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Woo Gyeom, time to eat.

(Hematology and Regenerative Medicine)

Lee Woo Gyeom!

(Best Paper Award)

(Best Paper Presentation Award)

(Certificate of Award)

You scared me! Why didn't you say you were here?

I was about to, but you got startled before I had a chance.

Also, I told you to...

turn off that metronome before you sleep, didn't I?

It helps me focus better when I study.

(Lee Woo Gyeom gets accepted to Guam Med School.)

- Mom. - Yes?

Can't we take that down now?

It's on there just fine. Why would we take it down?

Have you forgotten that you're the pride of this neighborhood?

Come on. The pride of the neighborhood?

But whenever I come here, it feels like time stands still.

That place over there has been closed for over ten years,

but it still looks exactly the same.

Sometimes, it's nice when things don't change.

You think so?

- Mom, I'm heading out. - Okay, dear. Be safe.

Oh, right. The contest results are announced today, aren't they?

Don't get your hopes up. I probably didn't get it.

I'm sure you'll get good news, so just you hurry home.

- I'll have a nice meal ready for you. - Gosh, I told you not to bother.

I'm off.

That concludes today's lecture.

- Thank you. - You too.

Thank you, Professor.

Woo Gyeom. Let's go shoot some hoops.

Sorry, maybe later. I've got something I have to finish today.

Gosh, you're relentless.

You always have to remind everyone you're top of the class, don't you?

Woo Gyeom.

Could I have a word with you?

Our department has finally produced a true talent.

You know Professor Han Sang Ho, right?

He's the world's leading authority on blood cancer and hematologic diseases.

Yes, I know of him.

Professor Han Sang Ho himself wants to meet you.

We received a call from Chaeum.

No, really, Mom.

Professor Han Sang Ho read my thesis and asked to see me. I'm telling you.

See? Didn't I tell you you'd get good news?

Congratulations! So you'll be home early tonight, right?

This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance. I have so many questions to ask him.

I'm going to the library to organize my questions first, Mom.

Okay, but don't be too late.

I won't.

(The Final Choice)

Woo Gyeom.

Are you okay?

He's losing too much blood. He needs a transfusion at a hospital.

No.

That probably won't be possible.

My blood type...

is Rh null.

(Rh null: Can be donated to anyone, )

(but can only be received from Rh null donors)

(Chaeum Medical Group)

How much longer?

We'll be there in 20 minutes, Mr. Chairman.

Director Ahn.

Sir?

So...

What do we do about Lee Woo Gyeom?

- Take him to the lab for the cure and... - Right.

I know that's the right thing to do.

But seeing his disgustingly innocent face, I'll want to kill him on the spot.

So how am I supposed to do that?

Don't you have an answer, Director Ahn?

You've spent your life killing people, haven't you?

My apologies, sir.

Lee Woo Gyeom...

Will he keep up the act even as he dies? Or...

Or will he give up and let his hideous true colors show...

and beg me to spare his life?

Either way,

he's truly an infuriating man.

Yes, sir.

If we hadn't taken him in, forget about finding a cure.

He'd have been found dead in a ditch somewhere.

So incredibly ungrateful.

Don't you agree?

Yes, absolutely.

(Internal Report)

Didn't I tell you not to put a call through?

Yes, Attorney General.

Reporter Jo?

- I'm fine. - Wait, what happened?

The people from Chaeum are after Attorney Park.

What?

Why would they be after him?

It seems...

he helped Lee Woo Gyeom escape.

What?

You haven't heard from him at all?

- No. - What about Prosecutor Cha's team?

I went to Guam prosecutors this morning with the files on Assemblyman Baek.

They're probably questioning him by now.

- Are you okay? - Go over there and get me the first aid.

The first aid?

- Just lie down. - No, really. I'm okay.

How's Min Seo?

Listen, Woo Gyeom.

Why didn't you...

tell me everything from the start? Not just Chairman Chae, but everything.

Did you forget grabbing me by the collar the very first time we met?

And even when you knew Sang Woo was completely cured,

you refused to believe me, didn't you?

Back then...

I know.

