(All characters, places, organizations, cases,)
(and surroundings in this drama are fictitious.)
(Episode 10: Decalcomanie, Symmetrical painting technique)
(Haewol-dong, Mucheon City)
I don't know anything about 4, 7, 8, 9.
Chilsung Employment Agency...
is a smuggling powerhouse.
Hey.
The CEO Cho Chil Sung...
knows all there is about Haewol-dong.
He's missing a screw or two, so you'll need to be careful.
Who is Cho Chil Sung?
Hey. How dare you utter that name?
Are you Cho Chil Sung?
Hey. Get out of here.
Hey.
Who's the fool asking for me?
Are you Cho Chil Sung?
My gosh.
It's the man who tossed up all of Haewol-dong's gangs.
- Detective Oh Hyun Jae? - Cho Chil Sung.
What is 4, 7, 8, 9?
Are you asking to get yourself killed?
4, 7, 8, 9? What nonsense are you talking about?
Hey. Give him a nice massage and send him off.
Darn you.
What is 4, 7, 8, 9?
I don't know.
Are you asking to get yourself killed?
Who parked like this?
What jerk parked like this?
Hey, mister!
Mister! Roll down your window!
My head...
What is 4, 7, 8, 9?
What? 4, 7, 8, 9?
I really don't know, detective.
I remember!
I heard Dae Sik talk on the phone.
He said 4, 7, 8, 9 something,
then got angry and rushed out.
What is 4, 7, 8, 9 anyway?
Where did Dae Sik go?
How would I know that?
My gosh.
- Listen. - What?
Find out about 4, 7, 8, 9, okay?
Yes, sir.
But it'll take a while.
(Tell Me What You Saw)
We're from the RIU.
I got the call. The body's over there.
It was called in...
by a middle-aged woman on a walk in the early morning.
The dog she was walking found it first.
It's a remote area, so no witnesses.
He's still too young.
I don't see any blood nearby.
The murder took place elsewhere.
He was dragged from that way.
Man Su.
Do you see that by the neck?
Small cuts.
Two that run parallel.
It's not the direct cause of death.
Why did we have to find him here?
Why?
It's right on the border of two cities.
The jurisdiction overlaps.
On the outside, the two stations clamor for the case,
but on the inside, it could end up a cold case,
so they transferred it to us.
We must catch the killer.
So it doesn't end up unsolved.
Excuse me. Where are Forensics?
On the way.
Do you have an identity?
Shin Ju Yong, 27 years old.
He has no family.
Hello.
He works at a convenience store.
The store owner reported him missing three days ago.
During the one year he worked at the store,
Ju Yong never missed work.
He didn't answer his phone, so the store owner went to his home.
He had a bad feeling and reported it.
The cause of death is...
a dent in the skull caused by a blunt object.
What was odd was that...
there were two small parallel cuts on his neck.
Where's the autopsy report?
- It'll be out tomorrow. - What do you think?
Based on the MO and where we found the body,
we can't rule out a grudge.
What about surveillance footage from nearby?
The body was dumped around midnight.
There was only one suspicious car.
This one here. It's a black car.
What's unique is the emblem.
The plate says 61S 0611.
It was a fake.
Is there any other footage?
I checked cameras from nearby roads and stores.
They're all too grainy and it's hard to track the car's movement.
What do you mean Hyun Jae went off the grid?
I think something came up.
He'll call soon.
Something came up? For three days?
He just returned to work.
Is this a place he can show up whenever he wants?
I'll report to you in private.
Tell him I won't wait for long.
(Mucheon Metropolitan Police)
Do you have anything?
I had a look. There are some similar cases.
Let me see.
Take a look at this.
I used "black sedan" as a keyword.
Within these cases, I looked for one with...
wrapped up bodies that had cuts.
What were they stabbed with?
A screwdriver?
No.
This case. There's a survivor.
4, 7, 8, 9. Did you take a look?
