My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 331

‘You’re not joking.’

In reality, Hong Woo-jong was a man who tried to push Korea into war for his own benefit and ultimately tried to induce World War III to sell weapons.

Park Do-joon doesn’t remember it, but with his long-held intuition, he felt that he was more dangerous than anyone else.

“Is that you?”

At that moment, he turned his head and saw Hong Woo-jong standing there. Seeing him, Jung Yi-yeon froze. They had been talking about him just a moment ago.

“Who are you?”

“Are you pretending not to know? Are you the one who persuaded my brother to accept such a lowly woman?”

At those words, Park Do-joon chuckled. He didn’t think Hong Woo-jong had come up with that himself.

“Did Han Sung-ki tell you that?”

“So it was you.”

“Well, I just gave him some friendly advice on whether he should start thinking about marriage.”

“Friendly advice? From the likes of you?”

Hong Woo-jong’s tone clearly demeaned Park Do-joon. That tone that he was above everyone else.

‘And this is my brother’s wedding, of all places.’

Moreover, he probably knows that I came at my brother’s invitation. But he ignores that and talks like that?

‘Right. He wouldn’t give up that easily.’

He won’t give up. So he’s being hostile to those around his brother. Of course, a smart guy would try to hide his true feelings. But Hong Woo-jong is too proud for that.

“It’s just advice as a friend.”

“As a friend……”

At those words, Hong Woo-jong’s face turned very cold.

“A lowly bastard who’s good with his mouth.”

“Well, you have to be good with your mouth to get close to such great people, don’t you?”

“It seems like you want to get a line into our family… Get lost. Too much greed leads to disaster.”

In short, he’s telling him to back off. Of course, instead of answering, Park Do-joon provoked Hong Woo-jong in a different way.

“Have we met before?”

“What?”

“I’m asking if we’ve met before.”

“No.”

“I see.”

Park Do-joon nodded. Guys like that get the other person excited. And then they use that as an excuse to corner them. Excitement clouds a person’s judgment, and they wait for the other person to make a mistake.

Psychopaths don’t have as much emotional fluctuation as you might think, so they try to control the other person by acting more calmly about doing things like that.

‘But if they can’t control it, then they start to get excited in reverse.’

Knowing that, Park Do-joon had no intention of falling for Hong Woo-jong’s provocation.

“Mr. Hong Woo-jong.”

“What?”

“Trusting your surroundings too much is a bad habit.”

With those words, Park Do-joon smiled and left the spot. Hong Woo-jong couldn’t say anything and just glared at Park Do-joon fiercely.

Jung Yi-yeon, who had hurriedly followed, asked Park Do-joon.

“Sunbae [senior colleague or mentor], what did you say?”

“Just advice.”

“Advice? Wasn’t that a provocation?”

“It’s advice. But not all advice is right.”

“Huh?”

Park Do-joon just smiled at Jung Yi-yeon, who looked clueless.

‘But he’ll start to get suspicious.’

Hong Woo-jong is a guy who doesn’t have trust. And what Park Do-joon just said will have slightly changed the color of his surroundings.

Of course, he’s a guy who doesn’t trust people and uses them, but just making him look at it a little differently, that is, with suspicious eyes, Park Do-joon has nothing to lose.

“It’s funny.”

Because he doesn’t trust anyone, paradoxically, he ends up believing Park Do-joon’s words, ‘Don’t trust anyone.’

-The groom enters.

At that moment, he heard the host’s voice. Park Do-joon clapped and looked at the platform.

“Let’s wait and see what happens. Hehehe.”

# Cannot Say, Cannot Tell

Most police cases are not exposed to the outside. In the first place, there aren’t just one or two cases, and there are so many complications if they are all exposed to the outside. So most cases are buried without the police revealing them. But sometimes, there are cases that can’t be buried even if they aren’t revealed, cases that can never be released to the outside.

“Are you serious right now?”

“This is a situation where we have to do our best to solve it.”

“Why are you telling me this now…… Hooo~!”

The reason why Park Do-joon couldn’t hide his excitement was simple.

A murder case had broken out. No, it would be understandable if it was just a murder case. In fact, murder cases happen almost every day in Korea, even if they are not known.

“But this is not something to hide, is it?”

“This is a case that should not be exposed to the outside. But there are people saying, ‘What if you blow it up?’”

“Do you think I’m that thoughtless?”

Even Park Do-joon can’t blow up a case like this. No, from the police’s point of view, it’s common sense that they can’t blow up a case like this. It’s a case that even reporters should be told never to talk about.

“Ahem……!”

At those words, Lee Chang-man slightly turned his eyes.

‘I don’t even need to look to know.’

This is a serious case. Conversely, solving this would be a great achievement.

‘If we solve it, that is.’

The problem is that it hasn’t been solved yet. It’s not just that it hasn’t been solved. The fourth victim has already been found.

