My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 447

Wang Woo-hwan began his work in earnest, though it wasn’t particularly complex. He would discreetly approach individuals, informing them about the availability of organs for transplant and suggesting they consider traveling to China for the procedure.

Organ transplants typically occur with great speed. Unlike food that can be refrigerated, organs have a limited window of viability. While they don’t become immediately unusable upon removal, the chances of successful integration and function within a recipient’s body decrease with time. Consequently, when a trafficked organ becomes available, most patients feel a sense of urgency to travel to China and receive it.

“So, you want to use my son?”

“Yes.”

Lee Eok-ho’s expression soured at those words, indicating his displeasure with Park Do-joon’s proposition.

“Is it really necessary? You know how much my son has already suffered.”

“I know. That’s precisely why I’m trying to prevent further harm.”

“No, I just don’t like it. Does my son really have to be involved in this?”

*Well, yeah. That’s just how people are.*

Lee Eok-ho had previously acted as though he would sacrifice his own liver and gallbladder to save his son. However, after Lee Sang-won’s rescue, he reverted to prioritizing his own perspective and making judgments based on his self-interest. This change wasn’t particularly surprising to Park Do-joon.

*It would be stranger if he actively helped me in this situation.*

Lee Eok-ho wasn’t just an ordinary citizen; he was a politician. Given the tendency of politicians to avoid any potential scandal, Park Do-joon knew he wouldn’t actively offer assistance.

“Assemblyman.”

Only Yoon Tae-min, who hadn’t anticipated the situation, couldn’t conceal his embarrassment.

“This is for the sake of many people.”

“No, I’m saying why does my son have to do it? I don’t like that. Get someone else to do it.”

Watching Lee Eok-ho draw a firm line, Park Do-joon smiled and said,

“Assemblyman, have you reconciled with former Assemblywoman Kang Joo-rin?”

“What? Why is that bitch’s name coming up here?”

“Why do you think?”

Park Do-joon smiled slyly.

“Now, former Assemblywoman Kang Joo-rin and Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho can’t live under the same sky, can they? Or can they?” (This is a Korean idiom meaning they are bitter enemies.)

That was true. Kang Joo-rin was the one who gaslighted Lee Sang-won, who only had different ideologies, and made him turn against Lee Eok-ho.

And her gaslighting was affecting other employees as well.

“So, she would be willing to fight with Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho.”

“…What?”

At those words, anger flashed in Lee Eok-ho’s eyes. But Park Do-joon had too much experience to be intimidated by that.

*If I were scared of getting angry, I couldn’t do this.*

The eyes of a vicious criminal are so fierce that they seem to be able to kill a person with just a look.

But he also knew that if he was intimidated by such eyes and backed down, there would be no choice but to run away endlessly. Because of that, Park Do-joon calmly accepted Lee Eok-ho’s anger, which seemed like he would kill him at any moment.

“She would be willing to take the lead for us. She would be willing to make the announcement.”

Park Do-joon grinned.

Certainly, something that former National Assembly member Kang Joo-rin was involved in was something that the media would be interested in.

“How dare you threaten me in front of me!”

“It’s not a threat. However, you will have to take responsibility for the problems that arise as a result.”

“Responsibility? How dare you ask me to take responsibility!”

*Seriously, why do Korean politicians freak out so much when you just ask them to take responsibility?*

Korean politicians and high-ranking officials almost go crazy and try to kill you when you ask them to take responsibility. It’s as if you’re trying to feed them a poison that they can never take.

But what is a high position in the first place? Isn’t it a position that exists to take responsibility? If you don’t want to take responsibility and only want to enjoy power, you can go to a dictatorship like North Korea and suck up to the dictator.

“Isn’t it obvious? Isn’t it a serious problem for a member of the National Assembly who has a responsibility to prevent additional victims to conceal a crime because they don’t want to be gossiped about? No matter how important your position is, that’s not right.”

At those words, Lee Eok-ho, who was quick to catch on, realized what Park Do-joon was aiming for.

“You bastard!”

What would happen if Kang Joo-rin revealed this issue? Of course, rumors would spread that Lee Eok-ho and his son, Lee Sang-won, knew about this incident.

Moreover, wasn’t Lee Sang-won the victim?

But what if such a victim kept his mouth shut because he was annoyed? And if that resulted in hundreds or thousands of victims?

And if it was revealed that Lee Eok-ho was the one who silenced him, could Lee Eok-ho continue his political career?

“Do you know what that bitch did!”

“I know. That’s why I’m giving you a chance, Assemblyman.”

Kang Joo-rin is a guy who has been constantly gaslighting employees. To put it nicely, she’s not a true and righteous politician.

“But that’s not my problem.”

It’s up to the voters to judge that.

“Then it will be a fair fight. Both sides will be clinging to the truth. The next election will be interesting to watch, won’t it?”

At those words, Lee Eok-ho’s face began to turn red and blue.

*I know all your intentions.*

In fact, Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho is one of the most pro-China lawmakers. If this issue gets bigger, Lee Eok-ho will eventually face various difficult problems.

