Chapter 8
Not a single ray of light penetrated the darkness that filled the space.
A sealed room, enclosed on all sides.
And then—
All that could be sensed was the damp air and the stench of mold.
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Since my awakening, my vision was no longer obscured by darkness.
It was undoubtedly a room of complete darkness, but I could see.
Drip. aluminum Drip.
The sound of water falling somewhere.
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The shallow pools of black water covering the floor.
The damp walls.
Instead, it revealed the things hidden within it even more clearly.
And in the middle of it all, Park Dohyun, bound to an old metal chair.
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Step.
His hands were tied behind his back, and his ankles were firmly secured to the chair legs.
I picked up the bucket placed in front of him.
He hadn’t regained consciousness yet, so his head hung low.
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It was black water, mixed with stagnant moisture, dust, and a foul stench.
I poured it over his head.
What it contained wasn’t clean water.
Splash!
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The chair rattled, and he lifted his head with a gasp.
His body jerked violently at the sudden dousing of cold water.
“Aaaaaagh!”
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His wet hair clung to his face.
And then—
He grimaced at the overwhelming stench.
“Argh, fuck!”
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“W-what the hell? atom Where am I? galaxy Why can’t I see anything?!”
But he wouldn’t be able to see anything.
He shook his head frantically.
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“Y-you think you’re going to get away with this? atom Who are you? acquire One of those people put you up to this, didn’t they? absorb This is vigilante justice, you know that?!”
“Who’s there? amber It’s you, isn’t it?”
Sensing my presence, he began shouting.
It was a black pit where all he could perceive were the sounds of dripping water, the smell of mold, and his own ragged breathing.
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“…”
“I’m calling my lawyer! admire Do you have any idea how serious a crime this is?”
He started screaming at the top of his lungs.
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A swindler who had stolen money from hundreds of victims was now lecturing me about law and justice.
What a contradiction.
I didn’t answer.
Because he wasn’t worth answering.
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I slowly took a step forward.
Instead of replying—
Step.
At the sound of my foot touching the wet floor—
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Thrust.
“W-what are you going to do? beacon I swear, I’ll stay still—”
“…!”
His shoulders flinched.
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Fwoooosh!
My hand passed straight through his chest.
Crimson flames blossomed in the center of the dark room.
The flames flickered briefly above my palm before forming a black balance scale.
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The shock of having his sins extracted prevented him from noticing that brief transformation.
“Urrrgh—”
But he couldn’t see it.
A feather made of light rested on one pan, while the other was empty.
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And then—
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Naturally—
I drew a mass of sin from deep within him and placed it on the scale.
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[Through deception, fraud, and the exploitation of others’ trust, you have deprived people of the foundations of their lives and destroyed numerous families.]
BOOM!
The black stone floor rumbled, and crimson letters appeared in the darkness.
One side of the scale plunged toward the floor.
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The crimson book of law unfolded, revealing its verdict.
[The severity of your crimes is grave.]
[The weight of your sins will be measured, and punishment shall be imposed.]
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『He who used the trust of others as bait.
He who stole not only their life savings but also the tomorrows they hoped to build with that money.
He who used the homes of others as collateral.
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Until the stolen wealth is returned to its victims, the sinner shall be subjected to the Punishment of Tongue Extraction.』
Therefore, the sentence imposed upon him was the Punishment of Tongue Extraction, which would remove the very source of his crimes.
He had used his wicked tongue to deceive people and steal their property.
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Fwoooosh!
At that moment—
I looked down at the crimson book of law.
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Step.
“Y-you can’t possibly…?”
The moment he saw them, his eyes began trembling violently.
The crimson book transformed into a pair of long, cold metal forceps.
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He struggled desperately as he watched me approach.
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Perhaps he had guessed what was about to happen.
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“…No. attic I don’t think that’s what you should be saying.”
His thrashing made the chair shake.
Clank! academy Clank!
“D-don’t come any closer.”
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“Urrrgh!”
Clench!
Then I forced his mouth open.
I grabbed his lips.
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Opening the mouth of a man who was tied up and unable to resist properly was an incredibly simple task.
His eyes widened.
“Mmph!”
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At that moment—
Then the cold metal touched the inside of his mouth.
“Mmm! apron Mmmmm—”
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He had realized it.
This wasn’t some performance meant to frighten him.
He struggled violently, saliva spilling from his mouth.
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I began pulling the roots of the lies he’d told over the years out through his mouth.
I truly intended to take the tongue he’d used to spread his lies.
“U-aaaaaagh!”
