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Partners for Justice Season 2

The characters, institutions, place names, and incidents in this drama are all fictional.

Mr. Jin...

He stabbed me.

Ms. Kang was diagnosed with brain death.

What would you say about the nature of the victim's injury?

Those wounds could be self-inflicted.

They're dead.

What?

I'll call this guy I know. He's good at cleaning up.

Don't forget to clean up after. Got it, Doctor K?

You're going to take something out of this guy's stomach for us.

It must be drugs.

If you want this out of your body, tell your boss to hurry up.

Bring it here.

- What? - I'll swallow it.

- You want to volunteer? - Dr. Baek. No!

He had too much beef today.

A body-packer can't be full. Let's do it right.

There you go.

You're quite gutsy.

I'm impressed.

You rotten moron!

I told you to bring a few extra, didn't I?

Mr. Baek, are you okay?

It won't kill me.

I didn't eat anything, so there's no gastric fluid.

Boss.

The Forensics guys are here.

Crime scene photos.

Dr. Baek, you look awful. What happened?

Well... It's because he swallowed a time bomb.

A time bomb?

What's he talking about?

He swallowed some drugs.

- What kind? - A cheap one.

I'm guessing Krokodil.

- Dr. Baek, why did you do that? - How much?

50 grams.

That could kill you.

Why didn't you stop him?

I'm sorry. It's all my fault.

The stomach contents from the container floor.

Other than drugs, we only found gastric fluid and water.

He couldn't eat anything, with his stomach full of drugs.

Sally.

Did you get anything from his blood, urine, or hair?

I did. 99.89% pure methamphetamine.

Meth?

Isn't that a drug?

He did drugs?

Not just once. He used them for six months.

For six months?

How do you know that?

A hair grows only 1 centimeter a month,

so whatever you eat for that period stays in your hair.

It's not that hard.

What did I tell you?

I told you that Newbie was stealing from you.

Come on.

Tomorrow is the trial, and they changed the prosecutor in charge?

This is outrageous.

Ms. Eun. What should we do?

This is crazy. What are we going to do?

We should keep investigating.

The trial prosecutor has changed,

You're still in charge of this investigation.

We still have 12 hours. Let's get to work.

Let's go to Ilsong Securities...

- and dig into Jin Sang-cheol's past. - Okay.

What about the knife?

Well... We've gone through...

three month's worth of Jin Sang-cheol's credit-card statements,

but we haven't found anything.

We'll find it before morning comes.

I'll check on Ms. Kang A-reum to see if she's awake.

Sure.

Hello. I'm in a meeting.

What?

- That can't be happening. - What? What happened?

Goodness.

Ms. Eun, Ms. Kang A-reum...

has just passed away.

- I have to do something. - Where are you going?

There's only one person who can listen to the deceased.

I have to talk to him.

How can we find where the knife came from at this hour?

I can't see well at night.

The whole thing is about to fall apart. Stop whining.

We have to do something.

We did everything, but we found nothing.

On top of checking into Jin Sang-cheol,

we should check into Kang A-reum too.

We found a fruit knife at Kang A-reum's place.

She could've bought another to use for this crime.

Do you think this was self-inflicted, just like Grumpy Beom said?

Never mind.

Yeong-mi.

He's farsighted, so he's useless.

Can you please help us?

Can you print out three months' worth of...

Kang A-reum's credit-card statements?

If you trade an off day with me.

Of course. I'll do that. Sure.

I was going to do that.

You've been fooled, you idiot!

- How thick. - I know, I let her fool me.

Boss.

It seems Newbie was a junkie and he took the drugs.

He's gone stir-crazy after hearing 300 big ones.

Take good care of him, Newbie.

He's a special product from overseas.

Yes! That's worth three big ones, right?

Darn it.

You should watch your mouth.

I'm sorry.

This jerk.

Instead of delivering it to Mr. Chairman, he took it?

Hang on.

Then why is his stomach empty?

Who stole it?

Boss.

Should I track down his family members?

They might know where it is.

