The Underground Emperor: Starting with Running Away with His Sister-in-Law

Fifth floor, Special Investigation Department, Office 564.

Ding Xin is right.

Zhu Yang had indeed been making preparations, even more diligently than Ding Xin had described.

him at the moment.

I sat behind a desk piled high with files.

His fingers flew across the keyboard, his eyes fixed intently on the computer screen.

They were searching carefully for something...

His behavior surprised the others in the office.

In South Korea, all official prosecutors have their own independent offices.

The staffing in the office also follows specific standards.

One full-time prosecutor, with four assistants.

Their responsibilities also differ.

The prosecutor is the central figure in the entire office, responsible for leading and overseeing the work of the office.

Support staff included a prosecutor's assistant, a court clerk, and two investigators.

Assistant prosecutors are the prosecutors’ key assistants, and they are usually experienced legal professionals.

Responsible for assisting prosecutors in handling various cases, conducting legal research, drafting documents, preparing evidence, etc.

It's equivalent to a prosecutor's pen.

A court clerk is equivalent to a prosecutor's secretary, responsible for recording and organizing relevant case documents and evidence, including routine hygiene records.

Investigators are professionals responsible for investigating cases, essentially acting as field investigators.

Responsible for going to the crime scene, collecting evidence, questioning witnesses, and conducting investigations.

Basically, all the investigators were selected from the local police station, and they were all experienced detectives.

Typically, of the two selected investigators, only one remains in the prosecutor's office while the other remains in the police station under its jurisdiction, making them special personnel with dual identities.

This arrangement is made to facilitate prosecutors in contacting and allocating police resources in special circumstances.

In general...

These assistants are essentially high-level contract workers outside the official staff.

Within the prosecutor system, they must be completely obedient to the prosecutor they report to.

To be more precise...

From the moment they are assigned to a particular prosecutor, they are automatically bound to that prosecutor by fate.

One glory and one glory.

At this moment, they, like Zhu Yang, were busy with their work.

But...

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, they would always secretly glance at Zhu Yang with curious eyes.

Occasionally, a few assistants would exchange meaningful glances, as if communicating something with their eyes.

In fact.

They were indeed very curious!

To know...

Over the years, they had spent every day together, and they were already familiar with the personality of their direct superior, the prosecutor.

In their opinion...

Prosecutor Zhu Yang has solid professional knowledge, but his temperament is somewhat unpredictable.

When they're easy to talk to, they really are!

But occasionally he will inexplicably go crazy, and enjoys making sarcastic and mocking remarks about others.

Their dedicated assistants also suffered greatly as a result.

But that's not all...

Most importantly, Zhu Yang, the prosecutor, has never been a hardworking person.

Except for his first year at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, where he remained remarkably humble and hardworking in order to adapt to the pace of the job...

Starting from the second year, the prosecutor's true nature was revealed.

Lazy, extremely lazy, incredibly lazy!

Basically, all the business operations were handled by their assistants.

Whether it's organizing case files, questioning suspects, or even drafting indictments and prepared statements for court hearings...

They dumped everything on these assistants.

However, recently, Prosecutor Zhu Yang has undergone a change...

They've become exceptionally diligent!

He, who would usually be dozing off at this time, was unusually sitting in front of the computer all day, searching for information and organizing files.

He also does everything himself, no longer needing the assistance of his assistants.

therefore...

They were very curious.

On one hand, I'm curious why the prosecutor suddenly changed his personality...

On the other hand, I'm also curious about what the prosecutors are busy with these days, since all the assigned cases are handled by their assistants...

...

What exactly is Zhu Yang busy with?

Of course, they are going all out to investigate and find evidence of wrongdoing by Minister Prosecutor Yoon Byung-wook.

The gambling materials that Ding Xin provided earlier were just an "appetizer".

To bring down a minister or prosecutor based solely on this...

That's absolutely unbelievable!

You could say...

This "appetizer" was merely bait to lure Zhu Yang to the table, and also served as leverage for Zhu Yang to get others to join him.

But Zhu Yang felt...

This appetizer isn't substantial enough!

His attempt to use this evidence to win over his superior, Prosecutor Li Shengmin, was still a ways off.

therefore...

Zhu Yang decided to find a way to expand the chain of evidence!

The best approach would be to start with the cases that Yoon Byung-wook had previously handled.

This is something he has been doing recently.

As for why Zhu Yang insisted on searching personally instead of having his advisors assist him...

The reason is actually very simple.

A prosecutor conducting a clandestine investigation of a minister is no joke...

Without permission from your department head, it's best to keep a low profile and avoid letting the news leak out.

...

Over time.

Anxiety gradually appeared on Zhu Yang's face.

Prosecutor Yoon Byung-wook started from the grassroots level and spent a full fifteen years as a prosecutor, handling thousands of cases.

The sheer number of cases is staggering!

It would be far too much work for Zhu Yang to find the flaws in each case by himself.

His investigation into the past cases of Prosecutor Yoon Byung-wook has been ongoing for more than half a month.

We verified nearly two hundred cases in total.

However, the effect was not very obvious.

Although some discordant and suspicious points were found, they were merely suspicious and could not be considered critical errors.

However, the high-intensity work every day left Zhu Yang somewhat exhausted.

"Xiba!"

Zhu Yang cursed under his breath.