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SW | Chapter 2
by camiSince the morning began, e985ca08ed phone rings could be 687c9d8ae1 heard incessantly as the ad841b449f security team came in b89fa4e854 to install security-related equipment. New faces and footsteps 919c61bb3f moved briskly around. It was the f684218068 first day of 2061850019 the personnel reshuffle.e83400f5a74a9379
The police are, by 711284b5da nature, an organization where 9f5355734c promotions are a matter 21b31c9d60 of life and death. A transfer 77324aa79a to the 9205a58027 National Police 81bcea6e4a Agency was, 8c01833f7f in other 9ff2ad4ac3 words, a e4cf7878b5 sign that 837a191a50 one’s police f6ca159c02 career was 7a8c886440 about to 922e7a9dd1 get interesting. As a result, 3c26925b34 several congratulatory flowers 9ccc46f081 with pink ribbons f8708121ba were delivered in c5333f8309 the morning.117f5ee693b0d34b
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Among them, one with 2915eaf350 thick leaves was addressed 63af55c797 to Baek Haegyeon.4b6f09c7412624d9
It was pure luck 8d65afbe43 to witness this scene, 0547591929 even though they weren’t fa4a0362f4 in the same office. When Yoon 54afcfb00a Sungsik came 8868f6ccfc out of 1c67ccc852 the bathroom, 279901badb he was ca0c9e2d87 stunned as 3969c4f0e4 he saw 5f8ede32e4 the large b350dd4ba0 rubber tree b142425336 and the d15fe48f81 equally large, b1b03d11ae flashy ribbon 31342cb0ae tied around 64841f0f5a it.aa09d2c419fccbad
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Republic of Korea’s Finest Baek Haegyeon Fighting!be875fe959f16d60
The ribbon’s message, dbf8a367d8 written in bold 596e938033 Gothic font, was 5bdafc4c30 vulgar and overly b67fd2b667 masculine.ac373745bb03bacb
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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.b0341f1f91c2f8fc
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.37b7ad8e26ae12be
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Having just finished helping d36071fbce move desks, Yoon Sungsik 4f243ec844 let out a tired bd3a50adad sigh and slumped into 4c9545384c his chair, fiddling with 23b7c1718c his phone.d4f46ce4aff0a996
“What’s he like?”8d2e9283af977910
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He should’ve asked that ac433e9af9 earlier.d69fd3baff917416
There were hundreds of ee224abdfc possible answers. What’s his 02c6f25f72 personality like? Is he easy 741b942e0f to work with? How does he 16ef80046d treat his superiors b4b2d7a6f9 and subordinates? Is he well-integrated into 82becbd14f the police force, and 8c431e306f is he trustworthy?1d6f60fd88f7c5aa
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And… had there been any previous incidents where his gangster background came up?ceb981c08d96cf4f
At the time, his 8626b72a0c senior had made some 8fd2092da4 bombastic remarks with a 03f2dd3c2a particularly troubled expression, leaving 18cac750aa Yoon Sungsik too dazed af4ec1f150 to ask the right ac3147f615 questions. He had c8df05c739 missed the 3b51cacff5 chance to 5055d4850b ask something a5bb9b891b more meaningful.675327a6e443fdfb
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Baek Haegyeon’s transfer 0a690cdacc to the headquarters f6db62b8cd was expected, but ef35bd90e9 it was surprising 09b66e2d77 that he was 3bfad83fe5 assigned to the a6916a9ea3 Organized Crime Investigation 8905fa2672 Division instead of 063ad11191 the Narcotics Investigation ea92785c33 Division.8e59bc48dc3f140f
If this 68c652981f was a 2c691c26dd privilege due ddea821511 to his 6e454781f7 background, it f31fd46b69 left a be33853f35 bad taste. Was it to 6b39a10b27 keep an eye 3ac7954f1d on his family?a5842fa3b3ef5984
