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(somber music)

(grunts)

Darn it.

Get off me!

What? You can throw in a punch, too.

You used to beat me when I didn't listen to you.

Have you given up on me now?

(grunts)

-Stop. -Stop what...

(coughs)

Hey, are you all right?

-Darn it. Hey. -(groans)

I said stop.

Stop what?

It's too late, man.

If you knew, you should've stopped me sooner!

Don't hit me in the face.

Jiwoo is getting married tomorrow.

Do you have any regrets about your life?

I don't.

What's your biggest regret?

I said I don't have any.

What is it?

It's you, fool.

Letting you be who you are now.

Not doing something sooner, like you said.

Darn it. It's so you to say something like that.

NOEUL GOSIWON

-(cell phone buzzing) -(banging on wall)

(gasps)

(panting)

-(cell phone buzzing) -(banging on wall)

119 EMERGENCY

(siren wailing)

(line ringing)

-TAEKROK: What? -Where are you right now?

What's wrong?

SUNGA: Did you meet up with Mr. Woo yesterday?

(suspenseful music)

Turn things upside down again?

Look into what?

TAEKROK: Hyunseok!

Taekrok...

-(twigs crunch) -(taser crackles)

SUNGA: Sir.

Where are you right now?

Geumosan Mountain.

Section Chief Woo has died.

(gloomy music)

RESIDENT REGISTRATION CARD KIM TAEKROK

(cell phone buzzes)

NO CALLER ID YOU HAVE A NEW MESSAGE

MURDERER

(theme music)

SHADOW DETECTIVE

(tires screech)

(suspenseful music)

NO CALLER ID

(cell phone buzzing)

RECORD, SPEAKERPHONE

MALE VOICE: How does it feel to be a murderer?

Hyunseok...

Did you kill him?

I told you to listen to me, didn't I?

If you hadn't been so stubborn, he wouldn't have died.

I killed him, but you're the one who got him killed.

If I hadn't gone to see him, would you not have killed him?

If you refuse to do what I say again or tell anyone about me,

another person will die.

Just like Woo Hyunseok.

And you will be framed again like you are now.

It's no use recording this call, right?

You're a veteran indeed. You're quick to assess the situation.

TAEKROK: What's the evidence?

-The evidence that I killed Hyunseok. -MALE VOICE: No, it's a witness.

A witness who was at the scene when you killed him.

And what if I say I'm being threatened?

Your sentence will only get heavier for fabricating an alibi.

If I disappear now,

you'll be locked up in prison for the rest of your life until the day you die.

(tires screech)

(suspenseful music)

(siren wailing)

(coughs)

You're thoroughly prepared.

MALE VOICE: Of course. I know whom I'm up against. It wasn't easy.

What do you want?

To play a game.

A game?

(siren wailing)

(exhales heavily)

-What kind of game? -If you win, you can arrest me.

And if you win?

You'll be arrested instead of me for murdering Woo Hyunseok.

How is this a fair game when I'm being cornered?

It's one-sided and dirty.

You have no choice.

But I'll give you a clue to find me.

A clue? What clue?

I will keep calling you.

That's the clue.

The only clue to catch me. Aren't I being kind enough?

(sighs)

What if I refuse to play?

You won't.

Why? Because you're confident that you'll catch me.

Even though the only clue is phone calls.

You're confident that without anyone's help

and without dragging it out, you can catch me by yourself.

Just as you always have been.

Am I wrong?

(sighs)

So what's the game?

It's very simple.

Look back on your past.

TAEKROK: My past...

MALE VOICE: You just need to do as I say while doing what you can to find me.

In your past, you can find me and the reason I'm doing this.

Isn't that simple?

(suspenseful music)

(sirens wailing)

TAEKROK: So you're confident that you won't get caught.

MALE VOICE: Just hurry and try to catch me.

I will catch you...

no matter what.

Woo Hyunseok fell to his death. You get what I'm saying, right?

Act wisely when you deal with the police, like the veteran that you are.

I'll call you again.

This game will not end until one of us dies.

(tires screeching)

(crashes)

(muffled groaning)

(waves crashing)

(muffled groaning)

(muffled grunt)

(muffled screaming)

(muffled groaning)

-(siren wailing) -(gasps)

(breathes heavily)

(cell phone buzzing)

OLD BETTER HALF

(sighs)

POLICE STATION

(siren wailing)

-Has this been leaked? -We've done everything to prevent it.

