My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 207

The nation was in an uproar. Over a dozen people were dead, including firefighters. To make matters worse, it was arson—arson intended to cover up murder. There was no way to sweep it under the rug.

“To die like that…”

At first, it was an accident. In the midst of threatening him to sell his land, the man didn’t easily give in. Instead, he picked up the phone, threatening to call the police.

Of course, they had bribed the police well enough, so they knew it would likely pass without much trouble.

But they couldn’t just let it go. If the local precinct couldn’t handle it, he might report to higher-ups, which they might not be able to cover.

So, they figured they’d just rough him up a bit, but when they swung a fist, the victim flew back and hit his head on the corner of the table, and died.

‘Shit, I didn’t think things would get so twisted.’

In the moment when the situation froze due to the sudden death, the woman, who was his mother, suddenly rushed at the three men. And she started yelling at her children to run away.

Even with bribes, they couldn’t cover up murder, so they had to stop them. One of the gang members, enraged, struck the mother’s head with a mop handle he grabbed from the table.

And just like that, the mother died instantly.

They had killed two people in an instant.

Hwang Do-gyu, thinking there was no way out of this situation, went crazy. Not one, but two people were dead. The other underlings who saw the scene turned pale.

‘Shit.’

In that situation, Hwang Do-gyu had only one choice: to kill the two children as well. If they lived, he would die.

And in that situation, the faces of the remaining two underlings turned yellow. Since they weren’t murderers, there was a possibility they would betray him, so Hwang Do-gyu took out a knife and made them kill the children one by one.

Then, they set the fire and ran away.

In fact, he thought he could somehow cover it up like this: just an unlucky family that died in a fire.

That’s how it should have been.

“Shit!”

But things didn’t go that way. Due to the chain reaction of fires, the chemical substances in the factory were leaked, and eventually, more than a dozen people died, including firefighters.

The damage amounted to tens of billions [of Korean won, roughly equivalent to millions of US dollars]. It was not an incident that could be covered up, so the police started searching for the real culprit with their eyes wide open.

Moreover, Hyeonseong jumped in out of nowhere and even offered a reward. In that situation, the escape route was completely blocked.

“Ah, shit!”

Hwang Do-gyu chugged down strong soju [a Korean distilled spirit] and complained.

“Damn it! Why did you have to die there and bother me?”

Even though he was Hwang Do-gyu, it was the first time he had ever killed someone. So, knowingly or unknowingly, he was psychologically stressed.

He was already psychologically stressed, but the biggest problem was that the entire nation was tracking them.

His face hadn’t been revealed yet, but it was only a matter of time.

“Stop drinking.”

“Hyungnim! [A Korean term for older brother or respected male figure]”

“Hyung! [Older brother]”

At that moment, the door of the pension where they were hiding opened and a man came in.

“Hyungnim, you’re here?”

“Yeah.”

“Hyung, what’s going on? Huh? What’s going on! Are they going to let us escape?”

“Hoo.”

The way Hwang Do-won spoke was clearly different from the others. It couldn’t be helped, because even if the others called him Hyungnim, they weren’t real brothers, but he was a real brother.

“Hoo…”

Hwang Do-won came inside and plopped down on the sofa.

“There will be a ship going to China next week.”

“China? Why China of all places? Hawaii, or at least Southeast Asia…”

“The incident has become too big now. You might get caught by the police in those places.”

In the case of the United States, the police force is enormous. You can’t get out even if you give them money. On the other hand, in Southeast Asia, you might be able to get out by giving bribes, but it’s not a distance you can go by ship.

“We can take a plane, can’t we?”

“The identities of the guys who worked there have already been identified.”

“What?”

Hwang Do-gyu’s eyes widened at those words. Of course, they hadn’t been hiding their faces, so it wasn’t that they hadn’t considered the possibility of their faces being identified, but to be identified this quickly?

“Shit, what is it? How did they know?”

“It seems like the flies are sticking around because of the money Hyeonseong Group offered.”

Knowing the face and knowing the name, it wasn’t difficult to identify them.

And at those words, the faces of the four men turned pale. That meant there was no way for them to escape.

“The prosecution has already issued a travel ban. Not only on you, but on all our organization members.”

“All of us?”

“Of course, it’s not like you’ve been identified as murderers.”

But the fact that all the organization members were banned from leaving the country meant that the police were already somewhat aware.

“Anyway, I’ve hidden all our guys, so there’s no problem.”

Just in case, only Hwang Do-won knew where Hwang Do-gyu was. Hwang Do-gyu is his younger brother. He couldn’t let his only brother spend his life in prison as a death row inmate for killing just a few people.

“You could be identified in an instant. There may be CCTV cameras we didn’t see, or there may be witnesses.”

Even though they burned the surroundings to the ground, it didn’t mean that all the evidence had disappeared.

“Then what do we do?”

“For the time being, we’ll hide in China, and when things calm down, we’ll move to a better place to live.”

“What do you mean by another place?”

“Whether it’s the United States or Europe, those bastards have to take responsibility for this anyway.”

It was Jin-do Group who ordered it. They have to take responsibility for it. Of course, things got a little bigger than expected in the process.

“From the beginning, those bastards were supposed to pay for the escape funds to China, so don’t worry.”

