Personality Broken Hero

50 – Episode 50

At the news that senior Kim Lee-taek’s wife, who died during the operation, contacted her and said she needed help, Ham Jae-won, Seung-hee, and Ham Jae-won became close friends. I arrived at a cafe with a detective.

“Oh, sister-in-law, how have you been?”

“Ah Jaewon, are you here?”

While Ham Jae-won senior and Kim Yi-taek senior’s wife were talking about how sorry they couldn’t visit often and that there was no need to worry, I just listened calmly because it was ambiguous to intervene in the conversation.

I didn’t have a lot of contact with senior Kim Lee-taek’s wife, so I only knew her face from time to time, and I haven’t seen her since her funeral.

Like most people who do hero activities, it is an unspoken rule to quickly forget the person who left and refrain from mentioning them.

In Korea, death in the line of duty is not as common as in the United States or France, but in Korea, death in the line of duty or permanent disability is relatively more common than other occupations in Korea.

A hero’s life cannot last long if he remembers and mourns the people who have left him every time.

In fact, in the case of new heroes, the retirement rate of heroes who have experienced the first murder or the first time a colleague is seriously injured or killed is higher than people think.

Not thinking about the empty seats of the people who left is good for mental health, so I’ve rarely thought about the people who passed by, not just senior Kim Lee-taek. Lost.

While living a short hero life, working in the special ability response team with the highest rate of injury or death among them is unavoidable. I guess I just haven’t gotten used to it.

Mr. Seung-hee was less familiar than I was, so after the first greeting, she was quiet like me, listening to the conversation between senior Jae-Won Ham and Lee-Taek Kim’s wife.

After the time to ask about the safety of Jaewon Ham and her sister-in-law, we started talking about the purpose of our gathering.

“I’m not sure if this was really a big deal, but the grandfather’s voice on the phone sounded really urgent and sudden, so I thought it was necessary for the people working in the field to judge.”

My sister-in-law started talking cautiously.

“I got a call from him on his cell phone early in the morning yesterday. I still get calls from him on his number from time to time, and I keep it, but a grandfather I don’t know urgently asked me to change the phone, saying that he was a senior at work, but it wasn’t Mr. Lee Taek’s number.”

“Hmm… Then you must be a retired person who doesn’t know that Taek died in his job yet?”

When Ham Jae-won asked that question, his sister-in-law tilted her head and answered.

“I don’t know for sure because the phone call hasn’t been going on for a long time. But after asking that question, there was a commotion and the grandfather said, “Hasem?” Hansung? I don’t remember exactly, but she said she was locked up in a nursing home with that name, and now I don’t remember what her name was, and then she hung up.”

Listening to the story, it was embarrassing to know what to do if the contents of the phone call were true.

“Did you save the call by any chance?”

The detective brought by Ham Jae-won asked that question, but he didn’t seem to have high expectations.

Of course, based on my experience at work, if a person over 40 reports a report, there are clearly fewer cases in which the contents of the call are saved, and the frequency of receiving information that includes the contents of the call increases significantly as the age group decreases.

“I was so embarrassed about the situation, and I couldn’t save the conversation because I didn’t think about it.”

Sure enough, it seemed that the sister-in-law couldn’t save the conversation.

“Do you remember the number?”

“Yes. First of all, the number… Wait a minute. Yes It’s this number!”

My sister-in-law, who had a slightly apologetic expression, touched her cell phone and showed me the call history.

“There are sufficient grounds to start an investigation. We will begin the detailed investigation by directly listening to the contents of the call and making a judgment.”

My sister-in-law asked with a surprised expression.

“Ah! I couldn’t save it, is there any way to recover it?”

The detective nodded in reply.

“Yes. Communication data is kept by the telecommunications company for 6 months. Since the call was from a number in your name, you can receive the call even without a warrant as long as you agree.”

Whoo

My sister-in-law let out a sigh of relief as if she was feeling the burden of not being able to save the conversation.

After talking like that for about ten more minutes, I sent my sister-in-law back, telling us to trust her.

“So, what do you think? Was it someone who worked in the real response team?”

“I can’t be sure, but I’ll have to find out. Anyway, someone who worked in our department might be in trouble, and we can’t sit still.”

“Then why were you imprisoned? If you’re a former hero, even if you’re old, it won’t be easy to imprison…”

When Seunghee raised such a question, senior Ham Jaewon answered.

“Ah! Now everyone is in a horizontal relationship, and the hierarchy is not tight, so I don’t know, but it wasn’t like that in the past. It’s not that heroes only have senior and junior relationships with each other, and the support team didn’t have a strong senior-junior relationship, but there was. If he didn’t retire because of an injury, maybe he was from the support team?”

I nodded my head because it was an inference that was sufficiently probable.