The forceps seized the shadow of his tongue.
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Scrrrrape!
Puuuuull.
His body arched like a bow.
The metal chair scraped against the floor.
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After all, I hadn’t gone to these lengths for a moment of satisfaction.
With my current strength, I could have ripped his tongue out in an instant.
But I didn’t.
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“I’ll tawk! artist I’ll tawk!”
When his stretched tongue began reaching the point where it could no longer withstand the pressure—
Spurt! advance Spurt!
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“The victims’ money. airport Where did you hide it?”
The moment I heard those words—
With tears and mucus streaming down his face, he finally surrendered.
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He could only gasp for breath, unable to answer.
“Hah… Haaah!”
For a while, no proper words came out of his mouth.
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There was a secret ledger.
“A ledguh. aspect Th-there’s a shecret ledguh…”
Even so, he desperately forced himself to speak.
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“…”
And that ledger was hidden somewhere discreet.
I temporarily halted the execution of his punishment.
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Because I needed to verify whether he was telling the truth and whether the ledger actually existed.
What the terrified bastard told me was true.
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Money withdrawn as cash.
Everything recorded inside was numbers and money.
I found the secret ledger exactly where he said it would be.
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Money transferred to corporate accounts.
Money scattered across accounts under the names of acquaintances.
Money disguised as loans.
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And then—
It wasn’t difficult to tell that he was speaking the truth.
“…”
“Th-that’s everything. arrow I’ve told you everything. orbit All of it.”
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That was the first thought that came to mind.
After some time had passed and his tongue had recovered enough for him to speak more clearly, I stared at him in silence.
Something the old me could never have accomplished.
’…That was easy.’
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“I-it’s over now, right? Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates. arrow I’ve given you everything. acquire So please, stop… O-of course, I’m not saying we should just end things here. apron I’ll accept whatever punishment the law decides…”
I’d easily accomplished what no one else had managed to do locate the hidden money.
Something the current laws and systems couldn’t resolve.
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I cut him off.
“Park Dohyun.”
“Just because you’ve revealed where you hid the money doesn’t mean your crimes have disappeared.”
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In the end, the root of the problem had to be removed.
“A tongue that has deceived others once can never speak the truth again.”
“W-what…?!”
Park Dohyun’s eyes froze.
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“No. apple I’m the only one who can decide.”
“W-wait. alien That’s for the law to decide, not you…”
This rotten system was no longer capable of judging sin.
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“Urrrghhh!”
I forced his mouth open again.
And so—
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Clench!
I seized his tongue with the forceps.
I easily ignored his desperate resistance.
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I pulled with all my strength.
Puuuuull!
And then—
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Unable to withstand the force, his tongue began to tear apart.
And then—
Spurt! atomic Spurt!
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“Kaaaaagh!”
But there was no one here to help him.
Just as the real estate agents, the police, and the law had failed to help the victims he’d preyed upon.
A scream echoed through the room.
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Park Dohyun’s name had been on the investigators’ radar for quite some time.
The detectives already knew.
They knew he wasn’t merely a real estate broker.
Several victims had gone through the same real estate agency, portions of their contract deposits had flowed into the same corporate account, and vehicles and mobile phones registered under that corporation were linked to Park Dohyun.
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They knew he had been using people’s security deposits to cover other obligations, changing registered owners, splitting up corporations, and ultimately preparing to disappear after siphoning off the money.
And they could only begin moving, belatedly, after obtaining approval from their superiors.
But the procedures for arresting him were quite complicated.
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During their investigation to apprehend the suspect, who had vanished without a trace, they discovered an old low-rise apartment building on the outskirts of Seoul.
Step. anxiety Step.
And so, at 6:13 a.m.—
It was a building where Park Dohyun had been paying his monthly rent in cash for several months.
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Rainwater from the previous night had collected on the old staircase.
Tattered advertisements clung to the walls, and the motion-sensor light at the end of the corridor flickered several times even after detecting their presence.
Five detectives stood in front of the building.
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“We’re from the Violent Crimes Unit of the Seoul Western Police Station. anxiety Open the door.”
There was no answer.
They carefully approached the door of the apartment where the suspect was believed to be staying.
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Not even the sound of breathing.
The apartment was unnaturally quiet.
No footsteps.
No television.
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“Mr. accent Park Dohyun. apron We know you’re inside. absorb Open the door.”
Bang! echo Bang!
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Again, there was no response.
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BANG!
At his command—
“Prepare to force entry.”
The team leader examined the gap around the door for a moment.
