Shinhyeok Lee. (3)

said the chief.

“Hey man. So would you like to partner with me? uh? don’t nag You take over tomorrow.”

“Ah, chief…”

“Don’t be shy?”

“under···.”

As the team leader left the office, he sighed and shook his head.

All five members of the wide-area profiler team were recruited after graduating from the police academy and having field experience.

Despite such experience, it is difficult to find the culprit.

Buried in physical evidence and photos from the scene, he spends a long time wrestling with the case.

Jo Gyeong-chan shook his head.

“Anyway, the movie ruined everything.”

I dream of becoming a profiler, imagining the wonderful things the media shows.

However, the profiler and the actual profiler are different.

Profilers in movies and dramas look at the scene, find out the culprits, and catch them nicely.

However, in reality, they are busy being buried in documents due to the case requests that come up like crazy from each region.

It was very tedious and difficult to put together evidence and information and chase the culprit.

There were also guys who joined the wide profiler team and actually quit.

The guy who vomited while looking at the photos of the crime scene.

The guy who wore dark circles every day because corpses appeared in his dreams.

The guy who ran away with only a letter of resignation in less than a month.

The rookie before that, the guy who wrote a novel because he was told to profile, lasted quite a while.

That’s for a little over a year.

If you want to teach them a little, they jump out, throw their ID cards as if they are running away, and throw their resignation as if they are running away…

There were a lot of people who beat me before becoming a profiler.

“Ehh, I don’t know either.”

Jo Gyeong-chan threw his resume into the empty seat.

* * *

A little past 9:00 at night.

Shin Hyuk was staring at the sign from afar.

[Shin Hyuk’s Rice Soup]

Would the store’s average score be 15?

The sliding door slid open, and the pleasantly drunk-looking guests came out.

“I’m going to eat well.”

“Go carefully.”

At that time, Shin Hyuk half-hidden his body against the wall.

It was because the woman in sweats on her way to the soup restaurant looked at her for a moment.

However, the woman quickly looked away and went into a soup restaurant.

How long has it been like that?

The light on the signboard went out and the owner of the soup restaurant and the woman who had gone in earlier came out together.

The two were mother and daughter.

“It keeps coming out, mom says it’s okay.”

The daughter crossed her arms with her mother.

“I’m afraid someone will take my pretty lady. Is there no one among the guests who just flirts? yes?”

At her daughter’s words, the mother smiled and wrinkled her eyes.

“I have a daughter this grown up, who would even look at me?”

“What are you talking about? how pretty my mom is Mom, even now…”

“I’m fine, mom.”

The mother and daughter chatting in harmony soon disappeared from Shin-hyeok’s sight.

Shin Hyuk smiled.

When I was young, it was my real mother who asked me to go with her as if begging.

[Shin Hyuk’s Rice Soup]

As if distributing missing flyers, he made the name of the soup restaurant his own.

I don’t know how many times I’ve been to this place.

You don’t know how much I managed to hold back from wanting to approach you and call you mom, feeling emotional every time.

It was like that even now.

But it was not yet time to face them.

When I firmly established myself, then, then, I wanted to stand in front as a dependable son.

And the mother’s daughter, judging from the fact that she was 20 years old, was highly likely to be her own sister.

no it was right

So, at the time of the breakup, the mother had a younger brother in her belly.

Shin-hyeok, who had been staring at the signboard for ‘Shin-hyeok’s Rice Soup’, left his seat and walked down the street.

Many people passed by.

Shin Hyuk disappeared with them, buried in a forest of buildings.

* * *

the next morning.

Shin Hyuk, who first went to work as a member of the provincial investigation profiler team, looked around.

Is it because you come 30 minutes early?

There was no one.

Instead of no one, papers were piled high like a mountain at each seat.

“who are you?”

Hearing the sound from behind, Shinhyuk turned around.

I saw an ID hanging around the neck of a middle-aged man who appeared to be in his early 40s.

[Cho Kyung-chan]

Shin Hyuk immediately lowered his head.

“hello. My name is Lee Shin-hyeok, a sergeant who was selected as a special hire this time.”

Cho Gyeong-chan, Shin-hyeok’s shooter, glanced at Shin-hyeok.

He has no practical experience and does not learn investigation or profiling in the Criminal Investigation Department (Criminal Psychology Department).

Most of the research in Criminal Psychology is about how likely a criminal with certain characteristics is to re-offend, why people commit crimes, biological analysis of criminals’ brains, or psychometric statistics on how psychosis affects offenders. mainly researches

He is a rookie who has learned about things other than investigation or profiling.

Jo Gyeong-chan was confused about what to say.

I felt a bit of pity when I saw that there was no family information, but the public is the public and the life is the life.

‘If you grew up in such an environment…’

Occupational diseases naturally spring up in my head.

Cho Kyung-chan reached out his hand, and Shin-hyeok grabbed it with both hands.

“Oh yeah. Nice to meet you. You look good. That actor looks like Go Soo.”

“thank you.”

Jo Kyung-chan raised his hand and thought for a moment.

first···.

