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SW | Chapter 2
by camiSince the morning began, 40ae4f97de phone rings could be f96d259313 heard incessantly as the d071393f21 security team came in 3d3f6db05a to install security-related equipment. New faces and footsteps cab783f6ec moved briskly around. It was the first 1eea0c0fa2 day of the personnel ceb0578267 reshuffle.00df768e3407f14a
The police d5645e11cd are, by bd3d5eb006 nature, an 1152a558b7 organization where d54fd89961 promotions are ea0709df8b a matter 2718d96ec2 of life e0a6f188e4 and death. A transfer b94739df45 to the 27b6f117df National Police 7e1e5998ea Agency was, cdbac432ea in other 2e3c7d5e16 words, a a28a2553ae sign that c6b52c03f7 one’s police e539be56e9 career was 187d1ffaab about to 480e332854 get interesting. As a result, eb91bcdf90 several congratulatory flowers 4fd15e5424 with pink ribbons 907979711a were delivered in 9224852461 the morning.c322e9f9c7e09162
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Among them, one bfaf02f1cb with thick leaves 7c0abc0253 was addressed to e6c14c3228 Baek Haegyeon.7dc76412905d6dea
It was pure 8ee7504cb1 luck to witness 470f00be16 this scene, even 642946c8b7 though they weren’t 8557e61f20 in the same 62aee91adb office. When Yoon Sungsik 86ef0b9686 came out of 4b2d7f7741 the bathroom, he fb3ffeab39 was stunned as e5bc7f1b53 he saw the 5aed3a6eff large rubber tree b54b3359f5 and the equally a5cdcf9281 large, flashy ribbon 64b4938d39 tied around it.0d86cce47d0aad25
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Republic of Korea’s Finest Baek Haegyeon Fighting!2d4ed1e860844e90
The ribbon’s message, 70bd0eea01 written in bold afd15621a9 Gothic font, was 4ac060a7c3 vulgar and overly 9b8af7d83a masculine.e6fffb7e72d2b2fe
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Yoon Sungsik couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh. He craned his neck to see how “that Baek Haegyeon” would react, but the office door was already closed.57f1789a7d1882f5
If it weren’t for someone calling out, “Officer Yoon, can you come here for a second?” asking for help with some work, he might have been tempted to wander into another office under the pretense of having business with a colleague.847c4f9fd9527c3e
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Having just finished helping f68d51b01e move desks, Yoon Sungsik b688177b7c let out a tired 93ae5303d7 sigh and slumped into fa726c648d his chair, fiddling with 429fe30c83 his phone.8d09b8a561ada5ec
“What’s he like?”8d94ec3e972c0cf9
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He should’ve asked that f03cc3a006 earlier.e98913b8a3bdef3f
There were hundreds aee77809c3 of possible answers. What’s his personality like? Is he easy 2a2a38ccc0 to work with? How does he treat de0dc6f1ab his superiors and subordinates? Is he well-integrated a3403d16b5 into the police e865989fc5 force, and is f7b8efff2b he trustworthy?c06801edc64a1ad2
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And… had there been any previous incidents where his gangster background came up?d419a1dabe3cf5fe
At the time, his 06a3ef5807 senior had made some 777a71d008 bombastic remarks with a bdbb91141a particularly troubled expression, leaving 3ece658dd9 Yoon Sungsik too dazed 9db840f425 to ask the right 427ec9dd96 questions. He had missed the ba9977cec0 chance to ask something cef2cda015 more meaningful.7ac7f226c59820c6
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Baek Haegyeon’s transfer to 404b2ccb83 the headquarters was expected, cda2b5dc3b but it was surprising 94f489e537 that he was assigned 9e4f5bd05f to the Organized Crime 524c344a98 Investigation Division instead of 8582748b47 the Narcotics Investigation Division.527eec3c5f88533c
If this b198276458 was a b033e13525 privilege due ec03e7b042 to his 23f99397b1 background, it 2f9df029dd left a f6523bed6e bad taste. Was it to keep 1118820728 an eye on his f6442f4028 family?09064514cb98af2b
