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Are you sure?

Get every speck of dust and fingerprint analyzed thoroughly.

-And I'll make sure no one knows. -That's the most important.

Be careful until we get the results.

It's also important to do it fast.

DON'T WORRY, NO POISON MURDERER

What was that?

MURDERER SLAM!

No!

Stop!

-What's wrong with this? -No!

Stop!

No!

Chief Kook!

Chief Kook.

Are you all right?

-What's wrong? -The evidence.

-Your life comes first. -I'm going to catch him!

Hey!

Are you all right?

FRIEND

You scumbag!

I'm really going to kill you!

That was a warning for your friend.

What are you playing at? Where are you? Say it.

Where are you right now?

So you can lose your cool. You seem more human now.

SHADOW DETECTIVE

The vehicle was controlled from the outside.

How?

I think the ECU was hacked.

What did you report to the team?

I just told them the vehicle was defective.

Did they believe you?

They'll find out that I bluffed once they investigate and analyze,

but I needed to buy some time.

I can't just tell them the truth, you know?

Matters won't go out of hand for now, then.

Only a matter of time.

MURDERER SLAM!

It's on me to catch him now.

You stay out of it.

I'll make him pay for my cars. I already wrecked two.

By the way,

how did he know that we were meeting?

Perhaps he was tailing you? Or...

did he hack our phones?

He still is.

What?

Stay out of this.

I'm exposed already.

Detective Kim, are you all right?

Yes, I am.

What's going on?

Nothing serious.

Are you okay?

Yes, I'm fine thanks to him.

Section Chief Woo's...

burial is tomorrow.

All right. This place will be completed soon.

I've come this far thanks to you all.

Why do you sound like that, Mr. Shin?

The redevelopment work has started

and things are about to work out well for us.

By the way, it's true that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I feel like something is missing without Director An.

To be frank, what happened to Director An benefits us, don't you think?

He's been nagging me so much to nominate him.

Gentlemen.

Has anyone else handled matters with Section Chief Woo directly

without my knowledge like Director An?

If so, please tell me now.

-Oh, my. No. -No.

-Of course not. -Why would you say that?

This is an unrelated matter,

but I heard that this guy has his eyes on our region.

Wonjin Construction, the company on the verge of going bankrupt,

is lobbying aggressively to win the construction bid.

Rumor has it that Chairman Jang is behind it.

The CEO of Wonjin Construction already approached us too.

Of course, I firmly turned him down.

But other councilmen seemed torn.

I don't blame them. The company is offering

such exceptional terms to invest in developing our region.

Excuse me, sir. The situation is quite serious.

Our development committee might end up just a strawman

while they snatch away all the benefits.

Why are you all worried?

The chief's got our back.

They can't make their way in so easily.

Right? My goodness.

I'm sorry

for not stopping you sooner.

Ma'am...

I'm so sorry.

Chief Kook.

May I have a word with you?

Later.

Taekrok.

Hyunseok.

Regretting it now won't change anything.

Mister, why did you do it?

You knew all along that I bribed the witness.

Because of you, my mom...

My poor mom.

Don't pretend like you're the only righteous one.

You're no different.

Dad.

Jiwoo.

Don't look at me like that.

I can't get it out of my head.

I'm scared, Dad.

This road is rarely used. It'll be hard to secure other dashcams.

There are no CCTVs around.

Why this place?

Do you think it's a coincidence?

Why weren't you picking up? Did something happen?

Why did you call?

You haven't called me after leaving like that.

Let's talk later.

Should I book you a medical checkup in Seoul?

I'm hanging up now.

He is up to something.

What now?

Well...

I read through Old Detective for the first time in a while.

It made me realize that you saved so many people.

The readers would be astonished if they found out these are true stories.

Are you listening?

I'm hanging up now.

OLD DETECTIVE

JIAN! MOM!

THIS WILL BE ENOUGH, THIS WILL DO.

A DETECTIVE FACING RETIREMENT AND A MYSTERIOUS MAN…

TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION UNIT STORAGE

I couldn't recover the external channel since it got burnt badly.