I collected all the data pertaining to Ha Tae Sik,
and double-checked everything that could have...
anything to do with 4, 7, 8, 9.
But I found nothing.
Ji Min.
If it were something I could get by going by the book,
why would I have asked you?
Your strength.
Show me the determination that got you from rock bottom to here.
We must do this to protect the organization.
If it will help our organization, even if you must roll in mud...
and get blood on you, you must do it.
Sir.
I don't want to work for the organization.
I did everything so far as a detective.
I want to remain a detective.
My duty...
Doing what I tell you to. Is that not a detective's duty?
You fool. You have a long way to go to become a true detective.
You're treated like a human being only because you're one of us!
If you want to keep your puny job,
you'd better think whom you must be loyal to.
Use your brain.
4, 7, 8, 9. I don't care if you make it up. Find that out.
Okay.
Come in.
You asked for me.
Can you reach Hyun Jae?
No. He won't respond.
Shin Ju Yong's case. We need his profiling.
Then I'll summarize the case and leave it in his hideout.
You do that.
It's Cha Su Young.
You didn't come to work, so I came to the hideout.
Whether you listen or not, I have to brief you.
The victim's name is Shin Ju Yong. He's 27 years old.
- He worked at a convenience store. - Hello.
He was found murdered and wrapped in plastic.
This young man has no friend or family...
to mourn his death.
To catch the killer,
we need your profiling.
I'll leave a copy of the case file.
And I'll keep my receiver on.
(Mucheon Metropolitan Police)
Two years ago, a woman was abducted in a black sedan,
but she got away alive.
I talked to the detective in charge.
Name, Lee Yoon Jung.
She was 27 at the time.
She got away only barely.
Due to the trauma,
she doesn't remember what the man looked like or where she was taken.
She'll hate it if we were to visit her.
She won't want to think about it.
That's true.
(Victim's Details)
(Father - Died in traffic accident. Mother - Died of illness.)
How about...
I meet her?
I looked her up.
Lee Yoon Jung changed her name to Lee Yoo Mi.
She works at a cafe part-time.
Detective Oh.
I'm here to meet Ms. Lee Yoo Mi, a survivor.
I'll do what I can.
(Lee Yoo Mi)
Enjoy your drinks.
Welcome.
Excuse me.
A latte, please.
Enjoy your drink.
- Thank you. - Sure.
I'm sorry. I messed up the drawing on top.
Should I make another one?
No, it's fine. Just give it to me.
I'm sorry.
Ms. Lee...
seems to be traumatized.
Should I ask her about it?
Do you need something?
I'm Cha Su Young with Mucheon Metropolitan Police.
What happened to you two years ago.
Something very similar happened again.
To catch the culprit,
we need your help.
Detective.
I have nothing to say.
I don't want to think about it and I can't remember anything.
I want to forget about it all.
Please don't come and see me.
I have nothing to say.
Could you...
flip over my ID card?
That's my mom.
I know that...
your mother passed away.
My mother also died when I was young.
I don't have many friends and was an only child.
When I felt really lonely...
and wanted to give everything up,
I thought of one thing.
"If my mom were to see me now,"
"what would she say?"
"When I see my mom later on,"
"I want to be able to say..."
"I did my best and didn't give up until the end."
"So I should stay strong."
Your mother...
will be looking down on you.
So...
you shouldn't give up on yourself.
Why should you hide when you did nothing wrong?
You should be strong and survive.
Shouldn't you?
Will catching the culprit...
make me feel any better?
(Detective Oh Hyun Jae)
Detective Oh.
Put Ms. Lee on.
Detective Oh.
I'm Oh Hyun Jae. We talked on the phone.
Ms. Lee.
The memories that you felt. Describe them freely.
I'd put something in my trunk and was about to close it.
Someone grabbed me from behind.
It felt like a basement.
My eyes were covered and I couldn't see anything.
Were there...
any other sounds or smells?
Don't kill me. Let me go!
No.
I heard a sound.
It was faint.
You heard a strange sound?
