My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 167

“Father, you’ve suffered.”

“Yes, this problem… will be resolved soon.”

*More* than resolved. A huge amount of money would be coming in, and they could leave this ugly neighborhood and live a leisurely life in a better place.

Bashir Yamin believed that.

But that thought didn’t last long.

“Bashir Yamin?”

“I don’t know what kind of lawyer you are from, but we have no intention of settling, so get lost.”

Bashir Yamin, walking down the street, spoke with a sneering face as men in suits approached him.

To them, two men said,

“FBI. Please come with us.”

“What did you say?”

“Or should we arrest you here on charges of treason?”

At those words, Bashir’s face turned pale. He never thought they would know about his mistake.

“Wait a minute. There’s a misunderstanding…!”

“Is there? It seems like you already finished entering the country. Do you have anything to say?”

At those words, Bashir Yamin hung his head.

“From heaven to hell.”

Bashir was trapped in that familiar room. In this sudden situation, he tried to accept reality, but he couldn’t.

He had a chance to fly to the sky, but now he was about to lose it. No, not just lose it, but now he was about to be thrown into hell.

“Senior, but if we do this, won’t Bashir Yamin not help us? You said we need his help?”

“That’s right. If he doesn’t unlock the password for his phone and the app, there’s really no way to get help.”

“Then what do we do?”

“So, we’ll get help. No, Bashir Yamin has no choice *but* to help.”

“I don’t understand?”

“Bashir knows his mistake. There’s no room for excuses. He attempted a clear act of terrorism, and that’s a clear act of treason. Of course, from Bashir’s perspective, he can’t escape. So, in this situation, who will he look for first?”

“That would be a lawyer… Ah!”

“Yes, Bashir already has a lawyer he deals with. One who came directly to help him, a very kind lawyer from Bashir’s perspective.”

At that moment, the door opened, and Edward Polin entered the room where Bashir was.

-Bashir, what on earth is going on?

-That’s…

-I just came from talking to the FBI. You’re being charged with treason.

-No, no.

-It’s an undeniable situation. All the evidence is complete. This means at least life imprisonment, and in the worst case, the death penalty.

-Li, life imprisonment!

Bashir’s face turned pale at those words. Heaven was right in front of him, it was the timing to change his life, but life imprisonment?

-It’s a mistake. It’s a mistake.

Bashir finally told his lawyer all his sins. Of course, the lawyer already knew everything. From the start, he was the lawyer the FBI had assigned to Bashir.

-Why… why did you do such a thing?

-I was just frustrated. I have no money, and I’m being treated like this because I’m from the Middle East…

Bashir sobbed, but it was too late now. There was no way to escape everything now. In the worst case, he was likely to live forever in a military prison like Guantanamo [a US military prison located in Cuba, known for holding detainees indefinitely without trial].

And as Bashir fell into despair, Edward Polin threw the bait as promised.

-There’s only one way. Make a plea bargain.

-A plea bargain?

-Admit your guilt and cooperate with them as much as possible.

-But then…

-There’s no choice. Do you want to stay like this and not be able to use your money forever? Either way, you’ll die if you get out.

-Ca, can’t use my money?

-Even if you win the lawsuit, the US government will probably freeze the account with that money in it.

At those words, Bashir Yamin’s face turned black.

-Your father will also be deported. And the money will be taken away as well. This isn’t a matter of winning the case.

-What? Then what happens to me?

-Didn’t I tell you, life imprisonment.

Bashir collapsed at those words.

Edward Polin coaxed him gently.

-There’s only one way. Get the minimum sentence through a plea bargain, and then cooperate with them as much as possible. And after you get out, take that money and go into the witness protection program.

-Witness protection program?

-Yes, if you cooperate as much as possible, you’ll be able to catch many terrorists. It’ll be possible.

-Can’t I just not go to jail?

-That’s the same as confessing to the terrorists that Bashir snitched. Even if you get out of jail, do you think those guys will let Bashir live?

At those words, Bashir hung his head.

-The incident hasn’t happened yet. So, if you offer a plea bargain… if you’re lucky, you can reduce it to less than 5 years. If you endure that time, Bashir, you can live with your family under a completely new identity in another place.

-5 years?

-Roughly that much.

Of course, Bashir isn’t stupid. There’s no reason to choose life imprisonment forever while keeping his mouth shut, rather than snitching and becoming a billionaire in 5 years.

-I’ll make a plea bargain.

And Park Do-joon, who was beyond the window, smiled as he watched.

“Bingo.”

Bashir requested a plea bargain, and the FBI, who had been waiting for this, immediately accepted. He opened his phone and also opened the app installed in it.

The people who came in to attempt the assassination weren’t five, but eight, but fortunately, the FBI, who had identified where they were, was able to round them up.

And among them was an assassin whom the FBI had been tracking with a bounty on his head for a long time.

“Thanks to you, the case was resolved just in the nick of time.”

Roy McCoy said, shaking hands with Park Do-joon.

“If not, while we were still in court arguing about whether Bashir should open his phone or not, the criminals would have escaped.”

