The Chaser [COMPLETED]

OPERATION 8

                Captain Ahn made his way to the investigative division. The officers quickly stood and bowed to him. "Any new info?"

"Not much" Officer Lee answered. "As we all know" he moved to the board where all information was gathered. The board was full of post-it notes and pictures regarding the case. "Mr. Lee Hyukjae is the person who distribute the free drinks" he directed his hand to the picture from a CCTV of store near the Lily Square. It shows a male like Yebin and Soyul described.

"Lee Hyukjae" Captain Ahn rephrased the name and looked at Boram not far from him. "Officer Park, you know this guy right?"

"Nae, sir" "Don't you feel it's weird that he's involve in such a big case?" "I think so too. And I'm trying to relate the two cases if possible" "Great"

"And from Officer Park" Officer Lee continued. "We know that Hyukjae own an AR-15 riffle and a glock"

"New info!" Officer Sejong stopped running as she saw Captain Ahn. "Sir!" she saluted before proceeded to the board. She pasted an A4 paper to the board. "This" she began. "Is the result from the lab. About the content of the drink audience received during the concert. Most of the drink distributed was safe but only 30 of them have dangerous substance in it"

"Dangerous substance? Poison?" Officer Lee asked. "No. Not really" Sejong looked to the rest of the officer. "Drug"

Everyone there gasped.

"Yes. Ayahuasca or yage is brew made out of Banisteriopsis caapi vine and often used as a traditional spiritual medicine in ceremonies among the Indigenous peoples of Amazon" Sejong continued to read the facts. "And it causes hallucinogenic effect. Maybe because of the high dosage, it directly kills anyone who consume it"

"But how can that drug be in the drink?" Mingyu asked. "We should ask that to Hyukjae himself" Chief Jung replied. "Did we manage to track him?"

"No, sir" Officer Inseong reported.

"Sir" Officer Yoojin took everyone's attention as he ended the call he just received. "We received a report from an individual saying he heard a gunshot from his next door and he said his neighbour name" he paused and looked at everyone. "It's Lee Hyukjae"

"Alright. Officer Park and Officer Kim go check on it" Captain Ahn instructed.

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By the time Boram and Mingyu arrived at the scene, the house was already crowded with neighbours. They made their way into the house.

"No!" Boram sighed as they saw Hyukjae lifeless body laid on the floor of the living room of the house. Pool of blood was beneath him. Mingyu took out his phone and informed the station as he walked out for a while. Boram bent over to the body. There was the glock in Hyukjae's grip and a wound from the bullet on his head. Her eyes went to the blood that mostly came from the wound on his head. But she saw something else.

"Is that-" her eyes went to another wound on his body. The wound was not too big. "Wound from small blade. I wonder where it is from?" she stood and looked around for the weapon.

Mingyu came back and went to the dining table. A few alcohol bottles laid carelessly on the table and Hyukjae's phone. He picked up the phone and went through the call log. The phone received calls from an unknown number a few times that day. Boram sighed as she walked into the living room once again.

"What's wrong?" Mingyu asked. "There is a small wound on his body made from small blade. But I don't think I see anything that can wound him like that" she replied. "You mean that this is not suicide?" "I guess so. Because besides the gunshot, I think someone came and hurt him first before he finishes off his life on his own"