Chapter 124
Chapter 124
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 124
Chapter Title: Suspected Past Murder
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After getting a hint from Min Ji-hye,
Lee Jae-hyun headed straight back to Ilsan West Police Station.
To meet with Team Leader Oh Min-seok.
Seeing Lee Jae-hyun who had come looking for him, Team Leader Oh Min-seok blinked.
They had arrested An Do-hyun and Woo Kyung-hwan, and planned to hand them over to the prosecutors in two days.
In the midst of frantically handling the workload, someone showing up with an obvious look like they had something to say was bewildering enough.
Especially if that someone was Lee Jae-hyun, who had personally brought in An Do-hyun and Woo Kyung-hwan. It was even more disconcerting.
“What, is there a problem?”
“I’d like to talk to An Do-hyun again.”
Lee Jae-hyun cautiously requested of Team Leader Oh Min-seok.
Team Leader Oh Min-seok glanced around at his words, then scratched his head.
The case was already wrapped up.
There was nothing more to get from An Do-hyun, and they had made Woo Kyung-hwan admit to his own crimes directly from his mouth, which would tilt things more in the police’s favor...
They already had plenty of secured evidence.
But requesting to speak with An Do-hyun additionally here was certainly a delicate matter.
It wasn’t impossible, but mishandled, it could just breed confusion.
In the end, Team Leader Oh Min-seok stood up and stepped outside.
Lee Jae-hyun followed behind him out of the station.
Outside the station in the smoking area, Team Leader Oh Min-seok let out a small sigh and spoke.
“Is something tangled up? It’s not An Do-hyun? No, that can’t be.”
The only reason to talk to An Do-hyun again was his crime, after all.
With everything done, saying they needed to talk again stirred up all sorts of thoughts for Team Leader Oh Min-seok.
Lee Jae-hyun shook his head slightly.
“The perp is definitely An Do-hyun. I just want to check something...”
“So tell me what you need to check. Why am I the only one out of the loop, Sergeant Lee Jae-hyun?”
Team Leader Oh Min-seok gestured for him to speak.
Lee Jae-hyun nodded slightly and opened his mouth.
Without solid evidence, he hadn’t had the confidence or time to convince Team Leader Oh Min-seok, so he had just moved with Park Dae-hyung alone.
But the situation had changed a bit now.
Still no firm evidence, but at least he had something to show.
It was something Team Leader Oh Min-seok needed to know anyway, and getting his permission was the right way to proceed with another talk with An Do-hyun.
“I believe he may have committed a murder in the past already.”
“...Basis?”
Team Leader Oh Min-seok furrowed his brow and asked.
The key was always the basis.
If there was reasonable grounds for that judgment... it was definitely worth taking seriously.
“While looking through posts on BCI Outside, I found one with a strangely different nuance. The nuance of someone who had already killed once.”
“That could just be a concept, or his way of talking.”
“It’s a guy whose killing is already confirmed. And we just stopped an additional crime right before it happened.”
With eyes saying that for a guy like that, concept or not, it needed checking.
Lee Jae-hyun met Team Leader Oh Min-seok’s gaze.
It might feel like thin grounds based just on a post.
But he was a murderer.
When a killer speaks, you check it first.
In the end, Team Leader Oh Min-seok had no choice but to give an affirmative response.
“Got it. Let’s do one more round of interrogation with An Do-hyun then.”
“Yes, thank you.”
Lee Jae-hyun thanked Team Leader Oh Min-seok.
Team Leader Oh Min-seok immediately waved it off.
“We’re working the case together, no need for thanks. I’m the grateful one. If An Do-hyun really killed before and we missed it... you caught something we would’ve overlooked.”
“I’ll do my best to nail it.”
Lee Jae-hyun replied to Team Leader Oh Min-seok’s words.
Whether An Do-hyun had really murdered before, or committed some other crime...
Lee Jae-hyun had to uncover it anyway.
‘Since I made that contract with Serhen.’
Was there anything more foolish than breaking a deal with a demon?
Lee Jae-hyun drew a breath and started walking.
* * *
Seating An Do-hyun in the interrogation room again, he looked a bit flustered.
“No, Detective. Is there more to ask me? I really think I’ve said everything.”
Shrugging, he looked straight at Lee Jae-hyun and spoke.
At An Do-hyun’s relaxed attitude, Lee Jae-hyun furrowed his brow.
That attitude really... grated.
But Lee Jae-hyun didn’t show it, just sitting across from An Do-hyun with a blank expression.
“An Do-hyun, shall we talk honestly for a bit?”
“No, I’ve been totally honest. Why are you doing this?”
