My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 212

-Is it true that Jindo Group committed murder in Incheon?

-I heard they’ll cover it up no matter what.

-Wow, seriously! Is that why they’re trying to bury the fire incident too?

“……Huh?”

He was scared finding it alone. But the internet was already buzzing about it.

-Anyone in Seoul find a USB about Jindo Group or something?

-I’m in Busan, I found one.

-I’m in Incheon, me too.

-From Seosan. I found one as well.

Looking at the USBs scattered nationwide, Park Won-ho was convinced. These were spread all over the country. He felt a little relieved. This meant the chances of him being targeted and killed by Jindo Group were slim.

Courage began to rise within him. So, he posted online.

-I’m in Ulsan. I found one too.

***

If you want to negotiate with a secret, you must preserve its value to gain an advantage. But if Jindo Group has no intention of negotiating, you need to diminish its value as much as possible. And the more people know, the more the value of the secret diminishes.

“Crazy. What’s going on?”

Jin Sang-gi was dumbfounded by the situation. Incheon District 11 was an important business location, but not important enough for Jin Sang-gi to directly control.

In the first place, Jindo Construction, not Jindo Group, controlled that area.

“That’s…”

Jin Do-man gulped, sensing Jin Sang-gi’s anger. Things had gotten out of hand. The public’s fury was sky-high.

“It seems the president [of Jindo Construction] was a bit greedy, Father.”

At those words, Jin Sang-gi stared at Jin Do-man. Jin Do-man trembled under his gaze. But Jin Sang-gi said nothing more.

“How do you plan to handle this?”

“Yes?”

“This problem. Can you stop it?”

“That… I don’t think I can.”

If it had gone to the press or even been reported to the police, he could have bribed or threatened them to shut it down.

But the other side had scattered at least 10,000 USBs all over the country. He didn’t know how many, whether it was 20,000 or 30,000.

Some people would find them, format them, and use them right away.

As a result, the internet was flooded with the story, making it impossible to stop.

“You idiot.”

Jin Do-man bit his lip at Jin Sang-gi’s words.

“Clean it up at the president’s level.”

“Yes, Father.”

“And get your head straight.”

“I’m sorry.”

“You idiot. Get out.”

After Jin Do-man left, Jin Sang-gi sighed deeply.

“Who the hell is doing this…”

Of course, he knew where it started. But Hwang Do-won, who had the file, couldn’t have spread that many USBs.

In the end, someone else spread them… The problem was that he had too many enemies due to his lifestyle, so he couldn’t figure out who did it.

“Damn it.”

He had done everything to win the Incheon District 11 construction project, but now he had no choice but to give it all up.

“Hahaha, Jindo Group is apologizing and giving up the Incheon District 11 reconstruction.”

“I suppose so.”

No matter how much they tried to control the narrative, the crimes Jindo Group committed there were too big to continue the project.

In the end, Jindo Group announced its apology and its abandonment of the project.

“However, it’s truly unfortunate that the president of Jindo Construction committed suicide.”

“Whether he committed suicide or was forced to, we don’t know.”

The case wasn’t handled by Park Do-joon’s team, but another team. The investigation revealed a suicide note stating that he was taking responsibility for the situation, apologizing, and atoning with his death.

Of course, it was obvious to everyone that it was a cover-up, but that alone was enough for Jindo Group to escape the immediate spotlight.

To be precise, the police would pin all the blame on the president of Jindo Construction, and the case would end as his sole crime.

“Thanks to you, we made quite a bit. The review for Incheon District 11 started all over again.”

But Hyunseong Group had already created a favorable image, and its conditions were the best from the start, so Hyunseong Group would probably take over Incheon District 11 without any problems.

“Thanks to you, we have unexpected profits.”

“The same goes for me. I was worried because Haneul Industries had a lot of debt.”

But this time, he succeeded in clearing all the debts of Haneul Industries through short selling [betting against a stock]. Park Do-shik was very worried when he made unreasonable short sales using the money borrowed from Hyunseong and the money he could get, but as a result, he was able to make huge profits thanks to the highly successful short selling.

“Moreover, now that Jindo Group has fallen, we will be able to get work from other places.”

The conflict between Jindo Group and Hyunseong Group wasn’t a new issue. Of course, they had clashed in construction projects every time.

But now that they were sane, they wouldn’t entrust work to Jindo Construction, so they would probably be able to fight from a much more advantageous position.

“Don’t be too sure about that.”

“What?”

“What Jindo Group targeted were people without power. On the other hand, those who lead construction sites are powerful people.”

If they bribed the people who held a tight grip on the area, not the powerless people, it would be easy for them to win the construction again.

‘It actually happened before.’

Even if an apartment building under construction collapses and people die, people still entrust the construction to them again.

“Self-interest always trumps justice.”

“Self-interest trumps justice… I can’t deny that.”

Bae Deok-gi, who knew that better than anyone else, couldn’t deny those words.

# Never Knows When to Quit

“Yes?”

“He’s my man. Surely I don’t have to go all the way to Shinan [a remote island known for corruption] to meet my own man?”

