My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 654

# Rescue Operation

Of course, Park Do-joon didn’t launch the rescue operation immediately. He knew that no matter how careful you are, a long tail is easily caught. So, he continued negotiations, but he made sure not to communicate through the notice board.

Instead, every day, as promised, he sent a fixed amount of food at a fixed time.

After supplying food like that for almost 10 days, the pirates’ vigilance lessened. However, their schedule remained mostly the same and repetitive.

Late at night.

After the food delivery, Park Do-joon would negotiate and then board the supply ship to return.

Nothing special or strange.

But that’s exactly why the pirates remained unsuspecting.

“Are the other ships ready?”

“Yes, all the other ships are ready.”

Today was different. It was D-Day for the rescue operation. The moon was at its dimmest, ensuring that other boats wouldn’t be easily seen, and their sounds would be masked by the noise of the other vessels.

“According to our intel, the pirates usually fall asleep about three hours after I leave. So, don’t go in right away. Hide and then subdue them quietly.”

“What about the victims?”

“Once we start the operation, they’ll start a riot inside.”

Like all ships, the entrance has a locking mechanism. Of course, the entrance to the cargo ship’s cafeteria isn’t a steel door or anything fancy. It’s just a wooden door, weak enough that it wouldn’t last even 10 minutes if someone really tried to break it down.

There are enough fire axes inside the ship in case of an emergency, so breaking it down wouldn’t be difficult.

“It would be difficult to block the entrance from the inside, right?”

“Yes.”

Park Do-joon shook his head at Yoon Tae-min’s question. The ocean’s severe waves cause the ship to shake a lot. Therefore, almost everything remains in a completely fixed state.

“But just locking the door itself will buy time…”

“That’s why time is important. And what we have to do is subdue, not kill.”

“Subdue, not kill?”

“Where do you think those guys will sleep?”

“Pardon?”

Park Do-joon chuckled.

Of course, this wasn’t information obtained from the inside.

“The habits of those in power are mostly similar. They want to maintain their position and show it off. And in such cases, the places they occupy are usually the spaces of previous rulers.”

Like the captain’s cabin or the first mate’s office.

“They won’t use the rooms of ordinary sailors.”

Because such spaces are narrow and uncomfortable.

“And those rooms have similar layouts.”

“Similar layouts as in?”

“There is only one entrance.”

Of course, there’s no escaping through the window either.

“There’s no reason to shoot and arrest them. Just block the entrance, and they’ll surrender on their own.”

“But the worst-case resistance…”

“No, there won’t be much resistance either. What they’ve gotten used to isn’t just the food supplied on time.”

“Then?”

“It’s the complacency that comes with the food, the feeling that nothing will happen.”

This side is clearly the enemy. But they give food every day and just keep leaving. Then they will naturally think, ‘Nothing will happen.’

“Familiarity breeds contempt [familiarity lowers vigilance].”

Of course, they were now completely complacent.

“Isn’t that true in reality? You’ve already checked it several times, haven’t you?”

“That’s true.”

The other side has no way to monitor this side. But this side has a way to monitor the other side. There are simply telescopes, but the zoom function of the latest cameras is so amazing that if you zoom in from outside the line of sight, it becomes so large that it pulls right in front of your nose.

“The guys who monitor the deck also fall asleep at 2 a.m.”

And that’s when they go in.

That was the simple but sure plan that Park Do-joon had set up.

“But is it really necessary for Park Do-joon to go with you?”

“Do you know the way?”

“I have memorized the internal design perfectly.”

Park Do-joon shook his head at the commando leader’s words.

“Memorization alone is not enough. If you rely on memorization to go in, there is a high possibility that you won’t be able to find your way when problems arise later.”

“Well, that’s true, but…”

Ships try to maximize space efficiency. Of course, they are made in a form that can be crammed into any place where you can cram it in, so the inside of the ship is surprisingly complex.

Of course, civilian ships are much less complex than military ships, but even so, it is natural for them to be complex.

“The first thing we need to do is secure the cafeteria. If we just save the hostages, everything will be resolved.”

“Hoo, I understand.”

The commando leader nodded at Park Do-joon’s words.

“Then tomorrow at 2 a.m., we will start the operation.”

At those words, everyone’s eyes flashed.

The sound of a motorboat whirring fades away. And in that darkness, the commandos on the ship on the opposite side checked their equipment.

“All clear.”

A message came through the radio. The pirates received the food without any suspicion and went inside.

“Shouldn’t we go up right away?”

“No, it’s still bright.”

They give food as late as possible, but that doesn’t mean it’s a completely dark night. After a little more time, the sun will completely set, and then the moon will not rise completely.

“And according to the records, there will be a shift change.”

The guy who comes out after eating will be in a relaxed state. And during the day, two people monitor, but at night, one person monitors.

“Besides, some treats went in today.”

“Treats?”

“Cigarettes and alcohol. Ah, of course, it’s not the first time.”

