Put down the scalpel immediately.
I shall perform this autopsy.
The autopsy is already finished.
Seo Yoon Hyung's cause of death is...
oronasal suffocation.
Clearly a homicide.
Seo Yoon Hyung's murderer surrendered?
Crime method - potassium cyanide poisoning.
Available evidence...
and the traces found in Seo Yoon Hyung's throat...
I'll prove that my autopsy was correct.
There is definitely someone behind all this.
The investigation must continue no matter what.
I can prove that Seo Yoon Hyung's lungs were not defective.
Seo Yoon Hyung's lungs were perfectly healthy.
What are you saying?
About the huge grant to NFS...
Your decision, Director.
Professor Lee Myung Han did not make a mistake.
Why did you do this?
I can't believe this!
I was not wrong!
Hello, I'm Kang Seo Yeon.
Have we met before?
We haven't met but, I do know you well, Dr. Yoon.
Miss Kang Seo Yeon...
I am indebted to you.
Yoon Hyung's final moments...
He said he wanted to die the most magnificent death...
on the most magnificent stage.
Doctor, that's the woman who killed Seo Yoon Hyung!
How could we lose her again?
I will find the evidence...
to prove that she murdered Seo Yoon Hyung.
The evidence has disappeared?
You haven't given up on Seo Yoon Hyung's case, have you?
I haven't, either.
- = The public institutions represented in this drama are not related to real ones. =-
- = Episode 14 =-
Doesn't that way lead to the lake?
No.
Looks like the corpse was dragged here.
Look at the depth, it is different.
The corpse is still here.
Cell 5, prisoner 8911.
As the director ordered, she was moved to a single cell.
Is she inside?
She's taking a shower.
Please, wait here.
8911, where are you?
What is it?
It's the corpse.
What?
It's Mr. Kim, the inn's owner.
There's big trouble!
What trouble?
So he's the owner of the inn?
Then, who is the old man we saw at the inn?
He said that the original owner moved,
and that he had just taken over.
I hadn't seen him before, either.
So you found him.
We don't want anything...
to disturb our peaceful lives.
It's all right.
Don't cry. Don't cry, child.
Don't cry.
You said that you won't let this happen.
From my initial visual inspection,
there is only the wound on the forehead.
Probably a cerebral concussion.
It's a common bathroom accident.
There really is nothing unusual?
No, it's just the forehead.
Lee Soo Jung told me...
that she was afraid someone was trying to kill her.
After Kang Seo Yeon visits here,
Lee Soo Jung died like this.
Is this merely an accident?
There are more than just one or two suspicious things here.
Before the corpse was discovered,
was there nothing suspicious at all?
That woman...
A woman came out from the showers.
What kind of woman?
The last woman to come out after Lee Soo Jung's death...
She is definitely connected.
I understand. So, you should find that woman.
What about you?
I'll have the autopsy performed.
- = Senior Ji Hoon =-
The phone is switched off. Transferring you to voice mail.
It's all my fault.
You may not believe it,
but he was a friend of mine.
We were both born in this village.
We were both protecting this village.
Been best friends since childhood.
Kim Ga!
I boiled the sweet potatoes you like.
I boiled sweet potatoes!
Kim Ga!
Did he go somewhere?
Hey, Kim Ga!
I said sweet potatoes; how about answering me?!
Hey, Kim Ga.
Hey... Hey...
Recently, he would say he wasn't feeling well.
But I didn't think it would be so sudden...
This is the big problem.
This is...
It's a life insurance policy in my name.
What?
So you Jeong Chi Ga ..
will replace dead Kim Ga and live as him and Jeong Chi Ga will be declared as dead?
If I die before Kim Ga,
then the insurance money...
will be paid out.
But isn't that against the law?
We can't do that, it's too scary.
Now that Kim Ga is dead,
I realize a lot of things.
The two of us, we are the same.
then, later on when I die,
all the others will merely say that Kim has died.
That will be how both are deaths are accounted for.
Our grandsons and granddaughters,
how will they manage?
My granddaughter, Da Bin...
