(All characters, places, organizations, cases,)
(and surroundings in this drama are fictitious.)
(Episode 14: Explosion, The state of a matter...)
(changes rapidly, releasing a lot of energy.)
You...
I'm going to catch you no matter what.
Make sure you catch him.
- Detective Oh. - Hyun Jae!
Call for backup now.
Man Su, please come to the NFS now.
Sir.
Sir!
Hyun Jae!
The police will arrive soon. Preserve the scene.
- Okay. - Okay.
- The call... - Why won't she pick up?
She's not answering?
She's not. Neither are Su Young or Detective Oh.
My gosh.
What on earth is going on?
Detective Oh!
Team Leader Hwang!
Team Leader Hwang.
Wait.
Man Su.
Su Young. What's going on?
It's The Guy.
He got Senior Chief Choi.
What? Wait...
Shoot. Everyone, get out!
- Get out! - This way! Follow me!
Go that way.
Search that area thoroughly!
Okay!
It's that way. Run!
Hyun Jae. Where's The Guy?
I lost him.
Detective Oh.
Team Leader Hwang. What happened?
Are you all right?
I'll keep these handcuffs safe.
It's a special object that connects us, Hyun Jae.
(Tell Me What You Saw)
He tried so hard to get higher up.
Just to end up like this?
Whatever Senior Chief Choi was like,
he was a policeman just like us.
Now he's the victim of a murder.
Show some respect.
I just can't believe this, that's why.
(Control Room)
Pause.
Leave the room.
Pardon? I can't do that.
This requires the utmost security.
I can't leave. Those are the rules.
It's not a request. It's a command.
Oh Hyun Jae.
He saw The Guy's face.
Show your next move,
Kim Yo Han.
(National Forensic Service)
Based on the cross-section, I say it was definitely The Guy.
The Guy?
From five years ago?
The real Peppermint Candy killer?
I have to check to be sure,
but it's not easy to conduct an autopsy on someone you knew well.
Hello.
We're from the RIU.
Can we see the surveillance footage from last night?
You want to see what?
Someone was murdered here last night.
We came to get the footage of it.
You took everything yesterday.
You could've at least been nice about it.
Did you have to trash our equipment?
- What? - Who took that?
She said she was high up.
Some RIU team leader barged in...
and took the whole thing.
Oh Hyun Jae.
You saw The Guy's face.
So why, why on earth...
won't you say anything?
(Regional Investigation Unit Team One Leader Hwang Ha Young)
Say the name.
I Su.
What?
Han I Su.
Senior Chief Choi's death. It was The Guy.
He acted on his own and got killed.
The poor thing.
This wouldn't have happened if he'd just let it go.
That's the surveillance footage from that night.
The Guy evaded all the cameras...
and only Senior Chief Choi and Oh Hyun Jae know his face.
The day Hyun Jae gets him...
No.
That can't happen.
Hyun Jae will reveal everything.
He'll expose every single detail of what happened, five years ago.
Then the police will become the center of scrutiny and mockery.
Team Leader Hwang.
You mean...
How much do you know?
The Guy. I will get him first.
You'll catch him first?
And with my own hands,
I'll cover it up.
So,
what do you want?
If you get this done,
move your office.
Take Senior Chief Choi's.
Hey, are you going through it?
No?
Why aren't you checking the footage?
What? What are you talking about?
Didn't you go to get the footage?
- Where's Team Leader Hwang? - She's not back yet.
What...
Team Leader Hwang.
Did you take the hard disk of the surveillance camera?
Why...
Where is it?
Yang Man Su.
I don't report to you.
You report to me.
Team Leader...
Hwang Ha Young.
Let me ask you one thing.
The look in your eyes last night.
Team Leader Hwang.
The look that says you want blood.
What was that about?
Team Leader Hwang.
I can't reach Detective Oh.
In his condition, who knows what he'll...
Su Young.
Will you ever stop whining?
If you're a detective, act like one.
Kim Yo Han.
I knew you'd be here.
This is the place where you are most protected...
from me, isn't it?
Yes.
This sounds a bit weird,
but the police always protected me.
Five years ago, and now.
Do you know why I was never caught?
The greed and yearning that's deep inside of you people.
You want to act like you're different from them,
but I think you're just the same.
Aren't you?
Is that just me?
I love this place.
It's the only place where you can't catch me.
Why? Because arresting me as a cop...
and throwing me in prison isn't your goal.
I Su, right?
Han I Su.
