My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 685

‘Do you think their psychology is the same because their crimes are the same?’

Of course, it seems that way. But surprisingly, it’s not. Even if the crimes are the same, their motivations and feelings are completely different.

Even with petty theft, for some, it’s for survival; for others, it’s a mental disorder; and for some, it’s just for the thrill.

“That’s why it’s worse.”

“Worse?”

“A woman has a higher chance of success as a sponsor because she is a woman.”

“What do you mean?”

“Even an average-looking woman in her 20s can find a sponsor if she tries, no matter the price.”

Of course, the price will likely be lower.

“But what about men?”

“Hmm?”

“Women have the upper hand in sexual relationships. They have many ways to satisfy their sexual desires. But men relatively lack that control.”

“Please explain it more simply.”

Seeing the police officers’ confusion, Park Do-joon spoke bluntly.

“If you’re ugly, you’re immediately rejected in the initial screening [of potential sponsorship candidates].”

“Ah…….”

At that, everyone nodded unconsciously. It wasn’t wrong. If a woman can simply present herself as being in her 20s, she can easily find a sexual partner.

But what about men? First, they have to pass the initial screening, meaning their face has to be deemed attractive.

“At the same time, that’s almost the only opportunity.”

“The only opportunity?”

“Doesn’t the buyer who sponsors someone also want certain values or intellectual compatibility to share in the future?”

It’s mostly about the face for men. It doesn’t matter if the buyer is a man or a woman.

“Women don’t necessarily need to sponsor someone for their sexual gratification, and if a woman with money wants to satisfy her sexual desires through sponsorship, she will naturally prefer handsome men first.”

There are no available positions, but the competition is fierce.

In other words, men desperately want to receive that sponsorship, but there are very few opportunities.

“Well, if you’re paying to enjoy yourself, you’d naturally want to find someone handsome.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“And, as I said, in the end, prostitution is about a buyer with money buying someone without money. In economic terms, can a woman in her 20s or 30s really afford to ‘buy’ a young man?”

Of course, they usually wouldn’t have that kind of wealth. Even if they did, women of that age wouldn’t bother spending their money to satisfy their sexual desires in that way.

“Rather, if there is a woman who can do that, she would rather go to a host club [establishment where female customers pay male hosts for companionship and entertainment] than ambiguously sponsor someone.”

Because those places are clean, the men are handsome, and they don’t cause problems.

“Why? Isn’t it beneficial for women if they sponsor someone?”

At someone’s question, Park Do-joon pointed out the most important thing.

“Didn’t I say? In the world of men, sponsorship is a kind of trophy.”

“That’s right.”

“But what about women?”

“Ah…….”

Certainly, in the world of women, there is almost no sense of viewing sponsoring a young man as a trophy.

Because the core of success in the world of men is money, but the standard for women is appearance.

“To put it bluntly, if a woman in her 50s sponsors a man in his 20s, what do you think people around her will say?”

No one could say anything to that, but the only woman, Lee Ji-soo, said calmly.

“They’ll laugh at her for buying a man with money because her charm has faded.”

“Right?”

“Yes, and there’s also the attack issue.”

“Attack issue?”

Everyone tilted their heads at Lee Ji-soo’s words.

“Men’s attacks often use direct methods such as financial pressure or physical violence. But women use emotional attacks.”

“So?”

“Usually, sponsors are people who are rich and successful, right? So, it’s often older people who do it.”

“That’s right.”

“But those people are usually married.”

Then what will happen?

Men often pretend not to know that their friends or colleagues are having affairs while sponsoring someone.

If they expose it, it means they are openly fighting, so they don’t want to make enemies, but they also think that those who do such things are not manly. It’s seen as a betrayal of the bro code.

If you’re going to fight, just throw a punch. Snitching on weaknesses is not a respected form of attack among men.

“But women’s attacks are very emotional. If they know what kind of relationship the two have, and the two have a falling out?”

“Ah~!”

Even if they were friends at one time, if they are not now, there is a high possibility that they will expose the fact that the other person is having an affair while sponsoring someone to their husband or family.

“So, women have a high rate of keeping quiet about sponsorship or prostitution.”

At least if they are not in a relationship where they frequent prostitution establishments together as a group.

“Hmm…….”

“From that point of view, the criminals probably don’t have handsome faces.”

If they were handsome, they wouldn’t need to be jealous of women making money through prostitution.

They can earn a lot of money just by going to a host club.

“So, they are men in their 20s, based in Suwon, moving around in groups, with average or below-average looks, and from poor backgrounds.”

“Still too broad, isn’t it?”

“I told you, they’ll have a criminal record.”

