My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 493

“Huh?”

“There’s a saying that seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times.”

Seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times. That’s an accurate assessment of human perception.

“Besides, even if the media is buzzing about the ‘Bunghwa-dong Squirrel’ being arrested, female workers or women living alone in this area will still be anxious. Not just this area, but other areas as well.”

Because even though the police say they’ve arrested him, no one knows if it’s really the Bunghwa-dong Squirrel himself, or just a criminal using the same methods.

“But people tend to believe what they see with their own eyes.”

Instead of just hearing ‘Bunghwa-dong Squirrel Arrested’ a few times through newspapers or the radio, showing them the scene of catching him coming in through the gas pipes on TV will make people believe more firmly that ‘the criminal has been caught.’

“You don’t think they’ll just assume it’s another criminal committing the same kind of crime?”

“That’s what makes human psychology so interesting.”

The information about the arrest itself doesn’t change at all. But just adding the video of the scene makes people feel relieved.

“People’s anxiety is already at a serious level. In this situation, even if we just release the arrest news through the news, it will take a long time for people to believe it and feel relieved.”

But if we release it with the video, that time won’t take as long as you think.

“For the police, it’s important not just to catch criminals, but also to create an atmosphere where the public can feel safe.”

“Hee, how great would it be if other police officers thought like you, Senior?”

“Don’t ask for the impossible.”

“But will he really come?”

“He will.”

“If he comes, can I just kick him once?”

Park Do-joon made an X with his hands, saying absolutely not.

“Hold back, who are you trying to kill?”

Park Do-joon also wants to castrate the criminal bastard, but what can he do since he can’t?

He has to hold back.

Late night.

Today, the moon isn’t even properly out. A man in dark clothes skillfully avoids people’s eyes in the darkness and runs towards his destination.

“Hehehe! Pretty, wait for me. I’m coming.”

He muttered in Chinese as he arrived at his destination and checked the gas pipes first. It’s already becoming more annoying because there are many places around here painting with fluorescent paint. He wondered if they had painted in the meantime, but fortunately, there were no traces of paint.

“Good.”

The man glanced around. He checked if people were passing by and if there were any lights on around him. Then, he slowly started climbing the pipes to his designated destination.

As if he’s done it more than once or twice, he quickly climbed up to the 4th floor like a monkey climbing a tree and approached his target studio apartment.

Then, he skillfully pushed the window. But the window didn’t move at all.

“Locked, as expected?”

It was expected. No one leaves their windows open in these times. But that’s why he took out a hammer from around his waist and tapped the side with the lock with moderate force.

If he hits it hard, the glass will shatter, but if he hits it accurately, only the desired part will break. It wasn’t a difficult task.

As expected, with a ‘thud’ sound, the window broke, and the man skillfully put his hand inside, released the lock, and slipped inside.

Then, he went inside through the veranda.

“Hehehe…….”

Perhaps because all the blood was rushing to the center, he couldn’t see anything else. The blanket in the middle of the house was bulging as if someone was sleeping.

The man thought about confidently wielding his fully aroused penis as he slowly approached. Then, he took out a knife from around his waist and held it to the face area, saying.

“Pretty, I’ve come…….”

Of course, his words weren’t fully delivered. He was speaking in Chinese, so they couldn’t understand him, and the other person was staring with wide eyes.

And at the same time, the man’s penis instantly deflated and became ‘limp.’

“What are you saying, you son of a bitch.”

The man holding the gun stood up as if he was dumbfounded. Then, a small cabinet next to him opened, and a man with a gun came out.

“He’s calling you pretty?”

“Bullshit. When you go to prison, the other guys will like your asshole.”

“W-What is this……!”

There were men, two of them, in the place where he thought there would be a pretty woman?

“Good for you, being called pretty.”

“I don’t need to hear that from a man, Chief.”

The bathroom door opened, and two people came out. Of course, they each had a gun in their hands.

“Bunghwa-dong Squirrel, you are under arrest for serial rape. You have the right to remain silent…….”

As the chief read the Miranda rights, the pretty police officer (?) asked.

“He’s speaking Chinese, so I think he is Chinese. Will he understand?”

“Who cares? Let’s just drag him and read the Miranda rights at the station.”

The chief glared and pointed his gun.

“That bastard isn’t lowering his knife? Should I shoot?”

The criminal, who wasn’t good at Korean, could understand what the threat meant, so he dropped the knife and raised both hands.

The news of the Bunghwa-dong Squirrel’s arrest spread quickly. The police were already racking their brains, and when the news that he was finally caught came, it quickly went from the police station to the media.

And when the broadcasting station aired the arrest scene early in the morning, the police, who were being criticized every day, were able to receive praise for once today.

-Hey, hey, I believed in you. Damn it!

-People’s support, fighting!

