My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 512

Once the DNA test results came back, even if Joo Cheol-sik was a moron, he wouldn’t be able to deny paternity. She would inevitably be separated from him.

He might be weak-hearted, but he wasn’t so stupid as to not suspect someone who had deceived him.

“This is driving me crazy.”

Because of that, she was anxious and tried to find a solution by calling her lover and a member of the organization, but she never imagined that the police would raid her at that moment.

“Damn bastard.”

That was shocking enough, but what was even more shocking was that when the police surrounded her, he held a knife to her neck, trying to break through the police encirclement at any cost.

The fact that he tried to kill her gave Hyo Jin-ae goosebumps. As the thought resurfaced, Hyo Jin-ae couldn’t help but stroke the neck where the knife had been.

“Son of a bitch.”

As she said that, the door opened and a man entered. Seeing him, Hyo Jin-ae couldn’t help but frown.

“You.”

“Ms. Hyo Jin-ae? I’m Detective Park Do-joon.”

Park Do-joon said, sitting down right in front of her.

“You!”

She tried to get up and rush at him, but the restraints prevented her from doing so.

“Stop it. It’s all over anyway. You should be thinking about how to survive.”

“I’ll kill you!”

Hyo Jin-ae gnashed her teeth at Park Do-joon’s words, but he didn’t get angry at her behavior.

Instead, he spoke very calmly.

“Do you think you’ll even make it out of prison alive? I heard you were involved in organ trafficking?”

“What?”

At those words, Hyo Jin-ae felt a wave of dizziness. What was he talking about? Of course, she had been involved in organ trafficking, but she hadn’t told anyone.

But suddenly, trafficking?

“I never did that!”

“Of course you did. Ahn Si-bu told us. He said you were the leader.”

“Leader?”

“Yes, he said you performed the surgeries.”

That wasn’t wrong. There was no way those ignorant gangsters could perform precise extraction surgeries.

‘He probably thinks he’s not the main culprit.’

Of course. There was no way a nurse could subdue someone and dismantle organs from the start. In most cases, someone is recruited to instigate them to engage in organ trafficking.

It’s practically difficult for a woman, rather than a man, to become the boss and run a violent organization, especially an organ trafficking ring.

Due to the nature of violent organizations, they feel their pride is hurt by being under a woman, and they see a pretty woman like Hyo Jin-ae as an object of sexual gratification rather than the boss of the organization.

Instead of pledging allegiance and receiving rewards, they assault, rape, and subdue her, using her as their sexual plaything and exploiting her at the same time.

‘Of course, it’s not that there are no female bosses who lead organizations.’

But those cases usually fall into two categories. One is when the female boss inherits power from an existing male authority figure. Specifically, she receives the funds and organization to lead that group. If that’s not the case, she has a power-based symbiotic relationship with a man who has funds and force.

Given the nature of violent organizations, where they thoroughly ignore and look down on women, thinking it’s manly, the possibility of a woman overpowering men and leading a violent organization solely based on her ability is very low.

‘In that situation, if she’s suspected of being the main culprit and investigated?’

The same words can evoke different feelings. Moreover, Hyo Jin-ae had already been used as a hostage by a former colleague.

A realistic choice for survival? That wouldn’t work for Hyo Jin-ae. She already sees herself as a victim.

The situation is already twisted.

In that situation, sowing discord was too easy.

“I heard that Hyo Jin-ae was the main culprit, injuring people and stealing their organs to sell.”

“Who said that!”

But her trembling hands and feet proved that he had hit the mark. If she didn’t know anything about it, she wouldn’t have reacted so sensitively.

“We already know. Ahn Si-bu has admitted everything.”

“What did you say?”

“Ahn Si-bu said that no one could survive in his organization if they fell out of Hyo Jin-ae’s favor.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

“That’s why you should have treated them better. If you kill your own members for not listening and sell their organs, do you think the other members will pledge allegiance?”

Of course, that wouldn’t have happened. But the important thing was to make Hyo Jin-ae feel betrayed by other members.

‘It’s not illegal for me to lie.’

Specifically, it’s illegal to lie in the presence of a lawyer. But it’s not illegal to lie when you’re alone with a suspect for the purpose of obtaining a statement.

So, Park Do-joon was planning to use that to persuade her.

“So, tell me the truth… Huh?”

At that moment, a man entered the room.

“Stop. That’s enough.”

“Who are you?”

“I’m Ms. Hyo Jin-ae’s lawyer.”

“Ah, um…”

“What are you talking about?”

“Well, get the official documents and verify the story.”

The lawyer frowned at those words but didn’t say anything more. It was true that the police and lawyers didn’t have a good relationship, and the police weren’t obligated to tell the lawyer everything from A to Z.

