“Aaaagh!”
With that, the bald man screamed. If he was an NIS [National Intelligence Service] agent, he should at least know some hand-to-hand combat, but judging by his pathetic state, he clearly hadn’t practiced at all.
“What, you little punk!”
“Let go!”
“You won’t let go?”
Park Do-joon’s sudden attack startled the men who appeared to be NIS agents, and they tried to rush at him, but Park Do-joon, already handcuffed, grabbed the bald man’s neck first.
“Come on, you commie bastards.”
“Commie?”
“Yeah, commie.”
“You’re calling us commies? We’re the NIS!”
“Even if you’re the NIS, it’s obvious. You think there aren’t any commies in there?”
“Do-joon, what are you doing? Calm down, just calm down…”
“Calm down? These bastards are all violating the National Security Law!”
“What did you say?”
Just then, the security guards and security personnel heard the screams and burst through the door.
“What’s going on?”
“Ah, perfect timing. Arrest these bastards.”
“Arrest? Who are they?”
“They’re violating the National Security Law.”
“No, we’re…!”
“You guys knew who the culprit was, didn’t you! But you used your performance as an excuse and just left it alone! Isn’t that right?”
The man on the opposite side couldn’t say anything and just rolled his eyes. Because it was true.
The damage from the Daeguk Group? The damage from the state?
Who cares! To improve their performance, they were willing to tolerate that much damage.
“But, you know. Was that really an operation authorized by the NIS?”
“Th, that’s…!”
‘Of course not.’
Although the NIS carries out numerous secret operations, this issue clearly requires authorization. Because there is a risk of major Korean information leaking out.
‘But there are so many bastards who don’t report things like that.’
It’s the same within the police. How many bastards are there who pretend they ‘didn’t know’ when things get out of hand after being left alone to catch everyone at once?
“No. That can’t be! It was definitely authorized…!”
“Are you sure?”
“Huh?”
“Are you sure? Let me ask you simply. If that was an authorized situation, what would the NIS have said when I gave them information about Tokyo Sushi?”
“Ah…!”
Of course, the NIS would have told him to stop pursuing it, that they were tracking the guys behind them.
“Or they would have stopped me from coming here in the first place.”
When Hong Geun-jong asked Park Do-joon, would he have decided unilaterally without talking to the NIS? Security matters, especially for someone who has only lived for the sake of the company?
That’s impossible.
“From the start, my targets were two guys.”
The first was the spy. The second was the incompetent agent who turned a blind eye for the sake of performance.
Yoo In-hye’s eyes wavered at those words. She thought he didn’t trust her from the beginning, but she never imagined he would deceive her so thoroughly.
“Security team, call the police and the military unit.”
“Yes?”
“Tell them we caught commie bastards from the NIS.”
Park Do-joon smiled bitterly as he looked at the NIS agents who didn’t know what to do.
“Let’s see how your precious NIS handles this.”
Team Leader Jo Sang-gyu had a headache because of the bomb that Park Do-joon brought.
“That’s why everyone avoids you.”
“No, it’s not my fault, is it?”
“It’s not.”
Ignoring the industrial espionage case should have been reported to the higher-ups, and then an operation should have been prepared and carried out.
However, as Park Do-joon expected, it turned out that the bald man and his gang were planning to take this opportunity to make a big hit and establish themselves within the organization and get promoted.
To that end, they did a sloppy investigation and assigned a rookie agent like Yoo In-hye to Park Do-joon.
“We call that a violation of the National Security Law.”
Whether the motive is promotion, money, or treason against the country, it is an undeniable fact that they violated the National Security Law to prevent the spy investigation.
“Haa~ That’s true, but…”
“So, what are they saying?”
“The NIS is going crazy, what else? They’re just processing it as a resignation.”
“Well, I expected that.”
Surprisingly, one of the groups that violates the National Security Law the most is the NIS.
“Well, it’s a relief just to have that.”
At least the bastards who were eating away from the inside were cut off.
“One traitor inside the organization is more dangerous than a hundred spies coming from outside.”
This time, too. They blocked the hacking, but in the end, Sangam-du and Jo Seung-dang got everything. Jo Seung-dang was eventually arrested, and he admitted that he was planning to access other data with Sangam-du.
“You did well… but you should have done it moderately.”
“It wasn’t a level where I could do it moderately.”
At those words, Jo Sang-gyu could only smile bitterly.
“Still… you did well.”
In a way, he prevented a bigger danger, so he praised Park Do-joon with a smile.
# Bunghwa-dong Squirrel
Profilers are usually involved in major cases like murder. But that’s not always the case. It’s the case when it’s a socially controversial case that is unsolved. Of course, they don’t take on political cases.
“Why do you think that is?”
“I don’t know?”
“50% of political cases are fake.”
“Fake?”
“Yeah, usually 50% of political cases are fake. It’s to suppress rivals for political purposes. The problem is that most profilers don’t say what they want them to say.”
