No one doubted. (1)

The team leader stroked Shin Hyuk’s back like a treasure chest.

“Hello, I’m the Homicide Team Leader here.”

Shin Hyuk replied while hugging him.

“This is Sergeant Lee Shin-hyeok from the wide-area profiler team.”

“Yeah, I heard you.”

Then, Sujeong Lee’s voice separated the two.

Because the door was blocked.

“I’m leaving.”

The team leader released Lee Shin-hyeok and nodded.

“Oh, yes, come and go. The seasoned seaweed is well steamed. Don’t worry about it.”

“Yes Yes.”

Unlike the exhilarated team leader, Lee Soo-jung answered like a robot this time.

There was nothing to worry about.

If so, do you have to do a briefing in front of reporters while being baptized on camera?

Sujeong Lee tried to pass Shinhyeok but stopped for a moment.

“I’m good at work, and now I see that my social life is good like a monster.”

Leaving those words behind, she ran out into the hallway.

‘monster?’

Shin Hyuk’s gaze unconsciously turned to Park Jong-min’s seat.

But he wasn’t there.

I can’t believe I said I had charisma…

This time, Choi Dong-chul came closer.

“Team leader, Jong-min and Choi Yong-ho went to investigate.”

“Ugh. go fast Quickly.”

Choi Dong-cheol asked Shin-hyeok as if to check before leaving.

“You said you were in your 40s and had a stable job, right?”

“Yeah?”

“The serial arsonist.”

“Ah yes.”

Choi Dong-chul tapped Shin-hyeok on the shoulder.

“My sister, will you trust me one more time?”

So he too went out into the hallway.

The only people left now were Shin Hyuk and the team leader.

The team leader put Shin Hyuk on the shoulder and walked into the office.

“You’re just handsome. It’s like watching me when I was younger.”

“thank you.”

“How old are you?”

“Twenty-eight.”

“How old are you?”

“Twenty-eight.”

The team leader separated from Shin Hyuk and looked at him again.

“Can a profiler be that fast?”

“I came in as a special hire.”

“Ah, special loan…”

The chief tilted his head.

Is it possible to graduate from a major and enter the Department of Psychology as if running on a highway?

well it was good

The fact that the case was solved by this fortune-teller remains unchanged.

“Park Geun-tae and Lim Hye-hwa are perfect! As soon as I saw it, I thought, ‘These bastards are the culprits.’ You said that?”

Shin Hyuk seemed to be dizzy for a moment.

His story in the Homicide World was strangely distorted.

a social life freak.

“I never said anything like that…”

“Wait a minute.”

The team leader raised his hand and brought the vibrating mobile phone to his ear.

“uh. I’m here? yes yes I will leave now.”

The team leader, who finished the call in a hurry, pointed to the refrigerator.

“I have a quick briefing, so take out some coffee and drink it over there. Don’t answer the phone and just rest.”

The team leader tapped Shin Hyuk on the shoulder and left.

That’s how Shin Hyuk was left alone.

It feels like a storm has passed.

Shin Hyuk took a look at the homicide.

Come to think of it, I didn’t even know where I was.

Park Geun-tae and Lim Hye-hwa were not very curious.

After appealing each other’s claims and completing the on-site verification, they would be sent to the prosecution.

Shin Hyuk looked around the office to see if there were any empty seats.

There was only one empty seat.

Miscellaneous items were placed there.

“Is it you?”

Shinhyuk turned at the sound of a voice coming from behind him.

A man who appeared to be in his late 30s was standing at the entrance, wearing a police ID card across his chest.

He looked Shin Hyuk up and down with a disapproving gaze.

“Good luck. See you again.”

So he said his own words and disappeared.

Shin Hyuk shook his head slightly.

Judging by the way he looked at me, he looked like a detective from another team.

The world has come from a series of competitions.

Not only Homicide, but other companies are similar.

If the target of competition does well, envy and jealousy are bound to pour out.

Most importantly, it is not important what the other person thinks of you, but what you think of the other person is important.

Shin-hyeok, who erased the detective who disappeared after throwing words, from his consciousness began to organize the messy things in the empty seat.

The papers were arranged in an orderly manner so as not to be mixed.

at that time.

Rurrureureung-

The phone rang in Park Jong-min’s seat.

In an instant, the manager’s words came to mind.

‘Don’t even answer incoming calls.’

Shin Hyuk’s worries did not last long.

Most of the people who call the police station are people who need help.

can’t be turned away

Shin Hyuk approached Park Jong-min’s seat and answered the phone.

“Yeah. One strong team…”

A drunken, twisted voice came immediately.

– You bastards! What are you doing after paying taxes! You guys don’t go out to catch criminals and just fall asleep in the car!? Anyway, you bastards. kyaaak! ?!

The phone cut off just like that.

Shinhyeok caught his mind that had been dazed for a moment.

