My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 70

That meant he wanted to kill Jeon Gu-wan.

But the torture Jeon Gu-wan suffered was the kind that wouldn’t kill a person.

If you pull out fingernails and beat someone until their whole body is bruised, will that kill them?

The possibility is extremely low.

“In other words, it directly clashes with the feeling of wanting to kill the other person. The culprit in this case didn’t want to kill the victim, but wanted to see him suffer.”

It’s rare for people to enjoy seeing others suffer.

Especially for ordinary people.

“Revenge is aimed at resolving one’s own emotions, not at the other person’s pain. But the traces in this case show that the goal is pain, not the other person’s death.”

“So, our client has no reason to commit murder in connection with this case?”

“To be precise, he wouldn’t commit this *style* of crime. He’s probably very impulsive and doesn’t think things through.”

“Couldn’t such a person calmly think and torture someone?”

“Would such a person go to Jeon Gu-wan’s office with just a knife? No way.”

If he really wanted to kill him, he would have gone with gasoline, not a knife.

Jeon Gu-wan’s office is located on the 9th floor, so if you pour gasoline at the entrance and set it on fire, the people inside would have no way to escape.

“In other words, he’s someone who can act impulsively, but not someone who meticulously plans something.”

“Hmm, so that means?”

“It seems he’s just an innocent victim in this case.”

“Whew…….”

Jeong I-yeon sighed in relief at those words.

“It’s not a situation to be relieved about.”

“Why not?”

“The police will push it that way.”

“What does that mean again?”

“To be honest, the chances of the police catching the real culprit in this case are low. Very low.”

Jeong I-yeon’s face stiffened at those words.

Park Do-joon wasn’t someone who rashly asserted something. The fact that he spoke with such certainty meant he was confident.

“What do you mean by that?”

“You said he was tortured, right?”

“Yes.”

“That’s not an ordinary person’s method. Not even someone with a grudge. This style often appears with contractors [contract killers].”

“Contractors?”

“Yes. Contractors have no personal feelings for the victim, Jeon Gu-wan.”

The only reason to kill is to get paid. Just like some police officers who come to work without a sense of duty and just kill time before going home, contract killers are the same. They do it not because they want to, but just because it’s their job.

“So, they try to do the job as requested as much as possible. And if you’re someone with a grudge, what would you do?”

“Ah… I’d tell them to inflict pain, right?”

Park Do-joon nodded.

“The person with a grudge wants to inflict pain and wants to kill him. But because they don’t know how, they stab him dozens of times or go in the direction of mutilating the body.”

But professional contract killers are different. Those guys know better than anyone how to painfully kill someone.

“Torture is not in the realm of grudges. It’s in the realm of work.”

“But what about sadists… or something like that?”

Park Do-joon shook his head at Jeong I-yeon’s words. Of course, there are guys who get sexual pleasure from torturing others.

But this case doesn’t fall into that category either.

“Just because someone is a sadist doesn’t mean they don’t have sexual preferences. They get pleasure from someone who fits their sexual preferences suffering, not from an old, fat politician like Jeon Gu-wan suffering.”

In other words, this case is the work of a professional contract killer.

And in that case, Korea virtually can’t track them down.

Contract killers are very good at hiding themselves, and the Korean police system has too little experience in tracking down contract killers.

In fact, there are quite a few contract killers active in society, but in many cases, the police don’t even notice that it’s a contract killing, let alone the number of them.

“Moreover, in this case, the contract killer is probably very professional.”

“Professional?”

“Yeah, do you think it’s easier to just kill someone, or to kidnap, torture, and kill someone?”

Of course, the latter is more difficult. Moreover, this time the victim is not an ordinary person, but a member of the National Assembly [Korean Parliament], Jeon Gu-wan. One of the most powerful members of the National Assembly in Korea.

“Did you hear that he was missing?”

“Uh…? Ah, that’s right! There was no such news.”

“The torture lasted at least a day. But there was no news of him missing. And members of the National Assembly mostly have fixed schedules. But it wasn’t caught? That’s proof that the other party moved after finding out all the information.”

They figured out his movements, predicted his actions, and kidnapped him at a time when there were no people around and at a time that was perfectly problem-free, and then tortured him for at least a day before dumping the body.

Is that something that an ordinary person with a grudge can do?

There’s no way.

“This is the work of a professional contract killer. And the current police force can’t catch him. That’s the problem.”

The police have to solve this problem. Otherwise, they will be heavily criticized by society and the political world.

The New People’s Party will blame it on a crazy supporter of the Future Party, and the Future Party will deny it and pressure them to catch the real culprit by any means.

“In that situation, who is the easiest target?”

A person who has no political interests, has tried to kill him, and has enough resentment to be killed.

Jeong I-yeon’s face stiffened at those words.

“Are you saying they’re going to frame our client?”

“That’s right.”

“But there’s no evidence that he did it, right?”

“Which court these days follows the principle of presumption of innocence?”

