My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 297

“Looks like they won’t be getting out anytime soon.”

“At least we’ve bought some time to negotiate with the Vietnamese government.”

Park Do-joon sighed in relief at the embassy official’s words.

“But it won’t be enough time.”

“Don’t worry. We’ll do our best.”

Park Do-joon brought up the missing person case at the end because there was a chance they could be released immediately after their arrest. In Vietnam, the fine for soliciting prostitution is 500,000 won [approximately $400 USD], and these guys have that kind of money.

Of course, it would be different if they were minors, but if they were simply wearing white Áo dài [traditional Vietnamese tunic dress] and pretending to be minors, they would pay the fine and disappear. In the current situation, it would be impossible to track them down if they ran away.

“But they’ll be investigating for at least a week.”

That’s enough time to negotiate with the Vietnamese government and bring them back.

“That’s a relief. I was worried the Vietnamese police would let them go.”

The embassy official’s eyes sparkled. He had already heard what had happened in Korea. The fact that Jo Kang-hwa and his gang were caught by the Vietnamese police made him worry that they would be released with money.

But at least they’ll be suffering for a week, and if we negotiate during that time, we can have them forcibly deported to Korea.

“Finally, we’ve done something.”

“Yeah, it feels like the last one though…”

Park Do-joon could manage a faint smile at the team leader’s words.

-Kim, who was recently identified as a minor kidnapping and rapist, and his gang arrived at Incheon International Airport today. Kim is suspected of being the perpetrator of four recent cases of child abduction, rape, and enslavement… Meanwhile, the main culprit, Jo, is reportedly awaiting trial in Vietnam on charges of child prostitution.

Jo is accused of prostituting himself with a minor under the age of 16 in the local area….

As a result, the Jo Kang-hwa case ended with the deportation of five Koreans for the time being. Five of the women arrested at the scene that day were simply adults wearing Áo dài, but the woman with Jo Kang-hwa turned out to be a sixteen-year-old minor, contrary to Park Do-joon’s expectations. The child was short, so she was hidden behind the other women in front, so Park Do-joon couldn’t see her face clearly either.

In the Philippines, the five who were treated as simple prostitution were fined and deported, but it was decided that Jo Kang-hwa would be punished in his own country first and then deported.

“It’s a shame we can’t catch him right away.”

Jo Kang-so said coldly while watching the news together.

“I want to kill him with my own eyes.”

“You shouldn’t say things like that in front of the police, Chairman Jo.”

“But… Haa… Never mind.”

In the end, the truth was revealed. To protect Jo Kang-hwa, his mother impulsively killed his father, and when Jo Kang-hwa saw this, he helped his mother make it look like his father was leaving, and then immediately fled to Vietnam.

Jo Kang-so, who learned about this series of events, could not forgive him.

“Think of it positively.”

“What do you mean think of it positively?”

“Vietnamese prisons aren’t exactly comfortable.”

“Ugh!”

That was definitely true, so Jo Kang-so could only grit his teeth. If he comes to Korea, he will be punished again, but unfortunately, he will be able to live a leisurely life in a comfortable prison.

“I hope he gets some disease in a Vietnamese prison and dies.”

“That’s within the legal realm.”

Park Do-joon smiled, and Jo Kang-so handed him something.

“What is this?”

“It’s a 500 million won [approximately $400,000 USD] reward.”

“Yes? But I’m a police officer.”

“I’m not a police officer. I offered 500 million won to the person who catches that bastard. And you definitely caught him. He hasn’t arrived yet, but he won’t be able to escape in that situation.”

He had already recovered the 1 billion won [approximately $800,000 USD] he had lost.

So it’s impossible to cover up the case with money. There’s absolutely no chance that NG Holdings will help him.

“You shouldn’t have done this…”

Park Do-joon took it and put it in his pocket.

“You’re not refusing?”

“There’s no reason to refuse. It’s not a bribe.”

He had already offered a reward and received it for solving it. And since the related case has been closed, it’s hard to see it as a bribe.

Of course, it would be difficult to hear good things socially, but if Park Do-joon wanted to hear good things from others… he wouldn’t have been hitting everything around him while working as a police officer.

“Should I say I avenged my father’s grudge thanks to you?”

Jo Kang-so smiled bitterly. Only his father would know what he was thinking.

“You’ll have a lot of complicated things to do to run the company properly now.”

“I have to try.”

It was a company without his father. No matter how much he had been thinking about inheriting it and learning, the situation was too sudden.

“I have no choice but to try.”

Jo Kang-so could only shed tears as he muttered sadly in a slightly weakened voice.

“Hey… how can I accept this?”

“We caught him together.”

“Still, it’s a whopping 100 million won [approximately $80,000 USD]…!”

“It’s a reward for the arrest, so you should definitely receive it.”

Park Do-joon was not the only one who caught Jo Kang-hwa. That’s why Park Do-joon readily handed over 100 million won to the team leader as well.

“Is it okay for a police officer to accept this?”

“I’ve already checked. Receiving a reward offered by a civilian is not bribery.”

Of course, it would be a problem if it was received in advance to do something related to work, but since the arrest had already been made and the reward was offered regardless of status before that, the lawyer’s judgment was that it was not bribery.

