My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 470

Then, as if on cue, the subordinate blocked the old man’s path.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

“No, it’s just that I’m a bit… yeah. Seeing someone die here might give me nightmares.”

“Seriously? You make us do the dirty work and then expect to sleep soundly?”

“Crazy bastard.”

“Among the guys doing this, who isn’t crazy?”

“True. Hehehe! We’ve killed a lot too. How many have we killed?”

“Ten? Twenty?”

“More than that, probably. Hehehe. But I’ve seen a lot of girls’ blood; this is my first time seeing an old man’s blood.”

A strange atmosphere settled in. Sensing the shift, the old man cautiously stepped back.

“What’s wrong, everyone?”

“What’s wrong? We just don’t like things feeling uneasy.”

Indeed, when they came to the island, they saw the police investigating here and there. Of course, most people on the island were still playing dumb.

Because a rumor was circulating that the moment they admitted anything, they would be punished as accomplices in human trafficking.

“But you never know in this world.”

If even one person blabbed, the old man in front of them would be arrested in an instant. Or perhaps they had already identified the old man.

“You stupid old man, why were you making phone calls?”

This old man called using his own phone. That meant the possibility of him being identified couldn’t be ignored.

“Huh? W-wait a minute…!”

Kim Oh-sang pulled out a large military bayonet from his coat.

“S-spare me!”

“Like hell.”

If the old man was a tough character, someone who wouldn’t open his mouth, there might be a slight chance of sparing him.

But the old man in front of them was soft. He didn’t have the guts to kill himself, so he called them, and now he was trying to run away because he couldn’t even watch.

Would such a person really keep his mouth shut to the police?

“Sorry, but you have to die too.”

As he said that, the gang menacingly pulled out axes and large knives.

“If you try to kill me, you’ll regret it!”

“Like hell. What’s an old man going to do?”

“Right? Is he going to pull out a gun and shoot us or something?”

It was impossible for a powerless old man to defeat five armed men. Knowing that, Kim Oh-sang grinned and confidently approached.

“Don’t resist. The pain will be short.”

“That’s right.”

“What?”

“I’m going to pull out a gun and shoot you?”

The old man’s voice suddenly changed. And the old man, who had been hunched over until just now, straightened his back and pulled out a pistol from his coat. Seeing that, Kim Oh-sang’s gang couldn’t understand the situation.

“What is it? Is it a toy?”

“Why is an old man waving around a toy?”

“I’m not an old man; I’m a police officer.”

The not-so-old man, Park Do-joon, aimed his pistol and threw off the wig he was wearing. Then, the black hair under the white wig was revealed.

“I told you you’d regret it, right?”

“You did.”

And Lee Ji-soo, who was hiding among the dragged-in women, also snapped out of her daze and pulled out a gun from her coat, aiming it at them. Not only her, but other policewomen also pointed their guns at them.

“Huh? Huh?”

“Want to swing it around [try to use the weapon]?”

The voice rang out at that moment. Kim Oh-sang, completely frozen, stiffly turned his head, and there stood Jo Sang-gyu, his face flushed, and other police officers.

“I sincerely hope you resist because that’s the only way I can legally kill you.”

At this moment, Yoo Gi-tae was so sincere that a chilling coldness could be felt in his voice.

“Come on, you bastards.”

“Please, just resist. Right now, I have a gun pointed at your heads.”

“Ambulances can’t come here, so if you get shot, you’ll die from excessive bleeding. So come on, you bastards.”

And Yoo Gi-tae wasn’t the only police officer who wanted to kill them.

“Come on, you bastard.”

And Kim Oh-sang knew. They didn’t want to forgive them. And they genuinely wanted to kill them.

“Damn it…!”

Kim Oh-sang didn’t want to die. So his choice was the only one.

“L-leader.”

As Kim Oh-sang threw down his weapon, his subordinates also glanced at each other before throwing down their weapons one by one.

“What a shame.”

Park Do-joon approached Kim Oh-sang and handcuffed him. And he said, as if genuinely disappointed.

“I could have killed you bastards, but oh well.”

At those words, Kim Oh-sang could only lower his head without saying anything.

“Kim Oh-sang isn’t opening his mouth, but we’re digging up everything, including his call history. We’ve already rescued over fifty people.”

The guys who were running the prostitution ring weren’t saying anything after being arrested, but that didn’t mean they could escape their crimes.

“More than one person on the island heard children crying.”

“It’s a small island, after all.”

Moreover, the guys on the island knew that the women were being changed at regular intervals. Eventually, when they were pressured with that, they started to break down little by little.

“Twenty-four women have died. And the children…”

“Those son of a bitches.”

Monsters who took the children to orphanages as soon as they were born, sailed out to sea, and threw them into the ocean. They were desperately trying not to admit that, but there was no way to hide the children’s cries. Some of them had even seen the sight of them taking the children away, so it wasn’t difficult to prove their crimes.

“Are there any more missing women?”

“We’re currently tracking them down. Fortunately, Kim Oh-sang’s gang seems to be one of the major suppliers.”

Victims are being rescued from all directions.