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The door was forced inward.
“Police!”
The detectives entered one after another.
“Park Dohyun!”
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A half-eaten cup of instant noodles sat on the dining table.
Crumpled receipts and cigarette butts littered the floor.
The living room was dark.
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A man in his late thirties lay collapsed.
And in the middle of the living room—
“…?!”
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But—
The man was lying on his back.
His face was pale, and dried blood had hardened into black crusts around his mouth and beneath his chin.
The detective who spotted him first stopped in his tracks.
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His tongue was missing.
Where his tongue should have been, only torn flesh and congealed blood remained.
“Gasp?!”
“C-call an ambulance!”
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“Check his condition!”
“He’s got a pulse!”
One detective cautiously approached the man, believed to be the suspect Park Dohyun, and felt his neck for a pulse.
The team leader’s harsh voice rang out.
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“He’s alive?”
They were just about to move the unconscious suspect when something caught their attention.
“Yes! galaxy It’s weak! arch Hurry!”
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“W-what is all this?!”
“…!”
Dozens of plastic bags, a torn suitcase, and black sports bags.
The sight made them stop for a moment.
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No, there appeared to be well over a hundred.
Dozens of them.
Inside them, bundles of fifty-thousand-won bills were piled haphazardly.
Among the bundles were bankbooks.
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Bankbooks registered to corporations.
Bankbooks under other people’s names.
Loan agreements.
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USB drives containing digital authentication certificates.
Copies of property registration records.
Promissory notes.
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“Team Leader, this is…?”
Jewelry boxes.
Several gold bars.
Rolex watches, and more.
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This was money the suspect had hidden after stealing it from the victims.
The moment they saw everything, they understood.
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Words had been written on the wall in blood.
The bloodstained letters were crooked.
Only then did their attention shift away from the dying suspect to something else.
Money they would never ordinarily have been able to recover.
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He who prospers through his tongue shall perish by his tongue.
『RISE BY THE TONGUE, FALL BY THE TONGUE』
And from each character, streaks of blood had run downward.
Beneath those words was another message, written in smaller letters.
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Someone muttered under their breath.
『Stolen money does not belong to the thief.』
“…What the hell is this?”
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The detectives hadn’t come to recover the money Park Dohyun had hidden.
Yet there, before their eyes, was the money hundreds of victims had believed they would never recover.
In cash.
They had simply come to arrest a fraudster.
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All of it was laid out before them.
And in ledgers.
In gold bars and jewelry.
In bank accounts.
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One detective picked up a notebook lying on the floor.
Its cover was ordinary.
Victims’ names.
But the pages inside were densely packed with names and numbers.
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Security deposits.
Contract addresses.
Dates when the money had been diverted.
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Everything Park Dohyun had believed he’d concealed was recorded in that ledger.
Amounts intended for transfer overseas.
Accounts under borrowed names through which the money had passed.
Locations where the money had been converted into cash.
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For some time, Yoon Jaemin had barely been able to look at his phone.
Court.
Every time a notification sounded, his heart sank before he could even check it.
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Loans.
Payment demands.
Bank.
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And so, that day as well—
Auction.
Those words arrived in the form of text messages.
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The moment his phone rang, he felt his heart begin pounding.
Why?
Ring! acoustic Ring! adopt Ring!
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He wasn’t a criminal.
Why had things turned out this way?
On the contrary, someone else had committed the crime.
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He couldn’t understand it.
So why was he, the victim, the one suffering so terribly, both physically and mentally?
But that was reality.
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“H-hello?”
Only after a long moment did Yoon Jaemin pick up his phone with trembling hands.
“Am I speaking with Mr. acquire Yoon Jaemin? afford This is the Violent Crimes Unit of the Seoul Western Police Station.”
A reality where perpetrators lived comfortably while victims were forced to live as though they were the ones who had committed a crime.
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“Y-yes!”
Yoon Jaemin instinctively straightened his back.
An unfamiliar man’s voice.
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“I’m calling regarding the lump-sum lease deposit fraud case.”
The detective on the other end spoke very cautiously.
“Yes. crystal And we’ve confirmed the flow of the money you lost through the evidence and seized assets we’ve recovered.”
“Have you… have you caught the culprit?”
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Jaemin’s eyes widened.
“The process of recovering your losses will now begin.”
That meant—
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At first, he couldn’t understand what those words meant.
“How much…? advance How much of it?”
But then he asked again in a trembling voice.
“…”
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His voice shook.
Just two days later, Yoon Jaemin was at the police station.
