My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 225

“But how unfair would it be to die in a shootout here?”

“…….”

At those words, the eyes of the Gangryong Clan members darted around nervously.

‘That’s right.’

Within the Gangryong Clan, dissatisfaction with their current boss was already widespread. The thought of a shootout with the police, of all things, was a heavy burden.

As Park Do-joon said, even rolling in dog poop was better than dying. If a shootout broke out, no one knew who would be the unlucky one.

“Oh, and by the way, we have a sniper aiming for your heads, so don’t make any sudden moves. Their orders are to take out the first to attack or the commander.”

Park Do-joon’s cold words further paralyzed the Gangryong Clan members.

One by one, they began to lower their weapons.

“You bastards! Pick up your weapons right now…….”

Bang!

A gunshot rang out, and sparks flew from the vehicle next to the boss. Seeing this, the boss immediately shut his mouth.

Thus, the criminals from the Gangryong Clan lowered their weapons. The police force began to encircle the yakuza.

“Take out your guns.”

The yakuza’s eyes darted around, filled with uncertainty.

“You should know, right? Your organization can no longer protect you.”

Creak.

The sound of someone grinding their teeth echoed from somewhere.

“We surrender.”

A man who appeared to be the leader stepped forward and spoke.

“Oyabun!” [Oyabun is a Japanese term for a Yakuza boss or leader.]

“It’s not wrong. If you came knowing the situation already… there’s no way out.”

Moreover, surrounded by the police like this, there was no way to get rid of the drugs. If that happened, the organization would be finished.

“We surrender.”

The man reached into his coat. The police aimed their guns, ready for anything. Slowly, the man pulled a pistol from his coat.

“I ask for leniency for my men.”

At those words, the yakuza bowed their heads deeply. Then, one by one, they knelt down.

“Arrest them quickly! Now!”

Everyone hurriedly began arresting the surrendered men, and others began to recover the weapons.

“Hoo……!”

Watching the scene, Park Do-joon wiped the sweat from the back of his neck, a result of tension he hadn’t even realized he was feeling.

“Now things will finally get resolved.”

The team leader slowly approached.

“The higher-ups were desperate to get rid of you.”

“They can’t touch me now, can they?”

The attempt to eliminate Park Do-joon had been exposed. And there was the recording. If that leaked, not only the chief but also the commissioner general would lose their jobs.

If Park Do-joon had been the only one claiming it, it would have been dismissed as nonsense, but now that it had been proven true, that recording would become a noose around their necks.

“Anyway, it’s a relief.”

“What is?”

“Strictly speaking, this is the Gyeonggi Northern Police’s jurisdiction, right? They’re going to have a lot of paperwork, so they’ll be suffering.”

“So you’re saying it’s okay as long as it’s not your job?”

“Yes, hahaha. Well, I’m a civil servant, aren’t I?”

Park Do-joon chuckled.

The media was in an uproar. The Gangryong Clan and the yakuza’s deal. Over 140 people were arrested, and 15 guns were found in their possession.

In reality, that wasn’t the most important thing. What shocked people was the sheer quantity of drugs.

“800 kilograms of drugs… That’s insane.”

Jung Yi-yeon was watching the news and muttered unconsciously while eating.

The largest amount of drugs in history had entered Korea without any problems. Horrified by the simple operation of transporting them along with fish, the Korean government announced that it would establish a precise monitoring system for all incoming seafood transport vehicles.

“Well, crime evolves, after all.”

Park Do-joon shook his head. He had never heard of such a system before his regression, so it seemed they had been using it without getting caught.

‘When I think about it, the drugs were practically pickled.’

There was a time when the number of drug addicts in Korea increased dramatically, and Park Do-joon felt a little relieved, thinking that the drugs that came in at that time might have entered in this way. Because that future no longer existed.

“But, sunbae [Sunbae is a Korean term for a senior colleague or mentor], you know.”

“Yeah?”

“How did you resolve that?”

“What?”

“I mean, how did you get those guys to surrender so easily?”

The police had anticipated a shootout in the worst-case scenario. But they surrendered 140 people without a shootout, or even a single fight.

All that was used were a few warning shots.

“Well, we were the ones who shot first, after all.”

They expected them to have guns, but the first to shoot were the police special forces who approached in hiding.

“By doing so, we demonstrated our firepower and the possibility of using firearms.”

They could directly show their intention to use guns because they used guns. Of course, they didn’t even use guns, so they might have felt unfairly targeted.

“But why only one shot?”

“Well, because of the noise.”

“Noise?”

“When people enter combat, adrenaline is extremely high.”

And gunshots and other threats tend to stimulate a person’s survival instincts.

“But the strange thing is… sniping raises that threat to the extreme while calming down the excitement.”

“What are you talking about? That?”

“Why do you think urban warfare is a headache when there are snipers?”

“I don’t know. I’m exempt from military service. Ehehet!”

“Of course, you’re exempt. To put it simply, it’s like this. It’s not a stray bullet.”

Bullets fired without aiming are called stray bullets. So, everyone knows that they can be hit by stray bullets on the battlefield. That’s actually true. On the battlefield, hundreds of thousands of bullets are used to hit one person.

Aiming and shooting as taught in training camp?

