Interrogation
"Mr Gu Yeong-seok said it seems Mr Mun Jeong-ho was involved in Ms Yeong So-yeon's death."
Mun Jeong-ho's previously shameless gaze began to waver little by little.
Simultaneously, Gu Yeong-seok's booming voice was heard from the top of the stairs.
"Hey, you crazy bastard! Where are you spewing bullshit! You were the one who went to So-yeon's! When did I?!"
"Mr Gu Yeong-seok, lower your voice. This is a police station."
Detective Kim Seok-ho next to him tried to stop him, but Gu Yeong-seok seemed to have no intention of calming down.
"He did something to So-yeon and called me for nothing just to pin it on me, didn't he! You psychopath!"
"Crazy bastard..."
"Wh-what?! That bastard acting so shameless!"
"I think you're the one lying?"
Mun Jeong-ho's blue-shining eyes turned to Gu Yeong-seok.
"When was it that you stalked So-yeon saying you liked her? You called me first that day too, didn't you?"
"Th-that was just to ask to drink... but you were the one at So-yeon's house then! I just went because you called me..."
"And your windbreaker."
"...What?"
"That torn part. What is that? Didn't you rip it because blood or something got on it after you killed So-yeon?"
Gu Yeong-seok's eyes opened wide.
"That, that crazy bastard..."
Gu Yeong-seok had told Mun Jeong-ho that he went to victim Yeong So-yeon's house wearing the windbreaker he is wearing now.
That honesty gave Mun Jeong-ho a weapon to frame Gu Yeong-seok as the culprit.
"This murderer bastard dares to frame me as a murderer!!"
Gu Yeong-seok, breathing heavily, tried to rush at Mun Jeong-ho below the stairs, but Detective Kim Seok-ho next to him blocked Gu Yeong-seok's path.
"I said this is a police station."
"It's that bastard! That bastard is the murderer who killed So-yeon! That pervert bastard wasn't satisfied with secretly filming So-yeon so he even killed her!"
"Alright, I get it."
Holding Gu Yeong-seok, Detective Kim Seok-ho looked at Ju-won below the stairs.
Then Ju-won turned his head to Mun Jeong-ho.
"Let's hear Mr Mun Jeong-ho's story first."
Mun Jeong-ho, who was quite calm compared to Gu Yeong-seok, nodded.
Ju-won said to Detective Kim Seok-ho.
"Detective Kim, please take care of Mr Gu Yeong-seok."
"Yes. Mr Gu Yeong-seok, let's go."
"But do you receive tips in an interrogation room?"
A short while later, interrogation room.
Ju-won, sitting opposite Mun Jeong-ho, showed a kind smile.
"The office is a bit busy. Since it's morning, it's quite chaotic. The only quiet place is the interrogation room."
Mun Jeong-ho had bright eyes and a handsome appearance.
[With a decent appearance and an educational background from Hankuk University's Business Administration Department, the top university in Korea, it would have been easier to gain trust from others.]
'Considering he spoke without batting an eyelid even when Gu Yeong-seok was making such a fuss earlier, his personality seems extraordinary too.'
[I agree. Additionally, Mun Jeong-ho is victim Yeong So-yeon's ex-boyfriend and the perpetrator of the illegal filming distribution case, so the probability that he is the perpetrator of this murder case is high.]
Ju-won also agreed with Terra.
There was no direct evidence. But why? He feels a strange hunch from this guy.
'Anyway, maybe because he's a criminal.'
An unknown strange feeling that feels chilling. Of course, a hunch cannot prove guilt.
Evidence is needed.
'So you're saying this guy Mun Jeong-ho is highly likely to be the culprit, right?'
Terra suspected Mun Jeong-ho.
The biggest reason was that since the crime scene was the kitchen, it is highly likely to be an acquaintance.
Plus, to move Yeong So-yeon, who had already bled a lot, to the roof, it would require a man of some build.
And.
[Because of Mun Jeong-ho's motive for murder, which Gu Yeong-seok does not have. It is highly likely Mun Jeong-ho thought his life was ruined because of victim Yeong So-yeon, and it is highly likely this thought led to murder.]
'Understood.'
[First, please check what I told you earlier.]
Ju-won turned on his mobile phone, did something, and put the phone back on the table.
'Detective Kim is doing it.'
[Then interrogate Mun Jeong-ho in the meantime.]
Ju-won looked at Mun Jeong-ho.
Then Mun Jeong-ho also looks at Ju-won with calm eyes.
He's not an ordinary guy.
Dragged into the interrogation room suddenly, he isn't trembling at all.
No, rather, he seems to be enjoying it.
Ju-won slowly opened his mouth.
"So the tip you want to report is that Mr Gu Yeong-seok is suspicious? Because of the windbreaker mentioned earlier?"
Mun Jeong-ho nodded.
"That's right. Gu Yeong-seok said it himself. That he went to the officetel to see So-yeon, and moved So-yeon, who was out of it, to the roof."
"Did he also confess directly that he killed her?"
"That's not it. No matter how close a friend, Yeong-seok isn't stupid enough to say something like that directly. He killed a person, would he tell me when I'm not even family?"
