I Became a Scoundrel of a Chaebol Family

“Today’s case is also just about powerless and weak people.”

Incheon Central District Prosecutor’s Office, Criminal Department 3, Prosecutor Lee Na-eun murmured quietly.

At some point, she was only assigned to cases that didn’t seem that important – cases that didn’t seem like they would lead to money. And the cases that were passed on from other prosecutors were mostly like that, too.

“That’s… I’m sorry. It seems like you don’t consider who the suspect is at all…”

“Why would you be sorry about that, Officer?”

This is also a kind of harassment.

‘Anyway, you’re going to do things by the book, and you’re not going to take bribes or anything, so just take care of the cases that are unrelated to that.’

It was roughly that kind of feeling.

“Prosecutor…”

Officer Yoo sighed as he looked at the piled up documents. The reason why Prosecutor Lee Na-eun came to the District Prosecutor’s Office on a Saturday was all because of those documents.

Probably if she finished processing them late at night, the same amount would pile up again by tomorrow morning or Monday.

It was an endless paperwork hell.

‘Still… because she’s a prosecutor!!’

It was hard for the officer, too. But he could endure it. He respected Prosecutor Lee Na-eun… and anyway, he wanted to be her strength.

‘The only hope in this rotten prosecution…! I can endure some hardship for this person!’

He gathered his thoughts. For this strong yet fragile prosecutor… no, for this woman, being physically tired was nothing!

“This part will probably need further investigation.”

“Yes, I understand. Which part are you talking about?”

He slyly approached and brought the scent to his nose. Prosecutor Lee Na-eun marked a part of the document with a large marker.

“The victim’s statement and the scene don’t match. The suspect has an alibi, too.”

“I understand. I’ll pass it on.”

As he returned to his seat, he felt disappointment and happiness.

Ahh –

He wished they could have continued.

“Prosecutor, aren’t you getting hungry?”

Prosecutor Lee Na-eun checked the time. It was already a decent time for lunch.

“It’s already this time…”

“I found a delicious noodle soup restaurant, but…”

“Sorry, let’s do it next time. I have a prior appointment.”

“Ah… you have a prior appointment.”

He bravely proposed, but immediately felt disappointed.

He had hoped that she would at least glance at him, but Prosecutor Lee Na-eun didn’t even look at him.

‘As expected, she’s unapproachable.’

Her rule of not creating weaknesses by cutting off ties with family, existing acquaintances, and not dating was famous. But… even so, it was hard for him to bear the fact that she didn’t even look at his earnest proposal.

As Officer Yoo, disappointed, was having a lonely lunch by himself, Prosecutor Lee Na-eun met with Yoon Ha-young, a reporter she had recently started interacting with.

Yoon Ha-young opened her laptop in a private room and showed a video.

“What’s this?”

“It’s our team leader.”

“…”

In the video, a woman confessed her sins and undressed herself. Then, completely naked, she was brutally raped.

But this woman was the team leader of the Shin Mirae Ilbo?

“She took a half-day off yesterday and went home. I think she was assaulted after that.”

“Is she missing?”

“I don’t know yet. I checked my email a while ago and found this video, so I came straight to you, Prosecutor.”

“I don’t quite understand the circumstances. Why was she assaulted, why was it recorded, and why was the video sent to you?”

“Well…”

Yoon Ha-young explained everything.

Kim Dong-gi, the accountant of Rainbow Miracle, had exposed various sexual bribery scandals through live broadcasts.

Yoon Ha-young, who watched the live broadcast, wrote an article about it, but her team leader arbitrarily took it down. After that, she was assaulted as shown in the video.

“The email subject was ‘Compensation’. I published the article, and because she couldn’t stop it, the team leader was called in and raped.”

“Was it like a warning to manage your subordinates better?”

“And at the same time, it’s a warning to me.”

Prosecutor Lee Na-eun looked at the video with dry eyes. In the video, Team Leader Seo Hyun-joo was in a pitiful state, her mouth bruised.

“Did you report it to the police?”

“If that was possible, I wouldn’t have come to you, Prosecutor. I can’t trust the police!”

“…”

“And to be honest, I can’t trust the prosecution either.”

Yoon Ha-young suddenly grabbed Prosecutor Lee Na-eun’s hand.

“I only trust you, Prosecutor!”

“In other words, you’re asking me to investigate this case?”

“Well… yes…”

Prosecutor Lee Na-eun stared at her as she slightly averted her gaze.

