Dangerous Investigation Diary

Ep. 02 ° Black Rose Murder Case (1)

When I arrived at the scene of the crime with Officer Kim, I was shocked. The victim was already dead, and the body was left at the scene, and the condition of the body was indescribable.

There was no part of the victim's body that was not stained with blood, as if he had been stabbed repeatedly with sharp weapons. In the victim's hand... that is, in his right hand, he was holding three black roses.

Standing at the threshold of the flower shop, unable to bring myself to go in, I could only look at the corpse of the victim who had died a horrible death, the sight of my seniors looking over the corpse and writing something down in the case file that I had received from Sergeant Kim, and the sight of my seniors looking around the scene.

Officer Park, who saw me like that, approached me without hesitation and grabbed my shoulders. His eyes were so murderous that it looked like he was going to kill me.

박지민 [29]

"Officer Ha. Hey, rookie."

박지민 [29]

"Not answering?"

하여주 [28]

"Yes, Officer Park..."

박지민 [29]

"Wake up. Why are you just staring at the scene of a murder like that?"

박지민 [29]

"If you don't want to get kicked out of the team, you'd better get your act together."

하여주 [28]

"Yes, I'm sorry... I'll try to come to my senses."

박지민 [29]

"Come in and check on the victim."

박지민 [29]

"You should put your good head here."

하여주 [28]

"...yes."

I took just a few steps and crouched down next to the corpse, putting on my gloves and examining it. Up close, the bloody corpse looked even more horrifying. First of all... the object that was presumed to have been used as a weapon was nowhere to be seen around the corpse. It was either hidden somewhere or taken away.

Next, I looked through the clothes to find the areas where the stab wounds had occurred. I was surprised by the pungent smell of blood and the deep stab wounds, but I started writing down the areas that seemed to have been stabbed in the investigation log.

하여주 [28]

"Three times on the abdomen... once on the left leg... twice on the right shoulder..."

하여주 [28]

"...you were pricked by the shards of this broken vase."

하여주 [28]

"It seems like the wound is too big for that."

The broken glass shards of a vase that had been lying around the victim had been bothering me for a while, and I was wondering if they had stabbed me, so I picked up the shards and compared them to the sizes of the wounds, when suddenly a shard slipped out of my hand.

Before I could even look up in confusion, a cold voice reached my ears first.

민윤기 [31]

"You might get hurt if you pick up glass shards so recklessly."

하여주 [28]

"Ah... I'm sorry. I thought it would be okay since I was wearing gloves..."

민윤기 [31]

"...This isn't a weapon."

하여주 [28]

"yes?"

민윤기 [31]

"The wound is about 5 to 7 centimeters in size, and the glass fragments are 3 centimeters in size."

민윤기 [31]

"Besides, there's no blood on any of the pieces."

민윤기 [31]

"The buried pieces are all stained with blood..."

하여주 [28]

"ah•••."

민윤기 [31]

"...Did you write down all the wounds in the investigation log?"

하여주 [28]

"Oh yes...! It has been confirmed that there were six stab wounds in total."

민윤기 [31]

"...Good job. Our kids are weak to the human body, so the worst investigation they can do is searching for dead bodies."

하여주 [28]

"thank you."

Despite his cold appearance and voice, he seemed to have a cute side to him... At my words of thanks, Officer Min scratched the back of his head as if he was embarrassed, but when Officer Kim called him, he carefully put down the shard of glass he had taken from me and left.

I was smiling without realizing it, but Sergeant Kim lightly patted my head, saying, "What's so funny?" and then he picked up the investigation log and looked at it carefully.

When he grabbed my head, the playful expression on his face disappeared and his expression quickly became serious. I waited for his reaction while feeling nervous without realizing it.

김남준 [30]

"For a first timer, you write very neatly. You need to try harder, but you did well."

김남준 [30]

"Did you get scolded by Officer Park earlier?"