Park Do-joon said with a sneer. Originally, the principle of presumption of innocence must be observed in law. In other words, you must not be punished if there is no evidence that you are a criminal.

“The current trend in Korean courts is the principle of presumption of guilt. You know that, right?”

First, presume guilt, and if you can’t provide evidence that you didn’t do it, you just take the blame. This is the reality of the Korean legal world today.

Knowing that, Jeong I-yeon had no choice but to shut her mouth.

Even Jeong I-yeon, a rookie lawyer, feels that the principle of presumption of guilt is widely applied in Korea.

At least the court is still operating under the principle of presumption of innocence, but at least the police are operating entirely under the principle of presumption of guilt.

If you don’t present evidence of innocence when being investigated, you are confirmed guilty.

“The police are going to push him into guilt by any means to overcome their political risk right now.”

“Then this is…….”

“It’s a messed up situation.”

If left unchecked, he will 100% be blamed for murder.

Moreover, the kidnapping, torture, and murder of a politician, not just anyone?

‘Definitely a death sentence confirmed.’

Of course, it won’t actually be carried out, but he will never be able to come out into the world again.

Retrial? No matter what else, you can never have a retrial in this kind of case.

“Then what do we do about this?”

“We have to catch the real culprit.”

At those words, Jeong I-yeon grabbed Park Do-joon’s hand tightly.

“Senior! Help!”

“Hey, don’t hold my hand. What help?”

“No, we have to catch him so our client can live.”

“I’m going to catch him even if you don’t ask.”

Park Do-joon said with a long sigh.

“I’m a cop.”

# Those Who Want to Hide and Those Who Want to Find

“A professional contract killer…….”

Park Do-joon conveyed his opinion to the team leader. The team leader also nodded.

“Same as my thought. I think so too.”

“What about the others?”

“What else? The answer is already out. Did you see the news yesterday?”

On last night’s news, they finally announced that they had arrested a suspicious suspect. The suspicious person here was, as expected, the victim’s father who had visited Jeon Gu-wan.

“Aren’t you going to do profiling?”

“They’re not doing it. No, they can’t do it. You know the characteristics of our department, right?”

“It sucks, really.”

“Yeah, it sucks.”

The profiling department is operated in the form of dispatching support to other police stations when they request it. In other words, if they don’t ask for it, stepping forward and telling them what to do is a clear overreach of authority.

“As you know, if they decide on an answer and start investigating, there’s nothing we can do.”

If they start an investigation with a predetermined result, they completely exclude the profiling department.

“As expected, things are going as expected. There’s no use in conveying my opinion, right?”

“If it’s a professional contract killer, they would.”

The team leader nodded. Of course, there is profiling of professional contract killers. But analyzing it and arresting them are completely separate issues.

“Hmm…….”

“Don’t tell me you’re going to do something?”

“I can’t let an innocent person receive the death penalty, can I?”

“Can you do it alone? To be honest, you won’t be able to get any help from inside the police in this case.”

The police want to quickly resolve the case in a way that doesn’t create political burden. But in this situation, that’s virtually impossible.

“Well, they can’t admit to a contractor either.”

Of course, they can’t admit it. But if they can’t catch such a contractor, the police will be criticized again.

It’s the situation that the police, who want to reverse the situation, want to avoid the most.

“Moreover, I don’t know who hired the professional killer, but he’s probably a very dangerous guy.”

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

“So, how about you investigate quietly from the outside?”

“Me?”

“It’s impossible for you to do anything inside.”

The team leader didn’t want to blame someone innocent. The reason he became a first-generation profiler was to prevent innocent victims from being created.

And despite his subsequent achievements and contributions, the reason he didn’t get promoted and ended up as a team leader was because he didn’t accept the wrong parts of the police.

‘Park Do-joon is definitely different.’

He has dedicated his life to the police as a police officer, but at the same time, he is someone who doesn’t trust the police.

But Park Do-joon is the same as him. But on the other hand, he is different from him.

The police organization that he could never win against in his life. But Park Do-joon has connections with people who have strong power outside.

‘Maybe this guy will bring about the change I wanted.’

That’s why the team leader trusted Park Do-joon, a rookie, and not anyone else on the profiler team.

“I’ll handle it as a business trip appropriately, so investigate the case from the outside.”

“Are you okay with that?”

“Who’s going to say anything? The team leader sent you on a business trip. Moreover, you know how low your importance is in this case, right?”

“That’s true.”

A rookie profiler.

His presence inside the case, no, inside the police, is almost non-existent. He’s even the person who suspended his senior, Han Seong-gi, twice.

As a result, he is being ostracized within the police. No one will look for him if he is not seen.

“This case is a big deal. It’s something that can be a achievement. So if I say that you were excluded, everyone will understand.”

Park Do-joon chuckled at the team leader’s words, who suggested digging into the case by using the fact that he is not very popular in the police organization.

He certainly had the skills of a first-generation profiler.

“But it would be nice to have someone to help me.”

“Fortunately, there is someone who can help me.”

Park Do-joon nodded.

Job is Profiler