My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 604

“I’d rather die. I should just die.”

Having let go of everything, Jeon Mi-so kept repeating that she should die, living half out of her mind. While the rest of the family could only worry, her eldest son rushed in from work.

“Honey, you’re home early today?”

“Yeah, how’s Mom?”

“The same. She’s in her room.”

“Okay.”

“Have you eaten?”

“Later.”

The eldest son hurried to his mother’s room and approached Jeon Mi-so.

“Mom, are you okay?”

“How could I be? I did something so stupid… and now you’re suffering. I should just die…”

“Ugh, Mom, please don’t say that.”

The eldest son scolded her gently and pulled out a newspaper, handing it to her. It was a crudely made newspaper.

Jeon Mi-so recognized it.

“Is this a tabloid? Why did you bring this?”

“There’s a story about the Unicorn Group in today’s tabloid.”

“Unicorn!”

Jeon Mi-so trembled at the mere mention of the name Unicorn. Her eldest son tried to calm her down.

“Don’t worry. It’s not bad news. It might even help.”

“Help?”

“The prosecution is the main culprit.”

“What are you talking about? Did the prosecution catch the main culprit?”

Jeon Mi-so, who had been groaning on the bed, jumped up and asked. The thought of possibly finding her money gave her strength.

“No, the prosecution *is* the main culprit.”

“What?”

“Park Tae-woon, the head of the Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office, is the main culprit in this case.”

“What?”

At those words, she eagerly got up and grabbed the tabloid to read it.

“Is this true?”

“It might be… at least we can’t ignore it. You know it too, Mom. Park Tae-woon has been pulling the strings behind this case.”

“That’s true.”

In reality, there were others specifically in charge of this case. It was unusual for the head of the District Prosecutors’ Office to be directly involved in solving a case. But regardless, it was no secret that influential people who had suffered losses were controlling the situation.

She knew that Park Tae-woon was investigating the case from behind the scenes, but she had assumed he had also suffered losses related to the Unicorn Group.

“So, that bastard is the culprit?”

“He might be, or he might not be.”

“Damn it!”

Of course, it was uncertain. Ninety percent of what appeared in tabloids was fake, and only 1% of the 10% that was real was actually helpful. But Jeon Mi-so, having lost everything, didn’t have the luxury to verify it.

“Give me my phone.”

“Huh? Who are you going to call?”

“Who do you think? I’m going to call everyone and tear them a new one!”

Her career as Madame Ttu [a woman who manages or owns an establishment, often associated with entertainment or social gatherings] was over, and she wouldn’t be doing that again. But she couldn’t stand the thought of those who held a grudge against her harming her son.

Wasn’t her eldest son coming home late every day because powerful people were taking revenge?

If she could stop that, what wouldn’t she do?

“I need… to make some calls. Give me my phone.”

Jeon Mi-so, who had turned off her phone out of fear, turned it on for the first time in a while.

There’s a saying that the air can be so thick you can’t breathe. Prosecutor Ji Man-do felt like he knew what that meant.

“Is this… all the data?”

“Yes? Ah, yes, Chief Prosecutor.”

Ji Man-do felt suffocated by the calls from the Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office. He had been told to secretly bring all the data related to the Unicorn Group, and he had to consider what to do. Since Park Tae-woon had unofficially directed the investigation, he wondered if he should ask him about it.

But as if they knew what he was thinking, the Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office told him not to report to Park Tae-woon and just bring the data. It wasn’t just one District Prosecutor, but several.

Moreover, the heads of the top District Prosecutors’ Offices in Seoul had summoned him, and even his superiors were waiting for him. Ji Man-do felt like he couldn’t breathe.

“What do you think?”

One of the District Prosecutors asked a prosecutor who was carefully examining the documents. The prosecutor quietly replied after looking at them.

“The timing of the investigation’s halt is ambiguous.”

“Ambiguous?”

“Yes, the tracking of funds was being done very precisely. If we had tracked it a little further, we could have found the flow of funds.”

“And?”

“But it stopped right there. Or, to be more precise, only the data from that period remains.”

“Only the data from that period?”

“Yes, the statute of limitations hadn’t expired yet, but at some point, the investigation stopped. It’s as if someone stopped it.”

“Hmm, is that so?”

A sense of bewilderment and anger began to spread among the prosecutors. Those who conduct investigations know how to see the flow of a case. And they know what kind of results will come out when they investigate to a certain extent.

“Prosecutor Ji Man-do.”

“Yes, Chief Prosecutor.”

“Is it true that you were ordered not to investigate after the case was closed?”

“Ah…”

Ji Man-do hesitated for a moment. But his hesitation was short-lived. No matter how much Park Tae-woon protected him, he wouldn’t fight against these people. Not only that, but it was unclear whether Park Tae-woon could even survive if these people stepped in.

So, his decision was quite quick.

“Yes, that’s true. I was told not to waste administrative power on a case with no right of prosecution.”