A clear serial murder. A very serious serial murder. The victims weren’t just dead.

“No matter what, how can you leave a cannibalism case unattended?”

“No, we didn’t leave it unattended.”

Lee Chang-man was trembling. Hong Geun-jong said he would use that fact as an excuse to turn things around.

It wasn’t just about emphasizing that Park Do-joon was on his side, but clearly taking advantage of the police’s weaknesses. Well, even if his intelligence is lower than Hyunseong’s, he should be able to find a case like this if he tries.

“First, we’re doing our best…….”

“Saying you did your best is just an excuse.”

If they had really done their best, there should have been at least some progress. But there is no progress at all. Of course, doing your best is better than not doing your best at all, but the important thing is not to be criticized less.

Furthermore, if you’re doing your best, the most important thing is to put in the most talented person, but can you really say you’re doing your best when you’re taking out Park Do-joon, the most talented person, for political reasons?

“You, you little punk! Hey, you! I’m your team leader. Don’t you know your place……!”

But instead of answering, Park Do-joon turned around, snatched the documents, and came out in front of him.

“You…… you, you! You little punk, you wanna die!”

“I’m going to see Chairman Hyunseong today, so don’t look for me.”

At those words, Lee Chang-man suddenly shut his mouth. Park Do-joon sighed, leaving him behind, and as he went outside, Lee Ji-soo cautiously followed him.

“Sunbae, are you okay?”

“I’m not okay. Did you know about this case too?”

“I didn’t know at all.”

“I guess so. You must have thought I’d be in trouble if I found out. You crazy bastard.”

Park Do-joon couldn’t help but swear. No matter what, he couldn’t believe that they were hiding the cannibalistic serial murder case that was happening right now.

“Are you really going to Hyunseong?”

“I just said that to shut him up because I was annoyed by his nonsense. This is what’s urgent.”

Park Do-joon said, shaking the case.

“I’m going crazy.”

“A cannibalistic demon, the country will be turned upside down if this leaks out, right?”

“Of course it will be turned upside down.”

In any country in the world, the bodies of the dead are treated with respect. Of course, the methods are all different. Some cremate or bury them, and others leave them alone in a practice called sky burial [a Tibetan funeral practice where a body is left in an open space as offering to the elements and animals].

But basically, the emotion contained within is all respect for the dead.

“But cannibalism, and this is obviously someone killing and eating people.”

Cannibalism is an act that evokes fear and disgust in humans. Is a criminal who blatantly commits such an act normal? Of course not.

And most police officers don’t know how an abnormal criminal will move.

“So this is the realm of profilers.”

But in a situation where other profilers haven’t found the answer properly, they didn’t ask Park Do-joon for help simply because they were afraid that Park Do-joon would gain achievements.

“No matter what, it’s too much.”

There are as many as four victims. What can you say to the bereaved families of those four victims?

“Damn cops.”

Park Do-joon couldn’t help but say that. Not the police, but the cops. He’s a police officer himself, but he had no intention of defending the police superiors who acted like this.

“I have to go first.”

Park Do-joon smiled bitterly as he looked at the documents.

Just because a case is being handled secretly doesn’t mean that personnel aren’t being put in. The first cannibalism case in Korea. Of course, a special investigation headquarters was created to solve it, and when he arrived there, the atmosphere was so gloomy that it was crawling on the floor.

“Oh, Do-joon, it’s been a while.”

Seo Joo-won was sitting blankly, then smiled faintly as he saw Park Do-joon. It wasn’t so much that he was happy to see him, but rather a face that had half given up.

“Joo-won, are you here too?”

“Because it’s a big case.”

“The National Forensic Service must be short of people?”

“I just stopped by for a moment anyway. I’m going to the scene to find evidence.”

“Evidence?”

“The fifth victim has been found.”

Park Do-joon’s face hardened at those words. It seems that another victim was found while he was coming.

“But why here……?”

Usually, the National Forensic Service goes straight to the scene, not to an office like this.

“Ah, what was it? They told me to sign something about security.”

“Since when did you suddenly have to sign a security document?”

“That’s what I’m saying. Well, I understand.”

With the fifth cannibalism victim being found and not even catching the tail end of the criminal, the police are bound to be nervous.

“So they’re desperate to keep it from leaking out.”

Park Do-joon could only let out a long sigh at those words. They should be desperate to catch the criminal, but on the contrary, they’re only desperate to hide it, so there’s no way the investigation can proceed properly.

“They’ll probably tell Do-joon to fill out the documents too.”

“Then let’s go together.”

“Okay. I’ll wait a moment.”

Park Do-joon went inside and reported that he had come to receive new work, and the head of the investigation team at the scene asked Park Do-joon to sign the security documents as well.

Park Do-joon nodded at those words and signed roughly. Anyway, this is a case that should not be released to the outside until the criminal is caught.