I Became a Police Officer in a Superhero Genre

Police officers, especially detectives in the Violent Crimes Unit, need to build up their bodies whenever they have time.

After all, whether it’s catching gangsters or supervillains, don’t you need to be able to run well first?

Both in the Special Investigation Team and the Violent Crimes Units I’ve been through, there were fitness rooms for detectives, and I also made sure to exercise whenever I had time.

Why am I saying something I’ve said before? It’s because I’m realizing my lack of exercise right now.

“Hah, shit, this is so tiring.”

I catch my breath while bending over. To be this exhausted after just 10 minutes of running. My lack of stamina was clear.

Honestly, the fight wasn’t that difficult either. The scuffle with that nameless hitman ended in my complete victory.

I expected him to be nothing special since I had never seen his face before, but he was an idiot who tried to run away after taking two hits to the body and one to the head.

I thought he was just a pushover with none of the skills or sharpness that hitmen usually possess, but I changed my mind when I heard what he said before escaping.

“Kuk, kukuk! You fools! You’ll regret not dying by my hands! Now truly dangerous ones will be after you…! Monsters wielding superpowers!”

This guy wasn’t just a pushover, but an idiot.

Good grief. A hitman spouting such nonsense?

All the hitmen I’ve met until now were tight-lipped. I wondered if this guy was the problem, or if this crazy world was the problem, but.

Anyway, that loose-lipped idiot said such things and ran away, but damn. I didn’t have the stamina to catch him.

Not being able to catch him because I got tired while chasing. I couldn’t lift my face from embarrassment. As a result, the hitman escaped. I failed to catch him and find out who ordered the hit on this monster.

I clicked my tongue and wiped my sweat. As I returned to where Sai was waiting, after first encountering the hitman, I thought.

Even though the hitman was low quality, who on earth targeted Sai?

That hitman bastard said directly with his own mouth that there was a client, and that client ordered to kill all witnesses too, but Sai of all people?

There aren’t many possibilities that can make sense of this situation, but.

The possibilities that make sense right now are – two.

Either Sai, this crazy bitch, is staging this now, or someone among her forces who knows Sai has lost her memory is trying to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate Sai.

Because a hitman who isn’t even a superpower user came, I wonder if it’s not the latter case? But.

If you think they sent him to check if she really lost her memory, it makes sense too.

Ah damn. Again I don’t know anything, and it’s shitty, but no matter how this situation came about – one thing is certain.

Fuck, I’ve gotten involved in another shitty situation because of this damn Sai bitch!

“Um… Are you, alright?”

As I was deeply pondering what to do now, I had already arrived where Sai was. Sai spoke to me.

Sai’s eyes were fixed on the thin wound on my hand and trembling, but.

Sai was like that looking at the wound I got from blocking as she played around with the wire. A wound that would heal if I just applied some ointment, mind you.

“I’m fine.”

“I-I remembered. If wounds aren’t treated quickly, they can get infected, become abscessed… Because of me… I’m sorry… I’m sorry.”

Sai whimpered that if a wound festers, it might need to be amputated.

I felt a chilling shudder run down my spine at that sight.

Is this bitch declaring she’ll cut off my hand while pretending to be worried now?

No, more than that, the fact that this bitch is worrying about others and apologizing itself is chilling. Can I go home?

“…It’s okay. I’m a police officer. This much is nothing.”

“Police officers are amazing people, aren’t they.”

It really feels bad when you say that.

I inwardly recoiled while somehow averting my gaze from Sai and leading her to the police station. As we walked, she carefully held my hand.

I felt like I was going to vomit from the unpleasant warmth coming from her hand.

I wanted to pull my hand away right away, but. If she really lost her memory, then she was suddenly attacked by a hitman while knowing nothing.

In a state with no one to rely on, after experiencing such a scary thing, she’s leaning on the person next to her. How could I shake that off?

If she has her memories? Then this bitch is just messing with me now.
No, I’d rather she was just messing with me. If I think Sai is really looking at me with such an innocent face, I feel like every cell in my body will die from unbearable pain.

I forcibly swallowed the nausea and dizziness that had risen to near my uvula and headed to the police station. Meanwhile, Sai was looking at me with a slightly flushed face.
I wish she would stop.
Please.

On the way to the police station after dealing with the hitman, I thought.

Now that Sai has come right up to me saying she’s lost her memory. Clearly, the current situation was the best opportunity to uncover the fact that Sai had committed crimes.

If I monitor her and investigate the unresolved issues from the incidents that have occurred so far, something will surely come up.

The unknown being who gave Minus the superpower awakening drug. The person using the woman with the Hahoetal mask [Yagi]. The unknown being Park Jeonghun called the Coordinator, and so on.

Sai left faint traces while plotting her schemes, but. If Sai was walking around normally, those traces would be meaningless like footprints left on a beach.

If Sai is by my side, there will surely be gaps because proper follow-up will be difficult.

But, can I just charge in like this?

They say traps are usually set in places you want to enter even knowing it’s a trap, and doesn’t that fit this situation perfectly?

I pondered for a long time, but it seemed right to fall into it once for now.

Thinking about it, no matter what the correct answer is for why the hitman came or why she came, I can just report to the police and have Sai receive protective measures and that’s the end of it.

Even during the Cheongjoongno incident, honestly, rather than thinking I’d protect the auntie or do my duty as someone in uniform, I fought desperately thinking “Fuck, I’m really going to die”.