“You need to move after you retire, right?”

“That’s true.”

As he was going to work for Moonlight after quitting the police, he was thinking of moving because the house he was living in now was too far from the company. Moonlight is located in a very expensive area, so he thought he would have to go to a smaller place anyway, but this money could be of great help.

“It’s a bit much to eat this alone…”

“I’ll receive it too, and I’ll give some to Ji-soo.”

“Ji-soo too?”

“Not only Ji-soo, but everyone involved in this arrest will get some.”

“I don’t think it’ll be much even if you do that?”

At least the Women and Youth Affairs Division and the chief of police will definitely not be able to receive it.

“Moonlight… no, Lee Yeon-i should get some too.”

“Ah, that’s right.”

Without Jung Yi-yeon’s information, tracking would have been impossible.

“You’ll get sick if you keep it all to yourself.”

“The chief of police will probably be angry anyway, right?”

“Instead, I’ll have my own people.”

Park Do-joon smiled and said.

“You have to go now, right?”

“I have to go.”

The team leader said with a voice mixed with regret as he looked at his bag.

“I thought I’d be called team leader for the rest of my life…”

“It’s time to embrace your own name now.”

The team leader, thinking of the name Cha Dae-hoon, said confidently.

“Yeah, it’s time to work as Cha Dae-hoon, not team leader.”

Park Do-joon decided to send his congratulations with a bright smile to the team leader’s future going to a higher place. Even if it makes things a little harder for him.

# Nevertheless, the organization rolls on

Just because the team leader quit doesn’t mean the team leader position is filled right away. That’s because, due to the nature of the profession of profiling, there are not many experts, and even fewer people have quit recently.

Profilers are selected when taking the exam, but the number of people is always insufficient, and suddenly another person left, so the police did not have a suitable talent.

Moreover, this is the third time someone has quit since Park Do-joon came. In the first place, profiling teams are not organizations that operate with that many additional personnel, so as a result, the number of personnel is bound to be insufficient.

“I’ll manage it myself for now, so everyone will have to suffer for a while.”

The superintendent of the Metropolitan Intelligence Investigation Division said, looking at the profiling team. In the first place, the profiling team was too small a department to exist alone, and to be exact, it is subdivided into the profiling team of the Metropolitan Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Investigation Division, so if there is no team leader, he, as the superior, has no choice but to manage it for the time being.

“I’ll assign this case for now.”

While assigning, he discovered something and slipped it aside. And after dividing the cases one by one and distributing them to each detective, he handed the documents he had set aside to Park Do-joon at the very end.

“Park Do-joon and Lee Ji-soo, you guys take charge of this.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Park Do-joon took it without complaining. And he smiled bitterly when he saw it.

It was the investigation record of the car accident that occurred in Changnyeong.

“That’s all for today.”

After the superintendent left, Park Do-joon sighed deeply, and Lee Ji-soo approached him.

“This is openly telling us to screw ourselves over, right?”

“That’s probably it.”

It’s Changnyeong, not anywhere else. Taking out a case in such a rural area and giving it only to Park Do-joon? This meant, ‘Go and suffer a little.’

“No, but why did you set it aside? Why didn’t you give it to us right away?”

“Maybe if there was a more distant or troublesome case, he was definitely thinking of passing it on to us.”

But since there was no such case, he just passed this case on.

“Well, think of it positively. The more cases like this, the faster your skills will improve.”

“Case? No matter how I look at it, this looks like an accident? I don’t even know why it came up?”

This was not a case but an accident to anyone who saw it, to the extent that Lee Ji-soo said this.

A family died when a car fell into a reservoir. It’s not even a recent case. It was a case that occurred four years ago, and the family was officially treated as missing.

Wife, husband, son, and daughter. The police didn’t pay much attention to their disappearance.

“This looks like a suicide to anyone who sees it?”

Lee Ji-soo tilted her head while briefly checking the documents. That’s because it was a situation where anyone would commit suicide.

The restaurant that the father ran had failed, and after clearing out the restaurant, all that was left was a debt of 200 million won [approximately $160,000 USD].

In that situation, a family went missing and they were found in a reservoir after several years? Usually, the only thought that comes to mind in this case is that they committed suicide.

“Usually, it doesn’t come up.”

Because the signs of suicide are so clear, the police usually treat it as suicide and finish it, but the reason why it came up here was unique.

One of the police officers was someone they knew, and he claimed that he would never commit suicide.

And that person’s father is the chief of the Changnyeong Police Station, so everyone is annoyed but has no choice but to listen.

“Isn’t this also an abuse of power in a way?”

“Well? It may be in a way… but on the other hand, it means there’s something that strange. Can the fact that the police officer said that his friend wouldn’t commit suicide really be seen as just abusing his power?”

It would be an abuse of power if it was murder but they said it wasn’t.

“That’s true.”

“Let’s go for now.”

Park Do-joon said, holding the documents and licking his lips. In the end, he’ll have to go and listen.

“Oh Seong-hoon is not a kid who would die. Of course, it’s true that his business failed and he has a debt of 200 million won left.”

Ji Sang-hwan, a police officer at the Changnyeong Police Station, said firmly.

The Job of a Profiler