Prosecutor Kim Seo-Jin - Chapter 200

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Struggling (2)
Kim Young-jun picked up his phone and pressed it to his ear.
-Wait, sir!
As the Prosecutor General from Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office reported, Kim Young-jun’s face stiffened.
Then his eyes transformed into something demonic. That gaze fixed on Kim Yun-hwan.
“I, um….”
Kim Yun-hwan swallowed his words and retreated with a face drained of color by fear.
Kim Young-jun’s growling voice came low and menacing.
“…Drugs?”
“N-no, that’s not it.”
“You touched drugs?”
“I didn’t! I swear!”
Kim Young-jun gripped the ashtray tightly. His hand trembled.
“You stupid bastard!”
Kim Young-jun hurled the ashtray.
With a crash, it struck the wall and fell.
In that moment, words he’d spoken to Seo Jin not long ago flashed through Kim Yun-hwan’s mind.
-Right, think rationally. If you act emotionally, you could lose everything. Right now, it doesn’t matter who your real parents are—what matters is having wealthy parents.
Now Kim Yun-hwan was trapped in a drug possession charge.
It didn’t matter who his real parents were.
What mattered was that Kim Young-jun standing before him held power.
He decided it was better to take a beating from Kim Young-jun than to be dragged to the Prosecutor’s Office and humiliated.
As Kim Young-jun approached while removing his watch, Kim Yun-hwan quietly clasped his hands together and lowered his head.
Crack!
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“We lost it.”
The next day, Jang Ji-hyuk sat on a bench smoking a cigarette, his expression dejected.
“We lost it!”
Kim Yun-hwan’s drug possession case had been transferred from the Criminal Division to the Anti-Corruption Investigation Division 1.
Jang Ji-hyuk grumbled with the frustration of chasing a chicken, and Seo Jin sat beside him and responded.
“Ah… is that so?”
At his casual tone, Jang Ji-hyuk’s gaze snapped toward Seo Jin.
“You expected this, didn’t you? That I couldn’t catch Kim Yun-hwan. That it would fizzle out under Kim Young-jun’s backing. You knew, didn’t you?”
“Somewhat. I thought it would end with just a scolding.”
“Damn it!”
Jang Ji-hyuk tapped his chest and continued.
“I expected it too, you know? I had expected it, but I held onto a sliver of hope. Yet when it happens exactly as expected, the feeling is just… filthy.”
“Then, shall I brighten your mood?”
“…Huh?”
But Seo Jin’s expression turned bitter.
Jang Ji-hyuk’s curiosity only grew.
“What is it?”
“Well, I might actually get exiled.”
“Does exile cut your salary? No, right? And even if it’s exile, I don’t care if I have to resign. That bastard Kim Yun-hwan is going to prison no matter what. So tell me.”
Jang Ji-hyuk’s eyes burned with determination to catch and lock away Kim Yun-hwan by any means necessary.
Seo Jin liked that look in his eyes.
It reminded me of my own gaze from long ago.
Back when I’d charge at anyone without hesitation.
Seo Jin pulled documents from his bag and handed them to Jang Ji-hyuk.
Materials received from Jang Seok-min, the former thug.
All the garbage Kim Yun-hwan had been doing.
Jang Seok-min never considered Kim Yun-hwan a true friend and anticipated being abandoned at any moment.
So he’d been collecting this evidence.
Jang Ji-hyuk quickly took the documents and flipped through them rapidly. His eyes widened.
“…Is, is this real?”
“He received regular sexual favors from thugs in exchange for turning a blind eye to overseas prostitution rings. Minors are included.”
“This insane bastard. Even if he’s in heat….”
“The entertainment agency CEO Kim Hyun-bong treated Kim Yun-hwan as a VVIP.”
“Kim Hyun-bong? But why has he been quiet all this time?”
Kim Hyun-bong doesn’t know Kim Yun-hwan has returned from the United States.
And Jang Seok-min, who’s outside, is hoping Kim Yun-hwan might help reduce his sentence.
Jang Ji-hyuk began to chuckle. Soon he burst into full laughter.
“Puhahahaha!”
Yet while his mouth smiled, his eyes were ice-cold.
He looked ready to smash Kim Yun-hwan’s face into the asphalt right then and there.