Hey!
I think the man went somewhere.
Then I got out.
I don't remember anything else.
I get so scared when I think of that day.
How must the dead people have felt?
Ms. Lee.
We'll catch the killer...
so that this never happens again.
Park Soon Mi, Cho Joon Seok, Jang Soo Jin, Shin Ju Yong.
They were all found dead on the outskirts of...
Mucheon City in the last five years.
A black sedan was seen near the dump site.
Bodies wrapped in plastic, cuts on the neck.
Other than the three commonalities,
the victims' gender, location of abduction, dump site,
there are no connections.
How are we to get the guy? This is crazy.
Listen carefully.
One thing the victims have in common is that they lived alone...
and had just joined the work force or were job-seekers.
The killer chose his victims...
within those three categories.
That means he's a person with means of knowing their details.
But why them?
The victims were reported missing...
later than their estimated times of death.
In other words,
even if the victims were in trouble,
there was no one nearby to notice that.
That is what the culprit was after.
It's a serial murder.
All the victims were looking for jobs.
Find out where they applied to.
Social media, credit card statements, call history.
Go through them all.
- Okay. - Okay.
I know where that wine is from.
Right, you like that one.
I usually don't like sweet wine, but this one is all right.
It tastes luxurious.
Min Hyeong Ju, is that you?
You can put the project proposal right there.
You're going to...
make him work under you?
He went to school with us,
don't you think making him your secretary is a little too mean?
I usually wouldn't, but I'm that busy.
Let me open that for you.
You mess up every time.
Sorry, sir.
Why are you struggling?
I taught you before.
Stop it.
Should I?
I think it'd be the best if I get going now.
Go.
He just doesn't blend in with us.
He's always been such a loser, even since high school.
How did he get into Wonseo Group?
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him at the orientation.
I almost died of embarrassment because he was being so clingy.
There are three things you just can't hide in this world.
Coughs, affairs, and poverty.
There's one more thing Hyeong Ju can't hide, his lameness.
- Right. - He's who he is, wherever he is.
I'm going to crush him up soon.
Why are there so many things to take care of before the wedding?
(Junior Managing Director Won Se Yoon)
(Applicant resumes)
(Resume Name: Lee Yoo Mi)
Bingo.
(Congratulations, your application to Wonseo Group has been accepted!)
All victims had an interview at a Wonseo Group affiliate,
then died within 7 to 10 days.
- That's right. - Who was the interviewer in charge?
I've checked with people from each of the interviews,
and Junior Managing Director Won was present at all of them.
Won Se Yoon. 37 years old.
He's not married and he's Wonseo's Junior Managing Director.
He entered the company as a regular employee,
was recognized for his good work, and is a candidate for the next CEO.
It's going to be a struggle to summon him as a testifier.
If we can't summon him, we have to go see him ourselves.
I'll go.
Su Young, come with me.
We're from Mucheon Metropolitan Police.
Could we speak to Junior Managing Director Won?
What brings you here?
Hello.
Sorry.
We're from Mucheon Metropolitan Police.
Could we speak to Junior Managing Director Won?
What brings you here?
We'll talk to him directly.
No.
I'll go and tell him first.
Please hold on.
You may come in now.
I'm Detective Cha Su Young from Mucheon Metropolitan Police.
Please have a seat.
What brings you here?
We have some questions regarding our case.
What case?
All victims who have been found dead recently...
have been interviewed by this company.
What does that have to do with me?
Because you've met every single one of them.
Is that right?
So what?
Don't worry too much, this is just a part of the investigation.
Mr. Won,
you must be a wine enthusiast.
You must know wine.
I recently bought a winery.
I like having things my way.
Apparently, wine enthusiasts can remember all the wines...
that they've tasted, even if they had just a sip of it.
Is that right?
Sure. We remember the texture, the flavor,
the scent,
and the atmosphere.
We remember using all of our five senses.
Su Young.
Do you remember seeing any of these people?
