My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 471

Moreover, for some reason, Hong Min-young suddenly returned to Korea and started working as an influencer.

I knew Hong Min-young wasn’t interested in the succession battle, but given her status as a second-generation chaebol [a family-owned conglomerate], it wasn’t difficult for her to become a famous influencer. Wherever she went, she was surrounded by people, making it impossible to reach her.

In Hong Geun-jong’s case, he suddenly had a wife and daughter, so even if Hong Woo-jong tried to kill her himself, it would only benefit them.

‘At this rate, I’m going to die,’ Hong Woo-jong thought.

When he tried to return to the company, Hong Geun-jong had already taken control. The people Hong Woo-jong had tried to place in the political world were all gone because of the last incident.

If he stayed in the party, Lee Eok-ho would be furious, and Joo Man-won was strongly expressing his dissatisfaction within his own faction, which was supposed to protect him.

‘Shit,’ he cursed inwardly.

As a two-term assemblyman, Hong Woo-jong knew how this situation would play out. He wouldn’t be criminally charged; that would be self-destructive.

However, with the former party leader’s dissatisfaction combined with the strong dissent within his own faction, he wouldn’t be able to secure the nomination in the next election. Of course, if his power were still strong, the nomination wouldn’t matter. After all, his district had a Daeguk Group factory, so he could win the election based on that influence alone.

But that was only if Hong Geun-jong didn’t interfere. There was no way Hong Geun-jong would allow that to happen; he would likely interfere with political funds, publicity, and other campaign activities. No one in that area would want to be on the wrong side of Hong Geun-jong, the next chairman.

‘It’s the worst-case scenario,’ he thought.

In that situation, what would happen to him? Naturally, he would lose everything.

Without a nomination, he couldn’t run in the election, and even if he ran as an independent, victory would be impossible. In that situation, with Hong Geun-jong’s power, he could have the old cases—the attempted murder of Hong Geun-jong and Hong Min-young—reinvestigated.

‘If that happens…’

He would not only lose his power but also all of his inheritance. Korean law stipulates that if someone tries to kill an heir for financial gain, their inheritance rights are revoked.

For Hong Woo-jong, who had never experienced a crisis before, the current situation was the worst, and he had to resolve it immediately.

The problem was that Wang Woo-hwan was on the run and couldn’t help him.

“Let’s work together,” Hong Woo-jong said, his eyes cold as he stared at Han Sung-gi. Han Sung-gi’s voice trembled under that gaze.

“Are you serious about wanting to share the future with me?”

“I’m serious.”

‘Of course, you’ll have to come with me as my slave,’ Hong Woo-jong thought.

Han Sung-gi considered Hong Woo-jong’s words. He had been pondering for a long time. Han Sung-gi had been working secretly but hadn’t been able to penetrate the inner circle. But at this moment, he was the only card Hong Woo-jong could play.

“As I’ve said many times, I’m not the type to abandon the people I work with.”

Han Sung-gi swallowed hard at those words.

‘But if I don’t go with him…’

He didn’t know it from the outside, but once he came inside, he could see it. Hong Woo-jong is a monster—a monster so powerful that he couldn’t do anything about it.

There was a time when a member of the National Assembly who had harassed Hong Woo-jong died mysteriously. In the end, the case remained unsolved, but now that he thought about it, it seemed inevitable that it would remain unsolved.

‘If I leave…’

He could leave from here.

‘But I can’t live.’

Han Sung-gi could sense that instinctively.

‘If I have to live next to a monster…’

He had to become a monster. Humans can never live next to monsters.

“Thank you. I will be loyal.”

Hong Woo-jong smiled at those words.

“You’ve made the right decision.”

“Then what can I help you with?”

“First of all, I want to get rid of that annoying bitch.”

Han Sung-gi decided to abandon the path of humans and embrace the path of monsters today.

“You look good.”

“Well, thanks to you, I’m eating well and living well.”

“How are your wife and daughter?”

“They’re in America. I’m sending them living expenses regularly.”

“Don’t they want to come to Korea?”

“Well, they know the situation.”

Hong Geun-jong’s wife knows that she could be killed by Hong Woo-jong if she comes to Korea. Nevertheless, she chose to marry him because she had no other choice but to commit suicide with her daughter.

“Thanks to your plan, that bastard Hong Woo-jong can’t touch me.”

“Then why did you call me?”

“Well, for two reasons.”

“What is it?”

“Daeguk Group is planning to increase the number of orders from Haneul Industries—about four times as much.”

“Yes?”

Park Do-joon was surprised at those words. It was true that Haneul Industries had been growing rapidly. However, it still had a huge debt and was paying it off. In that situation, it would be impossible to fulfill four times the order volume.

“I’m sorry, but we also have our limits.”

It’s foolish to accept work unconditionally just because it’s offered. Regardless of the president’s personal feelings, the factory has its limits.

“Even if Haneul Industries has grown, that much is impossible.”

Let alone four times, even if they increased the order volume by only 20%, Haneul Industries would have to run at full capacity with 24-hour, three-shift work.

“I know. So I’m going to set conditions.”

“Don’t tell me you want us to expand the factory first?”

“That’s not it. Ah, of course, we’ll have to expand, but the funds for that will be borrowed in the form of a guarantee from our Daeguk Group.”

