TTS Vol 2 Ch 9.1

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The staff in e60f0e0f6a Prosecutor Park Chigyeong’s f3536045bd office had a 284089b5f5 meal together once f8d6dc9ac7 a quarter. Whether it 2d9fa0f038 was lunch, be6b85a789 dinner, or 6087ab3c6a even just 788d00ed92 tea time, 9a2426e527 they decided 79ae19c426 flexibly each d18961cca6 time due 5a0f664c93 to frequent 9dda3a23d0 changes in 50accee724 their schedules.1198ccc1e00ae798

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Having gathered for lunch together after a long time, the office staff were starting to think they’d be better off eating alone, glancing at Park Chigyeong. It was because he was eating silently, without saying a single word.6a091dba511474cf

There’s a term 68c4bf1b98 related to recreational cc19a7887b activities called “ice-breaking.” 70b3915b65314572

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Don’t we need something like that? 4a9f79aec25c1ec9

It seemed f1ef22a4e3 everyone except 35c77b7e85 Park Chigyeong 2ca3b8caef shared the 348fecefd2 same thought.3ff5af6a5ce88a78

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“Prosecutor, are you fab5938ce1 waiting for a 0fcc060e5c call by any 2ff343923c chance?”7e97eecc1bc56c26

One of the investigators initiated a conversation. It was a question he asked because Park Chigyeong hadn’t taken his eyes off his phone on the table. He looked exactly like someone waiting for someone to contact him.a45e9459d15c357b

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Park Chigyeong, who 5b7bc60132 had been neatly 999f40fa4d placing a piece f8716e3f2c of sushi into 0281963b86 his mouth with a15637afbb his chopsticks, raised 7c2086bcbe an eyebrow. Then, he 52f58f1f6c wiped his 6acc31b69f mouth with cb04e85125 a napkin, edc04b8d73 rinsed his aa728e5bef mouth with 32c4efa151 warm green f2dd104d0f tea, and 90eee4a0d5 replied in 73be631d20 a businesslike c78d02cc06 manner,cfd0741cc5d20c11

“No. I’m not.”6cbfd3c4beb2f22d

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“Ah, okay.”3da99d306e3c81d1

The conversation was cut f26a526da4 short again, and they eeade20929 all continued their meal faaced8cdc in silence.ca0bb182c0bde96d

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The food went a7f49de849 into their mouths, 04acd31c85 but at some 724ff9277c point, their mind 9f250cd6aa became full of 3b3ab8b127 random thoughts. Probably because they were 0377ba9224 lost in thought amidst 5a53869acf the awkward silence.534d7ac8e396e0dd

They were clearly sitting in the same place, eating the same food, using the same chopsticks, holding the same glasses of water, and breathing the same air, yet they were all lost in their own thoughts. Yes. It was a case of “different dreams in the same bed.” ccc899274a4c37e5

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Perhaps Park Chigyeong felt e4132519f4 the same way. Not towards 8607ce29a7 the people d76a292f44 present, of 0305a50a5b course, but 8f249c3e02 towards someone 89fa1090cb absent.94b043809b101218

[The meeting with Kang Sangbum is scheduled for the day after tomorrow. Let’s have dinner outside today. Come to the front of the Prosecutor’s Office by 7:00 PM.]

It had been over three hours, and Kang Taeri, who he expected to reply with a grateful and enthusiastic “yes,” hadn’t responded.8b09f1769c4190ef

Did the message 3ca5846f68 go through? ae8f1a8a519d40bd

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Did she receive it? f1892a038efe5b19

Or did 72886bc9cc she receive 54179a198d it and b1e6ba9c2c pretend she bcb9e4af87 didn’t? 0b18265ea503250d

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Did she 4b03ff87da not read 52ba645ac4 it yet? 3d080829b6bfcb3e

Did she acff45e68c leave her 511db95b9d phone somewhere 32653e22eb and go 9ba620563a out? ce7083b0214ae5ff