Bae Deok-gi called the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency for a private meeting. He had kept his promise, so it was time to give him his reward.

“Oh, ah…”

“Haha, well… I guess I’ve been living with too much of a smile.”

Bae Deok-gi was smiling. But his smile didn’t look friendly at all.

“How long have you been the Commissioner General?”

“Three months.”

“It’s time to step down and finish your life.”

“No, that’s…”

Of course, the Commissioner General’s position changes easily, depending on political issues or power structures. But it had only been three months. And now he was being told to finish his life?

“Don’t worry about your retirement. They say the food is good in prison these days.”

The Commissioner General’s face turned pale at those words. It wasn’t a joke. He had been newly appointed after the former Commissioner General retired because of Park Do-joon, and he had been trying everything to drive Park Do-joon out, following the former Commissioner General’s request.

“These days, the Commissioner Generals don’t know their place.”

His legs trembled at Bae Deok-gi’s cold words.

‘Damn it, I’m screwed.’

The former Commissioner General had stepped down because Park Do-joon had stirred up unnecessary trouble, causing the police to be criticized. So, he had been trying to drive Park Do-joon out at all costs.

But suddenly, Hyunseong Group…

“I should have a meal with the Prosecutor General.”

If the prosecution started digging in with determination, his life would probably be over.

“I, I was wrong! Please save me!”

The Commissioner General desperately knelt before Bae Deok-gi. Pride? If he knew what he would face in prison as a police officer, he would never say such a thing.

“Do I have the ability to save you?”

“I won’t touch Detective Park Do-joon.”

“No, send him to Shinan. I’ll go to Shinan myself when I want to see him.”

“I will never… send him.”

In the end, the Commissioner General begged and begged, barely receiving forgiveness and being able to leave the place. Of course, that didn’t mean there were no hard feelings left.

“Damn it, damn it! What the hell is Park Do-joon!”

He had begged Bae Deok-gi to save him, but when he returned, his anger rose above his head.

“Commissioner, what should we do? My senior told me to kick that bastard out…”

“Hoo, kick him out? Will your senior fight with Hyunseong for us?”

“But he’s going to cause trouble again, isn’t he?”

The police university line was too solid to allow any rebuttal. If the superiors told them to kill someone, the subordinates had to kill them by any means.

“…You stupid bastard.”

The problem was that Park Do-joon was continuing to stir up trouble by touching things he shouldn’t touch.

Of course, it wasn’t bad for the police to solve cases. The problem was that the incompetence or corruption of the police kept standing out in the process.

“Damn it, I can’t kick that bastard out.”

If the chairman himself called him and warned him to the point where his life would be in danger if he touched him.

“But I can’t just leave him alone.”

The former Commissioner General had stepped down, but his friends and classmates were still at the top. If he refused the former Commissioner General’s request, it was certain that his police career would end as the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Commissioner.

“Commissioner, in this case, shouldn’t we make him leave on his own?”

“Directly? With what? Is that bastard going to leave on his own?”

He was threatening them through Hyunseong Group, not anyone else.

There was no way he would leave if they told him to leave.

“Then let’s assign him a dangerous case and get rid of him.”

“A dangerous case?”

“Why, don’t you know about ‘that case’?”

“That case?”

“Ah, Commissioner, you don’t know much about it. Actually, there is a dangerous case among the unsolved cases. It was too dangerous, so we quietly passed it over as unsolved.”

“What? What are you talking about?”

“Actually…”

The first start was a coincidence. While tracking down a drug trafficking case, the police clashed heavily with a violent organization in a certain area.

Of course, that was a common occurrence. But the organization began to retaliate against the police after the incident. They didn’t just kill the police.

Three police officers were murdered, and one police officer’s wife and one daughter were kidnapped, gang-raped, and murdered.

The police retaliate against those who touch their people, but this was too dangerous to retaliate against.

As a result, no one wanted to investigate. Revenge? Who would try to investigate when they were going to be killed and their wife or daughter was going to be kidnapped, gang-raped, and murdered?

Of course, after that incident, the police didn’t even look at the case, and after that, the case was passed over as an unsolved case.

“There was such a case?”

“Yes, if we assign him that case, those bastards will probably take care of it.”

“Oh? So what’s the name of that case?”

“Those crazy bastards, they’re bringing up the Gangryong Clan case?”

The team leader was dumbfounded and couldn’t help but laugh at the case he had received.

“Gangryong Clan? What case is that?”

“No, why is this coming to us? This isn’t a case that needs profiling?”

“Why doesn’t it need it?”

“This case doesn’t need profiling, it needs an army.”

The team leader shook his head.

“It’s a case that broke out about five years ago. It’s the Daerim-dong case…”

“Daerim-dong?”

“Yeah, a Chinese violent organization called the Gangryong Clan was formed there.”

The team leader told him what he knew. What kind of organization they were and how they retaliated.

“Honestly, it’s not like we don’t know the culprit. We know who the culprit is.”

The problem is that there is no way to subdue them.