My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 265

“What’s Hong Geun-jong’s condition?”

“Well, Daeguk Group hasn’t released any information, so we don’t know. They’re incredibly secretive.”

“I guess we have no choice.”

Daeguk Group, having started as a defense contractor, is steeped in secrecy throughout the company. Even official business is shrouded in it, making it nearly impossible to get information from the outside.

“By the way, it’s been a while since we’ve had a date like this, Detective.”

“Yeah.”

A nighttime date after a major case is resolved. A typical life for ordinary office workers.

‘It feels so unfamiliar.’

Thinking back before the regression, I spent more nights out than at home.

‘I don’t know why I lived so desperately.’

It’s so much easier to let go a little.

“By the way, Detective.”

“Yeah?”

“When are you going to introduce me to your family?”

“Ah, well, soon?”

“No, let’s set a date first.”

“Hey, something seems different about you?”

“What do you mean?”

“Usually, guys imagine seeing grandkids even if you just brush their hand, but why are you already talking about setting a date?”

“I’m determined to get married quickly.”

“Instead of working?”

“My dream is to be a supermom.”

“You might think differently when you’re actually in it.”

The two of them bantered like any ordinary couple. But the conversation didn’t last long. Park Do-joon’s phone started ringing like crazy.

“Huh? What’s going on?”

“What is it?”

“It’s the team leader?”

“Did some major incident happen?”

“I don’t know? Besides, he’s on duty today, isn’t he?”

No matter how capable Park Do-joon is, he can’t do everything. Naturally, all cases are handled in rotation, and there’s someone on duty at the police station today.

Profiler work rarely involves urgent tasks that require immediate dispatch to catch a criminal.

So, most cases, when received, are either handled by the person on duty that day or reassigned the next day.

“Aren’t you going to answer it?”

“Ah, seriously… I want to quit at times like this.”

“Why don’t you quit?”

“What?”

“My father was already asking me to ask you, but have you ever thought about coming to our side?”

“To Moonlight?”

“Yes, we’ve won a few cases easily thanks to you. So, he’s thinking about hiring a proper profiler.”

Park Do-joon was silent for a moment at those words. He would have refused before. But he was strangely moved last time by the fact that he was changing the world with his power, and he also wondered if it was right to just keep chasing criminals here.

“It’s a bit sudden… but I guess I should answer the phone.”

Park Do-joon, who had been ignoring the frantically ringing phone by putting it on silent, sighed and reluctantly answered it.

“Yes, Team Leader.”

-Yama [a Korean slang term for a workaholic or someone who is always busy], you should answer the phone right away.

“These days, if you call after work, you get called a ‘kkondae’ [a Korean term for an older person who is condescending or preachy] or ‘old fart,’ Team Leader.”

-It’s not because of me, it’s because of you!

“Me?”

-There’s the Hong Geun-jong case, right?

“Yes.”

-They want you to be involved.”

Park Do-joon frowned at those words. He couldn’t help it. It wasn’t his area to handle.

“What, do they want me to catch a dog or something?”

-I don’t know. Daeguk Group made a direct request.”

Although it was expressed as a direct request from Daeguk Group, it should be seen as an order. And there was almost no chance that the higher-ups would refuse.

“Haa!”

-I’m sighing too. I was having dinner with my kids when I got the call. I have to go to the scene too.”

“The scene…”

Park Do-joon frowned. It was annoying, but what could he do? He had to do what the higher-ups told him to do.

‘Should I really quit?’

Park Do-joon shook his head and said,

“Understood.”

He thought about refusing, but Park Do-joon reluctantly held back and hung up the phone.

“Daeguk Group?”

“How did you know?”

“You said you were going to catch a dog?”

“Well, I’m probably not really going to catch a dog. Anyway, I think I have to go.”

“There’s no helping it.”

Jung Yi-yeon smiled, as if she understood.

And Park Do-joon felt sorry when he saw her.

‘I think I know why my juniors were controlled by their wives back then.’

The life of a police officer, unable to rest even on days off. The resulting guilt and debt towards family.

“Let’s go somewhere nice later.”

“Turn off your phone then.”

“I should.”

Park Do-joon could only smile bitterly.

Bang!

A gunshot is heard in the distance. And Park Do-joon, who arrived at the scene, met the team leader with a tired face.

“Team Leader, why did everyone come? Weren’t you just calling me?”

“This bastard, you underestimate the loyalty of the higher-ups.”

“…I understand what you mean.”

It was obvious without even looking. The person Daeguk Group requested was Park Do-joon, but the police superiors, wanting to make a good impression, woke up all the profilers who were sleeping and put them in.

So-called proactive behavior. Since the other party is Daeguk, not some other place, it’s a natural action for the higher-ups. Most of them want to quit the police and go to high-paying companies anyway.

“Still, why is the profiling team in charge of a dog attack case like that?”

“Tell me about it.”

At that moment, a bang rang out.

“Haven’t they caught them all yet?”

“Looks like it.”