Her mother ran away with another man.
Her dad abandoned her, too.
She can only depend on me.
What about you, Grandma Lee?
Your daughter died and your son-in-law remarried.
He sends money,
but it's been three years since his last visit.
If something happens to us, what about those who depend on us?
Shouldn't we take this money, at least?
So they can live like people?
But... Can we swindle others like that?
Kim Ga looks very much like me.
Have a look, have a look.
These years, he's been losing some hair.
I have just a bit more.
Look! Don't we look the same?
How should I say this...
Some policemen are very smart; can they be fooled?
All you need is a death certificate.
Death certificate?
As long as several trustworthy people...
certify that a person died,
the person will be declared dead.
So, we decided to deceive everybody.
But then, unexpectedly, you arrived.
There's a visitor from Seoul.
What do we do? What do we do?
Stay calm! Calm!
One mistake, and we are finished.
No matter who comes here from Seoul,
they won't stay long.
We can keep the secret for a day or two.
Do you understand?
Answer me!
It's like this.
Must I go to jail?
Must we all go to jail?
No!
Da Bin, go out!
Grandfather!
If Grandfather is not here,
how can I live?
Da Bin!
Grandmother, are you going to jail?
No, no.
I'm sorry. I made a mistake.
My baby.
My treasure.
That's not the matter here.
What?
If the death certificate is used to get rid of the body,
then others, beside Mr. Kim here, may die.
Do you feel itchy?
Not in Seoul, but here, I do feel itchy.
Me, too.
And I.
You said before that Mr. Kim had started to lose his hair suddenly.
How was it with the others?
I'm losing my hair. But isn't it because of my age?
I'm old, too, but I have kept my hair.
You never had much hair, in any case.
Losing hair and eyebrows are common symptoms.
As are children feeling itchy.
It's thallium. Thallium poisoning.
What is that?
Maybe... Is cement or glass manufactured around here?
Five years ago, a big company built a factory at the reservoir upstream.
Thallium is used when making cement or glass.
All of you seem to have symptoms of thallium poisoning.
The water coming from the upstream reservoir must be polluted.
If this really is the problem,
then all your lives are in danger. The children's, too.
You must be treated as soon as possible.
Your lives are more important than the money.
You'll live longer, and...
you can't live without each other.
So that was the reason... No wonder...
Thank you. Thank you.
So that's how it is. That's how it is...
Oh my, what in the world...
The Ministry of Environment also will perform a study of the area.
After the study is done, what will happen to the people here?
Depending on the results, the government may have to arrange for them to live elsewhere.
Then, they will be paid compensation.
If thallium poisoning is confirmed,
the company will be liable for damages.
Please, don't worry about the follow-up.
I come from this village originally; I'll make sure things are put right.
We're relying on you.
It's such a relief. An entire village almost poisoned...
And some people almost became criminals.
Distress and anxiety will make people weak.
So we need a minimum standard of quality of life.
I don't want to be involved with forensic medicine any longer. But, it's proving difficult to avoid it.
See there. Ready to go back?
Will you go back to Seoul together?
No. Absolutely not.
What?
What's that sound?
The reservoir crying...
No...No...No...
You were up all night. Aren't you tired?
I'm okay. How many inmates are there altogether?
757.
Oh yes, we just lost one, so it's 756.
Why? She's not in there?
I looked through these twice; not here.
Did you give me the files of all the inmates?
Not the file of the one who was released this morning. Perhaps...it couldn't be her.
Can I look at her file?
Yes. Here it is.
She was just released from the prison.
When did she leave?
Aren't you Detective Choi Yi Han?
The reservoir's cry usually means the frozen ice is breaking up.
We came here every year at this time, Director Jung and I.
If we were lucky, we could hear this sound.
If we were late or early by a few days, we couldn't hear it.
Then I'm very lucky to hear it.
Although this is my first time hearing it, it really does sound a bit like crying.
The longer and colder the winter, the louder the sound.
Leave the harder winter behind, by crying harder?
Doctor, come back to NFS.
I know the mistake you made.
