Dangerous Investigation Diary

Ep. 24 ° Strong Team 1, Shin Da-hee and the Past (2) _

A place to go on a one-week vacation. After much thought, I chose a place near the ocean in Gangwon-do. Since the West was a strong team, they gave us a five-star hotel, so when I looked out the window, I could see the blue ocean view... It felt like the hardships of work that had piled up were clearing away.

My seniors and I unpacked and went out to the terrace to look at the ocean view. After seeing the city’s many high-rise buildings, seeing the blue ocean and hearing the sound of the waves felt like heaven.

Oh, right. What happened to Team 3? They got a pretty severe punishment. A three-month suspension. It may seem a little light, but my seniors say it was a pretty strong punishment. They couldn't get paid during the suspension period, so it was a big blow to Team 3, who didn't have any performance incentives to begin with.

Thanks to the old man who finally opened the lid after seeing my wound, I was able to summon the chief of police and make this decision. Now that I think about it, it's been a while since I've been home. I should buy some souvenirs for the old man and the housekeepers when I go back.

김태형 [29]

"Wow - how long has it been since I've been to the ocean?"

정호석 [30]

"I can't remember the last time I took a vacation..."

정호석 [30]

"Thanks to Officer Ha, I even got a vacation. And for a week at that."

하여주 [28]

"I'm glad you like it."

하여주 [28]

"To be honest, I was a little worried."

하여주 [28]

"I'm afraid I'll hear the sound of a parachute because my back is thick..."

민윤기 [31]

"Hey. Who thinks you're a parachute?"

민윤기 [31]

"The parachuters don't work that hard."

하여주 [28]

"Then... that's fortunate!"

김석진 [32]

"Okay, okay. Since we came to play, should we call each other casually?"

김태형 [29]

"Yeah, yeah. Let's call the youngest one by his nickname a little more comfortably!"

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever spoken to my seniors without mentioning their titles. I only saw them once in a private setting, and even then, I called them by their titles. It was convenient, and I also didn't know how to organize my titles.

하여주 [28]

"Uh... Then what should I call you?"

박지민 [29]

"Stop talking."

박지민 [29]

"How are you, oppa?"

As soon as Chief Park said that, fists started flying at him from all over the place. All sorts of insults were thrown at him as well. People called him crazy, called him disgusting, and said he should be kicked out of the team...

민윤기 [31]

"Ignore what he says and call me whatever you want."

하여주 [28]

"...no!"

하여주 [28]

"It's okay, oppa. I'll call you oppa...I'll call you oppa!"

전정국 [27]

"If that's okay, then do that-"

Actually, when I was young, I was an only child, so I was secretly envious of kids who had older brothers or sisters, or even younger siblings. But when I thought about how I had seven strong older brothers, even if it was late, I didn't feel so bad. The word "older brother" wasn't as annoying as I thought.

김석진 [32]

"What do you want to do today?"

정호석 [30]

"It's the first day, and everyone must be tired from coming."

정호석 [30]

"Shall we rest at the inn today?"

김태형 [29]

"Okay~ Oh, how about a truth game?"

김남준 [30]

"The youngest is here too, so let's go for a ride?"

정호석 [30]

"Let's do it, let's do it!"

김석진 [32]

"Hahaha okay okay~ Let's do it."

김석진 [32]

"Is Yeoju okay?"

하여주 [28]

"Yes!... No, uh...!"

하여주 [28]

"I like it too-"

전정국 [27]

"Okay, let's do it then!"

And so, the first day of my crazy vacation with my seniors, no, my older brothers, began in a noisy manner.

김태형 [29]

"Ask questions to the person you want to ask them, and if you can't answer, drink it~"

박지민 [29]

"Lady, if you drink and feel like you're getting drunk, tell me."

하여주 [28]

"ok..."

In fact, the reason I, who accepted the truth game and can't even drink, joined this drinking party was because I had a lot to ask the oppas. Starting with Shin Da-hee, the 3rd team that was like a rival, and so on. I made a firm promise to myself that I would definitely hear the answers today.

김석진 [32]

"I'm... Jeon Jungkook!"

전정국 [27]

"That hyung is calling me Jeon Jungkook again. I told him to call me Jungkook..."

김석진 [32]

"You, my ex-girlfriend from a year and a half ago."

전정국 [27]

"Oh, that story again..."

김석진 [32]

"Are you still foolish?!"

민윤기 [31]

"How long are you going to keep talking about that?"

김남준 [30]

"How many more years?"

정호석 [30]

"How many years? More than 10 years."

