I’m Obsessed With the Suspect - Chapter 29
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29
As soon as the door opened, the menacing men who came pouring in were busy looking around the store.
“What? Why isn’t he here?”
“Where did he go?”
Fierce gazes instantly converged on Yushin.
“Where’s the person who was causing a disturbance, a disturbance here? Where did you hide him!”
Even the customers who had been gaming all stood up and began creating a murmuring commotion. Yushin let out a long sigh and crossed his arms.
“The disturbance is what you detectives are causing right now. What do you mean hide him?”
“…”
“There was someone who collapsed at the counter earlier, so we took him to the hospital. That’s all.”
“Collapsed? Hospital? No, that can’t be…”
At the detectives’ flustered reaction, Yushin slowly swept his bangs up.
“That can’t be? What does that mean?”
As soon as the suspicious voice was uttered, crackling sounds came from the detectives’ radios as signals were picked up.
[This is Emergency Response Center, Jungbu Police Station. Violent Crimes Unit 2 field response report complete. Drug user discovered at PC room in Yongseondong. No damage. Currently being transported to hospital due to loss of consciousness. Scene cleanup complete. Over.]
When the radio stopped, silence instantly filled the store.
Only the occasional game sounds of beeping and screaming came from the headsets customers had thrown off.
That too was brief, as the cold atmosphere settled in and quite a few customers quietly got up from their seats and began leaving the store.
One of the flustered detectives approached Yushin with an angry face.
“We received a tip that there was a drug user here. Sir! Why didn’t you report this to the police? Are you in cahoots?”
Yushin snorted.
“Don’t raise your voice. You’re making the customers anxious. Look, if a customer suddenly collapses at the counter, naturally I’d think it’s because they’re not feeling well. How am I supposed to know whether they took drugs or not?”
Between the sharply confronting Yushin and the detective, another detective who looked quite aged with a gentle impression stepped in.
“Oh my, sir. I’m Sergeant Han Yeongsu from Violent Crimes Unit 1 of the Central Police Station. First, I’m truly sorry for causing such a commotion.”
“Yes, well, you’re working hard.”
“The thing is, when we receive tips, we have to do our best…”
“Even so, interfering with business like this. Tsk.”
Yushin let out several annoyed breaths.
“We need to ask for your cooperation with the investigation. Could we possibly see the CCTV footage of that person entering the PC room and being taken to the hospital? Please.”
Han Yeongsu made this request in a polite voice, and Chamkkae’s troubled voice flowed through the earpiece.
[Mes. Meerkat is caught on the CCTV. What do we do?]
However, Yushin’s reaction was relaxed.
“Well, it’s not like I can’t show you if you ask. Do you have a warrant?”
Standing in front of the counter, he asked in a leisurely voice.
[Jackpot. Right. They don’t have a warrant! It’s not an emergency situation right now, so they don’t have the authority to conduct a forced investigation either. Push back, push back!]
Chamkkae beyond the earpiece delivered information in a rapid-fire voice.
“We don’t have a warrant, but…”
At the trailing words, a snicker escaped from Yushin.
“Ah, then I can’t show you. If you bring an official cooperation document, I’ll let you view it then.”
The detectives exchanged troubled glances among themselves.
“The backup is recorded for two weeks, so if you need it, just come before then.”
It continued to a conclusion where they couldn’t say anything more.
Yushin began waving his hands to drive the detectives out of the store.
[Hey, this crazy guy. He’s really bold. Kekeke.]
Yushin didn’t forget to mutter to himself about taking a hit to sales and sigh several times.
[Ah, but Mes. At the Central Police Station, Unit 2 handles drugs. What kind of tip did they receive that Unit 1 came instead of Unit 2? And with the Narcotics Unit too?]
“…”
[No wait. Is the tipster from the Narcotics Unit? But the Narcotics Unit is where Meerkat used to work.]
“…”
[Really suspicious, seriously.]
Yushin watched the detectives disappear without answering.
Only after the detectives completely disappeared from view did Yushin open his mouth and speak in a low voice.
“Chamkkae. We need to investigate more about Meerkat’s time at the Narcotics Unit.”
[Right? I was thinking the same thing.]
Yushin, settled at the counter, stared intently at the CCTV screen.
In the dead of night before dawn, in front of the building. Yushin’s gaze lingered long on the sight of detectives gathered in front of their car in the darkness, constantly sighing.
***
“Team leader, what do we do about this?”
