Dangerous Investigation Diary

Ep. 15 ° Elementary School Mass Disappearance Case (2)

민윤기 [31]

"Officer Ha, no. Get away from that woman."

하현성 [54]

"What are you guys doing! Why did you suddenly barge in...!"

박지민 [29]

"What's your name, huh? I don't need this kind of thing."

박지민 [29]

"Police officer, arrest me immediately."

하현성 [54]

"What?! Do you know who I am...!"

전정국 [27]

"You are under emergency arrest for assault. Please follow me quietly."

하현성 [54]

"Huh... You're not letting go of this?!"

민윤기 [31]

"Sergeant Jeong. Is there a car outside?"

정호석 [30]

"Yes. I'm a police officer, take me out."

전정국 [27]

"Yes. I'll be there soon."

정호석 [30]

"Inspector Kim, please go and drive. I'll check on Officer Ha."

김석진 [32]

"okay-"

Carrying the unconscious officer Ha fell to Detective Jeong. While Officer Jeong, who was supposed to be driving, was busy looking after Officer Ha, the driving duties were passed to Inspector Kim. Ha Hyun-seong, who had been yelling and pushing Officer Jeon away, gradually calmed down, as if he was beginning to grasp the situation.

A total of nine people, including the unconscious police officer Ha, loaded into the car with handcuffed Ha Hyun-seong. Officer Jeong was wiping the officer's sweat with a wet towel from the back seat, while Officer Jeon and Officer Park held Ha Hyun-seong down on either side.

Before returning to the police station, the car was heading to the hospital to drop off Officer Ha and Officer Jeong, and the rumbling sound that had been growing louder and louder, and the words that Ha Hyun-seong uttered were truly shocking.

하현성 [54]

"...Are you the detectives who work with our heroine?"

No one answered him. Even Team 1 of the Violent Crimes Unit had an intuitive sense of who he was, the moment they saw his face. Unfortunately, Officer Ha's nose was exactly like Ha Hyun-seong's, so everyone knew that Officer Ha was the father they so despised.

하현성 [54]

"Even without that... the face on TV looks so familiar."

하현성 [54]

"You're part of Team 1, right?"

전정국 [27]

"yes."

The kind-hearted former police officer gave a concise answer to Ha Hyun-seong's persistent questioning. Up until this point, it could have been simply a father's desire to know his daughter's job.

하현성 [54]

"I... will I get jail time for what happened today?"

The words that followed were those of someone who had given up on being human. Inspector Kim's hands gripped the steering wheel, their strength involuntarily returning. Seeing Inspector Kim, Inspector Min, who had been listening silently, spoke.

민윤기 [31]

"This time, let me ask. Are you Officer Ha's father?"

하현성 [54]

"Yes... that's right."

민윤기 [31]

"...So you're saying that you're the one who ruined Officer Ha's life."

하현성 [54]

"What did you say?"

민윤기 [31]

"The person who ruined his childhood comes back 23 years later and threatens him,"

민윤기 [31]

"I guess it's a bit scary to go beyond your daughter and make someone faint from shock before getting into a police car."

민윤기 [31]

"While talking about trivial things, the real question that came out was whether I should go to prison."

민윤기 [31]

"I can clearly see what Officer Ha's childhood was like."

하현성 [54]

"Hey! That's too harsh. When did I ever threaten the female protagonist?"

민윤기 [31]

"You'll say it wasn't a threat, so you probably don't understand why Officer Ha collapsed."

민윤기 [31]

"To Officer Ha, you yourself are nothing more than a terrible fragment of memory."

민윤기 [31]

"A person I wanted to forget and live with, not even leaving a memory behind. A person I never wanted to see again."

민윤기 [31]

"That's about it, you."

하현성 [54]

"That little green thing, where can you tell an adult...!!"

민윤기 [31]

"I could tell just by listening to what Officer Ha said."

김석진 [32]

"Detective Min, stop it. That's enough."

민윤기 [31]

"...sorry."

김석진 [32]

"No. Officer Jeong, get ready to get off. Officer Jeon, help me support you and come down right away. Officer Kim, take Officer Jeon's spot."

전정국 [27]

"yes."

정호석 [30]

"See you around dinner time."

After Officer Jeong and Officer Jeon leave, Inspector Kim slams his fist on the steering wheel. Then he says:

김석진 [32]

"I told Officer Min to stop, but I can't stand it anymore."

김석진 [32]

"Mr. Ha Hyun-seong."

하현성 [54]

"What now?"

김석진 [32]

"If something happened to Officer Ha,"

김석진 [32]

"Then I'll throw you in jail with my own hands, so just know that."

김석진 [32]

"Five years, ten years. Keep your mouth shut and go before you rot away in prison for the rest of your life."

In fact, for them, this was the only thing they could do for Officer Ha, even if it was just for Shin Da-hee's sake. If they couldn't do this, they would feel suffocated by the guilt.

After Inspector Kim's words, silence filled the car, and even after Officer Jeon returned and got into the car, the silence continued. Perhaps the thoughts they shared in that silence were too similar for Shin Da-hee and Officer Ha, or perhaps they were worried about a new case. I didn't bother to ask.

That day was one of those days. The weather felt particularly nice, the sunlight warm but not hot. It was one of those days when I wondered how long it had been since I'd woken up feeling so refreshed.

박순자 [69]

"Lady. Are you awake?"

하여주 [16]

"Yes... did you sleep well?"

박순자 [69]

"Yeah... The weather is really nice today. The sun is hot, too. Should I close the curtains?"

하여주 [16]

"It's okay - this is good as it is."

