My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 92

“Hey, they found seventeen bodies at the Milky Way Church.”

“Seventeen?”

“Milky Way Church? What’s that?”

Since only the team leader knew the details of the case, everyone looked puzzled. The team leader spoke loudly to the others.

“It’s about Heo Kang-soo’s case, the Yoo Seon-jin kidnapping.”

“Ah, that one? Wasn’t Heo Kang-soo the main culprit?”

“We suspected him, but we didn’t have any evidence.”

Do Sik-han and the other criminals were adamantly denying Heo Kang-soo’s involvement, which limited the investigation.

Moreover, they didn’t even know where Heo Kang-soo was.

“But he used to lead a cult called the Cosmos God Church. Now it’s changed to the Milky Way Church.”

“What is that? Sounds like something out of a Japanese sci-fi manga.”

“Does the name matter, you idiot? What matters is that seventeen bodies were found! And according to them, Heo Kang-soo is the one who did it!”

Everyone’s eyes widened at that. If it’s that level, they can issue a nationwide wanted notice. Right now, there are limits to the pursuit because they can’t do that, but if a nationwide wanted notice is issued, tracking him will be much easier.

“And they, uh, ahem…”

The team leader cleared his throat, about to say 500 million. He had to be careful about that part for now.

Park Do-joon didn’t do anything stupid like taking the money for himself. He would get entangled later if he did.

Instead, he explained the situation and returned the money to the police.

The police cheered when they suddenly had 500 million won [approximately $400,000 USD]. They could receive considerable support if they returned it to the national treasury.

‘Moreover, at this point, the National Tax Service can investigate them too.’

Park Do-joon wasn’t just thinking of ending it with murder. Whether it’s the Cosmos God Church or the Milky Way Church, those with pseudo-religious beliefs are evil in themselves. They must be eradicated by any means possible.

Of course, he doesn’t know if they will be eradicated by doing this, but at least he can try.

“The important thing is that it was discovered, and an order for a total police mobilization has been issued. You guys get up too.”

“Are we going too?”

“Hey, seventeen bodies were found. And who knows what kind of things that cult is doing?”

There are too many potential profiling targets in this kind of case. The number of suspected followers isn’t just one or two.

So, in these cases, the entire team has to mobilize, not just a few.

“Let’s go quickly. The forensic team is already at the scene, so we need to hurry.”

The team leader was in a hurry and urged the other team members.

# Questions Are Important

Although the Milky Way Church had said they would distance themselves from the police, they were now opening their doors wide to welcome them.

Of course, that doesn’t mean the church members are friendly.

“Ah, you’ve arrived?”

Seo Joo-won greeted them when they arrived at the scene.

“There are a lot of National Forensic Service teams here?”

“Well, they found seventeen bodies.”

In these pseudo-religious cases, the number of bodies is likely to be more than just one or two. If necessary, the leaders will kill hundreds without batting an eye.

They think of themselves as gods, and therefore, they believe they have the power of life and death over their followers.

“We’re searching the surrounding area in case there are more.”

“Has anything come up yet?”

“Well… it’s just the beginning.”

Seo Joo-won sighed, glancing at the bodies on one side.

“People who don’t know what they’re doing have torn up the ground. There’s a lot of damage, so it’s going to take some time.”

“Would determining the cause of death be impossible?”

“It seems so, but we’re guessing it’s suffocation.”

“Suffocation?”

“Yes. Most of the bodies that were excavated are skeletal, and there aren’t any obvious cuts or fractures.”

“Hmm.”

Of course, there are other methods, such as using poison, so they’ll have to investigate to be sure.

“Has anything come out about their identities?”

“No, but about five of the bodies are children.”

“Children?”

“Yes. Two of them are infants under the age of two.”

Park Do-joon closed his eyes at that.

“It seems that many of the victims are families.”

“It seems so.”

Parents wouldn’t tolerate their children being killed. It’s natural to assume that entire families died together.

‘Children wouldn’t understand the doctrines or anything like that.’

Perhaps they were killed because the parents were trying to leave the church.

But they can’t just leave the children in the church. If only the parents disappear, the church members will think it’s strange.

They can’t leave them outside either. If the police recognize the children, they will naturally try to find the parents.

In the end, they kill the entire family.

“So, Heo Kang-soo has no qualms about murder.”

He’s truly extreme if he’s killing innocent children.

“But why didn’t he kill Yoo Seon-jin in that case?”

“He must have thought it would be a loss if he did.”

“What? Why?”

“If he killed her, it would be in the news.”

If he receives money and kills the child, the incident will be in the news. And after seeing that, parents will learn that their children will die if they give money in future kidnappings.

“So, to prevent that, he has to return the child alive.”

That way, they will hesitate between the parents and the police.

“Hmm, this seems like a sociopath or a psychopath?”

“That’s right. He shows those tendencies. Well, those kinds of guys create a lot of pseudo-religions.”