Not at all.
You should get going.
I have an interview scheduled in the afternoon.
I see. All right, then.
Let's go.
You idiot, you can't even take care of anything by yourself.
They're sitting here and all you do is to just stand around?
Hey.
Piss off. Get out!
Sorry.
Sorry, sir.
Get out!
He has to have things his way.
He's a narcissist who likes to show off.
He thinks he's better than everyone.
How can he be so indifferent when people are dead?
His straight face would make sense...
if he were a sociopath.
Ham Seul Gi, Moon Hye Sang, and Kim Hyeon Ho?
Please follow me.
Are you Lee Yoo Mi?
- Yes. - Please come in.
Nice to meet you.
So,
you don't have any work experience in the past two years.
What have you been doing?
I worked part-time jobs while applying to jobs.
Yoo Mi.
Yoo Mi!
Yes?
Are you all right?
Haven't we met before?
I don't think so.
Is that right?
All right, then.
(2020 Wonseo Group Interview)
What did you do with the detectives that came earlier?
I let the Legal Department know,
so that they won't be able to come near you anymore.
That woman that we just interviewed. Lee Yoo Mi, was it?
Has she interviewed for our company before?
I'll check.
Never mind.
- Hyeong Ju. - Yes?
Min Hyeong Ju.
Answer me.
Go home.
(Lee Yoo Mi)
It was exactly the same sound from a year ago.
(Cha Su Young)
Yes?
(Lee Yoo Mi)
The receiver cannot be reached. You will be directed to voicemail.
Team Leader Hwang!
Yoo Mi just called, but hung up right away.
Did you try calling her again?
I tried to call her again and I can't reach her.
Come with me.
Team Leader Hwang, Yoo Mi's last location tracked is...
Wonseo Group.
Yes.
Apparently, Se Yoon just left.
He kidnapped her.
Man Su, take Tae Sung...
and look for Yoo Mi at Wonseo Group.
Check where Se Yoon is as well.
Ji Min, track Se Yoon's car.
Yes, ma'am.
Su Young, did you see anything weird on the site?
Something that seemed off. Think.
There was just a lot of trash.
Plastic bags, cans,
wine cork, Styrofoam...
Hold on. Wine cork?
There was a wine cork?
Yes, a wine cork.
It was labelled.
Hold on.
It was the same label as the one we saw in Se Yoon's office.
Yes. It was the same one.
There was a wine bottle opener on his desk.
It was an ah-so opener, which people rarely use.
He must've hurt the victims using that.
He chose his victims using his authority...
as the junior managing director of the Human Resources Department.
And he kidnapped Yoo Mi in fear that he'd get caught.
Team Leader Hwang,
I found a car registered under Se Yoon's name.
- It's on Highway 13. - Keep me updated.
- Will do. - Let's go.
Team Leader Hwang, there's a Wonseo Group Retreat Center...
on Highway 13.
I think that's where Se Yoon is heading.
We got everyone to look through the entire building...
and Yoo Mi is nowhere to be found.
They can't get in touch with Se Yoon, either.
Do you think Se Yoon kidnapped Yoo Mi...
and is on his way to the Retreat Center with her?
He's a sly one.
Would he do something suspicious,
knowing that the police is on his case?
When we were at the office earlier,
there was also an ah-so opener,
a wine bottle and similar books on Hyeong Ju's desk.
Tell me the differences between the two desks.
There were office supplies on Hyeong Ju's desk...
and also braces.
Braces?
I heard noises. Very small noises.
The killer is Hyeong Ju.
Why is that?
Hyeong Ju must've been angry at Se Yoon,
but admired him at the same time.
Se Yoon had everything that he couldn't have.
He must've taken his anger out on the victims less powerful than him,
then just in case,
he left behind clues that'd point to Se Yoon.
(Resume Name: Lee Yoo Mi)
The weird noise that Yoo Mi heard...
was from Hyeong Ju.
It was the sound of his braces clicking.
