My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 641

“And that’s not the priority right now.”

“Then what is?”

“Continuing the investigation, for now.”

“……”

Lee Ji-soo couldn’t help but tilt her head at those words.

“A recall? This is absurd, really.”

Lee Ji-soo was dumbfounded. So, she ground her teeth in the returning vehicle.

Suddenly, Park Do-joon and Lee Ji-soo received recall orders. The criminal hasn’t been caught yet, and the crime hasn’t been proven. But a recall?

“Kang Gu-chan will do anything for his son. And Terryam Group is a company that knows many influential people. They can’t fire us, but it’s not difficult to remove us from the case.”

Moreover, he must know that Park Do-joon was the one who tracked down his son.

“Are we going to end this as an unsolved case?”

“Probably.”

No matter what, they wouldn’t frame an innocent person.

“Then the victims……”

A total of seventeen deaths and seven injuries. Naturally, their medical and living expenses would be enormous. The bereaved families wouldn’t even be able to receive treatment for their trauma, and some might even commit suicide.

“With money, murder is nothing, right?”

Unfortunately, that’s the reality. Of course, if there’s clear evidence of murder, they’ll face a token punishment. But in a situation like now, where suspicion is all there is, they can simply stop the investigation and avoid punishment.

“Of course, there’s no chance Kang Seok-gu will kill again.”

If Kang Gu-chan didn’t know, he wouldn’t be able to stop it, but now that he knows, he’ll try to stop it by any means. Someone will probably be watching him 24/7.

So, while additional murders are unlikely, he still won’t be punished.

“Seriously, this isn’t right. Can’t we leak this to the press?”

“Do you think the press will report it? Do you have evidence?”

“No, I don’t.”

It’s true that they identified him through profiling, but separately, there’s no evidence that he’s the culprit. As such, even if they leaked it, the press wouldn’t report it, and even if they did, Park Do-joon would be the one punished.

“Don’t worry. There will be a way.”

But Park Do-joon, for some reason, didn’t seem worried at all as he slowly returned to the office.

Arriving there, Jo Sang-gyu was waiting with a bitter smile.

“Welcome back.”

“It’s been a while, Team Leader.”

“Yeah, it has. Let’s go somewhere quiet first.”

Park Do-joon followed Jo Sang-gyu to the police station’s overnight room. Fortunately, no one was there at this hour. There, Jo Sang-gyu moistened his parched lips and said,

“I heard about the situation. So, what do you think?”

“Isn’t the answer already obvious?”

“That’s true.”

If Kang Seok-du wasn’t the culprit, there would be no reason for Park Do-joon to be recalled or excluded from the investigation. In reality, even though there’s no hard evidence, it must be assumed that Kang Seok-du is the culprit.

“Then what should we do? I don’t think we can just pass this off as an unsolved case.”

“You don’t like it either, do you, Team Leader?”

“Those Special Investigation Headquarters guys… it’s not a new problem. You know. All the guys who go there are political.”

“Right.”

“Wait. What are you talking about?”

Lee Ji-soo asked, surprised by those words. She didn’t know that.

“You’re saying political people go there? I had no idea. Why would they send political people there in the first place? We didn’t even know this was a political case.”

Park Do-joon scratched his head at those words.

“It became a hot issue.”

“That’s right.”

“If you solve this, your performance review goes up like crazy. So, who would they send?”

“Ah……”

If you just solve it, it leaves a significant mark on your career. So, who would they send to that position?

“They’d send their own faction [political allies or supporters].”

“That’s what special headquarters are like.”

If it’s solved, it’s the achievement of the dispatched guys.

If not? It fades away, and no one takes responsibility.

“Then what about us? Do we have a faction?”

“They sent you because you don’t. They sent all their own faction members, so how would things work properly?”

Instead of skill or expertise in the case, they sent people their faction was pushing, so naturally, someone has to work. And the team with the best skills is Park Do-joon’s team.

“Huh.”

But they’re being removed because that’s becoming a problem.

“Then is there really no solution?”

“No, not yet. What’s the team leader’s vibe like?”

“What do you mean? Of course, the higher-ups are subtly telling me to keep you in check.”

“I figured as much. Well, no matter how incompetent they are, they wouldn’t not be wary of me.”

Even if they’re rotten, they’re still still competent enough to judge that Park Do-joon won’t give up on this case.

“You’re not planning to give up, are you?”

“No, I’m not.”

Park Do-joon has already blown away the heads of the higher-ups for that reason. There’s no way they wouldn’t be wary of him.

“Yeah, so they’ll subtly keep you in check.”

“I expected as much.”

Park Do-joon nodded.

“Then, is there anything else related to that?”

“Not officially.”

Not officially.

That means they’ll harass him unofficially.

“At least they won’t assign police to me.”

“Probably.”

“What do you mean, Senior?”

Park Do-joon glanced at Lee Ji-soo at those words. Well, now that they have to work together, it’s time to tell her about the cards he’s secretly preparing.

“It’s practically a given that I’ll continue the investigation personally. I’ll definitely do that, and they know it too.”