Maybe you cannot forgive yourself for the mistake,
but shouldn't it make you work even harder to find the correct causes of death and prevent false charges?
Anyone can make mistakes because they are human.
But not forensic doctors. We cannot make a mistake.
Once there is a mistake...it's over.
But this village's people...because of you, they will live longer.
Therefore, you are a good medical examiner.
I want to become a medical examiner just as good as you.
Be my teacher, please.
I can't go back. I'm not going back.
Doctor!
But I must finish something before resigning.
What is it?
Seo Yoon Hyung's case.
That's a case I must certainly solve. This is the last thing I will do.
What are you doing here?!
Shutting off your handphone. Do you know how hard you make it to find you?
Prosecutor, you helped me find him. Thank you.
But what is your business here?
Lee Soo Jung died in prison.
The corpse has been moved to a medical college near the prison.
I'll trust you to perform a reliable autopsy.
I owe Seo Yoon Hyung a debt.
I'll perform the autopsy as the medical examiner responsible to the prosecutor.
You investigate the scene.
Complete it, do it to the end.
At the end, we will certainly find out the truth.
Why didn't you run? No, why did you kill Lee Soo Jung?
I didn't kill her.
Don't lie. After she died, only you came out of the showers.
She was already dead when I went in.
Soo Jung! Are you here?
Soo Jung!
Soo Jung! Soo Jung!
Then why you did come out?
If I had stayed there, I might have been treated as a suspect.
I'm not lying. Lee Soo Jung and I entered the prison at the same time.
We were best friends; we talked about everything.
Recently, she kept saying that somebody wanted to kill her.
It wasn't you who planned to kill her?
Why can't you believe anyone?
After I tell you the story, let's see if you believe me.
What story?
Soo Jung said that if she was killed, I should tell this story to Detective Choi Yi Han.
She said that she had not mixed potassium cyanide in Seo Yoon Hyung's drink.
I'm a little late.
Sorry to make you come so suddenly.
Whenever you call, I'll come running.
Are you there?
Yes, I am.
Now describe the situation on the spot.
Let's start.
Yes. I'm prepared.
Deceased, Lee Soo Jung. Height, 168cm. Weight, 50kg. Age, 23.
It is possible to infer from the wound and the swelling on the forehead and scalp that they were caused by an external force impact.
There is the possibility of a hemorrhage or bone fracture.
There is blood on the floor.
But the water was running at the time, and most of the blood has been washed away.
No matter. The probability of a 20-year-old girl losing her balance in the bathroom is very low.
In my view, she was already unconscious when she fell.
The important question is... Why did she lose consciousness?
Starting to dissect.
Did Lee Soo Jung go anywhere unusual before her death?
No. And she didn't say much. A very quiet prisoner.
She was not close to the other inmates, either.
She did not argue with anyone.
What was her state of health?
Heart, liver, lungs, stomach - very normal.
No obvious reason for suddenly losing consciousness.
Electricity?
The building next to the showers had a sudden power failure.
There was work on the power cabling yesterday,
So the showers were temporarily closed.
They were reopened only last night.
Electricity?
I think Lee Soo Jung received an electric shock.
Is there some sort of electric conductor in the showers?
Hold on.
The showers.
Showers?
Yes.
But when you take a shower, you generally only touch the valve.
Why would she have touched the tubing?
If you wash your hair, you close your eyes.
An electric shock in the bathroom is often fatal because of the room's high moisture content.
Also, because of its high moisture content,
Very little current needs to pass through you, but there will still be burn marks.
Lee Soo Jung's wounds are small, but still visible.
Cause of death, electrocution.
Death by electric shock.
Then, is it a homicide?
This autopsy has not discovered evidence of a homicide.
My idea is...
Homicide.
What's that?
I got Lee Soo Jung's prison diary from her friend.
Lee Soo Jung told her to give it to me in the event of her death.
Welcome.
Today, in the forensic medicine classroom...
Lee Soo Jung's autopsy report came up.
You heard? I was going to tell you about it.
Something like that?!
Shouldn't you have told me before killing her?