-Now that you’ve caught that bastard, I can finally sleep peacefully.

-Someone should cut off that bastard’s middle leg.

-It would have been nice if the police had shot and blown it up there. It’s a shame.

In the police station, which was instantly turned into a cheerful atmosphere, Park Do-joon smiled as he drank coffee.

“I was right, wasn’t I?”

“You were.”

Jeong I-yeon smiled at the much faster feedback from people when the video was released compared to just delivering the news.

“What do you think will happen now?”

“Well, he’ll go to China after serving his sentence in Korea. Maybe he’ll be sentenced to death in China?”

“Death penalty?”

“Yeah, I got a call from the Chinese embassy this morning.”

As Park Do-joon expected, the criminal was a guy who had committed a crime in China and fled to Korea.

“But it wasn’t just simple rape.”

To be exact, it was serial rape along with one case of rape and murder.

“It seems he was originally just a serial rapist…….”

In the last case he committed in China, the victim died. The Public Security Bureau [Chinese law enforcement] doesn’t investigate rape very much, but murder is a different story, so he fled to Korea thinking of running away until the case calmed down for a while.

“And he couldn’t break his habit.”

While he was committing serial rape in Korea, China was trying to identify and arrest the criminal through investigation, but he had already fled to Korea, so they couldn’t arrest him and were just wasting time.

“Dozens of rapes and one murder. And if you add the cases in Korea…… well, it’s obvious.”

If he’s terribly unlucky, he’ll eventually be sentenced to death in China. Of course, he has to serve all the punishments he committed in Korea before that.

“I feel so relieved now. You son of a bitch, it’s finally over.”

“It’s finally over? It’s not over yet.”

“It’s not over yet?”

Park Do-joon pointed behind him with a wink to Jeong I-yeon. And there, a bald man was seen running towards them, huffing and puffing.

“Attorney Jeong, this is too much!”

“Ah, Chief.”

Of course, the chief in front of him is not Chief Seo Joon-ha. Chief Do Go-bong. That is, the chief who Jeong I-yeon and Cha Dae-hoon asked for help but refused.

“No, shouldn’t we have done this with you!”

In fact, Do Go-bong had a reason to be angry. The incident occurred in his area, but he couldn’t even identify the suspect, but here, they arrested him before the incident even happened.

The abilities of the two places were bound to be compared.

“If you had helped from the beginning, this wouldn’t have happened.”

“Who are you, you bastard!”

“I’m Park Do-joon.”

“Park Do-joon?”

“I’m the profiler who requested a meeting before.”

Seo Joon-ha’s face contorted at those words.

He was the one who requested the meeting but refused.

“You bastard, are you saying you did this?”

“What do you mean by ‘did this’? Arresting criminals is the job of the police, isn’t it?”

“You son of a bitch, what? Do you think you’ll be safe after this?”

Park Do-joon snorted at those words. There are many guys who want to screw him over, but none of them can really do it. Moreover, what power does a chief who has become obsolete and whose career is virtually over have?

“If you want to make me unsafe, go ahead and try.”

“What?”

“Try anything to make me unsafe. Of course, you’ll have to deal with the backlash.”

“You, you son of a bitch……!”

Do Go-bong gritted his teeth and turned around to leave. Because he knows that there is nothing he can do. Now, the only thing he has to do is worry about how to excuse his incompetence.

“It’s finally over.”

Park Do-joon said, looking at Do Go-bong moving away.

“I really don’t want to get involved with people like that again.”

“I totally agree.”

Park Do-joon said that, but unfortunately, he didn’t know at this time that his wish would not be completely fulfilled.

# The Lost Child

The Song Won-nam case was not something Park Do-joon intended to do from the beginning. It’s a case from 16 years ago.

“Seriously, so I’m being asked for a favor.”

“Oh, no! It’s not quite a favor. Strictly speaking, it’s a situation that has been classified as unresolved by the police.”

“But why me of all people?”

It’s not like there haven’t been profilers in the meantime.

“Isn’t the grandfather, Song Won-nam, the head of the Board of Audit and Inspection [South Korea’s supreme audit institution]?”

“Does that mean they’re trying to get on his good side?”

“Well, you could see it that way.”

He thought that Song Won-nam had specifically asked him to investigate the case because he was designated to take on the Song Won-nam case, but it turned out that the police were subtly passing the case on to someone with skills.

“And it seems like this isn’t the first time.”

“It’s not the first time?”

“Yeah, it seems like the local profiler team used to investigate the case periodically.”

“What? You said it was unresolved?”

“It’s a politician’s case, isn’t it?”

Jo Sang-gyu clicked his tongue and said. As Park Do-joon listened to his explanation, he could only shake his head.

“In the meantime, he’s just a politician, so he’s someone to be careful of, but he’s not a very threatening target.”