A pack of stray dogs attacked people in groups, killing as many as four people. Of course, the police can’t just leave them alone.

If they do, they will definitely attack other people. In fact, the police are now hunting the dogs with all their might. That’s the only way to prevent other victims.

“They’re shooting guns at dogs that they can’t even shoot at murderers.”

“Let’s think positively. Isn’t it like a live shooting range?”

“That’s true. And I think I know what the result will be.”

It’s been quite a while since it was reported in the media, but the fact that gunshots are still being heard means they’re not catching them properly even when they’re shooting.

“It’s a handgun, after all.”

The accuracy of a handgun is terrible, and Korea is not a country that trains the police a lot in firearms. Moreover, most of them are fixed targets.

It won’t be easy to catch a dog that is smaller and faster than a person by shooting at it.

“Why don’t you call a hunter?”

“I heard that too.”

The team leader grumbled. And in the meantime, Lee Ji-soo came out a little late, scratching her head.

“Oh, Ji-soo, what’s with you on a burning Friday night?” [a Korean expression for a Friday night when people go out to have fun]

“Yes?”

“Look at your mentor. He’s all dressed up for a date.”

“No, I just put on some skin and lotion simply…”

“Skin? Lotion?”

“Yes, this Misaeng product [a reference to a popular Korean drama about office life], the quality is good, and it looks like you’re not trying too hard, but it’s clean and good at the same time. It also hides blemishes and provides a little coverage…”

“Are you doing PPL [product placement] now?”

Lee Ji-soo, who was listening to Park Do-joon and the team leader’s conversation, smiled awkwardly.

“I think I’ve lived a life that’s a bit far from a burning Friday night.”

Lee Ji-soo shed a few tears. Park Do-joon chuckled as he looked at Lee Ji-soo.

“Well, let’s stop the comedy and go to the scene.”

“What’s the point of going? There’s nothing to profile about a dog, is there?”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

The team leader also nodded. It’s just a simple stray dog attack, and it happens often.

“Well, let’s go for now.”

“But what should we look at first? The scene?”

“Does it make sense since it’s not a person?”

The stray dogs suddenly came out and attacked. People have psychological profiling based on terrain, but dogs can’t have that.

Of course, it’s not completely absent, but it’s hard to expect such terrain. Daeguk flattened everything in this area to build, so it’s flat.

“Let’s look at the dogs first.”

“Let’s do that.”

They headed to where the dogs that had already been caught were. When they went to the scene, several dog carcasses were lying with their tongues sticking out.

“There are quite a few?”

“It seems like there were about thirty dogs that attacked.”

“There were several dog farms clustered around here.”

And currently, dog farms are illegal in Korea. So, most dog farms secretly operate by renting cheap land where there are few people.

“But Daeguk has acquired all of this.”

“Ah, so that’s why there are so many dogs.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

Daeguk, which acquired the land, would not leave the dog farms as they were. Naturally, they kicked them out. Since the dog farms were operating illegally in the first place, the owners of the dog farms couldn’t resist.

And the local police thought that as the farm owners left, they released all those dogs and then those dogs roamed around in this area and became stray dogs.

“Hmm?”

But Park Do-joon shook his head at those words.

“Why?”

“That doesn’t make sense, does it?”

“Yes? Why?”

Lee Ji-soo, who was listening, tilted her head and asked. Park Do-joon said calmly to that question.

“You have to think from the perspective of the dog farm owner, not Daeguk or the police. We’re profilers.”

“The dog farm owner?”

“There are two types of dog farms. One is for breeding, the other is for consumption.”

Breeding farms confine dogs and repeat pregnancy and childbirth, supplying puppies to the market. The dogs born in this way are sold outside and those dogs go to consumers.

Of course, the process is not good. Puppies are sold better when they are young, so they are sold before the attachment relationship with the mother dog is formed.

“But, breeding dog farms prefer small dogs. Like Bichon Frise, Maltese.”

Because they are well-selling breeds. What if it doesn’t sell? Most of the males are euthanized and the females are returned and used as mother dogs again.

“But here, there are only large dogs. That means that if the dogs were abandoned, the farm that abandoned them is a dog meat farm.”

“That’s probably right. Most of the other places around here are also dog meat farms.”

“How do you know?”

“Do you think Daeguk would have just stood by? They’re smashing all the dog farms around here right now.”

Because the dogs that escaped from there may have committed the crime. Of course, they think that the dogs abandoned by the evicted farms are more likely to have committed the crime, but still.

“Well, that could be the case.”

“Then what’s the problem?”

“You said it’s a dog meat farm? Then why abandon them? You should sell them.”

“Huh?”

The team leader paused for a moment at those words and then realized. He was listening from the perspective of the police, and he wasn’t paying much attention because it was a case committed by dogs, not criminals.

But when you think about it, it’s obvious. Dogs are commodities. They sell them anyway to kill and eat.

“There’s no way they would just let them go because Daeguk told them to leave.”

There are so-called dog meat restaurants everywhere, and if you’re running a farm, you’re bound to have deals with those places.”