My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 198

“I think I’ll find him easier than I thought.”

Looking at the phone records, the last call he made before disappearing was to his superior. And when he left home, he told his parents he was going to meet his superior.

It was such an obvious situation, but the local police treated it as a simple runaway case and didn’t investigate.

“But not anymore.”

Circumstances that look like murder to anyone. The police will investigate, and eventually the truth will come out. Of course, this investigation will also be conducted externally.

“This time, the government can’t avoid punishing the public officials.”

If the government doesn’t want to give money, and therefore doesn’t punish them to avoid admitting responsibility, then not punishing them is the same as admitting it.

“Will Sinan change if they do that?”

“Of course not.”

Human nature doesn’t go anywhere. That area is a place where even judges acknowledge slavery as a custom and don’t punish it.

“But it will change a little.”

If there is outside interest, it will change a little.

“That’s all I can do.”

“For now, that is.”

Park Do-joon chuckled at those words.

“Yes, for now.”

# Money Game

-Today, a public official, Mr. Kim, from Sinan was arrested. Mr. Kim is charged with murdering his successor, Mr. Park….

Watching the news, Park Do-joon smacked his lips.

“I knew it.”

As soon as the investigation began, the case progressed rapidly. The guy he met that day had been turning a blind eye while receiving hefty kickbacks from the slave owners.

But when the newly appointed successor started harping on the slavery issue, he was afraid of his crimes being exposed, so he quietly called him out.

However, the successor had no intention of complying, and in a fit of anger, he murdered him.

He was a fisherman’s son and knew how to sail a boat, and he had also learned how to dispose of a body from the salt farm owner. So, he hurriedly took the body by boat and threw it into the sea.

All of that process was captured on CCTV, but the local police didn’t investigate, so they didn’t know at all.

It wasn’t a lack of evidence, but the incompetence of the police that was the problem, and it ultimately became an opportunity to bring the slavery issue to the surface once again.

In the end, the government took special measures. They ordered police officers selected from all over the country, not just local police, to investigate the case.

It was an unavoidable choice because the incident was too big to simply bury.

Even in the midst of this, a situation occurred where slaves were being smuggled out and caught by reporters.

The number of slaves found in Sinan alone was over 300.

“The Mokpo Police Chief sends his regards.”

The team leader’s listless voice came from behind Park Do-joon, who was watching TV.

Park Do-joon turned his head at those words and asked.

“It seems like he can protect his neck this time?”

“Will he protect it? He tells you to watch your back.”

“Judging from the fact that he asked you to personally convey the message to the team leader, he must be extremely pissed.”

“It’s beyond pissed. Two-thirds of the Mokpo Police Station is currently under audit.”

The team leader, who had come after letting out a long sigh, said annoyedly.

“Even the audit office that is under audit is being audited by a higher audit office.”

“It’s a mess, really.”

“This bastard was sent down to catch a body dumping criminal, but he completely wrecked Sinan and Mokpo.”

“What can we do? They don’t think about fixing it over there. And from the start, I’m a profiler, not a local police officer.”

Clearly, Park Do-joon, as a profiler, is also a police officer. But only local police can organize the case, add their opinions, and send it to the prosecution.

“Even if I desperately convey my opinion and identify Jo Pal-gyu, they can just ignore it.”

“I know. I know. Haa….”

The team leader’s face was serious as he looked at Park Do-joon.

“What did they say?”

“Do you know how high up the chain of command has been taken down because of you?”

“I wouldn’t know.”

Park Do-joon shrugged his shoulders.

“The Jeonnam Police Chief will be taking off his uniform this time.”

“How do you know?”

“Do you think I’ve been playing around?”

The team leader had been in meetings until now. The fact that he was serious wasn’t because the case had grown bigger.

“To be honest, I haven’t told you, but it seems like it’s been decided to send you away.”

The team leader said honestly.

“You know, right? If investigators touch unnecessary things, they get their heads chopped off.”

“I know.”

Park Do-joon nodded. From the start, the police officer who first exposed the slavery case was demoted.

“Just exposing one slavery case is a big deal, but now Sinan is wrecked.”

The tourism industry and everything else has been destroyed, and disabled people’s families from all over the country, whose family members have disappeared, are searching every salt farm in Sinan.

Even the problem is that myTube [Korean version of YouTube] BJ’s [Broadcast Jockeys, similar to streamers], with a thirst for fame, are going to Sinan and digging up random places, claiming to be finding hidden bodies.

“…The problem is that they actually found some.”

“Yes? What does that mean?”

“What do you think it means? There are always smart bastards everywhere.”

Most of the BJ’s were just doing it as a show to suck up issues or to receive support money called donations.

But there was one smart guy among them. He jokingly said that if it were him, he would bury the bodies in a place like this, and he dug up the ground… and actually found three bodies there.

Judging by their clothes, they seemed to be bodies of people who had worked as salt farm slaves a long time ago and died, so Sinan was once again turned upside down.

“Furthermore, there was also an incident where Sinan salt farm owners attacked BJ’s.”

It may be unfair, but not all salt farm owners use slaves. However, the employees and owners became angry because the BJ’s were pointing cameras at every place where they worked and shouting that they were salt farm slaves, and the fight escalated, resulting in some people even assaulting them.