“That’s right.”

“So, they have to stop that. Then, how will they do it?”

“That’s……”

Lee Ji-soo frowned as she pondered the method. Coerce Park Do-joon with money or rewards? There’s no way that’s possible. It’s not like one or two people haven’t tried that, and they’ve all failed.

And Park Do-joon is relatively wealthy. He’s not wealthy enough to shake the world, but in Korea, he’s wealthy enough to quit being a police officer and live comfortably.

Being a police officer is just a job he does out of a sense of duty.

“Threats? No, that seems difficult too.”

“Yeah. Whatever they do, it’s ambiguous. In that case, the best option they can take is surveillance. That goes for you too.”

“Ah!”

They’ll attach someone to monitor them and respond to whatever they do.

“However, assigning police is too much.”

No matter how much the police receive their money and work for power, it’s not easy to monitor fellow police officers. And there’s no way Park Do-joon wouldn’t know that.

“They’ll probably attach their own people.”

“Employees?”

“Well? That’s the problem.”

It’s undecided whether they’ll attach employees or criminal organizations. What’s certain is that the police can’t attach people to Park Do-joon and Lee Ji-soo because of the burden [potential repercussions or difficulties].

“So, we should aim for that.”

“Yes? You’re saying we should aim for them?”

“Yeah.”

“Is that meaningful?”

“It is. If that’s revealed, we can at least prove that they’re trying to cover up the crime.”

“Ah!”

And if it blows up properly, it’ll create enough social pressure to restart the investigation into the case.

“The problem is that we need to know what kind of guys they’ll hire for that.”

It’s unknown whether they’ll hire a criminal organization, a simple private investigation agency, or whether there’s a department within the company dedicated to this kind of work.

“Your girlfriend probably doesn’t know, right?”

“Probably not.”

Rumors or personal gossip… she’s a lawyer and a member of the wealthy world, so she might pick up on things, but it’s unlikely that Jung Yi-yeon knows about criminal organizations or confidential information within the company.

“Instead, I need to ask someone else.”

“Is there someone who will tell you that?”

“There is.”

Park Do-joon said that, but he smacked his lips. He can get information, but it’s a give and take, and he’s clearly drawn the line.

Park Do-joon also has to do something in return.

“I can’t help it. The situation is urgent.”

Park Do-joon hardened his heart, thinking that it’s more comfortable to do something in return.

# A Lie Called Certainty

“Hahaha, I didn’t expect you to come to me.”

“The case is so dangerous, you see.”

“The Kang Seok-du case, right?”

“You already know?”

“Can that be hidden?”

Well, apart from the punishment, rumors about the crimes Kang Seok-du committed will already be spreading quickly. Maybe Jung Yi-yeon is spreading them.

In the case of a real murderer, the life of the married person is also in danger.

“So, what are you curious about?”

“I think they’ll attach trackers to me. Is there a criminal organization or an internal organization?”

“You’re curious about which one is attached.”

“That’s right.”

In the case of a criminal organization, there’s a possibility of being killed in the worst case, and even if you take them down, there’s nothing to gain.

On the other hand, instead of directly committing murder, internal organizations are more likely to continue with persuasion or threats.

“I don’t know that.”

“You don’t know?”

“Yeah, if I dig up all that information, isn’t that asking for a fight?”

Park Do-joon smacked his lips at those words. Then, as if something came to mind, he smiled and asked again.

“Then, were there any problems when building that golf course or resort?”

“How could there not be?”

If you’re building on completely barren land, there’s no problem. But most cases are rarely resolved that easily. Golf courses are relatively easy. Why? The problem is usually with permits, and those permits are issued in outer areas where not many people live, so if you give them enough money, they’ll sell easily.

But resorts are a bit different. Basically, resorts are tourist facilities, so they need to be located in places with good views.

When you think of a resort, you basically think of healing while looking at open scenery, not trying to find healing while looking at barren fields or mountains.

And in the case of Korea, most of those places have already been developed. Even if they haven’t, those places are mostly popular as villa sites, so many people live there.

‘Doing development work related to land in Korea cleanly? That’s nonsense.’

Of course, you can roughly guess that Kang Gu-chan is a relatively good father. But being a good father is not evidence of being a good businessman.

In fact, there are a lot of good fathers among serial killers.

There are also murderers who think terribly of their daughters but kidnap, rape, torture, and kill their daughters’ friends.

“Hmm, problems……. Well, usually most of them ended cleanly. Officially, that is.”

“Officially?”

“There seems to have been some trouble with the Sunrich Resort in Jeju Island.”

“Really? What kind of trouble?”

“There was already a developer scheduled there. Injoong Construction.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

It’s not a construction company that can build a resort, and because the scenery was good, they were planning to build a large-scale luxury housing complex there.

In fact, at that time, a lot of money was coming into Korea from China, so they could easily receive investment.

“But suddenly, they handed over the business and withdrew.”

“Without a reason?”

“How could there be no reason? We just don’t know it.”

Bae Deok-gi clicked his tongue while saying that.