Two Tips
The day victim Yeong So-yeon died in her officetel.
"Hey, what's wrong with her? Is it true she drank? She looks like she fainted?"
Gu Yeong-seok had gone to the victim's house.
The reason he was called here was because of a call from Mun Jeong-ho, victim Yeong So-yeon's ex-boyfriend who made her a victim of illegal filming distribution.
"Forget it, just move her. If we go to the roof, she'll sober up a bit. You know I hurt my leg a while ago."
"Bastard, I told you to exercise moderately. Hey, press the lift button."
"Let's take the stairs."
"Why?"
"The caretaker here hates people going to the roof, says accidents happen. If we press the top floor, he comes to check. Just take the stairs."
"Ah, what a hassle."
Gu Yeong-seok carried Yeong So-yeon, who appeared unconscious, on his back at Mun Jeong-ho's request.
"Hey, but is she really okay? Did she drink a lot?"
"Yeah, a bit. You know, So-yeon liked me a lot. She drank a ton saying she felt sorry that things got big and even went to trial because of her."
"Stop lying. No matter how much she liked you, would she still like you when you even took hidden camera footage and spread it? Unless she's crazy."
"Crazy for me."
"Retard."
Like that, Gu Yeong-seok carried Yeong So-yeon to the roof on behalf of Mun Jeong-ho, who had injured his leg.
"Thanks."
"Hey, you drink moderately too. Don't call me when you drink until you can't even keep your head straight like her."
"Yeah, bye."
Until then, he didn't know.
He really thought Yeong So-yeon was out of it because she drank a lot, and thought she was going to sober up in the cold wind on the roof.
"F**k, that's why I'm telling you I even went into the police interrogation room!!"
"Ha, keep your voice down."
Around the time Ju-won and Detective Kim Seok-ho arrived at the victim's officetel.
An alleyway not far from victim Yeong So-yeon's officetel.
Gu Yeong-seok and Mun Jeong-ho sitting on chairs outside a convenience store.
Since when and how much had they been drinking?
Empty beer cans fill one side of the table.
Gu Yeong-seok squeezed one of those cans tightly and spat out a small voice.
"You... it's not you, right?"
"What isn't?"
"You didn't kill her, right? Yeong So-yeon?"
Mun Jeong-ho looked at Gu Yeong-seok without a word.
"That day, you said So-yeon was just drunk, just asked to move her to the roof so she could sober up... You said she liked drinking on the roof... I only helped because you asked for help moving her to the roof..."
Mun Jeong-ho only gulped down beer without any change in expression.
"F**k, hey!! Answer me!"
"It's not me."
"Really? You just stayed on the roof and came out first because you were drunk, but So-yeon fell alone and died, right?"
"Yeah. And why would I kill her? I already paid for my crimes."
A fine of 7 million won, 2 years in prison suspended for 1 year.
That was the punishment for illegal filming and distribution of illegal videos.
No, punishment for killing a person's soul.
A talent with excellent ability enough to be the top student in the Business Administration Department of Hankuk University.
That was the reason the judges released Mun Jeong-ho back into the world.
Mun Jeong-ho gulped down beer.
Then he looked at Gu Yeong-seok.
"By the way, aren't you hot? Why are you sitting here wearing a windbreaker in summer?"
"Ha damn, just felt uneasy about something."
"About what?"
"This is it, you know? The clothes I wore the day you asked me to move So-yeon to the roof for some fresh air."
For a moment, Mun Jeong-ho's eyes widened.
However, Gu Yeong-seok, who didn't see Mun Jeong-ho's appearance, continued.
"But since they say So-yeon died, I was afraid some evidence or something might have got on here."
"But you walk around wearing that? No, you went to the police station wearing that? Are you crazy?"
"Don't you know it's darkest under the lamp? What if I left it somewhere and it got into police hands. It's better to just wear it around. Thinking something might come out from here, but why are you overreacting? Hey, don't tell me she was really already dead..."
Gu Yeong-seok leaned towards Mun Jeong-ho and continued.
"It's really not, right? Did you really do something to So-yeon..."
"F**k, hey!"
"Ah, alright! Bastard, your temper is really..."
Mun Jeong-ho, glaring at Gu Yeong-seok with a deeply furrowed brow, jumped up.
But something caught Mun Jeong-ho's eye.
Mun Jeong-ho, staring intently at Gu Yeong-seok's hand, crushed the empty beer can he was holding.
"I'm going first. You drink moderately and go home too."
"Whatever."
Mun Jeong-ho turned his body.
Throwing the beer can into the bin, Mun Jeong-ho slowly walked away from the convenience store.
However, Mun Jeong-ho's gaze is eerie.
As if he were about to do something.
"Saying he didn't do anything, f**k..."
And Gu Yeong-seok watching Mun Jeong-ho's back.
He slammed down the beer can! Bang!
"Haa... Right, she was dead then. So-yeon... Without knowing that, I..."
What he feels is not guilt.
"Aaargh! No wonder, I wondered why a drunk girl had a hoodie over her head... F**k, didn't he put it on to hide blood or something? Ha... I answered the phone for nothing and just transported a corpse like a pushover..."
