“I heard that you always act up and behave out of your place, but you're pretty quiet? As expected, rumors can't be trusted.”

In the car going to the land of Commissioner Go Junhwan.

Senior Inspector Shin Miye, who was holding the steering wheel, turned her head to Hyunsoo in the passenger seat.

“Who…… Is that so? I'm the type of person who acts up……?”

“Team Leader Heo.”

“Our Team Leader-nim?”

“We're in the same class.”

“Ah.”

A light sigh escaped Hyunsoo's mouth.

“Well, no matter how badly I behave, I won't do it all the time. By the way…….”

Hyunsoo's gaze turned to the cigarette in Senior Inspector Shin Miye's mouth.

“Do you happen……to be a heavy smoker? You really smoke all the time.”

“Looking at the fact that you have no distinction between what to say and what not to say to a senior, rumors aren’t just rumors.”

She glanced at Hyunsoo and said as she extinguished her cigarette.

“Okay now?”magic

“Yep.”

Hyunsoo lowered the window slightly and checked the outside.

The land in the name of Commissioner Go Junhwan's wife was in the outskirts of Seoul. Cars blocking the roads were gradually opening up, and Hyunsoo's car was running fast on the road.

“We're almost there.”

It was when Hyunsoo turned his head and looked forward at the words of Senior Inspector Shin Miye.

“!”

A scene of the incident began to flash through Hyunsoo's head again.

* * *

“You stupid bastard!! Can't you manage one of them?!!”

It was early evening after the sun had set.

The land named after Commissioner Go Junhwan's wife, where Hyunsoo and Senior Inspector Shin Miye were heading.

In the middle of it were men who did not appear to be police, Commissioner Go Junhwan with an iron pipe, and a man who was knocked down by the pipe.

“I'm sure I've been saying this!! Keep an eye on the old man to see if he's digging or not!”

“I’m, I’m sorry!”

The iron pipe in Commissioner Go Junhwan's hand mercilessly struck the fallen man on the back.

“If I get caught, will you take responsibility?! Uh?! Will you?!”

Commissioner Go Junhwan lowered his posture and looked down at the man with glinting eyes.

“…….”

His eyes were bloody as if he would kill him at any moment.

The man who fell on the floor was a police officer at the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency, one of Commissioner Go Junhwan's hands and feet.

“Slush funds and everything are here. Do you really want to see me go to prison?!”

As he was the hand and foot of Commissioner Go Junhwan, he was in charge of managing the land where Commissioner Go's slush fund was hidden. Of course, including monitoring the land around it.

However, a few days ago, as directed by Hyunsoo, President Park bought the land next to Commissioner Go’s.

“I'm not the only one going to jail. If I get caught, you have to take off your uniform too!”

Land prices had fallen due to extensive media propaganda. Unless there was a particular purpose, no one would suddenly buy land.

So Commissioner Go thought that the guy who bought the land must be after him.

“Co, Commissioner-nim, next, next time…….”“Enough.”

Commissioner Go Junhwan straightened his back and continued speaking in a low voice.

“Find out who bought it, the prosecutors or the police……. Ha, is he from Kim Taek’s side? What he is trying to do buying this land. Do you get it?!”

“Yes, yes!”

Then he walked leisurely toward the car, leaving the bleeding man behind.

* * *

‘Assault? It's not murder.’

Back in the car.

Hyunsoo stroked his chin.

In the scene in his head, Commissioner Go Junhwan apparently left the man behind. Furthermore, the man he assaulted was a police officer. No matter how corrupt the commissioner was, it was unlikely that he would kill his underling police.

There were quite a few eyes.

‘Murder in the land of his wife's name…….’

Hyunsoo shook his head.

In the end, there was one reason why Commissioner Go Junhwan was so angry.

‘Slush funds and everything are here. Do you really want to see me go to prison?!’

With this, it was confirmed that slush funds were buried with ledgers in the ground. What remained now was how to make that slush fund into legal evidence…….

“What are you thinking about?”

Hearing the voice from the side, Hyunsoo turned his head.

“Pardon? It’s nothing.”

“We're almost there.”

Senior Inspector Shin Miye pointed forward with her finger.

* * *

After a while.

Senior Inspector Shin Miye, who got out of the car, was walking around the fence and examining the ground.

“I think it's around there…….”

A place where the color of the land seen in the distance was different. It looked like the place where the ground had been dug up once on a large scale.

Unlike Senior Inspector Shin Miye, who squinted at the ground, Hyunsoo was leaning against the car and looking at his cell phone.