If you suddenly provide cigarettes and alcohol, they will be suspicious.

“In fact, it has been supplied for a long time. Those guys even demanded the supply.”

That’s why they provided alcohol and cigarettes about once every three days.

“But today is a little different.”

That’s because the alcohol provided was alcohol with an alcohol content of about beer. So those guys wouldn’t have liked it. The alcohol in this area is strong, and poor people would have drunk more strong alcohol to get drunk quickly in the first place.

“But what we provided today is tequila, 40 proof.”

Maybe they’ve been drinking something of that proof on a regular basis, so they’ll think they can drink it easily.

However, they haven’t been able to drink alcohol for a considerable period of time, and the alcohol they’ve recently drunk is beer, which has a relatively low alcohol content, so they’ll probably be completely drunk on the alcohol they’re drinking after a long time.

“So the timing for us to go up is then.”

The moment the sun sets, the moment they are not used to the darkness.

And the moment they are full and fall asleep from alcohol.

That moment is the opportunity.

“Just wait a little longer.”

Park Do-joon quietly kept silent, and the small rubber boat next to the huge ship had to wait endlessly, entrusting itself to the swaying waves. Fortunately, this point was not visible from the monitoring position, so there was no need to worry about getting caught.

Because all eyes will be on the Choi Young ship [South Korean Navy destroyer] over there anyway.

Meanwhile, a faint smell of something burning came from among the fishy smell of the sea.

“It’s now.”

It was the smell of cigarettes. Smoking means that the guard has been relatively relaxed.

If the supplied cigarettes were Korean cigarettes, this much smell would not have come out. But what we provided over there now is not Korean clean cigarettes, but the strong cigarettes of this area.

Of course, this kind of smell is bound to come out.

“Boarding.”

The commandos quickly hung the hooks first and went up. Then, they peeked out and looked at the location where the guy who was monitoring was.

Then, against the night sky, a sparkling red light was seen on the opposite side. It was definitely a cigarette light.

“Come up.”

Since the opponent’s location was confirmed, everyone quickly boarded without hesitation. Then, they stuck to the entrance, avoiding the eyes of the monitors.

“Shall we go in?”

“Just a moment. The warship hasn’t arrived from over there yet.”

The external door of this kind of ship is made of steel to prevent waves from entering. Of course, it makes a bigger noise than you think when you open it.

“So we have to pay attention.”

So Park Do-joon had told them in advance. And after a while, the warship slowly turned on the lights and approached this way.

Of course, the engine sound echoed, and the guy on guard had no choice but to look that way.

“Now.”

As the engine sound became quite loud, Park Do-joon gave a signal, and the door opened with a click. And Park Do-joon and the commandos quickly went inside.

“Go straight and turn right.”

The first thing to do is to save the hostages. When resolving hostage situations, people usually think that the first thing to do is to subdue the hostage-taker, but that is half right and half wrong.

The biggest reason for subduing the hostage-taker is the safety of the hostage. In most cases, the hostage is safe only when the hostage-taker is subdued, so if the hostage-taker and the hostage are distinguished, the top priority is not the suppression of the hostage-taker, but the rescue of the hostage.

“If you go up from here…”

“No, it’s the next compartment.”

Park Do-joon stopped the commandos who were confused for a moment.

“It’s on the right at the second corner. Check before going out of the second corner. There is a high possibility that the entrance is blocked by pirates.”

“I understand.”

The commando nodded at Park Do-joon’s words. And the agent who slightly extended the mirror outside the corner nodded.

“He’s completely asleep.”

At those words, Park Do-joon received the mirror and checked. And the pirate was seen completely asleep, leaning against the chair.

“Is it because the door is locked anyway?”

The door has a structure that can be locked from the inside, but it is fixed with a steel chain from the outside. No matter how hard you try from the outside, it won’t open. Even if you do open it, you’ll be caught by that sound.

“Then can it be handled quietly?”

“Yes, we will handle it quietly.”

At Park Do-joon’s words, two members quietly walked over, and one of them grabbed the neck of the sleeping agent as it was. At the same time, another member grabbed the gun that was on his lap so that it would not make a sound when it was fired or dropped.

The pirate, who woke up in an instant, struggled and struggled, but his neck was already grabbed and his weapon was taken away. Even the member who took the weapon quickly grabbed his feet, so he couldn’t kick his feet and struggled, trying to loosen the hand that was tightly holding his neck, but at some point, he drooped.

Park Do-joon saw that and quietly approached.

“He fainted.”

“He’s a pirate, but he has to be punished in Korea.”

Of course, if a gunfight breaks out, you have to kill him in the worst case, but there’s no reason to do that.

“Then what should we do with the rest?”

“Let’s check the hostages first.”

Park Do-joon slowly opened the door and looked inside.

And as expected, the sailors were crouching and sleeping on the uncomfortable floor. Park Do-joon approached the captain among them and shook him awake.

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