My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 536

Getting angry only excites and pleases malicious commenters. Ignoring them? They feel nothing when you ignore them.

So, what should you do? Belittle them.

There was a malicious commenter on a broadcast who said that the most unpleasant thing was seeing a mental hospital’s phone number with the message, ‘Mental illness is curable.’

Because they are already aware that their self-esteem is low and they are not socially recognized, being belittled for having a mental illness in that situation makes them feel truly miserable.

‘But this time, there’s no reason to do that.’

Because I’m not fighting malicious commenters, but a serial killer.

“What are you thinking so hard about?”

While driving, Chang-soman glanced at Park Do-joon.

“Ah, it’s nothing. I was just thinking the police are useless these days. I was reminded of recent news.”

“The police?”

“Yes.”

Park Do-joon subtly brought up the police. Finding common ground and sharing the other person’s interests is the first way to become close to them.

‘And the more aggressive the other person is towards the target, the more effective it is.’

The criminal was expressing anger towards the police and challenging them with a game. That means he personally has negative feelings towards them. And for such a person, an opportunity to speak ill of someone is surprisingly effective.

“The police… Ah, they really have a lot of problems. The country is in this state because of those bastards.”

‘Just like that.’

Park Do-joon smiled inwardly at Chang-soman’s immediate bite of the bait.

‘But his choice of words is strange.’

The police don’t have a good image socially. They are seen as incompetent, bribe-taking, and even political, without any remorse, and creating criminals.

Honestly, it’s unfair from the police’s perspective, but that’s the current image of the police. There’s no helping it. Securing public safety is a thankless job.

So, what gets reported in the media is bound to be negative.

‘But usually, it’s a masculine term.’

They are often denigrated as cops, sons of bitches, or ‘those guys,’ but one of the commonalities of these slurs is that they have more of a masculine image than a feminine one.

There’s no helping it. The police organization is an extremely male-dominated organization.

‘But “those bitches”……’

The fact that the feminine expression ‘bitch’ came first has a significant meaning. Knowing that, Park Do-joon subtly threw out another bait.

“They really have a lot of problems. Look at the salt farm slave case from last time [a case where people were essentially enslaved on salt farms]. How could the police not know that such crimes had been going on in that area for decades? How incompetent are they?”

“Exactly.”

“I suffered so much because of the police last time, too.”

“What happened?”

“After I performed a shamanic ritual for them, they sued me to get the money back. It wasn’t even that much. I only received ten million won [approximately $7,500 USD].”

“You received little.”

Actually, the cost of shamanic rituals varies from era to era, but these days, the average is between 10 million to 15 million won.

“Yes, but after that, they claimed it was ineffective and sued me for fraud, demanding the money back.”

“What kind of ritual was it?”

“It was a fortune ritual. But I performed it so he could receive good fortune, but he wasted all the money he got from gambling and then blamed me. The gods give fortune to those who work hard, not to those who gamble. But the police kept suing me, harassing me as a fraud.”

“Oh, you’ve been through a lot.”

“Well, in the end, I was found not guilty… I don’t like those cops.”

As Park Do-joon opened up first, Chang-soman followed suit.

“Exactly. Those guys don’t do their jobs properly. They can’t even pick the people who are really needed.”

“Is that so?”

“You have no idea. These days, they’re hiring so many female officers, talking about women this and that, aren’t they? Do those bitches do their jobs properly? Honestly, I feel it as I go around, but female officers don’t do shit. They just put on makeup, kill time, and shout ‘Otokke [Oh no! What to do!]’ all the time.”

“Well, it’s true that there are too many female officers.”

Park Do-joon said that while looking at Chang-soman.

‘Did he break up with a female officer? No, that can’t be.’

Park Do-joon shook his head. That’s a personal matter. It doesn’t fall into the realm of the police.

“Is it even right that they can’t pick the right people because they’re hiring those bitches? The country is doomed.”

“That’s right. It’s really doomed.”

Chang-soman was so enraged that he said the country was doomed because they were hiring female officers.

‘Female officers and jobs…… Could it be?’

At that moment, an incident flashed through Park Do-joon’s mind.

‘They do hire a lot of female officers.’

They hire a lot.

And they have been consistently hiring a lot of female officers for the past three years.

‘Saying ridiculous things, too.’

The police are a male-dominated organization. There’s no helping it. The job itself is often extremely dangerous.

But for political reasons, the government is filling up to 50% with female officers, hiring them indiscriminately.

What’s serious is that even if the scores and physical fitness are the same, it would be understandable, but male applicants with a physical fitness score of 90 out of 100 and a psychological test score of 90 are failing because they are men, while women with a physical fitness score of 60 and a psychological test score of 70 are passing because they are women.

In fact, Australia tried to fill 50% of the police force with female officers for political reasons, but after reverse discrimination issues arose, they eventually abolished it.