I barely salvaged the internal.

Chief Kook!

It accelerated suddenly. The vehicle must've been defective.

No, not quite.

If that were the case, the RPM should've gone straight up.

But look. When the engine turns off and turns back on,

the program is activated.

The ECU is controlled from the outside.

Let's see when he starts to mess with it.

The recording is completely erased starting two hours ahead of the incident.

-Can you track down who did it? -I'm not the police. That's your job.

What's wrong with Taek the Dog? Is something going on?

You don't know?

My goodness. There is something you don't know about him?

-Tell me about it. -"Taek the Dog"?

You're new, so you haven't heard.

Taekrok is like a feisty dog. "Taek the Dog."

Taek the Dog, I see.

Where did I take the wrong turn?

If I weren't so impatient...

If I hadn't looked the other way then...

If I weren't a cop...

My phone was hacked, too.

What do you want to do now?

Let's stop here.

If I give up, the friend can't do anything anymore.

Just drop it.

Then I'll catch him by myself.

Why do you keep clinging on to this?

If we give up, do you think it'll just be over?

If something happens to you, that punk will find another target.

Someone else will continue to replace you.

He killed Section Chief Woo Hyunseok and hacked and blew up my car.

Do you think he'll stop?

I'm not ever giving up.

Since when were you so righteous?

I'm not sure. I already let go of a lot of things and came down here.

But I don't want to let him have his way.

I said don't do it.

Do you even realize how foolish you're acting right now?

You said this is what the friend wants.

He wants you to ruin yourself.

I'm going all the way.

What is he doing?

BORAM LAW FIRM HA SUNGMIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW

Are you moving out?

-Work hard. -Do you want me to pack you some kimchi?

-I already did. -I'm reporting you to the police.

What's up with him? Is he really not coming back?

Yes?

I moved out of my room for now.

When did you get hacked?

One day before based on the log file.

You don't even have a refrigerator?

Just drink that.

I suppose you order in a lot.

I don't like delivery food. I eat out mostly.

ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

I guess you don't eat much.

You're sharp indeed.

Your wife must be very worried.

Yes, she is very worried that I won't grant her a divorce.

I plan to. I just couldn't find the time.

Make time to see your family, so that you won't regret it later.

Well, what should we do first?

ETA on the forensics result?

Minimum three to four days.

Let's narrow down the cases first.

You were in charge of Choi Kyoil's case.

You assisted Section Chief Woo on Yang Kitae's case.

Why did that punk point out these two cases?

The two cases aren't linked at all.

An incident took place,

but there is no evidence, witness, suspicious circumstance, or suspect.

Then what do we check first?

Who benefited from it?

Chief Seo.

Because of Choi Kyoil's case of burying the high school girl,

Chief Seo earned good media coverage.

But what about Yang Kitae's case?

He removed Director An, his rival in getting into politics.

Most importantly, with Section Chief Woo Hyunseok's death,

the acts of corruption that they've committed together

became more difficult to uncover.

It's the chief, then?

No, it can't be Chief Seo.

How can you be so sure?

Chief Seo doesn't need all this data.

When the evidence was fabricated, he was the investigation team leader.

It could backfire on him.

Besides, if Woo Hyunseok's corruption is exposed,

so would his weakness.

What if it's the opposite?

If it's contradictory and illogical, let's think from the opposite angle.

As an extreme scenario, we can flip the victim and the perpetrator

and make a deduction.

Choi Kyoil. Yang Kitae.

It seems like Chief Seo was behind it all,

but he didn't commit this corruption himself.

When I said I fabricated the evidence, the friend didn't sound too thrilled.

He didn't react even when An Juyong was found to be the real culprit.

Are you deducing in your head again?

He's looking for the chief's weak spot.

Detective Kim.

What if...

Chief Seo isn't the perpetrator, but the victim?

Catch the murderer. One week.

I can't give you any more than that.

But if you catch him, report to me first.

Got that?

