My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 439

“If my prediction is correct, that bastard anticipated our moves and prepared accordingly.”

“Do you have proof? Or is he lying to save his own skin?”

One of the men, who usually harbored discontent towards Wang Uhwan, shouted in agitation.

‘That son of a bitch, I’ll kill him someday!’

He was someone who usually felt inferior to Wang Uhwan, an intelligent profiler. Such things existed even within the police force, where profilers were deliberately denied promotions and ostracized. There was no way a criminal organization wouldn’t have someone like that. Knowing this, Wang Uhwan could only grit his teeth.

“I really didn’t do anything. I’m being framed.”

“Don’t give me that crap! How else would they know our location and recognize you just by your voice?”

“It’s a trap.”

“Boss, don’t believe him. He betrayed us.”

As the atmosphere turned ominous, Wang Uhwan swallowed hard.

‘Damn it!’

At this point, he had to admit it. Park Dojoon was better than him.

‘Surviving is the priority.’

Fighting here would only endanger himself. There was no way to turn the situation around here. Persuade them to trust him? That only happened in novels or movies. Once suspicion took root, people would doubt endlessly.

Moreover, these guys were criminals, and most of them were hostile to him due to their inferiority complex.

“Don’t misunderstand. I have no reason to help him. Have you forgotten that I designed this project? Why would I ruin a project I designed?”

He appealed, mentioning that he designed the long-term organ trafficking operation that was double-dipping in both Korea and Taiwan. Joo Orin gritted his teeth.

“You son of a bitch…!”

This wasn’t a plea to spare him for his contributions. From the start, violent organizations didn’t distinguish between public and private matters. They just cut off heads if they didn’t like someone.

However, this project was backed by the Triads [Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate] in China, so if he disposed of Wang Uhwan, who was in charge, at his own discretion, the headquarters would reprimand him.

No, it would be fortunate if it ended with a reprimand. Just as he could kill his subordinates at will, the Triads could kill him at will.

“I came to help. But since you don’t believe me after falling into their trap, I’ll step aside.”

“What? Do you think you can just quit because you don’t want to do it?”

“Then can you trust me and negotiate?”

Joo Orin frowned at those words. Wang Uhwan had been insisting that Korea was a special case and that an appropriate amount to agree with Taiwan would be around 50 million won. That was still 17 billion won [approximately $13 million USD]. It was definitely not a small amount.

“If you agree to that amount now, all problems can be easily resolved.”

“Boss, don’t be fooled. If he gets 1 billion won and we only get 50 million won, the higher-ups will think we’re incompetent.”

Naturally, the people around him shouted that it was nonsense.

“We need to get at least 300 million, no, 500 million won.”

“That’s right. He’s been looking down on you from the start, Boss.”

‘Damn it.’

It wasn’t that he was looking down on them, but he had to step in because they didn’t even know the basics of negotiation. But looking down on them?

‘Well, I guess it is looking down on them.’

In any case, those feelings piled up and turned into resentment towards him. If he was misunderstood in this situation, there was no way back.

“Then I’ll leave.”

“Leave?”

“It won’t be a problem if I leave the negotiation, right? You’re not going to listen to my advice anyway.”

“This bastard?”

“You’re a traitor, do you want to die?”

Wang Uhwan felt like he was getting a stomachache as he looked at the gang members who seemed to have already branded him as a traitor.

‘Stupid bastards.’

If he left, they would be completely manipulated. The fact that they didn’t know that and were acting like this made his stomach churn.

‘I can’t help it.’

It was a shame to lose this place, but he had to get out first. If his location was exposed, an attack could happen at any time.

‘No, China isn’t the problem.’

Park Dojoon might do anything. And Wang Uhwan was feeling fear because of it.

‘Someone I couldn’t read… How long has it been?’

Wang Uhwan was a genius profiler who received immense support from the Chinese government and was scouted by the Triads with a huge amount of money because his skills were recognized. But he couldn’t figure out what that guy had done.

Of course, he could. If he tried, it would take a long time.

‘But this place isn’t safe.’

In a situation where the guys who were supposed to protect him actually wanted to kill him, there was nothing he could do.

‘I have to know when to get out.’

Humans were stupid anyway. They would forget everything over time, and he could start again then.

‘I can do it without these stupid bastards then.’

Wang Uhwan looked at his colleagues, no, the guys who used to be his colleagues, with cold eyes.

“Since I’m being suspected, I’ll step aside.”

At those words, their eyes gleamed with greed. They probably thought they could swallow up his contributions if Wang Uhwan left. But Wang Uhwan could intuitively tell. He wouldn’t be in good shape if he stayed here.

‘I better leave quickly.’

