My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 18

“Still, it’s not like there’s no way.”

“You’re saying there is a way?”

“Isn’t there a vehicle?”

“Vehicle? Oh, right. There was a parking lot here, wasn’t there?”

“The vehicles of the two people who came on the trip. You haven’t found them yet, have you?”

“No. Not yet. That’s right. You’d need a vehicle to get here.”

This isn’t a yacht pier for tourists. Of course, there’s no public transportation to get here. Maybe just a taxi?

“Logically, it’s hard to believe that someone with a yacht wouldn’t have their own vehicle.”

They would have driven their own car and parked it in the parking lot. In fact, the three people who came here also came by car and parked in the parking lot.

“But I’ve never seen a security guard or anything?”

“There are labor costs and management issues.”

There are hardly any people coming and going here, so it’s not efficient to have a 24-hour parking attendant.

Moreover, if you have someone managing the parking lot, the company is responsible for any accidents. A parking lot attendant ultimately has management responsibilities.

“But wouldn’t the vehicles of people who park yachts worth billions [of Korean won, roughly millions of US dollars] as a hobby be cheap?”

Of course not. The cheapest would easily exceed hundreds of millions [of Korean won], and the expensive ones would exceed a billion [Korean won]. Rather than hiring a manager and paying for accidents, it’s better not to hire a manager and pretend you don’t know.

The pier rental fees wouldn’t even cover the repair costs.

“Let’s go for now.”

Park Do-joon led the two people to the parking lot, and as expected, the parking lot was mostly empty, so it wasn’t difficult to find the vehicle.

To be exact, it was a vehicle that was so conspicuous that it was impossible not to find it.

“It’s impossible not to stand out.”

The parking lot is almost empty. The few vehicles that are there are all expensive imported cars, but there are only three Korean cars. One is the car that Park Do-joon and his party came in, and probably one is the car that an employee here uses to commute to work.

“Then there’s only one left.”

Park Do-joon approached the remaining vehicle, and the police officer checked the license plate and his face lit up.

“That’s right. The license plate matches the victim Lee Hyung-woo’s vehicle.”

“Hmm. So they did come here.”

As expected, the two people had come here.

“This should be enough to request a warrant, right?”

“This should be enough.”

Park Do-joon nodded at those words.

‘Finally, I’ve set it right.’

Before the regression, the culprit had escaped, but this time, Park Do-joon could breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that he had caught him.

***

“Do-joon!”

Park Do-joon went back to Seoul and devoted himself to work. Now that he had set the direction, it was up to the investigators to take care of the rest. But it didn’t go as he wanted.

“The Incheon Police Station wants you to come back again.”

“Yes? Why?”

“They’ve identified the culprit, but it seems he’s a very important person.”

“Very important?”

Park Do-joon tilted his head at those words. Of course, it wasn’t hard to guess that a wealthy person would be involved. But if the team leader used the expression ‘very important,’ it meant that he was definitely not an easy person to deal with.

“Who is it? No matter what, the Incheon Police Station Chief is stepping in, but he can’t handle it?”

It may be ‘just’ a position, but the legal power of a police station chief is stronger than you think. Even if he is someone who doesn’t have much time left before retirement.

“It’s Park Geo-sik, the chairman of the Incheon Metropolitan City Election Commission.”

“The chairman of the Election Commission?”

“Yes.”

“No, why is the Election Commission involved?”

The Election Commission is one of the major government departments in Korea. Generally, people think that the Election Commission just manages elections and that it is not a very powerful place, but the Election Commission is a more powerful organization than people imagine.

People only think about the president or members of the National Assembly [South Korea’s parliament], but it is the place that manages all elections for local councils and local governments.

And unlike what people think of as just a lower-level organization of the government, it is an organization under the Constitution, and in terms of rank, it is a constitutional institution like the government and the Constitutional Court.

Of course, it can wield absolute power.

Of course, it can’t make someone successful, but conversely, it can screw someone over.

‘If he’s the chairman of the Election Commission, his power must be no joke.’

Because no politician in Korea keeps the election cost regulations set by the law, the election costs set by the law are all exceeded, and if they are indicted, most of them are punished and their positions are taken away.

Of course, the Election Commission monitors that, and while monitoring that, it’s not hard to screw them over if they don’t like it.

It is illegal to buy a meal for an election worker during an election. Also, the amount of money you can give for election campaigning is less than the minimum wage.

Usually, the people who wear jackets and shake signs during elections are called election workers, but the legally stipulated wage is only 30,000 won [approximately $25 USD] per day. Since it is less than half of the minimum wage, there is no one who will realistically work while receiving that amount.

In other words, it’s easy to catch a politician and screw them over during an election, so their power is literally sky-high.

“Members of the National Assembly are calling and making a fuss, and the Incheon Metropolitan City committee members have even stormed into the police chief’s office.”

“No, what do you want me to do about that?”

Park Do-joon was dumbfounded. That’s not a problem he can do anything about. He’s just a profiler, not a politician, president, or even a chaebol [a large business conglomerate, often family-owned].