Do you mean he's after Chief Seo?

It's possible.

Let's first select the cases that could be an Achilles' heel to Chief Seo.

If the friend threatens you with one of those cases next,

we can be certain that he's after Chief Seo, right?

Highly likely.

Understood.

-You don't find it strange? -You don't know Taekrok.

You don't know him any better than me now.

Ever since I got here,

suspicious things keep happening around Detective Kim.

How could he be innocent?

Why are you so suspicious of him?

How could you be so blind?

-Stay out of it if you don't trust him. -Wait.

I'll trust you instead.

FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2005 I ENDED UP GETTING DIVORCED TODAY...

Who is it?

What's all this?

Is this the new investigation headquarters?

I told you to stay out of it.

I know you got hacked.

We checked the dashcam.

Should we open up an official investigation

regarding all the questionable and incomprehensible events surrounding you?

I'll explain later. Just leave.

I said leave!

The traces of hacking prior to the accident was deleted.

Who deleted it?

-The thing is-- -Chief Kook.

We don't have time to waste.

Seriously, who is it?

Detective Kim...

is being blackmailed.

I can't put anyone else in danger.

What about Chief Kook?

It's dangerous for Chief Kook, too. Why am I the only one excluded?

Chief Kook got exposed already because of me, but not you guys.

More importantly, it's not just about you.

What if Kyungchan gets harmed? Can you handle it?

All the more reason not to exclude us.

Sunga.

From now on, we'll dig into the chief's corruption together.

We need to catch him quickly for everyone's safety.

CHIEF SEO COVERED IT UP? PUT PRESSURE?

So the chief could've committed these acts of corruption

that could destroy him instantly, right?

If the friend points to one of these,

it'll become certain that he's after the chief.

That's right.

The Songan-ri evictee suicide case.

-Eunchang kindergartener abduction case. -How many...

Hagok district development corruption.

A COUNCILMAN SPECULATES ON REDEVELOPMENT

If he mentions any one of these,

he's after Chief Seo without a doubt.

Stand up and greet me, you punk.

The lawyer...

Thank...

Thank you for the lawyer.

It'll be of help.

I had a consultation.

He seems trustworthy.

Give me some time for the evidence.

By the way, I asked around about Mr. Cheon.

Isn't that Mr. Cheon?

It was dark and a bit far away, but he's sure that he saw Mr. Cheon.

Perhaps he smuggled himself out after getting into trouble.

Did he ask you anything else when he came to visit you?

He said he'd help me clear my name, but had vanished by the time I got out.

He didn't ask me about anything else, but...

As I suspected, Mr. Cheon knew

that Yang Kitae was falsely accused.

Detective Kim, actually, Mr. Cheon is the one

who brought up the settlement.

Hey, Kitae. Don't worry.

That settlement amount is nothing. I'll shake up Woo Hyunseok

and squeeze it out of him.

Mr. Cheon and Woo Hyunseok's relationship went sour?

Chief Seo, too?

So Mr. Cheon needed to find their weak spots.

-Come out! -Sir, it's me.

-I said come out! -Yes, sir. One moment.

Please don't shoot.

Are you all right, sir?

You may go.

-Welcome. -Hello.

BAE YOUNGDOO GEUMO POLICE STATION

I'm a police officer.

I have a question for you.

Any chance...

this man has been here before?

Well, I'm not so sure.

Perhaps you can ask the manager.

Thank you.

Sir.

-Hello. -How may I help you?

-I'm investigating a case. -Yes?

There's something I need to check.

Okay.

Has this man been here before?

I do remember him.

We had some trouble at the cafe, and he handled it.

I see.

Then, has he...

been here with this person?

Yes, I believe they came here together for some time.

-Thank you. -No problem.

FRIEND

Go ahead, sir.

FRIEND

Don't use your head ever again. It doesn't suit you.

Answer me.

-Okay. -So An Juyong was the real culprit.

You didn't care about An Juyong to begin with.

Okay, this is the last one.

You recall the Songan-ri case, right?

