My Tamed Beast Returned with a Dragon Chapter 72 - I Don’t Show This Kind of Kindness to Just Anyone

When Eun-sae arrived at the police station, a large crowd gathered. Reporters, fans, and even onlookers all rushed over to see Eun-sae.

As Eun-sae got out of the car, questions from reporters poured out along with camera flashes.

“Hunter Yoo Eun-sae! How are you feeling right now? Do you admit to assaulting them?”

“Why did you do such a thing?! Was it because of a personal grudge?”

“Don’t you feel sorry for the victims?”

Eun-sae hadn’t even entered the police station yet, but the reporters were already making it seem as though the incident was her fault. The fans who had rushed over in surprise didn’t stay quiet.

“Unnie, I believe you’re innocent! There’s no way you would do something like that!”

“Those people claiming to be victims are lying, right? They’re just trying to get money from you!”

“Hunter Yoo Eun-sae! Just say one thing—that it’s not true. I’ll believe you with my life!”

Eun-sae gave the fans a gentle smile before answering the reporters clearly.

“I think there’s been some kind of misunderstanding, but I’ll sort it out and come back out. Thank you.”

The reporters took pictures nonstop as Eun-sae walked into the police station.

Uri and Mi-ri-nae had already arrived inside the police station. After exchanging greetings with them, she went over to the detective in charge.

The detective stood up from his chair and held out his hand with a calm expression.

“Hello. I’m Detective Lee Seung-hoon from Team 2.”

“Hello, Detective. Are these people?”

“Yes. They are the victims.”

Four people, two men and two women, were sitting side by side in front of a table covered with a laptop and documents.

Eun-sae stared at them. Their faces were bruised from being beaten, and one of them had casts on their arm and neck.

‘They’re in worse condition than I expected…….’

Some of them kept glancing at Eun-sae but looked away in surprise whenever their eyes met hers, while another had turned completely away. Eun-sae greeted them first.

“Uh…… hello? I’m Yoo Eun-sae.”

“…….”

“We won’t settle.”

The others remained silent, while only one person was visibly angry and kept huffing. Eun-sae gave an awkward smile.

“Before that, are you really sure I was the one who assaulted you?”

“I told you, I am! How many times do I have to say it!”

It seemed he had already been asked the same question several times, because the veins on his forehead stood out. Well, he must have been questioned by the detective, as well as the reporters outside, Uri, and Mi-ri-nae.

Eun-sae understood, but she had an obvious alibi. She held up her palm to stop them.

“Please calm down. I heard the assault happened around 10:30 p.m. Is that right?”

“Yes!”

“But I was attending the Docheon Group’s anniversary ceremony at that time.”

“……What?”

“There should be a press release from the Docheon Group from yesterday.”

“R-Really?”

“Yes. Let me ask you again. Are you really sure it was me?”

“Uh…….”

The victims looked stunned. They stumbled over their words as they explained what had happened.

“B-But it was Hunter Yoo Eun-sae. Someone bumped into our shoulder…… and I definitely saw her face at the time. When we followed her, she led us into an alley and threw punches at us.”

“Right, the CCTV! We can check the CCTV!”

One of the women quickly turned to the detective. As if he had been waiting for that, Detective Lee Seung-hoon turned the laptop screen toward them.

“Hunter Yoo Eun-sae, let’s take a look at this video.”

Eun-sae pressed the play button on the paused video. It seemed to be footage from a CCTV camera installed at a nearby store.

“Hmm…….”

The Hunters who appeared to be the victims could be seen, and a figure walked toward them from the opposite side. Eun-sae opened her eyes wide and stared closely at the figure.

“I’m not sure.”

“You can’t see the face very well from this angle, but if you look at the other video…….”

Detective Lee Seung-hoon played the next video. This time, the figure’s side profile briefly came into view.

Eun-sae’s eyes widened.

“Huh? Is that…… me?”

Since it was CCTV footage, the image quality wasn’t very good, making it unclear. At least the silhouette looked very similar to hers.

Eun-sae leaned her face toward the laptop as if she were about to climb inside it.

“Is there any other footage? I don’t think we can tell from just this.”

“Yes. This is the clearest one we have.”

“Hmm…….”

No matter how many times she watched the video, she couldn’t tell. It looked like her, but it also didn’t.

What on earth was this? Eun-sae was confused.

Just then, Uri, who had been quietly watching from the side, stepped forward.

“Anyway, Hunter Yoo Eun-sae has a solid alibi. So please stop accusing an innocent person.”

“We definitely saw Hunter Yoo Eun-sae!”

“Yes, I suppose that’s what you want to believe.”

Our gazes toward them were cold. At Uri’s sarcastic tone, Eun-sae stepped between Uri and the Hunters.

“Uri, don’t say it like that. Look, I’m sorry this happened. Is there anything I can do for you? Should I at least cover your medical expenses?”

“You don’t need to do that!”

We frowned and tried to stop her. Eun-sae shook her head.