“Why didn’t you object to that?”

“Well… one person objected and was referred to the disciplinary committee…”

“Disciplinary committee?”

“Yes.”

There was one prosecutor who objected, saying that they had to find the money and return it to the victims, but he was suspended for five months. In the world of prosecutors, suspension is a rare punishment. Even if someone embezzled billions, they probably wouldn’t get that punishment.

“It seems the rumors are true.”

“We’re getting protest calls from all directions.”

“Shouldn’t we call the Prosecutor General?”

“The Prosecutor General has already called. He told us to handle this case without any shame.”

“Well, there are so many victims.”

Ji Man-do felt his hands and feet trembling as he listened to those words. He realized that he had been caught up in something bigger than he had imagined.

Moonlight Law Firm is one of the largest law firms in the country. So, many people come to them to take on cases. But today was special.

It was so full that there were no seats left.

“You want us to handle the recovery?”

“Yes, you seem to know something about that Unicorn.”

Jung Su-gwan of Moonlight Law Firm was taken aback by the words of the three-star general in front of him.

“The amount of damage is 3.5 billion won [approximately $2.7 million USD], is that correct?”

“That’s right! It’s my entire fortune!”

“But we don’t know anything about the Unicorn case.”

“I already know everything. Is this how it’s going to be?”

Jung Su-gwan clicked his tongue at the general’s words.

‘I thought this would happen.’

Park Do-joon, Jung Yi-yeon’s boyfriend, was using their name, so he nodded, thinking they might get some help with the case.

They needed to find a breakthrough to save Nam Ji-sung, who was also a victim.

But instead of selling them out, he brought them a huge deal.

A massive case with an estimated profit of 25.5 billion won [approximately $19.6 million USD].

Of course, not all of it came, but the place was so full that there were no seats outside.

The fact that people who wielded billions and hundreds of millions were lining up and waiting for interviews was truly unprecedented.

They weren’t waiting, but demanding to be accommodated.

“Um…”

“Do you know something?”

The three-star general asked cautiously at Jung Su-gwan’s hesitation.

Jung Su-gwan said with a reluctant voice.

“I can’t talk about anything related to that case.”

The general took those words to mean that he knew something and raised his voice.

“Find that money for me. Then I’ll give you 3%, no, 10%.”

“10%?”

“Yes. That’s how much I suffered to collect that money!”

Most of them were like this. They were so desperate and so wronged that they were offering more than the average 3% success fee.

They were people who wouldn’t even blink at a 3% loss, so they were willing to do anything to get their money back.

“First, we need to solve the Nam Ji-sung case. We found this while investigating that case.”

“I can help with that case.”

The three-star general made a call somewhere before anyone could stop him.

“Wait a moment. It’s close by, so they’ll be here soon.”

“They’ll be here?”

Jung Su-gwan tilted his head at those words. And after a while, he couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief at the people who entered his office. They were military judges and military prosecutors.

“Attention!”

The two men saluted the general with the loudest voices they could muster, but that didn’t quell the general’s anger.

The three-star general stood up and immediately struck their joints. He hit them so hard that they both screamed and fell to the ground.

“Get up!”

The two men quickly got up. And the general immediately struck the joint of their opposite foot.

“Get up!”

This time, the two men struggled to get up and stand in place. But they were already staggering and couldn’t stand properly.

“You bastards. You took bribes, didn’t you?”

“No, we didn’t.”

“No? No? Do you know the names Jo Han-seop and Jo A-min? Do you know Park Tae-woon and Park Nam-seong!”

The two men’s eyes widened at those words, and another strike came.

“Argh!”

“Ugh!”

This time, the two men couldn’t get up and crawled on the floor.

“You sons of bitches, do you know where that blew up? It blew up in the Ministry of National Defense, you sons of bitches!”

“The Ministry of National Defense!”

The two men’s eyes widened at those words. It was just a simple matter of ruining the life of a rapist. It wouldn’t be a problem to take some money. But the Ministry of National Defense?

“Because of you, the generals and congressmen are all furious!”

The two men trembled like aspen leaves at those words. The three-star general said ‘generals.’ That meant that a four-star general was involved above them.

“I’m going to give you the maximum sentence no matter what it takes.”

“G-General!”

At that moment, a clanging sound was heard from outside. And at that sound, the crotches of the two men’s uniforms began to get wet. Jung Su-gwan’s face turned grim as he realized it was urine.

The clanging sound coming from behind the door.

The two men knew exactly what that sound was.

It was the sound of the military police walking.

The military police wore specially made rings on their pants, and they made that sound whenever they shook.

It was a sound that his subordinates used to make, but now that sound was approaching the two men as terror.

They desperately hoped that their premonitions would be wrong, but the two men’s wishes were not fulfilled.

Soon, the door opened, and the military police rushed in.

“Take these bastards away. They tried to manipulate the case by taking bribes. Shake them to their souls and bury them in hell. Make sure they never see society again. Do you understand?”