My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 554

“Don’t tell me…”

“Surely, working in the factory is tough and hard. The parents know that.”

That’s why parents want their children to study hard and become doctors or judges. That’s why they don’t spare money on education.

“But at the same time, this is an industrial city.”

So, politicians and judges don’t pay much attention or try to protect it. To put it harshly, it’s being neglected to a cruel extent.

“So, you’re saying they’re spreading drugs to increase the number of addicts?”

“It’s not impossible. Anyway, the people in this city are rich.”

If a city with lax surveillance and plenty of money starts to get hooked on drugs, it will collapse uncontrollably. And once a city’s security collapses like that, it’s virtually impossible to restore it.

Especially if the drug addicts are young, the damage is severe.

“You’re saying they’re addicting kids for that purpose?”

“Targeting children has been a basic tactic of salesmanship since a long time ago.”

When cigarettes first came out, they were heavily promoted to teenagers.

People like James Dean, who were famous at the time, stylishly holding cigarettes was a form of promotion. Young children tend to follow their idols.

“That’s why some religious groups focus on creating and managing youth departments.”

If you brainwash them when they’re young, they can never escape.

“And anyone who studies psychology would know that.”

“That’s true.”

“However, how you use it is ultimately a personal choice.”

Some will abandon their conscience and see children as objects of exploitation, spreading all kinds of harm, while others will choose conscience to protect children.

The fact that the harm of cigarettes was known was the result of a few doctors fighting against lawsuits from giant tobacco companies. The tobacco companies never admitted that cigarettes were bad, and some doctors even took money from them and said that cigarettes were harmless to health.

“You know the humidifier disinfectant incident in Korea, right?”

“Ugh, that’s true.”

The professors who investigated it even manipulated the results by ventilating the lab when it was filled with harmful chemicals during the investigation.

“It’s like the psychology of the missile launch button.”

“The missile launch button… That’s a very fitting expression.”

If someone presses the missile launch button, someone will definitely die. It could be enemy soldiers, civilians, or children. But the person pressing the launch button doesn’t see that.

They just press it mechanically, so they don’t think of themselves as murderers.

“The criminals will be the same.”

They probably know that what they’re selling is drugs. But the victims aren’t in front of them. Rather, the victims praise them for helping them study well, so they may think they’re doing the right thing.

“Then what should we do? There’s no way to track these guys down, is there?”

“Why isn’t there?”

Park Do-joon smirked.

“The reason why the criminals committed crimes in Anju-dong [a wealthy district] at the time is simple. It’s because of money.”

In any case, the ultimate goal of drugs is money. Anju-dong is a relatively unsupervised and wealthy neighborhood. That’s why they chose this place.

“Then it’s simple.”

Park Do-joon shrugged.

“We just have to tighten the purse strings.”

Of course, that would be impossible for anyone else. But Park Do-joon can do it. He knows the most powerful person in Anju-dong.

“What?”

Hong Geun-jong was dumbfounded by Park Do-joon’s words when he came to see him.

“That kind of thing happened?”

“Probably.”

“Does that mean it’s not certain?”

“As I’ve said many times, profiling is analysis, not prophecy.”

“Ugh!”

But nevertheless, Hong Geun-jong couldn’t ignore those words. Because those words saved him. Even his younger sister was able to survive.

“Don’t tell me Hong Woo-jong, that son of a bitch?”

“That’s unlikely. No matter how Hong Woo-jong is, he won’t be able to spread drugs in the area.”

That would reduce his political power.

“He probably doesn’t know, or even if he does, he probably has no way to stop it. You should probably assume he doesn’t know.”

“Doesn’t know?”

“Yes. If my prediction is correct, that kind of work is being done very secretly.”

So no one can smell it and it’s just spreading quietly inside.

“However, when things get bigger later, he’ll be dragged in then.”

“Why?”

“If my prediction is correct, the main culprit in this case will be Wang Woo-hwan.”

At those words, anger appeared on Hong Geun-jong’s face. Hong Woo-jong at least lets brotherly affection keep the final line, but Wang Woo-hwan doesn’t.

“You said before that Hong Woo-jong showed sadism?”

“I did. That’s why Father blocked it several times.”

“Have you heard such a story recently?”

“I don’t know.”

Hong Geun-jong shook his head as if he didn’t know.

“You don’t know because you don’t contact each other?”

Lee Ji-soo also asked just in case, but Hong Geun-jong shook his head at those words.

“No, that problem has completely left my hands. Father takes care of all management related to him.”

‘Well, Hong Chang-sik is also a serious psychopath.’

The law of the jungle. Hong Chang-sik, the current chairman of the Daeguk Group, applies that standard even to his children.

No matter how much Hong Geun-jong does the work, Hong Chang-sik ultimately makes the top decisions.

