My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 682

“Even if they’re from outside, they could have investigated thoroughly, right?”

“Hmm? I don’t think so.”

“Why not?”

“When a criminal tries to pinpoint a location to commit a crime, the last place they want is a busy area. And Suwon Station is one of the largest and busiest subway stations.”

“I see what you mean. I guess not all subway stations are crowded like that.”

“Right.”

There are countless stations.

Some of them are quiet and deserted.

Suwon Station used to be the terminal, and the area around it became a bustling district because of the large population. But if you go just a bit further to Seryu Station, there’s hardly anything you could call a commercial area.

“So, if they were going to commit a crime, Seryu or Osan Station would be better?”

“Exactly.”

There aren’t many people around those stations.

Since the buyer has the upper hand, the woman will go wherever they tell her to.

But the fact that it’s Suwon Station means the perpetrator knows the area well and knows where there are no CCTVs [closed-circuit television cameras, or security cameras].

“So, you’re saying the perpetrator is from Suwon….”

“It wouldn’t be Hong Woo-jong then.”

“Right, it’s not like Hong Woo-jong is the only one targeting these people.”

It’s an untraceable site. How many murderers or human traffickers would there be in such a place?

“Let’s go that way for now.”

At Park Do-joon’s words, Lee Ji-soo sped up, and soon they were able to arrive at a location a bit further up from Suwon Station.

“There’s really nothing here, not even a building.”

With the subway line on the right and the road and underpass on the left based on the direction of travel, there’s no reason for anyone to walk around here.

But still, it’s in the middle of the city, so there were sidewalks.

“Right, and if someone gets in a car here, it’s impossible to track.”

There are no people, so there are no CCTVs or witnesses.

Of course, there are many commercial buildings and people across the road, but people across the six-lane road have no reason to pay attention to what’s happening on this side, and the CCTV angles over there don’t cover this area.

“You’re right, the perpetrator seems to be from this area.”

“Right?”

Park Do-joon said, looking around.

Then he frowned.

Lee Ji-soo asked worriedly at the sight.

“Are you disappointed that the perpetrator might not be Hong Woo-jong?”

“Huh? No. Not at all.”

He is tracking Hong Woo-jong, but he’s not the only target. The reason Park Do-joon is targeting these sponsor sites is simple.

These types of sites are likely to be very important sources of prey for murderers or human traffickers.

“Then why do you look like that?”

“Looking at the terrain makes me uneasy.”

“Huh?”

“Look here. There’s nothing, right?”

“Right.”

“Then ordinary people have no reason to come here often or remember the terrain here.”

“That’s right.”

That’s why Park Do-joon said the perpetrator was from this area.

“In the same sense, this isn’t a road that rich people use.”

“Huh?”

“Ah, you don’t know Suwon well, do you?”

“No….”

“The richest area in Suwon is Gwanggyo.”

“Yes, I know that.”

“But if you calculate going from Gwanggyo to Seoul, you don’t pass through here.”

“They might go to the provinces.”

“That’s the problem. Even if they go to the provinces, they don’t pass through this area.”

Structurally, this location is mostly used by vehicles traveling for industrial purposes or vehicles that have stopped at Suwon Station and are trying to get out.

“You know how important geographical profiling is in identifying criminals.”

“Ah!”

Usually, geographical profiling involves thinking about where someone lives or the crime scene, but in fact, geographical characteristics are not that simple.

The criminal’s range of activity, routes, and movement patterns also fall under geographical profiling.

There’s a difference between whether a criminal prefers the highway or the national road, and there’s also identifying the route the criminal takes from their home to the crime scene or workplace.

For example, let’s say there’s a road that takes 30 minutes on a national road and a road that takes 10 minutes on the highway for a criminal to commute to work.

But if the criminal is the type to take the national road, they are quite patient and tend to save money.

And they are often planned individuals.

What about taking the highway that takes 10 minutes?

That could be someone who is quite impatient, has a weak concept of money, and is impulsive.

People might say, ‘Of course, you should take the highway that takes 10 minutes,’ but a highway that takes about 10 minutes isn’t free.

Of course, you’ll have to pay at least 1,000 won or more, so it’ll cost about 2,000 won round trip.

At least.

If you calculate commuting 20 days a month, that’s a total of 40,000 won. It’s definitely not a small amount of money.

On the other hand, the commute time differs by an average of 40 minutes per day.

In other words, what’s more important to the criminal is time, not money, and you can predict that the criminal is quite impatient.

Furthermore, since the location of the workplace and company is fixed, the distance is bound to be similar.

But why is there a 20-minute difference in time? Of course, the problem is getting caught in traffic lights or rush hour congestion.