- Where are the LC/MS data? - Here.

That's what I thought.

What are you looking at?

What's this?

You don't know what to make of it. Give it back.

- Newbie didn't do it. - What?

Are you kidding me?

Your call has been forwarded to voicemail.

Where is Ms. Han?

She's not answering. Neither are Seong-joo or Sally.

None of them are reachable?

Dr. Baek can be thorough with an autopsy.

They might be too busy with an autopsy.

Mr. Park.

Do you think they're playing hooky?

Stop. They wouldn't do that.

Mr. Ma Do-nam here...

will conduct an emergency autopsy on Kang A-reum's body.

Well, as the head of...

No! Mr. Baek should do it.

What?

Well... I'm sorry, but...

can you postpone the autopsy?

Ms. Eun, the NFS has absolute autonomy when assigning bodies for autopsy.

I'm well aware of that, Mr. Ma.

But Mr. Baek previously wrote...

a clinical forensic report on Ms. Kang A-reum.

If possible, isn't it better for the same person to do it?

But you said it was urgent.

We don't know when Mr. Baek will be available.

You know what?

I'll go to Incheon and bring him back.

I need to get to the bottom of this, today.

Newbie's never done or ingested drugs.

You just said he's been doing them for six months.

He's been taking narcotic pain relievers.

His liver was shot, so he was in a lot of pain.

The ceruloplasmin count in his blood was quite low.

That's a symptom of Wilson's Disease.

He couldn't process the copper in his system,

which accumulated in his liver, and thus his liver was shot.

Do I have to continue?

Death.

He said he'd buy a liver from China for $100,000.

How do you know that?

Well... That's because...

he asked to borrow money from me.

Where's the package?

How am I supposed to know?

I saw you two whispering to each other.

Hey, are you okay?

- Don't overdo it. - Don't worry.

That's nonsense.

He looked sick, so I was worried,

and said a few words.

Do you expect me to believe it?

I can't trust anything that comes out of your piehole.

Boss, should I cut him open?

- Put him on here. - Please.

I didn't do it! It wasn't me.

Hey! Let go of me.

Let go of me!

You're the right guy to get blood on your hands.

Cut him open! Now!

Partners for Justice Season 2

End Game: The last stage of a game or tactic

Thank you for helping us.

Never mind. This is the least I could do.

I'm Han Yoo-taek, the head of HR at Ilsong Securities.

Right.

We have a few questions about Mr. Jin Sang-cheol...

and his personnel record.

Go ahead.

We found out that Mr. Jin attended a disciplinary committee hearing.

That's right. There were a few cases,

but they were all minor.

There were three cases altogether, and they all...

seemed to have something to do with female employees.

Did any of them involve serious allegations?

Not at all.

The employees that were involved left the company,

so everything was resolved on its own.

Is that right?

Can you provide me with their contact info?

I want to cross-check with them.

That's too bad.

We destroy all the personal information of retired employees,

as per company regulations.

I wish I could help you.

Is that right?

There's nothing.

She's also clean.

If it wasn't used in the kitchen,

and neither of them bought it,

did it fall from the sky or something?

Why don't you dig up the ground too?

- What? - You know what?

Let's get some caffeine, and take it from there.

Okay.

Smells good.

We also have knives in our kitchenette.

Hey! My gosh.

I told you not to be too obsessed with the knife.

The knife.

It might be from the office kitchenette.

You peel fruit with it when you have guests.

A big company must have a knife in their kitchenette.

But how can we check?

We should go there.

We aren't going anywhere at this hour.

Cut him open! Now!

- He's not your guy either. - What?

Sally, you've seen pili torti, right?

One of these has it, right?

Goodness. Are you speaking in code?

Don't be disrespectful to King Sejong the Great.

Pili torti is a genetic hair condition.

That was the type of hair found in the victim's hand.

It's a special curled hair that's curved at a 180-degree angle.

You mean that the jerk who killed Newbie...

has curly hair?

Who could it be?

What was that?

It's you.

Do you really want to die today?