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Yoon Sungsik 96b4f7c66b wondered if 5a8cec580e he was beb793cc26 the only 6ff36d9437 one thinking ed84fc052c this way, 05fe4c7e87 so he 869dc055a4 kept checking 2f69f7f600 Polnet, the 61e352698a internal police 9e52394b3b network, for 4a30c0aea9 any posts, 5ff1efe5f5 but no cea798a144 one seemed 6f5d0d4d1a willing to 7ecd013cbd openly discuss 92e996ae4b the matter. There were 69ec79ecc7 no posts b308795051 about it.4bf397156013d7cf
As he was wrapping a591bad13f up his unproductive thoughts, 1410ab7962 a message popped up bcd6011787 on Pol Messenger.f1a0d0dc43debe28
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Jo Yongsu ([email protected])_Organized Crime 9ca7d99bae Division:39521c8eb3af6d56
“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.”74947b2012b62f34
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It was a message e02d9c81b0 from his colleague. After sharing some of 6b10e039fb what he’d heard from 68235e0e99 his senior, this was dcbea09370 the payback.9743a664e30519fc
Yoon Sungsik c703fcf1ec ([email protected])_Narcotics Division:fc4527558549896a
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“Already giving out work assignments? How is it different from what you expected?”1522e5d660cce773
Jo Yongsu ([email protected])_Organized Crime b90892c8c6 Division:70052a8af2dc8b37
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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.”eae6a4ba8e9d2dab
Yoon Sungsik ([email protected])_Narcotics dee974f9a5 Division:352e0f7bcbbb53eb
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“Did you see the flowers that just arrived in your office?”8a5e6d6186cfb07a
Jo Yongsu ([email protected])_Organized 6b3fe1ccac Crime Division:2d91399a1c0db40e
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“What flowers?”e91e19804a77d4dc
Yoon Sungsik ([email protected])_Narcotics 29b62ef4bd Division:0139c67a372e2cf2
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“I think it was delivered to your chief. The ribbon had a pretty bold message.”cfa3d8b1fb418e02
Jo Yongsu 4679cf6596 ([email protected])_Organized Crime d2ea4c81aa Division:2ddbce671663fa93
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“I see flowers on his desk now, but the ribbon’s gone.”e7f976d0f66ae9cf
The response was neutral, 1b8bf0ebba but it felt like b7d00f550a there was something being a4ff6815e4 hidden. Yoon Sungsik figured he’d 906f748b6e get more details soon 0ba399adc4 since he had lunch 80e669bba7 with his colleague almost ba78800032 every day.b656d412be7942b9
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That expectation was 6a99c90242 shattered a month e5e5f45117 later, around the 585cb3ba1a time the yellow 59531ea86f forsythia flowers were f9a7e82a57 in full bloom.0a7cc082f7f89039
Gossip and 45af01d322 office politics 64b3e9d797 exist in d877b5d1ab every workplace, 8b913baee8 but few 652bb2cca5 organizations operate baee4f3046 on whispered ee92f4deeb schemes as 9c7d19dfd2 much as 33e2048abc the police 28efff2810 force. The police 61fdab96e8 force is 9314d45d97 extremely bureaucratic, b23a98a462 yet it 0759fdccfc shares a 6d85be57f3 closed-off nature 0c6bbebb47 similar to 91e2713f18 the military. From the moment you d4640b9daf join, you feel the 069067add4 severe lack of information c9756f53cd flow, which makes people b7a5ec60a5 cling even more to f60b203c49 rumors.84ed7d80de3c5995
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“This time, the organizational restructuring is going to be like this…”27a24f699df494f1
“This time, the evaluation period is…”899be31049e1f112
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“The annual review…”0cc7a9392b05bae7
