”
[Ah yes! Investigator. But if you get caught calling like this…]
“Don’t worry, I’m fine now. Do you currently live in an apartment?”
[Yes that’s right. There are no seats in the Guild House. Can’t you just take a ban on access?]
A ban on access
Have you been looking for things on the internet and contacting them?
The problem is that the knowledge gained in this way is too peripheral.
People usually have a bad habit of only seeing what they want to see.
“Have you ever received a threatening text message? Or you’re having a hard time right now.”
[That, that… The opponent is an active hunter. Today, I even came to the guild, can’t I do something?]
“If you move rashly, there is a risk of provoking the opponent. Just do as I say here. If it goes well, you’ll be able to catch it.”
[I-I just need to restrict access…]
“Don’t worry. Nothing will happen.”
Reassuring her, I explained my plan.
I checked the communication history earlier, but the suspect did not send a text message to the victim.
A very cautious personality.
In addition, the account history is clean, so it does not appear to be a money-related crime.
As soon as the phone call ended, I gave instructions to Kim Jeong-tae and prepared for this and that.
After kicking out Alice, Tia, and Kerr, disconnect Blanche from the desktop.
Blanche was a little flustered and made a call on her smartphone to her.
[Master, we have detected disconnection from some devices. What’s wrong?]
“Ah, I have to make weapons on the desktop from now on.
[Weapon?]
“Yes. A very terrifying nuclear weapon.”
Click, click…
I quickly completed the weapon using a photo editing program, sealed it tightly in an envelope, and handed it to Kim Jeong-tae.
Today ends here.
The next morning, after urgently arresting the suspect for stalking, I confronted him in the interrogation room.
Looking very embarrassed, he vehemently denied his criminal activities and shouted for a lawyer.
A perfect crime using clairvoyant abilities.
Even for an outsider of the law, it is difficult to prove the charges.
But I was confident in my own way.
Upon entering the interrogation room, I held out an envelope without hesitation.
“There’s no point in evading it. This is conclusive evidence of your stalking behavior.”
“What, what? There can be no such thing… “
The suspect opens the briefcase with trembling hands, even though he says there’s no way to do that.
He found a picture inside and pulled it out, but before it was all out, he screamed and threw the envelope away.
“Whoa, whoa!”
A photo of the wind blowing and falling to the ground.
He protested against me very vehemently.
“Why are you showing me such horrible pictures!”
“Have you seen it? At Ha Ji-eun’s house, which you peeped at with your ability last night.”
“Oh, no. That’s…”
A suspect who is very embarrassed and denies belatedly.
Yesterday, I ordered Kim Jeong-tae to take a very ugly picture … A picture that is commonly referred to as a hateful picture and put it at her house.
The photos were laid out so nicely that if the suspect really did voyeur, he wouldn’t have been able to get past it.
“No. I’ve never seen one!”
“So? Then why did you freak out when you saw this picture?”
“Wait! Get rid of that! I don’t want to see you anymore… What?!”
He noticed it belatedly when he looked at the picture I took again.
Yes.
This photo is one of the most disgusting. It wasn’t that picture called the nuclear weapon of hate.
At first glance, it looks similar, but in fact it is a copy made intentionally similar to the original.
The color and composition of the photos are similar, but the photos are completely different.
If he hadn’t broken into the victim’s house last night and seen the original, he needn’t have been afraid in the first place.
“Why were you so scared of such a cute cat?”
“Ah…”
The suspect hesitated for a while, thinking that I had been completely duped.
I didn’t even come up with an excuse that I’d seen it on the Internet before.
Thanks, I’m sure
“So why are you voyeurizing the victim? Have you ever imagined how terrifying it is to be stalked? That’s not love.”
“Sorry… I’m sorry, Detective. I couldn’t forget Ha Ji-eun’s face after the dungeon attack…”
A suspect who belatedly apologized to me.
I rushed out and ordered a house search.
“I’m sure he’s a stalker. Search all over his house his.”
“Yes, chief.”
Thanks to you, I have confidence, but now is more important.
The method I used is far from being accepted as evidence in court.
So, we need to get the right evidence.
“Still, it’s 100% that he stalked, so if you search the house, you’ll find something.”
“Master. But what picture did you show him?”
“Tia. There are many things in the world that are better off not knowing.”
I avoided answering and waited for reports from my teammates.
However… The case that I thought was a solution went to a different development than I expected.
The team members searched the house of the target of the investigation and found nothing.
Soon after, the suspect, who even had an interview with the lawyer, quickly became more energetic and shouted to be released.
He’s convinced that he didn’t leave any physical evidence behind.
“I’ve never been stalked! I just went to the guild because I wanted to buy a meal! She’s never sent a text message to that woman, and that picture was on the Internet…”
“Why did you suddenly change your words?”
When I frowned, the suspect’s face turned blue.
“Hey, do you fucking want to try it with me right now? Are you that confident?”
“I… Detective. It’s not like that…”
“You were arrested because I ordered the investigation myself. Where do you want to go to the end?”
“Ah, that’s… It’s true that I’m reflecting in many ways. Really. It wasn’t my intention, but I’m really sorry that Mr. Ha Ji-eun felt that way.”
A criminal who feigns self-reflection but stays out until the end.
I left the room and left him.
I think it comes out like that because the punishment for stalking is very weak.
“Stalking is, at best, collecting, but it’s coming out a little hard. I think there’s something more. Blanche, search all those people.”
[Yes, Master.]
“But I never thought they’d catch the culprit for hate crime terrorism…”
“There was no other way.”
I secretly prepared for work with Alice, who was strangely admiring it.
