Prosecutor Kim Seo-Jin - Chapter 234

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When the Waves Come (6)
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Kim Jun-man stood at the podium, his expression hardened as he surveyed the assembled journalists.
Dozens of reporters and broadcast cameras filled the space before him.
The CEO of Jaejeong Construction had summoned them with promises of a public apology—clearly, something grave was about to unfold. The journalists’ eyes gleamed with anticipation, hungry for the revelation.
Then Kim Jun-man’s lips began to move.
“Today, I….”
But the words died there. He could not continue. His grip on the podium trembled visibly.
“Hah….”
To expose his brother’s shame. To declare to the nation that my own brother is garbage. Kim Jun-man’s heart could find no peace. Yet it had to be done. If Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun’s greed went unchecked, his children might suffer the same fate next.
Kim Jun-man exhaled a tense breath and opened his mouth.
“To the people of this nation, I stand here with a heart full of remorse. Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun is my brother. Kim Young-jun is responsible for….”
“…!”
The journalists’ eyes widened. Kim Jun-man was emphasizing that Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun was his own brother while exposing the crimes that had taken place.
“All evidence of embezzlement and shell company shares has been submitted to the Blue House. I cannot trust the Prosecutor’s Office.”
The room fell silent. The journalists exchanged glances without uttering a word.
A conflict between brothers had erupted without warning. They were the Prosecutor General of South Korea and the chairman of a massive construction conglomerate.
Even the journalists hearing the truth firsthand found it difficult to accept Kim Jun-man’s words entirely.
Their voices began to murmur.
“Can we actually believe this?”
“Seems like family drama dragging politics into it?”
“Was Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun trying to take over Jaejeong Construction?”
“Didn’t they say the brothers had always been close?”
“Regardless, this is a scoop.”
The journalists rushed to file their stories.
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Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun felt the world spin as he squeezed his eyes shut.
“This… this can’t be….”
Kim Jun-man had never possessed a decisive nature. He was a man who drifted through life like water mixed with water, wine mixed with wine. The thought that he would act this way had never crossed Kim Young-jun’s mind.
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun bit his lip and picked up his phone. He found Kim Jun-man’s contact and pressed the call button.
“Have you lost your mind?”
—Young-jun, I told you. I said I’d send everything to the Blue House this morning.
“Do you think you’ll come out of this unscathed? You’ll be hurt too. So if you want to live, tell the reporters right now. Say it was all lies, that there was a family dispute….”
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun’s voice trailed off. From the other end of the line came the sound of Kim Jun-man’s laughter, low and deliberate.
—Young-jun… my brother Young-jun… There’s no younger brother who can beat his older brother.
“Damn it!”
The call cut off abruptly.
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun hurled the ashtray from the table with violent force.
As the ashtray shattered against the wall with a sharp crack, his mobile phone vibrated and the landline rang. The caller ID showed a reporter.
“This bastard….”
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun threw his mobile phone aside and picked up the landline receiver.
-This is reporter Lee Chang-sik. Regarding Jaejeong Construction right now….
“It’s all lies. Don’t you dare spout nonsense.”
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun hung up the receiver roughly and shifted his gaze to the Anti-Corruption Division Chief. A cold voice flowed from his lips.
“Arrest Secretary General Choi Seo-woo immediately.”
The documents had reached the Blue House. But if he arrested Secretary General Choi Seo-woo, the person responsible, he could blind the people’s eyes and ears. Packaging truth as falsehood was a simple matter.
“Right now!”
“Yes, sir!”
The Anti-Corruption Division Chief turned and left the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Seo Jin’s voice echoed through the Anti-Corruption Division Chief’s mind.
“Our uncle… must be very angry. Please watch carefully what actions he takes and let me know.”
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“Understood.”
Seo Jin was on the phone with the Anti-Corruption Division Chief. The information was straightforward.
-They were planning to arrest Secretary General Choi Seo-woo.
Seo Jin placed his mobile phone in his pocket and looked ahead.
“We need to make a move.”
Seo Jin was sitting in the office. Chief Prosecutor Jo Woo-jae was visible.
Chief Prosecutor Jo Woo-jae exhaled cigarette smoke and asked with a serious expression.
“Just one thing… let me ask.”
“Yes.”
“If the Prosecutor General falls, you won’t survive either. People will look at you through tinted glasses.”
“I know.”
“…And you’ll still do it?”
“Yes.”
Seo Jin nodded lightly and continued.
“So stop worrying about me. Go to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office and tell them you’ll personally bring in Jaejeong Construction and my father. In return, ask for a position at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.”