“Is the office empty? It’s because everyone is on a business trip right now. Over there is the chief’s seat. And over there…”

Jo Gyeong-chan pointed out the seat and pointed to Shin-hyeok’s seat.

“This is the position Shin Hyuk will use from now on. Oh, can I talk?”

“Yeah. of course. thank you.”

There was only a PC in the seat. No, one pen was rolling around.

“sit down. Sit comfortably.”

Shin Hyuk sat down at Cho Gyeong-chan’s recommendation.

“Is this your first time in corporate life?”

“Yeah. I have been working part-time.”

In the detective office he set up himself.

I didn’t include it on my resume because I thought it would be unnecessary.

“Oh my gosh…”

Jo Gyeong-chan groaned involuntarily and held out the file.

“Our job is to reconstruct the scene through on-site evidence and NFS analysis, identify a suspect, and suggest a direction for the investigation. You could call it investigative consulting. I am watching this for now.”

“thank you.”

Jo Kyung-chan smiled a little.

In a situation where there is a law to be embarrassed, don’t you take over the file folder quickly?

It’s good to have guts.

I wish I could see that too.

“Ask me if you have any questions.”

“Yeah. thank you.”

Jo Gyeong-chan went back to his seat and called somewhere.

“Oh, it’s me, Detective Kim. that footprint Are the shoes from 3 years ago correct? Are you sure? Did you hear it yourself?”

While Jo Kyung-chan was on the phone, Shin-hyeok turned over the file.

Photos of the scene were included.

There is no CCTV information, only bloodstains and a chilled victim lying on the floor.

Fingerprints and DNA were not detected, and the time of the incident was estimated to be 3:00 p.m.

Information on forensics and orchards was also included.

A 260mm-sized blood print that appears to belong to the culprit, a self-cut wound on the eyebrow and a stab wound on the neck of the victim, the cafe proprietress.

Mandibular joint malocclusion, frontal subscapular hemorrhage.

The murder weapon is presumed to be the same as a tonkatsu knife.

Statements from family members revealed that the mistress’s bag was missing.

There were no defense marks.

Shin Hyuk carefully observed the bloodstains.

At that time, Jo Kyung-chan, who was on the phone, glanced at Shin-hyeok.

And he laughed.

‘Does a suspect come out if you stare at it like that?’

Contrary to Cho Gyeong-chan’s thoughts, Shin Hyuk was reconstructing the incident like a video in his head.

* * *

I went into a coffee shop.

– With my daughter.

As I opened the door and entered, a small bell rang.

“welcome.”

The hostess smiles and says hello.

I took my seat in the deepest corner of a small coffee shop.

A few minutes later, the female boss came over.

“Huh, guest? The order is…”

“I’ll order a little later.”

The female president smiles, revealing her even teeth.

“Ah, I see.”

The lady boss immediately turned around.

I wet my dry lips with my tongue.

‘Now.’

I chased right after her and aimed my knife at her white throat.

“Kyaaak!”

Surprised by the presence of her, she turned around and my knife missed her eyebrow.

She propped herself on the table as if she was about to fall, and screamed as if her downy hair was standing upright.

“Ah! Why, why are you like this!”

I was taken aback for a moment, but I thrust the knife into her neck as she hurriedly turned to escape.

When he draws the knife, blood spurts out like a water gun and sprays onto the wall.

dump.

“Kreukreuk-.”

As she knelt to her knees as if her strength was waning, a boiling sound flowed from her mouth.

“Gagging. gagging.”

Blood gushed out of his mouth.

I kicked her in the face.

‘I’ll die soon.’

F*ck!

She collapsed and I stomped on her face a few more times.

‘Quickly!’

puck!

“Quickly!’

Fortunately, it was only shaken by kicking, but the slight movement quickly disappeared.

Even the pupils of his half-closed eyes were motionless.

I quickly walked over to the counter and looked around.

It took a long time to break the force machine that would contain the cash… At that time, the female president’s back caught my eye.

I took it in my hand as if snatching it and headed for the door.

* * *

Having composed the case, Shin Hyuk nodded slowly.

“We have to watch events like extraterrestrial satellites. Like a thorough third person.”

Jo Kyung-chan put his hand on Shin-hyeok’s shoulder.

“How do you see it? It feels like looking for Kim Seo-bang in Hanyang, doesn’t it?”

It will feel like looking for a needle in the desert.

Contrary to Cho Gyeong-chan’s words, Shin Hyuk was a little different now.

I always had to be that needle, and even now, Seobang Kim, I have become a criminal.

Jo Gyeong-chan patted Shin Hyuk on the shoulder.

“What kind of crazy do you think he is? tell me what you think You can be wrong, so don’t be afraid.”

Author’s words

I would like to open a small event.

Characteristics and tendencies of suspects in the coffee shop owner murder case.

For example, the suspect may or may not have a job.

What was the age, education, and personality of the usual suspects?

To the one who guesses the closest without first-come-first-served basis (if there are many people who guessed similarly, we will collect only them and turn them into a random draw), I will give you 3,000 gold as a gift at the same time as the series will be published tomorrow.

Thank you for visiting us today.

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