My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 305

“Do you have any evidence?”

“The evidence…”

There isn’t any. There’s no evidence that he did it, so there’s no way there would be evidence that Gu Deok-gong did it.

“If the testimonies conflict, it will be disadvantageous to Kang Jun-man. Gu Deok-gong testified according to his conscience first. In this case, Kang Jun-man’s testimony… no, his claim will be treated as perjury to avoid guilt and invalidate the witness’s testimony.”

“Damn it, this is driving me crazy!”

Kang Jun-man reacted sharply to those words. He was about to take all the blame while just standing still.

In the end, there was only one way: the testimonies of the people who were driving at that time. To save himself, he had to contact them and get their testimonies.

“There were people with me at that time.”

“Really?”

“Yes, actually…”

They were all influential people or from such families, so they all promised to keep their mouths shut because they didn’t want to get caught up in gossip. After that, they all split up and lived new lives.

“I’ll give you their contact information.”

They hadn’t contacted each other, but he had to provide their contact information to save himself.

“Are there any people that Gu Deok-gong might ask for cooperation?”

“Pardon?”

“The police claim that there are multiple testimonies. It hasn’t been confirmed yet, but we need to avoid contacting those people for now.”

“Ah, I was close to a few of them. I’ll mark those guys for you too.”

Kang Jun-man said, grinding his teeth.

“How is it, Detective? Is this enough?”

“More than enough.”

The list of Blithe members, which had been completely hidden, was now in his hands. And the truth as well.

“So, Gu Deok-gong was the one who caused the accident.”

Lee Ji-soo exclaimed without realizing it.

“These kinds of organizations value hierarchy a lot. So usually, the leader is at the very front.”

And at that time, the leader was Gu Deok-gong.

“Gu Deok-gong probably crossed the center line.”

In reality, drivers anticipate cars coming from the front to some extent. They don’t swerve the steering wheel just because a car suddenly appears in front of them.

“That’s very likely given the road conditions.”

A course that goes straight after a corner. If you brake and change direction in a corner, you’re likely to cross the center line due to the acceleration.

Guys who race don’t see that as dangerous driving; they think they’re doing well.

“And if you accelerate right there, you start driving in the wrong direction.”

“That’s right. If you cross the center line and start driving in the wrong direction, it’s like a bolt from the blue for the oncoming vehicle.”

If there’s some distance, they might have stopped. But considering the corner and the distance, there was no chance to stop.

“People instinctively turn to the right in a crisis. At sea, the basic rule in a collision crisis is to turn starboard [the right side of a vessel].”

That’s why in movies, captains and admirals shout ‘Hard to starboard!’ in a collision crisis.

“But Gu Deok-gong’s side is a mountain.”

They might have an accident, but they won’t fall into the water. On the other hand, Oh Seong-hoon’s side is a reservoir. He would have no choice but to fall into the water.

“To think that people have to die like this just because those guys want to show off.”

Ji Sang-hwan was dumbfounded. If it weren’t for Park Do-joon, Oh Seong-hoon would have been wrongly accused of committing suicide with his family.

“Detective, what should we do? Should we go and grab him and threaten him to tell the truth?”

Jeong I-yeon, who had naturally started using informal speech with each other recently, asked Park Do-joon, but Park Do-joon shook his head.

“No, that’s amateurish.”

“Amateurish? Shouldn’t we beat it out of him first?”

“No. Gu Deok-gong’s father is a locally influential figure in Daegu [a major city in South Korea]. If we go and stick to him and start talking, he’ll move to cover up the incident.”

“Then?”

“If he moves, what will the others do?”

“I wonder?”

Ji Sang-hwan, who was a police officer, didn’t understand right away and asked back, but Lee Ji-soo understood right away. She was a profiler too.

“They’ll weigh Gu Deok-gong and Kang Jun-man?”

“Exactly. And I think they’re more likely to side with Gu Deok-gong.”

“Pardon? Why?”

“It’s the nature of these groups.”

In Korea, hierarchy forms when people gather. That goes for these clubs too. Naturally, a hierarchy forms. So how do you set the standard? First-come, first-served like in the military? This club is a social organization, and there are too many chances to run into each other in the area.

To put it bluntly, a high school junior could come in first and act like a senior, so that won’t work. Moreover, many people are introduced to each other.

In that case, age is generally prioritized. The problem is that the same age group becomes an issue when age is prioritized.

In fact, the ages of the guys who do these illegal street races are similar.

“In those cases, the power of their parents naturally has an influence.”

Humans unconsciously confirm the hierarchy in such ways.

“Kang Jun-man said he drove eighteenth that day. He said twenty-three people gathered that day. So he wasn’t very high in the hierarchy. So he might think he’s being targeted.”

His rank is low. That means he’s young and his family’s power is weak.

