The Suspicions

K-4 Building

Min-tae got out of the elevator, pulled his suitcase out, and had a short walk until he was at the glass door on the 25th floor.

He held the black card to the door sensor and the door opened as it should.

This time the room looked quiet and uninhabited until finally, he saw Jae-young still at the end of the room wearing a headset and struggling with the computer in front of him.

He doesn't know how many times he finished the coffee because he remembers before he got out of the building the coffee pot was still full. And now it's only for one cup left.

Min-tae pulled his suitcase and put it in the corner of the room. Yes, he was committed to finishing this until he could finally calmly imprison them all.

"Jae-young, haven't you slept yet?" Min-tae asked.

"Hmm, I haven't slept yet, Jong-gi just arrived, and when I was going to sleep, Soo-hee's Mansion was attacked so I was still working on the security system," Jae-young answered without looking at the source of the sound.

But as soon as he realized who the owner of this voice was, he turned his head and realized that Min-tae was already there. "Hyung.. are you coming? I'm just going to your house after this is over."

"You saw for yourself that I came here. Jang Lay, you know how annoying and persuasive he is."

"He picked you up?"

"No, his fiancé, Kwon Min-young, her name if I'm not wrong. They secured Seon Mi so I could work so I guess there shouldn't be any more problems."

"Prosecutor Lee, I'm sorry," said Jae-young.

"Calm down, I understand what you mean, but if you want to work with me please, don't be reckless."

"I understand. Thank you hyung."

Min-tae sat on a bar stool in the room. He took the coffee pot and poured the remaining coffee into a glass.

"Where is Tae-guk? He's home?"

"No, he's in the bedroom."

"You go to sleep first, I already had time to sleep. Let me watch for a moment. It's almost morning."

"Are you sure?" Jae-young asked.

"Hmm. Calm down."

"Ah hyung, have you heard? NIS ensures that Soo-hee will receive a subpoena."

"From the police?"

"Hmm, he said that earlier. Why are you suspicious about something?"

"Not suspicious, it's just... I feel like I'm forgetting about something."

"You want to tell a story? Usually, people will remember if they tell a story."

"If you hear my story, you're not going to listen, you will go straight to sleep and I won't get anything. So sleep, sleep."

"Arasseo. I'll sleep first."

Min-tae sat for a while at the bar table while drinking coffee. He looked at the cardboard it was the cardboard they saved from Soo-hee's house before she burned down her own house.

"Oh, you're coming?" Tae-guk's voice surprised him.

"Are you awake?"

"No, just wake up for a bit. Seon Mi?"

"Jang Lay's fiancé took him, he's at Jang Lay's mansion."

"Ah, she's better with him, isn't it."

Min-tae just nodded.

"Tae-guk ah, do you still remember the beginning of our investigation at that time?" Min-tae asked.

Tae-guk was silent while looking at his friend. It's like they all forgot something without realizing it. Everything was too blurry when Min-tae's accident happened.

"Mmm... If I remember correctly, weren't you the one who got the tip about that case?"

Min-tae shook his head. "Not just me, aren't you too?" Min-tae asked.

"Me?"

"Yeah, not at that time..."

They were both silent, they were now sure that something had happened at that time but now they had forgotten what happened, as if there was something they had forgotten, and neither of them remembered what it was.

Min-tae has no other choice but to call one of the people involved in the incident, someone who knows about this case is probably on the same level as them.

"Hyun-jae ya."

"Yes Prosecutor Lee, is there something wrong?"

"Where are you?"

"Still at home, we just wanted to investigate the fire this morning."

"You don't need to think about the fire, I was there when it happened. I want to ask about the Park Suwon case 5 years ago."

"5 years ago..." Hyun-jae was silent and seemed to be thinking again, trying to remember what happened at that time.

"That night a package arrived at the prosecutor's office, it contained a report of abuse of minors committed by Park Suwon at a bar, we were about to go home but because it came we didn't go home and investigate it."

"We got a report? Not just photos or tips?"

"No, ah, I still have the copy that that person sent to TEAM 3 KCC, when I went to the bar Soo-hee was also there. He is investigating it too."

Min-tae and Tae-guk look at each other. "Right, I just remembered. All the TV stations at that time only got tips, but we got reports and details of the incident."

"Why don't I remember about that," said Min-tae.

"It's not surprising... The accident was quite serious, you were also in a coma for 2 days, it's not surprising that you also forgot," said Tae-guk.

"Prosecutor Lee, what's wrong? We're going to investigate it again?"

"Hyun-jae ah, I'll call you again, just rest first."

"Okay."

Tae-guk looked at the pile of cardboard at the end of the room. "Does Soo-hee still have that file?"

"It doesn't matter whether she still has it or not. Tae-guk ah, try to think about this case..."

"We didn't actually find it? Is that what you mean?"

"We never really investigated it, how long did it take for it to happen? Not even a week, right? In that file, I also don't remember that there were other people involved."

"There was never any mention of BLK or Han Suk-jin there," continued Tae-guk.

"Whoever it is, they attacked Park Suwon, he probably gathered those children for himself. But why, suddenly NIS and Soo-hee found out that BLK was involved?"

"The question that is in my head now is if Soo-hee knows that Han Suk-jin is Han Jae-young's father because she investigated Jae-young and brought him to BLK and Park Suwon's relationship. How does NIS know about BLK? They were never actually seen together, right?"

"And we don't know whether Park Suwon is behind this or indeed, Park Suwon is the center of this," said Min-tae.

"Hyung, he used to be a presidential candidate and now he appears again on television."

"He showed up again?"

"This is a coincidence? I don't think so, as long as Soo-hee disappeared for 5 years she was never seen, she was seen several times at charity events but not at her position in politics. I just discovered it some time ago. He started appearing again and talking about politics."

"He's returning to politics?"

Tae-guk shook his head. "No, he opened his support for the new mayor of Seoul. Hae Yeon-mi."

"Tae-guk ah, you have the same feeling as me?"

"Maybe... But I know this isn't good."

***

A few hours later.

Prosecutor Lee opened his eyes, he took the cell phone that was beside him, several missed calls appeared in the cell phone notification. Hyun-jae.

"Ah Hyun-jae, are you at the office yet?"

"Ah Prosecutor Lee, I'm already in the office, what do you want me to do?"

"Do you still have the case from 5 years ago?"

"I do still have some. You know our office is being raided that day."

"Our office being raided?"

"You don't remember?"

"I don't."

"So, we don't have anything?"

"I have copies."

"Oke, Then, you and Nayeon go to Prosecutor Shin's office, bring that old case, I think Hee-jun still has some."

"What do you want me to do? Track the trail again?"

"No, do you know Park Suwon is now supporting a new mayoral candidate?"

"Hae Yeon-mi?"

"Yeah, I think that's the name. Try to find the connection between Park Suwon and Han Suk-jin, and if you don't find it, try finding from BLK Company."

"How long?"

"5-15 years, I know this is a long shot, but at least we have to try until Soo-hee has arrived."

"Oke, I got it."

"Try to more than that year, it could be longer than we expect it."

"Yes sir."

"And Hyun-jae."

"Yeah, is there more?"

"Thank you, for always by my side."

"It's my pleasure."