The representative of the evictees committed suicide.

He didn't commit suicide. Find the killer.

Answer me.

No.

I won't play your games anymore.

-What? -What's next after Songan-ri?

The Eunchang Kindergarten case? Or the Hagok district development case?

You...

You're after Chief Seo, aren't you?

So you've done your research.

You're right. Go dig out Chief Seo's acts of corruption.

Find evidence that will destroy him in one blow.

-Answer me. -No.

Go find it yourself from now on.

Should I?

You'll regret it.

I'm already full of regrets.

In the end, it was your decision.

INCOMING VIDEO CALL DO YOU ACCEPT?

FRIEND

Leave my daughter out of this.

-You're still arrogant. -Please!

Hey.

Come on. Deal with...

Deal with me. Okay?

I wonder who will get to Jiwoo first.

I suppose whoever is closer.

Hey!

The call cannot be connected...

She isn't answering?

Come on, Jiwoo. Please pick up.

DAD

Detective Kim!

Set this as a base point. Investigate the area

and secure any CCTVs and dashcams.

-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.

Jiwoo!

Jiwoo, open the door!

Jiwoo!

Jiwoo!

Jiwoo.

Dad...

Is there anything urgent?

What? No. I was just passing by the area...

and wanted to see you.

I'm fine.

What?

Yes. Of course, you're fine.

Everything is okay, right?

Of course.

-I'll get going. -You're just going?

Go on inside.

I WONDER WHO GOT TO JIWOO FIRST? I SUPPOSE WHOEVER WAS CLOSER?

Dad!

Dad!

Jiwoo!

Dad!

Get out of my way, you damn bastards!

Jiwoo!

Jiwoo!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

-Dad! -Jiwoo!

Park Chunkyu.

My life is ruined because of you.

Damn it. It's all your fault.

Have someone guard her.

I took care of it already without your daughter noticing.

What will you do now?

What's certain is that either he or I have to die for this to end.

Anyone who comes to mind?

I need to check something first.

You told Mr. Cheon, didn't you?

"I feel wronged. I didn't kill my brother.

I was framed."

"And Chief Seo fabricated the evidence."

Admit it.

As suspected, Mr. Cheon knew about it.

I even checked with Choi Kyoil.

He's most likely to be the friend.

CHEON KIDUK

Mr. Cheon?

Who is Mr. Cheon?

Is he that psychopath?

Yes. He's a cruel scumbag.

He's originally from Busan.

He came here in middle school and went in and out of juvenile detention centers.

Then he committed numerous crimes related to drugs, violence, and fraud.

After he got out of prison, he started a service company.

Now it's primarily in the food business.

He became close to Hyunseok after becoming a loan shark.

As this area got developed, he expanded his power into the entertainment district.

He received bribes and requests from businessmen

on behalf of Woo Hyunseok and solved their issues,

effectively serving as a case broker.

That's why I love playing golf!

Like a pro athlete!

Let's play together. Come with me!

The friend pointed out Choi Kyoil's case first.

They went to school together and were best friends at one point.

Before Mr. Cheon vanished, he visited Choi Kyoil in prison.

Choi Kyoil probably made a fuss and complained to Mr. Cheon

that he felt wronged because of the chief.

Is Mr. Cheon also linked to An Juyong,

the culprit for the second case?

No, to Yang Kitae.

Yang Kitae was an employee of Mr. Cheon's service company.

And Mr. Cheon knew that Yang Kitae was falsely accused because of the chief.

Why did he look through these notes if he already knew everything?

To check the facts.

These guys are all criminals.

There are no friends or classmates among criminals.

I doubt Mr. Cheon would've believed them so blindly.

Mr. Cheon could've just exposed the chief's corruptive ways.

Then he'll end up involving himself.

But why did he pick you?

He couldn't get the chief's weak spot out of Woo Hyunseok.

He then heard about the information I had.

To go after the chief...

...he broke into my room.

CHOI KYOIL, CHEON KIDUK

That's how it was all planned out.