하여주 [28]

"Ah... yes."

김남준 [30]

"Officer Park, you're really nervous because it's your first time on a murder case, so you're really holding on."

하여주 [28]

“No, it’s my fault. I’ll try harder.”

김남준 [30]

"Don't get hurt. I'm doing well."

김남준 [30]

"When Officer Park first arrived at the murder scene, he cried because he was scared. You're much better."

정호석 [30]

"Hey, Officer Kim, is this the time to play the old Nogari?"

김남준 [30]

"Detective Jeong, this is what you call leisure~"

정호석 [30]

"Take a note of the National Forensic Service's contact information. Don't mess with the kids who are doing well."

김남준 [30]

"You're already contacting the National Forensic Service? We haven't even finished searching for the body yet."

정호석 [30]

"I have to request an autopsy first. If it gets delayed, it'll never end... "

Thanks to Detective Jeong taking Detective Kim with them, they were able to continue examining the body. After looking for quite some time, it seemed like they had finally seen everything, but then they discovered that there was a small wound on the victim's head where something had stabbed him.

하여주 [28]

"The blood is caked on the side... and the wound is really small."

I was about to write that down in the investigation log, but then I felt something quiet around me and I raised my head...

My seniors surrounded me and stared at me intently.

하여주 [28]

"Mom..."

김태형 [29]

"Youngest, have you finished writing your investigation log?"

김석진 [32]

"I'm sorry if I surprised you. We were waiting for you after finishing our work..."

전정국 [27]

"Oh, that's why I told you to just stay outside!"

김석진 [32]

"Huh? The police officer is yelling at me now..."

민윤기 [31]

"Are you done? I need to do an autopsy..."

민윤기 [31]

"I didn't mean to startle you, sorry."

하여주 [28]

"Ah, ah... I'm done!"

It didn't look like they were stabbed with the same weapon, so it didn't seem like a particularly serious wound, so I just brushed it off, took the investigation log, and left the scene with my seniors. I left behind the National Forensic Service staff who were trying to move the body onto a stretcher as they entered the scene.

We returned to the conference room and sat together. Soon, Chief Kim stood in front of the monitor holding the investigation log I had written and other thick documents to give a briefing on the case. He looked very serious, completely different from the cheerful atmosphere of our first meeting.

김태형 [29]

"I will now begin the incident briefing."

김태형 [29]

"Case number 2002do253, case name Black Rose Murder Case."

정호석 [30]

"Case number is 2002do254, Chief Kim."

김태형 [29]

"No... because it's written like that in the investigation log."

When I heard the word investigation log, six people's eyes were focused on me, who was writing the investigation log. No... Didn't you say 253...?

하여주 [28]

"Oh, I'm sorry... I heard that earlier..."

박지민 [29]

"From now on, ask Detective Jeong for the case number and write it down accurately."

전정국 [27]

"You know how sensitive you are to case numbers when investigating, right?"

김석진 [32]

"Be careful, if possible."

하여주 [28]

"Yes, I'm sorry..."

김남준 [30]

"Why is everyone so disciplined?"

김남준 [30]

"Sergeant Kim, continue."

김태형 [29]

"Yes. Case number 2002do254, case name Black Rose Murder Case."

김태형 [29]

"The incident occurred at the flower shop 'Black Flower' located in Seonyu-dong."

김태형 [29]

"The first discoverer was 37-year-old 'Black Flower' flower shop owner, Han Kyung-sook."

김태형 [29]

"On the day of the incident, May 9, 2002, I closed the flower shop at around 22:00 and went to work at 08:32, where I found the victim, 35-year-old Kim Yu-seon, dead."

김태형 [29]

"Confirmed to have been stabbed six times in total with a sharp weapon: three times in the abdomen, once in the left leg, and twice in the right shoulder."

김태형 [29]

"Before the autopsy, the cause of death is believed to be excessive bleeding."