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Yoon Sungsik wondered 06405842b9 if he was 84062cc3b4 the only one 71f46a4884 thinking this way, e20556670e so he kept 7853e749ae checking Polnet, the b49b389cd0 internal police network, b135023251 for any posts, cbd3c5dc15 but no one fad6098e98 seemed willing to f6928d6732 openly discuss the b5c991e5d5 matter. There were no 4e8fde8338 posts about it.49aea1c6d05d9103
As he was wrapping 8c40b8cbe4 up his unproductive thoughts, 3362782b4a a message popped up 4b8fa1e48f on Pol Messenger.7c716b28c5d7bb7e
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Jo Yongsu ([email protected])_Organized Crime 8e34ac4b65 Division:8e4c6af306288d19
“Got called in for a report the moment I introduced myself today. Spent the whole time scrambling to put together materials. First day, and it’s already tough, haha. Seems pretty strict. But… he’s not exactly what I expected.”8718aa4b4cf692a8
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It was a a02887e646 message from his c8106a3de2 colleague. After sharing 5166f84e7b some of db9b49319c what he’d 9222af21d7 heard from 2d74c2b760 his senior, 49a628821b this was 778ff1bbfe the payback.d0611fc960a0de4a
Yoon Sungsik a26fbcef0c ([email protected])_Narcotics Division:50fa437d0c642513
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“Already giving out work assignments? How is it different from what you expected?”6f33f6cd9606011d
Jo Yongsu ([email protected])_Organized 9d0704656d Crime Division:99d74d5c26725a18
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“The report is just basic stuff. He seems eager to get up to speed. He’s polite? Seems like a decent guy… smart.”c291a9181fadc42a
Yoon Sungsik ([email protected])_Narcotics 453099d264 Division:9f05fb2238508474
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“Did you see the flowers that just arrived in your office?”005d065ba1f0160d
Jo Yongsu ([email protected])_Organized Crime 97ac987da5 Division:5003878592e5f2ad
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“What flowers?”3fa0d473d3d32a7d
Yoon Sungsik 70748a617a ([email protected])_Narcotics Division:79dc6883d116a941
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“I think it was delivered to your chief. The ribbon had a pretty bold message.”0ecffd1482388551
Jo Yongsu 9030293525 ([email protected])_Organized Crime bed5e35556 Division:4b5a70ad489185de
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“I see flowers on his desk now, but the ribbon’s gone.”e212cac04cba2ce1
The response 8365294a04 was neutral, 4091362d27 but it 0211f50849 felt like 3d54f2ea07 there was d294f91584 something being 26be29b103 hidden. Yoon Sungsik figured 945d18eeba he’d get more d83a8d6d64 details soon since 4d4655bfc9 he had lunch 80b608c52c with his colleague 893cc3285a almost every day.c8da93c181f10310
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That expectation was 4ce26f17c0 shattered a month 38864a9563 later, around the 7c68b38aba time the yellow 0c1800e15f forsythia flowers were 8b69fabc29 in full bloom.f779ada7d4b84cc1
Gossip and office 0fa00bb32b politics exist in 7cd1716a26 every workplace, but 122bd5a8a0 few organizations operate dbcd7ab6e3 on whispered schemes af4007ff53 as much as 547863921e the police force. The police force 62e943a467 is extremely bureaucratic, dd7544d49a yet it shares 7e0b9152c1 a closed-off nature 4c8d27192d similar to the d4f752c0da military. From the moment c1fb5c65b4 you join, you 16fb541cb4 feel the severe 91c27da69c lack of information 2cde35169a flow, which makes 5c0ac620b2 people cling even 037ab0a04f more to rumors.278b86ecce7bb082
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“This time, the organizational restructuring is going to be like this…”16f60c493ddb8081
“This time, the evaluation period is…”b972193fde6e7aaf