전정국 [27]

"Ah!! No... What is left of my foolishness?"

김석진 [32]

"Why~ You died back then and couldn't live again."

김석진 [32]

"You almost killed the culprit after hearing that he got hurt, right?"

전정국 [27]

"...There's also a female lead, so let's stop. I'll drink."

김석진 [32]

"Oh yeah~"

박지민 [29]

"Why is it like that..."

김태형 [29]

"Next, ask the female protagonist a question."

하여주 [28]

"Uh... I."

Now, my chance has come. I looked at the brothers sitting in a circle and thought about who to ask, and the person I chose was Namjoon, who had said something meaningful to me when I first came here.

하여주 [28]

"Namjoon oppa, can I ask you a question?"

김남준 [30]

"Huh? Yeah, yeah."

하여주 [28]

"Do you remember the first day I came here?"

김남준 [30]

"Then~ It hasn't been that long, so what."

하여주 [28]

"Do you remember that day, when you got scolded by Seokjin oppa and went to get the police report with me?"

김석진 [32]

"It's already funny."

김남준 [30]

"Uh... uh, I remember... That guy was so annoying back then."

하여주 [28]

"In the filing cabinet, you told me that the moment I knew something, I would become like my brothers."

하여주 [28]

"...Can I ask what that meant?"

박지민 [29]

"Brother, you even said that?"

김남준 [30]

"...Ah, that's difficult."

정호석 [30]

"What does it mean? We're curious too."

김남준 [30]

"Dahee... it was a story."

민윤기 [31]

"...Why are you saying that to the child?"

김남준 [30]

"...I'll drink it now and tell you more later. Sorry."

김석진 [32]

"No. I'll do it."

하여주 [28]

"...uh?"

김석진 [32]

"You had to know at some point, and I think we've just kept wondering."

김석진 [32]

"Since we're on vacation, I should say this now."

김태형 [29]

"...okay."

김태형 [29]

"Lady, listen carefully."

김태형 [29]

"It is the answer to our past, our actions to the present, and our future actions."

So I was finally able to take off the mask of the Strong Team 1. The person named Shin Da-hee, the reason for the conflict with the Strong Team 3, and their ultimate goal.

[Episode 14: This is a continuation of the story from Team 1, Shin Da-hee and the Past (1).]

After Officer Shin was transferred to the 3rd Violent Crimes Unit, our team as a whole was in a slump. We would go out on a mission, investigate, write up an investigation log when it was over, and then report it... That cycle continued, but somehow it felt like a screw was missing.

I was doing well before that kid was gone, but now that the kid I had was gone, I guess I feel empty again. And the last time I saw Da-hee, her expression, and Da-hee's face that I couldn't see anywhere in the West, the lights in the office of the 3rd Violent Crimes Unit that were always on when I came back from my undercover investigation late at night.

There were many things that made me feel uneasy. After listening to what Superintendent Kim had said, it seemed that he had taken Da-hee to the Violent Crimes Unit 1 because he had seen her being constantly ignored and manipulated by the members of the Violent Crimes Unit 3, and now that she was back in that den... I couldn't feel at ease.

정호석 [27]

"The kids from Team 3 aren't the type of kids who would do that..."

김석진 [29]

"That's right... Where did you hear that, Officer Kim?"

김태형 [26]

"Last time, when I stopped by the police chief's office to ask for brief assistance after an incident, I secretly overheard the phone call."

박지민 [26]

"It looks like we'll be working overtime today anyway, so do you want to stop by Team 3's office?"

김남준 [27]

"Okay, let's do that. I'll say hello to Dahee and the kids from Team 3 too."

전정국 [24]

"Then let's start the night investigation-"

Yes, it seems like the three teams that worked overtime every single day without fail will work overtime again today - I often think that maybe we, who thought that, were the cause of this tragedy, only after a long time.

The 3rd Violent Crimes Unit, which had no results and therefore received little support, worked in a rather small office, contrary to its reputation as a violent crimes unit. When I went to check out the office after the night investigation was over, the lights were on, so I went in and lo and behold, there was no one there, and only the office lights were brightly lit.

민윤기 [28]

"...What? Where did they go?"

김태형 [26]

"I even turned on all the lights in the office..."

김석진 [29]

"Did you forget to turn off the lights before you left..."

김남준 [27]

"...Let's go. It seems like everyone has left work today."

박지민 [26]

"Ah- I wanted to see Dahee after a long time..."

No, maybe... Team 3 must have forgotten to turn off the lights - and that was when they turned off the lights and left the office and went back to our office. We still regret that for a long time. If we had sensed it then and gone out to look for Dahee... If we had.

