Jae-hyun Cho

**Jae-hyun Cho** is a main character in Murderworlds: Zorro Island and Murderworlds: Crimson County. Following Pedro Garcia's suicide, he joins the team as the new Lab Chief. He appeared as a suspect in the murder investigation of his former co-worker Axelle Vasquez in Straight To The Heart (Case #27 of Zorro Island). In No Time For Zorro, he transferred alongside the player to join the Crimson County Police Department as a coroner.

## Biographical Information

### Affiliation

Crimson County Police Department
 Zorro Island Police Department  (Formerly)

### Occupation

Coroner
 Lab Chief  (Formerly)

## Relationship Information

### Romance(s)

Javier Hernandez  (Boyfriend; Long Distance)

## Story Information

### First Appearance

Back In Business  (Zorro Island)
 Hitting The Ground Dying  (Crimson County)

## Info

Jae-hyun Cho is a 20-year-old lab analyst originally from Seoul, South Korea. He studied at Princeton alongside Pedro Garcia, being considered a prodigy due to his abnormal excellence at recognising substances, and his great memory. Jae-hyun Cho suffered a brain injury in his childhood after being involved in a car accident, and he developed Savant Syndrome in his youth, which led to his incredible scientific knowledge.

Jae-hyun has black hair and pale skin, with grey eyes and a scar on his eyebrow. He is quite flirtatious, especially towards Javier Hernandez, and wears a grey button-up shirt and black trousers, complete with light pink trainers. He also wears a lab coat with his name embroidered onto it.

In his suspect appearance, he wears a pronouns badge on his lapel, and it is known that he is coulrophobic.

In Crimson County, Jae-hyun wears the same attire.

## Events Of Zorro Island

### Back In Business

Jae-hyun joined the team following Pedro Garcia's suicide, as he greeted Javier and the player outside *Hotel Le Lune*. He was excited to get to work, only for Adriana Sanchez to report her father's murder in the hotel, as Jae-hyun aided Javier and the player in the first chapter, before leaving to get to work.

After Lenora Levine's arrest, Jae-hyun managed to meet the player again, confessing his discomfort in the team, as he and the player went about befriending everyone formally, as everyone eventually accepted Jae-hyun as a friend, as he thanked the player very much for their kindness towards him. He also admitted privately that he thought Javier was hot, before leaving to have drinks with Axelle.

### Straight To The Heart

Jae-hyun was flagged as a suspect after his hair gel was found on Axelle's dropped badge, as he admitted to being present (alongside Rosa Di Aguilar) when Axelle was shot. He had rushed over to check her pulse, but froze up and ran after hearing Rhea, Javier and the player exiting to investigate, fearing he would be deemed suspicious and fleeing in panic. He then said that he was extremely sad that one of his teammates had died, but it was a general occupational hazard, as Rhea pointed out the circumstances Axelle died under weren't regular for a death in the line of duty, to which Jae-hyun became embarrassed, leaving nervously.

Jae-hyun was spoken to again after Juan discovered that Jae-hyun had reported Axelle for workplace harassment, as a worried Javier asked Jae-hyun what this meant. Jae-hyun then said that Axelle had been very hostile and rude towards him after Pedro's death and him filling in, constantly deeming Jae-hyun as unworthy to be worked in the ZIPD. He then sadly said that Axelle had even gone so far to say that Jae-hyun should've killed himself, so Pedro would be alive, as Rhea, Javier and the player were disgusted to learn she had said this, as Javier hugged Jae-hyun before promising that she wouldn't be able to hurt him again.

Jae-hyun was found to be innocent when Alexandra Lyon was arrested for the murder.

### No Time For Zorro

After an intense investigation which resulted in Rosa Di Aguilar and Juan Culebra's deaths, Jae-hyun decided that he would be joining the player in Crimson County by accepting the position of coroner, as he kissed Javier before leaving and promised to keep in touch. On the boat with the player, he privately expressed his excitement for what was ahead.

## Events Of Crimson County

### A Beautiful Friendship

Following SUSIE-Q being found guilty of Vincent Forsyth's murder, Jae-hyun assisted Dee when it came to proving that robots could be useful in the Crimson County Police Department, as he pointed out that he worked a lot with robots in his last job, as he helped Dee with the pitch to Mayor Swansen, Chief Bane and Judge Peake, which eventually worked.