Park Do-joon was educating Lee Ji-soo about the case today.
“For example, let’s look at a case where someone is accused of sexual harassment. But when you look at it, there are a lot of cases where that kind of case is a lie.”
For example, they claim to have been sexually harassed through the media, but they don’t actually file a complaint, or they claim to have evidence, but they don’t disclose it.
“Those cases are usually carried out for some political purpose. But what are the conditions for punishing perjury?”
“That’s… Aha! I see.”
Perjury is a crime that punishes someone for telling a lie with the intention of legally harming the other person. But who is the fastest to realize that the other person is lying?
“Of course, it’s a profiler.”
“That’s right. Then the possibility of punishment related to that case will increase.”
“Yeah, so they don’t call profilers for political cases at all.”
While Park Do-joon was saying that, someone answered from behind.
“That’s why the private profiler market is making some money.”
“It’s been a while, Team Leader!”
Park Do-joon turned his head at the voice and expressed his delight.
“Wow, you’re doing well these days? You even took down the NIS.”
“Those bastards are messing around.”
Cha Dae-hoon, who had moved to Wolgwang Law Firm, looked much better than before. Back then, his face was rotting every day because he was blocking the higher-ups from making a fuss, but now he doesn’t have to do that.
“How have you been?”
“Aigoo, our youngest! The clueless look is gone now.”
Lee Ji-soo smiled awkwardly as Cha Dae-hoon cooed at her.
Jung Yi-yeon approached them, grumbling.
“I’m invisible, huh.”
“There’s no way you’re invisible. I only see you.”
“Funny, you don’t even contact me.”
“It’s been a bit noisy lately because of the NIS case. When those bastards are working on a case, they dig into the people I call…”
“Well, I understand.”
Jung Yi-yeon grumbled as if she was dissatisfied. But Park Do-joon’s words were not wrong, so she could only pout. In fact, the NIS digs into all the people the surveillance target calls.
Of course, Jung Yi-yeon has nothing to hide, but as a lawyer who handles many cases, she had to avoid getting involved with the NIS in any way.
“Let’s go on a date later, a date.”
Park Do-joon smiled, winking. Then Jung Yi-yeon chuckled.
“I want to do that too.”
“Shall we go to Jeju Island?”
“The boats don’t stop running there.”
And Cha Dae-hoon laughed as he watched the two of them.
“Those were the days.”
“Senior, I like everything about you, but I wish you wouldn’t be so salty.”
Lee Ji-soo shook her head as if she was tired of it.
“Anyway, you said you had something to ask me? What’s going on that you came out with the team leader?”
Wolgwang Law Firm has been benefiting a lot since Cha Dae-hoon was brought in, so Cha Dae-hoon is supposed to take care of the profiling of most cases.
But it’s strange that he came out separately, saying he had something to ask Park Do-joon, and it’s also strange that former Team Leader Cha Dae-hoon came out with him.
If he was going to entrust the case to Park Do-joon, there would be no reason to bring Team Leader Cha Dae-hoon with him.
“The matter has gotten a bit bigger. It’s a bit of a, what should I say, a limit?”
“Limit?”
Park Do-joon tilted his head at those words. The job of a profiler doesn’t require moving your body or spending a lot of time.
Of course, it takes some time to do the analysis itself, but after that, all that’s left is to control the other police officers.
Moreover, Cha Dae-hoon is no longer a police officer. Of course, there will be some paperwork, but there’s no way that the paperwork at the law firm is as much as the police.
“The limit doesn’t mean the amount of work.”
Cha Dae-hoon shook his head, as if he had already expected Park Do-joon’s question.
“Then do you need public power?”
“To be exact, we need public power, but it’s a case where it’s not working properly.”
“Yes?”
“Do you know about the Bunghwa-dong Squirrel case?”
“I know about it, but it looks like they can’t catch him.”
Bunghwa-dong Squirrel.
He is a serial rapist, a rare occurrence these days. In an era where genetic testing technology has developed and there are CCTVs everywhere, being a serial rapist is not an easy task because most of the traces remain.
But there are definitely guys who are trying to exploit that gap, and that’s the Bunghwa-dong Squirrel.
“That’s why. We’re representing the victims in a joint lawsuit.”
Jung Yi-yeon said as if she was tired of it. Of course, she’s not tired of the victims.
“I understand.”
In fact, there is not much that victims can do in the criminal stage. Once they file a complaint, it’s 100% the police’s area, and the victims or their lawyers have no choice but to watch.
“But it’s already been 9 months. There are only twenty-three victims.”
The Bunghwa-dong Squirrel is going around raping like that, but the police are not even able to catch a clue.
“That’s why I did profiling, but apart from doing that, catching him requires public power.”
Park Do-joon nodded at Cha Dae-hoon’s words. He’s definitely right. If Cha Dae-hoon lost anything by quitting as a police profiler, it was the public power that the police have. He can’t call the police or track them down even in suspicious situations.”