“…”
Kim Sinbok, team leader of Violent Crimes Unit 1, had to struggle to organize his complicated thoughts.
As Chamkkae had predicted, it was the Narcotics Unit from headquarters that had tipped them off about a drug user appearing at the PC room. They had asked Unit 1 to mobilize everyone and respond secretly, saying it was urgent, and afterward had even requested a forced search of the PC room using that man as pretext.
In this urgent situation, Unit 2 had snatched away the drug user.
It was a troublesome situation.
Deputy team leader Han Yeongsu, who had been cautiously reading the mood, let out a deep sigh.
“No, seriously. Unit 2 didn’t even get a separate contact from the situation room about responding, right? Are they crazy or what?”
“We also came out in a hurry and didn’t report our response to the situation room, so we’re in the same boat.”
“You bastard, read the room a little.”
Watching his team members bicker, Kim Sinbok, team leader of Violent Crimes Unit 1, gripped the cigarette pack in his pocket tightly.
“For now.”
When the team leader spoke, everyone shut their mouths and focused their attention.
“Let’s withdraw. We’ll think about follow-up measures back at the station.”
“Yes sir.”
“Yes…”
The noisy scene came to an end, and the Unit 1 members headed dejectedly to their car.
Meanwhile, a man in a white jumper gestured to call Kim Sinbok over.
“I’m going to have a quick talk, so wait for me.”
“Yes, team leader.”
Sinbok followed the man in the white jumper, walking steadily. The two stopped after turning the corner of the building, let out deep sighs, and each took out cigarettes.
The man in the white jumper who exhaled a long breath, Park Kwangho from the Narcotics Unit, slowly opened his mouth.
“This is troublesome, team leader.”
“We’re going crazy right now too.”
Sinbok couldn’t not know why the Narcotics Unit had given them this information.
The meaning was to bypass Unit 2 and bring the drug distribution case happening here under Unit 1’s jurisdiction. To be more precise, it meant not to hand the case over to Inspector Kim Chung-a.
“I’ll report directly to the section chief first and try to get the case transferred to our side.”
“Please do. Make sure to check the CCTV footage too. If there’s anything suspicious they did, latch onto it. There definitely will be something.”
“Yes.”
Sinbok gave a light bow and headed to the van where his team members were waiting.
Sigh, a short breath escaped from the remaining Park Kwangho.
Taking out his phone, he hesitated for a moment then made a call.
“I’m sorry. We failed.”
[What? How did that become a failure?]
The man on the other end of the line scolded Park Kwangho loudly.
“Violent Crimes Unit 2 took preliminary action on the drug user.”
[Unit 2 took preliminary action? You got beaten to it?]
“…Yes.”
A brief silence flowed.
[Don’t tell me it was Kim Chung-a?]
“Yes, it seems like they found out some information from Boksandae and were conducting an undercover operation.”
Tsk, a sharp tongue-clicking sound came through.
[That girl isn’t even a drug detection dog! Damn it. It’s this hard just to see Rachel’s face once, really.]
“I apologize. I’ll do my best to pull the case over to our side. Well then.”
After finishing the call, Park Kwangho stared down intently at the PC Bang’s entrance.
The flickering neon sign was brightly illuminating the dark night.
***
Dokshipja Hospital Emergency Room.
While Cheong-a was away getting coffee, Inkyu carefully looked around and picked up the phone she had left behind.
With a troubled expression, he glanced toward the curtain while tapping on Cheong-a’s phone.
When he heard footsteps echoing across the emergency room floor, he quickly put the phone back in its place.
Returning to her seat, Cheong-a tossed a canned coffee to Inkyu.
“Hyung, catch.”
“Thanks. But how long do we have to wait for this? Can’t we just wake him up?”
“The doctor said the antagonist went in, so he should wake up soon…”
“But?”
Cheong-a raised her index finger to her lips and made a shushing sound.
“Actually, I knocked him out by hitting him, so I was being a bit cautious.”
“…”
Park Inkyu quietly got up from his seat and headed toward the nurses’ station.
After showing his ID there, he received a briefing about the patient’s condition. Then he bowed politely and returned to his seat.
With a rustling sound, the emergency room curtain was drawn.
Then he began hitting the sleeping suspect.
“Come on. Stop sleeping and wake up. The morning sun has risen.”
“Ugh, uhh?”
The man, struck in the chest by Inkyu’s large fist, startled awake and sprang up from the bed.
“What. What? Who are you.”
“Who do you think, I’m a police officer of the Republic of Korea.”
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