You want revenge.
Don't you?
But do you know something?
Someone who told me to kill that woman.
If that person hadn't given me that name,
what do you think I'd have done to the person?
Are you curious?
You got more talkative.
You must be afraid.
Listen.
That worries me very much.
I'm afraid someone else will catch you first.
Be careful.
You're worried for me?
For me?
Don't worry about me.
I think...
you're more anxious that someone else...
will get me first.
Aren't you?
Hyun Jae.
You're under arrest for killing...
Senior Chief Choi Hyung Pil.
Hyun Jae.
You're under arrest for killing...
Senior Chief Choi Hyung Pil.
Last night, Deputy Commissioner...
Choi Hyung Pil was attacked and killed by an unidentified man.
He was a devoted and upright civil servant,
and at his death,
the police force offers our deepest condolences.
We will do our best to catch the killer...
as soon as possible.
Do you have a suspect?
The investigation is ongoing, so I can't share such details.
There's talk that profiler Oh Hyun Jae...
was arrested this morning.
Does that have anything to do with Deputy Commissioner Choi's death?
As I said, it's an ongoing investigation,
so please do not write anything speculative.
That's the end of the briefing.
In what state was his body found?
- Can you tell us? - I have a question!
- Tell us more. - Can you explain?
What more details can you share?
- We need to know. - Tell us more.
If word gets out that Hyun Jae's a suspect,
it'll cause a huge mess.
Keep your mouths shut.
We'll interrogate him in secret.
- Ji Min. - Yes?
Put officers outside the interrogation room...
and stop anyone from coming near.
Team Leader Hwang.
What proof do you have that says Detective Oh's the suspect?
From what we saw last night...
We can't tell anything from what we saw.
Team Leader Hwang.
If that's all, get out.
What about the surveillance footage?
Why did you take the hard disk?
- If we have that analyzed... - Cha Su Young.
That's enough. Get out.
The medical examiner said Senior Chief Choi...
was killed using The Guy's method.
If you arrest Detective Oh as a suspect right now,
you know better than anyone what that means.
What if Oh Hyun Jae is The Guy?
How is that...
Do you really,
honestly think that's true?
I will find out right now.
What did she say?
Why is she like that all of a sudden?
Did Detective Oh really kill Senior Chief Choi?
There must be a reason that Team Leader Hwang is like that.
Update me.
There were 6 people who took a day off on November 29.
(Seobu Police Station, Kwon Sun Beom...)
(Hongwoon Patrol Division, Kang Dong Sik)
We have to investigate all six of them unofficially.
Tell them that we're just asking some questions about their jobs.
The meeting place has to be unofficial as well.
Yes, ma'am.
Team Leader Hwang.
Why did you arrest Detective Oh?
Team Leader Hwang?
Here's a piece of advice for you.
Don't put a question mark where there should be a period.
Do only as I tell you.
- Senior Chief Choi... - Senior Chief Choi.
Senior Chief Choi had been...
stopping me from trying to catch The Guy every time.
Why did you really get back to work?
He always did it without anyone knowing.
Why is that?
He must've been trying to cover his secret.
An unidentifiable man in his 30s.
I need a dead body that looks like one.
Five years ago, at Junggeon Three-way Intersection,
he brought over a dead body that isn't The Guy's...
and manipulated the case.
That's why I went overboard.
He hid the handcuffs, the only evidence for the case.
He manipulated all situations and data records as well.
What are you trying to say?
Ha Young. Being a profiler is...
to understand someone's psychology by going over their decisions.
When you analyze their decisions and go backwards,
you reach the motive of them all.
You've teamed up...
with Senior Chief Choi, who was trying to hide his secret.
You could've easily overpowered him,
yet instead,
you intentionally shot Gyeong Su.
And you...
even helped Gyeong Su...
flee the hospital.
So, why would you have...
gone so far to arrest me and is investigating me...
when you know there's no need?
You know what it is?
You don't want me to get The Guy.
Isn't that right?
Are you saying...
that you profiled me?
What's your conclusion then?
What are you...
trying to hide?
Tell me.
Oh Hyun Jae!
You saw his face, but you didn't tell me.
And you said you wanted to catch him badly.
Yet you let him go yourself.
You're not doing your job as a police officer.
Haven't I told you?
I just...
want to know...
who asked him to kill I Su.
I'm okay.
Is it all too difficult for you?
It must be.
You just wanted to be a good police officer,
but Senior Chief Choi died and there's Team Leader Hwang.