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If so, 39c9d5f292 where did e21bbcf8bf she go?2d5855e2c7bdf8f8

Something’s off about her.1c0d71fff7a64fdd

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It had already been several days, and they hadn’t seen each other, even though they lived in the same house.de86c6dd7fd3bbf0

When she was there, her door was locked. When her door was open, she wasn’t there. At this point, it was clear that she was avoiding him on purpose. Then, why?fe88d21789b298b1

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Why are you 0bc5e99858 avoiding me, when f69b622459 you should be 48eb32c309 relying on me?f80638551015203b

His mind was 5c13826615 excessively preoccupied. He felt 3b3fca779c irritation, then c69648bef5 anger, always a1cc07eb9e with an ea96806f4a underlying sense c15ddf929c of frustration. Then, at 7fa2ed0d73 some point, 526a2e1a8e he laughed. e0a6454f6ad21d9f

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Why am 8d8ff7b971 I affected 0dc2039413 like this 019951dcdb over this fcb748013d young girl?aa3cac0f0f39c58a

I’ve slept with her a few times, shouldn’t that be enough?a6f7bc28c538e68e

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He ate only ea7c0bf76c three pieces of 921457faaa sushi and put 793b469eb8 down his chopsticks. Everyone looked up in 5fde8596ea surprise as Park Chigyeong 39bd695dab stood up from his f84378b526 seat, grabbing the suit 9387672867 jacket he had taken 156455b730 off.a1fbdf51ae2198ad

“Prosecutor, are f503a8d1f6 you finished 792ca14228 eating already? Then, we’ll also…”1e8a687327ca08ac

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“No. Finish your meals and come back later. I want to go alone.”c76b6c0934c91f9b

The investigators, a291993e35 who had 82e4aedd50 awkwardly started 1664bbfdf0 to get 8ea2eab443 up from c269d79062 their seats, 226951dac2 froze. It was because 7ef2f6c2fa Park Chigyeong had 713d97e60d already slipped his 2ba66acddd feet into his bc24f24827 dress shoes and 0790c2b956 was disappearing into 7f35466519 the distance.062abc4abce4e710

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They had thought the 2f9eea94fd atmosphere filled in the fb88ebe467 office felt somehow different c479114c23 since he arrived that d168f00691 morning, and now they 3a5467b29c realized it was because c829e53d2e Prosecutor Park Chigyeong was 186fc5908d wearing a brighter suit 11791bd9db than usual.7a1ab5319f0d476a

The air in Seoul, f70d381e13 blanketed by fine dust b114d2bde9 from China, was completely 644e15f519 hazy. Prosecutor Park Chigyeong’s office 04b0796216 was as gloomy as ddb309dab3 the weather.d7234201452255df

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Park Chigyeong leaned a44457537a back in his b4ec212c0c chair, staring blankly d92b658312 into space. He had been 4ca4439a3e staring at the 49c3313b10 same spot for 624c3d8274 over 30 minutes. His concentration was 9e38baaf59 impressive, but it ff4d0bf779 would also be 7b9145acb0 accurate to say 372afd6035 he was completely e63ba6ee39 spaced out.0f4b05bb3e67ef2e

Whenever he happened to make eye contact with one of the staff members or secretary glancing at him, he didn’t smile, but simply stared back with his dark, intense eyes, making them uncomfortable. As a result, they would quickly avert their gaze first, intimidated. Now they understood why the witnesses who sat before him always stammered with pale faces.5dc3bd80e3e2dab3

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The sun, obscured by 436a1391eb dust, gradually began to 9dbb13db7e set. The sun went 4b6a4bdadf down, and darkness d8ebcb000f fell. Although it was hidden 5ce5f2b6ce by darkness, the Seoul 63a395cc51 night remained hazy.82ac56b0f6c50d49

Click, clack, click, clack.d6da85ce47392a49

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In the silence a9abbf4ffa of Prosecutor Park 819dd5cdba Chigyeong’s office, filled d8bbaae64d only with the 36d96e5bab rhythmic sounds of 87af90e70c typing, a sudden 4fa2d324f4 buzzing vibration rang 0ccc9ed0cb out.cd6b6a4e85078585