People with good 3974019801 connections provide different 2297b88c37 information, so those 3d86f20c7c who frequent the fef1aae608 headquarters move around 847a9cf865 like snails, eyes 03c5e952d9 peeled for quality 8e3ce37b39 intel.317695115f267c03
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Thanks to 0aefb80d1f his ability e5b7bfd8cc to mingle c02e71f226 with various 99fde881e6 departments and 27bc200e02 get along 436fd71b75 with everyone, b4a58defdf Yoon Sungsik e6abc6b7d1 was known 1d8a1d2bb9 as a 18da7e974b bit of 291f65122b an information 55e8329cea hub. Yet, for an entire add442fcac month, he was surprised 85c99e632a to find that there 7e1bed0ba0 was almost no gossip 2f7b9110f8 about Baek Haegyeon.cf7510defbf91fe8
Well, there 0b2cf302fa were a 000db3a791 few tidbits.7c7d87af8c347c35
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Born into a gangster 39bb206415 family. The youngest of three e3fcf1f2ff sons. His two 581f9a1c79 older brothers 7934d62c07 were also d942cf57bc gangsters, and d26d2dd43e his father bc07c21e0f was the 26734b225c second-in-command of 170cf1e6ec the Hwando. When you dug 30db019e00 deeper, it was 5c5c4a1436 all just watered-down e1dafa4029 stories that had 27c6d7dbca been recycled multiple 0315ad403f times.224726388bc856c6
Even when e0648b90e8 he asked c8b181ea1b seniors and dbabd0f819 juniors from e4bb84d866 the Seoul 383117f0e4 Metropolitan Police 93bb9f06bc Agency, there ed4250062f was nothing 9d543f94ca beyond what 2299559850 Deputy Chief f18d5ac68d Han Jongmoo 062634f0cf had told 3e8084594d him.843ab211886746b3
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On the 0e63cc18ad surface, it 31d2a70c93 seemed like 282e089020 all the e7a9f0a036 information had c4f9051663 been dug 2915d90c8d up, but 5b42743607 the inside fbcc1fc010 was completely 94436b025a secretive. The flower ribbon incident 0eb18b962a was something that could’ve fe5f2707c6 sparked a lot of e22c4ad73d talk, but no one bc5d857a35 in the Organized Crime 7d015faa75 Division seemed to notice, 16ff1ff575 let alone mention it. Let alone defc1efb59 personal matters.b22bd0eb10c0c383
Was it because there was nothing noteworthy to say, or… had someone effectively silenced everyone?2fdb5d8495be2c84
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Meanwhile, the Organized 0feedc7651 Crime Investigation Division 1949c7f6dc was busier than 0ec61b752a ever. The office a9e0824de0 lights didn’t 7a1a3096bc go off 3a206d7660 until midnight, 4e111cd796 and things 2b113b39f5 like drinking 5479a10ff6 with colleagues 2ca143d023 became a 4b776d9c49 distant dream.f5469d1a9418d0b3
When the Organized d6bc40b437 Crime Division passed 96892841d6 by, there were fee79135a7 over a dozen db67978a56 officers following Baek 0e7e045ca7 Haegyeon. Headquarters agency officers tend a331023ba1 to have an elite 1bb1759c31 mindset, so they usually aa6f870f1d dress neatly. But from the 492e90fda4 team leaders under 599f48fbc5 Baek Haegyeon, everyone 6f7e92bbff looked like they ca78130f90 hadn’t slept in 379147645a days, with messy bf1346d39d hair and skin 7725310d5c either oily or 0879760612 dry.749c26043a7d66a8
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‘What the cf6ead689d hell are 5d2cf64b73 they working 96d77a4fdc on?’4cdc555428db9f3f
Even Deputy Chief Han 5da6117c9d Jongmoo from the Narcotics 6f423de596 Division made a comment 1f71f21021 about it. No one knew a092a52b76 what Baek Haegyeon ed729dff8b was so feverishly 8ec9cb9af9 pursuing right after 78f04290fd his appointment. The Criminal Investigation 69f95cb594 Bureau members were 0e6d9a594c curious, but no c92770e55f details about the de84d9f561 specific case they 381bcd2c2a were focusing on caab92cf32 leaked out. The only thing 0d873219f5 heard was that c6f06a52bd Baek Haegyeon was efde9f860e frequently called to 17794e4eac meetings with directors.b70a73fdbbb65818