So people take those variables into account when going to work.

In other words, the fact that the criminal calculates and moves like that means that they are calculating and plan in advance.

Like this, even the road that a criminal takes is often not a simple choice but an individual’s psychological choice.

“But here, the industrial road is close. And there’s a road to go to the outskirts over there.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah, then how does it look when you do geographical profiling?”

“Then….”

Lee Ji-soo stood blankly and looked around. And looking at the distance from the station and the atmosphere of going to the outskirts, Lee Ji-soo’s conclusion was one.

“Working class?”

“Correct.”

The most likely target to use this place is probably the working class.

In the case of Gwanggyo, where the richest people live, they can take the highway right away because it’s connected to the highway.

“On the other hand, if you go that way, there’s an eight-lane road. That place is also used for commuting. The road name is Industrial Road in the first place.”

“It’s very wide, isn’t it?”

“I heard it was made as a runway in case of emergency.”

“Then that place will be free [as in, a free road with no toll].”

“Yeah.”

An eight-lane road that can be used for free.

Of course, it’ll be congested there during rush hour. But it’ll be less congested because it’s relatively wide.

In fact, the road was being used very well as a road from Suwon to the outskirts.

“So, you’re saying there’s a high possibility that the perpetrator took that road.”

“Yeah.”

If they’re working class, there’s a high possibility that they’ll take that road because it’s fast, free, and not congested.

“But then it doesn’t fit the profiling? It’s not easy to join in the first place, is it?”

“Joining itself isn’t easy. It’s just a matter of money.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The membership fee alone is 5 million won separately. And according to the investigation results, the first introduction is free, but after that, you have to pay an additional 1 million won per person to be introduced to a new sponsor girl.

Of course, that money is not returned even if the sponsorship is not decided after meeting.

“Not many workers can afford that kind of money, can they?”

Logically, you have to make a considerable profit to afford that kind of money.

“Yeah.”

“Furthermore, I don’t know who the target of the sponsorship is, but the standard for judging from a woman’s point of view is the car.”

If it’s not an imported car or a car equivalent to it, the woman may be wary or suspicious.

“Of course, you can use a stolen car.”

“That’s true, but….”

Park Do-joon thought about all the possibilities and suddenly got a headache.

“Ugh!”

“Detective Park, what’s wrong? Does your head hurt again?”

“You know I get this sometimes.”

“Shouldn’t you really go to the hospital, Detective Park?”

“No, it won’t matter.”

‘Because it’s not that.’

It’s a headache that occurs when it’s a case related to him.

And this means that it was a case he was in charge of before he regressed.

Because he still remembers the case as information.

‘This is probably….’

Park Do-joon frowned as he looked at the straight road.

‘It seems like an unusual case.’

Park Do-joon returned to the police station and tried to remember the case.

But as always, there was only a headache and nothing to remember.

‘Is it related to Hong Woo-jong? No.’

If it was Hong Woo-jong, he should have had a headache from the beginning.

But there was no such headache.

That means it’s not a case related to Hong Woo-jong.

‘Then it’s a case I was in charge of.’

Park Do-joon was silent for a while in that situation.

‘If I think about the case itself, I can’t think of anything. Then let’s calculate it in a different way.’

There’s more than one way to track a case, so if you turn it back appropriately, you can find the starting point.

‘First of all… first, it’s not my solo case.’

At this point before the regression, Park Do-joon was working as a team with Han Sung-gi.

In the original history, Han Sung-gi and Park Do-joon were decent partners up to this point.

‘Then it’s a case assigned to Han Sung-gi, not me.’

To be exact, it’s a case assigned to the team, but at this point, Han Sung-gi seemed more skilled than him, so he must have trusted him and entrusted the case to him.

‘Did he solve it? No, that’s not important.’

What’s important is how Han Sung-gi received this.

‘There’s a possibility that I was in charge of the case later because clues to the case were revealed elsewhere.’

But the fact that I’m getting a headache now means that this case is ongoing.

At least there’s evidence that the perpetrators are active now.

‘Then, assuming that the case is in progress… how was the case received?’

First possibility.

As with this case, it was received through this sponsor site case.

‘That can’t be.’

Looking at this case alone, the police tried to abandon the sponsor site case with the excuse that they had no countermeasures.

Given his personality at the time, when he did as he was told before the regression, he wouldn’t have taken on the case while pushing against it, and it also conflicts with the fact that Han Sung-gi received it in the first place.

‘Especially at that time, there was no contact with Jung Yi-yeon at all.’

This time, he met Jung Yi-yeon to get information and warn her, but at that time, he had never met Jung Yi-yeon even once after graduating from high school.