My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 260

“But this changes everything.”

Park Do-joon kicked the trunk, nearly the size of a human torso. Not all of its contents were real money. Only the bundle he’d handed over contained genuine bills; the rest was filled with one-dollar bills.

Moreover, he showed them two such trunks.

“That’s enough money to change their lives, enough for them to take the risk.”

Enough for them to risk even the death of someone in their gang.

“But are the conditions really that strict?”

The blonde woman, who had been clinging to Park Do-joon moments before, asked, her curiosity piqued.

She was no ordinary person. A member of the Norwegian Hunting Squad (a Norwegian special forces unit), she’d been specially hired from a different private military company to solve this case.

“I’m going to take them down in one go.”

“In one go?”

“The conditions I’ve requested can’t be met by just one person.”

From the tent to the bathtub, the water to fill it, the food and drinks, and the convenience facilities…

“If Zaid is really the culprit, and if, as expected, he has a gang, who do you think he’ll bring?”

“Ah!”

Bringing a third party would only increase the number of people to kill. He’d have no choice but to bring his colleagues for his own safety.

“The more people there are, the more secure they’ll feel.”

It’s a natural human instinct to compensate for a lack of combat ability with numbers.

“Besides, I’ve given them a reasonable excuse.”

Installing everything Park Do-joon requested would require a lot of manpower.

“He’ll probably bring his whole gang.”

No matter how lenient Saudi Arabia is towards men, murder is punishable by death. They wouldn’t want to put themselves in danger.

“But if he’s not the culprit, aren’t we just throwing money away?”

It was true that the Hyunseong Group had provided this money. But if he wasn’t the culprit, it would only cause headaches later.

“Don’t worry. We’ll know that on the first day.”

“Yes?”

The two didn’t understand Park Do-joon’s words. At that moment, Zaid and his gang were in a serious discussion.

“Isn’t this dangerous?”

“Not at all. Did you see those trunks? Two of them. How much do you think is in there? At least 10 million dollars.”

And 10 million dollars is enough to change your life, even in Saudi Arabia.

“And with that money, we can get married too.”

A subtle expectation began to dawn in the eyes of the gang members.

“But I heard there are bodyguards coming?”

“We’ll just ambush them. Who’s going to know if we shoot them from behind anyway?”

It would be a different story if there were many bodyguards, but with just two, it was definitely doable.

“We have more people anyway.”

“Are you going to call everyone?”

“We’ll need more people to move the luggage anyway.”

“I guess so.”

So we’ll just shoot them from behind.

If two people cause a distraction in the front and then two people shoot from behind, the bodyguards are finished. The other black-haired guy won’t be armed anyway.

They would kill those bastards, have their fill of the women, and then return. The desert would cover up all the bodies afterward, as always.

“Let’s do it that way. So, is there a good place?”

“I know a good place. Hehehe.”

Park Do-joon quietly said, watching the vehicle following behind him.

“I was right.”

“What do you mean?”

“My prediction was correct.”

Zaid Otaibi smiled, turning his head. He had no choice but to do so. The words he had just spoken were in Korean. He had even acted like a jerk in Korean, just in case they understood the language, but they didn’t.

That’s why Park Do-joon was able to communicate a little.

“The preparations are thorough, right?”

“Yes, we’re fully prepared.”

The female bodyguard, acting as Park Do-joon’s secretary, nodded.

“It’ll probably be tonight.”

“Tonight?”

“I’ll tell you later.”

Park Do-joon smiled and looked at Zaid, just in case, and then said with a smile.

And after arriving in the desert and while Zaid’s gang was setting up the tent, he told the others.

“They’re going to attack tonight.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“They don’t have any lodging supplies.”

“Yes? But there’s a tent over there?”

“That means they don’t have their own.”

“Ah!”

The desert night is harsh. The desert is insanely hot during the day, but the temperature drops drastically at night. There’s a saying that you die of heatstroke during the day and freeze to death at night in the desert.

Of course, you don’t really freeze to death, but the temperature difference is that extreme.

“But they didn’t bring any of the supplies they need for lodging.”

From tents to heating equipment, they have nothing.

“It would be a stupid thing to do unless they’re planning to share my tent.”

So-called desert experts forgetting to bring their own tents? That’s impossible. That means they’re not planning to sleep here.

“It has to be today.”

Kim Woo-sung, who came as a bodyguard, nodded as if he understood.

“Yes, they probably want to get it over with as soon as possible from their perspective.”

So the crime has to be today.

“How are the other preparations going?”

“Everything’s finished. It was a bit tough, though.”

“Let’s see tonight.”

Park Do-joon said with a smirk.

Late at night. A woman’s unfamiliar moans echoed from the large tent.