After laughing for a while, Jang Ji-hyuk stopped abruptly and looked at Seo Jin.
“You’re a real bastard.”
“Excuse me? Not Kim Yun-hwan, but me?”
“Yeah, a bastard.”
“I thought I was a good person….”
“When you have something like this, don’t test the waters—just hand it over immediately. That’s what a good person does. Okay?”
As Jang Ji-hyuk chuckled and gathered the documents, my gaze shifted toward the building.
Kim Yun-hwan appeared in the distance.
He was coming out after a urine test.
Sunglasses and a mask—he acted like he was some kind of celebrity.
“Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk, there he is.”
“Thanks. If you get exiled to Dongnam County, come visit. I’ll buy you sashimi.”
Jang Ji-hyuk spoke playfully as he stood up.
And I approached Kim Yun-hwan with heavy, deliberate steps.
Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk’s expression gradually twisted. His contorted face resembled that of a monster.
“Hey.”
Kim Yun-hwan turned his gaze at the sound of his name being called.
Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk was visible climbing up the stairs.
As Kim Yun-hwan exhaled a sigh and stopped walking, Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk stood directly in front of him.
Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk examined Kim Yun-hwan’s face and asked.
“Looks like you got hit.”
Between the sunglasses and mask, dark bruises were visible, spreading across his skin.
Something terrible had clearly happened during the night.
Kim Yun-hwan adjusted his sunglasses and opened his mouth.
“You’re not my assigned prosecutor, so if you’re done with pleasantries, get lost. I don’t want to talk to you.”
“Baek’s pretty good. Now that drugs have conveniently surfaced, will this end with insufficient evidence? That’s a happy ending for you, isn’t it?”
“Without Baek, I wouldn’t know this world. Why are you jealous?”
“I’m incredibly jealous. A talentless bastard becomes a prosecutor through his father’s power, commits crimes, and walks free. Wow, I want to live in that kind of world too!”
“Blame your parents, you bastard.”
The moment he mentioned parents, Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk’s eyes turned savage.
But Kim Yun-hwan shook his head as if it were absurd and continued speaking.
“Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk. I’ve learned something during my years as a prosecutor, and I’ll share it with you. Public authority cannot overcome power. Engrave what I just said into your mind. If you want to work as a prosecutor long enough to receive a pension.”
“….”
“And wear your necktie properly. What’s this? You look undignified, like some street thug. Do you know what the other prosecutors call you? Please, don’t embarrass yourself. Okay?”
Kim Yun-hwan spoke condescendingly, tapping Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk’s arm repeatedly.
Then he tried to pass by him.
But Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk grabbed Kim Yun-hwan’s wrist and pulled.
“Where are you going?”
Kim Yun-hwan looked at his wrist, then at Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk, and asked coldly.
“What? Do you have more to say? Haven’t you felt painfully how powerless you are? You can’t catch me. You’ll be dragged to the Chief Prosecutor’s Office and scolded….”
Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk cut off Kim Yun-hwan’s words and opened his mouth.
“I’ve also learned something during my years as a prosecutor. I want to tell you about it, so listen carefully.”
Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk bent his upper body and whispered into Kim Yun-hwan’s ear, continuing to speak.
“When you catch a powerful man, you drag his family in first. His wife, his children—you expose their corruption first. Don’t you understand? You’re where it starts.”
“This crazy bastard….”
It was the moment Kim Yun-hwan shook off the gripping wrist and furrowed his brow.
Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk threw the documents he was holding toward Kim Yun-hwan’s face.
With a sharp sound, countless documents scattered across the floor.
As Kim Yun-hwan’s face was consumed by rage, Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk’s words continued.
“Kim Yun-hwan, you received sexual bribes from gangsters during your prosecutor career? Some of them were minors. That gangster bastard, Kim Hyun-bong, is in custody now. We should have you two meet.”
“What, what are you talking about!”
“I’m placing you under emergency arrest.”
“Insane!”
“I’ll get a warrant within 48 hours and broadcast your name to the entire nation. I’ll teach you, you criminal bastard, just how terrifying the power of law enforcement can be. So don’t even think about going home—come quietly.”
Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk pointed at the documents scattered across the floor.
Kim Yun-hwan’s eyes frantically scanned the papers.