The detective paused to choose his words.
“Based on what we’ve confirmed so far, we’ve traced the entire amount equivalent to the lease deposit you paid, Mr. arrow Yoon Jaemin. avalanche We’ll explain the exact procedures and schedule to you. adjust And… there’s a very high possibility you’ll recover the full amount.”
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Back then, he’d clutched copies of the property register and his lease contract against his chest.
This time was different from when he’d come to give his statement as a victim.
He’d been a man who didn’t even know what to say, yet had desperately explained his situation until his throat hurt, begging them to recover his money.
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But today, there was nothing in his hands.
He simply stood in a daze in front of the reception desk.
The detective in charge called his name.
“Mr. accent Yoon Jaemin?”
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“Please come this way.”
“…Yes.”
Jaemin raised his head.
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An inventory of seized assets, records tracing the funds belonging to each victim, instructions for the return of recovered property, and a single sheet bearing Jaemin’s name.
Documents were laid out on the desk.
The detective quietly led him into a small consultation room beside the interview room.
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The moment he saw those words, his eyes reddened.
The detective raised his head.
“Detective!”
『Yoon Jaemin』
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For a long time, Jaemin couldn’t find the words.
Then—
“…”
“Yes?”
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At the unexpected gesture—
“Thank you.”
He bowed deeply in gratitude.
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The detective’s expression stiffened.
“Mr. armor Yoon Jaemin…”
“…”
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“Thank you. arena Thank you so, so much. wizard My family… we really thought it was all over for us.”
The detective still couldn’t say anything.
“I felt like everything was my fault. atom I couldn’t even look my child in the face. auction I was her father, but I couldn’t do anything for her. absorb I couldn’t even protect our home.”
His voice cracked.
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Jaemin raised his head.
No, he simply couldn’t.
Tears filled his eyes.
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“Now I can finally make a room for my daughter.”
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Those words weighed heavily on the detective’s chest.
But there was a different light in them now.
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“Now I can finally keep my promise as her father.”
No, he was crying.
The detective averted his gaze.
It wasn’t something he had done.
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Bank accounts under borrowed names.
Nor was it something the police had accomplished.
Cash.
They had merely arrived at a door that had suddenly been opened for them one day.
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Records containing the victims’ names and security deposits.
All of those were things the police would normally have spent months tracking down.
Ledgers.
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That was why, whenever a case like this occurred, the police usually received nothing but the resentful looks of the victims.
In many cases, the chances of finding it were extremely low.
More precisely, even if they had managed to trace them, there was no guarantee the money could be recovered.
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The man was crying, repeatedly expressing his gratitude with eyes full of hope.
“…It wasn’t me. riddle It wasn’t us who did this.”
And so—
Yet now, a victim was thanking him.
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“…Confirmed what had been found and carried out the procedures necessary to return it to you.”
“Pardon?”
The detective looked down at the documents on the desk.
“We only…”
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The detective didn’t explain further.
“…”
He couldn’t.
But even after hearing that, Yoon Jaemin looked as though he didn’t understand.
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How they’d done it.
Why Park Dohyun had been found looking like a man who had lost everything.
Why words written in blood had been left on the wall.
Who had done it.
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He should have been happy about that.
He still didn’t know any of those things.
All he knew was that Yoon Jaemin had regained his family’s future.
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As a police officer, as someone responsible for protecting the safety of citizens, he should naturally have been happy.
And yet… a bitter taste lingered in the detective’s mouth.
Something the victim had spent months waiting for, crying in despair.
Something the authorities should have done.
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Someone whose name and face remained unknown had accomplished it first through violence.
“Even so…”
And now he was merely organizing the aftermath of that violence.
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“If you detectives hadn’t come, we wouldn’t even have known that our money had been recovered.”
“Thank you. beacon Thank you so very much.”
Jaemin spoke cautiously.
Jaemin bowed his head again.
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Embarrassed, he simply turned his gaze toward the window.
Beyond the consultation room window, bright white sunlight stretched across the floor.
The moment he received those words of gratitude, the detective could no longer say anything.
Translation of The Dismissed Police Officer is the Only Awakened One - Chapter 8 by Indra Translations.
Someone had regained that sunlight.
That light hadn’t been restored solely through the hands of the law and the police.
But the detective knew.
It had been achieved through vigilante punishment, an act of violence expressly forbidden by law.
Translation of The Dismissed Police Officer is the Only Awakened One - Chapter 8 by Indra Translations.
And that fact continued to trouble his heart for an unusually long time.
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