The already bad image was now breaking through the floor and falling into the basement.

“In fact, Sinan’s economy has come to a standstill.”

Most of the salt farm workers were burdened by this attention and coverage and left Sinan. As a result, most of the salt farms have stopped. Of course, they will return over time, but no matter how hard they work, they don’t want to work while being called salt farm slaves, so it’s natural for them to avoid the situation.

“So, it’s hard to say good things to you.”

“So, you’re going to kick me out? Is that it?”

The team leader smiled bitterly. No matter how much the team leader tried to protect Park Do-joon, he wasn’t strong enough to quell the pressure coming down from above.

No matter how much the Metropolitan Profiling Team is treated as a higher rank than other teams, it is just a team. Ultimately, due to the nature of the organization that has to follow orders, there is a limit to the power he has.

“So, where are they sending me?”

“Probably… haa, Mokpo, it seems.”

“Mokpo?”

“Yeah.”

“That’s crazy.”

Mokpo. The place that is being half-destroyed by the Sinan problem right now is Mokpo. This is because Sinan doesn’t have a police station, so it is currently under the jurisdiction of the Mokpo Police Station.

But to send him to Mokpo….

“Externally, it’s to ensure the fairness of the investigation by sending the key police officer in the case.”

“Fairness my ass.”

In Mokpo’s eyes, Park Do-joon is a mortal enemy. Probably at least one-third of the Mokpo police will be fired because of this case, and more than half will be disciplined.

“They’re just telling me to leave.”

It will be hard to receive good treatment if he goes down to Mokpo. Of course, an ordinary person would eventually write a resignation letter and leave because of the glares.

The person who wrecked that area can’t be seen favorably.

“And soon, the Sinan Police Station will be opening.”

The plan for the Sinan Police Station had been in place for a long time. However, the local autonomous body has been desperately opposing it, so it has not yet been implemented.

But now that this kind of thing has happened, the local government has no justification to stop it.

“If the Sinan Police Station opens, there’s a 100% chance they’ll transfer me there.”

“Probably.”

If that happens, the saying to be careful at night will really not be a joke. Criminals, organized crime members, salt farm slave traders, etc., who have settled in Sinan, there will be more than one or two people who want to stab Park Do-joon in the back.

“They’re just telling me to go and die.”

“Keueung!”

The team leader knew that the situation was not good.

“You know it too. How many mysterious deaths there are among police officers.”

Are there no righteous people among the police? There are. But when they dig into something, they often suffer mysterious accidents or sudden suicides.

But in such cases, the police don’t properly investigate the case. They flip their eyes and say that touching a police officer is like touching their family, but in such cases, it’s always treated as suicide.

“Huu, that’s why I told you to be moderate.”

“I was being moderate?”

“This is?”

“Isn’t being a police officer a job where you moderately catch criminals?”

“If you can’t even talk….”

The team leader frowned.

“Anyway, if I just stay still, they’ll send me to Sinan….”

“What can you do?”

Of course, the higher-ups don’t say it outright. But there’s no way the team leader of the Profiling Team wouldn’t have noticed the strange signs. The result of looking around here and there at the strange signs was that.

“For now, it’s noisy, so they’ll probably issue the order when it calms down.”

“Is that so?”

But Park Do-joon didn’t seem particularly surprised or wronged.

“Aren’t you upset?”

“Not at all. I expected it from the start.”

There was a police officer who was demoted for releasing just one slave. Moreover, he was a Seoul police officer, and at that time, it wasn’t even something he dug up, but something he did legitimately because the parents who secretly received a letter reported it.

“Even he was demoted, so wouldn’t it be strange if I, who touched this to the death, didn’t get demoted?”

“But you’re talking like it’s someone else’s business?”

Clearly, if he goes down to Mokpo, he probably won’t live out his days. Of course, even though he’s an outcast here, he’s at least part of the Profiling Team, but there’s no Profiling Team in Mokpo.

In other words, he’s just a regular police officer… it will be hard to endure the pressure there.

“Ah, I’m not worried.”

“Why?”

“There’s always someone who flies above the one who runs.”

Park Do-joon smiled.

“So, the favor you’re asking after coming here after so long is to stop your transfer?”

“That’s right.”

“Hmm.”

Chairman Bae Deok-gi had a strange expression at Park Do-joon’s words after a long time.

“I don’t think you’re the type to make such requests?”

“A request is asking for an unfair action, but this is asking to stop an unfair action.”

“That’s true, but….”

“It’s not like Hyunsung Group doesn’t have that much power, is it?”

If a company like Hyunsung Group says a word, the police side will probably grovel on the floor. A plan to kick out Park Do-joon? They wouldn’t be bold enough to carry out something like that.

Because all the media would be gleefully reporting it as a demotion that day.

“But there’s a give and take for granting such a request, isn’t there? You know that Haneul Industries is growing a lot, right?”

“I know.”

The small Haneul Industries of the past is gone. Now, it has become a mid-sized company with over 2,000 employees. Of course, most of it was created with debt, but the people who guaranteed that debt were Hyunsung Group and Chairman Bae Deok-gi. In fact, Hyunsung Group is pushing the maximum amount of work that Haneul Industries can handle, so its upward trend is steadily rising without brakes.

Profiler by Trade