Clear evidence.
Kim Yun-hwan’s face split open in shock.
His hands trembled uncontrollably as he struggled to decide what to do.
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Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk dragged Kim Yun-hwan’s arm as they entered the building.
Seo Jin, sitting quietly in the Outdoor Break Room, smiled faintly and brought the coffee to his lips.
‘Kim Young-jun will try to block this too.’
But it doesn’t matter.
Kim Yun-hwan’s crimes would unravel endlessly, like peeling an onion.
I intended to make it happen that way.
And now it begins.
The moment chaos is scattered into a chaotic household.
Seo Jin stood and picked up his phone.
The contact he stopped on in his address book was Lee So-hee.
-Speak.
“Congratulations on the broken engagement.”
-What are you…
“Congratulations. Your ex-fiancé just got emergency arrested.
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“Yun-hwan!”
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun shot to his feet upon receiving the call.
News that Kim Yun-hwan had been taken in for emergency arrest.
Not drug possession, but sexual favors.
And it was connected to Kim Hyun-bong, who was making waves across the nation.
But Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun’s agitation vanished in an instant.
His voice became colder than anything else as he posed his question.
“Who’s the prosecutor in charge?”
-It’s Prosecutor Jang Ji-hyuk, sir.
“Suppress the media first.”
-Understood.
As Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun listened to the Prosecutor General’s orders, he narrowed his eyes. And he recalled what else needed to be done.
“Keep everyone’s mouths shut. Make sure nothing leaks to the outside.”
The ruling party government knew that Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun had joined hands with Assemblyman Baek Ki-ho.
If word of this reaches the Ruling Party’s ears, they’ll launch a vicious attack.
Then his plan to enter politics and claim the top position might crumble from the start.
“Don’t send Yun-hwan to the Detention Center. Lock him in the Interrogation Room instead. And Jang Ji-hyuk—send him to my office.”
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun lowered the receiver and gripped his mobile phone. He immediately searched through his contacts.
Lee Yang-ho, CEO of HH Entertainment, one of the nation’s largest entertainment agencies.
“There’s an entertainer who bought drugs from a woman named Choi Sun-hye. That’s right, they’re under your agency. Why? Want me to name them? Shin Ju-mi, Lee Hye-sun…”
As the names of a celebrated actress and idol singer—both known as paragons of innocent beauty—spilled out, Lee Yang-ho’s mouth clamped shut.
If they were all arrested at once, the agency would suffer considerable damage.
“I’ll turn a blind eye this time too. But I need a favor in return.”
—Please, go ahead.
At the swift response, a smile flickered across Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun’s lips.
“Make the world noisy for me. A revenge porn scandal involving the actress would be nice, or maybe a top actor’s marriage announcement.”
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After hanging up, Lee Yang-ho let out a groan and reached for a cigarette.
As hazy smoke filled his office, Lee Yang-ho stood with a grave expression and slid open a desk drawer.
A USB drive came into view.
“Ha…”
Lee Yang-ho exhaled a sigh while fingering the USB drive in his hand.
“What am I covering up this time…”
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Seo Jin gazed out the window, anticipating Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun’s next move.
‘Always the same pattern repeating.’
When a scandal breaks, bury it with celebrity gossip.
Some people cry conspiracy, but it’s the most reliable method.
Most people devour and relish the downfall of celebrities more than anything else.
But that is.
‘Like urinating on frozen feet…”
Merely a fleeting thrill.
The world moves on as another scandal emerges, burying the previous issue.
‘He’ll redirect attention immediately, then remove Jang Ji-hyuk from the case and replace him with his own loyalist.’
Insert his trusted subordinate as the one handling Kim Yun-hwan’s case and manipulate the investigation.
Conclude that Kim Yun-hwan was framed.
‘A predictable script.’
Seo Jin retained memories of being Seo Jun-kyung.
The many powerful figures he’d arrested back then—their methods of escape were no different from now.
They redirect people’s attention, then slip away unnoticed.
No one pays attention to old, cold news.
‘But what if the opposite were true?’
Seo Jin smiled faintly and picked up his phone.
As I scrolled through the contacts, I found the phone number for Lee Yang-ho, the representative of HH Entertainment.

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