“But if this continues, these people will be criticized for falsely accusing me. I don’t want that.”

Eun-sae turned toward the Hunters. They were in the same line of work, so she didn’t want to treat them badly.

“At least these people don’t seem to have any bad feelings toward me.”

She looked at them with gentle eyes. The moment their eyes met hers, they nodded and said,

“T-That’s right! We respect Hunter Yoo Eun-sae. But after what happened to us…….”

“At first, we only thought we’d shake your hand and get your autograph since we happened to run into you on the street.”

Moved by Eun-sae’s kindness, the victims became teary-eyed. They had spent all this time hearing detectives and people around them tell them not to lie and ask if they had made everything up to get money. When Eun-sae actually comforted them, they began to waver.

The Hunter with the cast around his neck asked uncertainly,

“Are you really not Hunter Yoo Eun-sae?”

“No. And there’s no reason for me to do something like that.”

“Huh…… Then who was the person we saw?”

Silence fell. No one could answer the question.

Detective Lee Seung-hoon, who had been listening to Eun-sae and the others, clapped his hands to lighten the mood.

“Now, since we’ve concluded that it wasn’t Hunter Yoo Eun-sae, let’s wrap things up.”

“Then what happens to this case?”

“We’ll search the area and question people to find the suspect. If we figure out their movements, we should be able to find them easily.”

“That’s true. CCTV cameras and dashcams are pretty good these days.”

Eun-sae nodded and approached the victims, holding out her hand. The Hunters were startled and opened their eyes wide.

“There’s not much I can do for you, and you don’t seem like bad people, so I’ll at least cover your medical expenses until the culprit is caught.”

“N-No, you don’t have to.”

“That’s right. I guess we must have been mistaken about something…….”

They waved their hands at Eun-sae’s offer. Seeing them looking apologetic and discouraged, Eun-sae smiled and said,

“Don’t refuse. I don’t show this kind of kindness to just anyone. You also said that you respect me, and if we hadn’t met because of something like this, we might have become much better acquainted.”

“Hunter Yoo Eun-sae…….”

The Hunters’ eyes filled with tears. They desperately held back the urge to jump around as if they had met a saintly person.

Yes, this was exactly what Yoo Eun-sae had always been like in their imagination. But the person they had met in the alley yesterday had been cold, fierce, and ruthless with her fists.

That’s right. There was no way that person could have been Hunter Yoo Eun-sae. It was dark, so they must have clearly seen something wrong.

They eventually began convincing themselves of it and grabbed Eun-sae’s hand, shaking it vigorously.

“Then! I know it’s shameless of me to ask, but could you give me an autograph?”

“Can we take a picture together? With Hunter Han Uri and Hunter Choi Mi-ri-nae too.”

As if they had never been uncomfortable before, they looked at Eun-sae, Uri, and Mi-ri-nae with admiring eyes.

Eun-sae smiled and nodded.

“Of course. Uri, Mi-ri-nae. Come over here for a moment.”

“Eun-sae, you really…….”

You’re too soft-hearted. We swallowed the rest of what we wanted to say and went over there with Mi-ri-nae.

They had a photo session with the inside of the police station as the background. The detectives who had been watching to see how the case would be resolved slowly gathered around them.

“Hahaha! I’m glad the misunderstanding has been cleared up.”

“I believed Hunter Yoo Eun-sae. Ah, I’m not saying I suspected these people. I just thought there must have been some kind of mistake.”

Eun-sae laughed at the detectives’ joking remarks and said,

“Please do a good job with the investigation.”

“Yes, don’t worry about a thing!”

With the detectives seeing her off, Eun-sae left the police station with her friends. The reporters who had been waiting rushed toward her.

Several microphones were thrust toward Eun-sae’s face as if they were going to poke her. She skillfully kept a proper distance.

“What happened, Hunter Yoo Eun-sae! Do you admit to the charges?”

“How do you plan to compensate the victims?”

We frowned at the reporters’ way of automatically treating Eun-sae as the culprit. Eun-sae calmly answered.

“Hmm……. First of all, we cleared up the misunderstanding with the victims. At the time the incident happened, I was attending the Docheon Group’s anniversary ceremony. This can be confirmed through the official press release.”

Gasp. The reporters inhaled sharply. Hey, hey. Really? Then her alibi is solid. Why didn’t you check something like that!

The reporters’ whispers could be clearly heard by Eun-sae and her friends. The reporters quickly changed their approach.

“Then were the victims lying?”

“Will you press charges against the victims for making a false accusation?”

“Who do you think the culprit is?”

This time, the reporters began turning against the victims. Eun-sae, who had remained calm the entire time, showed her displeasure. She spoke each word firmly, as if telling them to listen carefully.

“I resolved things with them through a calm conversation. Please don’t hurt the feelings of the victims, who are already injured, with careless guesses. I sincerely hope the culprit is caught as soon as possible. I ask for everyone’s cooperation.”