My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 709

The thought wasn’t ‘I want to go out and do something,’ but rather a naive ‘If I go out, something good will happen.’ It was coupled with the belief that the power they currently held would last forever.

“Actually, bullies and criminals show quite similar behavioral patterns.”

Devaluing the future. An attitude of only looking at the present. Hostility towards people around them and projecting their inferiority complexes, and so on.

The reason why many bullies become criminals when they go out into the world is that these common behavioral patterns continue.

“The important thing is, fear.”

“So?”

“Hong Woo-jong is the same.”

He initially experienced pleasure from murder due to his first kill, leading him to continue killing. But at the same time, he must be worried and fearful about those clumsy and insecure early murders.

That’s why he tries to hide his mistakes and studies and learns to prevent them.

“All murderers go through that process.”

They try not to make mistakes based on fear. No matter how much time passes, it’s a kind of psychological trap that underlies everything, and they can’t forget it just because they want to.

“And he probably knows that Kim Song-rim has been indicted by now.”

“Probably?”

He may not be constantly monitoring Kim Song-rim, but if they’ve connected recently, there’s no way he wouldn’t know about the indictment.

“In that situation, what would happen if Kim Song-rim met with the CEO [Park Do-joon]?”

“Me?”

“Yes.”

“But……”

“What the CEO doesn’t know, Hong Woo-jong doesn’t know either.”

Hong Chang-sik didn’t care even if they fought to the death. In fact, even though Hong Woo-jong almost died, and even his daughter Hong Min-young almost died, he neglected them.

“The fact that he protected Hong Woo-jong was likely the last vestige of his feelings as a father.”

In fact, after that incident, he strongly urged, no, forced Hong Woo-jong to go into politics rather than business. That’s why Hong Woo-jong gave up the company and reluctantly entered politics.

“In that sense, that incident is bound to remain in Hong Woo-jong’s memory, whether he likes it or not.”

There’s the pleasure of murder and the memory of his first kill, but also the event that changed the course of his life.

He remembers it as the event where he was abandoned by his father.

“Humans feel extreme fear when something they want to hide comes to the surface.”

“But the police and prosecutors aren’t investigating……”

“That’s why I’m telling you. They won’t. But the issue isn’t whether Kim Song-rim talks or not.”

“It’s not?”

“If Kim Song-rim talks, Hong Woo-jong’s most powerful strength will disappear.”

His most powerful strength is politics. As a next-generation presidential candidate, a young presidential hopeful, he wields the greatest power.

“But what if allegations of murder surface?”

“That’s……”

“And the core of his support is the death of his wronged father.”

His absolute support base consists of people who feel sorry for him because of that, and approval ratings that rely on anti-China sentiment.

“But if Hong Woo-jong killed someone, and Hong Chang-sik covered it up, what do you think will happen?”

“His approval ratings will be shattered.”

“That’s right.”

And Hong Woo-jong will lose the most powerful force to protect himself.

And if he’s not a presidential candidate, or even a member of the National Assembly after time passes, sending him to prison won’t be difficult.

“So, we need to provoke that.”

“So, I have to meet Kim Song-rim?”

“Meeting Kim Song-rim alone isn’t enough. We need to show that ‘we know’ to make him feel pressured.”

“Then who?”

“Who else? The victims’ families.”

“The families? Well, yeah.”

The lawyer, who was a prosecutor, clearly said that the families suspected Hong Woo-jong the most. But since all of that was covered up, their resentment would naturally be sky-high.

“If we start confronting those two, Hong Woo-jong will probably go half-crazy and lash out.”

Then Hong Woo-jong will make a mistake, and that’s what Park Do-joon is waiting for.

“In that sense, giving them a generous amount of money wouldn’t be a bad idea either. Hehehe.”

Kim Song-rim was confused. And scared.

The police investigation? That wasn’t really scary or frightening. Although the purpose is to monitor him, he has four lawyers, and they said they wouldn’t be able to punish him.

But Hong Geun-jong’s summons was bound to be frightening. The fact that Hong Geun-jong and Hong Woo-jong don’t have a good relationship is something the whole nation knows, and furthermore, he had testified favorably for Hong Woo-jong in a case where he was a strong suspect.

But Hong Geun-jong wants to see him.

So, he couldn’t help but feel fear.

Moreover, he didn’t allow him to bring anyone, not even a lawyer. It wasn’t a legal setting, and Hong Geun-jong was a scary person to refuse such a request from.

Having dealt with rich guys, Kim Song-rim knew what they were capable of when they lost it.

Wasn’t he Hong Woo-jong’s brother?

And in that situation, he’s asking to see him.

“I don’t want to go……”

He doesn’t want to go.

But he fears the aftermath if he doesn’t.

That’s why Kim Song-rim had no choice.

-Chairman, Mr. Kim Song-rim has arrived.

“He’s really coming.”

“Because he knows more about people with a lot of money than anyone else, it’s natural that he fears them more than anyone else.”

“But even if I press him when he comes, I don’t think he’ll tell me properly.”

“Of course, he will. But time blurs many things. Among them is the fear of Hong Woo-jong.”

He might have been afraid of Hong Woo-jong back then. But a long time has passed, and naturally, the fear has faded.