He could copy everything about Se Yoon,
but the braces were unique to him.
(Junior Managing Director Min Hyeong Ju)
What do you think you're doing?
What are you thinking?
What's this?
You hired people to follow me? How dare you?
Come here.
You!
Are you insane?
Hey,
this is nothing.
You drove all the way here just because I told you to,
but do you know what's waiting for you?
You psycho.
Hey!
Seriously?
Se Yoon.
You're going to...
die here today, you idiot.
Hyeong Ju.
Please. I'm sorry.
Hyeong Ju.
Hyeong Ju!
Stop!
I can't let your face scar.
After all, you're going to commit suicide...
by drinking your favorite wine mixed with potassium cyanide.
Potassium cyanide?
Here.
See this?
Hyeong Ju.
Drink it.
Please stop.
Please.
Hold on. I don't think this is the building.
What do you mean? We're running out of time.
On Hyeong Ju's desk,
there was a photo taken in front of the Haemaru Unit,
and he had a key to the unit sitting on his desk.
(Haemaru Unit)
This way.
(Haemaru Unit)
Right. I have one more present.
You will become a murderer now.
You have been killing people all this time.
And now that the police are about to catch you,
you committed suicide.
What do you think?
I hope you like it.
You...
And next up...
Where did she go?
She's gone.
It's all your fault, jerk! Okay?
You jerk.
Right? She's alive, isn't she?
Stay right here. Don't move!
Excuse me.
That's Won Se Yoon.
He's already dead.
Send a rescue team to the basement.
He left not too long ago.
Stay here until the rescue team gets here.
I'll look for him and call you later.
Su Young, go that way.
Okay.
This is too hard.
I have no idea where she is.
Where is she?
I see. She's not here.
I guess she's not here.
Right?
Se Yoon!
I found you.
Darn you.
Why me? Why?
What did I do wrong?
You don't have a family, and you got nothing!
That's a crime, you know.
Min Hyeong Ju.
Stop it.
It's over now.
Does it hurt? Does it?
Are you scared?
Those victims were scared just like you.
Don't you think so?
What?
Do you want to live?
Yes.
Go.
Min Hyeong Ju,
you're under arrest for murder and abandonment of the corpse.
Yoo Mi.
You're okay now.
I'm sorry.
Rot in jail for the rest of your life...
as you seek forgiveness from the victims.
Are you okay?
We found the black vehicle he used in his crimes...
from the back of the training institute.
Hurry up.
Lower your head, you jerk.
Get in.
Team Leader Hwang.
Yes?
When was the last time you got any sleep?
I'll take care of this. Go home and get some sleep. Go.
No.
I'm fine.
Wait.
Thank you so much.
I lived thanks to this.
Yoo Mi.
This is a GPS tracker. Don't worry.
I'll come and save you.
(Haesung Training Institute)
Thank you so much.
Here.
Yoo Mi.
If you let your fear get the best of you today,
we wouldn't have been able to catch the culprit today.
You helped us a lot today.
Thank you so much.
Right. Can I ask you a question?
When I visited you at the cafe,
what did Detective Oh tell you on the phone?
What made you change your mind?
Oh, that?
I lost myself when I lost someone I cared about.
I pretend to be okay around other people.
But the truth is, I'm not.
I'm always trying to put up with the pain I have become used to.
And I feel miserable doing that.
You're probably going through the same thing.
If that's the case, you have two choices.
You can put up with the pain, feeling miserable like me.
Or...
you can try...
to find yourself even if it's a struggle.
♫ Conceal your sins won't lead you away now ♫
(No entries allowed, Investigation in progress)
♫ It's beyond one's grasp ♫
Min Hyeong Ju is such a coward...
because he chose powerless people who didn't have any family...
and murdered them.
♫ Memories that have faded ♫
♫ I'm thinking of you ♫
Why are we always...
a step late?
Why must we face dead victims?
♫ And wandering once again ♫
I really want people like him to face the wrath of the deity.
