My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 261

“Kuaaaak!”

Four people clutched at their eyes, rolling around on the ground.

“Huh? What’s going on?”

Naturally, the commotion was loud enough to draw everyone’s attention. Exploiting this distraction, the mercenaries who had been fighting made their move.

Zaid’s group thought five of them were bait, but it was the other way around. Two mercenaries were the bait. They had done their job well enough.

“Flashbang up front!”

The remaining five didn’t understand the unfamiliar Korean and froze. However, the two who were fighting quickly turned, covered their eyes, and lay down, shielding their ears.

Then, the flashbang detonated among them, unleashing a blinding light and deafening sound.

Boom!

“Ugh!”

“It’s a grenade!”

Those without military knowledge screamed and fell backward. Simultaneously, the military corporation’s mercenaries, who had been hiding in the desert, rushed out.

“Grab them! Arrest them all!”

In the chaotic situation, the criminals couldn’t resist.

“Aaaagh!”

Clubs rained down on them, and they could only curl up and scream. Before long, they were completely bound and forced to sit side by side in the middle of the desert.

“Couldn’t even last a day.”

Park Do-joon emerged, chuckling. He looked too clean-cut to be the man who had orchestrated the operation. Even the two women, who had been wearing revealing nightgowns when they entered the tent, were now in bulletproof vests with ballistic plates, properly holding rifles like mercenaries.

“Uh, how…?”

“Ah? That?”

Park Do-joon chuckled at Zaid’s bewildered muttering. Though they didn’t speak the same language, he seemed to understand what Zaid was curious about.

“Guess your taste is American?”

“American?”

“Otherwise, you would have known something was off, right?”

Of course, in a situation where bullets could fly at any moment, it was impossible to have relations with women. Besides, mercenaries aren’t prostitutes. Making such a request would likely result in a bullet in the employer’s head instead of the enemy’s.

“It’s like this.”

Park Do-joon held up his phone, saying,

“Made in Japan.”

“J-Japan!”

Zaid’s jaw dropped as he realized the trap he had fallen into, but it was too late now.

“What is the meaning of this?”

“What?”

“Why are you intimidating us like this!”

“Are you kidding me?”

At that moment, someone spoke up first. As if telepathically, the others understood the meaning and started shouting as well.

“This is unfair!”

“Just a little dispute, this is too much!”

“We’re going to report this to the police!”

“What are these bastards saying?”

Someone who had been hiding with his troops couldn’t help but get annoyed. These guys were conveniently leaving out the part where they were planning to attack and were simply claiming that the mercenaries were using excessive force over a mere argument.

“Should we just kill them?”

The female bodyguards frowned at the sight. But as if anticipating their reaction, Park Do-joon chuckled and looked at someone.

“You have the recording, right?”

“Yes.”

“Bring it and show it to them.”

“Understood.”

He brought the pre-recorded video and showed it to the men who were being held separately.

-Don’t worry. Do you think these bastards would tell their families, ‘I’m going to kill some people and come back’? No one will know.

-If we give it to those guys too, it’s only 1.1 million dollars per person.

Zaid’s group looked dazed as they heard themselves talking about killing people. They hadn’t expected this.

In fact, Park Do-joon already knew there were guns in Zaid’s vehicle.

So, while they were busy plotting, he had a mercenary hide under the car with a small camera to record Zaid’s words.

“Zaid, you son of a bitch!”

“You betrayed us?”

“It’s him! He’s the ringleader!”

The men, with madness in their eyes, were raging and shouting. But they didn’t know.

That even that was being recorded from a distance.

Turning Zaid’s group over to the police wasn’t difficult. The evidence was clear, and they were shouting out their crimes.

“They killed a lot of people.”

As expected, Zaid’s group were repeat offenders. They had been raping and killing female customers or female tourists whenever they felt safe, with over twenty victims. Of course, they had also stolen their money.

“Did you know all of this?”

“Well, roughly.”

Go Gwang-soo clicked his tongue. He had solved a case that even the local police and the Korean embassy had given up on in such a short time.

“Profiling is impossible if you don’t understand the criminals’ deficiencies. If you misunderstand, the analysis will be completely wrong.”

Park Do-joon smiled at Go Gwang-soo.

“The reason everyone couldn’t get the right direction in this case is that they thought the criminal was a rapist.”

But looking at the essence of the case, rape was more of a secondary reward. Rather, the essence of the case was closer to robbery. Dissatisfaction with their own wealth. And the reality of not being able to marry in that situation.

“If it were Korea, rape probably wouldn’t have happened.”

“Yes? Why?”

“Because Korea has well-developed entertainment.”