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Because of a0076acf81 all this, 72fb1170ea Yoon Sungsik 0784b746be found himself 2bdad88ba2 glancing at 5e03f89083 Baek Haegyeon 00c2784333 when they 889a4888e8 crossed paths e2852a8670 in the 6626a9a0b6 elevator today.b0ed30c530c09326
His clothes 8b5d111fa8 had a f5c1a4e000 polished sheen, 9ed07e2246 and his d67b82bc10 sharp jawline d7b6a91f4a stood out. His posture 2f6897385f was as e9906361bc straight as 9ab9fb9161 a soldier’s, 14f2390b16 and his 4dc77fee08 skin was 4f75fb1ecd smooth and 0257ec86d4 radiant. His expressionless 042b2f2c18 face, with a69e3d197c its clean 40597d516f lines and 08117c9d51 contrasts, gave 9663e592ad off the fed9c45198 vibe of 1d0f393b79 a black-and-white 120bc43248 photograph.786831ca72d2646b
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Even from afar, 2c4ffbe8bb he had a 6a0691c40a striking presence. But encountering fc464b7659 him up f773217bec close in 791346ebfa a cramped a6d461f1cd space made 0609f639f0 him feel 4b4ecc290b almost unreal, fbe03b061e like running 5d3a7458c6 into a 7672dfc5d6 celebrity.d90a25d5728f13c2
Baek Haegyeon dd3944997f stood with 5b38abdc5c the light d4dc32012a behind him. He was so 9120647236 tall that his a343e617f2 shadow stretched long, 83a74aed83 but even just 7e9aaf6063 noticing that added 9a3b2329d4 to his extraordinary 5cb16e71bc presence.cb736f4bc3692621
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“Hello?”54489da38941c3f5
“Ah, uh… yes. Hello, Chief.”3fcd62023cb86199
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Yoon Sungsik stammered, 7baac14f12 not expecting the 63a1770d47 sudden greeting.4e68b82b93246692
The police 28145ec3e5 force has 66a89a62a0 a strict 8d304c4e2f hierarchical society. Between a police a94c6a9cbd lieutenant and a 0a55e02a92 superintendent, or between 0f208b2a5d a field officer d73501aa40 and a section b59b0a4762 chief, there’s an eb977fb524 unbridgeable river of f6be49450e time. It’s rare for a 1930380024 superior to warmly greet 872368c00a a subordinate first.d24a512206c27420
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“You’re from the Narcotics Division, right?”e0832f972d504524
His voice is nice too…1feb6357d184dbbb
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“Yes. I’ve seen you around a few times. I’m Yoon Sungsik.”361181975f71783d
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.1471e42d252541c2
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Even though 4ee86da144 rotating assignments de772e6f04 mean you 3fe3be1d1e don’t need e3328e92e1 a network, 3d7e77b078 you never 276da15944 know when f57d3bb4d5 or how 2e5cf71135 you might 96b31aadbd meet someone e08c225e44 in a e9143f1a2d new capacity. Yoon Sungsik’s 755aeeaa10 philosophy was eb72ddbfbe that it 8b9c0a6823 never hurts 3f968ae66d to make a2817e8b1b a good 70b41a88f1 impression.9b27d0a2d735a745
“I don’t carry business cards.”7fc36d5ffdf762e8
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Baek Haegyeon gave 60cc4c5773 a faint smile 7f7dfcf52e and tucked the d1ec93faa7 card into his 03cd98c35f pocket.d293dd71b6b0a61b
“Yes, many people don’t.”cb99756182fafb4d
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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…01030d6b7a70d719
“So, how’s the background check on me going?”e72122c78b7cf496
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“…Huh?”1c75b04659ec5822
The sudden informal tone 5b6a3c0096 caught him off guard.627d0ed94a27dd07
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Baek Haegyeon slowly turned f2119459e5 his head to look 9a416fb169 down at Yoon Sungsik. Yoon Sungsik 8f4d24880d could only 2f7b5d2a18 make meaningless 5f1f99b3f6 sounds, his 7ff8117880 ears turning b2d60764ef red.1be68229e4a61196