Chapter 147 – Weakness of Mind and Body (3)
Loss of heart.
It is a mental disorder that is one step more serious than mental and physical weakness, and in this case, no crime is punished.
However, the judgment of this loss of mind and body leaves much room for the discretion of the judge to be exercised.
It is not unconditionally recognized that a diagnosis is taken from a psychiatrist.
In addition, if the defendant intentionally caused a state of mental or physical disorder, the mitigation of the sentence is null and void.
If Han Kang-woon had been informed of the identity of the mask by the producer, there is a high probability that he would not be judged as having a mental disorder.
‘The problem is how to prove it.’
It is true that the mask itself produced by Han Nam-il is a problematic item.
It still needs some more verification, but the odds of it being fake are very slim.
I decided to finish the verification of the equipment first.
Although there is a hunter ability that can be helpful in the analysis of equipment, that side cannot be recognized as evidence in court.
Anyway, I can’t test it on people…
After all, it’s a matter of experimenting with non-humans.
Moving to the association’s testing room, I held out my mask to Tia, who was standing there.
The equipment named ‘Yaksha Mask’ was not even officially registered with the Association.
The maker was a registered artisan of the association, but the equipment was not yet.
That’s also true, because the association makes inspections pretty hard… If it’s a piece of equipment with a problem, you should see it as 100% caught.
“The guild has a receipt record… What is this?”
“First of all, it is said to be a prototype. It was shipped under the name of a performance test.”
“What does Han Kang-un say?”
“I claimed I didn’t know anything about the equipment. I didn’t doubt it because it was a gift from my friend Han Nam-il…”
“That’s a very exemplary answer.”
It was an excuse that was roughly expected.
Tia, who took the mask without hesitation, looked up at me with an uneasy look.
“Master, how are you going to do this?”
“Wear it later when the camera starts rolling.”
“Yes, yes? I heard that this is a cursed device that turns the wearer completely insane?”
“That’s true, but you’re both a hunter pet and a monster.”
“You’re too good!”
Seo Ji-yu and Alice, who were next to me, also looked a little tired, but…
Tiamat’s heads, like monsters, have different durability than humans.
Besides, if you wear it for a short time, there will be almost no side effects.
“I don’t mind if I don’t like it, but… “
“Ooh.”
Considering Tia’s situation, refusal was absurd.
Maybe even if I stay still, Yeriel won’t let go.
“Then please raise the snack fee.”
“Great.”
“Come on, let’s go!”
Eventually, as the camera starts rolling, Tia carefully puts on the mask.
It’s a bit big for him, but it sticks to his face by himself.
Wearing a mask, Tia jumped high in place, then suddenly rushed towards me.
“Kreurreu! Lee Je-hyun! Give me a Coke!”
“How are you?”
Calling out the three-letter name of the sky-like master indiscriminately.
With Tia’s usual guts, it was something she couldn’t even dream of.
After all, this is the cursed equipment.
I held the boy’s face in my hand and released a very small amount of green dust.
“Keah!”
Her mask came off, and Tia, who bounced back, looked up at me with her bewildered eyes.
I put a cola pet in his mouth and kept the mask.
“Did I get it right?”
“Yes, chief.”
“Okay. Han Ye-jin is waiting for me at my office, so tell her to take care of Tia.”
Verification of curse equipment is complete.
The question now is whether Han Kang-un knew about the identity of the mask.
Various circumstances are suspicious… But there is a possibility that he didn’t know anything.
He cannot be punished for simple circumstances alone.
‘I don’t even know if punishment is necessary in the first place…’
“It’s a fact confirmed by the Guild House’s CCTV footage, but Mr. Kang Woon Han wore a mask without even going to the guild test room. Thanks to that, his fellow Hunters as well as regular employees nearby were attacked in an instant.”
“Are you intentionally ignoring safety procedures?”
“I don’t know yet if it was intentional or not.”
It is highly probable that Han Nam-il, the maker of the curse equipment, told Han Kang-woon in advance.
Han Kang-woon was a sponsor who recognized Han Nam-il’s skills as his.
However, there is no way that there will be any messenger app records.
If so, Blanche would have noticed in an instant.
“Evidence cannot remain if the two of you quietly met and talked, or wrote a handwritten letter, read it and burned it.”
“Did n’t Han Kang-un say he was tricked by his guild members? What exactly did he do?”
[Not only did I get a strange distribution of profits, but of course I was also talked about behind my back. They even had their own private chat room. Besides, the spending was too good.]
“Did you buy everything you asked for… It was a complete hogu.”
Even if they were satisfied with each other, this is a scam.
Besides, it doesn’t seem like Han Kang-woon was satisfied until the end.