In this situation too, whether Sai has a scheme or not, if I want to live, staying away from her is best.

It’s stupid to think about other police officers’ lives when I can’t even save my own life.

I’m not a hero like Mina, I’m just a fucking salaried civil servant.

So I was just going to the police station to hand over Sai to the police and then rest well before returning to the Violent Crimes Unit, but-

“Eh- Why is sunbae here?”

“Why are you here again?”

When I went to the police station, a junior who used to work with me in the Violent Crimes Unit was at the local police substation.

Why is this guy here? I asked with my eyes why he was at a police substation when he had entered the Violent Crimes Unit and was working diligently, and.

That guy looked at me like he was seeing some kind of ghost and said with disgust:

“Yes, yes. I’m not a monster like you, sunbae, so I was fucking terrified after the Cheongjoongno incident and came here.

I mean, how is a human who got stabbed over 10 times while escaping from that building still alive? Fuck, I came here to not see such sights again but now I’m seeing you again. So why did you come?”

That guy looked at me like he would brandish a cross at me if he could. No, he actually made a cross with the pen and scissors he was holding and thrust it towards me.

I considered punching this bastard once, but. With the thought that I shouldn’t cause trouble while suspended, I calmly explained the reason I came here.

“I found a person wandering around with lost memories and brought them to report it.”

“Ah. You mean that young lady over there? I understand. Please wait a moment. I’ll go get the forms we need to fill out.”

“Yeah. Oh and. This young lady doesn’t seem to be just a patient or something like that. A hitman came to kill her. I don’t know what’s going on, but she needs police protection.”

“Urgh. You got involved in something like that again. Why aren’t you dead yet, really.”

Saying that, the guy went inside the building. Knowing he needed to gather the necessary forms and statement papers, I decided to sit down and wait for now.

As I did so, I slowly observed Sai, who was clutching my sleeve and biting her lip so hard it was curling inwards.

It was a face filled with anxiety and fear. I let out a deep sigh at that sight and told her:

“Don’t worry. Now that we’ve come to the police station, no more strange guys will be able to come. The police will also find out who you are. That guy I just talked to, though his personality is dirty, he’s someone who takes responsibility for his work, so it’ll be fine.”

“…Yes.”

Sai slowly nodded at my words, but. The response wasn’t very encouraging. Is she uncomfortable with going to a shelter?

But what does she want me to do? Whether she lost her memory or is pretending to have lost it, why should I protect this devil woman?

I don’t have money in the first place, damn it. Even in novels, the guys who take people into their homes and protect them are only able to do so because they have money.

If you have a conscience, you shouldn’t make an unreasonable request for a civil servant with only 200,000 won to their name to feed and shelter a complete stranger.

“Next you’ll go to a shelter, or be taken to a hospital for treatment. It’s okay. You’ll regain your memories soon. Then you’ll be able to find friends or family.”

“…Friends. People you’re close to and have deep affection for. Family means a group of people related by blood ties. I remembered. Do I have friends and family too?”

…Probably not?

In the novel, Sai was described as a ghost-like person. With no birth registration or anything, and not a single mention of family.

Since Sai was born as a human, she must have biological parents, and can’t have absolutely no connections.

But what happened to those people? Did this monster-like woman have anyone she could call a friend?

“You probably do. Even if you can’t find them, if you’re alive you can make new connections.”

Even I thought it wasn’t something to say to a criminal.

Why did I say such a thing? The reason was simple. As I thought about this woman’s family, I felt that her life must have been quite lonely.

Anyway, if she’s really lost her memories, it would serve as adequate comfort. If not – well, it could be a suitable taunt, I suppose.

I don’t know if Sai will think deeply about what I said, but.

Thinking that, I followed my junior who called me into the office, and.

In one of the rooms inside the police substation, I gave a statement about where I first found her, how I encountered the hitman. Sai stated everything she remembered.

“Doesn’t that mean you’re being targeted too, sunbae? Then you should also be protected- ah never mind. Yeah.”

“What’s with that look?”

…Anyway, Sai ended up receiving police protection. Now that the case has been officially handed over, I thought there was nothing more for me to do.

I don’t know what Sai is plotting right now, but if I’m not by her side, at least I can interfere for now.

Honestly, I don’t think Sai’s plans will be disrupted just by this much, but at least I should be able to rest comfortably for a few days. Will I? I hope so.

Thinking that, I returned straight home and set up the bean sprout and soybean sprout cultivation factory I had originally planned to make, nodding with satisfaction.

Then I roughly ate a meal, exercised, played soccer with some people from a nearby soccer club, and lived the most peaceful life I could possibly have, but-

“I’m sorry. This, this is the only place I know… That police officer also said to go to Detective-nim in this situation… I know it’s shameless, but please… help me… Even if it’s just to hide for a moment… I’ll definitely repay this kindness, so please…”

Exactly one week after handing over Sai’s custody to the police, in the early dawn. When I went out after hearing someone knocking on the door, sure enough, Sai was waiting for me.

As if she had fled in a hurry, her clothes were torn up just like when I first met her at dawn, and her body was covered in small wounds.

This situation, that junior saying to come to me – clearly something had gone very wrong, but-

Ah well. Honestly, I knew this would happen. I didn’t expect this meticulous woman to be separated so easily.

Still, I laughed out loud. For now, I resolved to bombard that guy at the police substation with civil complaints.