Violent Crimes Team 3
"What... is this, Team Leader?"
"Special bonus."
Ju-won accepted the white envelope.
It's quite thick.
"Normally it goes straight to the account, but I asked specially. After all, isn't it best to touch cash directly?"
"Detective, this cake too!"
Officer Han Geon-woo thrust the cake he was holding forward.
"Ah, thank you. But why the cake..."
Detective Kim Seok-ho spoke.
"Detective, you contributed the most to boosting our team's performance. This bonus is normally by rank too, but this time it was given by contribution. By Chief Myeong's special order."
Detective Kim Seok-ho smiled slightly.
It seemed everyone had the same thought about Ju-won's contribution to solving the case.
As Ju-won smiled, touched, Terra spoke.
[Do you intend to keep the team members standing at the entrance?]
'Ah.'
Ju-won gestured urgently.
"Please come in, everyone."
"Ah, it's fine. Weren't you eating?"
"Ah..."
[That worked out well. The spaghetti amount should be exactly 4 servings.]
At Terra's words, Ju-won's eyebrows twitched.
'What, don't tell me you knew?'
[How would I know? When Mr Ju-won doesn't know.]
'But how did you know to boil a lot of spaghetti noodles...'
[Since Team Leader Gu Jin-gu, who always suggests a team dinner immediately after solving a case, said nothing, there was an analysis that he might do something surprising.]
'What? Then you should have told me.'
[If you know, is it a surprise?]
Ju-won scratched his head.
'That's true.'
Ju-won looked at the team members again.
"Since there's a lot, I think we can eat together."
"Shall we then?"
The team members entered Ju-won's house.
"Chief Myeong feels very sorry even if he doesn't show it outwardly. Solving an unsolved case but ending with just a bonus without a special promotion."
"It's fine. I didn't do it hoping for a special promotion anyway."
However, Detective Kim Seok-ho sitting next to Team Leader Gu Jin-gu pokes Team Leader Gu's side.
"Team Leader, are you going to keep hiding it?"
"Huh?"
"They'll find out anyway, so tell them now."
"Ah..."
As Team Leader Gu hesitated, Detective Kim Seok-ho opened his mouth as if frustrated.
"Team Leader has been promoted. He's a Superintendent now."
"Really?"
"Sorry, you solved all the cases... I feel uncomfortable as if I stole my junior's credit for nothing."
"Ay, Team Leader, what kind of talk is that. Congratulations! Ah, Team Leader should have blown out the cake candles!"
As Team Leader Gu Jin-gu touched the back of his head awkwardly, Detective Kim Seok-ho added to Ju-won's words.
"Team Leader was the latest to be promoted among his peers. Last personnel reshuffle, you said your sister-in-law nagged you a lot at home because your junior became a Superintendent before you."
"Ahem!"
"It's almost the same as a promotion by long service, so don't be too awkward. You got promoted because you were due."
At Detective Kim Seok-ho's plain voice, Team Leader Gu Jin-gu's guilt diminished a little.
Then Officer Han Geon-woo, who was sitting next to Ju-won, stood up and went in front of the frying pan containing the pasta sauce.
"Wow, did you make this yourself? Detective?"
Ju-won nodded.
"Of course. I did everything from boiling the noodles to the sauce."
"Pardon? Even the sauce... everything?"
At Officer Han Geon-woo's somewhat flustered voice, Ju-won turned his head.
But the team members' expressions are strange too.
Team Leader Gu Jin-gu and Detective Kim Seok-ho, looking at Ju-won's pasta placed on the table, made expressions as if looking at something they shouldn't see.
[It is because everyone has experience eating Ju-won's food once.]
Terra's voice rang out.
[Team Leader Gu Jin-gu ate the gimbap Mr Ju-won made during a stakeout before, Detective Kim Seok-ho ate the fried eggs Mr Ju-won made, and Officer Han Geon-woo ate the stir-fried vegetables during the first initiation ceremony.]
'Of course. I like cooking as long as I'm not busy. How is it? Don't you think I'll get married well?'
[The effort is commendable. Of course, the result doesn't seem very good though.]
He could tell from their expressions.
The taste evaluation of Ju-won-style dishes.
[Everyone looks on the verge of nausea. Just how tasteless did you make it?]
It wasn't inedible to that extent.
As Ju-won tilted his head, Officer Han Geon-woo standing in the kitchen opened his mouth with a cheerful expression.
"Ah, surely it's not as tasteless as that food waste you made for me when I first joined..."
Officer Han Geon-woo's voice grew smaller.
Because he felt Ju-won's murderous intent.
"Officer Han, what did you say? Food waste?"
"Detective! I respect you!"
At Officer Han Geon-woo, who sometimes says unfiltered things with an innocent face whether by mistake or intention, Ju-won clenched and unclenched his fist.
[Indeed, he is a young man who cannot lie. It is desirable.]
Of course, Terra seems to be thinking something else though.
"No, get down."
"I love you!"
"Officer Han can only leave my house after eating everything today."
[Do you intend to adopt Officer Han Geon-woo?]
'You be quiet.'
Like that, Ju-won put spaghetti onto plates according to the number of people.
Spaghetti with just the right consistency and appetising colour.
Externally, it looks like food without any problems.
Of course, the problem is that the previous foods were indistinguishable externally too.
Team Leader Gu Jin-gu picked up a fork with a nervous face.
"Really... it's okay to eat, right?"
Then Detective Kim Seok-ho looked at Team Leader Gu Jin-gu with a serious voice.
"Team Leader, you have insurance, right?"
"I do, but not yet. My youngest is a middle school student..."
"Team Leader."
Ju-won patted the terrified Team Leader Gu Jin-gu and said.
