Special Investigation Team BTS Complete

EP 40. Sabra (2)

The female protagonist glanced back and forth between the contract and the plane ticket in front of her. She checked to see if the military had really contacted her, and found a text message stating that, regardless of the truth, she would inevitably face punishment for having caught the eye of the Minister of Justice.

Ah, I should've built up some connections earlier... As I was rambling about something I didn't really mean, the team members outside began to come in one by one. While everyone else's expressions were grim, only one person's face was bright with a smile.

박지민

"What, Kim Taehyung? Are you laughing at this situation?"

김태형

"Of course it will come out. Why won't it come out?"

박지민

"what?"

김여주

"It's a success, Taehyung."

The woman, who had a serious expression on her face, chuckled as if she was having fun. She gave Taehyung a V sign and smiled. Yoongi frowned, asking what he meant. Taehyung sat down diagonally across from her and took out the USB he had kept in his pocket.

김태형

"I just recorded the conversation between the chief and the female protagonist and made it into a file and selected it."

김여주

"I also attached a recorder to the sleeve of your shirt. It's so small, you'll probably have trouble finding it."

전정국

“…a recorder?”

When the female protagonist shook her handcuffed wrists and pointed to the inside of her wrists, Jungkook looked at her once and then at Taehyung as if he didn't understand.

김태형

“Actually, that’s it….”

Everyone focused on Taehyung's low voice.

김여주

“You want me to… attach a recorder to the director?”

김태형

"Oh. Since he's close with the Minister of Justice, he must have some connection with Na Yeo-woon."

김여주

"Well… what if he's only close with the Minister of Justice and doesn't really care about Na Yeo-woon? It could be that he was just put in the special investigation unit because he's close with her."

김태형

"No. The chief was trying to somehow link Na Yeo-woon and me together. He's not the kind of person who would pin Na Yeo-woon down just because we're 'close'."

김여주

"How can Taehyung be so sure of that?"

김태형

"Because the chief is my father."

김여주

"……."

김여주

"yes?!?!?!?!"

김태형

"Oh, didn't I tell you?"

김여주

"I didn't do it!!!!!!!"

김태형

"Sorry. I've been so out of it lately. Anyway, please attach a recorder. Okay?"

김여주

“But… if the director is really connected to Na Yeo-woon… wouldn’t he be suspected? He’s Tae-hyung’s father, so is that okay…?”

김태형

"…are you okay."

“…Because he was never my father.”

The look in Taehyung’s eyes that I saw then… seemed to be missing something.

Taehyung, who had asked the female protagonist to attach a recorder in advance and revealed that his father was the chief, looked at his team members with a proud smile.

김태형

"So, now all we have to do is catch Sabra and the Chief?"

김석진

“Taehyung.”

No matter what, what child would be okay with their own father being branded a criminal? Seokjin looked at Taehyung with worried eyes, but Taehyung tried to avoid his gaze.

정호석

“But… there’s one thing that’s strange. Now, look.”

Ho-seok brought a piece of paper and pen from some unknown source, placed it on the desk, and drew three circles. On each circle were written the words: "Chief," "Sabra," and "Minister."

정호석

"Let's say the Commissioner and the Minister have an exchange relationship. The Commissioner knows Sabra. Then the Minister and Sabra must know each other, right? But why did the Minister allow Sabra to kill his daughter?"

전정국

“…That’s right. Judging from the fact that you assigned Na Yeo-woon to the special investigation team, it seems like you weren’t on bad terms with the Minister.”

김태형

"The relationship between me and the commissioner is unusual. Na Yeo-woon and the minister are on good terms. You can tell just by listening to the commissioner talking next to me."

With Taehyung's words, the interrogation room was filled with the sound of mutterings. And just when this moment felt a bit tedious, Jimin opened his mouth and said, "Ah."

박지민

"What if, just what if… Sabra betrayed the Minister?"

정호석

"…oh."

민윤기

"That sounds pretty plausible. But why? Why do you think he betrayed you?"

박지민

"From Sabra's perspective, either Na Yeo-un has become useless, or the minister has become useless. Isn't it one of the two?"

박지민

"Why, that guy said he didn't need useless things either. Don't you remember?"

민윤기

“…Are you still bringing up the past?”

박지민

"It was the same last month, wasn't it? It's too late to dismiss it as something of the past."

As Jimin chuckled at Yoongi who was pouting, Seokjin, who had been thinking with a serious expression, stopped Yoongi and Jimin.

김석진

"Stop joking around. But I can't rule out that possibility."

정호석

"If Jimin is right, then the chief is not the minister, but Sabra."

김여주

"What are the chances that the Minister abandoned Na Yeo-woon?"

김석진

"He was so sincere in asking me to save his daughter. It was so serious that it couldn't be considered acting."

민윤기

"Haa... Then I guess we'll have to act under the assumption that Sabra and the Chief have abandoned the Minister."

Everyone sighed at Yoon-ki's words. Losing a daughter was heartbreaking enough, but to be betrayed was even more heartbreaking. No matter how much you despised and hated her, you couldn't help but feel pity.

전정국

"So, what are you going to do with all the little tasks that have piled up now? Should you put everything else aside and focus on this one?"

김석진

"No, then the director will notice right away. I have to do this while also handling my work."

정호석

“Ah. So I’ll be working overtime for the next two months?”

김태형

"Didn't you know there would be no rest from the moment you joined the special investigation unit? Why are you bringing this up again?"

At Taehyung's playful words, Hoseok smiled and patted Taehyung's arm.

정호석

"That's right. If I had known you were the director's son, I would have threatened you a long time ago and gotten you all your vacation."

Taehyung, knowing that Hoseok was joking, placed the USB he was holding in Hoseok's hand, telling him to do at least one more thing if he had time to talk like that. He meant to keep it safe.

The mood had relaxed a bit, unlike earlier, and the female protagonist smiled comfortably. Then, feeling the vibration of her phone in her pocket, she pulled it out. A name appeared on the screen. Caller ID blocked.

김여주

"…what?"

The woman, who had clicked on the message without thinking, was startled the moment she saw the contents and couldn't help but drop her phone. Ho-seok, who had turned to her, asking what was wrong, also stopped moving after seeing the screen.

-You said you'd definitely be with me. I gave you gifts, I gave you opportunities, and you turned them all down?

-Now you have to give me a present. Lieutenant Kim Yeo-ju, what do you like?