Because they are eloquent and have no qualms about deceiving others.

“Can we see the scene?”

The team leader said, narrowing his eyes.

“Yes, of course.”

The profiling team followed Kim Seong-gyun to the burial site. They frowned as they looked at the bodies being exhumed there.

“It’s severe.”

“I know.”

“By the way, could the murderer still be here?”

“Could it be those guys in prison?”

“Maybe.”

They were sharing their opinions, but no one approached Park Do-joon. The team leader looked at Park Do-joon with pity, but Park Do-joon didn’t care much. Instead, he quietly checked the location of the bodies. Then he looked around.

“They’re cruel.”

“Yes. They’re cruel.”

“Yeah. At least three families are buried here.”

“It’s not just because of that. Looking here… it seems these guys showed the parents their children dying.”

“What?”

The team leader was startled by that.

Of course, it’s a cruel thing. But how did Park Do-joon know that?

“How did you know? I didn’t even think of that.”

The team leader looked at the other profilers. That’s because, although the other team members were sharing their opinions, no one had brought up that story.

“It’s because of the direction of the bodies.”

“Direction?”

“You can tell by looking at the bodies that haven’t been fully excavated yet. The head direction of the large skeletons, that is, adults or adolescents, is the same.”

In other words, they were neatly placed and buried after death.

“On the other hand, the bodies of infants are different. The direction is different. And they are under other bodies.”

“Then…”

“Yes. Heo Kang-soo probably killed the children first.”

And he would have mocked the parents who were screaming while watching it.

“Then he would have thrown them like this.”

After that, he strangled them one by one and buried the bodies.

“I see. Certainly…”

The team leader smiled bitterly as he watched Park Do-joon talking about the part he had carelessly overlooked.

‘Maybe he’s a real monster.’

Of course, he would have known if he had focused. It’s true that he couldn’t focus because he was controlling the other team members. However, Park Do-joon is also being ignored by the other team members.

But he noticed it right away.

‘My choice must have been right.’

Controlling those emotions, the team leader asked Park Do-joon again. He still thought he needed to learn.

“So, how many criminals do you think there are? Do you think the three people there are the criminals, like the other team members?”

“No, at least five, excluding Heo Kang-soo.”

But what came out of Park Do-joon’s mouth was the correct answer.

“Why?”

“There are four dead here.”

One woman, two men, and one infant. One of the men appears to be a minor based on his physique. About a middle school student.

“If we assume that Heo Kang-soo is killing, then there needs to be someone to subdue them in the meantime.”

No one will stand still while their family is dying. In the case of a child and a woman, one man can subdue them, but in the case of an adult man, it is impossible to subdue him with the strength of one person.

“Couldn’t they be tied up?”

“Even if they are tied up, they can still ram their bodies. They probably didn’t carry the bodies here, so they probably dragged them here by force, and of course, their feet would be free.”

The moment they try to kill the child, the father will rush to stop them. It would be difficult for one person to stop that.

“So, there would be a total of six murderers.”

“Yes.”

Heo Kang-soo, two people holding the child, one person to the woman, and two people to the man, for a total of six criminals.

Even if we assume that the person attached to the man is strong and subdues him alone, there are still five people.

“Yes. But there are two people in prison. Even if we add the one who died, there are only three people.”

In other words, even if you exclude Heo Kang-soo, there is still at least one more person.

“Maybe the three people in prison are also criminals.”

“That’s right. They must have such great loyalty to be willing to commit murder.”

“But one or two people are missing.”

Park Do-joon said that and straightened his posture, which had been bent over looking at the grave.

“Then it must be Gu Bon-seong. Let’s get that bastard.”

“That’s right. He might have made a report to get out of it.”

Han Seong-gi, who had approached at some point, was talking about Gu Bon-seung being the culprit, and other profilers were agreeing with him. The team leader sighed as he looked at Han Seong-gi.

“You bastards, think a little. What are you going to do if you guys, whose job is to think, don’t think?”

“Yes?”

Han Seong-gi asked, not knowing what was going on.

Then the team leader turned his gaze to Park Do-joon.

“Do-joon, what do you think? Could it be Gu Bon-seong?”

“No. It is unlikely that it is Gu Bon-seong.”

“No, why? Don’t you know that bastard was the second-in-command?”

Han Seong-gi was annoyed as if he was dumbfounded. Still, he guessed that he was the second-in-command, as a profiler.

The problem is that he couldn’t go any further from there.

“Look around.”

“Around?”

“Yes.”

Profilers should not only look at the scene but also the surroundings. There is something around a place that stimulates human choices, and through that, you can infer human psychology.

“Why the surroundings?”

“Isn’t it covered with roughly fallen leaves here and there?”

“So?”

“First of all, they just dug indiscriminately to find the body. If Gu Bon-seong was the culprit, there would be no reason to dig so recklessly.”

“Because he would know the exact location.”