Back then, all you could think about was Min Seo.

And you probably felt like there wasn't anyone you could trust.

But it was the same for me.

Who would believe a serial killer who murdered 17 people?

And who would believe him if he claimed he could cure the terminally ill?

Even I would have thought I was a lunatic.

You're still worried, aren't you?

That Min Seo might have a relapse someday.

No.

I believe you.

So you finally see what I'm truly capable of.

Think how much easier things would've been if you had just believed me sooner.

Every time I was in court with you...

Do you have any idea how frustrated I was?

Is that so?

Woo Gyeom.

Thank you.

For my Min Seo...

For saving my Min Seo.

Come on. Of course.

I was just doing what I was supposed to do.

But Min Seo is really lucky.

She has such a great dad like you.

You should...

get married and have kids of your own.

Then you'll understand what it feels like to be a parent.

Do you think I could get married...

and have wonderful children like Min Seo?

- You weren't planning on getting married? - No, that's not it.

Are you okay?

Yes, I'm fine.

But I should get going.

Why?

Chairman Chae will be here soon.

It's right here, counselor.

This is where I first committed to my entire plan.

After my car accident,

I was taken to Chaeum Hospital.

(Son)

He's an RH null patient in a coma.

Where is he from?

He's from Guam, Gyeonggi Province.

And that's how I met Professor Han.

This is the patient who was just brought to the research lab.

To Chairman Chae Jeong Su, obsessed with curing the incurable,

I was the best test subject he could ask for.

(Patient is negative for all antigens in the Rh system.)

(Test results determine blood type is RH null.)

(Rh null: Can be donated to anyone, )

(but can only be received from Rh null donors)

Proceed.

(Two weeks later)

Ma'am.

It makes things difficult when you keep coming in like this.

We're doing all we can to find your son. We'll be in touch.

It's been two weeks already since Woo Gyeom disappeared.

If you haven't found a single lead, then please, step up the investigation.

I'm sure you understand, Ma'am,

your son's case isn't the only one we're working on,

and there's a procedure for these things.

It's all going according to procedure, so please, just wait.

Besides, at his age,

he could've just gone on a trip with his girlfriend or some friends.

You understand?

- Detective... - We'll be in touch.

To find her son who had suddenly disappeared,

my mother worked tirelessly day and night...

and started to retrace my steps.

(Missing son)

(Missing son)

Even with no end in sight.

Even when the outcome was uncertain.

My mother never stopped.

(Missing son)

(Missing son)

(Last seen: Road near Guam University Central Library)

Ma'am, we've found your son.

He was the victim of a hit-and-run and was taken to the hospital,

but they couldn't identify him at the time,

so they say he was cremated, and his ashes were interred at a facility.

To use me as a test subject,

Chaeum colluded with law enforcement to falsely report my death.

A few months after she was told I had died,

my mother, after endless inquiries,

found the dashcam footage that captured my accident.

- Yes, that's the student. - What?

When we arrived, he was unconscious, so we transported him to the hospital.

And my route on the day of the accident,

and even testimonies from those who transported me to Chaeum Hospital.

She began piecing the truth together, to prepare a lawsuit against Chaeum.

(Public Petitions Office)

(If Chaeum has nothing to hide, reveal the truth of Woo Gyeom's death.)

(At the time of the accident, my son had his belongings and cell phone.)

There were others at the Chaeum Institute, unclaimed, with fake identities like me.

And to keep the truth from getting out...

Eventually, Chairman Chae even came after my mother.

And when Professor Han, who long led the incurable disease research,

failed to produce any significant results,

Chairman Chae, feeling the pressure from investors,

brought in a new research team.

And to prevent Professor Han from leaking any research data,

he started having him watched very closely.

Then, I miraculously woke up during an experiment.

And Professor Han, unable to take the pressure from Chairman Chae,

ended up escaping with me.

Lee Woo Gyeom.

You need to lay low for a while until I find an investor.

It won't take long, so just trust me.

I'll see this through to the end and make sure you get cured.

Woo Gyeom.

Where have you been?

Do you have any idea how worried I was?

Mom.

