My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 583

In the meantime, Han River No. 3, having rescued the people, quickly moved toward New Marine No. 3. Perhaps realizing escape was impossible since the ship was no longer controllable, several people were already on the deck of Marine No. 3, preparing to fight.

However, their resistance was short-lived.

Bang.

The crew of Han River No. 3 opened fire. Having already used the naval guns, they didn’t hesitate. Moreover, maritime crimes are severely punished in most countries.

This is because there have been cases of crew members rebelling, killing the captain and senior officers, and looting the ship.

Due to the nature of ships, tracking them is difficult, and escaping overseas is relatively easy. Therefore, most countries severely punish crimes committed at sea.

The historical reason why maritime rebellions or piracy were unconditionally punishable by death was precisely this.

“Hands up!”

The men who had come out wielding knives suddenly paled. Just because they weren’t thinking about the future didn’t mean they didn’t value their lives in the present.

So, they trembled and dropped their weapons one by one.

Coast Guard officers then boarded the ship.

“You die, Cixiang!” (Cixiang is likely a derogatory term or a name)”

However, some desperately swung their knives, resisting arrest. But they stood no chance against the officers who had already boarded the ship.

“Aaaagh!”

Some, trying to escape, jumped into the sea. But where could they escape in the vast ocean? Before long, they were exhausted and thrashed about, screaming for help.

Meanwhile, another coast guardsman approached the captain, who was overseeing the situation. After a brief conversation, the captain’s eyes widened.

“What? Chinese?”

“Yes, and we just subdued the Chinese ships that were trying to escape. There were quite a few people on board.”

“Quite a few people?”

“They say they are illegal immigrants crossing from China to Korea.”

“Illegal immigrants?”

“Yes.”

At those words, the captain’s face hardened. The term ‘illegal immigrants’ struck him hard. It made sense that smugglers would also engage in illegal immigration. After all, it was illegal to begin with, and the consequences were the same if caught.

“Then what about the people who were stabbed to death earlier?”

“Ah, one of them survived.”

“So, they’re illegal immigrants?”

“Yes, they probably thought they could escape while we were focused on the rescue.”

At those words, the captain’s eyes rolled back, and he shouted.

“Search the entire ship! There are illegal immigrants somewhere on this ship!”

“Yes?”

“Illegal immigrants?”

Everyone was surprised, except for Park Do-joon. He already knew. Park Do-joon quietly approached the ship’s hold. Perhaps because they were in a hurry, the door wasn’t even locked.

“This place is suspicious.”

The hatch of the hold opened with a creaking sound. When he shone a light inside, he saw dozens of people. They huddled into the corner as if to avoid the light, but they couldn’t escape.

“I can’t believe this is happening…….”

There were at least twenty people here, and they said there were at least twenty people on the other ship, making it a large-scale illegal immigration operation involving at least forty people. But that wasn’t the end of it.

“Captain, drugs… drugs!”

“Drugs?”

“Yes! This is in that cabin……!”

A crew member dragged a large icebox over. When he opened it, there were drugs. Most of them were amphetamine-based, which are common in China.

“There are 5 more of these boxes. Each box seems to weigh at least 50 kilograms.”

Seeing that, the captain looked at the criminals with a dumbfounded expression and shouted.

“Throw all these sons of bitches in jail! Search this ship thoroughly… No, prepare for towing, and search the ship with everyone except the minimum crew.”

That’s how the ship was turned upside down.

“Wow, thank you. How can I repay you?”

Seo Joo-ran was smiling brightly in front of the Coast Guard office, where reporters were gathered, unlike the other reporters. Thanks to Park Do-joon, she had exclusively scooped a super-sized story all by herself.

“If you’re grateful, just help me with one thing.”

“Yes? What is it?”

“There must be someone inside the Coast Guard helping with this case.”

“In the Coast Guard? No, really? You’re not just saying that to threaten them, are you?”

“No.”

If the Coast Guard wasn’t involved, how could they have avoided the patrol boats so accurately all this time?

“I told you, they have to drop those people off somewhere.”

They can’t drop them off at the port. So, they have to stop the ship in a deserted place and drop them off there.

“But that’s not easy.”

“Why?”

“Because Korea is bordered by North Korea.”

Realistically, most of the key coastal areas are monitored by the military, and most of the remaining areas are monitored by the police.

In other words, the space to disembark people from the ship is extremely limited.

“So, the Coast Guard is the only one who can provide that information.”

“Yes, and since it’s a scoop, no one will question you even if you raise suspicions.”

Rather, as those suspicions are raised, people will pay even more attention and start digging into them.

“Please include our police station in there.”

“Yes? But isn’t this a Coast Guard issue?”

“Actually…….”

Park Do-joon lowered his voice and told her about the current atmosphere in the police station. The police internally want to disband the politically sensitive Metropolitan Profiler Team and are giving them miscellaneous tasks to achieve that.

“Ah.”

Seo Joo-ran, understanding his meaning, smiled knowingly.

“Gladly. Hohohoho!”

“Thank you. Hehehe.”

