I’m Obsessed With the Suspect - Chapter 38

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38

 

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Yangcheon-gu, Mokdong, Seoul.

 

A small officetel building not far from the National Forensic Service building.

 

Yushin, visiting this place after a long time, finished parking in a suitable spot and climbed the stairs past the 1st floor cafe.

 

The 2nd floor staircase blocked by a steel entrance door.

 

A small acrylic sign was attached there.

 

Daul Healthcare Solutions

 

Yushin skillfully tapped his card key and brought his wrist close to have his veins recognized.

 

With a click, the lock was released.

 

Confirming that sound, Yushin pushed hard on the opposite side where the handle was attached to open the entrance.

 

Creak.

 

The inside of the office was ordinary. Several desks were placed, and various medical equipment was scattered about messily.

 

Yushin crossed the office as is and headed toward the storage warehouse.

 

Two wall surfaces inside the warehouse were occupied by steel shelves piled high with medical equipment.

 

Moving his steps, Yushin tapped a medical tablet casually placed on the shelf to bring up the screen and entered the password.

 

Then the response came from the opposite wall surface.

 

A crack appeared in the smooth wall surface and a secret passage opened.

 

Yushin walked along it toward the basement.

 

What was located at the place he walked down for quite a while was another steel door. After entering another password there and completing iris recognition, the real entrance finally opened.

 

The dark space instantly brightened and Yushin’s office was finally revealed.

 

“Oh? It’s Mes.”

 

Chamkkae, who jumped up from his seat, greeted him who had suddenly visited the office.

 

Yushin’s gaze naturally swept over Chamkkae’s desk.

 

A semicircular desk with six monitors placed haphazardly. Below it, three keyboards and various cables were scattered messily.

 

Next to the keyboards, printouts that had been analyzed or needed analysis were also piled up like a mountain.

 

In the corner of the desk, half-eaten cup ramen containers formed a huge mountain range, and on the opposite side, energy drinks were stacked like a pyramid.

 

Yushin’s brow furrowed deeply.

 

“Hey. Clean up a bit, really. How is it this mess every day.”

 

“You come in and start nagging right away. Did I cause you any harm?”

 

“Well…”

 

Come to think of it, it was closer to receiving help rather than harm.

 

Having such a role model so close made it possible to mess up his room every day and keep Kim Chung-a occupied under the pretext of cleaning.

 

Yushin shrugged his shoulders.

 

“It is helpful.”

 

“What are you talking about. You’ve been staying up all night working, did you lose your mind? Shouldn’t you be sleeping?”

 

“I feel like I’m going to die anyway, so don’t make me talk.”

 

“…”

 

Yushin left Chamkkae, who made an expression like he was tired of answering, and walked toward the inner part of the office, avoiding his desk.

 

A neat desk with only one laptop placed on it. A spot so empty that you wouldn’t think it had an owner if not for the pile of unconfirmed reports stacked on one side.

 

That was Yushin’s desk.

 

Settling into the chair and leaning back leisurely, he lifted his long legs and placed them on the desk. Then he reached out to pick up a report and began checking it.

 

Seeing Yushin’s behavior, Chamkkae made a sarcastic sound.

 

“You’re being arrogant after returning for the first time in a while, Mes?”

 

“Yeah. I only slept two hours. If I don’t elevate them, it strains my muscles. Guys who are just bones like you wouldn’t understand.”

 

「Unconfirmed corpse autopsy postponed – 3 cases」

 

「National Forensic Service transfer completed」

 

Yushin asked in an indifferent voice while flipping through the documents.

 

“But Chamkkae.”

 

“What!”

 

Chamkkae, who had been constantly attacked since Yushin arrived, unconsciously made an irritated voice.

 

“Only three postponed cases. Weren’t there any new cases?”

 

“Can’t you read? They all went to the National Forensic Service.”

 

Yushin, who had been making a displeased expression, let out a long sigh. Then he completely covered his face with the documents.

 

“They should have done this from the start. Then I wouldn’t have had to work overtime alone with corpses.”

 

“You’re needed because there are things the National Forensic Service can’t do.”

 

A low voice that suddenly interrupted. And the documents covering Yushin’s face were instantly removed.

 

“Oh, it’s been a while. Doksah.”

 

Seeing Doksah who appeared quietly without making any footstep sounds, Yushin nodded his head slightly in greeting.

 

“How’s the PC bang case going.”

 

“You know, so why ask. You’re getting daily reports from Chamkkae.”

 

“You went to Ganghwa-do with that owner at dawn.”

 

Doksah’s question, knowing even the movements that were never reported.

 

Yushin shrugged his shoulders as if it was nothing.

