Chapter 162 – Confession (5)
The facilities at the association headquarters’ arrest room were not very good.
A structure that is clearly visible beyond the thick and hard iron bars.
The bed and washbasin were fine, but the room itself was narrow because the land was so expensive.
Originally, I thought this was a bit extravagant…
It feels very different when I’m locked up myself.
Tia, who was imprisoned with me, cried in the cell across the street.
“Well, why did I get caught again?”
“Yeah, since we even went into battle with Hunter Pets… But you don’t have to worry too much.”
Tia is, after all, a hunter pet officially registered with the association.
Moreover, the situation at the time could be called an emergency.
There are few areas where the prosecution can bet on him and fall.
But… I’m different.
She stared at me with a very puzzled look on her red hair bound with us.
“Why are you being held together?”
“You… Did you really do it without knowing anything?”
“I just did what White told me to do.”
He’s really a simple guy, but I’m glad he’s a bit down.
I belatedly responded as if sighing.
“…Proof that human society is fair to some degree.”
“Is it fair? To trap you for fighting us?”
“Yes. I used the wrong method in the process.”
Yeriel is a pretty thorough woman.
In preparation for my identity being discovered, she registered me as an official hunter.
The president of the association will be a witness against him.
Therefore, it can be assumed that there is no charge of non-registration in the association.
Then there’s the Hunter serial murder charge…
This, too, was prepared in its own way.
Yeriel came to visit with a lawyer from Winter Kingdom and explained it.
“There is no evidence that it was Seo-Bang who committed the murder.”
That’s natural.
When I was active as Green Dust, I didn’t move that loosely.
In addition, the police and prosecutors at the time had little ability to deal with Hunter-related cases.
However, the problem is that green dust was detected at the site, but it can be overcome somehow.
“I just awakened a kind of ability similar to the serial killer Green Dust?”
“Right.”
Hunter abilities are by no means unique.
In the case of relatively common abilities, such as speech or electromagnetic fields, there are many cases where three-digit numbers exist only in Korea.
In other words, it is true that Green Dust’s ability was used in the serial murder case, but…
There is no guarantee that that is necessarily the case.
As a prosecutor, I cannot deny the possibility that a murderer with the same ability as me exists.
At least I don’t know if I’ve secured my location information or crime evidence at the time, it’s not like that.
With this, he passed the charge of serial murder without difficulty.
The real problem is the oracle.
“However, if the investigation records of the special forces are released, it will be a big problem.”
“I guess so.”
The prosecution has always treated me like a thorn in the eye.
There’s no way I won’t even look at the investigation records now.
And the investigation record of the special unit was full of room for problems.
We’ve never created a criminal without us, but…
The oracle was used very often in the course of the investigation.
“I can never reveal the company’s existence.”
During the investigation, it was not possible to record that the oracle was used to obtain the criminal’s information, so the part about him was very ambiguous.
If the prosecution looked at it, they would immediately notice a sense of incongruity.
I’m sure you’re sure you obtained the information using an illegal method.
And in fact, that’s right.
“I’ve covered it as much as possible with things like wiretapping, communication records, and bank account records investigation… But it’s still going to be insufficient.”
The issue in this case is how to hide the presence of the oracle.
There, Yeriel suggested a method I hadn’t thought of before.
“So, why not create a virtual hunter to fill the role of the Oracle?”
“A virtual hunter?”
“Yes. Disguise one of the members of the special unit as an electromagnetic hunter.”
“Five…”
Certainly, if you can create a double for an oracle, things get a lot easier.
The special unit has never used the information obtained through the Oracle as evidence.
Since it is not admissible as evidence in court, additional evidence has always been obtained.
And it doesn’t matter much if you ‘reference’ the hunter’s ability during the investigation process.
The transcendent authority of the special unit is mostly clearly guaranteed by the Hunter Special Act.
“Then who will you play that role?”
“Mr. Seo Ji-yu. You volunteered, and I’ve already taken care of it.”
“Mr. Jiu?”
I felt sorry for Seo Ji-yu again, but…
I couldn’t deny that it was an appropriate choice in my own way.
If it were her her, she would definitely perform well.
But… I was very distraught when the solution came out.
Can I, who wielded the law to prevent crime, avoid the judgment of the law in this way?
Of course, the prosecution will be really determined this time, so if you don’t do this, there is a very high probability that a fair fight itself will be impossible.
As if sensing my mood, Yeriel said, holding her hand on the iron desk.
