“Is this a fire? ”

“There was no such thing. We'll have to go over the details, but it's not a fire. Is that a problem? ”

Yeah, that, too. The fact that the body was found in a sane tunnel will also turn upside down, but the body was burned. Mongdu urged me to check the clock.

“So Isara Pro says she'll brief you on the case in her office. We have to be on time. Come on in. You're done, right? ”

“Yes, freeze. ”

I stood up and looked back at Kim. Director Kim and Mongdu had a light greeting.

“Chief, I'm going into the office first. ”

I said that and turned lightly towards Yun Seong Ah. It means take me home safely. Chief Kim nodded, saying not to worry.

“Excuse me.”

At that time, Mongdu shamelessly laughed and called Yun Byeong-ah. She keeps staring at you with hot eyes. I can't move if my body is solid as a stone.

“What's on my face? ”

“No, you're so handsome. ”

Immediately, Mongdu burst into laughter. A smile that spreads simultaneously. The view is wet with happiness, as if you were looking at a breathtaking landscape. What the hell are these things doing? When I tried to take a step forward, Mongdu struck first.

“I've heard it all in my life. It's all good. Can you let go of my clothes? I have to move.”

“I'm sorry. ”

Yun Seong lowered her hand in anger. Maybe his left hand was holding Mongdu's lapel. Mongdu smiles awkwardly and pulls out the car key. Then I looked around and walked towards the parked car. I want to follow him, too.

“Mr. Ko Ji-hoon. ”

She grabbed me urgently. I feel like I'm fighting. I shook my head without listening to the story.

“I don't want to.”

“What do you think I'm saying? ”

“I don't need to hear this. That's my colleague. I don't want to complicate things. ”

I cut it off and refused, and Yoon Seong sobbed her lips. I hear a rapid head roll here. I tapped and straightened his shoulders.

“Well done today. Congratulations on getting out of the past. Go home with Chief Kim. Give my regards to Chairman Yoon. Goodbye. Done! ”

I ran towards the Huddak. Fast and fast, like a zombie chasing us from behind. It was because he seemed to be caught behind the nature of Yoon-star. Unlike Gyu, however, she stands still and holds her own bag.

“We're leaving? You okay? ”

Mongdu grabbed the handle and asked me. He also scratched his elongated cheeks to see if he was surprised by Yun Star's actions.

“Of course. Let's go quickly. ”

Mongdu's body slowly turns as he starts up and moves the car. She looks like a side mirror, submerging us all the way to the end. I leaned against my backrest and sighed.

“But who the hell is she? It was incredible.”

“It's amazing. Whoa. Don't tell me. ”

“I've never seen anyone do that before. ”

Mongdu bends the handle with a joyful smile. The road is blocked due to a hazy time. A cool car.

“You look happy. ”

“It wasn't an easy situation to get into. ”

“Brother, I have a lot to say, but I won't. Just forget it. It's an old saying. ”

“Well, someone might think that's odd. ”

Mongdu lightly dismissed my anxiety and drove. All right, once we're done with Jackson, we need to focus on what's next. We returned to the office, following instructions to return quickly.

* * *

Bloop.

Opening the door, Isara profiler stands in front of the whiteboard. A board with lots of paper already on it. She raises her glasses and greets us.

“Welcome. ”

“Hello, Merona. ”

He said, putting down the report he had read. It's called the Beacon Tunnel Incident in front of the file. Beacon was in the northern part of Seoul.

“What about Merona? I jumped out of the butt. ”

“Hey, you still need to buy ice cream. ”

Crap.

As Blacksmith continues to brag, the team leader lightly bashes him in the head with documents. We received it as a signal and assembled it at a table in the middle of the office.

“Shut up. We're almost there. Let's start the briefing.“ Isara Pro, please. ”

She shared the report with us. The same document the blacksmith was reading. I slowly handed over the files.

“I told you before, didn't I? I was working a case, and now I'm working another case. ”

What you said while leaving the Special Forces office. I was the only one who heard it. We nodded and tied the head of Isaiah. It means to do it in earnest.

“To recap the case, I'd like to start with that. The first case I was working on was a fire. It was an accident in southern Seoul, and it was supposedly arson profiling. ”

“Were there any victims? ”

“A lot. It was a small studio villa. Domestic waters inspection puts 301 as the cause of the fire. The tenant is a twenty-five year old college student. It was a woman.”

As I handed over the paper, I saw the view of the charred building. The black man who saw it muttered, kicking his tongue.

“Hola, you're burning up. ”

“It was dawn, so there was a lot of damage. Two people were killed, including 301, which was the point of ignition, and many were taken to the hospital. We found traces of a suspicious man on CCTV, but he was struggling with the investigation due to poor image quality. ”

That's when Isara Pro came in. Isara gestures as if to hand over a piece of paper. A photograph that captures a video in black and white. The picture quality was so low that only men could be identified.

