My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 362

‘I thought he was competent.’

Actually, when he was first scouted, Hong Woo-jong thought Han Sung-gi was quite useful. Thanks to him, he won the second election, which he thought would be difficult, more easily than expected.

But that was it. After that, he hadn’t shown any worthwhile performance.

‘Damn it.’

And Han Sung-gi, sensing that gaze, trembled with fear. He couldn’t help it; he had been by Hong Woo-jong’s side long enough to know how dangerous he was.

‘I should have just stayed at the police station.’

At first, he thought that aligning himself with someone powerful would amplify his own influence. An incumbent member of the National Assembly, and the second son of the Daeguk Group – the title alone was enough to boost his career.

But even when dried, a croaker is still a croaker [meaning, a person’s essential nature doesn’t change]. He’s a profiler, and he can recognize that Hong Woo-jong is not normal.

The problem is, he can’t leave now. The operation he planned has failed, and in the worst possible way.

Originally, the plan was for Hong Woo-jong to help Oh Bang-hwan, save him from a scandal, and then exploit his resulting weakness. Then, Oh Bang-hwan would criticize the police to raise his public profile, and after gaining control of the police authority, he would return the position to Hong Woo-jong when he stepped down.

But the false accusation was cleared. No, clearing the false accusation was part of the plan from the beginning. The real problem is that Oh Bang-hwan was not only cleared of the false accusation but also implicated in a case of statutory rape involving a minor.

The number of victims is as high as eleven. No matter how much Hong Woo-jong pushes, it’s impossible to make a minor rapist a member of the National Assembly.

Of course, there are people who support a specific party no matter what. But Oh Bang-hwan cannot become a member of the National Assembly with their support alone.

And the members of the party aren’t fools enough to put a minor rapist in such a district, considering how many people spend money to get there; it’s absurd.

As a result, everything is twisted, and now the failed plan is cornering Hong Woo-jong. He is being blamed for making trouble by speaking out of turn when he should have kept his mouth shut.

He is just a two-term member of the National Assembly. Moreover, he unknowingly helped a guy who raped a minor, so he doesn’t know if he will even be nominated in the next election.

‘Of course, I can become a member of the National Assembly even without the nomination.’

The problem is that all these failures started from Han Sung-gi’s bad advice.

‘I’m going crazy.’

Han Sung-gi felt Hong Woo-jong’s cold eyes and his heart trembled.

‘I can’t escape.’

But he can’t just stay either. His mind was in turmoil.

At that moment, Park Do-joon was meeting Hong Woo-jong’s older brother, Hong Geun-jong.

“My brother committed the crime?”

“Yes, it probably is.”

“Probably?”

Hong Geun-jong stroked his chin at Park Do-joon’s words. He can’t be sure, but it is a strange case in many ways.

“But why are you telling me this? No, what I mean is not that I don’t care, it’s that I’m not going to help.”

Oh Bang-hwan’s case has turned South Korea upside down. If it is linked to his brother and can send his brother away in one go, he has nothing to lose. But realistically, that is not possible now. Even Park Do-joon is saying ‘probably’ with suspicion.

“I think you can help.”

“I have something to help with?”

“Daeguk Group is the only place where a murderer can get a job.”

Hong Geun-jong’s face hardened at those words.

“No, what are you talking about?”

“Hong Woo-jong will want to keep murderers around him and control them.”

Park Do-joon started talking about profiling, and Hong Geun-jong’s face hardened as he listened.

“This crazy bastard!”

The reason why he is so angry is that if this is revealed to the outside, the political fallout will be enormous.

The Daeguk Group hid a murderer at the request of a member of the National Assembly? How big of a scandal would that be?

Hong Geun-jong, who had been taught to work for the Daeguk Group all his life and had actually lived that way, thought it was something that could not and should not happen.

“I hope you can help me find him.”

“How?”

“You must know who is under his influence, right?”

“That’s….”

Hong Geun-jong smiled bitterly at Park Do-joon’s words. That’s actually true.

Since they decided to have a succession war [a competition to determine who will inherit the family business], the first thing to do is to get rid of anyone who could be a threat to him. Naturally, they had identified those who were loyal to Hong Woo-jong through internal investigations.

‘The police can never investigate this area.’

But if you are an insider and a successor, you can’t help but know that.

“The Daeguk Group’s shield is essential to hide and protect the criminal. There are no positions that a member of the National Assembly can give.”

Of course, if you use your power as a member of the National Assembly, it is not impossible to get a job in a decent position. But in such cases, it can be a weakness in itself.

But what if you use your power as the successor of a large company, not as a member of the National Assembly? That’s not a problem. Even if another member of the National Assembly asks for data on the issue, the Daeguk Group will not submit it.

“Besides, Daeguk Group is a Korean defense company. Security is tight.”

Even if it is the name of an individual employee, a member of the National Assembly cannot arbitrarily demand it without a court warrant. Otherwise, it could be linked to national security issues.

“I understand what you’re saying. But if that happens, Hong Woo-jong will find out, right?”

It’s not difficult to investigate from this side, but it is too obvious that Hong Woo-jong will find out.