Park Do-joon said expectantly.

-According to the Coast Guard’s announcement, they have smuggled more than 1,000 people in dozens of operations so far, and more than 500 kilograms of amphetamine-based drugs were found in the organization’s office. Also, according to the testimony, they massacred dozens of people for not following their orders….

Seo Joo-ran’s news spread across the country. And Seo Joo-ran subtly included the content that Park Do-joon had requested.

-In particular, it has been revealed that the police leadership attempted to disband the Metropolitan Investigation Division’s profiling department, which was investigating this case, causing shock.

There is ongoing suspicion that the police leadership tried to disband the team that was investigating in order to protect the criminal organization, Daehan Glory Group.

A notable point is that Daehan Glory Group used to work as a security enforcer in the apartment reconstruction market in the past.

Daehan Glory Group is known to have forcibly removed residents and existing homeowners who resisted the reconstruction of Anyang Ilsam Apartment in the past with the protection of the police, and three people died at the time, but the case was covered up with the protection of the police…….

The difference between having a past case and not having one is significant. Why do the police look for repeat offenders first when a case breaks out?

Daehan Glory Group had clearly been involved in reconstruction in the past, and it was also true that the police protected such organizations at that time.

By revealing even the photos from that time and establishing the protection by the police as a *fait accompli* [an accomplished fact; something that is already done and cannot be changed], it seemed to people that this was a cover-up of drug smuggling, illegal immigration, and massacre by the police, no matter who looked at it.

“Keuhahahahaha!”

Jo Sang-gyun laughed loudly as he downed a glass full of beer in one go.

“Aigoo! It’s so refreshing!”

“Kya! Yeah, the beer is so refreshing~!”

Not only Jo Sang-gyun, but the entire profiling team was drinking beer excitedly, as if they were all refreshed.

“So, what are they saying upstairs?”

“What do you mean? They’re telling us not to misunderstand.”

“Misunderstand my ass.”

Park Do-joon chuckled as he swallowed his beer. The police were trying to downplay the situation by saying, ‘There was a misunderstanding.’

“Thanks to you, we survived.”

“You’re welcome.”

“They won’t be able to say a word about getting rid of us for the time being.”

Everyone was drinking with a little relief when Lee Ji-soo, who was drinking with them in one corner, asked curiously.

“But, Senior.”

“Yeah?”

“Weren’t you agreeing with that?”

“What?”

“About introducing the profiling system to general crimes.”

“Ah.”

At those words, Park Do-joon scoffed and said.

“I agree.”

“But why are you acting like you’re against it?”

“Well, profiling is science.”

“Yes?”

“If we step up and solve cases one by one, that’s not science. It’s experience.”

Of course, experience is an important element of science, just like the discovery of gravity from the observation of an apple falling. Science develops when the element of ‘why’ is added.

“Ah, right?”

“Yeah, it’s experience. Can we really teach that to other people?”

“No, we can’t.”

Of course, you can teach experience, but human psychology is influenced by situations, atmosphere, time, and place.

The analysis of a burglary in an apartment, a burglary found in a villa, and a burglary in a residential area are completely different.

“At best, we can give them one or two examples that we can interpret.”

But will that really help? No. It doesn’t help at all. Rather, knowing it poorly will only cause confusion in the investigation.

“In order to properly educate people, you have to analyze not one or two case resolutions, but thousands or tens of thousands of cases.”

You have to analyze and understand it, and then set the direction. It is absolutely impossible to educate with just one case.

“That’s why I opposed it.”

“Ah…….”

In order to properly educate in this field, individual profilers should not just analyze and solve cases. A separate team must be created, and all those cases must be analyzed. Profilers must report their experiences and analyses, integrate them there, and establish them as a single theory.

“But what do we have?”

“We didn’t have it.”

There was no line to report to, or even a place to report and organize.

“So I opposed it.”

Because the purpose was to pass on the workload, not to analyze it.

“That’s harsh.”

“It can’t be helped.”

Park Do-joon shrugged and said.

“That’s what reality is like. Someday, such a system will be created.”

And Park Do-joon didn’t say that he might have to create it himself.

# Isolated World

“Park Do-joon?”

“Yes?”

Park Do-joon turned his head at the sound of a man calling him while he was working. A man in a suit was standing there.

“Who are you?”

He’s not a complainant. The profiling team doesn’t personally meet with complainants or do anything like that.

“I’m from the National Intelligence Service [South Korea’s primary intelligence agency].”

“The National Intelligence Service?”

Park Do-joon tilted his head at those words.

“What’s going on? Why is the National Intelligence Service here?”

Of course, he had worked for them for a while, but that wasn’t a reason for them to come looking for him like this.

“Let’s go together for a moment.”

“Hmm?”

At that moment, Jo Sang-gyun, who was coming inside, noticed the scene.

“Team Leader, these people want to see me for a moment.”

“Oh, okay. Go and come back.”

“Yes?”

“Well… I know it’ll take a long time, so be careful and come back. Think of it as a vacation.”

“……Yes?”

What does this mean? A vacation?