Man Su?
Why?
You thought I didn't know?
- No. - I thought so.
You'd obviously wonder...
why I joined the police...
when all I do is just eat...
and complain.
No.
If I were to make an excuse for it,
it's because I trust you all.
Team Leader Hwang and you guys are...
great at doing what I can't do.
And I'll do what you guys can't...
Never mind.
There's no criminal...
you can catch alone.
Even the best of the best...
can't do it alone.
That's why we have to work in a team.
That's what the police are.
So, Detective Lee,
no, Ji Min,
let's work together. On catching The Guy and whatnot.
(Regional Investigation Unit)
Su Young!
Are you all right?
What happened?
Can I ask you for a favor?
What is it?
I have to talk to Detective Oh.
Help me out.
What's there to help you out with?
He's in the investigation room. Go talk to him.
Team Leader Hwang isn't letting anyone get into the room.
There's even security watching.
That changes everything.
Just stay quiet. I don't think it'll be a good idea to go in.
No, I have to see him.
Why is that so important for you at this point?
We're a team.
- And... - And?
Someone needs to give him trust.
You're making it so difficult for me.
I'm so tired.
Let's switch.
I'm nervous, so make it quick.
All right.
Thank you.
What are you doing? Quick!
All right.
- What is it? - I believe you.
I believe that you weren't the one that killed Senior Chief Choi.
You don't need to believe. It's the truth.
There are some things that are hard to believe,
even if it's the truth.
I know that I have low self-esteem,
and I have no determination.
And I know that I'm only good enough as a small-town police officer,
though I've been denying it the entire time.
But ever since joining the RIU,
I've been wanting to believe...
that perhaps,
I could become a good police officer.
Without the determination...
to catch the man who ran over my mother,
I had no other traits to offer to the job,
but you believed in me.
So I believe in you, Detective Oh.
Give me orders.
So that I can do my part as the police.
I forgot that this room existed.
This investigation room was here since before you came.
How did you find it?
Finding things people don't know about is my forte.
Great. Let's start from Kang Dong Sik.
Don't let anyone know that he's coming here.
Yes, ma'am.
I'm going to find him within the day.
Then everything will be over.
Just be patient until then,
Hyun Jae.
(Kim Do Jun, Lee Geun Ho, Kim Tae Gu)
(Kang Dong Sik)
Thank you.
What are you doing? Quick!
All right.
So that's what you've seen, Su Young.
Interesting.
My goodness!
What are you doing there?
Just putting this away.
Are you returning...
to Hongwoon now?
Yes, I have to go back and protect Hongwoon.
Great work.
Sorry I haven't been able to take good care of you.
It's fine.
Things were looking bad when you came,
but things are still looking bad when you're leaving.
Or perhaps, things were looking bad since you came.
Why are you doing that? You're scaring me.
You know how hectic it is at the RIU.
You're right.
I'll drop by when I have some time.
- Let's grab a drink. - That sounds good. See you then.
Team Leader Hwang is looking for you.
Me? Why would she be looking for me?
I think it has something to do with you returning.
All right, then. I'll be going now.
- Man Su. - Su Young.
Come with me.
Where is this?
This used to be the recording room for testimonies.
The room across used to be an investigation room.
Why are we here?
We moved to the new facilities that we're using now...
when we digitalized everything.
But an organization is a funny thing indeed.
They should've put this space to a new use,
but it's such a long process for that to get approved,
which is why it just became an abandoned space.
(Regional Investigation Unit)
Is that Team Leader Hwang?
She wants to get The Guy before Detective Oh does,
even if it means that she has to lock Detective Oh up?
Yes.
She wouldn't do that just to take credits for it.
There must be something we don't know about.
Whatever it is,
I can't accept her behavior right now.
Man Su,
I don't think talking to her will do any good.
I'll keep a close eye on her and maybe I'll find something out.
Ji Min,
I don't want you to do all of this.
Let's just say that this is me paying back to you.
Let's...
first see...
what Team Leader Hwang's motive is.
Grab a chair.
Dong Sik?
Why is he there?
Take this.
(People Who Took a Day off on November 29, 2015)
(Kang Dong Sik)
Do what you have to do.
What?
You know, all the muttering and mumbling that you do.
There's no need to do that discreetly now.
Yes, sir.
Detective Oh.
Speak.
Team Leader Hwang is investigating...
all the people who took a day off on November 29.
Hold on.