“I know. And that’s what I’m aiming for.”

“What?”

“To make Hong Woo-jong expect that he is being tracked. That’s the purpose.”

“He might attack me.”

“No, he might if you ask for the data directly. But things will be different if the police request it indirectly. Hong Woo-jong is a suspicious person.”

Hong Geun-jong couldn’t help but tilt his head at those words.

“It’s been a while, Detective Park.”

Park Do-joon went to see Han Sung-gi. Then he smiled happily.

“Why are you here?”

Han Sung-gi couldn’t hide his discomfort. It was all because of Park Do-joon that he was in this difficult situation.

But Park Do-joon reached out to Han Sung-gi.

“Detective Han, why don’t you just come back this time?”

“What?”

“The police are short of staff. If you come back, the police will accept you.”

Han Sung-gi’s eyes shook at those words. Of course, it’s a lie. But at the same time, Park Do-joon has the ability to make it possible.

‘One phone call from Chairman Bae Deok-gi, well… Of course, that’s the story when he comes back.’

The important thing is to give Han Sung-gi a place to escape. No, at least to create such an opening.

At the same time, Park Do-joon’s purpose was to set a trap related to him.

“Why are you calling the National Assembly office?”

“I was a bit… I didn’t get along with you, Detective Han, so I quit and deleted your number. But I’m sorry. I’m regretting it.”

‘This bastard is regretting it? There’s no way.’

Han Sung-gi couldn’t help but feel uneasy looking at Park Do-joon. Park Do-joon is not the type to regret this, at least not to him. But suddenly he’s regretting it, saying this and that, which didn’t make sense.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t go back.”

‘Yeah, you can’t go back.’

Not ‘I won’t go back’ but ‘I can’t go back’. Han Sung-gi said it unintentionally, but it is also a word that contains a lot of meaning.

It also means that he is tightening his grip on Hong Woo-jong.

“I still hope you come back. The team leader also quit the police and went somewhere else, so the team is in a mess.”

“No, I can’t go. I don’t want to go.”

“Please think about it again.”

“I don’t want to.”

After several attempts at persuasion, Park Do-joon finally nodded.

“If you say so, Detective Han, I can’t help it. But please think about it again.”

Park Do-joon got up from his seat, as if giving up, as if he couldn’t help it, while licking his lips.

“I’ll see you again later, Detective Han.”

“Get lost, I don’t want to see your face.”

Han Sung-gi, who had said harsh words to Park Do-joon, got annoyed and went back into the assemblyman’s office.

But as soon as he came in, Hong Woo-jong immediately called Han Sung-gi.

“Did you call me, Assemblyman?”

“Secretary Han Sung-gi.”

“Yes, Assemblyman.”

“I heard you met the police just now? Why did you meet them?”

Han Sung-gi’s heart sank at those words. But soon he had no choice but to accept it. There was no one who wouldn’t ask him since the police called the assemblyman’s office and called him.

“They asked me if I had any intention of returning to work.”

“Returning to work?”

“Yes, they said that there were too few profilers and asked me if I had any intention of returning to work.”

In fact, it is natural. Profiling is not something that you can learn in school and use right away. It requires years of practical training.

Just look at Lee Ji-soo; she is struggling with the gap between what she learned in school and reality, right?

This is because profilers can only work properly after experiencing at least two years of practical experience as police officers.

Recently, many profilers have quit because of Park Do-joon, so the police side has no choice but to lack talent.

That’s why Han Sung-gi didn’t doubt it.

“Is that so?”

But Hong Woo-jong looked at Han Sung-gi with an uneasy feeling. Hong Woo-jong suspects all human beings, and he suspects even more those who bother him.

‘He met the police.’

Is it really a coincidence? Of course, it could be.

“Okay. You can go out.”

Hong Woo-jong said with a smile because there were other employees present.

But Han Sung-gi could intuitively feel that something was going wrong with that eerie smile.

# Coincidence disguised as inevitability

“Detective Park, Hong Geun-jong sent me a suspicious person.”

“He didn’t leave any traces, did he?”

“No, he sent it anonymously by quick delivery, and it’s a USB.”

When Park Do-joon met Han Sung-gi and returned to his office at the police station, Lee Ji-soo, who was waiting, quietly called Park Do-joon and handed him a small USB.

“But if it’s not just one or two people, is it possible to identify them?”

“It’s possible. It’s not the hiring season right now.”

If it is a large-scale hiring season, it will be impossible to track them down like this. But since it is not the hiring season, it is not impossible to track them down at all.

“There are at most thirty people. Of course, it would be difficult for the police to track down those thirty people.”

In the first place, Daeguk Group is not a company that hires so many people. This is because it is basically a company that produces military supplies and defense industry products, so it has no choice but to pay a lot of attention to security and national security.

“And with the information contained in this, you can identify even more.”

Park Do-joon connected the USB to the computer. Then there were a total of four profiles in it.

“Only four people?”

“To be exact, three people.”

One person will be the one who licks Hong Woo-jong’s boots. The oldest person will be that person. A department head-level personnel with 20 years of service.