My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 48

Ultimately, the trial resulted in a not guilty verdict due to entrapment.

However, setting a trap for someone intending to commit a crime is legal.

For instance, approaching someone who wants to buy drugs as if you were a drug dealer.

And lies used to pressure the other party during interrogation are also recognized as a tactic.

‘He remembered that, huh.’

He probably wouldn’t have remembered it if he didn’t have real skills.

‘Well, whatever…….’

The next part is obvious.

“Isn’t there any evidence that they testified?”

Saying that other criminals testified is a common form of pressure in criminal investigations.

“I have no obligation to tell you about other people’s testimonies, do I?”

“No, then what do you want me to do…….”

Kang Dae-hwan seemed at a loss.

The lawyer pressured Park Do-joon as he watched him.

“So, you’re saying you’re lying?”

“Lying? To someone who’s giving you a chance to live? Seriously!”

“Then why can’t you say it?”

“No, why would I tell you that? There’s no reason for me to, is there? You’re the one trying to blame me for not doing your job properly!”

“What did you say?”

“No, you should have explained it in advance and covered up the case. You don’t admit your mistakes and just blame me.”

Park Do-joon and the lawyer raised their voices.

And Kang Dae-hwang was confused.

‘He must be confused.’

One of the things criminals fear most is being disadvantaged in an investigation.

The reason criminals desperately submit letters of remorse when caught isn’t because they’re genuinely remorseful. It’s because they’ll be disadvantaged if they don’t when everyone else does.

In reality, submitting a letter of remorse often leads to a reduced sentence.

But the lawyer is openly raising his voice and arguing like this?

“If you keep doing this, it’s only going to make things harder for the suspect. Do you know that? This is why people without experience are like this…….”

Kang Dae-hwang, who was already terrified by Park Do-joon’s words, felt his heart sink. He was already scared to death by the sudden mention of murder, and now his own lawyer was making things worse for him.

“Lawyer! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! No, stop it! I’m going crazy! Detective, I’m really *冤枉 [yuānwǎng: wronged]!* I’m really *冤枉!* I don’t know anything about murder or *물뽕 [mulppong: a type of date rape drug, often GHB]*!”

“The others have already testified…….”

“I’m really not involved! Of course, I used *물뽕*, but Jeon-man brought it all!”

“Your lawyer’s story is different, though?”

Kang Dae-hwang felt like he was going to die at Park Do-joon’s words. He had unknowingly mentioned Jeon-man’s name, but instead of asking ‘Who’s that?’ he was told that the story was different?

‘Well, I guess that’s to be expected?’

Kang Dae-hwang knew what kind of person Jeon-man was. He only met and associated with him because he was helpful. And he had seen him cut ties as soon as someone stopped being useful since he was young.

‘Did these bastards already plan this? Before I was even here?’

As Park Do-joon expected, Kang Dae-hwang was the least important member of their gang. They called themselves a gang, but he handled all the work whenever they didn’t have a gofer [errand runner or subordinate].

Of course, he was unhappy about it, but he couldn’t say anything. But looking at the situation now, it was clear that they had agreed to blame him if they got caught.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense for Jeon-man, who hadn’t even arrived yet, to say that he was the main culprit.

‘Two people might do that, but.’

Two people pointing the finger at him? He could understand that, since he was an easy target. But three people by coincidence? That couldn’t be.

“Detective, I’m really *冤枉*. I don’t know anything about murder. Really.”

“But there’s already testimony.”

“What did those bastards say? Huh?”

“Ah, I shouldn’t be telling you this…….”

Park Do-joon shook his head and said.

“The truth is, they said that Kang Dae-hwan was the mastermind who chose the women.”

“Does that make sense? Jeon-man was the one who dragged us around.”

“They said you threatened Jeon-man?”

“No, don’t you know who Jeon-man’s father is? Threaten someone like that?”

“Oh? We don’t really know.”

“Jeon-man’s father is Jeon Gu-wan. Assemblyman [member of the National Assembly] Jeon Gu-wan!”

“Was that so?”

“That bastard is the mastermind behind all these incidents! How much has that bastard done! He’s always horny whenever he sees a woman……!”

“Well, even I can see that. They said he told you to throw away that imported car while he drives around in a nice car?”

“That’s right! That bastard told me to throw away the car because the police were investigating!”

“But they said Kang Dae-hwang was the one who suggested hiding it and driving around together?”

“Who said that? It wasn’t me!”

Kang Dae-hwang started blurting things out in a fit of anger.

The lawyer who was watching him hurriedly stopped him.

“Kang Dae-hwan, don’t say anything! Exercise your right to remain silent!”

“Shut up! Don’t try to ruin my life! Get me another lawyer!”

‘Bingo.’

Park Do-joon had been creating friction with the lawyer to make him distrustful.