김태형 [29]

"Was there anything found at the crime scene that was presumed to be a weapon?"

박지민 [29]

"It is believed to be a pair of scissors used to cut flower stems found behind a flower display case."

박지민 [29]

"I have asked the National Forensic Service to examine the substance and DNA found on the scissors."

김태형 [29]

"Okay. Is this all you've found out today?"

For a moment, I wondered what the wound on his head that I saw earlier was from. It was a pair of scissors used to cut flower stems... The other wounds on his body were the same length as those scissors, but that wound was different from the others in that it went in deep.

민윤기 [31]

"Sergeant Ha, was there anything else found with the body?"

하여주 [28]

"Huh? Oh, yes... nothing!"

민윤기 [31]

"Are you sure?"

하여주 [28]

"Yes... I don't think there's anything more important."

민윤기 [31]

"Okay. Let's see when the autopsy results come out tomorrow."

김석진 [32]

"Everyone, go to the office and take care of business."

I'm already getting tired... I organized my investigation log while thinking hundreds of times about why I was assigned to the Strong 1st Team.

Since I was working on a case, we walked down the noisy hallway without exchanging a single word. I was walking hesitantly at the very back, and my seniors were walking down the hallway with their eyes fixed on the case, which was scary.

At that moment, the former police officer, who was walking while staring at the ground, bumped into someone on the head, and a dull sound briefly echoed through the hallway, breaking the silence.

송민기 [30]

"Oh my... I'm sorry. I'm blocking the path of the precious Strong Team 1."

A person whose tone of speech was obviously sarcastic blocked my path. My seniors' eyes suddenly turned cold... They probably didn't get along very well.

전정국 [27]

"Is it Chief Song again?"

송민기 [30]

"Again~ Are you really that tired of me talking like that?"

박지민 [29]

"Yeah. This time, should I listen to some of your dirty talk to clear up some trouble?"

최종호 [33]

"What is it? What's going on?"

김석진 [32]

"...All three powerful teams are here, it's annoying."

정호석 [30]

"We're busy with a murder case this time, so get out of the way."

정호석 [30]

"Don't show off that you don't have any work to do and that there are no cases to hand over to you."

이수담 [29]

"Your words are a bit harsh, Detective Jeong"

이수담 [29]

"It doesn't match your face."

민윤기 [31]

"That kid still has that habit of talking..."

손나은 [29]

"But who's behind that? The newbie?"

김남준 [30]

"...Officer Ha. Behind me."

When the members of Team 3 of the Strong Investigation Team became curious about me, Sergeant Kim grabbed my wrist and dragged me behind his back.

At that moment, Sergeant Kim's wrist was grabbed tightly. At the same time, I staggered, but Sergeant Kim, who was standing next to me, caught me and I didn't fall. The person who grabbed Sergeant Kim's wrist was, as expected, one of the members of Team 3 of the Violent Crimes Unit.

최종호 [33]

"Let's take a look at the new faces."

김남준 [30]

"Don't let go? Go when I speak nicely."

손나은 [29]

"Are you a precious new recruit?"

이수담 [29]

"If you're a newbie, you act like it's a team rule here to play cheap."

송민기 [30]

"I heard that a new recruit from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's 2001 class of valedictorians has joined. Let's go see him."

최종호 [33]

"It doesn't matter. It's just something that came into my head."

민윤기 [31]

"...let's not waste time here and go."

김태형 [29]

"I missed lunch time."

김석진 [32]

"Let's go, kids."

At Superintendent Kim's words, everyone stopped arguing and seemed to go back. One of the members of Team 3, who had been looking at us with a suspicious look, whispered softly in my ear.

최종호 [33]

"You're having a hard time among crazy people."

I was so angry that I stopped walking to talk back, but the officer grabbed my shoulder and dragged me away without saying anything. He also told me not to engage with him.