“I just passed on the message.”

“Team leader? Team leader?”

Park Do-joon sighed as he watched the team leader run away. Well, he can’t blame him.

It’s not like this is the first or second time that external pressure has come in, and it’s not like the team leader can block it all.

“Team leader, I’m leaving! Please process this as a business trip! Oh, and please process the taxi fare as an expense!”

“Okay, come back.”

The team leader’s voice is heard from afar. It means that he was pretending to run away but was hiding somewhere and watching.

“It’s amazing, really.”

Park Do-joon had no choice but to shake his head as he got up from his seat.

***

“So, that yacht is his yacht, right?”

Park Do-joon went to see Kim Woo-sun, and Kim Woo-sun nodded.

“That’s right. I’ve confirmed the registration.”

“And you couldn’t prove that they were on that ship?”

“That’s the problem.”

There is a CCTV at the entrance. Based on that and the departure log, it is certain that the yacht departed early that morning.

“But there’s no evidence that the two people went out on that yacht.”

“They said they went in to ride it, right?”

“It was filmed at a similar time at the entrance.”

Unfortunately, the angle of the camera is narrow, so you can only check the entrance, and you can’t film the scene of boarding in detail.

“He says he doesn’t know.”

“Yes. He says it’s not his fault that they happened to enter at the same time.”

‘Well, that’s what I expected.’

In the first place, it’s not difficult to guess that someone who owns a yacht would have power.

“He must have brought a well-known lawyer.”

“That’s right. You can’t tie him up with circumstantial evidence.”

Park Do-joon fell into *gomin* [deep thought] at those words. And Kim Woo-sun said to Park Do-joon.

“For now, we can’t keep him detained, and he says he has no reason to kill the two people. That’s not wrong.”

“People around him are calling and making a fuss, saying that he’s not the kind of person to do that. I don’t know what kind of person he is.”

Park Do-joon said calmly at Kim Woo-sun’s words.

“He must be a corrupt person. He’s probably the culprit.”

“How do you know that? Because politicians are calling?”

Park Do-joon shook his head at those words. If he tried to judge a person’s inner self with that, he couldn’t be called a profiler.

“Everyone tries to use all the power they can when the situation is urgent. Even more so if it’s a murder charge.”

“Then? Because he has a yacht? He’s originally from a well-to-do family. He’s from a prominent family in the Incheon area. It’s not surprising that he has a yacht.”

“No. That’s not it. The reason I think he’s the culprit is because of his position.”

“Position?”

Park Do-joon said, looking at the photo taken when he attended. It was a photo taken by some reporters, but it was never released by the media.

“As you can see, he doesn’t put his lawyer in front when he attends, does he?”

“Is that wrong?”

“It’s a psychological issue.”

People have an instinct to hide their faults and want to publicize actions that will benefit them.

“Generally, people who are confident when they are on trial or something tend not to avoid people’s eyes. In fact, you can say that they don’t care about what others think. Especially if they have solid evidence to prove that it’s not their fault.”

“But?”

“But as you can see, Park Geo-sik moved with a number of lawyers surrounding him like a shield.”

It was morning when he attended, so there were no reporters and no one else. It wasn’t news on the media, so there was no one to cover him or follow him.

“But as you can see, he waited for the lawyers to get out of another car and block his surroundings before moving together.”

“Is that strange?”

“It’s strange. Have you ever seen the chairman of a large company surrounded by lawyers when they go in?”

“Hmm? I don’t think so? Then do they all think they’re fair and square?”

“That’s not it. The lawyers are taking care of them.”

When a member of a chaebol family is involved in a trial, lawyers stick to everything from an apology to their attire and control everything.

“In the old days, wheelchairs were essential when chairmen attended.”

It’s as if the chairmen’s health is not good, so they can’t be punished.

“But that’s not the case these days.”

That strategy has become too well-known, and with the development of the Internet, all actions are broadcasted, so they have completely changed their strategy and pretend to be confident, as if they are being wronged.

“But this person had himself surrounded as if he was being protected by lawyers.”

In the end, it means he wants to hide his appearance.

“Usually, this means there’s something he’s worried about.”

“Maybe he doesn’t want his face to be on the media?”

“In the first place, there are no journalists around. And you know what? That person is not an elected official.”

If he is the chairman of the Election Commission in a region, he is an appointed official, not an elected official. His face being revealed has nothing to do with his political life.

“And the number of lawyers right now is also a problem.”

As many as 8 people. I know he has power and is desperate, but it’s still too many.

“You didn’t issue a subpoena, did you?”

“How did you know?”

“Because the time is early in the morning.”

7 a.m. No matter how busy the police station is, they don’t issue a subpoena at 7 a.m.

‘He probably said he would come and came.’

He unilaterally avoided people and said he would come at 7 a.m., and the public officials had no choice but to come to work accordingly.

And he gave a rough statement and left before 9 a.m.

천직이 프로파일러 [A natural-born profiler]