My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 309

“Does that mean they are psychopaths who can’t feel human emotions? No, not at all.”

It’s unlikely that a psychopath would commit crimes involving half-hearted torment just for the sake of enjoying their own power. They don’t derive much emotional pleasure from it unless it directly benefits them.

“The reason perpetrators treat it as a joke is that the victim’s value is only worth that of a toy.”

To them, the victim isn’t a human whose death would make them feel remorse, but rather an object, like a broken toy. Just a nuisance who bothered them while dying.

Because that’s how school violence perpetrators perceive their victims, they don’t see it as a particularly serious incident.

Moreover, in their minds, it’s just a joke. They rationalize that no one would take a joke seriously.

“The common thing about those who perceive crime as a joke is that they are easier to track than you think.”

These kinds of crimes aren’t truly impossible to solve; they’re simply not being solved. Even school violence could be thoroughly investigated if the school was determined to do so, but schools often ignore the victim’s pleas, claiming they’re protecting the school’s reputation.

“But this has a scale that is too large to be seen as a joke, and they are systematically avoiding police searches. That means the subject recognizes their actions as a crime and is trying to avoid being caught. And all crimes have a trigger.”

A simple joke might have a light or nonexistent trigger. What trigger does a child chasing a frog have?

However, committing an act recognized as a crime usually involves a cause that crosses a line – an external shock that sets things in motion.

“What is it?”

“I think it’s probably because they couldn’t get a job.”

“A job?”

“Many crimes occur due to stress. And some crimes are committed to relieve stress. Arson, for example, is very often caused by stress.”

In other words, a strong influence creates stress, and that stress leads to an action, a reaction to relieve it.

“From the perpetrator’s point of view, they are just lying once to relieve stress. However, in this case, the target is not a government office.”

Government offices often suffer from prank calls. Even with warnings against prank calls to the fire department, people still do it, largely because there’s no real punishment.

This isn’t just a prank. When a call comes in, they have to dispatch immediately, and if a real emergency occurs in the meantime, someone could die.

“Fortunately, the law has recently changed so that punishment is possible.”

The problem is that the news hasn’t spread yet, so people are still making prank calls.

And when you track these people down, the common excuse is that it was just a joke, but digging deeper reveals personal grievances. It’s a means of relieving stress.

For example, if they’re dissatisfied because they didn’t get good grades or failed to get a job, it’s a way to vent that frustration.

“Didn’t we have a big problem because of that in the past? Wasn’t there a big-hearted guy who called the United States?”

“Ah, that?”

Some crazy guy made a prank call to the United States, threatening a school shooting.

In the US, that’s a serious crime, not a joke. The police immediately dispatched, closed the school, and conducted a massive search, costing 90 million won [approximately $75,000 USD]. Later, they discovered the culprit was Korean, a former soldier. His reason was ridiculous: he was rejected by an American high school girl on a video chat and wanted revenge.

“So you think the trigger for this incident is ‘I didn’t get the job that day’?”

“That’s right. That’s why I don’t think I have any special skills.”

If they had skills, they’d be on a monthly contract, not out of work. And in that case, they’d have no reason to be stressed on their days off. It would genuinely be a day off because they wanted it.

“Generally, the cycle is simpler than you think when a person who is engaged in simple labor on the site cannot get a job.”

For general construction work, they wake up around 5 a.m. and go to the labor market [a place where day laborers gather to find work] by 6 a.m. They find a job there. Realistically, the labor market closes around 7:30 a.m.

Because most construction sites need manpower to arrive by 8 a.m.

Of course, those who aren’t selected that day just return to their accommodation. Since they didn’t get work, the day is wasted.

Many people soothe their empty stomachs, drink alcohol, and sleep. Waking up around noon to 1 p.m. is a common pattern for field workers who couldn’t find a job.

“You said the calls came between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. every time, right?”

That’s when the stress of not finding work that day is at its peak, after waking up.

“Are you really saying they relieve their stress that way?”

“Humans often relieve stress by committing atrocities against others. That’s true even in the military. If there’s no proper outlet, humans find other ways to relieve stress.”

“Ugh!”

In fact, after mobile phones were distributed to the military, unfair orders and violence between soldiers decreased significantly.

That’s not just because they’re afraid of being reported, but because they have a substitute that allows them to relieve stress without abusing their juniors.