“But you have to think about the case of nothing. Earlier, I couldn’t say anything because Lee Taek’s sister-in-law was there, but it could be a situation where an old man with dementia called from a nursing hospital in confusion.”

The detective brought by Ham Jae-won pointed it out.

“Ah… I’m sure it could be.”

“If you mistakenly called for dementia, think about what to say. It’s a bit silly to say that an old man with dementia misunderstood and called a widow who lost her husband because of an old man with dementia.”

“Ah…”

Neither I nor Seung-hee had thought of it that far, but it’s definitely because they’re experienced detectives, so they’re seasoned.

“Let’s listen to the conversation as soon as it arrives and make a decision.”

A few hours later.

After hearing the contents of the call, Jaewon Ham confirmed the name of the senior who worked in the support team for the response team.

Her anger boiled over when she heard the old man’s voice calling out the name of her sanitarium and her own in haste.

“You dare touch a member of the response team? It’s not confirmed yet, so let’s go to the nursing home and apply for a visit.”

The voice of Ham Jae-won, who was listening to the conversation, was also a little excited.

“I also pulled out my family contact information, what should I do?”

When Seung-hee asked that question, the detective thought it over and answered.

“First of all, let’s just secure it and don’t contact them. If you are confined to a nursing home, your child may have been abandoned or involved. Also, it would be better if only one person requested to visit the nursing home and find out the situation first without showing signs that they are under investigation.”

“I’ll go for that. I know senior Oh Kyu-heon, and it would be more natural than asking for a young person like Nikolai or Seung-hee.”

After searching on the Internet, it was still possible to visit, so I decided to leave immediately.

The rest of the crew heard the senior talking in the car, and I decided to prepare for any unexpected situation in the sky above the nursing home.

It has not yet been confirmed that he is in confinement, so he has not informed the response team, but if it is true that he is in detention, the response team will mobilize all available personnel to deal with it.

Arriving at the nursing home, Ham Jae-won entered, and I got off from a distance and was waiting in the sky.

Hanseong Eunhye Nursing Home consists of two buildings that look neat, but they look fine from the outside.

Before Ham Jae-won could enter the building and speak to her staff, her grandmother, who was wandering around, looked at her senior and said,

“Bachelor! Bachelor! Come here!”

“Yes?”

As Ham Jae-won approached her grandmother, her grandmother whispered.

“That… That… That bastard is so bad! You stole 500 won from my room?”

Perhaps he felt like a hero or a cop from senior Ham Jae-won, who was wearing everyday clothes, and pointed at another old man who was walking slowly with the help of a walker and told him.

“Ah… Yes, I’m a bit busy.”

Jaewon Ham, a little taken aback, tried to ignore his grandmother and spoke to the staff sitting at the reception desk.

“That bastard is Dodongneom! You have to throw it in the cracks!”

“Sipper, that woman is a piece of sh*t again! You gave me back 500 won!”

As I approached the reception desk leaving the noisy old people behind, the staff started talking to me.

“Hello! What did you come for?”

“Hello. I came to visit a senior I know.”

“Ah! All right. What is the name of the person you want to visit?”

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Contrary to my expectations, the staff responded kindly, so I thought it might not be a big deal.

“This is Mr. Kyuheon Oh.”

“……”

“I’m sorry, but Mr. Oh Kyu-heon is currently in an unstable mental state, so it is impossible to visit him. If you leave your contact information, we will contact you later when we are able to visit.”

“……”

Ham Jae-won quietly held out his business card.

“Hahm Jae-won confirmed. I will contact you when I can visit you later.”

“Okay.”

Thus, the visitation attempt failed in vain.

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“What are you doing, but a current hero comes and goes wild? The last time you escaped, you were caught on the road, and you said you handled it well?”

The employee, who hesitated for a while, finally opened his mouth.

“Well… Actually, I think I borrowed a phone from a passing driver and called him.”

Bang

“What? You didn’t hear that when you caught the f*ck run away! How much money do you f*cking get and handle things that way!!!”

When the director of the nursing home hit the table with a loud bang, the staff cowered back in surprise.

“So, who did you call that time and it caused this mess?”

“Sorry. As soon as I found it, I hung up the phone, and I couldn’t find out until then because I thought it would be suspicious if I asked the driver more questions.

Jjaak

The director of the nursing home got up from his seat and slapped an employee on the cheek.

“What the f*ck!! Is that what a bastard who earns 8,000 a year does? I don’t want to work? Do you think there are more places to spend this money on a nurse with a criminal record?”

“Sorry.”

“First of all, gather all the staff! In case you don’t know, I’ll have to be prepared. And if that old man is doing anything, leave it to the detective agency and get the phone number of his bastard son.”