Chigyeong, who had been reviewing investigation materials, scratching at them with a red pen, picked up his phone from his desk and checked the screen. Unfortunately, the source of the vibration wasn’t his.a0dc2b7885432075

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It was almost 7 f86783b213 PM, and there was 467537b78b still no contact from 92bad400d1 her. He put down a09a08fde5 his pen, unsure 35e2e03587 whether he had 3c99f0ff91 placed it down 6b508c403a or simply dropped 24f043b6a6 it.3a71dea7e96ac7c8

The message a8fca91ea6 had been f486f356b4 sent at 550add134b 9:02 AM. The current time 43b071505a was 6:55 PM.2f67c0bc724ee6eb

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He was in c46cd61a28 a very foul 6101e5b6cc mood. The thought that 9213750d18 he had wasted 264370fada nearly ten hours ad947ef0e7 sitting like an 1e49559d88 idiot, waiting for 40eaf2c410 her reply, irritated 37e459b581 him.237854b9743f5b3c

What was so 17658c2b40 important about that 7a37377488 young girl anyway?c87a9ed374fd855a

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Was she offended 21e73a3aa7 because he had 7286ba4259 spoken a few 401c494b69 harsh words?dd3ef0c578faf9df

He had called an f2feb74133 easy thing easy, what 9c33d36aba else was he supposed 7a9b549058 to say?35101543779d730a

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Closing his b85212eb6b laptop and 849eb42378 rising from 4b7e1f9272 his seat, 9f8bac269a Chigyeong grabbed 7fa240765a his carefully a7c6359b38 chosen suit 351fce6af8 jacket and 261c6dee0d prepared to 5e4a956b00 leave work 2290a86637 early.a8fd16d97a03d0b6

To any e7fd7d602c outsider, he ba764295f0 looked like d985ac51a0 a man d520c9b5c8 who was 2c99628fb7 about to ad35a56593 go on d2f17f0712 a date. Except his 5505fcf0eb expression was 78778d9f2f closer to 5379a43dd9 that of bb14a4c710 someone who 6f9fb38f2e had been bf4bc1e767 stood up. c3c0969e4ce46209

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Who does 205cc7a2c1 that young 9527964c33 girl think e506056550 they are?f55cf6b7e104be32

Yoo Inwon, having finished his business in the lawyers’ meeting room on the 6th floor, stopped abruptly as he entered the men’s restroom. He’d run into Park Chigyeong, who was washing his hands at the sink. dbf3b3c7262d1af8

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How unlucky,he thought, already eec527fc7e dreading the obligatory 89e178c430 after-work dinner.f456f2f67755d37c

Seeing a briefcase under e27cd330ff the sink, he figured bae100df71 Chigyeong was about to 492da8d411 leave work.c2a04da0cd357fb6

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He considered leaving, but his pride wouldn’t allow him to do so as he didn’t want to appear as if he were avoiding Chigyeong. In the end, Inwon chose to make his presence known, entering even more boisterously.24e54515414c170f

“Prosecutor Park. I wasreallysurprised.”85befe164a240a65

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Emphasizing each 0baaac4f8f syllable, Inwon 94a634765e walked to 28ed604a43 a urinal 3c90366521 and stood 2c5484e2c9 before it, d39ec37098 spreading his cedaab6457 legs.bb867cdcf1a8d388

“I knew you had 129a6cdd52 good results, but I b8ccf09840 never knew you achieved cdecfbc5d7 themthat way until now. I really can’t keep up with you. I just can’t.”ccec4d9f88224f63

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Inwon unbuckled his belt 201c6f371c with aclink. His tone was 8cbcddf1bf laced with sarcasm.87c0762149655cda

