My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 466

A Vocation as a Profiler

“That’s true, but… those people are mentally disabled.”

Of course, it’s natural that they wouldn’t have physical issues. So, from Lee Ji-soo’s perspective, Park Do-joon’s words still didn’t make sense.

“I’ve said it repeatedly, we need to look at the case from the perpetrator’s perspective. That’s how we can solve it quickly.”

“Right?”

“But as you can see, there aren’t any photos here. We can’t exactly go around to each room looking for pretty, disabled women.”

“I guess that’s true.”

“Then…”

At Park Do-joon’s words, Yoo Gi-tae glared at the nurses with fierce eyes. The nurses jumped in surprise.

“We have so much to do!”

“No, we’re already swamped with work in our own wards. Where would we find the time to check the faces of patients in other wards?”

Park Do-joon nodded at the patient’s words.

“That’s probably true. Most hospitals don’t operate with a sufficient number of nurses.”

Park Do-joon said, looking at the nurses.

“Especially in places with severe bullying like here.”

At those words, some of the nurses’ faces turned pale.

“Bullying?”

‘Bullying’ refers to a type of harassment among nurses working in medical institutions.

“This bullying issue is serious. Staff shortages are a constant problem in such places.”

Even in large general hospitals, filling more than 80% of the legally required staff is not easy due to this bullying issue.

Even if they manage to hire someone, they bully each other until they’re forced out.

“Just by looking, I can tell there’s a shortage of staff, the other nurses are a bit older, and decisively, there are no young women in sight… The doctor doesn’t seem particularly interested in preventing that sort of thing either.”

“Ahem!”

In reality, doctors can stop the bullying if they try, but most doctors tend to ignore it because it’s bothersome and they see it as a problem between the nurses themselves.

“Nurses wouldn’t be comfortable going around to other patients’ rooms. Of course, the head nurses who are the main perpetrators of bullying would be more than capable of doing that.”

At those words, the head nurses’ faces turned ashen, and Yoo Gi-tae immediately pulled out handcuffs from his back pocket.

“Well, you have to be a nurse for at least 10 years to become a head nurse, so…”

“No, w-wait a minute! There’s really some kind of misunderstanding.”

The nurses, who had been complaining about the interruption, suddenly sounded urgent.

“You’ll have to come with us.”

The head nurses trembled at Yoo Gi-tae’s words, as he was about to arrest them.

“It’s really not us. We don’t know anything.”

“Really? Then is there anyone who fits the description?”

“Description?”

“Like I said, someone who has worked for more than 10 years, an employee who can see the patients’ faces?”

“No, there’s no way someone like that exists.”

“That’s right. We don’t know anyone like that.”

The head nurses shook their heads, denying it.

“We can just take them in and ask them. Whether it’s workplace harassment or human trafficking.”

After saying that, Yoo Gi-tae tried to arrest them with the handcuffs for real this time. At that moment, one of the relatively younger nurses in the back raised her hand.

“Um, there might be someone who fits the description!”

“What?”

“What do you know, you little…!”

One of the head nurses, about to engage in bullying again out of habit, stopped when she saw the look in the surrounding head nurses’ eyes. She was about to lash out reflexively, but she couldn’t because her own life was on the line.

“That…”

“Tell me, who is this person?”

The doctor asked urgently. Either way, if this problem wasn’t resolved, the hospital was going to go under.

“Rehabilitation therapist, Teacher Im Gong-sa.”

“Im Gong-sa?”

“Who is that?”

“Was there someone like that?”

At those words, even the doctors and head nurses tilted their heads in confusion.

“She’s one of the rehabilitation therapists. I heard she’s been there for 22 years this year.”

“How do you know that?”

“Taking patients to and from rehabilitation is one of my duties…”

Naturally, she had to interact with the people in the rehabilitation room every day, so she knew that one of them had been working there for so long.

“I’d like to meet that person.”

Park Do-joon’s eyes gleamed.

While riding the elevator to the rehabilitation room, Lee Ji-soo cautiously asked.

“Detective Park, why did you pressure them by bringing up the bullying story?”

“You noticed?”

“You’re not the type to do that just because you’re in a bad mood.”

“Because we don’t have time.”

We can’t investigate every employee in the hospital here. More precisely, in a situation where rescuing the victim is the priority, we can’t waste time like that.

“So I pressured them to remember the most suspicious person.”

“With bullying?”

“If they’re afraid of punishment, people will desperately try to deflect.”

The bullying hasn’t been exposed, and it hasn’t been reported. But bullying is clearly a crime, and if the police are aware of it, it becomes a subject of investigation.

“So I thought the head nurses would desperately rack their brains. I just didn’t expect a random nurse to think of it.”

The head nurses wouldn’t bother taking disabled patients to and from the rehabilitation room, so they wouldn’t properly remember that person’s existence, but the regular nurse who went back and forth every day remembered the person who fit the description.

“But what if it’s not that person?”

“That’s…”

Park Do-joon suddenly looked at the elevator and stopped it.

“What’s wrong?”

“The rehabilitation room is in the basement, right?”

“Yes, it’s on the first basement floor.”

“Everyone, get off here first.”

“This is the first floor?”

“Yes, Yoo Gi-tae, you take the stairs, and Ji-soo, you block the elevator.”

“Yes?”

“It’s easier to get them to talk if you catch them doing something wrong first.”

Park Do-joon said with a smirk.

