My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 648

“He’s not saying anything?”

“It’s just starting. Do you think an interrogation wraps up in a day or two? By the way, shouldn’t his family be arriving soon?”

“Arriving? Who?”

“Who else? The suspect’s family. They’ll need to call a lawyer. I already contacted them.”

Park Do-joon grinned.

“They’ll probably figure things out as soon as they arrive.”

“My son works for a mercenary company? No. No way! He said he works for Terrium. Really!”

“He already admitted it. He said he’s not affiliated with Terrium.”

The mother, who came to see Park Do-joon, sobbed and clung to him.

“No. My son really works for Terrium.”

“Okay, okay, calm down. You must be his older brother?”

Park Do-joon spoke to the man, who seemed slightly more composed than the distraught mother.

“It seems your mother is a bit upset, so let’s talk.”

“Alright. Honey, please take care of Mom.”

“Okay, dear.”

As his wife led the mother out, the man swallowed hard and said to Park Do-joon,

“Did he tell people he works for Terrium?”

“Yes.”

‘I bet.’

It’s true that he was accepted into Terrium. It’s just that some shady dealings were secretly involved internally.

‘In cases like this, most people exaggerate where they work, even if it’s out of insecurity.’

Even in the National Intelligence Service [NIS, South Korea’s primary intelligence agency], it’s forbidden to brag about getting a job there. But some people still do. Because they want to show off their achievements.

If that’s the case even for the NIS, how would someone with an inferiority complex react?

‘Moreover, his brother is happily married.’

In that case, he’s likely to say he works for Terrium to save face. And that’s exactly what happened.

“What exactly is going on?”

“Well, we’ve arrested members of a contract killing organization that tried to target our police officers.”

“A, a contract killing organization?”

“Yes, and the problem is that your brother is suspected of being a member of that organization.”

“What?”

“The evidence is pretty solid. He was discovered tracking the target as a potential threat, and we have photos and CCTV footage as evidence. He was even caught monitoring the target’s house, checking their movements.”

At those words, the suspect’s brother turned pale.

“And your brother keeps insisting that he belongs to that company.”

“What are you talking about! My brother would never commit murder for hire. My brother works for Terrium!”

“Yes, that’s the problem. It would be simpler if he admitted that.”

“Simple?”

“I won’t lie. You can bring a lawyer later to confirm. To be honest, Terrium is under police investigation for some incident.”

“What?”

“I can’t give you the details because it’s an ongoing investigation. But we initially thought your brother was sent by Terrium.”

“That’s……”

“Then, well, there might be some issues, but this case would likely end with a fine.”

“……”

“But… if it’s a contract killing organization, things change drastically. That organization is suspected of multiple murders, and if he’s an accomplice, even an accessory, he’ll get at least 20 years.”

At those words, the suspect’s brother turned pale.

“We tried to persuade him, but he keeps saying he’s not affiliated with Terrium. We even have evidence photos of him entering Terrium. But he’s still sticking to his story.”

“Wh, why……”

“It seems he’s doing this out of loyalty to the company. This is not good. No matter how lenient the law is in Korea, they’ll come down hard when someone messes with the police.”

“If he’s affiliated with Terrium, then……”

“Well, since he only did surveillance, it would be a fine at most. Terrium is the one who ordered the surveillance, so they’ll take responsibility.”

“Then what should we do?”

“First of all, Terrium has distanced themselves, saying he’s not their employee. The records also show that. So, you need to talk to a lawyer and persuade your brother. Otherwise, he could become an accomplice or accessory to a murder case in the worst-case scenario.”

At those words, the suspect’s brother’s hands began to tremble.

“I, I want to hire a lawyer.”

“Bring anyone. I also feel uneasy about an innocent person being framed.”

Park Do-joon’s face was so innocent that the suspect’s brother bought it.

“Uneasy about someone being falsely accused?”

“That’s not wrong, is it?”

“Well, yeah… Wow, is he really deceiving him like this?”

As Park Do-joon planned, things were progressing smoothly. Alarmed by Park Do-joon’s warning, the family hired a lawyer, and the lawyer compared Park Do-joon’s words with the case records and determined that there was a real possibility of a severe outcome.

Naturally, the family and the lawyer were desperately trying to persuade the suspect, and the suspect couldn’t help but be confused.

“What’s going on?”

“No matter how much they’re discarding someone, they still provide some level of training. There’s no way the arrested suspect would trust our police.”

“That’s right.”

“Even if he finds out later that he’s taking the fall and going to jail, by then, everything will be cleaned up and the trail will be cut off, so no one will listen to him.”

Even now, Kang Seok-doo is a suspect in a terrorist murder, but they’re trying to cover it up, so who would believe him if he later claimed to be innocent?

“But family is different.”

Family is on your side. Unless you’ve had a major fight with your real family and completely cut ties, family is generally on your side and tries to protect you.

“So, he can’t ignore his family’s words.”

