My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 267

“It would be a different story if they were trained.”

Park Do-joon frowned and said,

“Decisively, these bastards seem to be too aggressive.”

The team leader frowned and shared his opinion.

“It seems the police are getting hurt too.”

“The police as well?”

“Yeah, I heard about twenty have already been injured.”

The police are hunting the dogs with guns. They have succeeded in catching about twenty so far.

“But it seems these guys are hiding in the forest and attacking people.”

“Are they waging a guerrilla war?”

Park Do-joon could hardly believe his ears. That was something only a true beast would do.

“A guerrilla war… you could put it that way.”

Fortunately, the police weren’t moving alone, but in groups of at least four, so there weren’t any major casualties.

“Come to think of it… wait, there was that damage report, right?”

The team leader went to print it out and brought it back. And looking at it, the three of them could be sure.

“They aimed for the neck?”

It was as Park Do-joon had expected. The dogs hiding in the forest leaped out and accurately targeted people’s necks.

However, they didn’t succeed in one go, so most of the injuries were bite wounds on the arms.

It’s instinctive to raise your hands to cover your face and neck when something jumps out at you.

In the meantime, the dogs were killed by those around, so there wasn’t much damage.

“Usually, when dogs attack people, they bite the legs, not the neck.”

It’s at their height, after all. Unless their instincts as predators are still alive, the canine species has long been castrated of that instinct.

“So, you’re saying someone raised thirty dogs to kill people?”

“Yeah.”

“But who? Why?”

“I think I know.”

Park Do-joon chuckled and said.

‘Should I say I was lucky?’

His memory was hazy, so he couldn’t remember whether Hong Geun-jong lived or died in this incident. In fact, in the original history, Hong Geun-jong dies in this incident. And the incident remained a tragedy caused by stray dogs.

No one could have imagined they were trained dogs.

However, Hong Geun-jong, who had been warned by Park Do-joon, was more cautious than necessary, so he was able to escape quickly and barely save his life.

“Hong Geun-jong is probably curious about this.”

That’s why he would have called him.

“I should go meet him.”

The thought that his face would be worth seeing flashed through Park Do-joon’s mind.

“What?”

“It’s highly likely they’re trained dogs. Although they are performing an autopsy on the dogs now.”

Hong Geun-jong was stunned by Park Do-joon’s words. Then, he suddenly went crazy and started rampaging.

“Ugh! These dog-like bastards!”

‘Well, they are dogs, so dog-like bastards is accurate.’

But Park Do-joon didn’t say that out loud. After all, he wasn’t the one who would have to clean up this mess.

“Young master, calm down!”

“Young master, please calm down!”

The people next to him hurriedly tried to stop Hong Geun-jong, but Hong Geun-jong’s anger didn’t subside.

‘Well, he has reason to be.’

Hong Geun-jong was lucky to have avoided this tragedy. But that doesn’t mean he escaped without any harm.

Three of his left fingers disappeared into the dog’s stomach, and his Achilles tendon on his right leg was also severed. He was literally crippled.

And the dogs that attacked him were trained dogs?

That means someone was trying to kill him.

If he hadn’t paid attention to the barking as usual and had gone a little further, and therefore hadn’t been able to crawl under the vehicle in time… he would probably be dead.

“Ugh! I’ll kill them all!”

“Nurse! Nurse!”

The bodyguards screamed.

Only after the nurses and doctors who rushed over urgently injected him with a sedative did his commotion stop. Of course, that doesn’t solve everything. After all, a sedative just puts him to sleep. He’ll probably go crazy again when he wakes up.

“Should I come back later?”

Park Do-joon shrugged and asked.

‘I did my best.’

In fact, the details of the incident are obvious. He even has an idea of who did it. Who has the wealth to secretly train thirty dogs?

Who would know that Hong Geun-jong would be attending the groundbreaking ceremony that day?

When you think about it, it’s obvious.

‘But he got away with it perfectly.’

Because they’re dogs.

It’s impossible to know who trained the dogs. Of course, the dogs didn’t have any identification chips. On top of that, the dogs are so dangerous right now that they are being shot on sight.

Some animal protection groups are arguing that the dogs are not at fault and that humans who destroyed nature are the problem, and that the dogs should be protected, but they have already tasted human blood. They even killed people.

Will those dogs really not cause another accident? So, the best option is to kill them.

In a situation where they don’t have chips and it’s impossible to know where they came from, and even the trainer can’t be identified, how can you prove that the line is connected to Hong Woo-jong?

“I’ll come back later.”

Park Do-joon said what he had to say and was about to leave the place. But the next moment, someone grabbed his shoulder. A bodyguard with a stiff face. He coldly said without wiping the sweat flowing down his face.

“The Chairman wants to see you.”

The Chairman.

Park Do-joon smiled bitterly, knowing who it was.

# How to See Humans, Not Beasts

Hong Chang-sik. The father of Hong Geun-jong and Hong Woo-jong. And the chairman of Daeguk [a large conglomerate, like Samsung or Hyundai]. He was staring at Park Do-joon with a stern face.