“But is there a reason why it is here?……?”

The size of the land that Go Junhwan bought was enormous. He wouldn't have spent this much money unnecessarily to hide his slush funds.

It was when Hyunsoo was scrolling down his cell phone just in case there was any other information.

Senior Inspector Shin Miye, who returned from looking at the ground, tapped Hyunsoo on the shoulder.

“If you go over there, there is a place where the ground has been dug once. I think it's buried there…….”

There was only one place that looked suspicious. However, there was no way to check.

It was because there were men watching Hyunsoo and Senior Inspector Shin Miye carefully through the fence.

“We’re in trouble. I think it's evidence, but if we go in illegally and dig it, the evidence becomes invalid.…….”

Criminal Procedure Act Article 108-2.

Exclusion of Evidence Illegally Obtained, any evidence obtained in violation of the due process shall not be admissible.

Therefore, if they illegally enter Go Junhwan's land and find evidence, all of it could be in vain.

Then.

“Senior Inspector-nim.”

Hyunsoo handed the cell phone he was holding to Senior Inspector Shin Miye. Floating on the screen were articles about this land.

“All…… of these are articles about this land? But why?”“This land. Didn't the articles all write the same thing? As if they were deliberately trying to lower the price of land.”

“……Yes, indeed.”

Senior Inspector Shin Miye nodded.

The land was bought en masse by the commissioner of a police agency, who concealed the corruption, and a media company that intentionally spread articles to lower the land price.

It was a familiar repertoire.

“I mean, it has to do with the political world. Sooner or later, these lands will explode in price.”

Hyunsoo nodded. Then Senior Inspector Shin Miye opened her mouth.

“Shall we investigate the surrounding area? Do you know? All the people around here could be politicians or chaebols.”

At her words, Hyunsoo's face hardened for a moment. This was because the land right in front of it was the land of President Park, who bought it under his direction.

Of course, the connection between President Park and Hyunsoo had been completely erased.

‘But rather than being suspected for nothing…….’

Hyunsoo frowned and shook his head.

“That's good, but wouldn't it be hard to investigate everything? It's all probably borrowed names…….”

“That's true.”

Senior Inspector Shin Miye, who was nodding, leaned against the car.

No matter how much Commissioner Kim Taek helped, it was to catch the corruption of the local police commissioner who was involved in politics. Therefore, it was clear that it would be difficult to obtain a warrant for a slush fund investigation with unclear evidence. However, if they went in illegally and searched for slush funds, the validity of the evidence would be lost.…….

Senior Inspector Shin Miye, who had been thinking for a long time, spat out.

“Guess we'll have to go the old-fashioned way.”

“What do you mean?”

“We need to tail him. Who he meets, where he goes. That way we'll get a sense of what he’s up to.”

Sometimes, this type of foot-running investigation was the most efficient way.

If Commissioner Go Junhwan bought such a large site, and if there was someone who looked after him, he must be someone who was influential enough to know.

“Then, let’s go immediately to the Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency and follow Commissioner Go.…….”

“If that's the case, I've already done it.”

At the same time Senior Inspector Shin Miye opened the door and got into the car, Hyunsoo turned on his cell phone.

“Huh?”

Then, he tapped the screen and showed a picture to Senior Inspector Shin Miye.

“Commissioner Go Junhwan is currently at a Korean restaurant in Cheongdam-dong.”

It was a picture of Commissioner Go Junhwan, who was drinking with a man whose back could only be seen.

“How can you……?”

As Senior Inspector Shin Miye's eyes widened, Hyunsoo shrugged.

A few hours ago.

It was when he was eating after looking around the land with President Park.

“Followed? And it’s Incheon Commissioner on top of that…… Haa, the pay is a bit high.”

No matter how righteous Hyunsoo's job was, President Park had a company he was in charge of, so he tended to make accurate calculations.

Hyunsoo nodded happily at President Park, who make a circle with his finger and smacked his lips.

“I'll pay you twice as much, please put the kids together right now. Who he’s meeting, where he’s going, every move.”

Thus, Hyunsoo attached a tail to Commissioner Go Junhwan. Because in order to know what he did and how, Hyunsoo had to know the people he met.

Jiiing-

Then, another text message was sent to Hyunsoo's cell phone.

“This must be him. The guy who's playing with the land.”

It was a frontal picture of the man who had been drinking with Commissioner Go Junhwan just before.

A man who boasted a thick chin and smiled with his teeth exposed.

“Congressman…… Cha Hyunchang?”

Hyunsoo nodded.