“Despite the relatively visible presence of CCTV, the unsub didn't care. ”

“You didn't know? If it's an accident, it's possible. Maybe at dawn, he couldn't see if the cameras were running or not. ”

“No, I'm not a casualty. He went into the villa without hesitation. Turns out, he used a car with a glow-in-the-dark license plate. ”

If so, he committed a crime after thorough preparation. I went ahead and checked where the police station was. West of Seoul. It's a long way from the siege tunnels.

“That's why we failed to track the car. It doesn't look good in the picture, but he guessed he was in his twenties or thirties. ”

“Car design? ”

The blacksmith snored at the photo and asked again. It was a small locally owned car, mainly because it was designed by young people. Isara smiled.

“That's why it's important, but I also considered the nature of the place. ”

“Is this a studio village with a university nearby? ”

“Bingo. It turns out the neighborhood doesn't have many outsiders. ”

“If you say you're an outsider here, are you referring to someone who is not a student at the university? ”

“Yes. Parents of students coming from the district want to be safe. There are a lot of middle-aged people living alone in the studio village, but the landlords are secretly reluctant. ”

That means he's a person who wouldn't be suspicious if he was walking around the neighborhood. Considering the neighborhood is closed, the residents know each other. Isara took off her glasses and thought of the situation.

“While we were making no progress on the investigation, we were contacted from another area. Do you know where the contact came from? ”

“Where are you?”

“Noodles.”

“Looks like the corpse had something in common. ”

She smiled at my question. And he answered with three fingers.

“Number one. Women in their mid-twenties. ”

“Well, that's common. ”

“Number two. Traces of ashes and burns found in nose and mouth. ”

She said we stopped. Burns on the nose and mouth indicate that the victim was alive during the fire. Because he drank the heat that was coming from his body. The studio village incident can be seen naturally if the victim was mutilated while sleeping · ·.

“You mean the body of the Beacon Tunnel was killed while it was still alive? ”

“Yes, it is. ”

“What's the last three? ”

“The traces of gasoline from the body. ”

Isara said with a bucket of bottled water.

“After you sprinkle gasoline, not spontaneous combustion, it leaves a distinctive shape if it catches fire. ”

Gasoline is lit first in the direction and shape, so it looks naturally different from other places.

“Suppose this bucket of water you're holding is gasoline. ”

Isara shakes the water bottle lightly and acts like she's about to pour it into the blink. He's a left-handed, right-handed mover. I return the bottle irregularly.

“The way we spray it is different for everyone. Somebody could just pour it all in one place, somebody could just scatter it all around. And even in the same way, it depends on the height of the unsub and the hand he's using. ”

We understood Isara's words at once. The pattern of gasoline sprinkled on the body of the studio village tunnel is the same. And that meant there was a good chance it was the same guy.

“The angle and direction of the oil spill, the unsub grabbed the bottom of the barrel and poured it out like a thump. It's also centered on the lower abdomen. ”

“Lower abdomen?”

Isara said carefully, taking off her glasses.

“This is purely my guess. ”

“Go ahead. That's what Isara does. ”

“The victim has something in common with a young woman, and I don't know why she had to burn someone. Of course, if the investigation continues, there may be other clues. ”

“So?”

“I think there was sexual assault. ”

“To erase bodily fluids or traces? ”

Isara nods at Mongdu's question. If he wanted to get in the way of ID, he'd have aimed for his face and arms instead of his lower abdomen. Suspicious enough.

“I haven't found saliva or anything like that yet. We're still working on I.D. of the body in the tunnel. ”

Blackouts organize the report roughly.

“That's why this came over to us. Since the jurisdiction varies, you should come to the Clown Squad or Special Forces, because Isara Pro belongs to Suan. Okay, I got it! ”

“That's it. So, please take good care of him again. ”

“We'll take good care of the favor. ”

Isara and the Special Investigations Unit are back together. We lightly shook hands as we turned. Before Mongdu and I arrived, there were two large boxes on either side of the office.

“Let's see. A sexual assault arsonist. I've never seen anything like this before in my detective history. ”

Blackface mutters in a crooked jaw. Mongdu organized the report and got the information.

“First of all, we know for sure who the victim was in the studio village case. We need to find a connection to the bomber's identity. ”

“No, it's not. It's a dream. There's one more thing we know. ”

“Yes? What else do you know? ”

Blacksmith twitches his finger and denies Mondu's words. And one syllable at a time, I spit it out.

“The unsub is a very scumbag dog. ”

“· · · It is also good at magnifying natural words. ”

The team leader stood up with his tongue out. Isara took out the original CCTV footage and the record of the statement in the time of the fire from the box she brought. The beginning of the investigation is always exciting and tense. The team leader blinks with a ballpoint pen.

“You two head out to the Beacon Tunnel and take a look around. Isara Pro is in charge of soup, and Mongdu and I are going to drive around the school village. ”

“Yes, I understand. ”

We left the office under the direction of the team leader. Beacon tunnel, where a burned body was found.

EP138. End of Burned Bodies

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