[Due to the contents of the back chat room, it seems that Mr. Han Kang-woon proposed marriage to women at work several times.]
“Oh my gosh…”
Alice closed her eyes tightly as if she was afraid to continue listening.
But Blanche continued her story without mercy.
Of course, they had no intention of accepting Han Kang-woon’s marriage proposal.
He was a capable Hunter in his own right, but his stature was a bit on the short side.
Because of that, he must have been ridiculed countless times in the backroom chat rooms.
In addition… If Mr. Han Kang-woon gets married, it is possible to transfer with the guild member.
The Geumnamu Guild, which was a one-man team of Han Kang-woon, had to avoid it at all costs.
Therefore, the guild master put a strong bluff on the members at all.
[She said that if she married Han Kang-un, she would expose the existence of the group chat room.]
“…”
Personally, I don’t like this expression, but…
The Golden Tree guild members were literally parasites.
Thanks to their strong bond, Han Kang-woon was rejected every time he proposed.
The women who had been cool at work or in private settings turned cold when the topic of marriage came up.
“I guess you noticed it from then on.”
They did not see Han Kang-woon as a proper dating partner, let alone an object of marriage.
Of course, there is no evidence for this either.
For now, it’s just a suspicion.
However, if these assumptions are true, the motive for the murder seems sufficient.
“I’ll have to interrogate myself. Let’s go.”
I left the test room and headed to Han Kang-un.
Contrary to my spell, he was locked behind bars, not in an interrogation room.
He was in no condition to proceed with the interrogation.
“Grrr…”
“What’s wrong with this man? What did you guys do?”
“No. It’s been like this since about 10 minutes ago.”
Han Kang-woon, glaring at me while salivating inside the cage, didn’t look normal at all.
He even smashed his teeth against the bars.
It was an iron spear made for hunters, so it was his teeth that were breaking, but he didn’t care.
As the crew hurriedly subdued him, I let out a small sigh.
Actually, this is the result that I vaguely expected from a while ago.
“Is this how it ends?”
“Is it the end?”
“The yaksha’s mask is a hunter’s equipment that works on the user’s mind. It probably touches hormones or nerves.”
A cursed equipment that makes even the docile coward Tia roll over his eyes and run at him in an instant.
Wearing something like that for a long time is bound to leave a bad effect on the body.
I didn’t order Tia to be treated for nothing.
I sighed as I watched the man howling with a broken tooth.
“He’s been detained in an asylum for the rest of his life. He’s already been punished.”
“Did you have to do that?”
“Maybe I didn’t know about the side effects.”
He’s really a pitiful guy.
Only then did it become mentally weak and meaningless.
Because Han Kang-woon is already over.
The moment I turned away from him.
The crew members who remained in the workshop of Mr. Han Nam-il, the hunter’s equipment master, posted additional reports.
[Manager. It’s a big deal.]
“What else?”
[Production equipment in the studio… Most of them have traces of use. It is also extremely recent.]
“What?”
My head stopped for a moment at their report.
[Inference from the results of the autopsy, Mr. Hanam Il was producing hunter equipment and consumables until right before his death.]
“But there weren’t any other equipment left in the studio, right? If there were, Alice and I would have noticed it long ago.”
[…
If so, there is only one possible conclusion.
Han Nam-il handed over the items he had made to someone and committed suicide.
The last thing he made was not a single yaksha mask.
“There are still more freedom of crime passes left? By type?”
[As a result of inference, so.]
Han Nam-il’s financial situation was very tight.
I thought that even making one yaksha mask would have been a risk, but I never thought I would have spent more money there.
This would be impossible without additional sponsors.
As of now, the most likely existence is…
“Black Lotus… That’s just what he’d like.”
[Manager?]
“Investigate as much as you can, even if it’s the type of things Namil Han made last. If you don’t know that, you’re bound to be defeated.”
[Yes, chief.]
It’s a big deal.
The despair and malice that Han Nam-il harbored took a material form and spread somewhere.
Anticipating bad news in the near future, I headed to Tia in the office.
The guy who was being looked after by Han Ye-jin, an Esquire, howled ferociously as soon as he saw me.
“Kleureung! I need more Coke because of the aftereffects of the cursed equipment!”
“Yes, drink as much as you like.”
“Sushi for dinner! And steak!”
“I’ll tell Yeriel.”
“Master… Why are you so kind… I’m actually fine.”
Tia is afraid and trembles belatedly.
I threw myself into a chair and closed my eyes.
“Sorry.”
“Oh, no! I’m completely fine, right?”
Tia was crying for no reason and was talking hard.
She swallowed her sigh as she watched the guy’s tricks.
