Because I would definitely make sure that he was released sooner rather than later.
“That guy’s afraid of ghosts.”
“Ghosts?”
For now, I would make sure that he’d be able to live a comfortable life.
As I’m leaving, I’ll also hand some money over to the warden.
“You’ll need a bit of acting talent, but you can start by pretending to have auditory hallucinations. Then you slowly act like you’re starting to see something.”
“What are you saying all of a sudden…”
“If you act like you’re hearing auditory hallucinations, then you’ll probably get beaten more than usual. But you need to endure this. After that, things will get much easier for you.”
Although Octopus was a violent guy, if you tame him well, then he couldn’t be easier to handle.
I just felt regretful that it had taken too long for me to realize this.
Because that guy was released only three months after I had acted like I’d seen a ghost.
“Have you got the gist of it?”
“Basically…”
“Anyway, just hold on for a bit longer. When I have the time, I’ll come and see you again.”
I checked my watch.
Since his dongsaeng was coming for a visit, I’d wrap things up here and make way for them.
As I got up from my seat, he also followed me up.
“D-Detective.”
Then he called out to me while holding on tightly to my card.
“Thank you very much.”
I laughed as I left the visitation room.
No need for thanks, I was the one who needed to apologize.
A woman was sitting in the visitors’ waiting room.
From what I could tell, it seemed that this was Park Han-Dong’s dongsaeng.
“Oh?”
But something about her seemed familiar.
I was sure that I had met her somewhere…
From the way she was looking at me with her head tilted to the side, the woman also seemed to share the same thought.
We recognized each other at the same time.
“From the Spaniel case?”
“The pizza guy?”
Back when I first met the Spaniel in the Dongsu neighbourhood, she was the woman who I had saved at that time.
The woman who had said that she would refuse to call the police even if she was dying.
But for her to call her savior, ‘the pizza guy’.
“Could it be that you’re also Park Han-Dong’s dongsaeng?”
“So what? Do you know my older brother?”
The dongsaeng’s gaze ran over me from top to bottom.
Although I had taken off my jacket, I was still wearing the pants from my dress uniform.
When she noticed this, the look in her eyes sharpened.
Her resentment felt like it was trying to reach out and strangle me.
Seeing how similar their behaviors were, she really resembled her brother.