Episode 174
“under…….”
Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office Investigation Room.
Park Gyu-min was sitting there with a world-ending expression on his face.
“under…….”
Nothing comes out except a sigh.
Luck is not helping.
Why was White Gold’s jacket room, which had never been caught before, caught today of all days?
I felt suffocated.
Because things weren’t going well, I wondered if it was possible for things to go this badly.
‘The only good thing is that I wasn’t the only one captured.’
If it was fortunate, it was fortunate.
I saw earlier that quite a variety of celebrities, from actors to singers and athletes, had been arrested together, and I was confident that even if the list of people in the kit room was released to the media, it wouldn’t cause any trouble for me.
Perhaps, if you look good to the association president, the damage may end up in internal disciplinary action.
At that time, the prosecutor who had raided the press room entered Park Gyu-min’s investigation room.
It was prosecutor Kim Seung-hwan.
However, Park Gyu-min did not know who Kim Seung-hwan was.
At first, I thought about calling my connections at the prosecutor’s office since I had some experience working there, but I soon gave up.
Because I wanted to first see how things turned out and then make a judgment.
‘There’s no need to step forward and be the first to make a fuss.’
If it were the old days, you would have raised your voice and said, “Do you know who I am?”
But that is Park Gyu-min of the past.
The current Park Gyu-min did not do that.
Because I learned a lot through guardianship.
There are monsters in the world who live in hiding, without any consideration for the future, and whose history as a four-term congressman is meaningless.
The experience of being stripped to the bone has made him humble.
Kim Seung-hwan, sitting across from Park Gyu-min, said.
“Mr. Park Gyu-min?”
“yes.”
“Are you the vice-chairman of the Daeheonhyeop?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“hmm.”
Kim Seung-hwan flips through the documents and scratches his temple with his index finger.
Park Gyu-min narrowed his eyes at the sight.
Because it smelled.
A similar scent of determination to An Su-ho.
Judging from his appearance, he looks young, but usually, someone with that level of experience would have been humbled and kept quiet upon hearing that he was a four-term member of the National Assembly.
But Seunghwan Kim didn’t do that.
Kim Seung-hwan said, scratching his temple.
“I really don’t understand.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Do you know that this is White Gold, a place run by the Gangnam Platinum Party?”
Park Gyu-min hesitated for a moment at Kim Seung-hwan’s question and then shook his head.
“Is that so? I didn’t know. I just went because I was invited.”
“An invitation? Who invited you?”
“that…….”
Park Gyu-min is silent at the invitation story.
Because if I bring up the Son Baek-geum story here and carry out the water ghost operation, I know that Son Baek-geum will definitely not stay still.
After much thought, Park Gyu-min said.
“From here on out, you will speak to my lawyer.”
“A lawyer… … .”
Kim Seung-hwan chuckled at the lawyer’s story, then took a cigarette out of his pocket and put it in his mouth.
Park Gyu-min quietly watched Kim Seung-hwan like that.
Kim Seung-hwan said.
“Vice President.”
“yes.”
“I know that the Vice Chairman is a big shot who served four terms in the National Assembly. But even if he is a big shot, he is not the type to play in a platinum club where one chip costs at least 20 million won, right?”
Two thousand for one chip.
It was true.
So when Son Baek-geum first invited him, he felt very burdened.
In a situation where I already lost all my money to Suho, how can I get 2000 for one chip?
If Son Baek-geum hadn’t offered to give me the chip, I wouldn’t have been able to come even if I wanted to.
But regardless of those facts, it was a blow to my pride to be treated like this.
Park Gyu-min asked, wiggling his eyebrows.
“… … What do you want to say?”
“Why do you pretend not to know when you fully understand? Do you really not know? The Jeongkitbang run by the Platinum Party is a strict membership-based place where billions of won are exchanged in one night. It is strange that a vice president who is not a businessman was invited to such a place, so it is even stranger that he was suddenly invited to the private White Gold. That is why I honestly think this.”
Kim Seung-hwan took a deep drag on his cigarette and spat it into the air as he spoke.
“That rich platinum guy opened a gambling table for entertainment on purpose to ask the vice chairman for something.”
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“… … ?”
What is this?
A question mark appeared on Park Gyu-min’s face.
Are you serious?
But Kim Seung-hwan’s expression was serious.
“Otherwise, why would you suddenly invite the Vice President, who is a dog hair, to White Gold, a private and luxurious premium club?”
“Dog hair? Watch what you say.”
“So you played with your own money? It’s all cash-based there, so where did you get the money for the games?”
“that…….”
Oh, I’m going crazy…
Even if you say no, I don’t believe you, and if you say no honestly, that’s dangerous in its own way.
A situation that is literally like a trap.
Kim Seung-hwan said as he put out the cigarette he was smoking.
“I’ll call a lawyer. But just in case, I’ll tell you in advance. You should stop thinking that you’ll be buried because so many famous people were arrested this time. I smelled a stronger stench from the vice chairman than from those people.”
“Would you believe me if I said no?”
“There is no evidence to prove innocence, so what can I do? I will just trust my instincts and investigate.”
“This is ridiculous.”
“What I find really absurd is this. Vice Chairman, honestly speaking, do you really think I am saying this to you without any basis?”
“I think so?”
“Shock Project.”
“… … ?”
“Surely you don’t say you don’t know?”
“… … !”
