My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 610

“And I also have something like this.”

“What’s that?”

A round object holding six bullets in place.

“It’s a speed loader for revolvers.”

Normally, with a revolver, you have to load each bullet into the chamber one at a time. Naturally, this takes a lot of time.

But with a speed loader, you can load all the bullets at once, and with a twist, the loading is done in an instant.

“It’s almost ten times faster. And I have two of these.”

Park Tae-woon has four live rounds.

In contrast, Park Do-joon has eighteen live rounds.

“You don’t have any advantages.”

“Umm……”

The moment he seemed shaken by those words, Park Do-joon quickly drew his pistol while kneeling. Park Tae-woon flinched and pulled the trigger, but it was a blank. He hadn’t anticipated Park Do-joon kneeling, so it was a wasted action.

“Now, you’ve lost the only advantage you had.”

Park Do-joon is kneeling and aiming, while Park Tae-woon is standing.

Of course, he lost one blank, but he’s completely within the line of fire, so there’s no way to escape.

“You think you can just bury me if you kill me? It’s the same for both of us.”

“Wait!”

Park Tae-woon raised his voice.

“Okay. I’ll give you 30%.”

“Who says so? That’s the victims’ money.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Seeing you come alone, it’s obvious you’re after this too!”

“……”

“Even if you take it, you can’t open it without the password.”

Park Do-joon frowned.

“Hacking isn’t impossible. It just takes some time. You can see that the sites have already been hacked, right?”

“Maybe. But do you know how to hack? You’ll have to entrust it to someone else, right? Can you trust that person?”

“Hmm……”

“Either way, if you try to hack it, they’ll run away with it.”

“Certainly.”

Seeing Park Do-joon wavering, Park Tae-woon quietly said,

“I’ll give you 30%. That’s nearly 300 billion won [approximately $225 million USD]. No, it’ll be more. The cryptocurrency is probably going up right now.”

“That’s ambiguous.”

“Then I’ll give you 40%.”

Park Do-joon shook his head.

“It’s a condition for saving your life, so you need to give more. Deals should be fair. 50%.”

“That’s……”

“Or it might be better to ask for hacking, even if it takes a while.”

“Okay… I’ll give you 50%.”

In the end, Park Tae-woon yielded. But he didn’t really yield.

‘The moment I get out, I’ll kill you.’

Burying a cop alive isn’t a difficult task. One phone call is enough to socially bury a police officer, and if necessary, I can actually kill him.

“You promised. 50%.”

“Yeah.”

“But let’s make it clear. Can you open it? I don’t trust you.”

“Yoo Joon-seung stole a notebook with the password written on it when he died. It’s not difficult to open.”

“I see.”

“I see?”

Park Tae-woon, who was tilting his head because he didn’t understand the phrase ‘I see’ for a moment, turned pale. Several people were rushing in at that moment. There were acquaintances of high-ranking prosecutors, Wolgwang Law Firm [a powerful legal firm], high-ranking victims, and even reporters with cameras.

“How……!”

“I knew you wouldn’t go inside the house.”

Park Do-joon lowered his pistol.

“So, I hid people inside the house.”

“You knew?”

“Yes, I was waiting for you to come.”

“That’s……!”

Park Tae-woon slumped down. Park Do-joon approached him and took out handcuffs.

“Park Tae-woon, I’m arresting you on charges of embezzlement.”

With that, the handcuffs clicked into place.

“Seriously, what were you going to do if he actually shot you?”

Jung Yi-yeon couldn’t help but get angry.

“I told you, the first two shots were blanks.”

“No! That’s not the point!”

She had tried to stop him when he said he was going out alone. But Park Do-joon said that he was the only one who could win him over, so he confidently put himself in front of a gun.

If Park Tae-woon had tried to kill him and pulled the trigger three times in a row, live rounds would have been fired.

“I had no choice. Otherwise, Park Tae-woon wouldn’t have admitted he knew the password.”

“That……”

“You know it too, right? Finding evidence and proving guilt are different.”

It’s true that Park Tae-woon came here to get the external hard drive. But if he doesn’t prove that he’s after it, he’ll definitely claim that he received an anonymous tip.

“And looking at the prosecution’s tendencies, there’s a high possibility that they’ll accept that. Right?”

“Hoo~ That’s true.”

“And you saw it too, right? He tried to scout me. Do you think Park Tae-woon wouldn’t try to scout the prosecutors or judges investigating him?”

“……”

Of course, he would. Because Jo Han-seop fell for it.

“Korea recognizes the prosecution’s monopoly on indictment.”

In other words, if Park Tae-woon negotiates with them, there’s a high possibility that the prosecution won’t even indict him.

“From the beginning, I told you, there’s no evidence that this money belongs to the Unicorn Group.”

And if he can’t prove that, the money will be returned to the national treasury.

“Keueung.”

It sounds good to return it to the national treasury, but it’s common for high-ranking officials to embezzle it.

For example, there was a case where an antique collector donated antiques that he had collected by investing his entire fortune for decades to the National Museum, but when he went to see it a few years later, not a single one was left. That means that being归属to the state means that it is not a protected object at all.