“So, that’s why he’s so confused.”

The suspect’s face beyond the interrogation room was full of confusion.

“Right. Moreover, I crushed his mentality on the first day, right?”

“You did.”

“He’s probably thinking about what value he has to the company.”

“And that will lead to distrust.”

“Right. Inferiority is like that. Moreover, the lawyer wasn’t provided by the company. It was provided by his family.”

If he fails to defend himself, one side is a fine, and the other is a sentence of 20 years or more.

“Then he’ll be conflicted.”

No matter how strongly the company has gaslighted him, the choices will eventually lean to one side.

“And the answer is……”

And the police officer who was interrogating inside came out. Then, taking a deep breath, he confidently said,

“He admits that he belongs to Terrium. He said he was ordered to monitor Detective Park Do-joon and Detective Lee Ji-soo.”

“The reason?”

“He doesn’t know. He was just told to monitor their every move and immediately report any places where they might be hiding evidence.”

“What about the murder?”

“They didn’t know anything. They just withdrew because they were told to by their superiors……”

“As expected.”

They removed the personnel in advance because they were afraid of getting involved. But it was a big mistake for them because they didn’t know that we already knew that.

“Can we just blow this up?”

“It won’t work. They’ll definitely cover it up if we expose it.”

Kang Gu-chan is already spreading massive bribes everywhere to protect Kang Seok-doo. Moreover, the police know about it but are keeping their mouths shut.

Of course, even if we report this to the media, they’ll use it as an excuse to extort more money and won’t actually publish the story.

“Then what should we do?”

“It’s simple. Give it to another company.”

“Another company?”

“Right. There’s a company that’s suffering huge losses at this moment, right?”

“Ah~!”

Numerous companies. They must be groaning from the accumulating losses. But will they hide it? No. They’ll rather expose it.

Hiding it is a problem that can be solved with bribes, but exposing it is a completely different matter. If they don’t expose it, the company will cut off advertising, and that’s not just a money problem, it’s a problem that could cost them their jobs.

“No job, no bribes.”

The power to receive bribes comes from the fact that they hold the title of journalist. But if that disappears, they naturally can’t receive bribes.

“Just a little nudge to a few places, and all the problems will be solved.”

Park Do-joon was confident.

-Terror against the common people.

-Terror becomes innocent in the name of wealth.

-Is murder even free if you have money?

It was as Park Do-joon expected. The food companies that obtained the information put tremendous pressure on the media. It wasn’t just bribes, but the threat of cutting off advertising if they didn’t publish the story, so each media outlet began to report the facts one by one. Otherwise, they would be the ones to suffer.

No matter how much advertising Terrium gives instead, the level of advertising and money that large food companies and golf course or resort companies can give is completely different.

“Is it true that you tried to conceal the case after receiving a request from the Terrium Group?”

“Why did you stop the investigation when there was evidence that Kang Seok-doo committed multiple murders?”

Kang Seok-doo was eventually brought to the police station in handcuffs. And the faces of the other police officers bringing them in, the special investigation unit police officers, were stiff.

“They were probably trying to earn some achievements and collect some bribes, but it’s all ruined now.”

Park Do-joon chuckled as he looked at their expressions. The achievements were gone, and all that was left was disciplinary action.

“But it seems like we won’t be seeing good things this time either?”

At the words of Team Leader Jo Sang-gyu, who was bitterly smiling while looking at some of the police officers glaring at them, Park Do-joon raised his hand and fed him a potato rock [a type of Korean snack].

“Tell them to screw off. Since when did cops act like police officers?”

“Um……”

“And honestly, there are more than one or two people in the special investigation unit, so why would they all keep their mouths shut? Originally, the ones who cause problems in an organization are the top 10%.”

The rest have to do what they’re told because of their livelihood. And the jealousy and envy of the top 10% are no longer a problem.

“Anyway, those guys are in a situation where their positions are at risk.”

“I guess so.”

Since they messed with the confectionery company to protect Kang Seok-doo, they should pray that they don’t get beaten to death.

“Well, they have to figure out how to survive on their own.”

Park Do-joon sneered as he watched some people trying to explode in anger but holding back because of the people around them.

“In the end, you’re responsible for what you do.”

No one could deny those words, and people’s gazes were only directed at Kang Seok-doo, who was being dragged in.

# Negotiator

When people think of profilers, they think of people who analyze criminals and track down perpetrators accordingly. But among those profilers, there is a rather special group.

In some ways, it was the most difficult and most dangerous group. So, it’s a group that maintains only a minimum number even in Korea.

That’s the negotiation expert. When people think of negotiation experts, they just think of negotiations with hostage-takers, but in fact, negotiation experts affect almost everything. Especially in international negotiations, it is common to include negotiation experts behind the scenes almost 100% of the time.

However, in Korea, politicians have too much pride, so they mess things up by doing things their own way, but overseas, negotiation experts step in even in negotiations between countries or between companies.

My natural talent is profiling.