Su Young.
Listen up.
♫ Confess your sins with blinks ♫
In this world, there's no wrath of the deity.
Only the punishment we came up with exists.
We chase after criminals to the end and catch them.
♫ Like sewing up the broken pieces ♫
♫ Suddenly, you've escaped from my eyes ♫
I hope our job...
can comfort the deceased even in a small way.
♫ I'm leaving... ♫
I'm glad I became a cop.
I agree.
Pardon?
About you becoming a cop.
Help. Please help.
(Mucheon Metropolitan Police)
Did you find out what the numbers, 4, 7, 8, 9, mean?
Not yet.
I wonder what the numbers mean.
I'll tell you once I'm sure.
What about Senior Chief Choi?
Unexpectedly, he's been quiet.
He's been quiet?
Why did you work so hard on this case?
It wasn't like you.
I was reminded of a saying.
What saying?
That it could be someone's family.
(Mucheon Metropolitan Police)
I don't want to work for the organization.
I did everything so far as a detective.
I want to remain a detective. My duty...
Doing what I tell you to. Is that not a detective's duty?
Ji Min.
Get rid of the list for (5 years ago)
Junggeon Three-way Intersection. (5 years ago)
That's the last piece of evidence.
Why are we deleting only the list?
Just take care of it. And keep it to yourself.
(Delete)
(Half of it was already damaged.)
(Bus card, found at Section D of Junggeon Three-way Intersection)
(List of evidence)
(Burnt pants, got soaked in an attempt to put out the fire)
(Baseball cap, found at Section D of Junggeon Three-way Intersection)
(Hongwoon-myeon, Hwayoung-gun, Mucheon)
Hurry! It's this way. Hurry up. It's over here.
- This way. It's right here. - Where?
(Police)
This is Corporal Kang Dong Sik of Hongwoon Patrol Division.
We found a dead body hanging...
from a tree on a hill around San 22.
(Mucheon Metropolitan Police)
Come in.
What is this about?
I came into possession of the original evidence list...
for the Junggeon Three-way Intersection Incident in 2015.
The last item on the evidence list was erased.
It made me wonder why it was erased.
I wondered if the item was crucial in identifying The Guy.
Or I wondered...
if someone erased it, so he or she would be the only one who knew.
That crossed my mind.
You have wild imaginations.
You were in charge of the case.
I believe it's highly likely that you have the evidence.
What do you want?
I want to make an offer.
An offer?
4, 7, 8, 9.
I'm sure you're curious.
I'll give you the information I have.
Share yours with me.
Detective Oh, I really don't know anything about those numbers.
But I heard that Ha Tae Sik...
visited a weird hospital from time to time.
How can I help you?
I'm here to see a patient.
What's the room number?
It's 4789.
Only the guardians can visit patients in the special room.
(Founder: Ji Myung Heon)
I guess the hospital made that room to commemorate the founder.
Yes.
Excuse me.
(2nd floor, washroom)
Hello?
I see. Yes.
(Yuseong Psychiatric Hospital)
(Nurses' Lounge)
(Yuseong Psychiatric Hospital)
- Go away! - This is mine!
(Hwang Ha Young)
I found 4789.
It's the VIP suite of Yuseong Psychiatric Hospital.
(Eom Soo Tak, 37)
Eom Soo Tak?
Yes, doctor.
Is it time for my medicine?
Who are you? Who are you?
You're not that guy.
Who sent you?
Ha Tae Sik.
Ha Tae Sik?
(Tell Me What You Saw)
Can I see my mother's case file from 10 years ago?
Are you at it again?
Chimsabong?
He might know about the unregistered car.
Who should I ask?
What can I do for you, detective?
4789, 4789.
It has to be nearby.
- Keep looking? - Look around.
It was our chance to get The Guy.
We lost him.
There must be another way.
A familiar and secret location. (Special thanks to Shin Seung Hwan.)
The Guy is coming. (Special thanks to Shin Seung Hwan.)