What do you mean?
How far will you take this?
Killing all the witnesses?
If that is what it takes, then I certainly will continue.
Also, you have no choice but to assist in the matter.
If...
I refuse...
Will you kill me, too?
If you refuse?
You can't.
As far as I'm concerned,
threats...
don't work.
Think about NFS.
If Congressman Kang Joon Hyuk becomes President,
then,
NFS will develop to a level that is incomparable with the present.
Also, please, do not forget,
If Yoon Ji Hoon is still involving himself in this matter,
We will be destroyed.
So, in the case of Seo Yoon Hyung...
Kang Seo Yeon and Lee Soo Jung, together with manager Joo Seon,
plotted the murder?
That's right.
But Lee Soo Jung had a change of heart and did not put cyanide in the bottle.
So the health-drink bottle...
would've been a critical piece of evidence?
Yes.
Still, although the bottle was not found,
cyanide was found in accordance with Lee Soo Jung's confession.
That made this case a homicide.
Then, if it had been found that Seo Yoon Hyung drank from the bottle,
but cyanide was not found in the bottle...
that would've made Lee Soo Jung innocent.
That is true, but then,
we couldn't have investigated this case.
But if the bottle was not found a year ago,
how can it be found now?
When you arrived at the crime scene back then,
you took statements from all the personnel there, didn't you?
You still have them?
Of course. I must have read them dozens of times.
But at that time, the focus was on who killed Seo Yoon Hyung.
No one cared about where the bottle went.
I think Dr. Yoon is right.
Seo Yoon Hyung was seen drinking by dozens of people.
Among that large number of people,
someone definitely saw where the bottle went.
No matter how,
we must prove Lee Soo Jung's innocence.
The people who killed Seo Yoon Hyung,
killed Lee Soo Jung, too.
Somebody used the cabling work to electrify the showers.
Somebody in the prison was hired to make sure...
that Lee Soo Jung touched the showers, and died.
Kang Seo Yeon wanted Lee Soo Jung to replace her as the murderer.
The reason why she was killed is because she knew the truth.
Seo Yoon Hyung and Lee Soo Jung...
were killed by the same person,
Kang Seo Yeon.
This is the last chance.
The people who manipulated and plotted this case with their conspiracy and lies,
Must be stopped.
At the time, security personnel...
was responsible for the periphery. Then, there were the stagehands
and the backstage staff.
Altogether, about 60 people.
Let's only look at the staff around Seo Yoon Hyung in his final 10 minutes.
Yes.
Staff around Seo Yoon Hyung...
Site guide, stylist, makeup artist, scene manager...
Dr. Go Da Kyung, have you always worn glasses?
Just at work.
What?
Dr. Yoon wears glasses, too.
Okay. Right. Good.
First of all, Lee Soo Jung obtains the cyanide from Kang Seo Yeon.
According to Lee Soo Jung's confession, this was at 8 o'clock.
Voice's final song was about to end.
Lee Soo Jung...
met Kang Seo Yeon in the restroom corridor...
and received the cyanide.
But at the final moment, she hesitates,
and does not put the cyanide in the bottle.
Lee Soo Jung comes out of the dressing room.
Voice's final song ends at 8:05.
Seo Yoon Hyung returns backstage.
Here.
Thanks.
Seo Yoon Hyung receives the bottle from his manager, and drinks from it.
The staff is not just one or two people.
Stage managers, makeup artists, stylists, superintendent...
More than 10 people saw Seo Yoon Hyung drink from the bottle.
According to the management-level staff,
after Seo Yoon Hyung drank part of the bottle's contents, he rested a while,
then he went to the washroom that he had used before going onstage,
because he knew where it was.
On his way to the washroom,
he definitely gave the bottle to somebody.
Good. Now, let's only check the statements from the people who actually saw the bottle.
That bottle's whereabouts matters most.
This is from the guy responsible for the encore stage:
"Seo Yoon Hyung was practicing on the encore stage ahead of time."
"When Seo Yoon Hyung got down off the stage, he was carrying the bottle."
