My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 346

“Are you suggesting that Nam Yeon-hwa killing Do Kyung-deok was the trigger?”

Park Do-joon shook his head. If that were the case, the situation wouldn’t have unfolded in such a complicated way, and it wouldn’t have led to cannibalism.

“I think Do Kyung-deok’s death, rather than Nam Yeon-hwa killing him, might be Nam Yeon-hwa’s trigger.”

“Do Kyung-deok’s death?”

“Yes, I told you about Issei Sagawa, right?”

“Yes.”

Issei Sagawa. A Japanese man who committed a heinous act of cannibalistic murder by capturing and eating a French woman in France. He wasn’t even punished for his actions. France decided not to punish him due to his mental state and deported him.

They regretted it later, but there was no way to bring him back. He went to Japan, but Sagawa Issei’s family was powerful even in Japan, and thanks to that, he was able to avoid punishment in Japan as well, citing mental illness.

“And he lived well and prosperously afterward.”

Later, he wrote books about cannibalism and even appeared on television to talk about it. The broadcasting station even created a program where he explored food.

“What do you think Sagawa Issei’s feelings were for the victim at that time?”

“Are you suggesting it was affection?”

Song Pil-man asked in horror, and Lee Ji-soo’s face hardened as she realized what kind of emotion it was.

“Is that something out of a novel? To be together forever? That kind of nonsense?”

“It’s nonsense. But at the same time, it’s something that actually happens.”

To be together forever by killing the other person and eating their body. It sounds like something a villain would say in a comic book, but in reality, there are more people with such mental abnormalities than you might think.

“Considering the timing of the disappearance and when the vehicle was found, the possibility seems quite high.”

Park Do-joon looked troubled.

“The problem is that everything is just speculation.”

No one knows for sure whether Nam Yeon-hwa actually killed people and ate them, and it’s not easy to investigate to find out.

“With drug cases, you can at least find witnesses to tie them together.”

But this isn’t a drug case. That’s why he can’t just call Nam Yeon-hwa out of the blue without any evidence and say, ‘I’m suspicious, so I’m going to do a drug test.’

Even if the other person has been punished for drugs three times. If that were possible, most drug offenders would probably be eradicated.

Because the guys who do drugs keep doing them, so if you keep cracking down on them, they’ll keep getting caught.

“It would be good if we could get a warrant.”

Park Do-joon said with a serious face. The unexpected information came to him the very next day.

-Detective, about Nam Yeon-hwa. I thought you should know something, so I called.

“Something I should know?”

A phone call that came during work. And that call was from Jung Yi-yeon.

-I thought you were concerned about Nam Yeon-hwa, so I stirred up some rumors here and there.

“Oh, thank you?”

-Yeah, but it seems like she had a man.

“You mean Do Kyung-deok?”

-Huh? You already knew?

“Yeah, I’m suspicious, and he’s one of the missing people.”

It wasn’t particularly important information. It was already expected. But the next thing she said was something even Park Do-joon hadn’t anticipated.

-Then do you know that the Haengseol Confectionery people entered the country and left?

“Entered? You mean the former president of Haengseol Confectionery? I thought he went to the United States?”

-He did. But they briefly came in a group, quietly, so no one paid attention.

Moreover, Haengseol Confectionery, which they used to run, is now a completely different company. They have no shares or authority; they are just wealthy foreigners.

-But I heard that Nam Yeon-hwa was the reason.

“Nam Yeon-hwa?”

-Yeah, she suddenly said she was going to get married? Well, I don’t know what happened after that.

At that, Park Do-joon was stunned and then realized. Nam Yeon-hwa suddenly said she was going to get married. But realistically, families that are of a high enough class to satisfy Nam Yeon-hwa’s family would never like her.

In terms of power, wealth, social status, and even genetics, Nam Yeon-hwa is the type of person that *chaebols* [large, family-owned conglomerates] would never tolerate.

“Could it be that the target is Do Kyung-deok?”

-I don’t know. Isn’t that likely, given the circumstances? The important thing is that Nam Yeon-hwa’s behavior became strange after her family left Korea again.

Before that, she at least accepted someone to manage the house. But after that incident, she didn’t let anyone in and lived only in her closed-off home, extremely avoiding meeting other people.

“Is that true?”

-I only heard rumors, so I don’t know the details about the timing or anything. It’s just that there are such rumors.

“Thank you. This is bigger than I thought.”

Park Do-joon smiled.

“Let’s change the direction of this case.”

“Change it?”

“Let’s make it Do Kyung-deok’s disappearance case instead of a cannibalism case.”

“What? Suddenly?”

“It’s not sudden. I think Nam Yeon-hwa will react if we start tracking Do Kyung-deok.”

Park Do-joon shared the information he received from Jung Yi-yeon with Song Pil-man and Lee Ji-soo, and they nodded after hearing it.

“Even if there are witnesses, they are the people from Haengseol Confectionery.”

“That’s right. If we start investigating, they will answer through a lawyer.”

Of course, their answer is obvious. They haven’t seen him since that day.