박순자 [69]

"Today is the first day of vacation, so grow up."

하여주 [16]

"Yeah. What about Grandpa?"

박순자 [69]

"They say you're still sleeping."

하여주 [16]

"Yeah... is that so?"

박순자 [69]

"...My lady."

하여주 [16]

"yes?"

박순자 [69]

"Are you having any worries these days? Your expression is full of thought."

하여주 [16]

".....I guess it's just that sometimes I feel empty, and it's one of those days."

박순자 [69]

"I see...-"

하여주 [16]

"grandma."

박순자 [69]

"Yeah, baby."

하여주 [16]

"Did Mom and Dad both abandon me?"

박순자 [69]

"...Don't even mention those guys."

박순자 [69]

"You know very well, right, Lady. What you did."

하여주 [16]

"...Still. Sometimes, I really wish I had a mom and dad."

하여주 [16]

"It's not that I don't like living with my grandparents."

하여주 [16]

"Because you treat me well without any shortcomings. I know that too."

하여주 [16]

"But... sometimes I wonder what it would feel like to be loved by your parents and to be raised by them."

하여주 [16]

"Even at the fall sports day, there were kids whose parents came and shared the lunch boxes they made for them."

하여주 [16]

"It's so different from me, who eats a convenience store lunch box next to her and then gets a few kimbap or inari sushi from my friend's parents."

박순자 [69]

"...Honey. Is that what you've been thinking all along?"

하여주 [16]

"I had a dream."

하여주 [16]

"I had a dream where I was traveling with my parents."

하여주 [16]

"I still vividly remember my parents' faces and voices."

하여주 [16]

"Did my parents erase every trace of me?"

When my grandparents heard that story, they apologized and said that my biological parents had committed a great sin against me and that I should just let them go in my heart.

After that, I never mentioned my parents again until they passed away. I thought they were people I should truly forget, but I also felt like talking about them would be driving a nail into their hearts, so I stopped.

Even before they passed away, my grandparents were worried that I might miss them and wonder about their whereabouts. Right before they closed their eyes, they both spoke to me in the same, slurred voice.

"D...mu...n......ch..."

I closed and opened my eyes a few times, and the blackness of my vision shifted. Slowly, I blinked a few times, and my vision cleared. The pungent smell of disinfectant, the rising humidifier smoke. It was the same scene I'd seen during the Black Rose murder case.

It was definitely a hospital. The smell and scent reminded me of the same hospital as last time, but the room itself was different. I had a single room, though. As I slowly recollected my memories, the door opened and Sergeant Jeong entered.

정호석 [30]

"Officer Ha. Are you awake?"

하여주 [28]

"...Yes. What."

정호석 [30]

"Are you feeling okay?"

하여주 [28]

"So-so..."

하여주 [28]

"Ah! The incident...!"

정호석 [30]

"Don't worry, the kids will go back to question you."

In this incident too, am I injured?

김석진 [32]

"I'm sorry for leaving your seat."

김태형 [29]

"Shall we start talking again slowly?"

With the absence of Officer Ha and Detective Jeong, the Violent Crimes Unit 1 was understaffed, making it even busier. Officer Min was assigned to take charge of Ha Hyun-seong. The reason...

민윤기 [31]

"What are you looking at?"

I think you all know this without me having to explain it further.

What I got from talking to the parents of the missing people for an hour was that most of the disappearances occurred during school hours and that all the elementary school students were diligent in their school life and listened to their parents well, so there was no suspicion of them running away from home.

Additionally, Domun Elementary School was trying to hide this fact. That was it. There were no suspects or any suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident. After sending the parents away, the Violent Crimes Unit 1 was left dumbfounded, holding a few lines of the interrogation report.

전정국 [27]

"No. Does this make sense?"

전정국 [27]

"No context, no suspects, no witnesses! How can you say there's nothing..."

김남준 [30]

"....I see. For him not to come out like this, the culprit must be quite meticulous."

김태형 [29]

".....How is Officer Ha's condition?"

박지민 [29]

"Does that make sense in this situation?"

김태형 [29]

"I thought that if it was Officer Ha, he would have known."

민윤기 [31]

"Oh, he woke up anyway."

김태형 [29]

"Can I make a phone call?"

민윤기 [31]

"That won't work, it's only been a few minutes since I woke up."

민윤기 [31]

"I told you to post anything you know in the group chat."

김태형 [29]

"thank you."

김석진 [32]

"Mr. Ha Hyun-seong, what's up?"

민윤기 [31]

"Just. Officer Ha said it was because it had been so long since he had seen me."

김남준 [30]

"That's all?"

민윤기 [31]

"I don't know. I'll have to look into it more."

민윤기 [31]

"If what Officer Ha says is different from what you say, then you die."

민윤기 [31]

"It's your freedom to say whatever you want."

민윤기 [31]

"False testimony is punishable."

김석진 [32]

"Hey, stop scaring me."

김석진 [32]

"So, you and Officer Ha are father and daughter?"

하현성 [54]

"Yes... I guess I just got excited and went ahead..."

김태형 [29]

"I don't think there's anything more to say, should I let you go now?"

김태형 [29]

"I would like to keep Officer Ha locked up until he is discharged."

김석진 [32]

"Okay. Let's let it go now."

김석진 [32]

"I'm a police officer, I'll take care of it."

김남준 [30]

"Just a moment. Just a moment..."

김남준 [30]

"There's a reason why I can't send Mr. Ha Hyun-seong."

박지민 [29]

"What is it?"

김남준 [30]

"He is the prime suspect pointed out by Officer Ha."

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