Park Do-joon had them take their positions and went down the stairs alone. Then, he headed to the rehabilitation room in the basement and looked for Im Gong-sa.

“Ms. Im Gong-sa?”

“Yes?”

“I’m a police officer.”

Park Do-joon said, presenting his ID.

“What brings the police here…?”

“I’m here on suspicion of human trafficking of disabled people.”

“Human trafficking of disabled people?”

And at those words, Im Gong-sa’s eyes began to waver.

‘She definitely knows something.’

The reason Park Do-joon was looking for her was that she had access to personal medical records and had been working there for over 20 years.

And here in the rehabilitation room, they conduct examinations and treatments for disabled people, so everyone has to come here at least once.

In other words, they can’t help but see the faces of female patients at least once or twice.

‘Then checking their addresses is a piece of cake.’

That’s why Park Do-joon thought she was one of the perpetrators.

‘The problem is that this person will never open her mouth.’

The broadcasting station is already in an uproar. Seeing that, she knows that if she’s caught here, she’ll receive severe punishment.

‘The problem is that there’s no evidence.’

Since there’s no evidence, they can’t legally investigate for long, and they’ll have to release her when a lawyer comes.

Then she’ll obviously flee or destroy the evidence.

‘To prevent that, I have to make an emergency arrest.’

The problem is that two conditions must be met for that. There must be evidence, or she must ‘flee.’

And Park Do-joon came down here alone to induce her to flee.

“Let’s go.”

Park Do-joon took out handcuffs from his back pocket and waved them in front of her eyes.

‘In this case, the thought process is obvious.’

Not an escort, but an arrest. She’s probably been terrified for days watching the broadcasts.

‘There’s plenty of space.’

There’s enough space for her to push him and run away. On top of that, taking out the handcuffs will only add to the confusion.

“What did I do? I didn’t do anything…!”

Im Gong-sa, who seemed to be approaching as if she was wronged, suddenly pushed Park Do-joon with all her might. Then, she ran straight ahead and up the stairs.

“Hmm. As expected, it’s exactly as I predicted.”

She needs to escape, but she won’t wait for the elevator. Of course, Park Do-joon had Lee Ji-soo stationed on the first floor in case someone came down at the right time.

Since she won’t go to a place with no escape route, she’ll obviously run up the stairs.

“Ugh!”

When he got up and opened the stairwell door, screams and shouts echoed from there.

“Let go! Let go, you son of a bitch!”

“Where do you think you’re going, you bastard? I’m arresting you!”

When he looked up, he saw Yoo Gi-tae handcuffing Im Gong-sa, who was trying to escape. Yoo Gi-tae, after handcuffing both hands, was about to hit Im Gong-sa in the back of the head, but when Park Do-joon looked at him, he smiled awkwardly and gave a thumbs up. And Park Do-joon also gave him a thumbs up in response.

“You bastard! What’s this money? Huh? Where did you get it?”

“You’re not going to talk? You bastard, you can’t escape now.”

Inside the interrogation room, Im Gong-sa kept her mouth shut without saying a word.

“I don’t think she’ll ever open her mouth.”

Yoo Gi-tae said frustratedly, looking through the transparent window.

“She definitely knows something.”

“Did you check?”

“There was no evidence at her house, it seems like she just provided the information.”

“So you have a strong suspicion.”

“Yes.”

First of all, she’s been working at Sang-ah Hospital for over 20 years. But Sang-ah Hospital is famous as a specialized hospital for the disabled, but the working environment isn’t very good. In fact, most of the rehabilitation team members tend to move to other hospitals within 3 years.

This is because it’s too difficult to do rehabilitation therapy for disabled people who are poorly paid, with too many patients, and who can’t communicate.

“But she’s been working there for over 20 years.”

“There’s nothing wrong with working for a long time.”

“Well, that’s true… but it doesn’t make sense to buy two villas while working there.”

“That’s definitely strange.”

Sang-ah Hospital pays so little that people quit easily. Even if they stay, it’s only to get their experience recognized.

“She didn’t inherit anything, and when I investigated her account, she didn’t invest or anything.”

Nevertheless, she owns two villas. Of course, even if they’re relatively cheap villas located in the countryside, it’s definitely not easy to buy them.

Because most people can’t even afford to buy that.

“What’s even funnier is that she bought them with cash.”

There are no loans and no one who lent her money.

“But she’s acting like that… Ha, damn it, I can’t kill her.”

Yoo Gi-tae sincerely wanted to kill Im Gong-sa.

“If she dies, it will be impossible to track.”

“That’s why we’re keeping her alive. Haa~!”

At those words, Park Do-joon looked at Im Gong-sa through the window.

“She doesn’t even blink at her family’s words. She said she’s been living estranged from her family.”

“Hmm.”

“Um, is it… impossible to persuade her?”

“What can’t be done, can’t be done. I’m a profiler, not a psychic.”

My Calling Is Profiler [EN]

My Calling Is Profiler [EN]

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[English Translation] Delve into the captivating world of criminal psychology with 'My Calling Is Profiler.' He may not measure the ocean's depths, but he possesses an extraordinary gift: the ability to fathom the human heart. Witness the rise of a profiler who can dissect the minds of criminals with unnerving accuracy. But his talents extend beyond the realm of lawbreakers. Prepare to see the world through his eyes as he deciphers the hidden motives and intricate patterns that shape our reality. A thrilling journey into the depths of the human psyche awaits!

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