As soon as they entered the office and closed the door, the seniors threw down the files they were holding on the desk and let out a sigh. The anger they had been holding in subsided into short sighs.

정호석 [30]

"When will those guys from Team 3 Powerful get rid of their inferiority complex?"

민윤기 [31]

"Leave it alone. It's pitiful that he's been like that for years."

Even though he tried to speak calmly, Detective Min was seething inside, and his hands, which were tightly gripping the pen, had turned white a long time ago.

김석진 [32]

"Officer Ha."

하여주 [28]

"Yes, sir."

김석진 [32]

"That guy I saw earlier... I think he said something to you too."

하여주 [28]

"...yes."

김석진 [32]

"They're called the 3 powerful teams... They're the ones who have an inferiority complex towards us."

김석진 [32]

"So, even if I meet you and talk to you, don't talk to me."

김석진 [32]

"If anything happens, call me on the radio. Do you know how to call me on the radio?"

하여주 [28]

"...all right."

김석진 [32]

"I do that because I really want to protect you."

하여주 [28]

"yes?"

김석진 [32]

"...no."

A similar line to this... I thought I'd heard it somewhere, and it was similar to what Officer Kim had said this morning. The moment I found out something, I would change like them. There was no way to know what secret he was hiding.

김태형 [29]

"Inspector. I heard that Ms. Han Kyung-sook, the owner of the 'Black Flower' flower shop, came to see me."

김석진 [32]

"okay?"

김태형 [29]

"Yes. I heard you have something to say about this incident..."

전정국 [27]

"Are you in the interrogation room?"

김태형 [29]

"That's right."

민윤기 [31]

"I don't think we all need to go. Let's just have two people go. Who wants to go?"

민윤기 [31]

"First, Officer Kim is leaving..."

박지민 [29]

"How about sending Officer Ha to help him adapt?"

정호석 [30]

"Good. I'm not going to see the criminal, I'm just going to hear his statement."

김태형 [29]

"I like it too. Officer Ha, are you okay?"

Putting aside my confused thoughts for a moment, I was suddenly offered to go and interrogate the owner of the flower shop where this incident occurred, Ms. Han Kyung-sook, as this was my first task... Without even thinking about whether I should take on such an important task, I answered without thinking.

하여주 [28]

"I'm fine with that too."

And I regret answering. The interrogation room was more tense than I thought, and I felt a sense of pressure for no reason. And then there was Sergeant Kim, who was preparing for the interrogation as usual.

김태형 [29]

"Sit down, Officer Ha. Don't be nervous."

김태형 [29]

"It's nothing. Just focus all your attention on what he says."

하여주 [28]

“This is almost my first job... I wonder if I can do it well.”

김태형 [29]

"There's only one reason I brought you here."

김태형 [29]

"I thought you could do well."

하여주 [28]

"Me...?"

김태형 [29]

"Yeah. So..."

김태형 [29]

"I'm going to leave the interrogation of Han Kyung-sook to you today."

하여주 [28]

"yes...?"

하여주 [28]

"But... how can I."

김태형 [29]

"I'll be by your side. Okay?"

김태형 [29]

"Here's the questionnaire..."

하여주 [28]

"Just a moment, sir... I..."

김태형 [29]

"You can do it. I believe in you."

김태형 [29]

"Without ruling out the possibility that Ms. Han Kyung-sook could be the culprit, we should slowly dig up the undisclosed details of Ms. Kim Yu-seon's death from Ms. Han Kyung-sook's statement."

김태형 [29]

"With your personality, you'll do well. I'm sure the rumor has already spread in the West that you're good at using your head."

I was listening to Chief Kim's words, who was praising me, for quite some time when a knock was heard in the interrogation room. Chief Kim's expression hardened and he sat down, telling me to start.

...Once we try to do something, we'll know whether Officer Kim is right or not.

"I will let Ms. Han Kyung-sook in."

하여주 [28]

"...Yes, please come in."