If he reveals his pro-China tendencies, he won’t be able to avoid being called a son of a bitch who sells out his own children. But if he changes to an anti-China stance, it’s obvious that the pro-China politicians and Chinese financiers who supported him will turn their backs on him.

Of course, you could say that politics and crime are different, but with his son being the victim and even borrowing the power of Korea to save him, if he continues to show his pro-China tendencies, he will become a heartless bastard, so he can’t reveal the incident.

“Moreover, a person who even used his power to save his son…”

Park Do-joon smiled and looked at him, driving in the final nail.

“What would happen if you condoned the deaths of others for your own political gain?”

No matter how politically powerful Lee Eok-ho is, his position will be in the gutter. Of course, people’s psychology doesn’t easily change the object of their loyalty, so it doesn’t necessarily mean that he will lose the next election.

*But even this much is information that other guys aiming for the nomination would pounce on.*

If fellow lawmakers, following Kang Joo-rin, start running for his district, it is only Lee Eok-ho who will be at a disadvantage.

“You…!”

“Ah, if you have blood pressure medication, take it. I don’t want to see you die.”

Park Do-joon was speaking very leisurely, but Lee Eok-ho couldn’t ignore the words contained within. If he didn’t help, he would reveal everything.

Seeing this situation, Yoon Tae-min hurriedly stopped Park Do-joon.

“No, Detective Park, I think there’s a misunderstanding…!”

“A misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?”

“Assemblyman Lee Eok-ho is not that kind of person.”

“No, he just refused in front of my eyes.”

Park Do-joon shrugged.

*What a fuss to get out of it.*

Of course, both Lee Eok-ho and Kang Joo-rin are typical politicians. They’re not people you can look at favorably. But at least Kang Joo-rin is currently only doing stupid things among themselves.

However, Lee Eok-ho is in a situation where he is turning a blind eye even if hundreds or thousands of victims occur for his own political gain.

*Doing stupid things among themselves is a completely different issue from profiting at the expense of the lives of the people.*

Thinking that, Park Do-joon got up from his seat.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to Assemblywoman Kang Joo-rin.”

“What?”

“Well, since you refused, I don’t think there’s any reason for me to be here.”

Human behavior is too obvious. And the criteria for judging it are actually too obvious.

*Me staying here means that I’m leaving room for negotiation.*

If you show lingering feelings, the other person will want to take advantage of it. Knowing that, Park Do-joon got up from his seat to cut off his lingering feelings, or rather, to make it seem that way, no matter what they said behind his back.

“Y-you, you…!”

Lee Eok-ho was speechless.

Watching Park Do-joon trying to leave, he shouted.

“Stop him! Stop him from leaving!”

At those words, the employees outside hurriedly got up with bewildered expressions and blocked Park Do-joon’s path. But they still didn’t understand the situation, so they couldn’t actively stop him and just awkwardly blocked his path.

*I can go through if I want to.*

The important thing is to control the other person. He didn’t come to fight in the first place, but to use the other person, so he didn’t push them away or threaten them to move by showing his police ID. Instead, he turned around and looked at Lee Eok-ho.

“Are you now committing the crime of confinement against a police officer?”

At those words, the secretaries outside flinched. They didn’t know he was a police officer.

The situation was getting more and more extreme. In that situation, Yoon Tae-min hurriedly stopped Park Do-joon.

“Detective Park, please be patient. Okay?”

*That’s right.*

As Park Do-joon expected, Yoon Tae-min began to stop him, and a sneer appeared on Park Do-joon’s face.

*He has no choice but to stop me.*

In fact, he knew this would happen. And in that situation, he becomes the one in control. Because he’s the only one who wants to leave, and Lee Eok-ho has no one on his side.

*Stopping Lee Eok-ho in this situation is ineffective.*

When people reconcile, they simply think they’re stopping them, but they unknowingly demand concessions from the person in a slightly more superior position. That’s because it’s easier to reach a reconciliation that way.

If a person who would lose 1 million won in a fight and a person who would lose 100 million won fight, people will stop the person who would lose 1 million won because they know it’s meaningless to stop the person who would lose 100 million won.

A loss of about 1 million won is something that an ordinary person can afford, but a loss of 100 million won is a loss that would ruin their life.

So, the target of persuasion can only be the person who will lose 1 million won, not the person who will lose 100 million won.

*And that will come across as unpleasant to the other person.*

But at the same time, it causes the other person to coldly judge the current situation. Lee Eok-ho was just grinding his teeth without saying anything.

“Okay, let’s sit down and talk, okay? There’s no reason for us to fight among ourselves, is there?”

Yoon Tae-min, who didn’t realize that he was being controlled by Park Do-joon, coaxed Park Do-joon and made him sit down again.

“You two, talk it out. There’s no reason for us to fight among ourselves, is there?”

“So, I told you what we need to do, right?”

“Assemblyman also has his reasons, so please understand a little more.”

When Yoon Tae-min persuaded him, Park Do-joon let out a long sigh.