Now that I think about it,
five years ago on November 29,
she suddenly went missing-in-action.
- Detective Oh. - I heard it.
Ask Man Su...
why she went missing-in-action...
and how she was when she got back.
Well...
She never explained why she was gone...
and she certainly seemed exhausted.
I still don't understand,
because that was the only time she ever went missing-in-action.
- What's happening now? - As of now,
the suspects have been narrowed down to six.
Amongst the six, she's investigating Dong Sik right now.
Why did you bring me here?
What is this place for?
I just wanted to talk to you in private.
It's nothing bad.
I just have something to ask regarding your records.
Why did you bring me here?
What is this place for?
I just wanted to talk to you in private.
It's nothing bad.
I just have something to ask regarding your records.
Su Young, pay close attention...
to Ha Young's postures, movements,
and changes in facial expressions. Report them all to me in detail.
Yes, sir.
Being alone here with you...
makes me feel like I'm being investigated.
It's nothing like that. Don't get nervous.
Okay.
Team Leader Hwang is rubbing her forehead with her right hand.
She's now massaging her neck with the same hand.
Does she have her left hand wrapped around her right elbow?
Yes.
Rubbing one's forehead is...
a sign of extreme discomfort.
And having one hand massaging their neck...
while having the other hand wrapped around the other elbow is...
a sign of extreme stress and anxiety.
You've worked seven years at Hongwoon Patrol Division.
Yes.
Why haven't you moved elsewhere?
I don't know if I should tell you this,
but I like being somewhere...
where there's not a lot of people nor a lot of work to do.
(Personal Records, Eom Soo Tak)
(Eom Soo Tak's Murder Case)
You had a day off on March 12.
What did you do on that day?
March 12?
March 12.
I was sick, so I stayed home all day.
She's making gestures...
to block out negative memories from her brain...
unconsciously.
Ha Young, you're scared right now.
You are scared of the man...
sitting in front of you.
That's fear.
What do you mean?
Why would Team Leader Hwang be afraid of Dong Sik?
What? What are you talking about?
Ha Young isn't scared of him, per se.
The thought that he could be The Guy.
That's scaring her.
Ha Young is definitely...
scared of The Guy.
Why would she be?
You should leave now.
There's one last thing you must check.
But Dong Sik is...
Have you forgotten?
You were the one...
who asked for instructions, not the other way around.
Okay.
I need to get going.
Okay.
Okay. I'll keep watching.
Hey, Su Young.
Why do you think Ha Young went out of her way to arrest me?
She probably wanted me...
to stay here...
while she did whatever she needed to do...
just like Ha Tae Sik.
I must stay here...
for Ha Young...
to reveal her agenda on her own.
If I run away from here...
or if we try to reason with Ha Young...
to prove my innocence,
we won't be able to know anything...
like Ha Young's agenda.
What do you think Team Leader Hwang's agenda is?
We must find that out.
Work with Man Su.
Man Su knows about Ha Young...
as much as I do.
Okay, I will.
But...
what were you going to do...
if I didn't come to you?
What would I have done?
You know what?
I believed in you.
I believed in you that you would...
come to me.
(Name: Lee Ji Seon)
Did you find out about Lee Ji Seon?
Yes. I'm looking into her now.
But I don't see a connection to Team Leader Hwang.
No. I'm sure there's a connection between them.
(Investigation Report)
(Sanareum Cinerarium)
"Sanareum"?
(31, Sanareum-ro 11-gil, Jungseo-gu, Mucheon)
"Sanareum".
Where did I see that word?
(Sanareum Flower Shop)
Detective Oh.
Go ahead.
I think Team Leader Hwang recently bought flowers around...
the cinerarium where Lee Ji Seon's ashes are kept.
Check on that.
Yes, sir.
Ha Young.
Are you really scared of The Guy?
Why?
Of course, I recognize her. She comes every year.
She did come last week.
Every year?
She started coming here around the end of November five years ago.
She always bought freesias.
- Okay. I got it. - Okay.
- Thank you. - Sure.
(Memorial Hall)
- Hello. - Hello.
Excuse me. May I see Lee Ji Seon's ashes?
- Lee Ji Seon's? - Yes.
This way.
(Lee Ji Seon April 5, 1992 - December 1, 2015)
- Detective Oh. - Go ahead.
For the last five years, every November,
she visited Lee Ji Seon at the cinerarium.
Detective Oh.
Detective Oh?
What's happening?
November 29, 2015.
