My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 264

‘Yeah, I don’t care if his sexual preferences are a bit rough. As long as it’s consensual. Isn’t that how everyone is? Everyone has a dual nature. The fact that he shows it to me means he trusts me, right?’

Rationalizing like that, Han Seong-gi said to Hong Woo-jong.

“There are too many risks in messing with Hong Geun-jong. I’ve looked around, but he doesn’t have any women besides his wife, and he’s not having affairs.”

“I know that.”

Watching Han Seong-gi make excuses, Hong Woo-jong felt a fire burning inside.

‘He knows politics well, but he has no sense.’

What he wanted was to get rid of Hong Geun-jong by any means necessary. And when he told him to find a way, he meant to find a killer if necessary. But Han Seong-gi was still only looking for legally vulnerable points.

‘Damn it, but I can’t just throw him away.’

Whatever else, Han Seong-gi’s psychological tactics in this victory were outstanding. In fact, nothing dramatically changes just because a National Assembly member gets a second term. It’s just less blatant than groveling.

But thanks to Han Seong-gi’s psychological warfare, he succeeded in deceiving everyone around him and changing his image to that of a young, next-generation politician.

“Okay, get out. And tell Secretary Kwak to come in.”

“Yes.”

Han Seong-gi bowed and left, and a moment later, a man came inside.

“Secretary Kwak, how is it going?”

“Is there really no way with Han Seong-gi?”

“That idiot hasn’t crossed the final line yet.”

“If he can’t cross it, he’ll remain an idiot to the end.”

Kwak, smirking, stared silently at the door Han Seong-gi had left through before quietly speaking.

“Our side is ready.”

“Really?”

“Yes, but we need to create a suitable opportunity, which isn’t easy.”

“Hmm, is that so.”

Hong Woo-jong’s eyes flashed. He could create the right opportunity himself.

“The preparation is sufficient, right?”

“Accidents happen everywhere. Hehehe.”

At those words, Hong Woo-jong grinned.

“Yes, truly unfortunate accidents happen everywhere. Hehehe.”

Hong Geun-jong felt uneasy. It was because what Park Do-joon had said kept swirling in his head.

“Chairman, what are you thinking so hard about?”

“I’m upset about what that guy Park Do-joon said.”

“Well, he’s probably just acting up without knowing his place. Because he has Hyunseong behind him.”

“Yeah, but….”

Of course, it’s not like he hasn’t seen guys like that before. But he seemed to know his brother, Hong Woo-jong, well, which made him even more uneasy, let alone a guy doing it alone.

‘Hong Woo-jong… Haa, this is driving me crazy.’

Hong Woo-jong isn’t normal. Of course, Hong Geun-jong can’t be praised for having a good personality either. Hong Geun-jong is also a typical psychopath.

‘Both in reality.’

In the past, Hong Woo-jong killed and dissected a dog he raised at home and was caught, and he hit a young woman he liked in the back of the head and raped her.

His father spent a lot of money to cover up the incident, so officially it doesn’t exist.

‘Back then, that guy was really crazy.’

His eyes were exactly like that.

‘What did I do wrong?’ that kind of look.

So he secretly called a psychiatrist for a test, and Hong Woo-jong was diagnosed as a psychopath. A very severe psychopath. Of course, the family was turned upside down.

The current Hong Woo-jong? That was actually the effect of learning. Hong Woo-jong isn’t the nice politician the public knows. After he was diagnosed as a psychopath, his father hid it and called an acting professor to teach Hong Woo-jong how to act like a normal person.

So Hong Woo-jong is better at acting than anyone else. He acts without sincerity from beginning to end, yet no one recognizes it.

‘I can’t say that.’

The problem is that Hong Woo-jong is a psychopath, but he’s not without ambition. Why did Hong Woo-jong go into politics? Simply for the company? No.

It’s because his father has no intention of handing over the company to Hong Woo-jong, who is a psychopath. And the political world is a good place for such a psychopath to be active.

Because as long as you wear a mask, no one can touch you in the political arena. And Hong Geun-jong knows. He knows that Hong Woo-jong has a lot of dissatisfaction with that fact. But he also knows that he can’t say it out loud.

“Haa, he’s my brother, but he’s really hopeless.”

“Are you talking about Assemblyman Hong Woo-jong?”

“Yeah.”

“Wouldn’t it be enough to scold him 적당히 [moderately]?”

“적당히 [Moderately]? You’re saying that because you don’t know Woo-jong.”

He doesn’t have ‘적당히 [moderation].’ Hong Woo-jong is a typical smart psychopath.

‘I should have listened to the doctor.’

The doctor said that not all psychopaths become serial killers and that there is an appropriate education method for them. If Hong Woo-jong had actually been educated with that method, there might not have been any problems.

But instead, his father taught him how to wear a mask and how to pick out prey that wouldn’t cause problems even if he touched them.

As a result, Hong Woo-jong, who was initially just a simple psychopath, has now become a monster. He doesn’t say it out loud, but he knows that there are violent organizations behind him.

“Damn it.”

His father told Hong Woo-jong that since they were family, it would be okay as long as he didn’t touch them, but what does family mean to a psychopath in the first place?

Of course, it’s not like it doesn’t exist at all, but he’s different. Strictly speaking, he’s not family to Hong Woo-jong. He’s a kind of rival and obstacle.