“You’re making a request.”

“I…”

“Originally, assigning cases is not my job. Even if you report it directly to the prosecution, a case like this would not be assigned to me. You know that, don’t you?”

“But I trust you…”

“It will be a problem for you to show me this video. You downloaded and possessed an illegal recording, and then showed it to me, a third party.”

“That’s not…”

Yoon Ha-young fidgeted. Watching her, Prosecutor Lee Na-eun slyly smiled. It was just a fleeting moment.

“There is a way.”

“Really? Are you serious?”

“I have a lot of enemies…”

“?”

“Deleting a video that tens of thousands of people were watching and leaving no trace of it on the internet… Moreover, calling the team leader of Shin Mirae Ilbo to her home, making her apologize, and then raping her. On top of that, they boldly filmed it and sent it to you. If someone with such power is behind this, wouldn’t the many people who dislike me see it as an opportunity?”

“…”

“An opportunity to physically get rid of the thorn in their side, Prosecutor Lee Na-eun. They might wish for me, who took on this case, to end up like Team Leader Seo, with holes in every part of her body, and eventually be found as a corpse deep in the mountains.”

“!!”

Prosecutor Lee Na-eun laughed with joy. However, Yoon Ha-young couldn’t laugh.

No matter how reckless and shameless she was, she couldn’t laugh at the mention of death.

“I’m sorry, Prosecutor. I just…”

“No, it’s okay. I’m really fine. Rather, I’m meeting with you for days like this.”

“What…?”

“I’m making time to meet with you because you’re just like this. A person who is just and sometimes doesn’t think twice before acting. When I see you, I have hope for the future.”

“Do you… think so?”

“I thought that one day, you would bring me a case like this. It’s like a trap.”

“…”

Prosecutor Lee Na-eun laughed as she saw Yoon Ha-young’s confusion and stood up. Yoon Ha-young also awkwardly stood up.

“Send me the video by email. And bring this case to our District Prosecutor’s Office, and I’ll ask the department head to assign it to me.”

“Prosecutor…”

Yoon Ha-young looked at her with a mix of emotions, and Lee Na-eun patted her on the shoulder.

“Thank you, Reporter Yoon Ha-young.”

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“She met with the prosecutor alone…? Did she just go to the prosecutor and tell her about what happened yesterday?”
“That’s highly likely, isn’t it? There’s no other reason for her to meet with the prosecutor at this time.”
“Is she crazy?”

The words slipped out of my mouth without thinking.

“…That’s right. She might be a psychopath.”
“Her superior officer got sexually assaulted because of her, and now she’s spreading it to other people. At this rate, isn’t this a plague?”

I was truly amazed as I read the surveillance log on Yoon Ha-young.
I had some expectations, but I didn’t think it would be this bad.
To be honest, I expected her to be obsessed with the case and act like a detective, poking her nose into everything. But instead, she just went straight to the prosecutor she knew.
Shouldn’t she have at least figured out the background of the video and then asked for help?

“Team Leader, did Yoon Ha-young call or anything?”
“…No… not at all.”
“She didn’t even call to check on her, even after knowing what happened to her?”
“….”

Hyun-joo also seemed speechless and lowered her head.

Although she didn’t exactly protect Yoon Ha-young of her own will, she might still feel a bit discouraged.
Especially since she was raped because of this girl…
And today, she was taken advantage of by me as well.

“Tsk tsk tsk… This is ridiculous. So, who’s the prosecutor she met?”
“Her name is Lee Na-eun, and she’s known for being stubborn. People with money and connections avoid her because she doesn’t take bribes.”
“Hmm… So, she went to the prosecutor and tattled on her.”
“Well… That’s what it seems like on the surface. But it’s not like a prosecutor can just choose which cases they want to handle. That’s a bit strange.”
“Maybe she wanted some help or advice?”
“That’s a bit odd too. Reporters and prosecutors aren’t supposed to meet like this, although it’s not always followed. But for a principled and upright prosecutor known for their integrity to be this close with a reporter? That’s a bit strange too.”

Su-ah kept shaking her head.
It didn’t seem that strange, but it didn’t feel wrong either…

“Do you think there’s something deeper going on?”
“With Yoon Ha-young?”
“No, I mean the prosecutor. My instincts, honed from my time as a detective, are telling me something’s off about this prosecutor.”

I see.
But,
You’re a corrupt cop.