My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 720

“Besides, the police now need to make it appear as a suicide while actually committing murder.”

Given that, it’s difficult for the police to use force recklessly. Any sign of resistance from the target would ruin the entire operation.

“Still, it would be good if we could get a handle on the situation.”

At those words, Park Do-joon chuckled and patted his inside pocket.

“We can, easily.”

Kim Song-rim was anxious. The sudden reemergence of an old incident made her want to avoid it entirely.

But there was no way to do so. Fortunately, Hong Geun-jong hadn’t said anything, so her involvement wasn’t yet public. But if Hong Geun-jong opened his mouth, she would obviously become a suspect.

If that happened, her face and identity would be exposed, and she wouldn’t be able to live in Korea.

However, Kim Song-rim didn’t know that it was a trap set by Park Do-joon. If Hong Geun-jong were to talk about Kim Song-rim, the focus would shift to whether Kim Song-rim committed perjury [lying under oath].

And realistically, Kim Song-rim would never admit to that. Furthermore, Jo Yu-soon wouldn’t testify that she was there either, because she would lose all her assets and face an immediate divorce.

If that happened, Hong Geun-jong would end up taking the blame, accused of framing them. To defend themselves, they would have to cling to the case, and Hong Woo-jong would become the victim of a false accusation. That’s why Park Do-joon told Hong Geun-jong never to mention Kim Song-rim.

And conversely, Kim Song-rim and Hong Woo-jong would make misjudgments out of fear that their secret might be exposed at any moment.

Sometimes, the fear of what might happen gnaws at and devastates people’s minds more than the actual fear of what has already happened.

Because some incidents require a solution to be devised once they occur, but in a situation where they haven’t occurred, there’s no solution, so it scratches at their nerves relentlessly.

If it had happened already, she could deny it by claiming she was framed, but since they weren’t saying anything, she couldn’t confess, nor could she deny it.

Moreover, if they were to reveal it, Hong Woo-jong and Kim Song-rim would become a gang sharing a common purpose, but that wasn’t the case at the moment.

And in that situation, they would each struggle to find their own way to survive. That’s why Park Do-joon told Hong Geun-jong not to say anything at all.

Because it’s easier to defeat them individually than to have them unite as a group and resist. No, in this case, it wasn’t even individual defeat. It was a situation where Hong Woo-jong was trying to eliminate Kim Song-rim.

And it wasn’t like Kim Song-rim wasn’t wary of that at all.

‘It’s strange. It’s too strange.’

‘Hide for now. I’ll send you abroad when things quiet down.’ But when she thought about it, she wasn’t even under a travel ban. If they wanted to send her abroad, they could.

But why would they tell her to hide first and then go abroad? Furthermore, she had enough money to go abroad herself. But even in that situation, why would they tell her to go down to the countryside?

Just a phone call saying, ‘Stay out of sight for a while,’ would have been enough. But the fact that they were telling her to hide and go down to the countryside made Kim Song-rim uneasy.

‘But I can’t not go.’

She knew the personalities of the wealthy better than anyone. They were capable of anything if they didn’t get their way. The notice at the very top of SponsorNet, ‘Meet their demands,’ was not only to get money but also for safety.

‘Moreover.’

The other party was Hong Woo-jong. The case she had perjured in was a murder case, and the recent issues were also attempted murder or murder cases.

Of course, all those cases were either not guilty or lacked evidence, and sometimes they weren’t even reported, but it was hard to believe that death hovered around one person so much by coincidence.

‘It can’t be. It can’t be.’

That’s why Kim Song-rim had no choice. Would she be killed if she didn’t go, or would she go and be protected? Of course, she knew that she couldn’t ignore the possibility of being killed if she went.

But people sometimes try to deny reality. Kim Song-rim was exactly like that now. She was trying to rely on someone with the ability to resolve a situation that had grown to a scale she couldn’t handle.

That’s why she was pretending not to know the possibility that she would be killed.

And after driving like that for a long time, she arrived near a reservoir where no one was around.

There, four men were waiting for Kim Song-rim.

“Who……”

“We’re police officers.”

Kim Song-rim had thought that someone would be at the appointed place, and she could follow that person. But she never expected there to be police officers, so the word ‘police’ made her flinch for a moment.

“Why the police?”

“Ah, Mr. Hong Woo-jong sent us. He told us to evacuate you to another place for your safety.”

“Really?”

“That’s right.”

The men smiled kindly as they showed her their police IDs.

“For now, it’s better to go to another place for safety. The car……. Hey, Detective Park, you know?”

“Yes, Detective Kim.”

As the man called Detective Park stepped forward, Kim Song-rim instinctively stepped back.

“What is it?”

“There’s a possibility that the car will be tracked. We’ll take it separately and dispose of it. So, give us the keys.”

“Dispose?”

“If there’s a car where you’re hiding, you’ll get caught. You have to go with us.”

When she looked, there was a car parked behind them. It must be the car they came in.

“It won’t take long, so let’s go together.”

The police officers said with a smile. But Kim Song-rim could instinctively feel it when she saw it. That something was wrong.

“No, I’ll just follow you.”

“Pardon?”

“I’ll follow you, so go there. No, just give me the address, and I’ll go there.”

