My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 96

Park Do-joon went to see the two surviving inmates and immediately cornered them.

“Bang Young-soo has turned himself in. And he testified to everything, that he committed murder under Heo Kang-soo’s orders.”

“No way!”

Of course, they wouldn’t admit it so easily.

“It’s all been revealed. Everyone knows. That you even killed a child and disposed of the body. And that Heo Kang-soo accidentally killed Lee Ja-young while trying to assault her. But her parents were intentionally killed afterward, right? To cover up the murder.”

Park Do-joon subtly mixed in his own predictions to mislead them.

“He said Heo Kang-soo ordered all of it. Bang Young-soo tried to stop him but was marked for disposal, so he ran away from the cult.”

Bang Young-soo isn’t the type to turn himself in. But they don’t know that. Even if they suspected, would they act with such certainty? That was exactly what Park Do-joon was aiming for.

‘They are still protecting Heo Kang-soo.’

They’re still protecting Heo Kang-soo. Their faith is unwavering; they’ve given up their lives for him. But what if Heo Kang-soo is being attacked? Moreover, what if the murders he committed are being pinned on him?

“That’s ridiculous!”

Naturally, they reacted with extreme anger and rage.

“The leader has never harmed anyone!”

“That’s not the point. Testimony has already been given, and the bodies have been found.”

Park Do-joon threw the newspaper he brought onto the table with a thud.

The headline read:

-Seventeen bodies discovered inside a religious group due to an anonymous tip.

“This is……?”

“As you can see, bodies discovered through an anonymous tip.”

Of course, Park Do-joon didn’t reveal the anonymous person’s identity. It wasn’t an anonymous tip at all. But Gu Bon-seong [the police chief] was reluctant to announce that bodies had been found inside his cult because it was the same place where the murder occurred during the Cosmic Church days.

So, through a deal, instead of doing it anonymously, it was done in a way that didn’t reveal which cult it was.

“The excavation is already complete.”

“Eek……!”

“So, admit it. I know you’re not the main culprits. If you admit that Heo Kang-soo is the culprit, you can get a reduced sentence through a new trial, even now.”

‘Of course, it will be difficult to get out of here even if you do.’

Still, there would be no reason to live here for the rest of your life.

‘The reaction in this case will be one of two things.’

One is to denounce Heo Kang-soo, thinking that their faith and loyalty are meaningless. But in reality, this is unlikely. Because even if it wasn’t Bang Young-soo, the conditions themselves have been met, but there has never been such an attempt.

Then the only remaining possibility.

“That’s nonsense! The leader doesn’t know anything! Rather, Bang Young-soo is the main culprit!”

“Bang Young-soo is the main culprit?”

“Yes! That bastard is the main culprit in everything.”

The other option was to pin the blame on the person who attacked them, Bang Young-soo.

“Bang Young-soo killed Lee Ja-young too! That guy is a pervert! He tries to touch women whenever he sees them, and he’s the kind of guy who hits women!”

One of the inmates went on a rampage and started ranting.

“He touches women?”

“Yes. Lee Ja-young was originally going to marry Bang Young-soo, but that crazy bastard got horny and attacked her, accidentally killing her.”

Lee Ja-young didn’t resist the marriage because she was already brainwashed. Bang Young-soo, who had been eyeing Lee Ja-young, got horny and attacked her, but the problem was Bang Young-soo’s sexual perversion.

He was a sadist, so he beat Lee Ja-young, and in the process, Lee Ja-young fell and hit her head on the corner of the wall, resulting in her death.

“And he asked me to help him bury the body. But her parents were the problem. So, I had no choice but to kill the parents together.”

‘What a joke.’

Park Do-joon scoffed at his words. Perhaps the parents, who found out about the truth, would have immediately reported it to the police. No matter how deep their faith, parental love is deeper than that.

However, Heo Kang-soo couldn’t allow that. If the police investigation started, his flaws would be revealed.

Moreover, Bang Young-soo, who knew that he was a con artist, wouldn’t stay still.

‘He’s talking as if Bang Young-soo and they committed the murders themselves.’

Perhaps Heo Kang-soo gathered them and committed the murders, but they are trying to protect Heo Kang-soo. Naturally, they will talk about the incident centering on Bang Young-soo.

‘Well, that’s not the important thing.’

The important thing is that there is direct testimony that Bang Young-soo was involved in the incident.

“This is legally effective testimony. Do you understand?”

“Yes! That bastard is the main culprit! Everything was committed by that bastard!”

The inmates were loudly talking without knowing Park Do-joon’s intentions.

Park Do-joon smiled.

***

“Bang Young-soo?”

Kim Sung-gyun went to find Bang Young-soo and stood in front of him, who was settling accounts at the convenience store.

“Who are you?”

“I’m a police officer.”

“Police?”

“I am arresting you on suspicion of 20 murders, including Lee Ja-young.”

“Murder? Me?”

“Yes. All the other accomplices have already testified.”

“Huh? What nonsense……”

Bang Young-soo chuckled at those words and slightly twisted his body.

“Why would I commit murder?”

“You were an elder in the Cosmic Church, right? All the other elders have confessed, Bang Young-soo.”

