The Reincarnated Cop Who Strikes With Wealth

As for the Celebrity’s Circumstances (2)

The books obtained by the police were the ones overseen by the Fork Gang. It seemed like there wouldn’t be any particular errors cropping up in these files. 

If that’s the case, in order to find any real clues, it looks like we first needed to find the ledgers that Song Dae-Ak had escaped with.

Though from the start, there were doubts about whether this second set of books actually existed.

They may have just been a pretext that the gangsters had created in order to start a fight.

While pretending to read what I had written down in my notebook, I got to the real point of this meeting.

“By the way, did you have some sort of relationship with Ms. Hae-Soo?”

“Huh? Who?”

“The movie actress, Hae-Soo.”

DK appeared to be absorbed in the past as he took a deep drag of his cigarette.

Then he frowned and nodded.

It seemed like he had confirmed something.

“Rather than saying that we were ‘close’, we were more like ‘acquaintances’. Since we were guests on the same variety show in the old days and we were even preparing to film a movie together.”

They were also on a variety show together?

I didn’t know that.

“But why are you asking about Hae-soo all of a sudden?”

“No real reason. Just because her name came up in the course of the investigation.”

“Uh-huh.”

With a rough explanation, I changed the subject.

He must not have been truly interested, as he didn’t follow it up with any more questions.

Although even if he had asked, I could just keep my silence by claiming that the investigation was confidential.

DK shook his head from side to side.

“In any case, even in death she still manages to impress.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Just look at how her movies are shooting up in the box office even though she’s dead. While a certain someone is left like this even though he’s alive. Ahhh. Why couldn’t she hang on for just a bit longer? If only, then I’d also be able to make a comeback with that movie.”

“Do you think she died because she wanted to? Ms. Hae-Soo was an unfortunate victim.”

“So you were a fan of Hae-Soo, Mr. Detective?”

His fingers, still wrapped around a cigarette, were pointed right at me.

Cheeky bastard. Just who does he think he’s pointing those fingers at?

Perhaps noticing my annoyance, DK carefully lowered the cigarette.

“Ahem. Although I shouldn’t say this about a dead person, she had a real temper on her.”

That claim definitely did not match her public image.

She was none other than the personification of purity and gentleness.

Although each of her characters had their differences, she had such a shining reputation that she had never been asked to play a villain.

“She was swapping out her coordinators once a month. They just couldn’t handle her.”

“That’s a surprise.”

“Of course it’s a surprise to someone who wasn’t in the know. For those of us in this circle, we were honestly expecting that someone would someday go after her with a knife.”

How amazing.

Hae-Soo was certainly incredible, not just for managing to keep this sort of talk from spreading until she died, but also for forcing DK to only have these kinds of things to say about her.

I silently recorded all these details in my notebook.

“If that’s the case, she must have had many enemies.”

“Of course. Especially because her sponsor was just that huge. The fact that the president of her own entertainment agency was left helpless to rein her in tells you all that you need to know.”

“Her sponsor?”

“Though no one will say who it was, there are rumors that it was the president of some major company or even someone high up in politics. Of course that’s how rumors always work.”

“Of course.”

“Why, I’ve even heard that she was on drugs.”

Drugs?

She really was partying hard.

Although I don’t know what background her sponsor might have, if he could cover up something like that, then he most likely had to be a high-ranking official.

“Although she was a hit from the start, after she got her sponsor no one else stood a chance. Just look at Jo Ah-Yong. While Hae-Soo was alive she was left without a prayer, but now it’s like she’s flying high.”

Like flowers blooming from a grave, actresses were rising up to fill the gaps Hae-Soo had left in the fields of advertisement, dramas, and movies. 

I guess you could say her death had its silver lining.

Although it might sound bad, that was the only way that I could put it.

“Still, she really had one hell of a beautiful face.”

Right. She really was quite a beauty.

Although twenty years had passed, I could still vividly picture her shocking appearance.

Every single one of her features were so superb, that she felt like something out of a dream.

Her beauty also had the effect of making every memory of her feel like it was just made yesterday.

Without realizing it, I muttered.

“In all my years I have never seen such a beautiful person.”

“Haha. I was right, the Detective really is Hae-Soo’s fan!”

Damn. Just thinking about that day made me feel strange.

I flipped my notebook closed and stood up.

It seemed like this was about as much info as I could squeeze out from DK.

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