"Have you written a case file?"
"no."
"yes?!"
"I brought the form."
"No... I should have written it down!"
"You can write it now."
A detective confidently held out clean case files, drawing laughter. How could someone like him achieve such good results?
"Are you kidding me?"
"You're telling me to just sit there with my hands and feet up while you use that?"
"Hacker, would you like to use it?"
"How do I use this..."
"Then just stay still~"
"...Please give it to me. How do you use it?"
"I knew it~"
I was so dumbfounded by the detective who chuckled and tapped the seat next to me that I almost swore. I couldn't believe how he could be so confident when he hadn't even written a case file.
A detective pulls out a box cutter and cuts into the children's photos, claiming he needs to mark the wounds on the children whose bodies were found cold and already dead. But, you weren't good at art in school, were you? Holding a box cutter is unsettling...
"ah...!"
".....!!!! are you okay?!"
"Oh, yes... it's okay."
"You said you were nervous about holding a box cutter, so give me your hand."
"Are you okay?"
"I'm not okay."
I grabbed Detective Park's injured wrist and pulled out the first aid kit. He was bleeding so much, how could he act so vehemently? Fortunately, he didn't seem to have cut himself too badly, so I applied the bandage and the bleeding stopped immediately. Just as I was about to apply the bandage, a radio call came.
_ "Hurry up, Kim Hacker, the 48-hour countdown to hacking and arresting the culprit in the disappearance of the only son of Group H has begun."
"...under."
“Why, are you displeased with me treating you?”
"That's not it."
"The counting has started, so don't use your hands too much."
"You must be worried too."
I turned on my laptop and even turned on the hacking monitor. Seeing as how he'd gone uncaught for three years while 32 children went missing and murdered, I knew he was a troublemaker. My mind was spinning. Exhaustion was already washing over me.
"Can you write the case file? Are your hands okay?"
"It's okay, just get ready quickly"
"Even if you worry..."
Leaving the hapless detective behind, I typed away and started scanning the missing persons cases. So far, 32 children have been identified, 13 have died, and only seven have fled, risking their lives, terrified by the imminent threat of death...
And with the recent addition of a new child, the one commissioned for the hacking case, the only son of the H Group, going missing, not only the H Group but also our country has been turned upside down. The chairman of the H Group is said to have been so shocked that he requested a joint investigation between me and the detectives.
If you care about your son, you'll get a reward of 500 million won if you succeed... but only if you resolve the issue within 48 hours. I had to get it somehow. To prevent other victims.
Tiring_ Tiring_
"...I don't know the number."
An unknown phone number like this can be hacked in no time. It takes about five seconds. Why? If you don't know it, memorize it. The genius hacker is none other than Kim Namjoon.
"...Representative Jeong?"
Why would H Group's CEO, Jeong Ho-seok, call me? It was obvious. Jeong's son is the only son of the missing H Group. He's also the one who made the request.
- "Did you find it?"
- "I just started counting~ You're in a hurry, sir."
- "Shut up?!"
- "It might take some time, but I'll finish it within 48 hours."
- "Don't forget the 500 million you promised~?"
- "Find him quickly. If you don't catch him within 48 hours, then you can figure it out."
Ttuk_
"Your personality is evident."
"Your son is missing. Of course."
"Have you finished writing the case file?"
"Yes, shall we brief you?"
"Do you have time for that?"
"Yes, I have."
"...ah."
"Why don't you give it a try?"
"Should I make it to suit your taste, hacker?"
"You know what I like_ㅎ"
"I'll give you a briefing on the incident."
"Ignoring is your specialty, detective?"
"Incident Briefing: 32 Children Missing and Murdered in Gangnam."
"No suspect, no fingerprints or footprints, no arrests for 3 years."
"Autopsy results. There was concentrated force on the face and strangulation."
"Feature: There is a whale tattoo near the neck."
"...A whale tattoo? I don't usually get one on my neck..."
"Yes, tattoos are something you give yourself meaning to..."
"People are taking the meaning of this tattoo as desire."
"Desire... why?"
"I think it contains the meaning of desire, like a whale living in the deep sea."
"Especially when you see the tattoo on that sore neck."
"Well... isn't that a stretch?"
"This is all the evidence we have."
"Ugh, ah...!"
"...Hacker...?"
"See you next time, handsome hacker~"
"Ahhh...!!!!"
"Hacker...? Hacker...!"
"Haa, ha... some... some medicine..."
"Medicine...?"
"Hurry up...! Ah...!!!!"
"Hacker, are you busy? Catching me."
"Yeah, here it is...!!"
"Ugh, haa... ah..."
bang_!!!
"Kim Namjoon!!!!! Are you okay?!!!!"
"Min Hacker... again... again, my memory is going out of whack..."
"It's okay, it's okay..."
"Did you take your medicine?"
"Yes, just now..."
"It was fine for a while, but why is it like this... Anyway, get some sleep."
"Haa, haa, ah... haa..."
"...after_"
"...Uh, hello..."
"...Can I talk to you for a moment?"
The neatly dressed man who injected Hacker Kim's neck and called me out of the container just as he was falling asleep was the head of this hacker team, as I was first introduced to him. I nodded and followed him.
The next place I followed was another container, but a larger one. It seemed like the person was staying there. There was a sofa, and I could see the CCTV cameras installed in each container.
"Please sit down."
"Oh, yes."
"Would you like something to drink?"
"No, it's okay."
"You're more prickly than I expected."
"I don't like the kindness shown to me by strangers."
"Anyway, about what happened earlier... I didn't get to tell you."
"Kim Hacker was handling a hacking incident while on a field mission three years ago."
"I was stabbed by the knife wielded by the criminal, and I happened to be alone at the time."
"So when I see or hear something similar to that time..."
"As my breathing became more difficult, I began to have vague memories and hallucinations."
"The psychiatrist said it was post-traumatic stress disorder and prescribed medication... but the most important thing is to overcome it yourself. That's what will cure this illness."
"But since the culprit in this case is believed to be the same as the culprit in the case three years ago, Namjoon will have a hard time mentally."
"I'll need a lot of that medicine, so please take care of it for at least 48 hours."
"...Yes, I will."
“Namjoon must be awake now, you can go now.”
"...I'll wake up first."
"thank you."
Still, I didn't think he was a completely unlucky person.
***
As I entered orange container number 0912, I saw the hacker sitting on the bed. As soon as I entered, his gaze turned to me.
"...Where have you been?"
"Ah... I went to see Hacker Min for a bit."
"I've been caught doing too much, detective."
"We won't see each other in 48 hours."
"48 hours is not a short time."
"I have a rough idea of what's going on."
"I'm a detective who protects people, so I'll get you some medicine."
"...thank you."
"Let's hurry up now, it's already been 30 minutes."
"...Detective."
"yes?"
"Do you want to eat some rice?"
I don't know if I've developed any attachment to this seemingly emotionless detective. I told you, I find detectives incredibly annoying. But there was something different about this detective.
I, who used to solve things so decisively that it was cold
Enough to make you feel like you can get attached to it.