“If the prosecution can’t prove it, you’re not guilty. The West has always followed that principle. Isn’t it strange that now only you don’t get that benefit?”
“…”
“Don’t worry too much and stay at ease. Everything will be fine.”
“I hope so.”
Just as expected.
Tia was released very quickly, as I guessed.
On the pretext of visiting me, he brought banana milk and sucked it very deliciously in front of her red hair.
My prosecutor’s investigation also proceeded faster than expected.
Originally, I thought it would fill the 20 days, the maximum arrest period for the suspect, but it seems that the pressure came from above.
Of course, I didn’t do it lightly at the trial.
The prosecution sent requests to appear to a huge number of witnesses, as if they were going to verify every single case I was in charge of.
They were willing to appear in court and testify faithfully.
“You prevented me from becoming a sexual molester unjustly.”
“I stole a bike…”
“You solved a case that the prosecution couldn’t solve.”
“Anticipating that it will be difficult for a self-defense ruling to come out, the disposition of non-prosecution…”
‘It would be nice if other cases were treated with utmost sincerity like this.’
As I watched the prosecution go wild, I lamented inwardly.
They somehow wanted to string me into the serial killer Green Dust, but…
That side failed for lack of evidence.
On the other hand, Seo Ji-yu, assisted by Blanche, brilliantly played her own role in her.
Thanks to that, it failed to prove the illegality of the special forces investigation…
However, it was certainly full of problems for public institutions to hide their hunter identities and act.
Originally, it’s a little bit like hitting my brother with just this, but…
South Korea’s judiciary is terribly democratic, sometimes breaking its own principles according to the will of the people.
An incumbent special investigator who worked while hiding his hunter identity.
Even Yeriel Frost is involved…
This incident was bound to become a huge issue in many ways.
It is unreasonable for me to be acquitted here.
‘I see… How will it come out.’
Currently, there are 9 types of punishments in force in Korea.
They include the death penalty, imprisonment, imprisonment, suspension of qualification, loss of qualification, fine, detention, fine, and confiscation.
But what the judge sentenced me to was none of those things.
“I sentence you. Defendant Jehyeon Lee will be deported from the country after a grace period of 7 days. After the grace period ends, you will only be able to enter Korea with permission from the government, so please note this…”
“Chu, banished type?”
The prosecutor looked at me and the judge alternately as if he was very puzzled.
Originally, such a punishment does not exist in Korea.
I don’t know if it’s continuously denying entry to foreign nationals, what is deportation?
Everyone was surprised by the completely unexpected verdict.
“Exile? Where the hell… Where?”
When I left the courthouse in a shaky mood, there was a commotion outside as well.
Yeriel showed me a map and explained it to me.
“We are building a new city in the desert of the western United States. The infrastructure is still lacking, but I hope the West will definitely go there.”
“A new city?”
“Yes. It has already been proven that most hunters can’t live together with people… So I made a city for hunters. A place built with the premise of hunters living from the beginning would be able to properly respond to hunter crime .”
Everyone, including me and Alice, looked at Yeriel with very bewildered faces.
When the hell did you prepare for this?
She had assumed that things would turn out like this.
“Hey, what’s your name?”
“Hunter City. Anything special?”
“That’s not good. How on earth do you plan to gather Hunters?”
“Hunter City residents are exempt from the existing taxes. It is, in effect, a dominion for the Hunters.”
“I used my hair…”
If the current tax rate is maintained even after the gate is completely closed, the hunters will have no choice but to move there.
Alice proposed with a grumpy face beside her.
“You call it Gotham?”
“No thanks.”
“Um… Wait a minute. Do I really have to go there too?”
When Seo Ji-yu, who accompanied her as a witness, felt an unusual atmosphere and spoke, Yeriel affirmed without hesitation.
“Of course. Mr. Jiyu is now a hunter by category.”
“Eek…”
“What is it, Mr. Jiu? You didn’t mean to follow me?”
“No. It’s not like that…”
I smiled at her answer and turned to Lee Seo-woo.
It was the same that he had a very confused face.
“Seo-woo, from now on, you are the team leader of the special forces. Most hunters will go to Hunter City, but there is no guarantee that hunter crimes will not happen outside… So you can do well, right?”
“I’m… The team leader?”
“Yes. Some of the team members will be left. Of course, Oracle support will also be added. Oh, I have to explain to Seo Woo what an Oracle is. Anyway, I’ll take care of you.”
“Manager…”
I started to move to have Lee Seo-woo, who was crying, take over.
Tia’s tail, following us, swayed wildly with anxiety and excitement.