Naturally, Kang Dae-hwang lost faith in his lawyer.

‘And in those cases, there’s usually only one choice.’

He couldn’t trust the lawyer. So, all that was left was to blurt out whatever he thought would save him.

Of course, what he said in the process was ultimately the truth. At least it was revenge on the guys who had framed him.

“I didn’t even agree with the rapes in the first place. But Jeon-man said he was going to show those bitches who were ignoring them a lesson.”

“Stop it!”

“Stop what! They’re blaming me for murders I don’t even know about, what do you mean stop! Detective, is there another lawyer? Huh?”

“Well, it’s not illegal to change court-appointed counsel, but it’ll take some time. Is that okay with you?”

“Yes, I can’t trust this lawyer.”

“Well, Counselor, you’ll have to leave.”

It’s illegal to not inform someone of their right to counsel or to kick out their lawyer.

But it’s legal for a client to refuse their lawyer.

“Damn it, do as you please!”

In the end, the lawyer left with a look of resignation.

As soon as he left, the brakes were off for Kang Dae-hwan.

“Do you know how much those bastards did and what they said to me?”

Park Do-joon smiled as he watched Kang Dae-hwang slowly getting fired up.

# An Unwelcome Encounter

“Huh, so things turned out like this?”

Park Do-joon and Kang Chang-soo were talking outside the police station. Kang Chang-soo had a cigarette in his mouth, but Park Do-joon only had a canned coffee. He wasn’t planning on smoking in this life.

“Yes, that’s how it is.”

Kang Dae-hwang told them everything. When he started doing this, who did what…… He even told them that Jeon-man took pictures of victims who were drugged with *물뽕* and used them for masturbation.

“Most criminals try to save themselves first. Loyalty among criminals? Well, there’s no way those guys would have that.”

“That’s true, but how did you know? At first, I thought Kang Dae-hwan was lying when he said the others had framed him.”

“He was lying then. But it’s not hard to know.”

Kang Dae-hwan was the weakest guy in that group. And when something like this happens, people instinctively try to shift the blame.

“So, who would they try to blame? The truth is, Jeon-man hasn’t lost his power yet. So, there’s no way he’d tell the truth.”

So, they would try to blame one of the two remaining people besides himself.

“And in those cases, people make obvious choices.”

Blame the easiest target. That’s their choice.

And that was Kang Dae-hwan.

“So, that’s why Kang Dae-hwan was so upset.”

“That’s right. The new lawyer probably already knows the situation.”

The new lawyer probably knows that the police used a trick. He would have heard it. But that doesn’t mean he can make an issue out of it. It’s within the realm of legality.

“But he’ll check if it’s true.”

He’ll apply to view the case records to confirm the statements of the two people, and by that time, the statements of the two people will already be finished.

Ultimately, there’s only a difference in time, but the fact that the two people framed Kang Dae-hwan is true.

“So, this lawyer’s options are disappearing.”

The prisoner’s dilemma.

Since they had blamed him, Kang Dae-hwan would have to refute it to get out of it, and Kang Dae-hwan would have gone crazy when he heard that.

Park Do-joon had already told him that he had been betrayed, but the lawyer had directly confirmed the record and told him the truth.

“So, he has to disclose information to save himself.”

And he has no choice but to tell the truth to get revenge on the guys who betrayed him.

“So, we’ve roughly found the evidence, but.”

Kang Chang-soo scratched his head.

“Jeon-man won’t be easy, though?”

He looked at the interrogation room inside the police station.

Jeon-man was there. He had responded to the police summons and appeared.

Of course, he didn’t come alone. He came with four lawyers.

Naturally, he only exercised his right to remain silent.

“I don’t know why he came if he was just going to exercise his right to remain silent…….”

“He needs a public image of cooperating with the investigation to the fullest extent. This is already a political case. When Assemblyman Jeon Gu-wan runs for election, there’s no way his opponent won’t mention this issue.”

But if he doesn’t even respond to the summons, that itself will be a serious problem.

“So, he says he’ll cooperate to the fullest extent, but internally, he’s just ignoring it.”

“Ugh.”

“Is there no evidence?”

“No. Those bastards cleaned up perfectly.”

Kang Dae-hwang told them everything about the case. In their words, the hunting took place in four places. And the women who were successfully hunted there were taken to a pre-rented house.

There was nothing else there, only a mattress. Of course, there were no CCTVs inside either.

“Well, there are over 100 victims.”

According to Kang Dae-hwang, there are over 100 victims. They just don’t remember it.

In reality, their method was to wash them clean after the rape and dump them on the street. Then, even if they woke up, they wouldn’t think they had been raped.

They’re fully clothed, and they think they just got drunk and fell asleep on the street.

Of course, they might feel something physically wrong, but most of them just brush it off as a slight condition.

They always use condoms or something like that when they rape, so there’s no evidence left.