When we were heading back to the scene of the crime after spending the night at the office, we ran into a superintendent who was wearing a suit instead of a uniform. He must have had some important schedule today, so we thought and stopped him as we were about to pass by.

경무관 [40]

"You guys... are you going there?"

김석진 [29]

"Uh... I'm on my way back to the robbery scene."

경무관 [40]

"Did you go to the funeral?"

정호석 [27]

"A funeral home? Are there any detectives who have passed away?"

경무관 [40]

"Haven't you heard anything?"

경무관 [40]

"Sergeant Shin was found dead in the early morning."

When I heard that, I wanted to rush to the funeral home right away, and I thought that was the natural course of things, but at the time, cases were pouring in like a flood, and serial criminals were on the loose, solving several cases at once, so I ended up skipping the funeral and going to the charnel house.

A columbarium with the words 'Shin Da-hee' written on it. And among the small bouquets of flowers and police badges from the visitors, the one that caught our eyes the most was the first group photo of the first violent crimes team, taken on the day we all solved the case together. Why did that photo taken while covered in sweat look so pretty...

When none of us could accept the sudden situation and shed any tears, the person who appeared in front of them was the one who would open our tear ducts, and in that person's hand was the last gift that Da-hee, as Police Officer Shin, would give to the 1st Violent Crimes Unit.

심주미 [45]

"I... by any chance..."

김태형 [26]

"yes?"

심주미 [45]

"Strong Team 1... Are you detectives?"

김남준 [27]

"Oh, yes, that's right."

심주미 [45]

"...My name is Sim Ju-mi, Da-hee's mother."

정호석 [27]

"Oh, yes. Hello, Mother."

민윤기 [28]

"...We were so busy with work that we couldn't even keep the funeral date."

민윤기 [28]

"There's a group photo right here..."

민윤기 [28]

"I'm sorry I'm so late."

심주미 [45]

"No... it's okay."

심주미 [45]

"I know very well that Dahee is very busy with work, because she often says so."

전정국 [24]

"But what brought us..."

심주미 [45]

"Oh, Dahee... wrote a few wills..."

김석진 [29]

"...A will? Isn't this an accident?"

심주미 [45]

"They said it looked like suicide."

It was ridiculous. The child who was so bright when he was with us, the child who comforted us when we were depressed, why. At that moment, we thought back to that day when the lights were on in the office of the 3rd Violent Crimes Unit, and we began to believe that the death of Officer Shin had also had an effect on the 3rd Violent Crimes Unit.

심주미 [45]

"Anyway, there was something about Team 1 in that will, and he asked me to make sure to tell them..."

심주미 [45]

"We were planning to go see each other, but it turns out we don't need to."

심주미 [45]

"Well then, I'll be going now."

심주미 [45]

"Thank you so much for taking such good care of Dahee..."

Da-hee's mother gave the will that Da-hee had written to the Violent Crimes Unit 1 into Inspector Kim's hand and said with tears in her eyes that she was so grateful that he had taken such good care of Da-hee. The sight of Da-hee's mother leaving the charnel house was the last time we saw her.

After that, Dahee's mother disappeared and never showed up... There were many rumors that she died or that she had become mentally ill, but we decided not to fall for those rumors.

When we touched the will, it was quite thick. Team 1 of the Gangwon Province Office slowly read the will together with a slightly resentful heart, thinking that if he had this much to say, he should have said it to us in person.

[Swing - I Never Forgot You Even When Flowers Fall (vocal by Han Su-yeon), Jaurim - Itzy / You'll be more immersed when you listen to these BGMs.]

To. To the seniors of Team 1, who were my pride and happiness.

Seniors! It's been a while since I last greeted you. I'm Shin Da-hee, a police officer who worked in the 1st Violent Crimes Unit for a short time. I wanted to say goodbye at least as a last greeting, but I didn't have time to do so, so I'll leave a message. I'm sure my mom told you all about it, right? :)

First of all, I am grateful that, although it was a short time, it deeply engraved in me the happiness of police life, a sense of mission, and the word 'togetherness'. It was shorter than my time in the 3rd Violent Crimes Unit, but it seems like the place where I learned the most was the 1st Violent Crimes Unit, which is ironic.

I still don't have the courage, so I'm leaving without any sense of responsibility, and I'm worried that my seniors might not have had a reason to teach me... But I told you now, so please don't think like that! I'll confirm it when we meet again!