Lee Ji Seon.
The Guy's 11th victim.
She was the victim right before I Su.
However, the estimated day of her death is December 1.
(Lee Ji Seon April 5, 1992 - December 1, 2015)
Five years ago on November 29,
she suddenly went missing-in-action.
Lee Ji Seon.
The 11th victim of Peppermint Candy.
Ha Young, you were...
the only one...
who knew that Lee Ji Seon died on November 29.
However,
you kept that to yourself.
You didn't tell anyone.
You had to keep it a secret...
because once you share this intel,
you will have to expose the secret you want to hide.
Listen carefully.
The person who told me to kill her was...
No way.
I also need to get even with him.
I know you were behind this.
I almost had him. But I blew it.
Everything changed that day.
Hyun Jae and me too.
Sometimes I feel like I'm in a raging fire.
"Tell me one person you want to kill."
All right.
It was your name I wanted to hear.
Hwang Ha Young.
Did Team Leader Hwang...
Man Su, we must stop Detective Oh.
You're not making any sense.
He's in the interrogation room. I don't need to stop him.
It's... I'll explain this to you later.
I'm afraid Detective Oh might cross the line. Hurry.
What is she saying? What's going on?
(Investigation Report)
Can I go now?
I might need you to come back, but let's call it a day today.
You can go.
Okay.
Bye.
Wait.
Yes?
I'm not sure if you'll remember since it was a long time ago.
5 years ago on November 29,
you took a day off.
Do you remember what you did that day?
I can't even remember what I did a month ago.
What was the date?
November 29, 2015.
November 29...
November 29, 5 years ago? November 29...
Yes. I remembered.
(Authorized Personnel Only)
What happened?
Detective Oh disappeared.
How?
I don't know. He just disappeared.
What were you doing?
I'm sorry.
I was with my friend.
We have been friends ever since we were kids.
A friend?
Can you tell me who that friend is?
(Memorial Hall)
Let's go.
Freeze!
I don't feel...
comfortable telling you.
Thank you.
I think you know him too.
I do?
Yes. He was my friend.
You blew up his head.
Don't you remember him?
Shin Gyeong Su.
No. That can't be. No.
It's not him.
Tell me just like that day.
"Spare me. Please spare me."
Spare me.
Please spare me.
Why won't you say it?
You were good at that.
Give me a name.
Don't worry.
I won't kill you today.
I let you live five years ago because you told me...
the name I wanted to hear.
Today, I'll let you live for the grand party...
I prepared for you guys.
Okay?
Look forward to it.
As for the invitations I'm going to send to you guys,
I'll make sure to send them.
No.
That can't be.
Darn it.
But I still need to tell someone.
Who should I talk to?
I can't tell Detective Oh.
Darn it. Why does it have to be now?
Kang...
Dong...
Sik.
Man Su.
The receiver cannot be reached. You will be directed to voicemail.
Darn it.
Kang Dong Sik...
is The Guy.
I must catch him.
Man Su.
Su Young.
Man Su is very busy right now,
so I'm answering his phone for him.
I'm very busy. Can you tell me quickly why you called him?
Okay?
It's just...
By any chance,
- were you... - Was I at the scene last night?
Yes. I was at the scene. I was in the forest you guys were in.
Was that all?
Hey, that was nothing. You sure took long to ask that.
Then, are you really...
Yes, Su Young. I'm The Guy.
You can understand me, right?
Where are you now? Where are you?
Where are you?!
Do you want to see me that badly? Give me a second.
Are you... Are you harming Man Su?
(Mucheon Metropolitan Police)
I'll make it quick for him.
No. I'll go to you. I'm going to you.
Just give me a second. Let me send him off.
Where are you?
Where are you, you crazy jerk?!
Give me a second, okay?
I'm almost done here.
Man Su, can you hear me?
Man Su, say something if you can.
Please.
Please don't kill Man Su.
Please don't kill Man Su!
He's dead. He's gone.
Su Young. Don't get so worked up.
Look up.
Man Su!
- Call 911 now! - Okay.
So this is the invitation I'm sending to you guys.
(Tell Me What You Saw)
- My gosh! - Oh, no!
- Goodness. - What just happened?
- Over here. - Gosh.
No.
No, no.
♫ Eyes you flicker ♫
No.
No. No.
♫ Like sewing up the broken pieces ♫
♫ Memories that have faded ♫
♫ I'm thinking of you ♫
♫ Trying to look for you ♫