“Still, it’s a relief.”

“You are a benefactor of the United States.”

Roy McCoy was sincerely grateful to Park Do-joon. The worst thing that could have happened, the assassination of the US Vice President, was almost prevented.

“Anyway, now you have to investigate the original case.”

“That’s why I came.”

Jang Jin-woo’s younger sister. Meeting her is the only way to know the truth of the case.

At Park Do-joon’s words, Roy McCoy took something out.

“It’s not exactly compensation, but it will be helpful.”

“This is?”

“This is the data on Jang Jin-woo’s younger sister, Jang So-young, in the United States. It’s not much, though.”

Park Do-joon smiled at those words.

“Thank you. It’ll be easier thanks to you.”

“Don’t mention it. But there’s really not much. She’s never evaded taxes, and the biggest crime is a speeding ticket.”

Park Do-joon nodded at those words. He didn’t think Jang So-young was the culprit anyway.

“We just have to hope she knows something.”

That was Park Do-joon’s only hope.

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Jang So-young was really nothing special.

“It’s surprising, she’s very clean.”

“It’s not that surprising. From the time she immigrated to the United States, she wouldn’t have a criminal record.”

“Ah, I guess so.”

The United States is a country with incredibly strict management of immigrants. Jang So-young’s nationality is Korean. She immigrated to the United States but isn’t an American yet. She hasn’t even obtained a green card yet.

“If she were involved in a crime now, she would have been deported to Korea.”

“That’s right.”

“Then Senior is really going to get help.”

“I told you, she wouldn’t be the culprit.”

Park Do-joon said, looking at the scenery flowing outside the window.

“By the way, will Jang So-young know anything?”

“We have to hope so.”

The taxi quickly arrived at Jang So-young’s house. Jang So-young was already waiting, as she had been contacted that they were coming.

“Hello.”

“Yes, hello.”

“It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve seen a Korean.”

Jang So-young gave an awkward smile and handed coffee to the two of them.

“Thank you for coming all the way here to solve my brother’s case.”

“It’s nothing. It’s something we should do.”

“Still. After my brother died and time passed, I gave up hope that I would be able to catch the culprit, honestly.”

Park Do-joon smiled bitterly at those words. It’s a common thing for the victims of unsolved cases to experience.

“But as you said in advance, no matter how much I think about it, I can’t think of anyone bad enough to kill my brother. My brother wasn’t someone who lived that badly either.”

“I know that.”

Jang Jin-woo was a good person. He had so many grudges that it was impossible to track them, but the grudges that arise as people live are mostly not simply because I did something wrong, but because the other person doesn’t like me, so preventing them is mostly impossible.

Perhaps even if there really was an angel, he would be carrying a lot of grudges.

What about the entertainment industry right away? It’s understandable to latch onto a bully if they debut, but sometimes, if the victim of bullying debuts, the bully latches onto them and calls them a bully.

Even though they haven’t been harmed and they were the ones who bullied them, they have a grudge. Enough to lie with their life on the line.

“That’s why I came in person. If I ask over the phone, most people don’t think deeply.”

At those words, Jang So-young frowned.

“Are you saying I didn’t think about it?”

“No, I mean you don’t know how to grasp the flow of thought.”

“Flow?”

“Yes, people have no direction when they think aimlessly. Because of that, they just skip over things that are vague or uncertain. Phone calls have time constraints.”

If you’re trying to give someone information, you try to give them accurate information, and in doing so, you try to exclude uncertain information.

“But if it’s accurate information, it would have already come out. In that case, you can take your time and think calmly.”

Especially phone calls. Of course, there’s no law that says you have to schedule phone calls, but because of the time difference, it’ll probably be only about two hours at most.

“And then there’s everyday life.”

“Yes?”

“You know, like a chain of thoughts?”

Once a flow is created and memories start to flow like that, related people will keep coming to mind. But if you say ‘Please’ over the phone and then hang up, from the person’s perspective, they think about it, but real life interrupts the story.

For example, if she’s thinking and the children come, she has to feed them snacks, and when it’s time, she has to go to the laundromat or the market, in which case the flow is interrupted and even small clues in her head disappear into oblivion.

“Ah, there is that. After that, no matter how much I think about it, I can’t remember.”

“In that case, you can think slowly and leisurely. Without being disturbed by the flow. We came in person.”

No matter how much the world develops, there are things you can’t do over the phone. The period when humans didn’t have phones is longer than the period when they did, and human psychology has developed accordingly.

“Yes, I’ll try to concentrate as much as possible.”

At that moment, the sound of the door opening was heard, and a child came in from outside.

“I’m home.”

The child, who looked like a high school student, bowed as soon as he came in and then quickly went upstairs.

“Se-joon, you have to greet the guests!”

At Jang So-young’s words, Se-joon shouted.

“I’ll be down soon.”

“I, I…! I’m sorry, the kids have been going through puberty recently.”

“Hmm, just a moment.”

Park Do-joon got up from his seat as if he felt something.