"But why do you think Ms Yeong So-yeon's death is a murder, Mr Mun Jeong-ho?"
"Pardon?"
"Ms Yeong So-yeon's case was closed as a suicide, I'm asking why you thought it was homicide."
"That's..."
Mun Jeong-ho rolled his eyes upwards.
"I knew because Yeong-seok said he went to the police station. On the way, there was also an article saying Gangjung Station is reinvestigating. But... Detective."
The slowly rolling eyes stopped at Ju-won's pupils.
Mun Jeong-ho's eyes, which had turned cold before he knew it.
The bastard continued.
"Are you perhaps suspecting me right now?"
There was no emotion on Mun Jeong-ho's face.
All that remained was the murderous intent looking at Ju-won in his eyes.
Ju-won shook his head.
"You said you were Ms Yeong So-yeon's ex-boyfriend. Even when giving the tip about Mr Gu Yeong-seok earlier, it seemed you really loved Ms Yeong So-yeon... If it really is homicide, don't you want the culprit caught?"
"Right. It's important."
"So from my position as a detective, I have to suspect everyone. You might feel offended, but may I ask for your understanding?"
Mun Jeong-ho smirked.
"Of course. I guess I reacted too sensitively. But it's not me. I just came because they said they were reinvestigating the case..."
"Just?"
Ju-won, cutting off Mun Jeong-ho's words, scratched his forehead.
He came to report a close friend for murder just because they started reinvestigating?
Ju-won slowly leaned his body forward.
"An ex-boyfriend, who said he loved victim Ms Yeong So-yeon so much, thought it was murder just because they said they were reinvestigating?"
"...."
"I will ask once more. What is the reason you thought it was murder?"
At Ju-won's words, Mun Jeong-ho's gaze directed straight at Ju-won.
Eyes that seemed empty yet cold.
He feels the same feeling as before.
Unknown chill.
Mun Jeong-ho opened his mouth.
"Yeong-seok was a guy with strong stalker tendencies. When I was dating So-yeon, he might have restrained himself because he's my friend, but after the incident broke out and I broke up with So-yeon, he kept visiting So-yeon's house."
"Do you have evidence? That he kept visiting Ms Yeong So-yeon's house."
"Isn't that something you should find, Detective?"
The atmosphere inside the interrogation room was tense.
Ju-won smiled and nodded.
"Yes, I'll look for that. Please continue."
"So I thought. If it's a guy with such strong stalker tendencies, he surely would have committed murder too. That he brutally killed So-yeon, dragged her to the roof, and disguised it as suicide by jumping."
"How would he have dragged Ms Yeong So-yeon, who was already dead, to the roof?"
"That would be via the stairs..."
"Not the lift?"
Mun Jeong-ho's mouth stopped.
But it was brief.
"There are CCTVs in the lift. Yeong-seok isn't stupid, would he drag a corpse and take the lift?"
"Hmm."
Ju-won nodded.
"And then his clothes got caught on the doorknob and tore?"
"Right."
"Is everything you've said so far content you heard directly from Mr Gu Yeong-seok?"
"Yes."
At Mun Jeong-ho's answer, Ju-won opened his mobile phone.
Then checking something on the phone, he continued speaking.
"Then on the day of Ms Yeong So-yeon's death, Mr Mun Jeong-ho stayed only at home? Even though Mr Gu Yeong-seok called from Ms Yeong So-yeon's house?"
Mun Jeong-ho nodded.
Then Ju-won, glancing at him, turned off the phone and asked.
"Then may I track Mr Mun Jeong-ho's mobile phone location at the time you said Mr Gu Yeong-seok called you?"
"Pardon?"
"When Mr Gu Yeong-seok said he called from Ms Yeong So-yeon's house. You said you were at your own home, Mr Mun Jeong-ho."
"...Doesn't that require a warrant?"
"You said you wanted to catch the culprit. Is a warrant necessary? If you allow it, Mr Mun Jeong-ho, a warrant is not needed."
Gu Yeong-seok told the same story as Mun Jeong-ho.
Of course, what Gu Yeong-seok claimed was that after Mun Jeong-ho was tried for illegal filming distribution, his obsession towards victim Yeong So-yeon became even worse.
So Mun Jeong-ho went to Yeong So-yeon's house that day too, and called Gu Yeong-seok.
He said exactly the same thing as Mun Jeong-ho.
[Therefore, it is highly likely the story is true, and it is highly likely one of the two is lying.]
So he had to check.
Who was at home with Yeong So-yeon at the time she died.
He needed evidence rather than testimony.
Ju-won asked Detective Kim Seok-ho.
So Detective Kim requested the mobile phone location record from Gu Yeong-seok at the time, and Gu Yeong-seok nodded readily.
However, Mun Jeong-ho is not.
At the request for mobile phone location tracking, strength gradually entered the eyes of the guy who had no emotion.
"Detective."
Is it Mun Jeong-ho who lied?
Did he think he was caught, Mun Jeong-ho's mouth corner curled up fishily.
"Yes?"
"I will call a lawyer."
At those words, Terra spoke.
[Do not worry, I will help you.]
Ju-won nodded.
"Call one."
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