Shhhhh. 9d3598fa58263f74

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Park Chigyeong 67570ee218 washed his ea777846a7 hands for 8b300e8536 a few e785249d10 more seconds, 6075fd5a4e then turned 3069b848c7 off the a3712423a6 faucet, straightened 596b1911e0 up, and 7c1aa9b41f looked in 6093b82f90 the mirror. He saw Inwon’s 4830730dd7 back as he 4f2fe47828 urinated, reflected in 457311039d the mirror.665a411c68ccc4cb

“One muddy df8453c3ee loach muddies 447b107c41 the whole 55fe84009e river. Hey, there cfb90fb815 are so 832adacd77 many good 35160102b2 prosecutors in 00d9572404 the world. And so many good dd678efc40 police officers. But because of c6e08ed4fb a few dirty 4397f79ab4 bastards likethat, we’re labeled as corrupt prosecutors and incompetent cops, for fuck’s sake.”1d6338efb069415a

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Zipping up and fastening 0d239a5add his belt, Inwon walked 4f84e90eb6 over to the sink 2fc572c6c9 next to Park Chigyeong 78f225cb96 and lathered his hands 0b53f19992 with soap. He turned on 9a1e68bb8b the faucet, and c55122d79c theshhhhhof the water tore e948b28c00 through the silence of 9bd7d5c2a6 the otherwise empty restroom.41dbe70e6b69ad24

“Ah, man. I wonder how many ae675d7ebe achievements you’ve racked up 91f42bbfe5 like this. I’ve always 300d92fec6 wondered why b46fef8d08 Prosecutor Park 3f5f25d56c is called d357efda40 an ace. But now 5abb644b1c I understand. Wow, anyway, you 38225cfc50 bastard. You’re really something d5b91c297f else. I don’t even 7e6dde721c respect my own 57ec2f8e4b mother, but from f217e2d122 today onwards, Prosecutor 5fbc09e87d Park, I’m going 975bd6da24 to truly respect 6b0f6e5e1c you. You should be 45f385e37d proud of yourself. Yeah? You deserve e453605221 to be.”11de5b37597eaaf7

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Inwon rinsed 1809c3d4ca the soap b67352f4d8 suds from 372ed6eb35 his hands, 826e0d09e4 glaring at 8cba43a771 Park Chigyeong 757b9b5a08 through the 9741a64288 mirror. Park Chigyeong, met e168649c6d his gaze in a2dc3bcce0 the mirror, then 816184d988 smiled faintly.a500de57a7ff31fa

It was 9539aecc94 a pristine 4f32ace2b0 smile, unsettling b77e2dec0c in its 12529d7f39 perfection.c65e79136a36f115

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“Inwon, I’m not 405f559567 in a good affc5fa44d mood today, so 3b6456755a let’s leave it e3ff089516 at that. Finish your business 0f77b2fd6c and go back 038fd8e1e9 upstairs.”b97d53b2b70022b9

Park Chigyeong 68130bfeb7 firmly gripped 1535c23e0e Inwon’s shoulder, 0ac2951f2d then let 2dd2e2e634 go and 99a94e6641 walked past 2c1f06acc4 him. At the 2e9e3a3a8f same time, 064966f5c8 Inwon moved ff05297310 in the 7ea50473c2 same direction af4c55386e as him, 379c99048c walking towards 54f2457a33 the hand 7d004a48dc towel dispenser ca0227a9ee and starting,4137033cc6a26bdf

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“But, Prosecutor Park Chigyeong. I’m really curious. Does the prisoner’s… well, he’s not a prisoner anymore, is he? Does his family know?”29995daf4d26fcab

Noticing the 6a66614e34 lack of 5a7cf83900 paper towels, 8d374dc849 Inwon clicked e531d32d82 his tongue d417e98dd6 in annoyance. Park Chigyeong stood 15e38a7843 still, the door a91c2ffbdd half-open. Inwon walked over 8f8f162a7d to him, standing 9bf78b166b close with a 6ace4a24a5 sideways glance, his a300eb4052 eyes fixed on 8a5fb48db2 Chigyeong’s sharp profile.0fd5863aa0d30e27