Do you think Section Chief Kook can handle Taekrok?

Before I came in, I thought about

how I should shake up a veteran detective with 30 years of experience.

No matter how good my questions are,

you'd know how to answer them...

to weasel your way out.

Am I right?

Because...

I didn't do it.

You're a suspect for now.

(tense music)

Why did you guys fight?

We got caught up in some musty old memories.

More like your musty old emotional baggage

blew up.

You don't seem shocked

about Section Chief Woo's death.

Your fellow detective is dead.

A detective...

doesn't grieve until they catch the culprit.

I see.

So you are sad, but you're holding it in until you catch the culprit?

Jeez, that's impressive.

Mocking the suspect to make them confess...

is an obvious trick.

Of course. You're the expert.

You're actually enjoying this, aren't you?

All we have are circumstances and no clear evidence.

You're thinking, whatever we do to prove you guilty, you'll find your way out.

Aren't you?

With that kind of soft attitude, what kind of idiot...

would confess?

In your statement,

you said you went to the scene in the middle of the night,

because you suddenly got worried out of the blue for no reason.

It's completely random.

What's with this response?

MALE VOICE: If you refuse to do what I say again or tell anyone about me,

another person will die.

Just like Woo Hyunseok.

And you will be framed again like you are now.

(sighs)

-And the examination? -Why were you in the mountain?

Because I suddenly got worried out of the blue for no reason.

(scoffs)

You know how he died.

What's the cause of his death?

Answer my question first. Why did you go to the mountain at that hour?

I said, what's the cause of his death?

(sighs)

Multiple traumas by a great external force.

His liver, spleen, and everything were damaged all at once.

We haven't found proof of other external forces yet.

DEATH CERTIFICATE

-That means he fell to his death. -Won't be sure until the autopsy result.

Any possibility of murder?

All of this points to one person.

Why didn't you report it right away?

Act wisely when you deal with the police, like the veteran that you are.

I don't remember.

I don't remember how I got home.

TAEKROK: I woke up and found myself in my room.

-Gosh. -Hey, how did I get home last night?

-By taxi. -Taxi?

TAEKROK: He probably used a taxi to avoid getting his car traced.

What?

TAEKROK: And he had the taxi driver call Gong...

Hey.

...to make an alibi...

GONG: He's freaking heavy.

...and to make him a witness.

He got Gong to put me in my room...

to leave a record of it.

You don't remember?

(sighs) I don't understand at all.

It's true.

I don't remember.

I checked your medical records. You've had psychiatric treatment.

Does that have something to do with your memory problem?

-Get the chief in here. -I'm in charge of this case.

Gwangsu. If you want to finish this quickly, get in here now.

Where is your cell phone?

I don't know. I lost it.

TAEKROK: I said get in here!

Give us a minute alone.

-Chief. -TAEKROK: Turn off the recording devices!

(door closes)

GEUMO POLICE STATION

What do you think they're talking about for so long?

Beats me.

(sighs)

It still haunts me.

I wish we hadn't seen the two of them last night.

(door opens)

I'm keeping you in custody.

Relieve him from his duties and form a team for this case.

But for now,

report this as accidental death by loss of footing.

GWANGSU: Do you agree?

Let's give him some time.

-Do you want to explain this, sir? -Later.

Hey, Officer Son. Come see me for a bit.

Yes, sir.

(gloomy music)

(breathes deeply)

DETECTIVE 1: Hey, to the conference room.

HAN: Yes, I'm coming.

I should go, too.

(gloomy music)

(sighs)

(gloomy music)

-(exhales sharply) -(seat belt clicks)

(car engine starts)

What did the chief say?

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

That's what he said?

By the way, do you think this makes any sense?

I mean, I still can't believe they're suspecting Detective Kim.

-What about you? -Sorry?

What do you think?

I checked your medical records. You've had psychiatric treatment.

Me? I'm certain.

(sighs)

He came to a wedding at a time like this?

He doesn't go to weddings. Only funerals.

Hmm...

Do you think he's here to investigate?

He's wearing a suit, which he never does, and even a tie.