It is a lament that he answered the phone at the timing Yeong So-yeon died for nothing and got unluckily entangled in the case.
"It'll be big trouble if my fingerprints or something come out from So-yeon's clothes... Damn, what do I do?"
Gu Yeong-seok's eyes rolled slowly.
And shortly after, he dialled 112 on his mobile phone.
"Ah, I have a tip to report. To Detective Lee Ju-won of the Gangjung Police Station Violent Crimes Team."
"Yawn."
5 AM.
A new morning was breaking, but the previous night hadn't ended yet for Gangjung Station Violent Crimes Team 3.
"Is Inspector Lee still out on duty?"
As Team Leader Gu Jin-gu asked stretching to wake up, Officer Han Geon-woo put down the documents and said.
"Yes, this is a case just transferred from the police substation."
"Ah, thank you. What about Gu Yeong-seok?"
"He's still waiting in the interrogation room."
"Hmm, right."
As Officer Han Geon-woo returned to his seat, Team Leader Gu Jin-gu picked up his mobile phone.
And checked the portal site news section like usual...
"What is this?"
The news is plastered with a familiar name.
But the atmosphere is unusual.
An article that went out as just a small line before is now going out big enough to have 300 comments.
There is also content about the case Ju-won is currently handling.
"Why suddenly..."
It was then.
"Is something wrong, Team Leader Gu?"
Ju-won returned with Detective Kim Seok-ho.
Team Leader Gu Jin-gu shook his head.
"It's nothing."
"I heard Gu Yeong-seok came to visit, where is he?"
"Ah, interrogation room. Officer Han."
At Team Leader Gu's gaze, Officer Han Geon-woo stood up.
"Yes, let's go together."
A short while later,
In front of Gangjung Police Station.
There is another guest looking at a mobile phone.
It is Mun Jeong-ho.
"Inspector Lee Ju-won..."
On Mun Jeong-ho's mobile phone, an article about Ju-won is displayed.
That Yeong So-yeon's case, which was being investigated at Gangnam Police Station, was transferred to Gangjung Police Station, and the investigator in charge is that famous police officer who solved the 15-year unsolved case.
Reading the article, Mun Jeong-ho slowly moved his steps.
"This is the only way."
Gangjung Station entrance.
The entrance door opened and a police officer standing in front blocked Mun Jeong-ho.
"What business brings you here?"
"Ah, I came to meet Inspector Lee Ju-won of the Violent Crimes Team."
"What is your business?"
"I have a tip to report."
"You can get a pass from here and go in."
A short while later.
Mun Jeong-ho, with a pass hanging around his neck, climbed the stairs.
However,
"Huh?"
The face he saw on the mobile phone is coming down from above.
It is Ju-won.
"Inspector Lee Ju-won?"
Ju-won's steps stopped.
Mun Jeong-ho spoke climbing the stairs towards such a Ju-won.
"I am Mun Jeong-ho, So-yeon's ex-boyfriend. I heard you are in charge of So-yeon's death case..."
"Ah, yes."
Mun Jeong-ho's face was quite shameless.
No, he was shamelessly making a sad expression.
Ju-won asked.
"What is the matter?"
"Actually, I came because I have a tip to report. A tip about my ex-girlfriend's death..."
"A tip?"
Mun Jeong-ho nodded and continued.
"Among my friends, there is one called Gu Yeong-seok. Actually, this guy liked So-yeon even before I dated her. But it seems he harassed So-yeon in the time between when I did a foolish thing to So-yeon for my own greed and when we broke up."
"...And so?"
"It seems he even went to So-yeon's house and things like that... So-yeon was very distressed. Even on the day So-yeon was said to have died, he called me asking for So-yeon's house password saying he went to her house... somehow it's suspicious."
Mun Jeong-ho, who was making a sad expression giving such a long tip, raised his head,
"So perhaps regarding the relation between So-yeon's death and that friend..."
Ju-won's expression is strange.
It's not the face of a police officer receiving a clue.
It looks like the face of a happy police officer who caught a criminal.
Is it a mistake?
As Mun Jeong-ho tried to continue speaking, Ju-won intercepted.
"So you're saying it seems Gu Yeong-seok participated in Ms Yeong So-yeon's death, Mr Mun Jeong-ho?"
"Ah yes... I also can't really believe my close friend did that, but..."
Mun Jeong-ho nodded.
But at that moment, Ju-won turned his body slightly.
"Then we just need to verify it."
"Yes, if you verify... but how?"
"Let's ask the person directly."
"The person...?"
Ju-won's head turned up the stairs.
Mun Jeong-ho's gaze also turned following Ju-won.
Then soon his eyes opened wide.
"You..."
Because at the top of the stairs,
Gu Yeong-seok standing with a detective was visible.
With a very angry face.
"Crazy bastard, what did you just say?!"
Ju-won looked at Mun Jeong-ho and said.
"Mr Gu Yeong-seok also gave the same tip."
"...Pardon?"
"Of course, the subject is different though."
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