“And thanks to Mr. Park Do-joon, it won’t be difficult to sentence Kim Oh-sang’s gang to death either.”

“That’s what I was aiming for in the first place.”

Human trafficking is severely punished, but it doesn’t usually result in the death penalty.

The punishment for human trafficking is only 15 years. Of course, if injury occurs in the process, it can be increased to 25 years, but the Korean courts and prosecutors tend to view human trafficking as a kind of local custom, so it’s safe to say that such a strong punishment is unlikely to be handed down.

“But we’ve proven that those guys have been committing murder all along.”

Thanks to that, it won’t be difficult to apply murder charges.

“Thanks to you, we can’t say things like ‘it’s a custom’ or anything like that.”

“Yes, thanks to me.”

“You’re welcome.”

Park Do-joon said that with a smile.

“But we still need to find more people.”

“I know.”

At those words, Yoo Gi-tae nodded. More people had died than had been found. So this case was just beginning.

# The Existence Called a Spy

Han Sung-gi is not a good person. No, in fact, he thinks he’s a bad person himself. But he doesn’t think that’s a bad thing. He thought that if he lived kindly, he would just become a fool, so he had to seize opportunities when they arose.

So even if someone was harmed, he thought it was their problem, not his fault.

Of course, that wasn’t the kind of thought a police officer who had to catch criminals should have, but he thought that’s how the world was.

But after getting involved with Park Do-joon and eventually quitting the police force and coming out into the world, he realized how big of a mistake his thinking had been.

“Damn it.”

He met countless monsters. And he met countless criminals. That’s what he thought. But he didn’t realize until he met Hong Woo-jong that true monsters breathe in the abyss [the deepest, darkest parts of society].

In a way, it was obvious. The monsters caught on the police’s radar were just stupid monsters, and most of them had no power or authority. People might be horrified by their cruelty, but that didn’t mean they had the power to defend themselves against the police.

But the real monsters were those who had the power to protect themselves and even destroy their opponents. And Hong Woo-jong was exactly that kind of monster.

“So, have you decided?”

Hong Woo-jong was smiling.

But his eyes were as cold as ice.

“I’d like you to decide soon.”

Hong Woo-jong continued to speak very kindly. But the content inside was neither kind nor cruel.

“We have to go together anyway. Don’t we?”

“…….”

“You can leave if you don’t want to.”

After Wang Woo-hwan left, Hong Woo-jong urgently needed talent. To be exact, he needed a pawn to use. The problem was that Han Sung-gi, who wasn’t very trustworthy, was the only one who fit the bill.

Of course, a profiler is a special existence, but Hong Woo-jong didn’t think Han Sung-gi was a good profiler.

Of course, this wasn’t entirely due to Wang Woo-hwan’s gaslighting [manipulating someone into questioning their own sanity]. From Wang Woo-hwan’s point of view, the more Hong Woo-jong relied on him, the better, so he belittled the skills of other profilers.

But Wang Woo-hwan was currently being tracked down, and it wasn’t easy to move around for the time being.

“I’d like to work with you.”

And in that situation, he had to use all the cards he could. Because Hong Woo-jong was in a very urgent situation.

‘Stupid Wang Woo-hwan.’

Things started to go wrong after Wang Woo-hwan was tracked down. His future began to fall apart.

‘If you’re going to die, die alone.’

He ended up getting involved with Lee Eok-ho’s son, Lee Sang-won. Lee Sang-won, the son of Lee Eok-ho, who was the leader of the New People’s Party. Park Do-joon succeeded in rescuing him, and that became a rumor.

Even though Lee Eok-ho was only a former party leader and had retired from the front lines, his power was by no means weak.

In that situation, the fact that Wang Woo-hwan had worked under Hong Woo-jong was enough for Lee Eok-ho to see Hong Woo-jong as the most certain target for revenge.

Of course, Hong Woo-jong claimed that he was innocent. Of course, it was half true that he was innocent. Wang Woo-hwan was more of a collaborator than someone who worked under him, and he didn’t know about the crimes he had committed. But such excuses wouldn’t work for Lee Eok-ho.

On top of that, the problem was that Joo Man-won’s father, Joo Chang-soo, had died.

Joo Man-won is also a member of the same party as Hong Woo-jong. Usually, when such internal conflicts break out, each person protects their own faction.

In fact, Lee Eok-ho and Hong Woo-jong are in different factions in the first place, so it’s normal for Hong Woo-jong’s faction to protect him even if Lee Eok-ho attacks.

But Joo Man-won is also included in his faction. To be precise, Joo Man-won is much more valuable than Hong Woo-jong.

Hong Woo-jong is now in a state of being cut off from the company.

Hong Geun-jong is moving to dry up Hong Woo-jong by breaking away from his defensive position and recently gave an interview saying that it is not good for companies and politics to be officially involved.

Of course, the close relationship between the political and business worlds is not good, but there was something else behind it. What it was, was that he would not provide political support to Hong Woo-jong.

Naturally, it was a bolt from the blue for Hong Woo-jong, who had been receiving everything from the Daeguk Group, from election funds to lobbying funds.