The door to the interrogation room opened and Ms. Han Kyung-sook, the owner of the flower shop 'Black Flower' where the incident occurred, came in hesitantly. But the more I thought about it, the more dumbfounded I couldn't shake it. Who would have thought that I, who came to work today, would be sitting in the chair of the chief interrogator?

한경숙 [37]

"hello..."

하여주 [28]

"Ms. Han Kyung-sook, who runs the 'Black Flower' flower shop, where the recent Black Rose Murders occurred."

하여주 [28]

"Nice to meet you. I am Police Officer Hae-joo, in charge of interrogating Ms. Han Kyung-sook this time."

The words came out easier than expected. And the gaze of Chief Kim, who was looking at me with a happy smile and unable to hide his laughter, was clearly a warm gaze on the side of my head, but it felt like it was stabbing me in the eye for no reason.

한경숙 [37]

"hello..."

하여주 [28]

"What was your relationship with the victim, Kim Yu-seon?"

한경숙 [37]

"Yooseon and I... were close friends. Yooseon was a regular at our house for a long time."

하여주 [28]

"You were open for business on the day of the incident, right?"

한경숙 [37]

"Yes... Every day is tight."

하여주 [28]

"Did you ever see or speak to Ms. Kim Yu-seon while she was working or outside on the day of the incident?"

한경숙 [37]

"Yes, Yooseon came a few minutes before closing time, so we chatted for a bit and left the flower shop together."

한경숙 [37]

"We parted ways in front of the flower shop because we were going in different directions. When I went back to work this morning, Yooseon was dead."

한경숙 [37]

"The flower shop door was locked too... I was very embarrassed."

하여주 [28]

"Yes... I understand. And I heard that you have something you would like to tell us."

하여주 [28]

"What is that?"

한경숙 [37]

"Ah... that's true."

한경숙 [37]

"Yoo-seon has been fighting with her husband so often and so badly lately that they were even discussing divorce."

한경숙 [37]

"I was wondering if Yoo-seon's husband might have accidentally committed a crime..."

하여주 [28]

"Could you tell me your husband's name and age?"

한경숙 [37]

"Lee Han-min, 38 years old."

하여주 [28]

"Yes, thank you... I'll check it out."

한경숙 [37]

"Thank you... Please, catch the culprit who killed Yoo-seon..."

It was a tearful appeal, it seemed like you were quite close with Kim Yu-seon. But... I can't rule you out as a suspect either. The closer you are, the more motives there are.

하여주 [28]

"Okay, I promise."

한경숙 [37]

"Thank you... I really appreciate it."

김태형 [29]

"Now that the interrogation is over, you may go home."

한경숙 [37]

"Yes... thank you for listening to my story."

한경숙 [37]

"Then that's it..."

As I watched Ms. Han Kyung-sook carefully close the door and leave, I could only sigh deeply as I sat down, losing the faint smile that had been on my face. I listened to the statement and wrote it down carefully, but I couldn’t tell how much of it was true and how much was false.

김태형 [29]

"See? I told you I'd do well, didn't I?"

하여주 [28]

"...I don't know. Whether he completely fooled me, told me the truth, or mixed things up."

김태형 [29]

"That's the beauty of this job."

As he said that, Sergeant Kim lightly glanced over the notes I had written in my notebook. The only keywords that seemed suspicious were the tearful appeal and the whereabouts on the day of the incident. These were the only two.

After looking at him for a moment, he nodded and said, “I’ll leave this job to you, so do a good job.” As he said that and left the interrogation room with a smile, I felt my eyes go dark. How many times has this happened already…

The Black Rose Murder Case. It was such a complicated case that I thought I had used up all my luck this year just getting the police on me. I wondered if I should go home from work today, or if I should try working overtime too... I left the interrogation room.

The dark atmosphere of the interrogation room, with no one there, seemed to symbolize my future, so I hurriedly closed the door, feeling bitter.

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