 

“I don’t know. They sent me out for a moment and it seems like Rachel and our princess had a secret conversation, but I missed it.”

 

“Princess?”

 

Doksah and Chamkkae’s gazes turned toward each other.

 

“Don’t tell me Inspector Kim Chung-a?”

 

“I think so?”

 

“Weren’t you calling her Meerkat?”

 

“That’s what he called her until yesterday?”

 

“But why princess now. She got promoted in status?”

 

“Could it be that, Doksah? Princess of Terror’s Mouth? That sister was good at talking nonsense.”

 

“Is that princess the same princess?”

 

Yushin, who had been listening to their conversation continuing with endless questions, burst into loud laughter.

 

“Ahah, ahahaha!”

 

And Doksah and Chamkkae’s gazes turned to Yushin in unison.

 

“…Doksah. Did you see that?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“That bastard is laughing?”

 

“Did he eat poisonous mushrooms or something in Ganghwa-do?”

 

“I think this is the first time I’ve seen him laugh. Ugh. What is this, it’s creepy.”

 

Chamkkae rubbed his arms several times, and Doksah couldn’t hide his expression of having seen something bizarre.

 

At that reaction, Yushin made an “uh” sound and instantly hardened his expression, feeling his own face.

 

“…”

 

“Did something really happen to you yesterday?”

 

“…No. Nothing at all.”

 

Yushin, who jumped up from his seat, snatched the report from Doksah’s hand and began moving hurriedly.

 

“Don’t, don’t talk about useless things. Let’s finish the autopsy I left behind. The freezer. It’s in the freezer now, right?”

 

Watching Yushin’s back as he disappeared in a fluster, Chamkkae and Doksah whispered.

 

“Doksah. Mes is acting really suspicious, right?”

 

“Yeah. I think he’s gone crazy.”

 

“…Did he do drugs?”

 

“Ah, shit. He would never do drugs.”

 

***

 

Inside the autopsy room.

 

On the stainless steel bed lay a corpse covered with white cloth.

 

A cold aura could still be felt from the pale skin that was slightly exposed.

 

Yushin, sitting facing the corpse under the bright shadowless lamp, stared at it blankly with his hands clasped together.

 

Even with a corpse that needed autopsy in front of him, he couldn’t concentrate.

 

Yushin spent time in a daze, fidgeting only with his hands wearing surgical gloves.

 

When he turned his head to check, the board had the corpse’s records that he had written down.

 

Deceased: Unknown identity

 

Age: Estimated mid-30s

 

Main autopsy findings

 

massive hemorrhage

 

abd wounds ; Multiple

 

B/L wrsit level amputation

 

….

 

Single-edged blade. Kitchen knife? combat?

 

Messy handwriting scrawled while tracing back the corpse’s cause of death and traces of various stab wounds.

 

Yushin stared blankly at it and sighed again.

 

“Ah, I can’t concentrate for shit.”

 

Among everything, what made his mind most complicated was the image of himself laughing while listening to Cheong-a’s story.

 

What the hell did I laugh about?

 

Why?

 

When was the last time I laughed.

 

I can’t even remember properly.

 

Yushin shifted his gaze to face the corpse’s face.

 

The face placed under the shadowless lamp was, without exaggeration, a completed handsome man. Even under the bright lighting without a single shadow, it was a three-dimensional face where the solid bone structure and deep eye sockets could be felt at a glance.

 

And the slightly raised corners of his mouth.

 

It was an expression with a strange smile remaining, quite unsuited to what must have been a painful end.

 

“Your wrists were completely cut off. Your stomach became a honeycomb. What were you so happy about that you died smiling like that.”

 

Yushin muttered like that and reached his hand toward the corpse’s severed wrist.

 

A cleanly cut cross-section.

 

And there, something that caught Yushin’s attention came into view.

 

“Huh, this…?”

 

Yushin shot up from his seat and left the autopsy room, shouting to Chamkkae.

 

“Chamkkae. Lamp. Get me a lamp. Warm temperature. Hand light in warm tone.”

 

“What? That kind of thing… of course it’s prepared. Hehe. Wait a moment. Is it urgent?”

 

“Yeah. It’s urgent.”

 

However, Chamkkae, who had run to the front of the autopsy room, hesitated for a long time while holding the light.

 

“I throw up when I see corpses!”

 

“Ah, shit!”

 

Yushin irritably snatched the examination light from Chamkkae’s hand and headed back into the autopsy room.

 

After turning off all the lights in the now darkened room, Yushin grabbed the corpse’s wrist and shone the examination light on the severed wrist.

 

There, several blue lines remained very faintly along the cross-section of the wrist.

 

“Well, look at this…?”

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