Of course, the police couldn’t stop the lawyer from obtaining documents to prepare for the defense.

“Then, let’s stop here.”

Park Do-joon got up from his seat as if he was annoyed.

“Aren’t you going to interrogate her?”

“You’re just going to ask me to leave so you can talk to her to handle the case, right?”

There was no way the lawyer who came to work this morning had heard the whole story. Besides, if he was a public defender, he would have been contacted by the police, but there was no way the police would give a public defender all the proper information.

“That’s right.”

“So, I’ll leave.”

The lawyer looked suspicious but nodded, thinking he was an experienced police officer.

“Move her to a consultation room without recording devices.”

“Yes.”

Park Do-joon went outside and told the other officers, and they moved Hyo Jin-ae to a room where she could talk quietly with her lawyer. As they entered the room, Jo Sang-gyu said with a reluctant expression.

“Did we fail after all? Well, I guess the time was too short.”

The time from the start of the interview to the arrival of the lawyer was less than 20 minutes. So, there was no way they could extract any meaningful information in that time.

“No. I’ve already thrown the bait. That was the purpose from the start.”

“Purpose?”

“I can’t lie to the lawyer, can I?”

“That’s right.”

That was clearly illegal.

“But I can lie to the criminal.”

“Well, there’s a condition that it’s for the interrogation, but.”

“Then, what happens if the criminal tells the lawyer the lie I told?”

“Huh? Ah… Oh?”

At those words, Jo Sang-gyu realized.

“We’re not the ones who need to persuade her.”

Park Do-joon smiled and said.

“The lawyer will take care of it. Hehehe!”

“Hoo~!”

The lawyer’s head ached at Hyo Jin-ae’s words.

‘They’re telling a public defender to take this on? Are they crazy?’

Even public defenders have their limits. At best, they defend poor petty criminals and receive a few hundred thousand won [Korean currency]. Honestly, it’s not profitable, but they can’t abandon the rights of criminals to be protected, so they work as public defenders.

‘Damn it. I knew it was shit, but it’s not just being run over by a shit truck, it’s like the shit truck has completely overturned.’

That was inevitable. He was already reluctant when he suddenly received a request to defend the recent case of the murdered mother.

But since this public defender system is based on a rotation, he had no choice but to accept it because refusing would push him back in the queue… This was beyond imagination.

“So, you’re saying that Hyo Jin-ae was involved in organ trafficking?”

“Well… I wasn’t the main culprit… I was threatened and had no choice…”

Hyo Jin-ae’s hands and feet were trembling. Of course, being threatened was also a lie. It was true that she was persuaded, but she became even more active after tasting the money.

“Ugh.”

The lawyer had to provide a defense for the criminal. And if the police caught Hyo Jin-ae on charges of organ trafficking, what would Hyo Jin-ae say?

Of course, she would tell the lawyer. Because she needed a defense.

Of course, there were no charges and it was just suspicion, but the important thing was that. First of all, as a lawyer, he had to prepare a defense for the case presented by the client, the criminal.

“So, how many victims are there?”

“…”

“You don’t know how many there are?”

“About… one or two.”

“Hyo Jin-ae!”

It didn’t make sense that she had killed only one or two people for organ trafficking. The lawyer, who knew that criminals struggled to reduce their sentences, knew that this was nonsense.

“I’m Hyo Jin-ae’s lawyer. This is a room where recording is not allowed, and even if the police recorded it here, it wouldn’t be admissible as evidence.”

In other words, it was safe to talk here.

“Still…”

“Of course, the case of the murdered mother is also a case, but this is definitely not an easy case.”

“That’s…”

“Please tell me the truth.”

“Then, come closer…”

In the end, Hyo Jin-ae hesitated and spoke. The lawyer, who approached him just in case and listened to the whisper, felt dizzy.

“About thirty people…”

“No, thir…! Gasp!”

The lawyer, who almost said the number aloud, closed his mouth. And even more absurd words came to his ears.

“There might be more. I didn’t really count after twenty.”

‘Crazy bitch.’

The lawyer looked at Hyo Jin-ae at those words.

‘Let’s get out of here. Let’s quit.’

As a lawyer, he had to protect the suspect, but he didn’t want to defend a monster. Moreover, this was not something he could handle alone.

“First of all… exercise your right to remain silent.”

That was all he could do. And he began to pack his bags.

“As expected.”

The public defender submitted his resignation and ran away. And another public defender took over the case.

“And now the information has passed from lawyer to lawyer.”

“So, the lie has become the truth now.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

It was true that Park Do-joon and the police lied to the suspect, Hyo Jin-ae, but the new lawyer who took over the case would believe it was true. He didn’t take over the case without knowing anything, and if he didn’t refuse in the situation he took over, he wouldn’t pretend not to know about the case.