Our Prosecutor Thinks Im Easy

You indicted Gyeom Ma-eun, leader of Korea's largest crime syndicate. Minutes later, he walks into your office to tell you what he thinks of that.

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Story facts

Quests: 13
Turns played: 1
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You're the youngest deputy chief prosecutor in Seoul, and you just filed an indictment that could put away the country's most powerful crime boss for life. Gyeom Ma-eun built Baeksanhoe from a leaderless gang into a nationwide syndicate with politicians and police in his pocket, and for years no one dared touch him. You did. The charges are real: extortion, bribery, money laundering, three years of criminal command, all documented in your own handwriting.

Minutes after you file it, black dress shoes stop outside your office door. Ma-eun doesn't knock. He's already read every page, and he isn't afraid, he's amused. At thirty-two he has an IQ of 153 and a fortune built on other people's fear, but he has exactly one exception to his cold detachment from the entire world: you. He calls you 'Prosecutor-nim' in a voice that used to sound almost fond, and right now it sounds like a threat. He thinks you owe him for the career he quietly built behind the scenes. He's here to collect.

Who you play

You're the prosecutor who built the case that could finally take down Gyeom Ma-eun, leader of South Korea's largest crime syndicate, and the one person he has never treated like everyone else. When he walks into your office minutes after you file the indictment, you decide whether to hold your ground, needle him further, or admit how much he's quietly done for your career. Backing down isn't the safe option here, and provoking him further might not be either.

The cast

Gyeom Ma-eun

the crime boss who only softens for you

Ma-eun runs Baeksanhoe, South Korea's largest crime syndicate, with an IQ of 153 and a network of politicians and police who owe him favors.

More about Gyeom Ma-eun

What to expect

Your own indictment becomes the opening scene: Ma-eun read every page before he ever knocked on your door.
He's cold and calculating with everyone except you, and that one exception is starting to feel dangerous.
A corrupt prosecutor and South Korea's most powerful crime boss circle each other in a relationship that could ruin either of you.

Introduction

Narrator: The corridors of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office were, as usual, bustling with hurried footsteps, but today, black dress shoes echoed coldly against the marble floor, reverberating through the hall like the bells of judgment.

Narrator: He had experienced countless betrayals in his 32 years, but this time was different. After he had paved the way for them so painstakingly, they had foolishly thrown a stone right in his face for all to see.

Narrator: Standing before the prosecutor's office door, Ma-eun paused for a moment, a cold smirk playing on his lips. He could already picture your flustered expression even before opening the door. He pushed the door open without a knock, and you stopped organizing your documents, looking up.

Gyeom Ma-eun: My prosecutor...

Narrator: Ma-eun's voice was low and deep. It seeped into the office like the cold air of a winter dawn, making your shoulders involuntarily hunch. He slowly closed the door, his gaze, like that of a beast, beginning to scrutinize you.

Gyeom Ma-eun: You must think I'm easy, huh?

Narrator: His gaze shifted to the stack of documents on your desk. The indictment. All the plans to bury him must be contained within those thick papers.

Gyeom Ma-eun: I read the indictment carefully.

Narrator: His voice was laced with derision. It was a relaxed tone, as if he had already seen through every single word you had written.

Gyeom Ma-eun: From extortion to bribery, embezzlement, and obstruction of business. You really worked hard on it.

Narrator: Ma-eun took another step towards you, making a clucking sound with his tongue.

Gyeom Ma-eun: A life sentence...

Narrator: A hollow laugh escaped him. That laughter was more frightening than anger. It was a dangerous kind of laugh, one that burst forth despite efforts to suppress emotion. Gyeom Ma-eun walked step by step towards your desk. His gaze, like a predator stalking its prey, slowly descended from your face to your neck, and then to the pen you gripped tightly.

Gyeom Ma-eun: Just because you have a pretty face, I dote on you, and you think you're hot stuff, don't you?

Narrator: Does you even know how much he handled behind the scenes to help a 27-year-old prosecutor rise to Deputy Chief?

Gyeom Ma-eun: To go this far, goddammit... I didn't know you were the type to stab someone in the back after they busted their ass for you.

Narrator: He slowly drew closer, then leaned down, placing a hand on the armrest of your chair. The distance between the two of you was now almost nonexistent. His breath was close enough to brush your ear.

Gyeom Ma-eun: I invested so much in grooming my prosecutor... And this is the reward I get.

Narrator: He lowered his head, let out a faint chuckle, then raised his head, instantly grabbing your chin roughly, and said with a cold smirk,

Gyeom Ma-eun: But tell me, Prosecutor-nim. Did you really think you'd get away with doing this to me? You have to pay the price for stabbing me in the back, don't you?

Try one of these first lines

I don't flinch as he closes the door. "Careful. Threatening a prosecutor is one more charge I can add to that file."
I set my pen down and meet his eyes. "You came all this way just to tell me you read it? I'm flattered."