“Moreover, he only committed perjury; he doesn’t know the truth about the murder.”

He only committed perjury without knowing whether a murder was even committed or if there was another reason.

So, he probably doesn’t know what kind of person Hong Woo-jong is, in other words, whether he’s a person who can kill.

“It’s obvious which one he’ll try to avoid between an invisible threat and a visible threat.”

“The visible threat is me?”

“That’s right.”

“And what I have to do is give him money?”

“Yes, give him about 10 million won [approximately $7,500 USD] for now.”

“Will he tell the truth with just that?”

“He won’t. That’s not the purpose in the first place.”

Park Do-joon’s plan was simple.

“The purpose is to make Hong Woo-jong know about it and lash out, so that alone is enough. Hehehe.”

At that moment, Hong Woo-jong had a serious face due to an unexpected situation.

“So, Hong Geun-jong, that bastard, is meeting Kim Song-rim?”

“Yes.”

“No, why is he?”

“I don’t know. But I heard it’s an order that came down officially from the secretariat……”

Hong Geun-jong is virtually the most likely candidate to be the next chairman within the company, but that doesn’t mean Hong Woo-jong doesn’t have any factions at all.

To be exact, there were people who had no choice but to be with Hong Woo-jong because it was too late to get off the ship called Hong Woo-jong.

They were bringing all the information to Hong Woo-jong to help him win, and one of them was Hong Geun-jong meeting Kim Song-rim.

“However, what kind of relationship the two have……”

And of course, the guys working under them didn’t know why Kim Song-rim and Hong Geun-jong were meeting.

And of course, they didn’t know what kind of relationship Kim Song-rim and Hong Woo-jong had.

“I suspect that Hong Geun-jong might have sponsored him……”

“Bullshit.”

“Yes?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. And even if that’s the case, do you think that’s a reason to call Kim Song-rim directly? Are you walking around with your head empty?”

“I…… I’m sorry.”

The subordinate, who didn’t know the situation, couldn’t say anything and just watched. Hong Woo-jong gestured at him and got angry.

“Get out.”

“Yes, Congressman.”

After he left, Hong Woo-jong tried hard to calm his worsened mood. But it wasn’t easy.

“Hong Geun-jong must have noticed.”

After the first murder, Hong Woo-jong and Kim Song-rim’s relationship was supposed to have been cut off externally.

But it wasn’t cut off. To be exact, Kim Song-rim thought it was cut off, but it wasn’t.

After the perjury, Kim Song-rim quit the sponsorship and created and promoted SponsorNet. But the lawyer, who thought it didn’t make sense that people who had personal meetings to the point of having sex with each other at the time of the testimony didn’t have each other’s phone numbers, told Kim Song-rim and Hong Woo-jong their respective phone numbers.

Hong Woo-jong deleted the number as soon as things were settled, but Kim Song-rim forgot to delete it. So, when promoting all at once, an advertisement for the site was sent to Hong Woo-jong.

“Damn it.”

And Hong Woo-jong used that place very well for a long time.

As a very clean hunting ground that no one knew about.

If you only knew the site and paid money, you could join by changing accounts without proper verification, so it was perfect for hunting.

Until he thought he needed force and created a violent organization, and until he received victims from them, Hong Woo-jong often enjoyed such hunting, and even while receiving supplies, he sometimes enjoyed such hunting for fun.

The reason why Wang Woo-hwan thought Hong Woo-jong was going crazy because he couldn’t get women was because of that.

A different taste from the victims who were forcibly dragged in.

The sight of a woman who initially recognized him, expected something, and was happy and jumping around thinking she had caught a sucker, then her face turned pale, begging to be saved, accepting all sorts of shameful things to live, and then collapsing later with screams and shouts at the fact that everything was useless, provided Hong Woo-jong with a different kind of fun than kidnapping.

‘But.’

Is it a coincidence? Of course, it could be a coincidence.

But the fact that Hong Geun-jong virtually dominates the company internally now is a situation that cannot be ignored.

So, except for a few who have already revealed that they follow him and cannot switch sides, they have already turned their backs.

And there’s no guarantee that there isn’t anyone among them who covered up his case.

“Damn it.”

Kim Song-rim doesn’t know that he joined.

So, the problem isn’t that he joined there.

But the fact that Kim Song-rim is talking about the first murder he made a mistake on just once is unsettling.

“How much does he know?”

Doubt and worry about Kim Song-rim began to gnaw at Hong Woo-jong little by little.

And at that moment, Kim Song-rim had a sullen face.

“Thank you for your hard work today. Let’s see each other again next time.”

“Again?”

“Why? Do you not like it?”

“That’s……”

Kim Song-rim looked at Hong Geun-jong with a sullen face.

The reason Hong Geun-jong called him was as expected.

Of course, Kim Song-rim could never tell the truth to such a question. Otherwise, he could go back to jail.

He thought he would be pressed to tell, but instead of pressing him like that, he only asked questions gently and comfortably.

“Oh, and I’ve prepared some cash for you to take when you go.”

“You don’t have to give me money……”

“It’s a token of my appreciation. Take it if I tell you to take it, and come right away when I call you next time.”

“Yes……”

In the end, Kim Song-rim left the place with a sullen face at the irresistible request.

Genius Profiler