“That’s difficult. We were told to escort you.”

“I can find it myself. Give me the address.”

“No. We have to escort you.”

The police officers looked like they realized something.

That’s because the fact that they were police officers was usually an element that made the other party feel relieved, not an element that made them wary.

Until now, when they said they were police officers, the other party was usually relieved.

They pushed Kim Song-rim even further.

“Just give us the keys, don’t be a pain.”

The man called Detective Park said annoyedly as he approached. And seeing that, Kim Song-rim shouted out of anxiety.

“Don’t come any closer!”

“Pardon?”

“D, don’t come any closer! Give me the address! I’ll go on my own.”

“We’re taking you there. D, don’t be a pain. Give me the keys, you bitch!”

Detective Park approached annoyedly and tried to forcibly take the keys from Kim Song-rim. But Kim Song-rim wasn’t without anxiety, and naturally, she had prepared a countermeasure for it.

“Cheek!”

A small hissing sound was heard, and Detective Park collapsed, grabbing his face.

“Kkeuaaak. You bitch!”

“Don’t come any closer! Don’t come any closer!”

“You bitch!”

What she was holding in her hand was none other than pepper spray.

“Aaaak. You bitch. I’m going to kill you! You fucking, bitch!”

Detective Park rolled around on the floor. And seeing that, Kim Song-rim hurriedly tried to return to her car.

“You bitch.”

“Get lost!”

No matter how she thought about it, this wasn’t a good situation, so Kim Song-rim tried to escape. But the problem was that the car she had was too new.

“Please, please!”

Starting the engine was easy enough with just the push of a button. The problem was that no matter how much she stepped on the accelerator, the sensor recognized the people around her and wouldn’t move.

“You bitch. You must have liked driving around in a nice car!”

And as if they knew that fact, the three men grinned and began to smash the windows like crazy. Fortunately, the windows seemed to be holding up for a long time, but even that changed as the man who had fallen got up.

“You fucking bitch. I’m going to kill you!”

The man called Detective Park picked up a large rock next to him and smashed the driver’s seat window. And he opened the door and forcibly dragged Kim Song-rim out.

“Kkyaaaak!”

“Hey. Don’t make any scratches. It’ll be a problem if there are traces left.”

“Yes, senior. You bitch, you’re dead. I’m going to kill you myself.”

As soon as Detective Park dragged her out, the remaining three men quickly stuck to her and grabbed Kim Song-rim’s limbs. As a result, Kim Song-rim ended up dangling in the air.

“Isn’t this enough?”

“This is definitely possible.”

“Let me go. Please save me. Please save me!”

Kim Song-rim struggled to live, but she had already been subdued in all her limbs, so there was no way to escape no matter how much she moved.

“Let’s go in like this.”

“Ew, fuck. It’s going to be wet.”

“You have to go in anyway.”

“Just shut up and hold on tight. You fucking bitch. You’re wriggling so much.”

They grabbed her limbs, so Kim Song-rim was completely submerged in the water and couldn’t move, and she was just about to drown.

But at that moment, suddenly a gunshot was heard from somewhere.

“Bang!”

The four people turned their heads at the sound of the gunshot echoing in the air, and they saw Park Do-joon holding a gun and aiming at them.

“Hey, you there. Leave that person and come up here.”

The four people were flustered by the sudden appearance. Then they looked at each other. At that moment, another gunshot was heard next to Park Do-joon.

“Bang!”

And at those words, the four people flinched again.

“Don’t think that I’m short on live ammunition.”

Lee Ji-soo appeared from behind Park Do-joon. She glared at them with very cold eyes.

“Uh, so……”

The man called Detective Kim said cautiously in the sudden situation.

“Uh, we’re poli…….”

“Bang!”

“I told you to let that woman go.”

Instead of answering, Park Do-joon shot again.

“The next one will be a live round. You know?”

“Keuk.”

At those words, the four people looked at each other and had no choice but to let go of Kim Song-rim’s arms and legs. And as soon as her arms and legs were released, Kim Song-rim crawled up like crazy.

“Cough, cough.”

Lee Ji-soo looked at Kim Song-rim pitifully, but she didn’t lower her gun.

“Now, now, look here. It looks like you’re misunderstanding. We’re police officers. Seeing the gun, it looks like you’re police officers like us, what misunderstanding…….”

The man turned around and said with a forced smile.

“Now. I’ll show you my ID, so clear up the misunderstanding…….”

Detective Park slowly put his hand into his pocket. But this time, Lee Ji-soo shot.

“That was the last blank. The next one will be a live round.”

“No, fuck! I’m telling you we’re police officers!”

Detective Kim raised his voice. Then Park Do-joon said in a cold voice.

“I know.”

“What?”

“I know. You guys are the police’s internal killer squad.”

“What the hell are you talking about? What are we?”

“Do you think I wouldn’t know how long we’ve been tracking you, you bastards.”

At those words, the four people were flustered and looked at each other.

“Do you think I don’t know what you’re thinking in your heads? You’re thinking, ‘Now that it’s come to this, wouldn’t it be better to take the risk and shoot us and bury us?’ I know that all too well, do you think I’d let you take out a pistol from your pocket when I know that?”