“…Will he believe it?”
“My uncle doesn’t trust people. He trusts the greed people possess.”
Seo Jin pushed the ashtray toward Chief Prosecutor Jo Woo-jae and continued.
“You were the Prosecutor General’s right hand, but when Kim Yun-hwan fell, you fell out of favor. You couldn’t go to the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office with him either, and you’ve been treated as leftovers ever since. Completely cast aside.”
“…!”
“The Prosecutor General will think you’re trying to turn this crisis into an opportunity.”
“…!”
“And I’ll think to myself that Jo Woo-jae would be perfect for this kind of work. So, go.”
Jo Woo-jae extinguished his cigarette and wiped his face. Then, with a pained expression, he opened his mouth to look at me.
“Either way… once this is over, we’re even, right?”
“Yes.”
Jo Woo-jae exhaled a sigh and left the office.
I walked to the window and gazed out. In a voice so quiet no one else could hear, I muttered to myself.
“…They’ll say I can’t be trusted either? That they’ll look at me through tinted glasses?”
I let out a low chuckle and shook my head.
Just days ago, I had thought the same way. If Kim Young-jun fell, I would naturally suffer the consequences too.
‘But…’
Not anymore.
With Kim Jun-man stepping forward, the winds are shifting. If we win this fight, Kim Jun-man becomes the victim who was exploited by his younger brother all this time. People will look at Kim Jun-man with pitying eyes, and his son—me—goes without saying.
I plan to write out a scenario where I become a thorough victim through Jo Woo-jae. If Jo Woo-jae touches Jaejeong Construction, I can manipulate the situation without any fallout.
Finished with my thoughts, I picked up my phone. I found the number for former Congressman Gong Dae-chul and pressed the call button.
“I’ve cut off both of Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun’s arms. Now I’ll cut off his legs.”
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-Kim Jun-man claimed that Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun embezzled funds from Jaejeong Construction using shell accounts in collusion with employees, causing damage to the company. The Ruling Party has called for a special investigation, leveling sharp criticism…
The radio channel changed.
-Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun dismissed all claims as political conspiracy, calling it a show to boost approval ratings by making himself a sacrifice before the presidential election. Regarding Kim Jun-man’s actions, he said he couldn’t understand the reason…
The channel changed again.
-The Opposition Party also questioned why Kim Jun-man held a press conference at this particular moment. The Opposition stated, “There’s no way the older brother didn’t know what the younger brother did. Yet suddenly making such claims is incomprehensible. It’s clearly a conspiracy, and the ruling government must be behind it. This is not the time to discuss a special investigation that costs tens of billions in taxpayer money…”
A scandal involving the Prosecutor General.
Chaos was sweeping across South Korea.
But Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun was not anxious. Though a major crisis had struck, he believed this too was merely a wave to overcome. He hadn’t anticipated Kim Jun-man’s sudden move, but thinking of the waves he’d faced before, he was confident he could weather this one as well.
‘And…’
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun had faith in the Korean people.
‘The people are creatures of forgetfulness.’
They forget.
Before elections, they cry out not to vote for lawbreakers, yet they stamp their ballots for them anyway.
They say they’ll remember this and punish them at the polls, yet they cast their votes for them regardless.
Celebrities who committed sexual crimes and gambling, politicians caught drunk driving, tycoons who committed assault—given time, they strut about as if nothing ever happened.
‘This time will be no different.’
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun had seized Secretary General Choi Seo-woo as the target to overturn South Korea. If he captured him and buried South Korea under an even larger scandal, Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun would be forgotten.
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun, who had been looking out the window, felt his phone vibrate and reached into his pocket.
It was the Anti-Corruption Enforcement Division Chief.
“Speak.”
-Choi Seo-woo just entered a room salon in Jongno. According to intelligence, he’s meeting with a businessman to receive bribes.
“Sweep it.”
—Yes.
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun ended the call and slipped the phone back into his pocket. He began to chuckle.
“They pretend to be clean, but they’re all filthy bastards. The world is all the same anyway.”
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun kept his smile as he slowly turned his body. Then he approached his desk and ran his hand across it.
To reach this position, I had cleaned up after countless politicians. Now it was time to vacate this seat and move on to the next chapter.
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Outside a room salon in Jongno.
There was no sign. From the outside, it looked like nothing but an empty office.
But this was a place frequented by the powerful—rumored to be tight-lipped. Here, the powerful shed society’s garments and indulged in drinking and revelry in their nakedness.
The Anti-Corruption Enforcement Division Chief standing before it slowly turned his body.