“Ah-ing!”

“Ah, damn it.”

The sound was so loud that even the gang members who were a bit away were getting restless.

“Wow, she’s really loud.”

“Good, what’s the matter? There’s no one to hear it anyway.”

Zaid’s gang, gathered a short distance from the tent, looked around. Park Do-joon’s request was to set up camp in the middle of the desert, atop a sand dune, making it easy to survey the surroundings. Of course, there was no one around, making it even easier for them to keep watch.

No one comes to the desert in the middle of the night anyway. Moreover, this wasn’t just the outskirts; it was a place three hours inland.

Naturally, no one goes there.

“Soon, those bitches will be screaming like that under us.”

“Hehehe……”

The gang members’ eyes were already glazed over with lust.

“Zaid, when are we going to do it? Shouldn’t we start soon?”

One of the gang members said impatiently. Seeing the women laughing and chatting in bikinis in the bathtub in the middle of the desert, their lust was driving them crazy.

“We should start soon.”

Zaid slowly got up.

“You five, go cause some trouble with those bastards. We’ll attack from behind.”

“Why us?”

“Then should I do it?”

At those words, they all pouted but eventually did as they were told. Zaid, who provided all the opportunities in this gang, was ultimately the boss.

“Don’t worry. We’ll split the money equally.”

“That sounds even more unfair.”

The gang members grumbled but eventually went to do their job. Zaid, after confirming that they were slowly heading towards the mercenaries, went to the vehicle with the remaining four members. And there, they took out the guns they had hidden.

“There won’t be any problems, right?”

“What problems could there be? There are only two of them.”

Even if there were two mercenaries and they were skilled professionals in combat, that didn’t mean bullets wouldn’t penetrate them.

“If we shoot them from behind, they’ll all die anyway.”

Zaid, holding his AK rifle, glared with wild eyes. A colleague said to him.

“That’s not the problem, Zaid. What about the others?”

“The others?”

“No, I mean… you know.”

“Don’t worry. Do you think those bastards came here after telling their families, ‘I’m going to go kill some people’? No one will know.”

In fact, Zaid had no intention of keeping the other five alive from the start. It was okay to rape the women. Nothing would disappear or anything just because they were raped together. Well, their turn would always be first, though.

But this was money.

A huge amount of money. A whopping 10 million dollars. But if you think about it differently, it’s just 10 million dollars.

“If we give it to those bastards, it’s only about 1.1 million dollars per person.”

In Korean currency, that’s about 1.2 billion won [approximately $900,000 USD]. It’s definitely not a small amount, but in Saudi Arabia, where money is overflowing, 1.1 million dollars? It’s not enough money to change your life.

What can you do with just 1.1 million dollars in a country with gold vending machines in the middle of the street?

“Hmm……”

Of course, it was much more profitable to kill the remaining five and then divide it.

“And it’s not like we’re good at shooting, right? We have to consider the possibility of missing.”

They act like desert travel pros, talking about adventure travel and whatnot, but Saudi Arabia is full of experts who have received military training from the start.

Their level is just about the level of a private who has just come out of training camp in Korea.

“That’s true. There could be an accident.”

“No. There has to be an accident. Hehehe.”

Zaid smiled and checked the magazine. Then he slowly lowered his body and headed towards the bodyguards.

“Are you ignoring us right now?”

“Are you ignoring us, you foreign bastards?”

“Stop it. This is dangerous behavior.”

“What do you mean stop? Where do these outsiders think they are……”

As planned, the gang was drawing the bodyguards’ attention. The bodyguards were looking at them, raising their hands to their guns and being on guard, but of course, they weren’t paying any attention to the back.

“The tent is quiet?”

“At this point, they’ll feel strange signs even inside the tent.”

Perhaps that’s why the moans from the tent had disappeared at some point.

“Well, it’ll be noisy again soon, what. Hehehe.”

They just need to enjoy themselves as much as they want and disappear before the smell of blood and gunpowder fades. The desert will take care of all the traces anyway.

“Approach quietly.”

The four people slowly approached. And when they got close enough, they aimed their guns. There was no need to aim precisely. They were going to kill them all anyway.

“Today, our lives will change.”

Zaid said that and was about to pull the trigger. At that moment, something suddenly flew towards them.

“Huh?”

Zaid didn’t know what it was. It was something that looked like a can.

But it didn’t take long to realize that it was a so-called stun grenade. Because it exploded right in front of their eyes.

Boom!

A loud explosion was heard, and their ears rang for a moment. Even though stun grenades are said to be more effective indoors, it’s a different story if they explode right in front of your eyes.

Moreover, it was the middle of the night, and they were staring intently to shoot.