“I feel uneasy.”

Because he knows Hong Woo-jong better than anyone, even his father, he couldn’t hide his uneasiness.

“If you’re so uneasy, you should meet Park Do-joon again.”

“One more time?”

It’s humiliating, but it’s also a method.

“No. Let’s stop.”

However, Hong Geun-jong shook his head and refused.

“I don’t think that guy will help easily.”

And in the first place, even if it’s Hong Woo-jong, he can’t easily harm him. Because the family all knows he’s a psychopath, so if someone kills him, the family will report him first.

Besides, he’s the successor to the group anyway. He hardly has any time alone. There’s no way a killer would enter the chairman’s office at the company, and when he goes outside, he’s always accompanied by a driver and a secretary.

“Young master, we’ve arrived.”

As he was trying to shake off his worries, the driver who was driving said as he stopped the car.

“Oh. Okay.”

Today is the groundbreaking ceremony for a new factory. However, it’s not a big factory, so he’s participating instead of his father.

“There’s nothing here.”

“Not yet.”

The land still has forests around it. In fact, this isn’t a good place for a factory site. It hasn’t been developed as a factory area.

But this area is scheduled for redevelopment within a few years. The company, which obtained this fact in advance, is forcibly expanding the factory to aim for a profit from the market price difference.

Of course, once the groundbreaking ceremony is done, they will postpone it day by day and not build the building. After all, it’s a place that will increase at least 10 times in a few years.

Today’s event is just a show to legitimately and without any problems own this place.

“Let’s go quickly. Ugh, a bug.”

Getting out of the car, Hong Geun-jong frowned and waved his hand at the flying bugs.

“Let’s just take pictures and go.”

Hong Geun-jong said with a frown, and the employees who were waiting for the three of them approached.

“Welcome, young master.”

“We’ve been waiting.”

The future chairman. Since the chairman has arrived, everyone bowed to show their best side.

“It’s annoying, so let’s just take some pictures and go. I hate bugs.”

“Yes, sir.”

They led the way to the groundbreaking site. At that moment, Hong Geun-jong frowned and asked.

“What the hell is that noise?”

It wasn’t a joke, but he could really hear a dog barking in the distance.

“There are several dog farms around here.”

“Dog farms?”

“Yes, they raise and sell 식용견 [dogs for consumption].”

“Dog meat in this day and age, how barbaric.”

Hong Geun-jong clicked his tongue and hurried to the groundbreaking site. But as he was going, Hong Geun-jong felt strange.

Woof woof!

No matter how he listened, the dog barking was getting closer and closer.

“What is it?”

“What’s wrong?”

“Isn’t the dog barking getting closer?”

“Indeed…….”

If it’s a dog farm, they would naturally keep the dogs locked up and raise them. They haven’t moved a long distance, so there’s no way the dog barking would get this close.

Furthermore, this entire area has been purchased by the company. So, unless it’s from far away, there’s no way you’d hear this kind of noise nearby.

“It looks like a few stray dogs are wandering around.”

“Stray dogs?”

“The guys who run dog farms just release the dogs and run away when the farm goes bankrupt. Because dog farms are illegal.”

“Those ignorant bastards…….”

As he was clicking his tongue and trying to move his feet again, Hong Geun-jong flinched. The dark place in the forest. A dog was revealing itself there.

“What stray dog is here……. Uh oh oh!”

At that moment, dozens of dogs jumped out of the forest.

Woof woof!

Grrrr!

Woof!

“Aaaagh!”

People screamed as the dogs rushed at them.

“Kkeuaaagh!”

“Help me!”

The dogs didn’t hesitate to bite people.

Hong Geun-jong, who was behind them, was filled with fear.

“Eueoeoeo!”

Hong Geun-jong desperately turned around and ran back to the car.

“Aaaagh!”

At that moment, he heard the driver’s scream from behind.

“Eua!”

Hong Geun-jong ran madly to the car and pulled the door to hide inside. But the door wouldn’t open.

Of course. The driver had locked the door. And the driver with the key was being bitten by the dogs in the back.

Grrrr…….

The low growl of a dog behind him. Hong Geun-jong trembled and turned his head, and several dogs were staring at him.

Woof!

“Aaaagh!”

Hong Geun-jong screamed, but there was no one to come and help him.

“Hey! It’s a mess. It’s a mess.”

The news was buzzing about the attack on Hong Geun-jong. It couldn’t be helped because it was an incident where the successor of the Daeguk Group, of all people, was bitten by a dog. No, it’s not just that he was bitten by a dog.

“I heard there are four deaths?”

Park Do-joon said, handing a coffee to Jung Yi-yeon, who was watching the news.

“Yeah. I heard the on-site worker and the driver died.”

Jung Yi-yeon said, staring intently at the news on her phone.

“Hong Geun-jong was lucky to survive.”

“Well, that’s what they say, but he doesn’t seem to be okay.”

“Really?”

“You’re a police officer, 선배님 [sunbae-nim, a senior/mentor], don’t you know?”

“No, it’s not a murder case, it’s a 현장 [hyeonjang, on-site] incident, how would I know? Besides, I heard he was attacked by a pack of stray dogs?”

That’s something the 현장 [hyeonjang, on-site] police should take care of, not something a profiler like Park Do-joon should do.

천직이 프로파일러 [Cheonjigi peurofailleo, a born profiler]