Wang Uhwan wasn’t a good enough person to struggle to save stupid bastards.

# Not a Rescue, but a Deal

“Wang Uhwan didn’t come out?”

“Do you know him?”

Park Dojoon asked to confirm when he heard that one person was missing and four people had come out.

“Yes, well, I could tell who it was by his voice.”

“Do you know anything about the criminal’s identity?”

“I don’t know much. Just that he’s Chinese and skilled in psychological warfare and negotiation. I don’t know his face either.”

‘Damn it.’

Of course, he knew the name Wang Uhwan, but there were limits to tracking him down with just that.

‘A psychologist, or someone with experience in the police force.’

Of course, he could try to track him down with that, but he wasn’t completely identified, and he hadn’t committed murder in front of him, so even if he asked China to confirm his identity, they wouldn’t do it. It was better not to expect it.

“As expected, internal strife broke out.”

“As expected?”

“Yes.”

Park Dojoon pretended to know, hoping for internal strife to break out, and the simple trick actually worked.

“Wang Uhwan is a smart guy. He probably avoided it for safety, anticipating that the negotiations would fall apart.”

“Abandoning his colleagues?”

“Wang Uhwan made a mistake.”

He just went on a rampage on his own with the boss next to him. He didn’t know what feelings he had towards Park Dojoon, but in any case, he wouldn’t have looked good in there since he made a mistake.

“And there are quite a few cases of intelligent criminals within violent organizations.”

“What? But don’t intelligent criminals usually lead organizations?”

Yoon Taemin tilted his head. That was common sense.

“That’s right. But they’re ignored because of that.”

“Why?”

“Because they’re a minority. People who are a minority in an organization are subject to being ignored. That’s human nature.”

“A minority?”

“How many intelligent criminals do you think there are in a criminal organization, especially one like the Triads?”

Unfortunately, not many. Because the Triads are never a small organization, and in order to have the ability to control it internally, they must have capabilities that exceed ordinary abilities.

“And most of those people can make a living without lacking money even if they don’t do that.”

Of course, working with a criminal organization can give them more money and more power, but the risk increases accordingly. So no one prefers that.

“The problem is that the Triads, or any large-scale criminal organization, can’t be controlled without intelligent criminals. And the method they usually use at that time is usually blackmail.”

If they threaten to kill them if they don’t work with them, most people have no choice but to work while crying and eating mustard [being forced to do something unpleasant].

“Especially China has a stronger tendency to do that.”

In Korea, the police have strong power and investigations are conducted relatively well. Decisively, except for a very few nationwide organizations, there are almost no proper criminal organizations, so if you report it to the police, it can be easily handled.

“But not the Triads.”

If you report it, you die. Far from being protected, the police will go to the Triads and tell them that a report has come in, and the Triads who find out will drag the guy’s entire family and kill them.

“As a result, most of the Triads recognize intelligent criminals as a kind of tool that they can replenish whenever they need them. In addition, the culture of the organization tends to show considerable aversion to heterogeneous beings.”

For example, suppose a company is heavily steeped in military culture. If a truly genius new employee comes in and suggests a way to solve a problem that has been bothering them for years, will the company think well of such a new employee?

“Isn’t it?”

“No. Rather, they treat him like a commoner who doesn’t know the hierarchy.”

“Treat him like a commoner?”

“Yes, those places with severe military culture think that the credit should be offered to the superiors.”

No matter how well the new employee does, he doesn’t handle it directly, but reports to the person working above him and he handles it, like reporting in the military, going up one step at a time.

“Wouldn’t the order of diplomats be the same right now?”

Yoon Taemin smiled bitterly at those words. That’s what actually happened. Is there a diplomatic solution and report it directly to the active diplomat or ambassador? That day, he’ll be kicked out of the organization.

For the reason that he dared to suggest an opinion without going through the intermediate stage. Of course, that may be the case in normal situations. For things that are not urgent, reporting and hierarchy are important. But even if the country is about to collapse, they ignore direct reports while talking about the hierarchy, and even if they do that once, they are branded as rude and impolite.

Even Yoon Taemin, who has a strong line with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, cannot escape that rule, but it is impossible for people who have studied and somehow become public officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to escape that order.

“I’ve been talking for too long, but the important thing is that. They don’t get along well, and Wang Hoohwan probably left to avoid his responsibility. He’s an intelligent guy, so he must have realized that things were going wrong.”

“Hmm.”

“And since that guy left, I don’t think they’re going to proceed with the negotiations psychologically in a way that’s advantageous to them.”

“That’s right. They’re unwavering at 500 million won.”

In a situation where they can’t give even 100 million won, let alone 500 million won, they were bloodshot to extract even a little more money.