He does have a daughter.

(sighs)

His daughter is getting married on the day he became a murder suspect?

That's just terrible.

GUEST 1: Congratulations.

JUNGAE: Thank you for taking the time to come today.

-Have you seen Jiwoo? -GUEST 1: Yes, she looks beautiful.

-JUNGAE: She does, doesn't she? -GUEST 2: Yes. I'll see you later, then.

JUNGAE: Sure. Excuse me.

-What happened? -What do you mean?

What did you do with the wedding invitations I gave you?

I was at least expecting some flowers from the police.

You didn't give them out?

-I never let anyone invite me either. -(sighs)

The one and only detective, aren't you? So busy catching all the criminals

that you shame your only daughter on her wedding day.

What a great father you are.

You've got something on your face.

Don't you do anything silly later.

-Hello. -Hello.

-GUEST 3: Your daughter looks beautiful. -JUNGAE: She does.

GUEST 4: You raised her into a beautiful woman.

JUNGAE: Thank you.

All right, I'll see you in there.

HOST: The ceremony will begin shortly.

-Please get inside the hall. -JUNGAE: Hello.

(romantic music)

LEE JAEHO AND KIM JIWOO OUR STORY

THANK YOU TO OUR PARENTS FOR RAISING US. WE'LL LIVE A HAPPY LIFE TOGETHER.

(romantic music)

Gosh, we're tailing him when we're supposed to congratulate him.

If he knew, he'd be very disappointed, right?

(sighs)

He's out.

What? Why is he coming this way?

What are you doing?

We need to hide.

Hello.

Get out.

What a surprise to see you here.

-Come and eat. -Okay.

I knew it was a bad idea to take my car.

We should've taken another car.

You think that would've made a difference?

Are you really going to eat?

We're his only guests.

I can't wait to be done with this.

This wedding hall must be popular. The food here is great.

We've been assigned to the team for Section Chief Woo's case.

So what?

(slurps)

You don't have your wallet. Keep the receipts.

It's yours.

I'm going to splurge.

And I'm going to claim it all later.

JUNGAE'S BROTHER: Taekrok!

Why haven't you returned my calls?

-Hey. -Taekrok.

(sighs)

I know this happened a long time ago, but I still don't understand.

Why did you divorce my sister?

She said she didn't want to get a divorce,

but you asked for it.

Since then you've been paying her alimony, child support, and everything.

I heard that you live in a gosiwon now.

Why do you live like that? Seriously, Taekrok. I feel terrible.

-That's the best I can do. -(scoffs)

Taekrok. Let's talk...

-What are you doing? -Jungae.

JUNGAE'S BROTHER: I haven't seen Taekrok in a while, and I feel bad for the guy.

-JUNGAE: That's enough! -JUNGAE'S BROTHER: Taekrok!

JUNGAE: What is the matter with you?

JUNGAE'S BROTHER: Jungae.

I heard he's the one who got Jiwoo her house.

How could you treat him this way?

(classical music playing)

Dad.

-Let's take the stairs. -Okay.

Don't worry about what Mom and Uncle said.

I know.

Okay.

Lately, I think a lot about the old days.

I didn't realize it before.

But thank you...

for everything.

(soft chuckle)

I'll be off, then.

Okay.

(beeps)

(chuckles)

(dramatic music)

(sighs)

(inhales deeply)

(dramatic music)

STAFF 1: Excuse me.

-You're Ms. Kim Jiwoo's father, right? -Yes.

The person who delivered these flowers wanted me to give this to you.

I almost forgot.

I WISH YOU A LIFETIME OF HAPPINESS FROM YOUR DAD'S FRIEND

FRIEND

(tense music)

ANSWER YOUR PHONE

(suspenseful music)

Sir, he just turned on his phone.

What do we do?

-Keep tracking him and keep me posted. -Yes, sir.

What's the update on his whereabouts on the day of the incident?

There aren't many operational CCTVs near the mountain.

We're trying to trail him, but we keep losing his tracks.

He might have been intentionally avoiding the cameras.

Take a look at this first.

GEUMOBUDU-RO 33BEON-GIL

Call the taxi company, find out who the driver was, locate him.

Okay.

Excuse me, sir.

-Could I talk to you for a minute? -Sure.