(Person swept away in Busan moments before rescue)

(Siding with the people, not the prosecution)

(Former prosecutor-turned-lawyer Park Han Jun's human rights activism)

At the very least, I can cure Min Seo.

How do you even know my daughter's name?

(The Iron Fist, Prosecutor Cha Yi Yeon of the Guam DPO)

(Secures max sentences in violent crime trials)

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Prosecutor Cha Yi Yeon.

(When the Press Is Our Last Shield)

(When the Press Is Our Last Shield, by Reporter Jo Woo Cheol)

What's the deal between you and Lee Woo Gyeom?

About a week before he was arrested? Lee Woo Gyeom contacted me directly.

At first, I thought he was a lunatic too.

But when a survivor shows up right in front of you...

I just thought, "This must be fate," and went with it.

(Chaeum Med Center's completion ceremony for Chaeum Research Institute)

Gosh, you got here fast.

- Don't you think this pin suits me? - Of course, sir.

You look absolutely fantastic, sir.

Yes.

Chairman Chae. He's meeting with Director Oh right now.

The one who started all of this...

wasn't me. It was Chairman Chae.

Now, if Chairman Chae were to disappear...

Don't you think the serial killer who killed 17 should disappear as well?

Woo Gyeom. What are you thinking right now?

Counselor.

Han Jun was with Lee Woo Gyeom?

Seriously, why are you just telling me this now?

So where are Lee Woo Gyeom and Han Jun now?

Yes, I understand. Okay.

Ma'am.

The detectives at Guam Station found Detective Gong's location.

- I'm off. Please handle things here. - Yes, ma'am.

Let's go.

Mr. Lee Woo Gyeom.

It looks like your little outing is about to end.

How does it feel?

Mr. Chae Jeong Su.

What do you think you're doing?

Counselor.

Shouldn't I be the one asking the questions?

We're just here to retrieve Lee Woo Gyeom,

the serial killer who is under Chaeum's care.

So why are you here with him, Counselor?

Wait. Did you perhaps help Lee Woo Gyeom escape?

Why?

Because of your daughter?

Gosh, this is a complete mess. What is the world coming to?

You and Mr. Lee...

Don't you feel any ounce of guilt or responsibility...

for the terminally ill patients around the world waiting for the cure?

This is no time for you two to be acting like this.

A father who throws everything away just to save his one daughter...

and a son who whines about his dead mom. It's pathetic, really.

Woo Gyeom!

What are you doing? What are you doing, Mr. Shin Ho Chang?

I said, "What are you doing?" What? What? You son of a gun.

- I'm sorry. - Sorry? You're sorry?

Director Ahn.

This is unacceptable.

How on earth do you train your staff?

That's mine.

I said it's mine.

I can barely stop myself from killing him right this second...

So why would you harm a test subject whose life is already hanging by a thread?

Why?

Mr. Lee Woo Gyeom, are you all right?

I'm so sorry. My team made a terrible mistake.

I'm truly sorry.

But...

Everyone makes mistakes from time to time.

Just like everything you've done to me up until now.

Let's forgive and forget. Let's focus on the bigger picture now.

Just like we did at the start.

Let's go back to Chaeum and start over.

So patients with incurable diseases can get a new lease on life.

How many people do you have to save to make it all okay?

How many more do we have to save to undo what you've done?

Have you ever considered saving more lives than the ones you took?

You're not supposed to be like this.

Of all people, you should know better than to do this.

That list of test subjects Professor Han had.

You were the one who had it, weren't you?

Still, what a relief.

That's the property of Chaeum, you know.

Why are you going to such lengths?

You were a victim of your own father too.

You know the feeling of being experimented on, so why?

A victim?

I'm not a victim.

You seem to be misunderstanding something, Mr. Lee Woo Gyeom.

(Chaeum Medical Center)

The experiment is progressing, but we lack a suitable test subject, so...

I...

I chose to become a test subject.

The son becomes the ingredient,

and the father researches a cure.

An age will come when Chaeum controls life and death.

Don't you see what a great honor it is to be a test subject?

Isn't that magnificent?