Chief Kook, please request for CCTV footage from the control center.

-Okay. I'll do it off the record. -Mm.

And you two, please secure additional CCTV and dashcam footage

near my daughter's place.

Will do.

CHEON KIDUK

-Here you go. -Thank you.

No problem.

-Here you go. -Thank you.

No problem.

Have you seen this man?

-I'm not sure. -Okay.

Have you seen this man?

No, I haven't.

As for the control center CCTV footage, we can check it when Chief Kook sends it.

We'd better analyze the dashcam and CCTV footage soon.

Yes, a lot to review. Let's go.

To Chief Kook's place?

But he doesn't even have a refrigerator.

We'll get no sleep today to analyze this.

We can't go to the station.

Should we go to your place?

Let's divide up and conquer.

-Fine. Let's go to my place. -Do it separately.

-Let's follow the rule. -What rule?

You investigate in pairs. I also need to talk to you.

Get in.

-What? -Go home first.

Where are you going?

What are you doing?

Shift change. One moment, please.

Darn it.

Oh!

Yes, right there.

Hey, you're pretty strong.

My boss told me to take good care of you since you're a regular.

Is that right?

That feels good. A little lower.

-Here? -Are you new here?

-We've met before. -Where?

At a nightclub in Choryang-dong.

Oh, I see. That place.

My friend got me in.

You used to come there with a man named Mr. Cheon, I think?

I haven't seen him since.

That guy? I doubt he'll be able to come again.

Why not?

I believe he went somewhere very far.

He might be dead by now.

What?

Why are you so startled?

Why do you ask?

-Who the heck are you? -What do you mean he's dead?

I don't know.

Is Mr. Cheon really dead?

About three months ago, someone saw him beaten half to death.

-Who? -I don't really know either.

But everyone is saying...

...that Mr. Cheon must be dead.

No one has seen him since.

-Are you sure about that? -My guys think that he's dead.

Detective Kim, I talked to Antenna.

He says Mr. Cheon is dead.

Got it.

I heard Mr. Cheon is dead. Did you hear anything about it?

What? He's dead?

You hear anything?

Captain Do mentioned that Mr. Cheon seemed unwell.

But was he that ill?

So he seemed really unwell?

Yes, I think that's what he said.

-You should've told me sooner, you punk! -Ah! Ah!

Darn it.

Who is looking after Mr. Cheon's business?

-Ma Sanggu. -What?

Sanggu was acquitted a few days ago.

You didn't know?

You're a detective. How could you not know?

-Call me when you get a hold of him. -Who? Mr. Cheon? Ma Sanggu?

Mr. Cheon, you fool.

Wait, sir.

I'll be able to win the retrial for sure, right?

Promise?

Just wait.

Get out, you punk.

What did you want to tell me?

Oh, right.

My mom is calling. One moment, please.

What? Why isn't it working?

Hey, Officer Son.

Come see me for a bit.

What did the chief say?

He just said I should learn from my superiors as much as I can.

What about you? Why did you want to work with him?

I have my reason.

What are you doing?

By the way, I heard that Sanggu often goes to the arcade lately.

JACKPOT GAME LAND

Hey, hurry. We'll fall behind on deliveries.

-Yes, boss. -Okay, boss.

We're not a professional delivery service.

How long do we have to be Mr. Cheon's faithful servants?

When will we get to manufacture it instead of distributing without profit?

You go get rid of Mr. Cheon.

Then I'll call you "boss."

-Do you want me to get killed? -Darn you. Better you than me.

But you're the boss.

Don't talk back, you punk. I said hurry up.

What's taking so long? We're behind on deliveries.

-Hurry up. -Okay.

-Go now! -Okay.

Hurry up.

What was that?

Goddamn it, really.

Damn...

If you don't want your head blown off,

do as I say.

YANG SEUNGHEE

AN JUYONG

Cuff yourself.

Okay, I will. Just lower your gun.

What's that? That CCTV?

You're him. Aren't you?

SHADOW DETECTIVE