If I had known this would happen, I probably wouldn't have returned to the 3rd Strong Team. I've been crying a lot since I came here. I didn't shed a single tear when I was with my seniors... Since this is the last time, I'm going to act a little spoiled. I miss my seniors so much. I want to go see them, but I can't.

It's not just because of the performance that I miss Team 1... It was the epitome of the police life I ideally wanted. Harmonious team members, hard-working police officers who clearly distinguish between public and private affairs, etc. But Team 3... doesn't have that. That's why I miss my seniors more.

Superintendent Kim, who has always had a heavy sense of responsibility as the team leader, if I had leadership like Superintendent Kim, I would definitely become a team leader. I think Superintendent Kim's leadership is something that only Superintendent Kim can have.

Inspector Min, who has a blunt personality as much as he has a wealth of scientific knowledge, is the most difficult person to approach because he is always unwavering and cool-headed. However, the day when I felt warmth in that coldness will be the most unforgettable day.

Always kind, medical officer Jeong Sergeant, you once dreamed of being a doctor, but I respect you for choosing to be a police officer, a more unstable job than being a doctor. Whenever I got hurt, you would always get really angry and treat me, so please be my senior in the next life too, so I won't get hurt.

Detective Kim, whom I admired as a genius, and the strange charms that I saw in his unpredictable appearance. If I could go back, I would have embraced him instead of teasing him... I'm sorry. When we meet again, please teach this computer illiterate person how to use a computer.

Officer Park, who had a rough side despite his appearance, thanks to my senior, I was able to hold a taser gun and learn how to work with equipment... I think it will be an unforgettable memory even after I leave. It's a shame to think that I won't be able to see the officer checking the equipment anymore.

In the Strong 1st Team, the most affectionate and friendly Psychological Officer Kim, I really wanted to learn from his senior's warmth and meticulousness in digging into the loopholes in statements, but I can't do it as well as the Officer. Please teach me more when we meet again.

To the former police officer who had the most injuries on his body, I was able to save my life and live a safe life as a police officer thanks to you, but I feel so sorry that I am taking the lifeline that you protected. I will be prepared to get hit a few times with a honey chestnut when we meet again.

The photo was taken the last time I visited. I didn't know I would show it like this... but please keep it in your memory because it is the happiest image of my seniors. Look at it and think about it sometimes!

The reason I'm leaving is because of the people who pushed me to the edge of the cliff. The reason I, who used to be able to endure by looking at my seniors, can't endure anymore... is because of those people. I left behind a lot of evidence, like recordings and photos, but I don't know where they all went.

Seniors, the top police team in the country, please arrest me instead. I'll be waiting. I'm sorry I have to leave without giving you evidence... There will be a lot to talk about when we meet again, so please come back slowly while building up your conversation! Okay?

If I can be remembered as a proud junior by my seniors, I have no regrets, so please remember me like that. My seniors were my pride too. I will end my words here because I feel regretful and my writing is getting longer. Let's meet again! For sure! I love you ♥︎

From. The courageless police officer Shin Da-hee

As we read the tear-soaked letter, line by line, savoring and cherishing it, tears began to overflow from our eyes. At first, we were not sure, but we were filled with anger because we thought that the 3rd team of the powerful had some influence in making Da-hee like this.

Then I was filled with regret that I should never have let you go. It must have been around this time. The relationship with the 3rd strong team was getting worse and we started to lock ourselves up in perfection. It was too hard to accept new recruits and we would often fire them for being unqualified.

We are struggling because we tried to forget Da-hee but couldn't. And we are still living each day as if we are being strangled by the guilt of not being able to find the missing evidence that Da-hee left behind and the person who provided the root cause.

So, I'm determined to protect Yeoju at all costs. Every time I see Yeoju, I see Dahee, and since Team 3 of the Powerful Crimes Unit is eyeing her, I'm holding on with a sense of responsibility that we can't miss this opportunity.

This is why we were able to protect Team 1. It is the same reason why things changed after the Dahee incident.

This is how the flashback ended... But that's not the problem, it's just that it's been so long... 🥹 It's been about two months,, I just finished my exams and I was so busy that I couldn't come to my senses and I'm back to the beginning of the second semester,, How is everyone's second semester going?! 🫠

The upcoming fall weather makes it easy to catch a cold, so please dress warmly and I promise to work harder on the series as I greet you 🙇‍♀️ I'm sorry I can't give you any spoilers because I don't know if the next episode will be a continuation of Team Strong 1's vacation or a new incident 🥲

Thank you for welcoming me and waiting for me whenever I come. I love you...💛💛💛 I'll come back soon with the next episode before the midterms!!! 🥰

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