“So, are you sure they were really trained dogs?”

“No.”

“Are you making fun of me?”

“Profilers are not certain. But the possibility is very high.”

“Are you playing word games with me?”

At those words, a subtle anger rose in his voice. Park Do-joon said to him as if it were obvious.

“Is the Chairman certain that this company will be around for another 100 years?”

“……”

There is no such thing as 100% in this world. Scientists thought that there would be no other color in the swan species. Why else would the bird’s name be swan, a white bird?

But later, a truly black swan was discovered.

Is humanity any different? Scientists have said that no human can move both eyeballs separately. It’s neurologically impossible.

But in reality, someone appeared who could do that.

“But the possibility is high. Someone like the Chairman must have already received and read the police’s internal report, right?”

“……”

Park Do-joon didn’t trust the police’s internal security in the first place. For someone like the Chairman, it’s something that would come out if he just took out a carrot from his pocket and asked for it.

“Who do you think the culprit is?”

“I wonder.”

Park Do-joon stared intently at Hong Chang-sik and asked.

“Who could it be?”

In fact, Hong Chang-sik probably has an idea of who it is. But he doesn’t want to believe it.

‘It’s like he raised a monster himself.’

But he can’t punish Hong Woo-jong now. He is a solid politician and a politically respected figure. His mask is perfect.

What if he punishes Hong Woo-jong in that situation? Of course, the company will be affected. In particular, if Hong Woo-jong is punished, the military industry, which is the core of the Daeguk Group, will suffer enormous damage.

‘So, he can’t touch him.’

Knowing that, Hong Chang-sik could only stare at Park Do-joon without saying anything.

‘It’s amazing.’

He didn’t cause this incident. He even warned Hong Geun-jong so that he could save his life. But looking at his gaze now, it was as if he was trying to kill Hong Geun-jong.

“Find the culprit, by any means possible.”

“You might regret it?”

“I’ll make sure you don’t regret it.”

At those words, Park Do-joon chuckled inwardly.

‘So, he’s telling me to create a culprit.’

Even though he’s a father, he can’t give up on his psychopath son.

“I’ll do my best.”

‘Even if you regret it.’

“I’m going crazy.”

The team leader frowned as he looked at the constantly ringing phone.

“I don’t know if I should investigate or not?”

There was a reason why he was annoyed. There were hundreds of guys constantly calling to ask about the progress of the case.

“It’s like when I was in the military.”

Park Do-joon chuckled as he looked at the scene.

“When you were in the military? Why?”

“When I was in the military, there was an emergency. At the GOP [General Outpost, a frontline guard post]. North Korea opened fire.”

“Emergency?”

“Yes, a real situation. But I was working in the situation room at the time, and it was a mess.”

From the Ministry of National Defense to the Military Command, all sorts of places, including the division, were constantly demanding information by phone, but the soldiers in charge couldn’t do their jobs because they were answering the phones. Then they would say that the work was slow, and so on… they kept calling without hanging up.

There were not enough people, and they had to give them time to communicate with the outside world, but they blocked all connections to the outside world from cell phones to military communications and just kept talking nonsense.

“In the end, the battalion commander got pissed off and pulled out the phone lines. He turned off his cell phone too.”

While his subordinates’ lives were on the line outside, all sorts of bastards were calling and demanding information from him.

“So, what happened? Did the work go well?”

Lee Ji-soo asked, showing interest in the military story.

“Usually, women aren’t interested in military stories?”

“It’s the first time I’ve heard of something like this. Usually, it’s just stories about playing soccer in the military.”

“Well, what happened was a mess.”

“A mess?”

“Yeah.”

In fact, the real situation was handled well. The reason for the shootout was that one North Korean soldier risked his life and tried to escape across the military demarcation line, and the North Korean army fired to catch him.

The troops who were dispatched succeeded in bringing him back.

“But the battalion commander took off his uniform because of that incident.”

“Yes? Why? I heard he rescued him well?”

“Because he didn’t wait for the phone.”

With bullets flying in front of his eyes and soldiers’ lives on the line, would the battalion commander have the mind to wait for the phone?

It was a situation where a local provocation could break out if he made a mistake.

But the Ministry of National Defense and the generals could not tolerate the fact that he dared not answer their calls, so they forced the battalion commander to take off his uniform for not waiting for the phone.

“The military did what the military does.”

The more capable you are, the less likely you are to move up in the military.

“That’s a good method.”

As if inspired by Park Do-joon’s words, the team leader mercilessly pulled out the phone line and turned off his cell phone.

“Hey, pull out all the phone lines!”

“Yes? But what about business calls?”

“Tell them to come in person if they’re upset. No, can you even make a business call? All sorts of bastards are calling and causing trouble.”

At the team leader’s words, everyone pulled out the phones while watching each other. The reason was that when the team leader’s phone didn’t work, they called other people and told them to change the team leader.

“Tell them to take off my uniform if they’re upset.”

Of course, that’s not possible here because it’s a society.

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