“And when I see that, the perpetrator is probably a very poor person and someone who is ignored by others.”

“Why?”

“Because the alternative to stress relief is money.”

Whether it’s playing games, drinking alcohol, or eating delicious food, there are many ways to relieve stress if you have money.

“But that guy relieves stress by controlling others through a burner phone [a cheap, disposable cell phone].”

Trying to prove superiority by inflicting damage on others is a common behavior among malicious individuals.

“But in the case of burner phones, the maintenance cost is not that high.”

Games? In Korea, it’s pointless to play games if you’re broke. Even if you spend 100 million won [approximately $75,000 USD] every month, you’re treated like a beggar in Korean games, referring to the pay-to-win model in many Korean online games.

Even if it’s not a mobile game but a console game, the console itself is expensive, and the games are never cheap.

“The perpetrator probably has very low academic abilities as well.”

He’s likely an uneducated type, and probably can’t relieve stress through intellectual pursuits.

“He is probably very concerned about the high and low status of humans in life. He is someone who tries to confirm his superiority and relieve his stress by controlling people lower than himself.”

“Superiority?”

“Wouldn’t someone bow down if someone called a restaurant and said they were making a 3 million won [approximately $2,250 USD] reservation today?”

Of course, most people would have to be accommodating, and that behavior would give the perpetrator satisfaction.

“So you’re saying they’re just doing this to relieve stress because they’re angry?”

“To put it simply, yes.”

At those words, the three people looked dumbfounded.

“I understand. But who is that guy……”

“Do you have any suspicious places?”

“Suspicious places or whatever, it’s obvious where he works.”

He came here two years ago and settled down here to work in construction? Then it’s obvious.

“There is a large apartment complex construction site in Sangman-dong over there. He must be working there.”

“That’s right. Has it been a year since the construction started there?”

“Then, considering the demolition period, it would be about two years.”

In that situation, there is a very high possibility that the perpetrator is working there.

“But there are more than a few people working there? There are really thousands of people working there.”

Realistically, it’s impossible to investigate them all. The biggest problem is that they’re all transient workers. It’s impossible to track everyone who works in construction in one area.

Of course, people who used to work in other areas come to work, but the problem is that they don’t report their change of address.

Because they don’t know when they’ll leave. To report a move, they need at least a monthly rental agreement, but signing a contract ties up that money for two years without exception.

As a result, most people who move between construction sites prefer accommodations like inns, motels, or studio apartments where they don’t have to report their move or spend a lot of money.

“First of all, there is a high possibility that he is from Incheon.”

“Incheon?”

“Yes.”

“No, why?”

“Because most burner phones are Chinese phones.”

“Does that matter?”

“Yes, it does. Chinese people who have officially entered Korea are reluctant to open burner phones.”

Because if the burner phone they opened and sold is involved in a crime, they could be deported.

Opening and selling burner phones is illegal in the first place.

For Koreans, it would simply end with a fine, but for Chinese people, there’s a possibility of deportation.

“But Incheon has a lot of transient Chinese people due to the characteristics of the area.”

Incheon is a place where many people come and go for short periods, from the airport to the port. And those people have no problem creating and selling burner phones under their names.

Once they create and sell them and go to China, there’s no way for Korea to investigate them. It’s impossible to impose an entry ban without even investigating.

Even if they are caught, if they say, ‘I didn’t know about it, I was in China all the time,’ there’s no way to punish the person who made the burner phone due to the nature of Korean law.

Because they can’t prove that he intentionally created and sold it.

“And he is already making his fifth burner phone. Only under Chinese names.”

Of course, it’s not difficult to buy a burner phone if you do a little research on the Internet. However, in such cases, there’s a high possibility that some Korean or other foreign phones are mixed in.

But burner phones opened under Chinese names all five times? That’s not very likely.

“Unless it’s a place that opens Chinese burner phones.”

There are quite a few such places in Incheon.

“And if he is from that area, he will know who handles such things well.”

There are many Chinese people, but not many places where they can easily get burner phones. That’s the problem.

“Still, there are too many, aren’t there? It’s not easy to grab them and ask if they are from Incheon.”

Furthermore, Park Do-joon commits crimes due to the stress of not getting a job on his days off, but it’s impossible to find out when and where he worked.