The guy was busy, but was certain of having seen this.
This statement is similar.
It's the company's road manager.
"Seo Yoon Hyung got down off the stage with the health drink that he likes."
"Then, as is his habit,"
"he went to the washroom closest to the stage."
"Seo Yoon Hyung went to the washroom...
"But he was not careful and some of the drink spilled on me."
But she was worried about the intercom, so she disregarded it.
Wait. Whose testimony is that?
She was responsible for Seo Yoon Hyung's wireless microphone.
Going to the washroom, Seo Yoon Hyung spilled his drink.
It was the drink from Lee Soo Jung.
At the time, the sound staffer puts on her uniform,
And fastens the intercom over the uniform.
Uh-uh, sorry.
It's all right.
Those uniforms...
If we had them,
we could analyze the ingredients.
Uniforms worn at a concert a year ago? How possible is that?
What's the staffer's name?
Oh Seon Joo. Let's try calling.
The number you dialed is not....
The phone is off.
Normally, at the end of a concert...
the uniforms would be returned to the organizers, right?
Generally, yes.
Then, the uniforms might still be in the organizer's warehouse.
But, even if the uniforms were there, there would be tons of them.
How would we find the uniform worn by this particular sound staffer?
We can find them.
Voice's concert was a two-day event.
People wanted to wear the same uniform on both days,
so they wrote their own names on them.
Let's go to the warehouse and have a look.
Hold on a second!
How should it be managed?
There is no official reason to want the uniforms.
Then what?
I must have a search warrant in any event.
First, just wait here.
In this situation, a search warrant needs to be issued?
Just relying on evidence obtained without a search warrant is bad.
If the organizers don't want to show us the uniforms, what do we do then?
At present,
This might be the only evidence in favor of re-investigating Seo Yoon Hyung's case.
Wait.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Where do you plan on going?
It's a secret.
Thinking of the organizing company?
Didn't you hear it?
This might be evidence that gets Seo Yoon Hyung's case reopened.
Then,
I'll go, too.
This is important evidence...
It would be terrible if something happened to it.
O K
Doctor.
What are you thinking about?
If Lee Soo Jung...
did not put the cyanide in the bottle,
then how did Seo Yoon Hyung actually get the dose?
What?
Seo Yoon Hyung was a vigorous and healthy 20-ish young man.
If he had not ingested at least some cyanide,
Kang Seo Yeon, a woman,
could not have blocked his nose and mouth to suffocate him.
If it was not Lee Soo Jung,
someone else definitely made Seo Yoon Hyung ingest the poison.
You and Detective Choi, look for the uniforms.
What about you?
Looks like I have to visit the concert site again.
Prosecutor Jung.
The Seo Yoon Hyung case was already settled a year ago.
I know.
But, the supposed criminal, Lee Soo Jung, appears to have suffered an unjust death.
She may not have been the murderer.
We administer the law.
We don't deal with possibilities.
We have to have evidence,
then we can act according to the law.
I am doing this to uphold the law.
A murderer is on the loose,
strolling around with impunity.
I want to catch this murderer.
If the search warrant is granted,
can you really arrest the murderer?
You are that confident?
Yes.
Although it's not easy,
I appoint you to be the Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge...
of the case.
That idiot is really...
Hello.
This is Jang Min Seok.
Attorney Jang?
What is the matter?
What?
Last year's Voice concert uniforms?
Yes.
This is not very important,
we just want to confirm a point.
The stuff from last year's concert, yes,
it's certainly in the warehouse.
Prosecutor Jung Woo Jin, Seoul East,
Just obtained a search warrant.
I heard that she is looking for uniforms from last year's Voice concert.
Have they been preserved?
Concert uniforms?
I think this is where they were put...
Oh! They have disappeared.
Where did they go?
That's strange.
I was sure they would be here.
Looks like they were taken not long ago.
Hurry, before they're destroyed!
- = Level 5 =-
You can't!
Oh.
Isn't it Detective Choi!
Haven't seen you in a long time.
What are you doing?
This clothing belongs to us.