At Lee Jae-hyun’s words, An Do-hyun spoke as if wronged.
Lee Jae-hyun let out a smirk and spoke in a leisurely tone.
“You’ve got plenty left unsaid.”
“What, did Woo Kyung-hwan say something again? That I ordered it?”
“Like you’re the only one who did?”
There, Lee Jae-hyun deliberately made a suggestive face.
An Do-hyun and Woo Kyung-hwan were each other’s weak points, constantly badmouthing and cursing one another.
Both would say anything to save themselves.
Naturally, they were most wary of each other.
He made the face wondering if something might come out, and An Do-hyun scowled, clicking his tongue.
“No, I really didn’t order it. That bastard contacted me first. Said he’d already planned everything...”
As the other’s words dragged on, Lee Jae-hyun just nodded a few times, taking it in.
Seeing that attitude, An Do-hyun let out a small hum and shut his mouth.
He eyed Lee Jae-hyun for a moment, then blurted out.
“Detective.”
“What.”
“How many years do you think I’ll get?”
“You think I’m a judge?”
At An Do-hyun’s sudden question about his sentence, Lee Jae-hyun answered incredulously.
Out of left field, but ultimately, asking how many years meant his sentence.
Judging and sentencing wasn’t Lee Jae-hyun’s role.
His job ended at catching the guy and securing evidence.
Beyond that was for judges and Serhen.
At Lee Jae-hyun’s response, An Do-hyun shrugged again and spoke.
“But you’re a detective, you’d know better than me.”
“At least ten years.”
“And Kyung-hwan?”
“Him too, over ten.”
“Kyung-hwan’ll get more than me, right?”
Lee Jae-hyun hadn’t worked in the legal world, so naturally less versed in law than a judge.
But with years as a detective, he knew the basics.
He hadn’t ignored legal studies entirely.
Likely, Woo Kyung-hwan would get a heavier sentence than An Do-hyun.
From what they’d uncovered so far, An Do-hyun had one murder and one attempted murder.
Woo Kyung-hwan had two murders.
One being his own mother.
Filial murder, and two victims, so heavier sentence was obvious.
But at the way he asked, Lee Jae-hyun couldn’t read his intent, hesitated, then nodded and spoke.
“Yeah, probably.”
“Then that bastard’s the worse one, right? Case closed.”
An Do-hyun looked at Lee Jae-hyun and said.
At his words, Lee Jae-hyun’s lip curled.
Look at this punk.
“Hey, An Do-hyun.”
“Yes, Detective.”
“It’s murder. You killed a person. Debating who’s worse here is pointless.”
“Why pointless? It’s years of difference to me. Anyway, I’ll get out before Woo Kyung-hwan, so... when that time comes, I’ll come say hi to you, Detective, all reformed.”
“...What?”
At An Do-hyun’s words, Lee Jae-hyun narrowed his brow.
What did this punk just say?
Come say hi?
Obviously not meaning just a polite visit.
“You’re the one who reformed me, gotta say thanks or it’d be rude.”
“...”
An Do-hyun spoke with feigned innocence, flashing a sly smile.
As if purely meaning a grateful visit.
Lee Jae-hyun gave no reply.
But his eyes were changing bit by bit.
The Mad Dog’s eyes were starting to emerge.
“Oh, by then will you be married with kids, Detective? I’ll grab a gift for the little one too.”
Not avoiding Lee Jae-hyun’s gaze, An Do-hyun spoke.
Right now... he was threatening Lee Jae-hyun.
Woo Kyung-hwan would get out later anyway.
He’d be out first, and come for Lee Jae-hyun.
That was the threat.
Lee Jae-hyun let out a hollow laugh.
After catching so many criminals, was this threat unfamiliar?
He’d heard it countless times; it was routine.
“You threatening me right now?”
“Hey, no threat. I’m just saying I’ll sincerely come to say thanks.”
An Do-hyun spoke in a sly tone.
Lee Jae-hyun clicked his tongue once and continued.
“Tch... Whatever. I don’t wanna see you again, so I’ll make sure your sentence is as long as possible.”
“That’s harsh.”
“Do-hyun-ah.”
Glare fixed on An Do-hyun calling it harsh, Lee Jae-hyun addressed him.
The accumulating rage from his brazen attitude made his voice come out growling unintentionally.
At that voice, An Do-hyun waved his hands as if scared and spoke.
“Aigoo, why call me so seriously, what now?”
“Why haven’t you mentioned killing someone before?”
Lee Jae-hyun threw out the words.
With conviction, making it seem he already knew everything about the prior killing.
At his words, An Do-hyun froze, face hardening.