Surprisingly, very few people actually do that.

Because of the instinct to protect themselves, they can’t stick their heads out, and at the same time, they can’t see because of the psychological burden of killing someone.

In fact, during World War II, the percentage of soldiers who aimed and shot was less than 30%, and even though the United States succeeded in increasing it to the 60% range through training and brainwashing.

Even after such training, the trauma that followed is still a problem.

“That stray bullet, conversely, means that you might not get hit if you’re lucky. That’s actually the case.”

In modern warfare, more people die from artillery fire or bombing than from being shot.

There’s a reason why artillery is called the king of modern warfare.

“But sniping is not like that. One shot, one kill. From the perspective of the person being targeted, it focuses the sense of crisis on themselves.”

You might think that you might not get hit while charging with a stray bullet, but a sniper makes you feel the psychological pressure that he’s only targeting you.

In fact, snipers react very quickly, and most of the time, someone’s head flies off as soon as they show themselves.

“The difference between the possibility of dying and the certainty of dying is enormous from the perspective of the person involved.”

Even trained soldiers freeze and can’t move when they encounter a sniper in the city. There’s a reason why even the US military calls in fighter jets and pours millions of dollars worth of missiles when a sniper is suspected on the battlefield.

“Since we showed the presence of a sniper through shooting, they can’t move.”

The first to move dies. That’s the situation that’s bound to be ingrained in their minds.

“Moreover, since they have no respect or trust in their superiors, they try to save themselves in such a situation.”

In fact, in such a situation, if an officer shouts for a reckless charge to soldiers who don’t trust him, he’s killed on the spot. Even if he somehow survives, he’ll be fragged [Fragged means intentionally killed by another soldier] afterward.

From the soldiers’ point of view, someone who didn’t have to die died because of that bastard, and they might be next.

“Well, my brother also said that 50% of Korean officers will have holes in the back of their heads if a war breaks out.”

“Ah, right. You said your brother is a soldier, right?”

“Yeah, he said they’ll start by putting holes in the battalion commander’s head if a war breaks out.”

Park Do-joon chuckled. Well, he understands.

“Anyway, that’s why I made them unable to move. If they can’t move, they can’t run away.”

“But still, how did you get them to surrender?”

“The Gangryong Clan brought in outside personnel to fill the ranks.”

The problem is that by doing so, the numbers may have increased, but the morale decreased.

Clan members will do as they’re told because they’re used to getting perks, but the guys who came along came to make money and suddenly got caught up in a shootout.

“Of course, those guys will surrender without even looking.”

In a situation where the best-case scenario is getting caught and going to jail, and the worst-case scenario is dying, no matter how tempted they were by money, they won’t keep fighting.

“And surrender is an atmosphere.”

One of the dumbest things to do in the history of warfare is to put defeated troops directly into another unit to fill the numbers.

Of course, the numbers increase, but the morale and fear of the defeated soldiers are transmitted, lowering the overall combat power of the unit.

So, the defeated unit should be pulled back and投入 [投入 (tou ru) means to put into or invest in] after a minimum of 3 months of retraining.

“But that number is as many as 20 people.”

If 20 people surrender, will the weak-hearted just stand by? Of course, those guys will also surrender.

20 becomes 40, then 60… eventually, everyone gives up resisting.

“And once one side collapses, the rest is instantaneous. The yakuza side was already making a last-ditch effort.”

“Last-ditch effort?”

“In Japan, they call it the ‘head family,’ right? That side is collapsing… no, it’s already collapsed, with this incident.”

Japan has been working hard for a long time to eradicate the yakuza, and in fact, many yakuza were collapsing. But the yakuza they belonged to made a big mistake, becoming a target of the Japanese government. They needed a lot of money to appease the Japanese government at all costs.

Because the Japanese government is still swayed by bribes. The problem is that their accounts are already blocked.

“Those drugs were all that organization had.”

Since they would have been털릴 [털릴 (teol-lil) means to be robbed or cleaned out] by the government if they stayed still, their plan was to sell it to secure money and reverse the atmosphere.

But with that plan failing, the Japanese yakuza can no longer hold on and are collapsing completely.

“It’s like a complete adventure 활극 [활극 (hwalgeuk) means action film]! Swish, swish!”

“No, it’s not that much. But what’s the matter? Coming here at this hour?”

Park Do-joon asked, putting the last spoonful of 국밥 [국밥 (gukbap) is a Korean rice soup] in his mouth. It was hard to call it a lunch date because of the distance.

Even though their workplaces are in the same city, Seoul, they have to cross the heart of Gangnam to get here, so they have to give up their lunch break.

“Ah, well. There’s someone who wants to meet sunbae.”

“Who? Are you leaking my personal information these days?”

“No, it’s… it’s not because of the case, but because of ‘that human’.”

“That human?”

“Han Seong-gi.”

Park Do-joon’s expression became strange at those words. Han Seong-gi, who quit the police and went to work for Hong Woo-jong. But someone wants to ask about him?

“Who is it?”

“Hong Geun-jong.”

“Hong Geun-jong? Who’s that?”

And at the next words, Park Do-joon was speechless.

“Assemblyman Hong Woo-jong’s older brother.”

History began to roll in an unexpected direction.”