No matter how much inferiority they have, it doesn’t suddenly explode and make them say, ‘I’m going to kill women.’ Rather, there needs to be a trigger for it to explode so extremely.

“But it doesn’t make sense that the trigger explodes because of just one person.”

It’s a crime that leads to murder. The trigger for such a crime exploded in only one person, and they sympathize with him and commit murder together?

“It doesn’t make sense.”

Someone must have fallen for it.

“No, could it be that someone fell for it and these are the remaining guys?”

When someone finds out about the crime, will they report it? Of course, some people know and report it, but more people pretend not to know to avoid getting involved.

Of course, they will be punished if they don’t report it, but that is surprisingly rare. Because knowing that someone is trying to commit murder and reporting it means that you could become the target of the murder.

It’s better to pretend not to know than to be killed by murderers, even if it means being punished for not reporting it.

“But in that case, it’s not easy for the group to unite.”

“The group isn’t easy?”

“How are you going to gather a group that agrees to murder? On the internet? Our police administrative power isn’t that weak, is it?”

In reality, the internet is full of all kinds of hatred. But it is rare for that to unite into a group and lead to murder. Because in such cases, even if they try to gather and meet on the internet, the police will notice it first and arrest them in advance.

People don’t know much about it because they don’t take extreme actions, but national management of group murder or terrorism is being operated quite strictly.

“In addition, they each paid their own money to commit the crime. But paying money for the crime means that they have absolute trust in each other.”

“Because they are guys who commit murder together.”

“No, it’s not just that they trust each other because they are guys who commit murder together. It’s the opposite. They *don’t* trust each other *because* they are guys who commit murder together.”

“Hmm?”

“Then why do they gather money to commit crimes?”

That in itself becomes a powerful weapon to tie each other together.

“So, this isn’t about trust, but a means to prevent betrayal?”

“That’s right.”

There are more cases than you think where accomplices conspire to commit crimes together to prevent each other from escaping, creating each other’s weaknesses.

“Still too broad. There are more than one or two rapists or assaulters.”

“The trigger is probably a woman. That’s how the hatred for women who engage in prostitution, no, sponsorship, can be explained. So, you need to track down cases where a woman has been sued.”

“Cases where a woman has been sued?”

“Yes, cases involving multiple people. It’s probably marriage fraud. And the woman probably cut ties with everyone after receiving the money. The marriage fraud charge was probably dismissed in the case.”

“Dismissed?”

“Yes. You know, the price for devotion is cruel in our country.”

“Ugh.”

What this means is that when there is an act of supporting the other party between lovers, or more precisely, when one party *believes* they are lovers and supports the other, punishment for that betrayal is often impossible.

For example, if person A supports person B with living expenses or other business funds, but in reality, person B has never thought of A as a lover and is only after the money, strictly speaking, fraud should be established. However, the Korean court often does not establish fraud and maintains the position that B does not have to return the money to A.

In fact, numerous victims are being created in connection with such cases, but the court denies the obligation to return the money due to uncertainty about each other’s beliefs, so there are quite a few cases where the victims take extreme measures and commit murder.

“In fact, there are people who do such things to multiple people at the same time.”

“So, a common victim?”

“Then a lot can be explained.”

How they met, why they have no money, and why they have such extreme resentment towards women who engage in prostitution that they are willing to commit murder.

“Then the specifics will definitely narrow down.”

Everyone nodded.

“Let’s start tracking it down.”

There’s nothing to lose. There aren’t few accusations and complaints of this kind of case, but it is rare for the perpetrator to commit crimes against multiple people.

“We’ll be able to find it soon.”

Park Do-joon was confident.

# Group of Hatred

Because there are many people in Suwon, there are quite a few marriage fraud accusations that come in. But cases where multiple people, especially relatively poor victims, are involved are rare.

“Detective, I think this is it!”

Lee Ji-soo urgently found a case and brought it over.

“What is it?”

“It’s a complaint case that occurred in the Hwaseong Industrial Complex. But it ended with no charges.”

“No charges?”

Park Do-joon took an interest in those words and received the case file. The case was an incident that occurred in a small factory. A group of workers working in a factory sued a female worker who worked there.

The charge was fraud.

But the police ended it with no charges.

Because they believed they were dating each other and gave the woman money, but the evidence that the woman deceived the other party in order to embezzle the money was ambiguous and did not come out.

“She’s a woman who’s so bold that it’s absurd.”

She subtly gaslighted the other party into believing they were dating, and instead lied about her family being in trouble, telling truths that weren’t lies, and extorted money from the other party.

The reason why this is called a truth that is not a lie was simple. It was true that her family was in trouble. However, instead of using the money she received for her family, she spent it lavishly and went on luxury shopping sprees.

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