A challenge no one has ever accomplished.

It started with Chaeum's first chairman, my father, Professor Chae Jeong Hun.

And we're almost there, Mr. Lee Woo Gyeom.

The day we can use your blood...

and Chaeum's technology to create the cure...

and show the world Chaeum's greatness. That day is almost here!

Woo Gyeom.

Woo Gyeom. Don't. Just stop, okay?

He can't get away with this.

If I don't stop him now,

- there will be more monsters like me. - Woo Gyeom!

I'll handle this. You should leave, sir.

Lee Woo Gyeom!

Stop.

You're a little late today, Prosecutor.

That's enough now.

We already have testimony about Chairman Chae's illegal experiments,

- It's all right, Prosecutor Cha. - So...

It's already too late for me as well.

Han Jun!

Counselor.

Stay back!

Woo Gyeom.

Let's just stop.

I know how wronged you feel. How furious you are.

I know it all too well.

This time, I swear I'll do whatever it takes to save you.

So please, let's stop.

For both our sakes,

this is just too much, man.

Woo Gyeom.

I'm glad.

Prosecutor.

Please take good care of my lawyer for me.

Police reported an unexpected incident during the arrest of Lee Woo Gyeom,

and that they had to discharge a firearm to secure the scene.

(Chairman Chae Jeong Su arrested at the scene.)

Additionally, Chairman Chae Jeong Su of the Chaeum Medical Group was arrested.

An investigation is underway into his role in leading illegal medical experiments...

and his attempts to cover up the resulting patient deaths.

I'm Cha Yi Yeon from Criminal Division one.

This case involves illegal medical crimes that were perpetrated for years,

by gambling with the lives of nameless victims.

Lee Woo Gyeom asked me to give this to you.

What is this?

Counselor, take this.

Chairman Chae and Professor Han experimented...

on people with no kin and killed them.

This is the personal information of those 223 victims.

To date, the number of deaths at the Chaeum Medical research institute...

has reached a staggering total of 223.

In response, the Prosecution has arrested all parties...

who committed these unforgivable crimes under the shadow of money and power.

We promise to enforce the law without a shred of leniency.

Makes it all worthwhile.

Where are you headed today, Prosecutor Cha?

Since I received something from Lee Woo Gyeom,

I feel I should go pay my respects.

You two should head home early and get some rest today.

No, that's okay. We must first identify the victims...

Prosecutor Cha.

Let's go this way. This way.

- The entrance is full of reporters. - Seriously.

It'll be a pain if the reporters catch you.

(Guam District Prosecutors' Office, Public Service Center)

Prosecutor Cha.

Get home safe. We'll see you tomorrow.

We've secured both witnesses and evidence.

So why on earth?

Why are you still protecting Chairman Chae to the very end?

Why?

The Chaeum case, the one Baek bribed me to ignore...

is on a whole other level than what you're imagining.

Hey, Oh Hyeon Deuk.

Have you lost your mind?

You backstabbing son of a gun! Did you forget who made you what you are?

Did you? You think I'm going to let this slide?

Let go!

Let go of me!

I'll tell you everything.

About Chairman Chae and Assemblyman Baek.

The start of the Lee Woo Gyeom incidents, the people involved,

and every single thing you suspect, down to the last detail.

Why the sudden change of heart?

I heard you met with Chief Pyo.

You must have a rough idea then.

Chairman Cha.

Your father...

asked me to tell you...

to stop here.

Director Oh.

I...

I'm not a three-year-old child who has to listen to her dad.

If I were going to do this half-heartedly, I never would've started.

From now on, just tell me the facts, exactly like you are now.

Whoever was involved, whatever they did... Don't leave a single thing out.

All right.

Then I'll start recording now.

Yi Yeon.

If anything should happen to me,

open the metronome in my studio.

Inside, you'll find the first treatment I ever developed.

The choice is now yours, Counselor.

Whether developing the final treatment...

to save countless lives...

Or if that in turn will cause countless deaths...

is something no one on Earth can possibly know.

(No caller ID)

- Hello? - It's me.

I trust you've been well.

Counselor.