(sighs)

(cell phone buzzes)

NO CALLER ID

MALE VOICE: Did you like the flowers? I tried to pick nice ones.

That's enough.

There's a limit to my patience.

Let's meet.

I'll come alone.

Fine, let's meet.

Where do you want to meet?

Before we do that, do you remember the fratricide case from ten years ago?

A man killed his older brother for inheritance and buried him in secret.

After that, he was arrested.

But that case turned out to be a total mess.

This is fake evidence.

Was it you?

Was it you?

It was you, Choi Kyoil.

That's not mine!

You fabricated it.

MALE VOICE: That knife was fabricated.

Find the real weapon and reveal it to the world.

And the person behind it.

What does that case have to do with Woo Hyunseok?

It all started because of him.

What did he do?

Do you have time to waste? I don't.

You have until tomorrow.

Hey, are you...

Choi Kyoil?

MALE VOICE: Did you think this game was going to be that easy? Try harder.

(line trills)

TAEKROK: Why the false evidence?

Why the fratricide case?

By the way, what did he mean when he said that's the best he can do?

That's the best I can do.

(sighs)

When his daughter was little,

she was kidnapped by a criminal that he caught.

The criminals kept threatening his family, so they had to move from place to place.

Why didn't he quit his job, then?

Do you think they would've left his family alone if he had just quit?

He just did what he thought was best.

I don't know.

Not all homicide detectives are like that.

Detective Kim only went after the most vicious criminals

that the other detectives avoided.

(cell phone buzzing)

(sighs)

-Yes? -I need information about the culprit

from the 2012 Suam-ri fratricide case.

Okay, anything else?

That's it for now.

It's urgent.

Should we follow him?

-Let's go. -Where?

I'm not really sure

if I should tell you this or not.

I mean, I think I should, but...

Don't, if you feel uneasy.

No. It's not that. I don't feel uneasy.

Those two committed a lot of corruption.

-Those two? -Section Chief Woo and the chief.

You know that in a small town like this, the local notables are all best buds, yes?

They stick together and embezzle money

in the name of community development and all.

And Section Chief Woo took care of everything for them,

making sure there was no problem.

He didn't have enough power to do all that by himself.

The chief must have backed him up in secret.

(tense music)

Let's give him some time.

Rumor has it that they've raked in...

a whopping amount of slush funds.

I'm telling you this, because I trust you, okay?

The one that I find most suspicious is Chief Seo.

Now that the section chief is dead, he can just blame him

for all the corruption and irregularities

and have all that slush funds to himself.

Frankly, I think he just killed two birds with one stone.

-Detective Han. -Yes?

Will you do me a personal favor?

A personal one?

Trace the chief on the day of the incident,

and look into the irregularities that he and the section chief have committed.

I'm honored that you asked me to do it, but--

Don't you want to make team leader?

-Do you want to go golfing sometime? -I don't play golf.

I see.

How about we go fishing instead?

Really?

Right.

If I remember correctly,

Section Chief Woo...

used two cell phones.

NOEUL GOSIWON

A MAN KILLS AND SECRETLY BURIES HIS OWN BROTHER

THE GEUMOSAN MOUNTAIN FRATRICIDE CASE

SECRET BURIAL AFTER INHERITANCE DISPUTE

BURIED BODY FOUND IN GEUMOSAN MOUNTAIN

CULPRIT OF GEUMOSAN MURDER CASE CAUGHT... POLICE QUICKLY ACQUIRES EVIDENCE

CHIEF DETECTIVE IN CHARGE, SEO GWANGSU, RECEIVES SPECIAL PROMOTION

SUSPECT OF FRATRICIDE CASE CLAIMS EVIDENCE TO BE FALSE

It was you, Choi Kyoil.

That's not mine!

Not yours?

Then where is yours?

It was you, wasn't it?

You fabricated it, didn't you?

EVIDENCE FOUND, 19 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT SUSPECT MR CHOI CLAIMS "THIS ISN'T RIGHT"

(cell phone buzzing)

-Yes. -SUNGA: I found it.

Hang on.

CHOI KYOIL, FRATRICIDE

Wait.

DATE OF SUSPENSION JAN 19, 2022

His sentence was suspended.

His sentence was suspended?

