My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 385

“What’s with that expression? You look like you’re reminiscing about some distant memory.”

“What? How did you know that?”

“Hehehe~ Who else but me would know my dear brother’s heart?”

Park Do-joon felt a slight chill at those words. He considered himself to have a good poker face, even among profilers.

Yet she figured it out like a ghost.

‘Is this why men get caught cheating?’

At least in a relationship, a woman might as well be a man’s personal profiler.

“Alright, I’ll talk to those other human rights organizations. But will that really solve this problem?”

“We have to make it so.”

Park Do-joon grinned.

# The Most Terrifying Thing Is a Stab in the Back

As Park Do-joon predicted, when Moonlight subtly leaked information to human rights organizations, they began to protest as a group.

“So, where did that money go?”

“We don’t know.”

“Does that make sense? You don’t know who they are, you don’t know where the money is…”

“Well, you should ask the culprit.”

“Then shouldn’t you find the culprit?”

“That’s right. Looking at the case records, there’s more than one or two of these incidents?”

“Isn’t the police embezzling all that money?”

The police felt unjustly wronged. And as soon as that hit the news, the situation Park Do-joon had been aiming for finally unfolded.

“Alright, alright. Focus. We’re going into emergency duty starting today. An emergency response committee will be formed for this case, and the profiling team will treat this case as the top priority.”

“Starting today? Aren’t we already on emergency duty?”

Someone grumbled, as this wasn’t a one- or two-day occurrence. Indeed, the moment the media opened their mouths, that emergency response committee or whatever almost always popped up.

“Shut up, you bastard.”

“But where did Team Leader go? Why is the Section Chief here?”

“Team Leader Lee Chang-man was taken to the hospital with a perforated stomach.”

“A perforated stomach?”

“Yeah, they said it was due to stress.”

“Well, well.”

“What could that guy possibly be stressed about?”

In truth, the profilers’ evaluation of Team Leader Lee Chang-man wasn’t good. It couldn’t be good. He wasn’t a profiler in the first place, and his abilities weren’t even a tenth of the previous team leader’s.

So, when they heard he had a perforated stomach, they sneered rather than feeling sorry for him.

‘Well, he must be going crazy.’

The case was getting bigger and bigger, and if he wasn’t careful, he’d get caught up in it himself.

‘Hmm, is it roughly settled for now?’

Park Do-joon glanced at Jung Jin-han. Jung Jin-han looked relieved. If things got to this point, it wouldn’t be his fault, and he wouldn’t be able to cover it up in the first place.

Sensing Park Do-joon’s gaze, Jung Jin-han slightly bowed his head in gratitude.

“And given the situation, an employee from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be joining us.”

“What?”

“Why are they tagging along?”

“They say there might be human rights violations against Chinese Koreans.”

“Koreans my ass.”

“It’s not even certain if they’re Joseonjok [Chinese citizens of Korean ethnicity], so what Koreans are they talking about?”

“This is a mess.”

“Stop arguing, you guys.”

‘This is crossing the line a bit too much?’

Park Do-joon tilted his head as he said that, and then he was even more horrified.

“From now on, you’ll be working in teams of three.”

“What?”

“Section Chief? Teams of three?”

Originally, profilers worked in teams of two. But now they were being told to work with an employee from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“Quiet. Just do as you’re told.”

“Ugh.”

“This is driving me crazy.”

Inter-governmental or inter-departmental overreach and surveillance are burdensome everywhere. Especially when it’s not even a similar field, but suddenly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“This is a bit much…”

Even Lee Ji-soo seemed burdened. Some openly showed their displeasure, but the Section Chief didn’t bat an eye.

“There must be another reason.”

“What?”

But Park Do-joon thought differently.

“Another reason?”

“Yeah, the bureaucratic system is extremely afraid of change. Especially when the departments are different.”

Despite that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is sending people?

“Plus, they usually only send one person, not this many.”

One person can monitor or check an entire department, but they have to work in teams of three? That means there’s another purpose besides the normal one.

“Why?”

“I think I know roughly what it is.”

“What is it?”

“It’s still uncertain, so I’ll tell you later when it’s confirmed.”

Park Do-joon said that and got up from his seat. The entire department had gone into work. And not long after he went to his seat, a man approached him.

“Hello, I’m Yoon Tae-min, a public official.”

Park Do-joon smiled at the smiling official.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes?”

“You didn’t come here to play, did you? Let’s go to work.”

“Right away?”

“Yes.”

“But…”

People around them were talking about this and that. Some had uncomfortable expressions, but they weren’t openly hostile. Because he was a public official. But to suddenly go to work.

“Do you not want to?”

“Yes? No. No, I do.”

“Oh, call home and tell them you can’t go home. Your mother must be worried.”

“Ah, I live alone.”

“Okay, then let’s move right away.”