"Eat without worry."
As if being threatened, Team Leader Gu Jin-gu nodded and slowly put the spaghetti into his mouth.
[Tell them to prepare as they might faint.]
At Terra's confident voice, Ju-won examined the team members' reactions.
And the team members, closing their eyes tight, put the spaghetti into their mouths,
"...How is it?"
"Ooh?"
"Taste... it's delicious, Detective!"
"What is this, Detective? Are you perhaps secretly attending a cooking class?"
Everyone looked alternately at Ju-won and the spaghetti with round eyes.
[I told you. Everyone would like it.]
'No one fainted.'
Only then did Ju-won smile with relief.
"Eat plenty."
Like that, Ju-won's successful meal ended, and they were eating the cake the team members brought for dessert.
"So Officer Han checked the apartment CCTV too, but nothing came up."
"Just in case, we also checked the car trunk where the golf club lost last time was found, but it wasn't there."
Team Leader Gu Jin-gu and Officer Han Geon-woo talked about the theft case they were handling.
It was a case of a reporter who had reported a golf club theft a few weeks ago too.
Eventually, the golf club was found in the reporter's car trunk.
So Team Leader Gu and Officer Han thought it was simple loss not theft this time too.
"It seems it really is theft. Looking at the reporter's movement path, it's either work or home, but it's nowhere."
Ju-won, listening to the story, tilted his head.
"But why do you think it's theft?"
"They say the house front door digital lock broke down once. It was around the time the ring was lost, and it seems the digital lock was broken for a day or two because it took time to fix. Since you don't know if the digital lock is working or not unless you open the front door yourself."
"The digital lock was openable, and you think theft was possible because the house was empty in the meantime."
"Right."
Ju-won nodded.
It's a situation where theft is suspected, but there are no traces of a thief anywhere.
At that time, Terra's voice was heard.
[Isn't the place where the reporter resides an apartment?]
'Right. Mari Apartment, a famous wealthy apartment in Gangjung City. An apartment with only one unit per floor.'
[There are a few things to check.]
Listening to Terra's words, Ju-won looked at Team Leader Gu Jin-gu.
"Did he say he lifted anything heavy before losing the ring?"
"Huh? Ah..."
Team Leader Gu Jin-gu rolled his eyes.
At that moment Officer Han Geon-woo opened his mouth.
"Ah! The day before losing it, he said he did a lot of grocery shopping at the mart with his wife. So when he came to the police station to report it himself, he said his back hurt."
"Lifted something heavy..."
Ju-won's thought lengthened.
Then everyone looked at Ju-won with curious faces.
Ju-won asked again.
"Did he say he drove the car after losing it?"
"Car? Probably not. The apartment is right opposite Gangjung Station too, and since that ring is a wedding ring, I heard he's been looking for it for days saying he must find it."
"He doesn't go to work?"
"He's a freelancer."
Ju-won nodded.
Why is he curious about such things?
But at that moment, Ju-won's eyes sparkled.
"Have you checked the top of the car?"
"Huh?"
"Officer Han, you said you went when investigating the car, right? Did you check the top?"
"Ah... I don't think I checked the top. Only the trunk, back seat, and front seat..."
"When he lifted something heavy, he might have taken it off momentarily and put it on top of the car, forgetting to put it back. Tell him to check on top of the car."
At Ju-won's words, Detective Kim Seok-ho made a dubious expression.
"Surely not, would he have even reported it to the police station after leaving it in such a place?"
Then Team Leader Gu Jin-gu smiled amusedly.
"What's this? Detective Kim, weren't you completely Detective Lee's gum (stuck to him) now?"
"Pardon?"
At Detective Kim Seok-ho's disgusted face, Team Leader Gu Jin-gu laughed and said.
"No, you hated Detective Lee so much, but since a few weeks ago, you've been taking only Detective Lee's side. Suggesting giving the KBN interview to Detective Lee, and last time reporting malicious comments on Detective Lee's news video to me..."
"Just check it, Team Leader."
At Detective Kim Seok-ho's serious face, Team Leader Gu Jin-gu said okay and took out his mobile phone.
Ring ring.
The signal goes.
"But thinking about it, it doesn't seem like such a nonsensical deduction."
Team Leader Gu Jin-gu, with the phone to his ear, turned his gaze.
"Yes. This is Team Leader Gu Jin-gu from Gangjung Station. Could you perhaps check the top part of the vehicle? Ah, I just thought it would be good to check... really? Yes."
A moment of waiting.
But soon.
"Really... really? Ah, yes! Of course. That's a relief!"
Team Leader Gu Jin-gu nodded.
"He says it's correct?"
Team Leader Gu hung up the phone.
"He says it's correct! He found it! He just went down to the car park and checked, and it was placed on top of the driver's seat! It seems he took it off for a moment to lift heavy things on the day he went grocery shopping and forgot to put it in his pocket and left it there."
Ju-won's deduction was correct.
But suddenly Detective Kim Seok-ho clapped his hands! Clap!
"I told you! Our Detective is no ordinary skill... Ahem."
"I told you? He's become completely Detective Lee's gum."
Just as everyone was suppressing laughter looking at Detective Kim Seok-ho.
Team Leader Gu Jin-gu's mobile phone rang.
"Huh? It's Team 2 Team Leader?"
He put the phone to his ear.
"Yeah, what's the matter?"
-Team Leader! You said you were going to buy a cake near Gangjung Elementary School, right?
"Uh? Yeah. I'm at Detective Lee Ju-won's house right now..."
-Then could you please go to the scene? We are dispatching now, but including the substation staff, everyone is stuck because of an accident on the way!
"Scene? What scene?"
-A stabbing incident has occurred nearby right now!
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