My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 268

“So, let’s talk about this case. How are we going to catch the bastard who trained those dogs?”

Everyone fell silent. Even Park Do-joon didn’t say anything. Hong Woo-jong is definitely suspicious. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he’s 100% the guy.

‘But I’m the only one who knows that.’

And the Daeguk Group has no intention of revealing it. He’s their precious son and a powerful figure. Naturally, people’s attention is bound to focus on the main culprit of this incident: the one who trained the dogs.

“Huh? Track the dogs?”

“They say the dog isn’t even a purebred, but a mixed breed. How are you going to track that? Are you going to ask for a pedigree or something?”

At that, the team leader spoke, dumbfounded, and the police officer who had spoken first lowered his head.

“How about tracing the feed based on the dogs’ autopsy records? Each feed company has a different mixing ratio, right?”

“Unfortunately, there’s no feed.”

“No feed?”

“Yeah, they were completely empty.”

It was a good idea. A place that raises thirty dogs like that would use a lot of feed.

“But there aren’t any autopsy results out yet. They probably haven’t been fed recently. They need to increase their aggression.”

They need to be aggressive to attack people. So, tracing the feed is impossible.

“Weren’t there any CCTVs around?”

“No. If there were, I wouldn’t be agonizing like this.”

The local police had already checked everything that could be checked in the vicinity, including vehicle black boxes and CCTV on all roads leading to the area.

But no suspicious vehicles were found. It’s impossible to identify vehicles that secretly brought in the dogs in the first place.

“They’re thinking of doing a vehicle inquiry for all vehicles that entered the area.”

“That area? There must be tens of thousands of vehicles passing through that neighborhood.”

Right next to it is an industrial complex, and the neighborhood is packed every day with vehicles commuting to and from work or transporting raw materials. The reason for redeveloping that area is to develop it into an industrial zone. There’s a shortage of industrial sites.

So, it’s virtually impossible to check every vehicle in that area. Even if they do conduct an inquiry, there’s no way a warrant would be issued just because they suspect a number.

“What can we do? It’s not just anyone, but a conglomerate’s young master who’s become a cripple.”

And it just so happens that it was caused by a deliberate crime? If they don’t catch the culprit, several people will probably have to take off their uniforms.

“Hey, Park Do-joon, don’t you have any ideas?”

At those words, everyone’s gaze turned to Park Do-joon. It’s because they know that the team leader favors Park Do-joon. Of course, they also know that Park Do-joon’s skills are outstanding.

So, they’re curious if Park Do-joon can solve it.

“I think… tracking the dogs is the right answer.”

“The dogs? Isn’t that impossible?”

He just said that there’s no way to track the dogs. But dogs?

“Ah, I mean, the guy who raises the dogs is someone who can train them and can raise dogs.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Um…”

Park Do-joon felt everyone’s gaze and stood up from his seat. If he says something like this, they’ll be jealous later, but what can he do? He has to catch the really dangerous guy.

“First of all, I know that all the dogs are mixed breeds. But they all have the bloodlines of large dogs and predators.”

“Bloodlines?”

Everyone tilted their heads at the word bloodlines. But Park Do-joon had already confirmed the general information through the veterinarian.

“They show genetic characteristics of fierce breeds such as bulldogs and Tosa dogs [Japanese fighting dog], or dogs used for hunting.”

“So?”

“It won’t be easy to find dogs with those characteristics.”

Large, fierce breeds like bulldogs and Tosa dogs aren’t very popular. It’s not that there aren’t people who like them, but in most cases, very few people raise them due to the risks and management issues.

First of all, bulldogs and Tosa dogs can’t be raised indoors, and the amount of feed required to raise such dogs is enormous.

And owners who value the bloodlines of their dogs usually breed them using dogs of the same lineage. Bulldogs with bulldogs, Tosa dogs with Tosa dogs.

“But the dogs there weren’t like that. It was as if they only needed to have aggression, so they mixed only those dangerous breeds.”

“So, you’re saying that the trainer also did the breeding?”

“Isn’t that highly likely? The veterinarian there said that they were between two and four years old, right?”

“He did. Ah!”

Breeds between two and four years old. That means someone raised them during that time. But is it easy to bring them in from the outside? Or is it easier to breed them during that time?

“That’s right. Breeding and raising them would be much easier to replenish. Without leaving any traces.”

Someone exclaimed without realizing it at Park Do-joon’s words.

“That’s right. And we have to consider the possibility of failure.”

“Failure?”

“Dogs don’t just end after training. Especially not aggression. Isn’t that the case with police dogs?”

“Ah, that’s right.”

Even police dogs or training dogs are eventually eliminated and discarded during training.

Because modern breeds of dogs basically have significantly reduced aggression.

Some dogs attack people, but most breeds don’t. If most dogs attacked people, it would be impossible to raise large breeds in the first place.