Park Do-joon said that and got up from his seat, and Lee Ji-soo glanced at Yoon Tae-min and got up to follow him.

And Park Do-joon took Lee Ji-soo and Yoon Tae-min straight to the Pyeongtaek Police Station.

“You have a nice car.”

Yoon Tae-min said with a somewhat uneasy face. Park Do-joon said leisurely to Yoon Tae-min.

“Well, you could say my family rose from the bottom, right?”

“Even so, isn’t this impossible with a police salary?”

“It’s not me, it’s my family that rose from the bottom. Haneul Industries is a primary partner of the Hyunseong Group. My older brother runs it. I own half the shares, though.”

“Ah~!”

At those words, Yoon Tae-min didn’t say anything and just looked out the window. After a while, he cautiously asked a question.

“Then you don’t have to do this, do you? You must be earning a lot.”

“Not really. We’re currently expanding our business, so I don’t have a position, so it’s not right to receive money. Plus, my brother and I hold all the shares ourselves.”

Of course, he could receive it if he wanted to. But Park Do-joon and his brother are focused on growing the company, and they’ve postponed taking it for themselves.

Even if the relationship with Hyunseong Group is good now, there’s no telling how long that will last.

“Even this was bought cheaply because Hyunseong Group brokered it.”

To be exact, it was something that was seized from a bankrupt guy.

“I see.”

Yoon Tae-min didn’t say anything at those words and just followed along. After driving for a while, they entered the Pyeongtaek Police Station, which was already in chaos.

‘I guess so.’

According to the profiling, the suspected organization’s location was Pyeongtaek.

“We’re from the Metropolitan Profiling Team.”

“We received your call. You need data?”

“Yes.”

“Here’s information on groups with some influence around here.”

Park Do-joon received it and began to read it. Yoon Tae-min, who was watching from behind, asked as if something was strange.

“The names of the violent organizations are cuter than I thought? Bear Cub Gang, Pink Rabbit Gang, Strawberry Milk Gang?”

“These guys aren’t violent organizations.”

“They’re not?”

“Yes, they’re just thugs. But since they’re clearly forming gangs, the police give them separate names for distinction.”

Even if they don’t call themselves violent organizations, they can’t just leave the guys who lead organizations and cause trouble in the local community alone. However, not all thug bastards name themselves something cool like a violent organization and operate.

“In those cases, the police just give them names. It’s not like the names will be used officially anyway.”

When violent organizations are exposed in the media, the rule is to use the names they call themselves. Otherwise, they’re just labeled as simple violent organizations.

“So they give them all sorts of names. The basic rule is not to give them intimidating or cool names.”

“Ah~!”

Indeed, if you call them the Strawberry Milk Gang, it definitely doesn’t feel like a threatening name.

“Senior, do you think there’s an organization within these guys?”

“No, there won’t be.”

“What? There won’t be?”

“Yes, there won’t be.”

Park Do-joon drew a firm line. Yoon Tae-min tilted his head at those words.

“Why?”

“According to the current analysis, this is an organization that engages in smuggling and murder. These organizations don’t like to reveal themselves.”

“Those violent organizations fight a lot over their turf, don’t they?”

“That’s what the losers do. The reason why the area is important is because that’s where the money comes from.”

In the past, violent organizations operated by working in a specific area and receiving so-called protection money. That’s why they were so obsessed with their area.

The more stores there are in their area, the more money they can make.

“But that’s not the case now. I expect these guys to run bars. The meaning of their area doesn’t really matter to those people.”

Because if they have such a large area, they will definitely fall under the surveillance of the police.

“So these days, most violent organizations go legit. Well, it’s usually just bars.”

The problem is that even if they obviously go legit as bars, they eventually fall under the umbrella of the law, so it becomes very difficult for the police to intervene from then on.

“Especially if violent organizations become elite these days.”

There are hardly any nationwide organizations like in the past. Most of those organizations are involved with the top echelons of the political world, the police, the prosecution, and the courts.

That’s why they don’t commit such dangerous murders. If they do something like that carelessly, the organization will be destroyed.

It’s not like those murders make a lot of money either.

If it’s 100 million won per case, it’s a lot of money for a small organization, but it’s not very meaningful for a large organization.

“Then why are we looking at this?”

“What’s important is not the name of the organization, but the location.”

“Location?”

“Yes, there are places where these thug bastards can’t approach.”

Park Do-joon said, shaking the documents. The areas where these violent organizations mainly operate are also written down. Of course, since they’re not fixed violent organizations but thug bastards, there’s no place to say, ‘It’s exactly here!’

“But these guys are bound to curl their tails [become intimidated and back down] if they mess around and meet the real deal.”

These thug bastards can go to a snack bar and demand money, but they can’t go to a bar run by a real violent organization and cause trouble. They’ll get screwed over.

“It’s also awkward to just mess with the other stores around them.”

If they do that, the police will be coming and going, so would the organization like that?