“Sunbae [term of respect for a senior colleague].”

“Huh?”

“But then that doesn’t make sense, does it?”

Lee Ji-soo tilted her head as if she couldn’t understand it. She lowered her voice and asked Park Do-joon.

“No, why do you just leave the war between brothers and cover up drug use and beating people?”

“Ah~!”

She probably didn’t understand that he was trying to protect his child because he was a psychopath.

“He’s probably closer to a sociopath than a psychopath.”

“It’s subtle. In fact, ‘sociopath’ is not a strict academic term, is it?”

“That’s right.”

One of the things people misunderstand is that they mistakenly believe that there are two mental illnesses: psychopath and sociopath.

From an academic point of view, there is actually no such thing as a sociopath. To be precise, there is only one antisocial personality disorder, namely psychopathy.

Sociopath is not a formal academic term, but rather a concept created in the field of work. It can be seen as belonging to the lower concept of psychopath.

The biggest difference is whether or not there is a concept of good and evil and whether or not minimal emotional exchange is possible.

In other words, a psychopath thinks, ‘Why is it wrong for me to kill this guy?’ but a sociopath can say, ‘He was going to die anyway.’

To put it simply, the emotion that a sociopath has can be seen as extreme self-rationalization.

The fact that they do not understand emotions and that they know it but do not care about it may have similar behavior patterns, but the cause is different, so the concept of sociopath, which has not yet been medically established, was created.

“And the instinct for children is an area of instinct that is also expressed by psychopaths.”

In fact, even Yoo Young-cheol, who had almost the highest psychopath score in Korea, went wild when a reporter asked about his children, saying not to touch them.

“Sociopaths can still have emotional exchanges more than complete psychopaths. Of course, they can feel stronger paternal love.”

“Is that so?”

“And in another sense, an attack on one’s own is an attack on oneself.”

“Ah…”

Psychopaths and sociopaths don’t know how to give affection. That’s why many problems arise after the child becomes an adult.

When a child is young, there is no problem even if you give affection as an object. Because they don’t know it’s a problem. On the other hand, when a child becomes an adult and begins to become independent, it can become a problem.

“And based on that point, other emotions become bigger than paternal love.”

Like the problem with his successor. But if that person is twisted, especially if he thinks that the law of the jungle is the basic thing like now, problems arise because of it.

“You guys fight among yourselves. And the one who survives is the successor.”

It’s a common cliché in novels and movies, but it’s also something that happens often in reality.

“However, extreme cases like now are rare.”

Usually, if you win socially in other places, you just send them down to the countryside or send them abroad to save their lives, but Hong Chang-sik even allows them to fight for their lives.

“Of course, Hong Chang-sik may be more drawn to Hong Woo-jong, who is more like him.”

Hong Geun-jong also looks like a heartless businessman from the outside, but he is still at least in the general area. On the other hand, Hong Woo-jong is clearly a psychopath like Hong Chang-sik.

“In Hong Geun-jong’s case, there must have been frequent conflicts.”

Hong Chang-sik will not be able to understand Hong Geun-jong’s decision, who is in the normal category.

“But why is Hong Geun-jong doing the work?”

“No matter how big a company is, it’s not just a company of one person.”

There are stocks and shareholders. No matter how well a psychopath does the work, there is a limit to growing a company alone.

Of course, it’s natural that a psychopath wouldn’t have any personal connections.

“Is this the area of practical affairs?”

“Yes.”

On the other hand, politics only requires you to be good at yourself and wear a mask well.

“Hmm.”

Lee Ji-soo is deep in thought.

“A merciless evaluation.”

And Hong Geun-jong, who was listening to it, smiled bitterly.

“In front of the person involved.”

“I told you to listen. If you can’t make an objective judgment, you can’t win the fight. Honestly, don’t you know that and pretend you don’t know? You can’t win with that kind of emotion.”

“You’re really merciless. I feel like I’m looking at my father.”

Hong Geun-jong could only smile bitterly. In fact, Hong Woo-jong cannot beat him in a state where he has a firm grip on the company. Of course, it is true that Hong Woo-jong is a two-term member of the National Assembly.

But there are plenty of two-term members, and you can only put strength in your neck if you are a three-term member in the National Assembly [South Korean term for an elected official].

Nevertheless, the situation is subtly unbalanced. The reason is obvious. His father, Hong Chang-sik, is secretly helping Hong Woo-jong.

He says it’s the law of the jungle, but in reality, he’s secretly pushing his younger brother. So he couldn’t help but feel bitter.

But if he bumps into his father, it’s treason and it gives his father an excuse to attack him openly, so he can’t attack his father openly.

“But is this problem possible if I make up my mind? In the first place, no matter how strong my power is, I can’t order all the children in this area to be drug tested.”

“Ah, of course.”

Park Do-joon nodded as if he knew.