Get out of the way!
Who is this woman?
Move aside!
She told you to move. Didn't you hear?
What to do?
This is not good.
Don't.
It will destroy the evidence.
That was intense.
What about that jump?
It's all right, it's all right.
Do we do an Encore?
Yes, let's.
Yes, I'm coming soon.
Good work, guys.
Well done!
Thank you for your work.
Good work.
Next song, when...
Lee Soo Jung is so pitiful.
This is the last remaining evidence for her.
We must re-investigate.
Hello.
I just saw your message. I could only call back now.
Detective Choi Yi Han?
Could it be that...
Is this Oh Seon Joo?
Yes.
About Yoon Hyung's matter...
You had something you wanted to ask?
Yes, I have.
But that matter is finished.
It's alright.
Then you don't need the uniform anymore?
Uniform?
After Yoon Hyung's death,
I was totally confused.
I wore the uniform everywhere.
Really...
I haven't been able to forget that day.
You know...
Could you let us have a look?
This is like a Yoon Hyung relic,
so I've been sort of hanging onto it.
Dr. Hong!
What is it?
This...
What's this?
New evidence in Seo Yoon Hyung's case.
Seo Yoon Hyung's case?
Yes.
These spots...
Cyanide...
Can you check them for cyanide?
Yes.
What is it you want to say?
What's been done so far ...
And in the future ...
Congressman Kang Joon Hyuk's pace...
I will follow.
But...
I need two things.
I want the National Forensic Service...
not being threatened or bound, but instead...
to be left following its own faith,
performing scientific investigations,
living up to its worthy reputation,
safeguarding its own independent organization,
not being subjected to outside control.
The other thing,
ongoing budget support.
If you are unable to commit to these two conditions,
you will not have NFS's cooperation.
Please do not reject my request.
If you reject it,
you will be destroyed, too.
- = Kang Chi Hyun = -
Chi Hyun.
Are you in a good place?
You should understand me, right?
Even if other people don't...
I'm happy, if...
you understand me.
Haven't seen you in a long time.
If you don't want to say anything,
Why did you look me up?
Lee Soo Jung...
Did not administer the cyanide to Seo Yoon Hyung.
Originally, she was going to use the cyanide,
but, because she was not cruel enough,
in the end, she didn't do it.
Seo Yoon Hyung was a vigorous and healthy young man of about 20,
not poisoned by cyanide.
Furthermore, a thin young woman like you, would not have been
able to kill him by oronasal suffocation.
So, what is it you want to say?
There were others in addition to Lee Soo Jung,
who could administer the dose to Seo Yoon Hyung.
You know who.
You think this is funny?
Let me guess.
Seo Yoon Hyung finished his performance...
at about 8:05.
Well done.
Thank you!
Good work.
We're 1 minute late...
Quickly... Quickly...
I'm going to the washroom...
Hurry up...
Hello?
Therefore...
What is your conclusion?
Seo Yoon Hyung moves toward the washroom at 8:10.
The encore stage starts at 8:13.
Seo Yoon Hyung is alone for 3 minutes.
What happened?
A person had to administer the dose of cyanide to Seo Yoon Hyung.
This is interesting.
Please, continue.
Today, I went to where
Seo Yoon Hyung spent 3 minutes alone.
I tried to think of how...
a woman who wanted to use cyanide to kill her boyfriend, would go about it.
Here.
Well done.
Oppa.
What's this? Suddenly…
Lipstick.
I just wanted a final greeting.
Your imagination is really interesting.
It's nice that you were interested.
I will now start to prove all these.
So that Seo Yoon Hyung can finally
rest in true peace.
Do you have any proof?
How is it?
Cyanide 0ppm. - = ppm: parts per million = -
No cyanide.
I've lived up to now...
only trusting evidence.
Without evidence,
I cannot uncover the truth.
But, there is no evidence.
This time, I must believe the witnesses.
Witnesses?
The manager of Seo Yoon Hyung's company.
Also, Voice member, Jeong Seok Gun.
There are two witnesses left.
No.
There are only two people left.