However, back then, it wasn’t about running away like now, but about finishing this work and escaping as a vacation concept until things calmed down.

“That doesn’t mean you should be causing trouble in China.”

“Shit, what’s there to do in China?”

“I know. But this incident is too big. You should have held back.”

“The bald bastard was pointing his finger at me, so I got angry… Haa~ Shit! Hyung, I’m sorry.”

“Well, everyone can make mistakes in life.”

Hwang Do-won patted Hwang Do-gyu’s shoulder at his words.

“You guys take good care of Do-gyu in China too. Your lives are in Do-gyu’s hands too. You know what I mean, right?”

At Hwang Do-won’s cold words, the remaining three swallowed hard. Hwang Do-gyu was a first-time killer, but Hwang Do-won wasn’t. Everyone knew that he had directly taken down the organization’s former boss to seize power.

He even handled it so cleanly that the police didn’t know what happened to the former boss.

It was just that at some point, the former boss and his gang disappeared, and from that day on, Hwang Do-won seized power.

“Yes, Hyungnim.”

“I will give my loyalty.”

“That’s how it should be.”

Hwang Do-won said as if it were natural.

“The fault of this incident is yours.”

“…”

Of course, Hwang Do-gyu committed the first murder in this incident. But no one mentioned it.

“It won’t be easy to track down the smuggling ship to China. There are more smuggling ships than you think.”

The team leader scratched his head and said. At the team leader’s words, Lee Ji-soo asked.

“Can’t we track the GPS?”

“It’s not impossible. But there are more ships that turn off their GPS than you think.”

“Yes? Why?”

“The rule is that you can only fish in designated areas, but if you do that, you can’t catch a lot of fish.”

So, they just turn off the GPS. In fact, fishing boats have the safest equipment at the highest point, which automatically generates a distress signal when it comes into contact with water. It is equipped to immediately rescue the ship in the event of sinking or capsizing.

But fishing boats usually turn it off. First of all, it often malfunctions due to water droplets splashing in the sea, and if they do that, their location is revealed, so it is impossible to secretly go to a place with a lot of fish and catch them.

“So, realistically, there are many fishing boats that don’t turn on their GPS.”

Moreover, there is no strong punishment for not turning it on.

“Then is it impossible to prevent them from fleeing to China?”

Lee Ji-soo asked worriedly. If the criminal flees to China, it is impossible to track or arrest them given the current situation in Korea.

“Of course, it’s not impossible.”

“Yes?”

“There aren’t that many fishing boats that help with illegal immigration.”

Park Do-joon said leisurely.

“In order to smuggle into the country, it is inevitably a port on the West Sea [Yellow Sea]. And it will be a fishing boat that operates at night.”

Of course, there are not many fishing boats that operate at night. The sea is dangerous. Of course, the night sea is more dangerous.

“And ships going out to sea must leave a departure record.”

In the first place, departure itself is impossible without leaving it.

“If a boat that doesn’t usually operate at night operates at night, it’s suspicious.”

“But there are many fishing boats that go out for night fishing, right?”

“So, we have to crack down on it once.”

“Crack down?”

“Team leader, can we get help from the Coast Guard?”

“Coast Guard? Why them?”

“I’m going to poke them once.”

Park Do-joon smiled and said.

“If we catch something, wouldn’t that be a complete jackpot? Hehehe.”

“I told you not to turn this off. I will impose a fine.”

“No, Officer Kim, this is not right. It’s difficult if you come suddenly like this.”

The man called Officer Kim said annoyedly to the man who was complaining to him.

“We have told you several times to turn on the GPS. Even for safety! But why do you keep turning it off?”

“That’s…”

“Are you secretly crossing the fishing limit line without us knowing?”

“No, it’s not.”

“What do you mean it’s not? Do you really want to be dragged to North Korea?”

“No, what North Korea…”

“Even if it’s not, you shouldn’t invade other areas’ fishing grounds! I’ll impose this for now. We will be conducting intensive crackdowns for the time being.”

“Ha… Shit, I’m going crazy. I can’t catch fish these days.”

“Then drive the boat to North Korea.”

The captain’s expression became bitter at Officer Kim’s indifferent words.

In fact, what he said is correct. In fact, some fishing boats secretly go up to the Northern Limit Line [the de facto maritime boundary between North and South Korea] and quickly catch fish.

But that is clearly illegal, and if they are captured by the North Korean military there, they will never be able to return to Korea.

But there is no place as good as that place to catch fish, so they secretly cross the limits to catch fish.

“Make sure to turn it on next time! Be sure to!”

“Okay.”

A man approached the captain as Officer Kim left.

“Captain, what should we do?”

“What should we do? We have to shut up and be quiet for the time being.”

He was annoyed by the Coast Guard, which had begun to crack down on GPS in a big way, but he couldn’t say anything about it. In fact, there are dozens of ships that go up to the Northern Limit Line every year and are chased away by the Korean Navy.

“But that… the delivery in a few days…”

“Well, there’s nothing we can do. Just turn it off slightly at that time. We’re not going up anyway.”

“Will it be okay?”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s not like we’re doing this for a day or two.”

In fact, catching fish all day long is not as profitable as something else. However, it is as dangerous as it is, but you can catch the timing well.

A Professional Profiler