(suspenseful music)

Where is he now?

Sir.

I could only find one cell phone under the section chief's name.

But he definitely carried two.

Could it be a burner phone?

I think so. What do we do, then?

Trace his whereabouts and see if you can find the number of the other phone.

-Especially before and after his death. -Yes, sir. I will.

HANBIT REHABILITATION HOSPITAL

STAFF 2: He was in Geumo Detention Center until his sentence was suspended

when he was diagnosed with terminal blood cancer.

He's been staying at Hanbit Rehabilitation Hospital since January.

CHOI KYOIL, MALE, 43

Where is the weapon?

What weapon?

Where did you hide it?

(sighs)

Darn it, you're driving me crazy.

Look, detective.

If you don't find it,

I'll be found innocent, right?

So...

let me go.

Excuse me.

Are you his guardian?

No.

-I'm a detective. -I see.

Is he able to move around? Is he ever conscious?

No.

He's been bedridden for a month now after his condition started to get worse.

He regains consciousness sometimes, but only for a short moment.

Any visitors?

You're the first visitor since he came here.

TAEKROK: He's not the friend.

If you can reach his family, please do.

He's in critical condition.

I see. Please call me if he wakes up.

It's important.

Okay, I'll let the other nurses know.

(suspenseful music)

CIVIL AFFAIRS

INMATE VISITOR LIST

VISIT REFUSED

Who is this person?

LEE MYUNGHEE

Oh, her?

-She said she was the victim's mother. -The victim's mother?

That's what she said herself.

I won't tell anyone.

Please just tell me where she is. Please?

Guard.

I'm done here.

Please just tell me where Seyoung is! I beg you!

Please.

GUARD: Choi Kyoil agreed to see her at first.

But after a while, he started refusing and never saw her again.

By the way, was there another victim in that case?

DETECTIVE 2: Come on!

Hurry and get in!

You're the detective on the fratricide case, right?

Who...

This is my daughter. She hasn't come home since the day of the incident.

Taekrok, let's go!

-You can report missing persons upstairs. -I reported it a long time ago.

Detective. My daughter passes by the scene of the crime on her way home from school.

She's never left home before.

-Taekrok, we're short on time! -I'll check with the detectives.

My daughter might have been killed by that man.

Right. Please wait at home.

Wait, detective.

(sobs)

(siren wailing)

Who is she?

You got that missing person's report, right?

HAN: Yes, I handled it.

But the Women and Juvenile Affairs Division took it over,

and I handed over all the documents.

-What happened next? -Next?

Well, I don't know what happened next.

Come on. Think harder, kid.

I couldn't remember even if I tried. It was a long time ago.

As you know, we're all assigned to tons of cases.

I can't remember every detail of every case.

But why do you ask...

(sighs)

(somber music)

CIVIL AFFAIRS GEUMO DETENTION CENTER

TAEKROK: If the girl is still missing,

it's likely that Choi Kyoil also killed her back then.

And if her remains are found now...

Choi Kyoil is the culprit.

(breathes deeply)

(line ringing)

-SUNGA: Yes? -Hey.

I need you to identify a missing person

and get me her information.

And the contact numbers of the testifiers.

DONGYANG LURE FISHING SHOP

SUNGA: Her name is Han Seyoung. She was in 11th grade at the time.

She's still missing.

The one you described is her mother.

She comes to the station every now and then to check on the progress.

CHILD MISSING

The testifiers are Seyoung's friends

who left school with her that day.

Yes, I'm sure.

Something must've happened to Seyoung after we parted ways

at the entrance of Geumosan Mountain.

SEYOUNG'S FRIEND: What good are the police?

I told them many times.

Seyoung disappeared in that mountain.

My daughter might have been killed by that man.

(trills)

(line rings)

GWANGSU: What is it?

Gwangsu.

Let me gather some guys.

-What are you talking about? -TAEKROK: I need to do a search right now.

What do you need to search for out of the blue?

Don't you want to catch the culprit quickly?

Have you found a lead?

The fratricide case from ten years ago.

Choi Kyoil.

Come into the station first.

I can't waste any more time.

Explain why you're searching for and what is going on first!

The false evidence.

CHOI KYOIL

(suspenseful music)

The weapon Choi Kyoil used.