Park Gyu-min’s eyes grew bigger than he had ever seen before.
Kim Seung-hwan laughed when he saw that, and Park Gyu-min’s heart started beating faster.
Kim Seung-hwan took out the pack of cigarettes and lighter he had been smoking from his arms and pushed them towards Park Gyu-min.
Then he slowly got up from his seat, buttoned up his suit jacket, and said:
“Let’s be smart. I’ll give you plenty of time to think about it, so let’s talk again later.”
And then he left without looking back.
After Kim Seung-hwan left, Park Gyu-min stared at Kim Seung-hwan’s cigarette with his lips tightly shut in silence.
Then he slowly put a cigarette in his mouth and lit it.
“after…….”
Smoke breaking into thin air.
Then he muttered.
“f*ck, nothing works… … .”
***
Kim Seung-hwan left the investigation room and moved to the observation room next to the investigation room.
There was a place where you could observe the investigation room through a wall made of magic mirrors, and there was someone waiting for Seunghwan Kim there.
It was a guardian.
When Seunghwan Kim came into the observation room, Suho greeted him with a smile.
“Thank you for your hard work. I heard you were good at acting.”
“It’s not acting. I just acted as I would in real life.”
“That’s what we call acting in real life. By the way, am I right? I told you that if you mentioned the Shock Project, your expression would fall.”
“Yes, I just saw your expression change on my way here.”
However, Kim Seung-hwan’s expression as he answered was not so good.
It can’t be helped.
In fact, Seunghwan Kim didn’t even know about the Shock Project or the redevelopment cartel until Suho told him.
No, I was vaguely aware that there had been that type of crime.
Because when I first met Suho, he told me why he wanted to get rid of Pi Seong-yeol.
But at the time, I thought it was just a random crime that ended at a one-time level, but I never knew that it had become a cartel and was even called a project and was still ongoing.
That’s why when Kim Seung-hwan found out about this, he was more angry than ever.
Suho said, taking a sip of the orange juice in front of him.
“If you put even a little pressure on Park Gyu-min’s personality, he’ll come out easily. Since the prosecutor mentioned the shock project first, there’s a high probability that he’ll think he’s the one who’s going to be the fuse for the redevelopment gate.”
“Is that really so? I think he’s so scared of the cartels’ aftermath that he might die alone.”
“Hey, no matter what, he won’t take everything in himself and die. Park Gyu-min is scared. So from now on, I’ll step forward. If I, who heard everything from the prosecutor, appear in front of Park Gyu-min again, Park Gyu-min will do whatever I say.”
“Is Park Gyu-min that scared of Hunter?”
“Yes, that’s right. I don’t know why.”
Suho smiles brightly.
Kim Seung-hwan didn’t ask for more details because he found that laughter strangely scary.
Kim Seung-hwan, who had been watching Park Gyu-min through the magic mirror for a while, fixed his gaze on Su-ho and asked him.
“Can I ask you one question?”
“Two more please.”
“Why do you make this so much of a hassle?”
“Why do you think it’s a hassle?”
“You already know the whole story and have all the information, so why don’t you just blow it up yourself? No one can beat Hunter in terms of national support.”
“Hey, then the arrow will come at me.”
“arrow?”
“You know how big the cartel is. The bad guys have to fight each other to the death. Of course, I’m not saying I can’t handle it, but I have a lot more to do. Is this enough of an answer?”
“… … Yes, that’s enough.”
Suho looked beyond the black mirror as if it was nothing, and Seunghwan Kim looked at Suho for a moment before turning his gaze back to the black mirror.
And now it was visible.
What Suho is currently seeing is not a small tree inside the black mirror, but a huge forest spread out beyond it.
‘From the beginning, this person was looking at the redevelopment gate as a process or a means.’
What a scary person.
The redevelopment gate was a huge gate that could turn the country upside down and be recorded in history, but Suho regarded it as a means and process to achieve his own goal.
That’s why Seunghwan Kim swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.
Perhaps it was because he thought that An Su-ho, who was in front of him, might be the most frightening person in this country, more than any other person in power.
‘I just have to do my job well, just my job.’
Then this scary person will never become my enemy.
Kim Seung-hwan took a breath, checked his wristwatch, and then said.
“It’s almost time, so let’s go in now.”
“No, I will go in now.”
“Are you a hunter?”
“If the prosecutor interrogates you, you’ll have to negotiate in various ways, and it’ll probably take quite some time. I’ll just go in and finish everything in one go.”
“ah…….”
That was the plan from the beginning.
Rather than trying to intimidate him from the beginning, he had to go through this process to be able to capture Park Gyu-min purely without any misunderstandings.
After Suho finished drinking all the remaining orange juice, he stood up from his seat and pressed the stop recording button in the observation room.
“Could you please step aside for a moment?”
Kim Seung-hwan nodded and left the observation room first, and only after he left did Su-ho open the interrogation room door.
And the moment Park Gyu-min’s gaze moved towards the open door.
“Uh, uh… … !”
Park Gyu-min had no choice but to get up from his seat and let out a groan without realizing it.
Suho said, taking off the watch on his wrist.
“Vice President.”
“Ah, Hunter! I, I can explain all of this! How did this happen… …!”
“Didn’t I tell you not to think about it and to live quietly? Is that so hard?”
“Oh, no! That, that’s not it!”
Suho quietly places his wristwatch on the table.
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