That’s why there are dogs that don’t attack people even when they’re trained. Naturally, those dogs are eliminated from the police or military dog programs.

In the past, the regulations stated that if they were eliminated, they would simply be euthanized and incinerated as government assets, but now they are usually given away to the outside.

Because they are gentle and don’t bite even if you tell them to, so it’s judged that they are not dangerous even if they go outside.

The ratio is higher than you think, with 30-40% being eliminated. Of course, there are other problems besides the issue of not biting.

“So, we should assume that we need at least twice the number.”

The number of dogs mobilized is thirty. No matter how aggressive a breed is, it’s not easy to train them to attack people in a pack.

“2 to 4 years. Then the mother dogs must be at least twenty.”

Male dogs can be bred multiple times at once, or they can be impregnated using sperm, so even if we calculate without them, we need about twenty mother dogs.

“If we calculate the failures, we need at least thirty to forty.”

“Then the number of large dogs being raised is?”

“It must be at least sixty.”

Considering the mother dogs, father dogs, and dogs in training, we can’t help but think of that number.

“Is that what you mean by tracking the dogs?”

“Yes, there aren’t many places that distribute those large breeds.”

It’s hard to see it as a private distribution. The number of those breeds is not large enough to be distributed through acquaintances.

“There must be someone who took the dogs at least 4 years ago.”

“Um, but I don’t think it’ll be easy? Frankly, dog farms are illegal, right?”

Dog farms are illegal. Naturally, they are not registered with the government. Even if we go now and ask for data, they won’t give it to us, and realistically, it’s not easy to track down where those dog farms are located across the country.

“Ugh… it seemed like a good idea.”

Park Do-joon’s plan to track down the mother dogs was plausible. But if those dogs are being illegally distributed, then there are clear limitations.

“There is another way.”

“Another way?”

“Big dogs eat a lot and poop a lot.”

“What?”

“Isn’t it at least sixty? I don’t think the poop that those big dogs produce will be small.”

Bury it around? There’s a limit to that, and it’s impossible to bury all the poop that big dogs produce around.

“It needs to be professionally processed. Of course, we won’t build facilities like sewage facilities.”

We need a way to collect and rot it somewhere. There are no companies that specialize in processing that.

“How about investigating complaints about dog farms?”

“Complaints about dog farms…”

Certainly, a lot of those come up. The reason why dog farms keep going to the outskirts is because of those complaints. When complaints are filed from the surrounding area, the city investigates, but since dog farms are illegal in the first place, they don’t receive legal protection and are eventually pushed to the outskirts to avoid people.

“So, you’re saying they buy feed and go to the outskirts.”

“Certainly… that’s right.”

“There aren’t just one or two people selling feed.”

Someone said annoyingly, as if they were jealous. And Park Do-joon sighed inwardly.

‘Why are you paying attention to me?’

It’s not a situation to be jealous of him. A profiler’s job is to look at the essence of the case, analyze it, and identify the culprit. But instead of doing that, they’re just jealous.

Park Do-joon’s idea of tracking the dogs was initially suggested by someone else. But he stopped when his opinion was refuted. If he had taken just one more step forward, he could have gotten closer to the culprit.

“I think so too. Frankly, dog feed is sold everywhere. Even supermarkets sell it. If you pay for it in cash, it’s impossible to track.”

“I know. So, I’m thinking of adding another variable.”

“Another variable?”

“Dog bite accidents.”

“Dog bite accidents?”

“Yes, large dogs. And they’re trained to be highly aggressive. Accidents are bound to happen.”

“But they’re experts, right?”

“Even if they’re experts, one person can’t manage sixty dogs.”

They’re not even raising the dogs locked up somewhere, but they have to take them out and teach them to attack. That means there must be a unique training process.

“As I said before, big dogs eat a lot and poop a lot. They can’t handle it alone.”

“Ah! So, you’re saying that there will be a gang.”

Lee Ji-soo recognized it faster than anyone else and shouted loudly, so Park Do-joon nodded.

“Yes, there will definitely be gangs. Those guys must have helped with the training. And there’s a high possibility that there was a dog bite accident.”

“They’ll go to the hospital.”

At Park Do-joon’s words, the team leader’s face gradually hardened seriously. It would be one thing if they were bitten by a small dog, but if they were bitten by such a large dog, they could really die if they didn’t go to the hospital. In fact, haven’t four people died and dozens been injured?

“And these guys don’t seem to be professional trainers either.”

“Not professional trainers?”

“Didn’t the veterinarian say that the four-year-old dogs are the fewest, then the three-year-olds, and finally the two-year-olds are the most?”

“Ah!”

If they were people with professional training skills, the results should be even. But as a result of analyzing the dogs’ bodies, there are only four breeds over four years old, then nine two-year-olds. The rest are all dogs under two years old.

Considering the age of large dogs, even if they are over four years old, their athletic ability is not a problem at all.

A Professional Profiler