Chapter 72 – Retired Hunter (4)
Three days after Jeong Tae-han was arrested.
I faced him and his accomplice again in the interrogation room.
The two men seemed to have already read the newspaper in the morning, and were very calm.
Of the two, Jeong Tae-han broke the painful silence first and spoke.
“… What did you do?”
On the front page of the newspaper he held out, a good news was written in large letters.
The gangsters who caused the school violence incident, which can be said to be the true culprit of this incident.
It was about the parents of the Iljins being arrested on charges of industrial espionage.
Trying not to be too smug, I decided to just be honest.
“Actually, I didn’t intend to go this far… But those bastards were more trash than I could have imagined.”
“Well, then this is real…”
“Of course it’s a real charge. Could it be that you made them commit crimes without me?”
I held out my smartphone to the accomplice who was still silent.
Since Jeong Tae-han’s colleague committed the murder himself, the sentence had to be relatively high.
But as soon as he saw the video on his smartphone, his eyes widened.
I immediately recognized who the main character of the video was.
“This…”
In the video, a beautiful scene was unfolding where the courtiers were assaulted in reverse.
Now that the support of their parents is gone, they are paying the price for all the evil they have done.
The guys who harassed the two children were the so-called wealthy type of Iljin.
His grades are a bit ambiguous, so it’s hard to see him as an elite type of Iljin.
Since those guys became ignorant overnight, it was only natural that they would be punished by the underdog type.
There are various types of Iljins, just like Pokemon!
‘Well, they’re all bad guys, but…’
However, not only Seo Ji-yu standing behind me, but also the two criminals looked puzzled as if they didn’t understand yet.
“But why is it that common crimes are punished so quickly? Isn’t that what they usually live in?”
“Industrial espionage that contains hunter-related information is not an ordinary crime. If caught under the Hunter Industrial Espionage Act, all property is confiscated and it starts.”
“Is that true?”
“It is this special law that I like the most in the Korean legal community. The National Assembly especially likes it very much.”
When a social issue arises, it is very labor-intensive and time-consuming to revise the existing law.
Therefore, in Korea, it is usually solved by enacting one or two new special laws.
Compared to general laws, special laws have a narrower scope of application, are more detailed, and have a higher priority, so the results come out right away.
Of course, the special law is not without its disadvantages.
In particular, when the Hunter era had just begun, the simple and agile enactment unique to the special law was of great help.
For reference, the association law used by the special forces is also a kind of special law.
“Since the special law fully reflects the demands of the political world, the investigative agencies also hold it pretty tightly. Unfortunately, the case is not a hunter crime, so it is not under our jurisdiction.”
“Huh…”
Jeong Tae-han and his accomplice couldn’t say anything anymore and were just shedding tears.
No matter how unfair it was, I couldn’t hope for more than this from the position of committing a crime.
I gave them a rough hint of their old age.
“Oh, and there are no vacancies in prison, so prepare for an alternative service. I will transfer your children to a school run by the Frost Foundation. You’re held hostage by me, so don’t think nonsense and do it right .”
“Three, my God…”
They shook their heads at my vile tricks, over and over again.
He sent the two men back to the cell and returned to the office.
As I was about to return to my seat, Kim Jeong-tae whispered to me.
“Master, I’m waiting inside.”
“Ah. Thank you.”
Entering my private room after a long time, I was greeted by Han Ye-jin, who had been waiting in advance, and sat down in her chair.
Since most of the work is done outside, this president’s chair is only for relaxation.
It was quite comfortable thanks to that.
Han Ye-jin started to take off my clothes with careful hand movements.
“Are you feeling well?”
“Well, you can hold on.”
“You’d better rest a little longer…”
The moment Han Ye-jin was about to start working.
Outside, Seo Ji-yu opened the door and jumped in.
When she saw me undressing her, she blushed.
“Chief, what are you doing?!”
“Jiyu. Close her door quickly.”
I gave the order quickly before the enraged Kim Jeong-tae killed her.
Seo Ji-yu, who discovered Han Ye-jin belatedly, slowly approached… And watched our treatment.
There was still something like a bad ulcer in my stomach.
“… What is this? Are you okay?”
“Radiation burns. Even if it’s an abbreviated Green Burst, since it was used at close range, the aftereffects are bound to remain.”
Blue Lightning was too fast, so the harm of a technique that I used to self-destruct halfway.
Originally, the skin exposed to that much radiation cannot return to its original state, but…
Fortunately, Han Ye-jin was a healer-type hunter whose skills were very good.
Still, it can’t be helped that treatment takes some time.
While Han Ye-jin focused on my treatment without even meeting Seo Ji-yu’s eyes, Seo Ji-yu clenched her fists while weeping a little.
The night he was with me must have been so dark and disconcerting that I hadn’t noticed.
“Is this because of me?”
“No. It was because of the blue lightning.”