What are you doing?

Kneel.

Boss.

- Hello, sir. - How are you?

Hey! Who are you?

Well... We're investigators from the Eastern DPO.

We need to check something in the Sales Department.

- Please move. - Wait!

Is this regarding Mr. Jin, from the Sales Department?

You know about it.

This is urgent. Please move.

- You can't go in. - Why not?

The warrant. Did you bring it?

We're in a hurry, so...

Then come back tomorrow. With the warrant.

Sir, why are you being so difficult?

I have to be thorough.

I don't want to get fired.

Go on. I can't let you in.

- Please go. - Come on.

Please leave.

Who are you?

I'm Chairman Kang's golf coach. I'm Coach Cheon.

Coach Cheon?

- I've never seen you before. - This is my first visit.

I only meet him on the golf course.

After finishing his round, the secretary left...

Mr. Chairman's golf bag in his office,

and my stuff got mixed in with it by mistake.

I came here to pick it up. May I come in?

I can't let you in now.

- Tomorrow... - Ilsong Family Festival.

That's tomorrow, right?

I left one of these in his golf bag.

What if his wife sees it tomorrow?

I'm scared.

Well...

please take your time.

Thank you.

Well, then.

Investigation Division 1 National Tax Service

- Hey! - Hey.

You're all working the night shift. You're all here.

This is a special investigation period for offshore tax evasion.

We're so swamped.

Sorry to add to your workload,

but have you looked into it?

Yes. Look.

In 2018, there were...

14 cases involving tax reports on retirees...

from Ilsong Securities, and three of them were female.

Let me see. Choi Jin-hee,

Park Yeong-sil,

and Kim Eun-yeong?

This could work. Thank you.

Ji-han.

- Do you have a minute? - What is it?

I'm currently working on a case.

I think you should know.

Kitchenette

I knew it!

Yes. My gut was right.

I found the same knife.

She bought it...

at Haru Mart a week ago.

As soon as the supermarket opens tomorrow,

we'll get the security-camera footage.

If neither Jin Sang-cheol or Kang A-reum bought it,

someone else must have.

Nice going, Coach Cheon.

You're not going to talk?

How many times do I have to tell you?

I know nothing about it!

Boss. We should visit Mr. Chairman.

I'm asking you for the last time.

Where's the package?

What is it?

There's someone at the entrance.

- It's a she. - Take care of her.

How dare you betray me?

Forget it. Never mind.

I can cut you open to find out.

You should finish what you started.

- Open him up! - Boss!

Please don't.

When you cut him open,

if there's nothing in his stomach, you're all going to...

die.

- Put him on there. - Boss!

Please! No!

Boss! Let go!

Let go, you jerk!

- Hold him down. - Let go!

Boss!

Cut him open!

What are you waiting for?

Do it!

Boss!

Hang in there. It'll be over in no time.

Boss.

Why draw blood?

Get a bottle of water.

- Drink it. - What for?

This is what killed the body-packer.

Do you see the water bottle in the corner?

Do you?

- Are you kidding me? - What are you talking about?

He died because of a bottle of water?

When you carry drugs in your stomach, you can't eat anything.

If you drink a glass of water,

Bam!

If it explodes, you die instantly.

Thank you.

What is it?

What's going on?

What about the package?

He must've transported it in the safest place.

In his body.

You're saying that one of us killed the body-packer...

with a bottle of water,

and Newbie too.

Did you see?

I drank this water, and nothing happened.

I'm not carrying anything in my stomach.

Let me see.

Who else went in there other than me?

Boss.

We're the only ones with the key.

Go ahead and drink it!

I said, drink it!

Hello.

Hello, are you Ms. Kim Eun-yeong?

Yes, that's me.

You worked in the Sales Department at Ilsong Securities, right?

Who are you?

I'm Prosecutor Doh Ji-han with the Eastern DPO.

Sorry to barge in like this at this late hour.

We'd like to ask you a few questions about Mr. Jin Sang-cheol.

I don't think I have anything to do with him.