Behind him were not investigators, but prosecutors—key figures from the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office.
“The target is the Secretary General. This won’t be easy. There will be other politicians inside. We might even get caught. But if we succeed… it’s heaven. Move as if you’re waging war.”
A single prosecutor is called a national institution. Dozens of such men had gathered here to capture the Secretary General.
The Anti-Corruption Enforcement Division Chief continued with a grave expression.
“We go in.”
They climbed the stairs with heavy footsteps.
Boom!
As they kicked open the old fire door, the interior flooded with blue light was revealed.
“Welcome…”
“Prosecutor.”
The waiter who had been about to greet them widened his eyes and stumbled backward.
The Anti-Corruption Enforcement Division Chief walked down the hallway without hesitation. He headed straight for the VIP Room at the far end.
The prosecutors following behind sensed something amiss. If anyone were present, singing should be echoing, but this place was eerily silent—only their footsteps sounding ominously.
Then they stood before the VIP Room.
The Anti-Corruption Enforcement Division Chief exhaled heavily and turned to face the prosecutors standing behind him.
“I’m sorry.”
“…?”
The prosecutors could not understand what the Anti-Corruption Enforcement Division Chief meant.
Sorry, all of a sudden?
“Chief Prosecutor, what do you mean you’re sorry? What is this?”
The Anti-Corruption Enforcement Division Chief did not answer the question and abruptly opened the door.
Inside was a space spacious enough to accommodate dozens of people with room to spare.
There sat Secretary General Choi Seo-woo, former Congressman Gong Dae-chul, and key members of the Ruling Party, all wearing expressions of dread.
There was no alcohol. Everyone was sober.
“What… what is this?”
Then camera flashes erupted—click! click! It was reporter Lee Eun-ha.
“How about the headline ‘Political Prosecutors’? Or maybe ‘Filthy Bastards’—that could work too.”
The prosecutors could not gather their wits in the unexpected situation. There was only one thing they could say.
“Damn it! Don’t film!”
“What?”
“What are you doing!”
That’s when a familiar voice came from behind.
“Please step aside.”
The prosecutors’ eyes snapped toward the voice.
It was Seo Jin. Behind him, dozens of men dragged suitcases.
Seo Jin smiled coldly and opened his mouth.
“I wonder what’s inside these suitcases?”
“…!”
“If you’re curious, come inside.”
The prosecutors quickly grasped the situation.
-Kim Jun-man’s press conference.
-Seo Jin is Kim Jun-man’s son.
-Inside are unexpected people.
-We’ve been played.
“Get inside.”
At Seo Jin’s chilling voice, they reluctantly shuffled into the room.
And with a creak, the VIP Room door closed.
“Sit down. Standing there like that makes my neck hurt.”
At Gong Dae-chul’s words, the prosecutors awkwardly found their seats.
Seo Jin stood before them.
“This belongs to the Anti-Corruption Division Chief.”
Seo Jin tossed a phone to the Anti-Corruption Division Chief.
His son’s phone.
“I’ve made backups, so don’t feel too relieved.”
The other prosecutors glared at the Anti-Corruption Division Chief.
They didn’t know what was on it, but they realized he’d betrayed them because of that phone.
The Anti-Corruption Division Chief lowered his head, avoiding their gazes.
“I’m sorry….”
Then Seo Jin placed a suitcase on the table and yanked the zipper open.
It was full of documents.
“This is Prosecutor Yoon’s. This is Prosecutor Sung’s. And this… you’ve all been quite busy. Prosecutor Kim, why did you skip paying for drinks at the Room Salon?”
The prosecutors’ faces turned ashen.
With each word Seo Jin spoke, they felt themselves being stripped bare. Shame and dread for what was to come consumed them.
They would have to trade their suits for prison garb. From proud fathers to shameful breadwinners.
Suddenly, Seo Jin slammed the documents in his hand onto the table and spoke.
“Now that you understand the situation, would you do me a favor?”
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The next day, the world erupted into chaos once more.
-Prosecutors from the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office demanded that Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun resign over embezzlement allegations….
Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun’s body trembled with rage as he watched the television.
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Click.
Seo Jin turned off the television with a subtle smile.
Now the prosecutors at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office would no longer follow Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun’s orders. The moment that bomb in Seo Jin’s hands detonates, everything changes.
They chose their own survival over loyalty to Prosecutor General Kim Young-jun.
In other words, complete isolation.
Seo Jin raised his phone to his ear.
It was former Congressman Gong Dae-chul.
“Now it’s time to take his head.”

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