“Yeah, that’s what it is.”
Seo Ji-yu, who seemed to feel useless guilt, tried to put her hand on my wound, but…
I brushed it off without hesitation.
Admiral says it’s already been completed, but there’s nothing good about touching it.
“Uh huh. What about a married man?”
“I’m sorry. Really…”
“I’m fine. He’s suffering.”
“Oh, no. This is my role.”
Han Ye-jin, who had just finished her treatment, patted her hand and bowed her head.
Left alone with Seo Ji-yu in the room, I decided to close my eyes for a while.
Because of the previous incident, my sleep pattern has been messed up for several days.
“Then I’ll get some sleep. I barely slept at night collecting evidence.”
“Yes? Could it be that the team leader collected them himself?”
“Of course. Who would do such a thing if not me?”
“You’re not being threatened by your wife, are you?”
“… It’s not that kind of threat. Rather, I’m taking advantage of Yeriel.”
Seo Ji-yu, who had been suffering for some reason in front of me, soon left her room, feeling downcast.
How long had she been asleep as if she had passed out?
I left the office and said hello to the late night class.
“Has everyone gone yet?”
“How is the team leader going home from work…”
“Sometimes I have to work.”
I want to leave work like a chimney, but last night’s activities did little to reduce the workload of the special unit.
Let’s solve dinner with a delivery lunch box and handle the payment work that has been piled up in the meantime…
There was a sudden call from the police.
Lee Seo-woo made a very embarrassing face when he answered the phone.
“Ah, yes. I see. Bring them over to us.”
“Seowoo, what’s wrong?”
“It’s an assault case involving Hunter. It seems that the article has already been published?”
“In the middle of the night like this? The reporters are really diligent.”
Perhaps the onlookers around them took a video and reported it, and the reporter just posted it as it is.
When I quickly searched for articles on the Internet, the whole story was revealed.
“Attack incident involving Hunter… This is it.”
I was expecting a simple Hunter to hit a normal person… But the case was not that simple.
The hunter in the video attached to the article on the Internet was rather beaten all day.
It seems that the drunkards got it wrong.
“What is this? What kind of neighborhood drums are hunters these days?”
“Isn’t this what you wanted?”
When Alice returned from brushing her teeth and said something, I shook my head without hesitation.
“I told the hunters not to commit crimes, I never told them to go around being beaten.”
While people inside and outside the video were perplexed by the atrocities of ordinary people.
One of the drunks even pulled out a knife!
Originally, I was a little nervous because I looked like a bully, but I finally crossed the line.
In the end, Hunter couldn’t stand it anymore and beat them without hesitation.
When I recognized that he was a body-enhancing hunter, I clicked his tongue inwardly.
‘This could be a problem?’
It is a fact that Hunter is punished aggravatedly when he defeats people… It is not prejudice or anything.
Ordinary people in the video must have known about it and dared to argue.
Besides, it’s a body reinforcement system.
In this case, the knife may not have been stabbed even if it was actually stabbed.
Alice wondered just in case, so she asked me.
“Is this enough to be recognized as self-defense? You’ve been beaten for almost 5 minutes?”
“Well… I’m not sure.”
“What? Why?”
“It’s very difficult to get recognition for self-defense in Korea. These days, self-defense is often recognized, but during a long lawsuit, you will be indirectly harmed.”
Fortunately, Hunter-related cases have a very fast litigation process.
While Alice was trembling, the police who had been in touch brought the hunter and the victims of the assault case.
As soon as Hunter saw me, he hardened his face as if he had met the grim reaper.
On the other hand, the general public seems to have already won because they did something well.
Thanks to that, I was able to get a rough idea of what kind of image I am in the world.
‘I wonder if it felt like this…’
“First, let’s start with the facts.”
I simply checked that everything I figured out was correct.
It wasn’t too difficult because the police were dispatched on time and there was video material.
I was just annoyed by the fact that ordinary people kept swearing at me openly.
Lee Seo-woo and Alice were terrified when they saw me like that.
“Chief, do we really have to punish this? No matter how I look at it…”
“If you go to the actual lawsuit, it will be quite a headache. But don’t worry, I have a good method.”
“Nice…How?”
Lee Seo-woo, a former police officer, had an anxious face as if he had already noticed something.
I did not betray his expectations and told the police.
“The investigation is over. Everyone should go home.”
“Yes? Then the punishment is…”
“Our special unit will handle this case without prosecution.”
“Fire… Indictment? What is that? No, good citizens were beaten by this bastard?”
When ordinary people, nominal victims, raised their voices, the security team, including Kim Jung-tae, jumped up with frightened expressions.
In an instant, surrounded by big men, their faces became terrified.
I kindly explained to them once again.
“Hey, no charges. Go home.”
“Eh…”
The face of Hunter, who was in death, slowly opened wide.