“Those guys are misunderstanding something. Who am I going to kill? I’m a person who can’t even kill a fly.”

“Is that so? We’ll find out once we investigate. Let’s go together.”

“Well, let’s do that. Everything will come out if we go and investigate.”

Bang Young-soo confidently came out from behind the counter and turned to close the table-shaped entrance. Then, he grabbed the candy basket on the table and swung it around as he turned his body.

“Damn it!”

Suddenly, something flew at them, and Seo Joo-won and the other detective instinctively ducked. As they ducked, Bang Young-soo pushed them away and ran.

But there was something he didn’t think about.

Bang!

“Ugh!”

Just as he was about to push the door open and run away, Park Do-joon, who suddenly appeared, grabbed the door and pushed it shut with his body.

Of course, the door didn’t open, and Bang Young-soo crashed into it and fell backward. He was bleeding from his nose as if it was broken, and he was rolling on the floor. Seo Joo-won, who had hurriedly followed, forcibly lifted Bang Young-soo up.

“You bastard, you think you can escape?”

“My nose…… my nose…… ambulance…… call an ambulance.”

“Don’t bullshit. Let’s go to the police station first.”

As the handcuffs were being put on with a click, the door opened, and Park Do-joon came in.

“Call an ambulance first. If human rights groups later complain about human rights, only the detective will get tired.”

“Ugh, I understand. But Detective Park Do-joon, how did you know to block the entrance? It was a close call.”

“It’s not a close call; it’s obvious. Because he would try to escape.”

That’s why Park Do-joon blocked the entrance with his body.

“Still, it would have been a disaster if he had pulled it. If that had happened, the detective would have fallen over instead.”

Because Park Do-joon blocked the entrance with his body, if he had pulled it, Park Do-joon would have fallen over due to his strength. But Bang Young-soo pushed it, so he couldn’t overcome Park Do-joon’s strength.

“Ah, it’s obvious.”

“It’s obvious?”

“Yes. When things get urgent, humans have a habit of pushing.”

“Really?”

“Yes. That’s why all banks only open inward.”

When a bank robber breaks in, the criminal will try to escape and push the door, but of course, it won’t open, and then they get flustered. That short time often helps prevent the criminal’s escape and helps with the arrest.

“Profiling is amazing.”

Seo Joo-won chuckled as he forcibly dragged Bang Young-soo out.

“We should take him to the hospital first.”

“That would be good.”

Park Do-joon said, looking at Bang Young-soo, who was bleeding from his nose.

***

“Ah, damn it! I don’t know!”

Bang Young-soo tried to deny everything, but since there were already witnesses, he had no way to escape the crime.

“Bang Young-soo, if you keep denying it like that, the punishment will be more severe.”

“No, I haven’t killed anyone!”

“There was already testimony, from two people!”

Park Do-joon said leisurely to Bang Young-soo’s words, as if he had nothing to lose.

“No, damn it. Those bastards are murderers, right? They’re trying to pin it on me.”

“Is that so? The situation seems too accurate for that.”

Bang Young-soo tried to get out of the situation by any means, but he couldn’t.

“Those bastards are the criminals, and they’re pinning it on me!”

“There’s no reason for that; they haven’t said anything about you for years. But this time, they decided to name the main culprit in exchange for a reduced sentence.”

“Reduced sentence?”

“Yes. After revealing the main culprit, they decided to receive a new trial and get a reduced sentence. They said you and Heo Kang-soo are the main culprits.”

At those words, Bang Young-soo realized.

‘These bastards have come to their senses.’

They sacrificed everything for Heo Kang-soo, and they went to prison themselves. It’s already been well over three years since they went to prison like that.

So, it’s not strange that they are starting to come to their senses.

“One person recently died of cancer in prison. I guess the others don’t want to die in prison.”

Park Do-joon slowly started to release the bait.

“Two people have clearly said that you are the main culprit.”

“That can’t be.”

“Hmm, you don’t believe me? I’ll play the recording for you.”

Park Do-joon played the recording he had prepared in advance.

-Yes. Lee Ja-young was originally going to marry Bang Young-soo. But this crazy bastard got horny and attacked her, accidentally killing her. And he asked me to help him bury the body. But her parents were the problem. So, I had no choice but to kill the parents together.

Bang Young-soo’s pupils shook violently as he listened to the recording. He couldn’t believe it was real.

“As the lawyer next to you knows, if you don’t reflect on your crime when the testimony and evidence are clear, the crime will be aggravated. You probably won’t be able to avoid the death penalty.”

At those words, Bang Young-soo looked at the lawyer with a troubled face, and the lawyer said with a somewhat somber face.

“I’ll talk to my client for a moment.”

“Go ahead.”

“Please turn off the recording function. This is confidential information.”

“I understand.”

Park Do-joon nodded and went outside, and actually turned off the recording function.

Inside, Bang Young-soo and the lawyer started talking for a long time.

“What are they saying? I shouldn’t have turned off the microphone.”

“If we get caught later, it’ll be a headache again. The content is obvious, so there’s no need to listen.”

“It would be nice to know, though.”

As the chief said, Park Do-joon chuckled and looked at the two people beyond the mirror window.

Profiling is my calling.