My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 658

“But what do we do now?”

We can’t exactly ask them to set a trap for us, can we?

“We need to go in the opposite direction.”

“The opposite direction?”

“Aren’t we profilers?”

“Ah…!”

Only then did Lee Ji-soo realize.

“Well, you still lack experience.”

For a profiler to set a trap, they must first be skilled enough to track the opponent effectively.

Tracking involves understanding the opponent and predicting their actions, but setting a trap means being able to indirectly control their behavior to some extent.

“So, we should get them to set a trap for us?”

“That’s right.”

“Hmm….”

Lee Ji-soo pondered for a while at those words. They needed to set a trap first.

The problem was that it wasn’t easy. Because to trap the opponent, you need to know what they want.

“But Wang Woo-hwan…”

“Right, he doesn’t want anything.”

He’s in hiding, and at this point, there’s no apparent motive for him to profit through crime. Of course, he has committed crimes in the past, but his purpose seems to be working on commission and getting paid for it, rather than any personal gain.

“But usually, those kinds of guys hide as soon as they feel they’re in danger, right?”

Unlike other direct murderers, contract killers tend to disappear immediately when problems arise. That’s why it’s difficult to track them down.

“He may not want anything, but we can make him want something.”

“How?”

“He’s being protected by Hong Woo-jong, right? So, we just need to provoke Hong Woo-jong enough to make him give up that protection.”

“Give up protection?”

“Right, Hong Woo-jong partnered with him to use him.”

But in this situation, instead of using him, he’s just protecting him, so he’s likely seething inside.

“So, we provoke him to track us down.”

“So, we become the bait.”

“Right.”

Park Do-joon was trying to track down Wang Woo-hwan by doing that. But little did he know that Hong Woo-jong had already ordered a trap to be set to kill him.

That’s why Park Do-joon and Wang Woo-hwan’s fates were inevitably intertwined.

“If we’re going to provoke Hong Woo-jong to track us, how do we provoke him?”

“That’s the problem.”

Hong Woo-jong is a nationally supported congressman. He even became famous as a future presidential candidate when his father died in a bomb attack, bringing him recognition and sympathy votes.

In the political arena, having your name known to the entire nation is an incredibly advantageous thing.

“Political stuff won’t work.”

Because it won’t come to the police.

“Then…”

Park Do-joon frowned.

‘There was something, I think.’

The extreme pain he felt whenever he tried to think about Hong Woo-jong. The problem was that he couldn’t figure out what it was, so there was no answer.

If he felt pain when he tried to think about a crime to track, he could just track the crime itself, but in Hong Woo-jong’s case, his head hurt just thinking about his existence, so he couldn’t pinpoint anything.

“Political weapons are meaningless at this point. The bomber is meaningless too.”

“The Hong Min-young case wouldn’t work either, right?”

“Right.”

It was an incident that happened in France, and they all just went to jail for simple robbery, so they wouldn’t confess to being hired to kill to increase their sentences.

“We can’t create a crime either.”

“Create a crime…”

At that moment, a good idea popped into Park Do-joon’s head.

“That’s a good way too.”

“Yes? But that’s illegal, isn’t it? Are you going to leak fake information like last time? Will it work?”

Hong Woo-jong is smart. And as a three-term congressman, there will be plenty of guys passing information to him.

“That won’t work.”

“Then what?”

“We need to track something else.”

“Something else, like?”

“The target Hong Woo-jong wants most.”

“Yes?”

“Hong Geun-jong, I mean.”

Lee Ji-soo didn’t understand Park Do-joon’s words. As far as she knew, Hong Geun-jong was close to Park Do-joon. And Hong Geun-jong doesn’t cross the line, at least. But he’s going to target Hong Geun-jong?

“You’re going to target Hong Geun-jong?”

“Right.”

“Why?”

“The current Hong Geun-jong is different from the past Hong Geun-jong.”

The current Hong Geun-jong has changed a lot since he almost died. Originally, he was cold and ruthless. Of course. That’s how he learned from his father.

But after almost dying once, and the fact that the culprit was his brother, and that his father didn’t care who died, changed him.

“In the past, he was the type to ruthlessly grind people down.”

But now he knows that he needs to have people around him to be safe, so he’s become much gentler and much softer.

“So?”

“The Hong Geun-jong that Hong Woo-jong knows is the Hong Geun-jong of the past. The one who can ruthlessly grind people down.”

“Yes.”

“Furthermore, Hong Woo-jong is highly likely to be a psychopath or sociopath. His ability to understand normal people is extremely low.”

“Right?”

“So, what if he knew that I had information about Hong Geun-jong at this point? And what if he knew that I was trying to hide it? What would he think?”

“Ah, that’s true.”

He wants to get rid of Hong Geun-jong, and if Park Do-joon knows or is hiding information that makes it possible, he will definitely try to find out. Furthermore, Hong Woo-jong knows that Park Do-joon maintains a close relationship with Hong Geun-jong.

“So, he’ll think it’s highly likely that you’re hiding it.”