The police station has been receiving all sorts of phone calls, but since morning… Didn’t someone even come back yesterday saying they had a wiretapping device planted in their head?

“there···.”

Hearing the woman’s grave voice, Shin Hyuk turned to the entrance.

A woman who appeared to be in her early 50s was entering.

Shin Hyuk responded right away.

The haggard face and the shaky eyes in contrast, did not give me a good feeling.

The outfit was plain.

“What brings you here?”

She grabbed Shin Hyuk’s hand.

“Detective, please find my child. My child is missing!”

The trembling of her hand was transmitted to Shin Hyuk.

I plead like a child and tears dripped down my face.

“Mother, please calm down. Would you like to sit here?”

Shinhyeok pulled out a chair and sat her down.

“A kid?”

She stroked her hand as if squeezing it.

“Yeah. Haa… The child who should have come in yesterday has not been contacted until today. Detective!

hehehe, black.”

“Mother, are you talking about your children? How old are you? What’s your name?”

“Fire. Gohwajeong. I am 18 years old.”

“Why didn’t you call the police first?”

“I went and reported it, but they told me to wait a little bit, let’s wait first…. stand, sir. Please find our Hwajeong. Yeah?”

Shin Hyuk sighed unconsciously and closed his eyes.

deep in the heart.

Criminals buried there secretly reveal their fangs.

It growls low and raises its head in search of the object of its anger.

It was also Shin Hyuk’s anger.

Shin Hyuk lets out a silent sigh and puts those feelings to rest.

This is why the police have no choice but to curse.

Just like that, when Shin Hyuk opened his eyes again.

The middle-aged man no longer looked human.

All human emotions were excluded.

Just recognize it as a subject.

You have to look at the situation objectively.

And listen to the shape of things and the rattling of things.

I’ve never been like this before, so I must have come here.

“What time did Hwajeong usually come home?”

“After school, I went to the library, went to private academies, and came back a little before 9:00.

ha···. Black, ha ha…, black black.”

“Mother, I understand how you feel, but you should also save the time you are suffering.

You need to find your daughter. You have to answer my questions well.”

Imagination is delusion.

Still don’t know what happened.

Being engulfed in delusions, it is a luxury to have emotions that can diminish your ability to solve problems even a little bit.

You have to face the situation and guide it to the right path.

She stole it as if stamping her eyes.

“Yeah. Yeah.”

“When was the last contact you made on the day you disappeared?”

“Because it’s before I get off work, around 6 o’clock. He said he didn’t even go to school. oh this this.”

She turned off her phone and showed me the message she shared with her daughter.

My pretty daughter: Mom, there’s a fire here! (5:42pm)

In the attached photo, black smoke was rising from a building.

It looks like it was taken on the way.

Me: Hey, go quickly because something might fall from the building. (5:42 pm)

My pretty daughter: Yes, I know~ I love you~ (5:43pm)

Although it is a short conversation, present and future presentations are properly mixed.

I don’t see why it suddenly disappears on its own.

“My mother said that she made me feel good, how hard I studied…”

Shin Hyuk glanced up at the message.

There was nothing special about it.

“Mother, do you know what time daughter finished today?”

“It will be over at 3:30.”

“How long does it take to get from school to the library?”

“I thought it would take about 10 minutes…”

“What time is the academy until?”

“Until six.”

“What subject did you learn?”

“It’s English. english.”

Shin Hyuk nodded slightly and handed her a pen and paper.

“Please write down the name of the school, library, and academy.”

Shin-hyeok arranged it while watching her write letters on paper.

– Name Go Hwa-jeong, age 18.

– School ended at 3:30, and I arrived at the library in about 10 minutes.

Arrive at the library at 3:50.

“Did you pick up from the academy or take your daughter home by car?”

She shook her head quickly.

“no.”

“How far is it from the library to the academy? Did you walk around?”

“Yes, I heard it takes about 15 minutes. ha···.”

“Hwajeong’s routine… No, did Hwajeong usually stop by the library right after school and then go to private academies?”

“Yeah.”

– Arrival time to the library is approximately 3:50.

– Estimated time spent in the library is 1 hour 45 minutes to 50 minutes.

– 15 to 20 minutes of spare time is used to go to private academies.

People who show repetitive patterns like Hwajeong use time somewhat like a machine.

“I must have taken the bus after school.”

“Yeah.”

Others would have been surprised if they saw Shin-hyeok talking about Hwa-jeong’s transportation, which she had never seen before, but she didn’t even have the time to feel it.

“Here you go. Detective.”

Shin Hyuk received the paper she handed over.

Starting from school, library and academy.

The frequency of exposure to other people’s gaze is high by time period.

a total of four locations.

from home to school.

from school to library.

From the library to the academy.

from school to home.

It took only 12 minutes for Hwajeong’s whereabouts to become unknown.

In Shin-hyeok’s eyes, the silhouette of the culprit hidden in the fog seemed to be caught.

Let’s try to identify the suspect.