Park Do-joon stared at Hong Geun-jong at those words. He had received such help before. He had succeeded greatly by receiving help from Bae Deok-gi in that way.

“Looks like there’s someone you want to catch.”

“How did you know?”

“If it was simply a corporate merger, you would have called my brother, not me.”

Park Do-joon owns 50% of the shares of Haneul Industries as a shareholder, but he is not involved in the operation. The operation of Haneul Industries is entirely handled by Park Do-sik.

“Hyunseong Group did exactly this. You handed us over the company in exchange for disposing of someone you wanted to dispose of. Did you get advice from Chairman Bae Deok-gi?”

“Hmm, that’s right. I’ll admit it. He said it would be fastest to ask you.”

“What’s the problem?”

“You know that our main business is in the military industry, right?”

“I know.”

“Daeguk Group has developed a product this time.”

“A product?”

“Yes, the official name hasn’t been released yet, but…”

He sighed deeply and tried to clasp his hands together as a habit, but he frowned. Three fingers were missing. Every time he saw that, anger surged from within.

“Hoo~!”

Hong Geun-jong tried to calm his anger by taking a deep breath.

“This time, our Daeguk Group has developed a series of rifles.”

“Oh, really? But didn’t Daeguk Group originally produce rifles?”

“We did.”

Daeguk Group is a company that supplies rifles to the Korean Ministry of National Defense.

“To be honest… I don’t want to say anything good about them.”

“You think so too?”

“It’s not wrong. Honestly, how many years ago is that model? No, what era is it from?”

The MK series, developed by Daeguk Group and supplied to the government, is the main rifle of the Korean army. However, it has already been more than 40 years since it was developed, and it was a gun with all sorts of problems from the beginning.

“And I’m someone who has used it?”

“Hahaha!”

The MK series is not a good gun. Other guns have at least evolved over time.

Even the American M1 rifle is still called the M1, but it has maintained its reputation for decades by modifying and repairing it from M1-A1 to M1-A4.

However, the Korean MK series is no different from 40 years ago, citing the defense budget.

“The accuracy wasn’t better than the latest rifles, or even the rifles of that time, and it wasn’t durable. It wasn’t easy to maintain either.”

In particular, there is a strange part called a gas regulator, and it falls off so easily that it’s hard to describe. The problem is that if it falls off, the gun will only fire one shot from that moment on. And you have to shoot it like in the past, firing one shot and pulling it back to reload.

“In the case of the MK3, it’s lucky if you can shoot 100 rounds.”

The MK3 is not just a rifle but a squad support machine gun.

It is a gun that is supposed to provide fire support by firing hundreds or thousands of rounds, but in reality, less than 10% of the guns can fire more than 100 rounds, which is absurd.

“And in the 21st century, it’s a gun without a rail.”

A rail is a part that increases the accuracy of a gun or makes it easier to use. However, in the case of this MK series, it is structurally impossible to attach a rail.

Because of this, while the rest of the world is using scopes and even laser pointers, only Korea has to aim with iron sights as if it were World War II.

The response speed is slower and the accuracy is lower, but the manufacturing method has not been changed, so it is using the same heat treatment method as 40 years ago, so the durability of the gun is naturally greatly reduced.

“You know too much.”

“Isn’t it strange if a Korean man doesn’t know that?”

Park Do-joon frowned at those words and said.

“Moreover, these days, isn’t there all sorts of corruption going on with the so-called Army Tiger or Jjam Tiger [slang for ‘fake’ or ‘low-quality’] modernization program?”

In fact, the Ministry of National Defense started to modernize the existing MK series rifles by attaching rails to them under the name of Army Tiger.

However, according to the users, the scopes and laser pointers are all fake, so none of them work properly.

In particular, the laser pointer is not even as good as the ones attached to airsoft guns; a red laser pointer used for lectures at school would be better.

“How did you know that? They said it was good inside the military unit?”

“If you said that in the military unit, you would be torn to shreds. Look it up online. There, you can find the real feelings of the people who came from that demonstration unit. Honestly, I haven’t used it, but if you look at the stories of the people who have used it on the internet, it’s like a collection of defense industry corruption. The laser pointer loses its zero every time you shoot, and the scope is wobbly—it’s a mess.”

“Hmm, that’s harsh.”

“I didn’t come here to say good things.”

“Yes, to be honest, I can’t deny it. The Army Tiger side has gun problems, but it’s not our responsibility. That’s why there were so many complaints.”

It is clear that Daeguk Group supplied the guns. In fact, Daeguk Group modified some of the MK series and attached rails to them and supplied them.

However, since the MK series was not originally designed for rails, no matter how much they modified it, the durability and structure didn’t hold up. Due to the defense industry corruption unique to the Ministry of National Defense, the main parts are not supplied by Daeguk Group but by external companies.

The current reality of the Korean Ministry of National Defense is that scopes are supplied by video stores, laser pointers are supplied by beauty salons, and handles are supplied by snack bars.

I’m not kidding; that’s actually the case. If you just put the address anywhere and submit an application, the military will grant supply rights depending on the number of times you visit a room salon [a type of Korean hostess bar] or the level of bribery.