From the criminal’s perspective, rape is a dangerous act that could leave their genetic traces. So Korean robbers prefer to steal money and go to entertainment districts with that money.

If there is no physical contact, there is no chance of leaving DNA.

“But Saudi Arabia is different.”

Since entertainment is extremely limited, some ordinary people live their whole lives without even holding a woman’s hand.

Of course, most people form families through marriage, but in some cases, they can’t. Moreover, Saudi Arabia’s polygamy system exacerbates such situations.

“If you don’t properly understand the characteristics of Saudi Arabia, it’s hard to solve the case.”

“Umm…”

Go Gwang-soo could only groan at Park Do-joon’s words. He couldn’t understand it no matter how much he thought about it. Well, who would easily understand the world of a profiler?

“Anyway, the criminals have been arrested, so I feel a bit relieved. As a Korean.”

Even though it was a kind of ploy to bring Park Do-joon in, a Korean had clearly died.

“I don’t know what will happen to Zaid.”

“Well, there’s no need to think about it for long. It’s the death penalty.”

Saudi Arabia still has the death penalty, and human rights are not well recognized. There is no way to survive after causing such serial killings in such a country.

“Well, that’s what I expected.”

Park Do-joon nodded at those words. He had thought that the criminal would not survive from the beginning.

“This problem has been solved, but it seems like we will have a problem.”

“You mean the Aranfiate project.”

“Yes, I’ve looked around, and it seems like Park Do-joon’s prediction is correct.”

From below, they are desperately saying that China is not an option, and they are making a fuss, saying that they would rather give it to Europe or the United States, but the person in charge is pushing that it has to be China.

“We are appealing in every way we can, but there is no answer.”

Go Gwang-soo shook his head.

“What is the name of that person in charge?”

“It’s Kasad Al-Ujiz.”

“Yes?”

Park Do-joon tilted his head at those words. The current royal family is the Saud family.

“Ujiz? Not Saud?”

“Yes, to be exact, he is a relative of the royal family by marriage. The person in charge of this project is a member of the royal family.”

“Ah!”

Park Do-joon immediately understood the situation. Saudi Arabia uses extreme monarchy policies. Because of this, all ministers must be members of the royal family.

But would the royal minister really care about everything? Of course not. In Korea, it is now taboo to get a job through school ties and regional ties, and it is considered a matter of fairness, but in Saudi Arabia, it is natural to share power with those around you when you seize power.

“It seems that the minister is not doing it directly and has entrusted it to the vice minister.”

“That’s right.”

And that vice minister is a relative of the current minister’s wife.

He is trying to entrust the project to China in exchange for a huge bribe, and the current minister is condoning it.

“So, I’m trying to persuade them in every way I can, but it’s not easy. No, in the first place, they are refusing to meet with us. Externally, they are raising the issue of fairness…”

That can’t be true. It seems obvious that they are avoiding it because they are worried that China will raise the issue.

In this state, they have no choice but to lose.

“I guess there’s no way?”

Park Do-joon stroked his chin at those words. Certainly, in this case, the case is complicated.

“To be honest… the profile of power-type corruption is almost incomplete.”

“Yes?”

What is this all of a sudden? He clearly said that it was not impossible?

“I heard you said it was possible before?”

“Of course, it is possible. But you should know in advance that the profiling is not complete.”

“No, why?”

“Power-type corruption is ultimately about crimes committed by the upper echelons, so would they just let you analyze it?”

“Ah…”

“Of course, some investigations and academic research related to it are being conducted.”

However, such things are strictly classified as confidential in each country. Because if such things leak out, it will be too easy for the people to recognize what kind of crimes the upper echelons are committing.

“But even so, depending on the situation, there is a way to solve the case.”

“Is that possible? It’s not a presidential system.”

If it is a presidential system, they can raise this issue through the people and the media, but Saudi Arabia is a monarchy, and the key person in this development is a relative of the royal family.

“Ah, that’s right. But there’s something you’re forgetting.”

“What is it?”

“A relative of the royal family is not exactly a precious existence in Saudi Arabia.”

Go Gwang-soo could only tilt his head at those words. An absolute monarchy. In that monarchy, a relative of the royal family is not a precious existence?

But as Park Do-joon explained the situation, he realized that they were making a serious mistake.

“Before the current king, the succession to the throne was through brother inheritance. Right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“But this time, the new crown prince led a coup and ousted the existing crown prince and took his place.”

“So?”

“Then what seems to have changed?”

“Well? I don’t know…”

“It has changed from brother inheritance to father-son inheritance.”

“Profilers must see a lot and read the situation. And they must also consider the impact that political decisions can have on individuals.”