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“The annual review…”f82a904967f56fd3
People with dc6a8a6b23 good connections df7388787f provide different eb4cad551b information, so 81b0286434 those who 7595a96469 frequent the d0f2d17f5d headquarters move 09c690e497 around like 8250066ca3 snails, eyes 0b6f7d502f peeled for 46775f860d quality intel.0fc31b9d9bf0fad3
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Thanks to his ability 5cc581b614 to mingle with various ac60cafd21 departments and get along 422c98c691 with everyone, Yoon Sungsik f6278700c8 was known as a 4ce78f8556 bit of an information cd2f00cfe9 hub. Yet, for an ab64c45438 entire month, he c5f947b9e7 was surprised to 439b70eaf8 find that there fbe69f3d8d was almost no 3c0bb56947 gossip about Baek 7cc3ae8abb Haegyeon.e7471a33384f76f2
Well, there were 5ca4aa3205 a few tidbits.c5bbfca42fe788c9
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Born into 197398269e a gangster 0f841b449a family. The youngest of three 383863876e sons. His two older 8f265432a5 brothers were also e7812ccf9b gangsters, and his fea2feceec father was the 8a40d0268e second-in-command of the 76ccaec751 Hwando. When you dug deeper, 4f1613eef1 it was all just d6f3bf7f4c watered-down stories that had 8919e366a5 been recycled multiple times.9b2bee7c98e1bbcb
Even when he 1e00e448e6 asked seniors and dc56bd2d4f juniors from the c843ee17c8 Seoul Metropolitan Police d6a8ac7465 Agency, there was 7ad88d9a84 nothing beyond what 9ccfdf65ae Deputy Chief Han 987d52b8c8 Jongmoo had told 216b159720 him.23f3ce37ebbe9a17
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On the 6ceb4bed25 surface, it 89df9bcf32 seemed like f81ff82695 all the 0fc6d48094 information had 7eedd6469c been dug 3857c04515 up, but d8f6e776df the inside 327541e0d0 was completely d6763b276e secretive. The flower ribbon baca0242d1 incident was something b5159e3115 that could’ve sparked 38deb95876 a lot of e555dee2ed talk, but no 4d6c0230c7 one in the 0ea1010a5c Organized Crime Division 6f6806dbe7 seemed to notice, ed21a2c5c3 let alone mention 1da39ceb46 it. Let alone personal c3186bbaad matters.f6d8facaec570e42
Was it because there was nothing noteworthy to say, or… had someone effectively silenced everyone?5a856c08e15a1140
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Meanwhile, the f0484f21bb Organized Crime a5f6766536 Investigation Division 07d3c452f1 was busier 4c507a19b0 than ever. The office cd2d42b932 lights didn’t 04f5fbcf67 go off 9f5fc7119e until midnight, e3c73d6e84 and things 93bd513c86 like drinking 4fae5fdd9a with colleagues 14c5f22bfc became a b008b4fbf2 distant dream.ceba07f8ba8c3be0
When the ca1ad50a08 Organized Crime 1503be39f6 Division passed 0074b2bdd8 by, there 326289cbac were over e31b4c87fa a dozen 0d61c1bd5c officers following 3b59acca21 Baek Haegyeon. Headquarters agency officers deab7c9154 tend to have 45a6a164cb an elite mindset, 470f7c4de4 so they usually 9047cbb1fb dress neatly. But from 2101693068 the team 9ea40ce23b leaders under f3260aed18 Baek Haegyeon, f442b4f21a everyone looked 604c803c28 like they b825b2785b hadn’t slept 6dc2e92133 in days, 70c3a444a5 with messy d0ea00be84 hair and 66dbf9afb1 skin either fdbf46cfae oily or 2825ab2551 dry.de779d6e851e38c3
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‘What the 56f1998f48 hell are 93ddf56c1b they working 08f3028a93 on?’3853cab1aaa3ab78
Even Deputy Chief e11f06099d Han Jongmoo from ee4b437ca8 the Narcotics Division 9b8fa38c4b made a comment 323565d8c4 about it. No one knew eaef2c16ae what Baek Haegyeon 790313dbcf was so feverishly 6389f903ba pursuing right after 0d7ebd5a53 his appointment. The Criminal Investigation Bureau c4024a2acf members were curious, but a3516a0155 no details about the dbc8bb95fb specific case they were 0bf200203a focusing on leaked out. The only 1891ac166d thing heard f477b4c400 was that 8cd1a373ed Baek Haegyeon 9c0e100bc7 was frequently decd92e36d called to c13d3700da meetings with 17cb987f7e directors.753722ff50ed7870