“That’s why I stepped in.”

To prove that the money belongs to the Unicorn Group, and to prove that he knows the password.

Since that went on public broadcast, even if the prosecution bends over backward, they won’t be able to embezzle it.

“However, there’s something to be careful about.”

“What is it?”

“They’ll try to take away the right to dispose of it from us.”

“Why?”

“Of course.”

Park Do-joon tapped his cell phone.

“They’ll still want to get even a penny.”

Soon after, the compensation issues related to the Unicorn Group were somewhat settled. Thanks to that, Jung Yi-yeon was able to have a leisurely cup of coffee with Park Do-joon with a relieved expression.

“It turned out as you said, Oppa [term of endearment for older brother or boyfriend]. The prosecution said that they would seize it first and then return it later. Wow, my dad had a hard time preventing that.”

“Of course. The prosecution would have wanted to get some money by any means.”

When Park Tae-woon’s corruption was revealed on public broadcast, everyone cursed at the prosecution, but even so, the prosecution didn’t even blink an eye. Rather, they tried to take the virtual currency, citing evidence.

But virtual currency is something whose price changes. And after the Unicorn Group incident, the price of virtual currency rose a bit. The prosecution made a fuss, saying that they would seize it and then dispose of it themselves, and then return it from the money recovered.

“It’s a play on words.”

First of all, you can’t even know how much money has been recovered, because virtual currency prices change every second. Furthermore, the amount of damage is not just a penny or two, so if the prosecution takes it, the money returned will inevitably be only a small part. They will only return the principal excluding interest, and even then, they will try to give the minimum, saying that there was a loss.

“So the recovery is over.”

“And there’s still some left.”

Fortunately, the court was grinding its teeth at this incident. Because Jo Han-seop was treated like a slave, and even though they knew there were victims, they tried to embezzle the money, so they handed over the management rights to Wolgwang Law Firm, and Wolgwang Law Firm sold it at the right time and recovered everything.

“They even got the principal and interest and still had some left.”

“What are you going to do with the remaining money?”

“My father said he would donate it to a charity. This is ownerless money, so if you hold it, the rights are ambiguous, and flies will swarm.”

“It’s already swarming.”

“Don’t even mention it.”

Politicians and powerful people who knew that there was some money left after the compensation started contacting them, demanding political funds.

“But I don’t know if it’ll be okay.”

“It’ll be okay. If someone takes it from one side, then that person becomes the target of attack.”

The victims are not just one or two people, and strictly speaking, they should be taking that money, including compensation for damages, but that’s not the situation, so everyone is looking at the cake that they can’t eat.

“In that situation, if you get consent and donate it to a charity, it’s ambiguous to oppose it.”

From the beginning, everyone didn’t want to make money with it, but only asked to find the principal.

“The case is over for now.”

“What are you going to do now, Oppa?”

“What else can I do? I have to go to work as always.”

“My dad wants to have a meal with you sometime.”

“Um…… I should.”

Park Do-joon smiled awkwardly. He knows that those words don’t just mean seeing each other’s faces. He has brought in that much profit, so there’s no reason for Wolgwang to dislike Park Do-joon. Rather, he’ll be a treasure, so it means that they’ll slowly start preparing for the wedding.

“First, an appropriate date……”

Park Do-joon was about to slip away while saying that, when suddenly his cell phone started beeping like crazy.

“Just a moment.”

Park Do-joon tilted his head and opened his cell phone. There were several breaking news alerts and an urgent call to work from the police station.

-Breaking News: Daeguk Group Chairman Hong Chang-sik. Death.

-Breaking News, Chairman Hong Chang-sik. Died at the age of 79.

-Daeguk Group in a pit of confusion?

The death of the chairman of a giant Korean company. That’s why the media is going wild. But when there’s a problem, it’s not just the media that’s going wild.

-All personnel currently on standby, return to duty immediately.

And Jung Yi-yeon, who checked it together, also had a stiff expression.

“I think I need to go in.”

“Me too…… I feel a chill down my spine.”

Park Do-joon got up from his seat.

# Death and the Beginning of the Succession War

The police station was a mess. There were more reporters than police officers. As soon as Park Do-joon appeared, they pointed their cameras at him. Of course, Park Do-joon kept his mouth shut and burrowed inside, barely making it to the office.

“Oh, you came early. You’re off today, but you managed to come early?”

Jo Sang-gyu waved his hand as Park Do-joon entered.

“I happened to be nearby. But what’s going on? Was Hong Chang-sik murdered?”

“How did you know?”

“The media is talking about Hong Chang-sik’s death, and if the reporters are acting like this, it’s obvious.”

“There’s no evidence that it’s murder yet? And it hasn’t been reported in the media.”

“If it was a natural death, the reporters would have gone to the Daeguk Group headquarters, not the police station.”

Jo Sang-gyu nodded.

“You’re quick-witted as always. Just wait a moment. Let’s talk about it all at once.”

“Yes.”

Park Do-joon nodded and sat down to watch the news. But the news was all about Hong Chang-sik’s death, and there were no details.