Have you read the news?

I feel bad for A-reum, but...

Weren't you a friend of Ms. Kang A-reum?

You two went to the same high school.

I don't think I'm obligated to answer your questions.

I'm sorry, but I have nothing to say to you.

- Bye. - She passed away.

Ms. Kang A-reum...

passed away today.

Are we going to allow more victims?

None of the victims are wiling to come forward to testify.

Yes. I understand.

Freeze!

Drop your weapon!

You jerk!

How dare you doubt me?

Hey! What are you looking at?

Guys! Bury him!

I said, bury him!

What are you waiting for?

Why won't you drink a glass of water?

Why not?

- Do you want a piece of me? - Was that you?

Didn't you hear those jerks?

If you swallowed the drugs, you won't be able to drink water.

Because they might explode!

Kill this jerk!

I'm sorry, Boss.

- Dude! - Grab him!

Go ahead and drink it.

Why won't you drink some water? Why?

Why won't you drink it?

It could kill me.

I don't want to die.

Oh, my!

You must be full.

Did you leave my hair at the scene too?

You took the package,

and let me take the fall?

Hey! What is it?

Did you find anything?

He's not your guy either.

You mean that the jerk who killed Newbie...

has curly hair?

Who could it be?

What is it?

- Turn the light on! - What's going on?

- Let's go. - Thank you so much.

Ms. Eun!

Are you okay?

Ms. Eun, how did you know we were here?

I thought we were all going to die.

Don't thank me.

Thank Su-yeon.

Su-yeon, you did great.

I'm okay, thanks to you.

SOS, Drugs, Gun

I'm turning it off.

We're done here.

Thank you.

Police

SOS, drugs, and guns?

Is this the NFS?

Does Ms. Han Su-yeon work there?

Hello.

Ms. Eun, I'm Kim Jang-ho, the head of the Incheon SWAT team.

Don't panic. Turn around slowly and walk towards your car.

Okay.

I understand.

Thank you, Su-yeon.

You're too heavy. Move!

My phone.

Hello.

Yes, ma'am. I'm on my way.

Mr. Baek, are you okay?

Let's go.

Dr. Baek, this is an emetic.

Take this and vomit.

What about me?

You swallowed too much. This pill won't help.

Then you have to take it out quickly.

Cut me open if you must.

If you're stressed out, you'll secrete a lot of gastric acid.

Dude!

Doctor!

Master!

Doc!

Fresh air. Fresh smell.

I feel alive again.

Dr. Baek, how about a sauna?

No, let's have a bowl of seoleongtang.

There's this seoleongtang place that's open 24/7. Let's go!

Dr. Baek! No!

Well... Ms. Kang A-reum has passed away.

Please conduct an autopsy.

You have to give this closure. Now!

Ms. Eun, we were held hostage all night and haven't eaten anything.

We aren't robots. No way! No can do!

Let's go.

Okay. Seoleongtang or sauna. Which one?

We have to do an autopsy.

I knew he'd say that.

You know what?

We can't do it without Su-yeon.

Let me fill in for her.

What are we waiting for? Drive.

I have to eat.

Dr. Baek, we're in a hurry. Get in my car.

Do you think I'm crazy? Move!

Let's take Ms. Eun's car. She says we're in a hurry.

I feel weak in my knees. I guess I was too tense.

If I drive now, I could get into an accident.

Get in! We're in a hurry.

Ms. Eun, I like your new car.

Get in!

Get in! We don't have time to waste. Get in!

Why are you sitting in the back seat?

Mr. Baek, get in!

The NFS suggests that the victim might've tried to harm herself,

but the prosecution and the police think...

there's a definite possibility of foul play.

While the two sides can't narrow their differences,

the morning of the second trial has started.

Besides, Ms. Kang A-reum passed away last night.

A murder charge might be added to the defendant's charges.

As we speak, Ms. Kang A-reum was transferred to the NFS...

Hi, Doc.

The current time, 08:34.

I'll start the autopsy.

Forceps.

Partners for Justice Season 2