Hey, where did you find this?

-Around where the body was buried. -But we searched that entire area.

Are you certain this is it?

Check the fingerprints and the bloodstains.

TAEKROK: You knew.

Don't make assumptions. I didn't know then, and I still don't.

That's not true.

You chose to ignore it.

Because the evidence you were so desperately looking for

showed up right in front of you.

What are you trying to say?

What if I tell people that you knew about it?

Or that I fabricated it on your orders?

I'll just get fired, but you'll have to resign with dishonor.

You want to be a city councilor?

That won't happen.

That's enough nonsense. What does that have to do with this case?

There was one more victim.

We have to find her right now.

If we do, then what?

We'll know once we do.

Send the guys to Geumosan Mountain.

I'll meet them there.

(sighs)

Catch the murderer.

One week. I can't give you any more than that.

And if I fail?

Then you'll be detained and charged with murder.

Or you'll pretend like it was an accident and bury this case forever.

(suspenseful music)

(dogs barking)

DETECTIVE 3: Unit One, to the right! Move it!

(dogs whimpering)

(shovel rasping)

(panting)

Uh...

(whimpering)

(Seyoung screaming)

(thwacking)

(dogs barking)

(sirens wailing)

What are you doing here?

There's something I missed ten years ago.

Is it related to the section chief's case?

TAEKROK: I don't know that yet.

HAN (whispers): About his cell phone.

-Hey. -Yes?

I don't mean to butt in on your investigation,

but whose cell phone are you talking about?

Apparently, Section Chief Woo used two cell phones when he was alive.

Do you know anything about it?

A lot of detectives use two or three phones.

-I also use two. -Where are they?

What?

I told you I lost them.

Forget about that.

What about Hyunseok's phones?

One of them is a burner phone.

-You were saying? -I couldn't find anything.

There was nothing in his office.

Please go back to the station and check the CCTV footage more thoroughly

to see what the suspect was up to on the day of the incident.

Okay.

The suspect can't remember a thing, so we should help him remember.

I'd appreciate that.

I'll get going, then. (clears throat)

Where are you going?

To the crime scene.

I'm going to go back there to try to remember

if I really killed Hyunseok like you said.

Who knows?

I might turn myself in.

If you do, you'll get a lighter sentence.

What is he searching for here?

(eerie music)

TAEKROK: Hyunseok talked to someone on the phone at the tavern.

Did you check that?

There was no call history.

TAEKROK: Hyunseok was using his burner phone.

And he was talking to the friend.

He got Hyunseok to come out here.

Why did he want to meet here?

Is he familiar with this area?

The taxi driver said Section Chief Woo went to the mountain alone.

TAEKROK: Alone.

That means they either made plans to meet beforehand,

or he made the appointment at the tavern.

Meeting up...

on short notice.

MALE VOICE: Don't go, you'll regret it if you go.

TAEKROK: He knew that I was going to see Hyunseok.

Was it Hyunseok that wanted to see him?

Or was it him?

Come on, fill your lungs with fresh air instead.

(Hyunseok scoffs) Isn't this place nice?

I often come up here and organize my thoughts.

It is nice, but it's a bit dangerous.

-Be careful. -(Hyunseok scoffs)

Old man, you are becoming a coward.

-HYUNSEOK: Hey! -TAEKROK: Darn it!

(laughing)

Jeez.

TAEKROK: The friend didn't lure him here.

Hyunseok must've asked to meet here.

Why did he want to meet here?

Why?

He came to negotiate, but something went wrong.

-And in the end... -Aah!

(thuds)

TAEKROK: The important thing is...

it wasn't their first time meeting.

That means the friend is...

Hey, I said no drugs, didn't I?

TAEKROK: Is it Mr. Cheon after all?

But he has nothing to do with the fratricide case.

No connection whatsoever.

False evidence?

Mr. Cheon has nothing to do with that either.

What on earth does the friend want?

(leaves rustling)

TAEKROK: Why...

is this here?

It's him.

(ominous music)

(dog barks)

(panting)

(grunts)

(panting)

Pull everyone back.

Yes, sir.

Stop the search!

We're pulling back!

(panting)

(groaning)

(grunting)

(groans)

(closing theme music)

SHADOW DETECTIVE

(closing theme music)