But the important thing is that. Where did they see him?

In the current situation, it is highly likely that Nam Yeon-hwa and Do Kyung-deok were living together. In fact, it is highly likely that Nam Yeon-hwa is still using the equipment that Do Kyung-deok had.

“Do Kyung-deok disappeared after that incident, and Nam Yeon-hwa remained in Korea. Nam Yeon-hwa’s parents would hate being involved with Do Kyung-deok.”

“But even that much would be enough to get a warrant for the house.”

“Yes.”

And with that, they can go and investigate the house.

“I wonder how Nam Yeon-hwa will react.”

And if they see that reaction, they might be able to solve the case more easily than they thought.

The warrant itself came out easily. In fact, they told Nam Yeon-hwa’s parents about Do Kyung-deok’s disappearance, leaving out the cannibalism story, and they answered through a lawyer as expected. And the answer was concise. ‘I haven’t seen him since that day.’

“It seems like they actually came and made a mess.”

“I guess so. The class is completely different.”

He’s not an ordinary family member; he’s an orphan. Even if the family has declined compared to the past, if you divide the class, there is a difference as big as heaven and earth.

“Moreover, they both have drug records. What does this mean?”

“Did they meet while doing drugs?”

“That’s right. It’s the worst.”

The gap between the two people’s backgrounds is so big that there is no point of contact except for the fact that they do drugs, and even if Nam Yeon-hwa’s family is not such a bad family and is open-minded, they will not be able to tolerate this.

A drug addict as a son-in-law. Who would tolerate that?

“Moreover, regardless of whether she does drugs or not, Nam Yeon-hwa is one of the heirs.”

There are three children of the same rank as Nam Yeon-hwa in that family, including Nam Yeon-hwa. Even though the company has gone bankrupt, they are still people with hundreds of billions of assets.

It’s not that the company went bankrupt, but that they sold the company.

Conversely, if she gets married, it means that another heir addicted to drugs will be born, and that asset will be worth hundreds of billions.

“Well, the important thing is that the warrant has been issued.”

Moreover, the house is officially in the name of her father, not Nam Yeon-hwa. Since he agreed, Nam Yeon-hwa cannot stop it.

“Of course, she won’t let us search easily.”

“Yes? Detective, what do you mean?”

“You’ll know when you go.”

She would know when she went. Lee Ji-soo could only understand those words after she actually went.

“Wow! Even a new house wouldn’t be this clean.”

When they came to execute the warrant, the house was clean. It was so clean that it was almost empty.

“Everything is new.”

From home appliances such as TVs, refrigerators, and washing machines to the closet, everything has been almost completely cleaned up and re-wallpapered.

“I’m going crazy. Is this what you were talking about, Detective?”

“Yes, it’s a common method used by the wealthy.”

You can’t stop the warrant. Especially for that family, who was criticized by the public in connection with Haengseol Confectionery, they would be reluctant to be gossiped about again.

Even if they have nothing left to sell because they were deprived of Haengseol Confectionery.

“Then what’s the method?”

“Destroy everything?”

“Correct.”

Even if you clean neatly, there are limits to what you can do. There may be hair somewhere, and there may be fingerprints somewhere. Then what’s the method?

Just throw everything away, destroy it, and make it completely new.

“We recently remodeled it.”

Park Do-joon was dumbfounded as he looked at the female lawyer who casually raised her glasses.

‘Well, it was recent.’

The construction started almost immediately after the warrant application was filed and ended just yesterday. And today is the warrant execution date.

In the first place, it doesn’t make sense to give a week for the warrant execution date, and it doesn’t make sense to remodel a house of this size in a week.

Of course, they remodeled it overnight, working 24 hours a day in three shifts. Even at a glance, there were some poorly constructed parts here and there in the house that was said to have been remodeled. It wasn’t just anyone, so the contractor who was doing construction on a *chaebol’s* house in this way was told to finish it within the period regardless of the quality.

“This is so clean that it’s just empty.”

Even the computer has nothing inside that anyone can tell is new, beyond formatting. Judging from the fact that even common video programs or essential internet programs are not installed, it was obvious that this was also completely new.

Because if you format it, the police will find evidence through forensic investigation, so these days, they prefer to replace the whole thing rather than formatting it.

“Where did everything that was here go?”

“I threw it all away as industrial waste, according to the law.”

“Ugh!”

If that’s actually the case, it can’t be used as evidence. Because it’s not like a computer, and the possibility of contamination is so great the moment fingerprints or hair are thrown away.

“Where is Nam Yeon-hwa?”

“The young lady is not feeling well, so she is resting elsewhere.”

“Leaving the house?”

“Well, it was noisy because of the remodeling, right?”

“I’d like to see her.”

“Get a warrant.”

As expected, the lawyer drew a firm line.

“First. I will execute the warrant.”

“Go ahead.”

Song Pil-man said that, but the female lawyer said very confidently.

‘I guess so.’

There’s no way anything’s left. They tore down even the built-in closet, remodeled it, and replaced everything, so is there anything left? There’s no way.