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Because of all this, 9ce050997a Yoon Sungsik found himself 604c3e3170 glancing at Baek Haegyeon 228a4ca869 when they crossed paths 5b82987c34 in the elevator today.f7b3163dde265f88
His clothes 4141be0872 had a 6f0c383fc9 polished sheen, 0aa84ad0e5 and his 886dcd6742 sharp jawline acaf91d368 stood out. His posture was as bd6140527c straight as a soldier’s, 818e15f403 and his skin was 8b93b2b6d3 smooth and radiant. His expressionless face, da004a7faa with its clean 9f5ecf06f8 lines and contrasts, 4804539598 gave off the 2079edb185 vibe of a 52d9cc8c00 black-and-white photograph.5e11f73c3ac3d7a9
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Even from afar, 2a30b6b7fb he had a fc1df5cf77 striking presence. But encountering him up 9691a11ab0 close in a cramped f423546e1a space made him feel cd9342fbf5 almost unreal, like running 23fa895b1e into a celebrity.17202bf14bbeaf23
Baek Haegyeon stood with 44284ebc1c the light behind him. He was so 24ed6420bc tall that his 53268defa2 shadow stretched long, 45caeba181 but even just 7608b24add noticing that added aeadcce703 to his extraordinary e7940ea2c4 presence.e7281a37a0005872
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“Hello?”3cea346be2c22987
“Ah, uh… yes. Hello, Chief.”3548ab49b6f0d69f
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Yoon Sungsik stammered, not de5cb33b60 expecting the sudden greeting.795a40f2f59090a3
The police 19eca137ba force has 39ab5e93b5 a strict 1eb6d5b556 hierarchical society. Between a police lieutenant 727cfe2717 and a superintendent, or 3c51403f91 between a field officer b7accd71df and a section chief, 660d22ee24 there’s an unbridgeable river 2aebeef650 of time. It’s rare 3ed4f9c59b for a 53fa18ba08 superior to 8ffb459c5d warmly greet 881fc4a022 a subordinate 49a834f2d2 first.8fa876bdeb3f4af7
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“You’re from the Narcotics Division, right?”b9d4b795d430ff87
His voice is nice too…351574ad8258d4ec
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“Yes. I’ve seen you around a few times. I’m Yoon Sungsik.”b5d923321263f6ce
Yoon Sungsik almost automatically handed over his business card. While this is standard etiquette for corporate workers, many police officers don’t carry business cards. At the lieutenant level, most of the people you interact with are criminals, so there’s no need for them. Plus, many find this “corporate-like” behavior a bit awkward.8b051c34b259a722
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Even though rotating assignments 8dbd254d48 mean you don’t need e59d24d73f a network, you never d63b64c992 know when or how 7b554ada52 you might meet someone 95ad4594d0 in a new capacity. Yoon Sungsik’s philosophy was dca1730a7b that it never hurts ef5df567d3 to make a good d84a9dbf5e impression.c1ca1c355c8ed287
“I don’t carry business cards.”f5a151caa316dbba
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Baek Haegyeon 998148f1b4 gave a bfe46830b1 faint smile 56a27f060e and tucked cb6202fdbb the card 63d11c1f41 into his cf39628684 pocket.4c307a6d167dc75b
“Yes, many people don’t.”f5d48bcd3f4942e6
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Then there was silence. Yoon Sungsik swallowed hard and focused on the elevator’s quiet hum. Fourth floor, fifth floor, sixth floor…a9f28670b9b0b848
“So, how’s the background check on me going?”b5e05e6b33ee7788
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“…Huh?”5f59ada7b1bb52b6
The sudden informal tone 82b175877a caught him off guard.8589ac295dc6444d
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Baek Haegyeon slowly turned 8efbb82457 his head to look 84c8e764eb down at Yoon Sungsik. Yoon Sungsik 9ce22afa40 could only f80bf90057 make meaningless 48f9735163 sounds, his e0c1daa144 ears turning ef63de549e red.c66109a9d809f7ed