There’s no helping it because reduced physical fitness isn’t just a matter of missing a criminal.

If they don’t become fighters, they have to draw their guns to subdue the opponent, and if the police draw their guns, the criminal has to kill the police.

A simple logic that if one side draws a gun, the other side will draw a gun. Politicians didn’t understand that.

So, the female police chief of Australia cited these various problems as reasons to abolish the 50% female policy.

‘But Korea is still implementing preferential treatment for women.’

Selecting female officers based on political correctness is prioritized over men with good skills.

Especially in the last three years, the number of female officer selections has increased significantly.

‘Three years……’

Chang-soman is a young man in his twenties. Even if he does the work of carrying things, he couldn’t have built such a good body just from that.

‘Was that it?’

Three years ago, the government drastically increased the selection of female officers as a matter of policy. And in the process, since the budget wasn’t infinite, the selection of male police officers naturally had to be reduced.

‘So that’s what it is.’

Of course, men who would have easily passed the cut-off line under normal circumstances also had to fail en masse due to the policy at the time.

‘Is it because of the police?’

The reason for challenging the police with a game. There were two possibilities. First, having a complaint or challenging spirit towards a specific individual. Second, having a complaint against the police themselves.

‘It’s the second one.’

But judging from what he’s saying, it seems like he has a complaint against the police.

‘Well, it’s understandable.’

He must have worked hard to get within the passing range. He’s probably quite smart, so his grades wouldn’t have been bad.

But suddenly, for political reasons, he can’t become a police officer? Then he can’t help but be dissatisfied.

‘Of course, there’s a high possibility that he was cut off in the middle due to psychological issues.’

But I can’t be sure about that either. Because the police’s psychological test isn’t that thorough.

In fact, there are many cases where guys who shouldn’t become police officers become police officers because of that.

‘Hmm.’

And as I began to realize that fact, several other things began to appear.

‘If he has a grudge against the police, he wouldn’t want to keep being a police officer.’

If he wanted to keep being a police officer, he wouldn’t have challenged them with this retaliatory murder game.

‘But that’s kind of strange.’

There were all sorts of miscellaneous items rolling around in the narrow car. Among them were magazines and old books. Surprisingly, there were difficult books like Dante’s Inferno and books with the title Introduction to Police Science.

‘Those aren’t books you’d comfortably read in a car.’

Maybe that’s a means of appealing to himself. But Park Do-joon didn’t pay attention to it.

Because he has an inferiority complex, he will want to take revenge. In that case, humans tend to choose items related to the revenge.

Of course, they can just take revenge, but using items related to the other person to further strengthen the meaning of revenge, that’s what people do.

‘Introduction to Police Science would be perfect.’

A book that everyone who wants to become a police officer reads. And a book that most police officers know.

There isn’t a single other police-related book or item around. But the fact that only that one exists is simple.

‘That’s the keyword.’

Park Do-joon smiled.

“The police guys really can’t do their jobs.”

Whether he took it as agreement with what he said, Chang-soman started rambling again, and Park Do-joon nodded at Chang-soman.

“Yes, they really can’t do their jobs.”

‘But I seem to be doing a good job. Hehehe!’

# Challenger and Loser

Chang-soman didn’t feel anything strange until he spent some time at the prayer site and returned. In the first place, there was nothing to do at the prayer site, so he just moved the luggage and slept in the car, so it was impossible to know whether he prayed or just killed time.

As soon as Park Do-joon returned, he found the Introduction to Police Science and deciphered the code specified by the criminal.

The method itself was simple. Checking the page, line, and the number in the row.

“Hmm…….”

Instead of words, there were numbers in the book, and those numbers clearly pointed to an address. An area marked as a mountain.

When they searched that area, the fourth body was found.

“The victim is 23 years old, male.”

Jo Sang-gyu said with a miserable face. Including the body found in the middle, a total of four victims have been found.

“He was preparing to return to school after being discharged from the military.”

“He’s definitely getting bolder.”

The previous male victim was a college student, but he was someone who hadn’t served in the military. But the fact that he targeted a victim who was discharged from the military and preparing to return to school means that he is becoming more and more confident.

“Senior, then can’t we just go there and catch him right away?”

“Ah, I’m sorry, but it’s impossible.”

“Impossible?”

“Yeah, what I saw was the Introduction to Police Science, that’s right. But would that be evidence?”

“That’s…….”

“Even considering that it’s a revised edition, the sales volume would be enormous.”

“Ah…….”

Moreover, in the case of non-revised editions, the sales volume for several years would easily exceed tens of thousands of copies.

“That’s right. That book is said to be a study bestseller among people preparing for the police.”

Among the numerous books related to police science, the best-selling one is that Introduction to Police Science.