In reality, Gu Deok-gong is the son of the director of a large hospital in the area, but Kang Jun-man’s father is the son of a Daegu Metropolitan City councilman. Of course, he’s not just any councilman; he’s a powerful person who once served as the chairman, but still, the son of a city councilman is not on the same level as the director of a large regional hospital.

“And that side is an elected position too.”

In other words, it’s not impossible to blow him away if Gu Deok-gong’s family uses their power next time. On the other hand, Gu Deok-gong’s wealth is their own, so there’s no way to blow it away.

“So they’re going to try to side with Gu Deok-gong. So before we take down Gu Deok-gong, we have to make sure they don’t side with him.”

“But how?”

This isn’t easy. If they really join forces and try to pin the blame on Kang Jun-man, Kang Jun-man will take the fall.

Since the goal is to catch the culprit, not to create one, we can’t let that happen.

“Should we approach the other guys similarly?”

“No. The rumor has likely already spread. They’re influential guys in the area.”

Park Do-joon shook his head at Lee Ji-soo’s words. And in such cases, people just try to pin the blame on the already suspected guy, not try to reveal the truth.

If they were the type to reveal the truth, they would have revealed the facts a long time ago.

“So that’s going to be difficult.”

“Then what do we do?”

If we just stand by, most of them won’t say anything and just watch from the sidelines. But if we rashly start a fight, they’ll obviously side with the other side.

“We can involve them as accomplices.”

“Involve them as accomplices? How?”

“That’s why you have to do well. I-yeon, persuade Kang Jun-man to say that the others cooperated in destroying evidence. It’s not wrong.”

Of course, it’s ambiguous to see it as destruction of evidence. They just agreed to keep their mouths shut.

“The important thing is the image that Kang Jun-man has succumbed to Gu Deok-gong.”

“What? He’ll go to jail if he succumbs?”

“Of course, that’s what he’d do if he were normal. But it’s completely different if he’s cooperating according to the police’s plan.”

In fact, all those records will remain, so there’s no reason to take the blame as the main culprit.

“The important thing is that Kang Jun-man succumbed to Gu Deok-gong’s house and took the blame. And he named the accomplices.”

“Accomplices? Aha! So that’s why you asked me to pick out the guys who are closest to Gu Deok-gong.”

“That’s right.”

If they’re indifferent or completely unrelated, they’ll tell the truth or lie depending on the situation. That’s easier for them.

“But what if we involve Gu Deok-gong’s closest friends as accomplices here?”

If they’re involved with Kang Jun-man as accomplices in destroying evidence, if Kang Jun-man’s guilt is признан [recognized], their crimes are also признан [recognized]. In their position, they have to get Kang Jun-man acquitted or признан [recognized] that Gu Deok-gong is the main culprit in order to survive.

“And you have to persuade Kang Jun-man.”

“Don’t worry, Detective.”

Jeong I-yeon flexed her arm, posing as if to inflate her biceps, and said confidently.

“Isn’t that what lawyers are for? In fact, it’s not illegal for lawyers to tell small lies to save their clients.”

She was confident that she could persuade Kang Jun-man.

Kang Jun-man quickly agreed to Jeong I-yeon’s words. Because he knew that if he rashly attacked someone from a powerful family, he would take the fall. Instead, he talked about the people who were closest to Gu Deok-gong, and naturally, they became involved with Kang Jun-man.

“What did my child do!”

The Daegu Election Commission Chairman was raging. The power of the Election Commission Chairman in the provinces is enormous. Because if you nitpick and drag things out in an election, it’s easy to screw over a member of the National Assembly.

So the power of the Election Commission is often at the level of a member of the National Assembly or higher. And now his child is suddenly involved in a crime.

“There’s nothing we can do right now. According to Kang Jun-man’s testimony, he participated in the destruction of evidence…”

“When did my son!”

“He said he did it when the accident happened four years ago.”

‘This is driving me crazy.’

The Election Commission Chairman’s heart was burning at those words. The accident that happened four years ago. He knew about that accident. Because his son told him.

And after that, he was slowly looking into the incident. Fortunately, it was buried without a sound, and he thought it would end like that. But why is it 터진 [bursting/erupting] here?

‘Damn it. This is driving me crazy.’

The problem is that this part about destroying evidence might be established. He witnessed the accident and didn’t report it.

‘But why?’

There’s something that doesn’t make sense. Why is Kang Jun-man suddenly blabbing? Moreover, as far as he knows, the guy who caused the accident isn’t Kang Jun-man, it’s Gu Deok-gong. And they started to judge politically.

In fact, politicians judge most problems politically. Because they’re in a political position.

And that’s what Park Do-joon was aiming for. For them to judge politically.

‘They’re pinning it on him.’

Kang Jun-man is just the son of a family with that kind of power. If Gu Gong-deok’s family tries to 조지려고 [control/dominate], it’s not impossible for that family.

Moreover, an incident 터진 [bursting/erupting] there recently, and interest in the victims found there has increased. So pinning it on someone might be the answer.

A Profiler’s Calling