Of course, he won’t easily give it to him just because he asks. He’ll think he’ll run to Hong Geun-jong and tell him.

“So, wouldn’t he want to find out through kidnapping and torture?”

But he can’t do that himself.

“So, he’ll order Wang Woo-hwan to do it.”

“He would.”

“We can definitely draw out Wang Woo-hwan.”

“Wang Woo-hwan will eventually use a trap to draw me out too.”

In the end, the one who gets tricked loses.

“We’ll have to see who falls into the trap.”

Park Do-joon said with a strong heart.

“So, let’s fabricate information that’s enough to drive me out?”

“Yes, but in order to do that, it has to be an evil deed that Hong Woo-jong can believe. And it has to be enough to be taken hostage of the chairman position with that one action.”

Hong Geun-jong looked at Park Do-joon as if he was dumbfounded at Park Do-joon’s words.

“So, you’re saying you’re going to use my weakness as bait?”

“Of course not. It doesn’t have to be a real weakness.”

“It doesn’t have to be a real weakness?”

“Yes, it just has to be at a level that Hong Woo-jong can believe. Rather, he won’t believe it if it’s too absurd, like murder.”

“Hmm…”

Hong Geun-jong was silent for a while at Park Do-joon’s words. Because it’s a tricky condition. Of course, it’s not real, but once it blows up, his reputation will be bad.

Even if it turns out to be fake later, some damage is inevitable.

“Of course, it won’t affect the management rights…”

“In the first place, Daeguk Group doesn’t have that many businesses targeting the general public, so the damage won’t be that great.”

“Well, that’s true. Our main focus is on the military.”

“And Hong Woo-jong may think this is an opportunity. Because there is no chairman of the Daeguk Group at this point.”

“Well, that’s true. It should be settled soon.”

At this point, the chairman of the Daeguk Group is still vacant.

Because the succession ranking has not been settled since Hong Chang-sik died in a bomb.

Originally, Hong Geun-jong should be the successor, but the problem is Hong Chang-sik’s inheritance. Hong Woo-jong, Hong Geun-jong, and Hong Min-young all have similar shares, so Hong Woo-jong is naturally opposed, and some are pushing for Hong Woo-jong.

In the end, in order for someone to become the successor and become the chairman, they must inevitably exercise Hong Chang-sik’s shares, but no one has been able to exercise them because the division of the property has not yet been settled.

Strictly speaking, the division of property should be one-third for each of the three. The three people’s mothers have been dead for a long time.

However, from Hong Woo-jong’s point of view, if that happened, Hong Geun-jong would really become the representative, and he would become a kite without a string, so he had no choice but to file a lawsuit.

In the case of one-third each, Hong Min-young will naturally support Hong Geun-jong. As a result, no one has been able to take the position of chairman of the Daeguk Group, so a considerable amount of time has passed, but the position is still vacant.

“So, we have to put out bait and get him to bite.”

It’s a dangerous game because the possibility of losing support if the reputation falls is not negligible.

“But it’s high risk, high return.”

“Well, that’s true too.”

If Hong Woo-jong falls out, no one can stop Hong Geun-jong from becoming chairman. Rather, if he can prove that Hong Woo-jong was after his father’s property, his inheritance rights will be revoked, and the property that Hong Woo-jong would have taken will be taken by Hong Geun-jong and Hong Min-young.

“I understand the plan itself. But the evidence that he would bite…”

Hong Geun-jong pondered for a while at Park Do-joon’s words. Then, suddenly, an idea came to him.

“It was a long time ago.”

“Is there something you remember?”

“We had a slight problem in our company.”

“What do you mean by problem?”

“I found someone who was trying to pass information to China.”

Park Do-joon tilted his head at those words.

“Why is that? Isn’t it strange if there isn’t something like that?”

“That’s right. That’s strange.”

Hong Geun-jong nodded at Park Do-joon’s words.

“And I covered it up.”

“Yes? You covered it up?”

“Yes, so the data was actually passed, and after that, the employee went to China and is working for a Chinese company.”

Park Do-joon’s face hardened at those words.

Because that was too dangerous information, no matter what.

“You won’t be able to become chairman if that leaks out.”

“I know. But that’s why I think we can use this. Of course, the government will hate it.”

“The government? Ah, a double spy.”

Hong Geun-jong looked surprised at those words.

“How did you know?”

“It’s a method that’s subtly used in the industry. It’s about approaching the other party while pretending to pass information. There are actually quite a few double spies operating in China, it’s just not known.”

Of course, the information provided by this side must have some credibility, and trust must be gained in relation to it.

But in most cases, the people who have such information are companies.

Therefore, in order to send a double spy to the opposing country, it is inevitable to negotiate with companies.

“Does that technology work properly?”

“It doesn’t seem to work that way for now.”

“It seems?”

“Yes, but it doesn’t work for a long time. It’s because I changed the design to deliberately reduce the durability.”

Park Do-joon nodded at those words. If that’s the case, it’s worth passing on. Verification will be done in a short period of time. If you introduce it and make equipment, those weapons will become garbage in the long run.”