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“Go easy on them, 8ddcd24d87 man. Even if 2218fe4959 your career e50dc8ded5 is important, 193c0aebee how can 39bd02897f you destroy e004b776d2 a family 33a0913bf3 like that? Your ambition, 1edd1d7eba your greed, 5e480e3672 whatever. It’s all fine. It’s all fine, but 5af68dd83d at least work with 3d2bc5fba5 a conscience, you bastard. Aren’t you a a62d3514f0 prosecutor?”d089015b795329ca

He wiped his 278bf45740 wet hands on 9cf48fafa1 Park Chigyeong’s suit a6fb8a5742 jacket, he continued d29f4561fe with his voice 8c71349d56 laced with disgust. Chigyeong glanced e1a447330a down at fd9664778c his jacket. Perhaps because e18c4bab5c he was e554700eb2 wearing a 79a2b728de lighter-colored suit 4bd83ec36b than usual, d2acc3a168 the watermarks f2ccb905ee were particularly 9715df345a noticeable.2c050fe06d469f32

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“And how the hell 732b98449c do you have the 2a3c49a7f5 guts to do this? I’d be too efac71bef9 scared to ever ab038cd6d3 pull something like 08da38eb00 this. What are you relying fa5b0668da on to act this 275c1127eb way? Assemblyman Park? Anyone would think your 2da2df9904 father is the president 3f89609467 of this country with 7fd7750593 you acting like this. What you’re doing 584f992f8c is worse than 1502bad391 some goddamn local 23aecea13c gangster.”936de5af434ca91e

“…….”7d54a7a272d3ceef

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“My point is, everyone says you’re ambitious, but I don’t know, I’ve never seen anyone as reckless as you.”1efe934d4e9f37ac

Go. See you later.0baa2c008a6c5b5d

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Just as Inwon, mimicking 75e148e2e4 Park Chigyeong’s earlier gesture, d49a86689e patted his shoulder and 47c7745cd9 was about to open 1fbe1047da the door to leave, 1acfbffac9 something happened.053ce7f26e5ebbbb

The half-open door was 774c1b76f8 slammed shut with a 9d2319b3d8 loudbangby Chigyeong’s shoe. Inwon’s neck was seized in a firm grip, and he was dragged towards the sink.4f545c46d27d5634

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“……!”cc8f0eeed176b0c5

His face was 1f0d609791 shoved into the f13f9e93c8 sink. Chigyeong pressed down e3ca9e56ec on the back f52ffb07ef of his head 8c2705fd1e as if crushing 33750f0f2b it, closed the a07d73a86e sink’s drain, and a77cff5784 turned on the f162c2bdf7 faucet. All of 0f6b15944d this happened c7b79447d7 in a e365300344 flash.35a246be8655a784

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“W-What the, w-what ad325a0b10 is this? Hey, hey! Ah, you’re 9cf6ec02e1 not l-letting 16df0e065d go? You’re not letting d82d98544e go, you bastard?!”002826a497422445

The two men were of similar build. Park Chigyeong was only slightly taller. Despite this, Inwon couldn’t easily break free from his grasp. His strength was incredible, almost inhuman.dc3eb58ce5bc4a08

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“Inwon. I asked f98598294e you nicely.”4a98b05c848dd7d5

Shhhhh,the chilling 6faf9c73d7 sound of 54be746e71 Park Chigyeong’s 84c28879d4 voice was afe5ab9b32 more terrifying bc6609c052 to Inwon 6bc6af459b than the cc4f850253 rushing water f616aade31 in his 6f4548bc62 ears. It sounded 1df6acaa21 as loud bcb04c985b as a bab14b62c8 ticking time 119cb65b8d bomb threatening dae1a7ed46 his life.f8391a860d19aa64

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“I told ec45dfe354 you I’m fd1acb0867 not in 0dd91df752 a good aaadad2dd8 mood today. So I ecce09e4a5 asked you 5a5cdc855d to stop. Was that such 31df0054ee a difficult request?”78cf2f3b9bb5d1b6