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Why on earth did you follow me here?
Why don't you complain to him?
"Get out! I said get lost!"
Then get lost.
Does that make any sense?
Unrequested visitors are forbidden from entering the facilities.
We were sent for the Korean skeleton found recently.
I've never heard of it. Please get permission.
Didn't you say that the body is Korean?
Why is the Japanese team doing the autopsy?
Who are you?
Has a Korean examiner come this way?
No one's come in here.
I apologize for disrupting.
Thank you very much.
I can understand Korean.
I'm Shigano Reiko, an assistant professor at Shobara University Forensics Department.
You can leave that way.
And please tell Dr. Yoon Ji Hoon to wait outside.
Do you know Dr. Yoon Ji Hoon?
Isn't he the only forensics examiner from Korea crazy enough to do something like this?
Episode 8
Why isn't he coming?
Doctor.
What are you doing? I told you to take pictures.
I already took them, and I was waiting for you.
Are you alright?
Of course I'm all right. I nearly died.
Do you know someone here?
Know someone?
It's been a while.
Shigano Reiko?
Why are you always so busy?
I would have given you the material if you just asked for it.
You think we're the same as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
It doesn't matter to me whether the body is Korean or Japanese.
I care how they died.
If I knew you were here,
I definitely would have asked you for it.
I'll give you what you need.
That would be the fairest thing to do.
We'll see who discovers the cause of death first.
You? Or me?
This is a matter of discovering how someone died. Competition is pointless.
Aren't you the competitive one?
But how do you two know each other?
We're competitors.
We used to study under the same professor.
For people who have worked together, you two don't seem very close.
That's right. We're not very close.
But we're pretty big rivals.
Meet me in front of the school cafe in about an hour.
An event that happens only in movies has happened in reality.
2 days ago, residents in Kyeong-gi Province awoke to 3 gunshots in the early morning.
Tomorrow, a body killed by gunshot will be delivered to the NFS.
A Russian Tokarev...
Shooting between gangsters. A shooter who ran away...
Is that what you're asking me to say?
It's for our nation.
I expect you to resolve this case with caution and secrecy.
For the sake of this country, will you help me?
If you do this for us,
you will get everything you could ever want.
The prime suspect Kim Jong Ho is on the run.
The police circulated the suspect's picture throughout the country
to facilitate their search.
Here.
Pictures of the crime scene.
Analysis of the contents found on clothes.
Results of her dental analysis.
Is this all?
The results for the DNA and poison analysis aren't out yet.
What about the crime scene?
The body was discovered in a cave located behind the Mikano shrine in Shobara.
The victim had an ID card that was only issued to Koreans during the Japanese colonial period.
So the body has been identified as a Korean from the Joseon era.
I did a little research before I came here.
You have a very smart assistant.
Since she can't do autopsies, she should at least do this much.
If there was an identity card, why couldn't they identify the body?
This is the identity card found at the crime scene.
As you can see, it's difficult to read.
And age?
The dental results show that the person was a female in her late teens.
We checked out the dental records of all the missing people,
but we still couldn't identify the body.
All we have left is the corpse.
Should we take a look at the body then?
Based on the condition of its bones,
there are no traces of fractures or external injuries.
But...
Hold on a second.
There are signs of periostitis.
Did she have an infection?
By periostitis, do you mean the bone's been scratched?
That's right. Scratches and tiny holes on the surface of the bones.
She might have had tuberculosis or osteomyelitis.
It could also be syphilis.
There are several possibilities.
What's this?
So this picture...
Well, you can't see it very clearly...
but the truth is, this is a picture of a branch near the window.
Doesn't the tree look nice?
You see, well, this is...
We're in the middle of looking at the bones for a very important national case.
Why are we looking at a picture like this?
Doctor...
- I'll get up first... - I...
Where are you going?
Dad, sit down.
I'm just going to go.
I said sit down.
Fine.
You too, Prosecutor Jung.
Sit down and eat.
I have a little more grilling to do.
I'll grill it.
What's up with you?
You usually treat me like a cow or a dog.
What do you mean, Detective Choi?
Sit down. The meat's getting cold.
Sure.
Prosecutor Jung! Eat, eat.
Eat, eat.
It doesn't look good to my colleagues if they know my son is an officer.
Yi Han doesn't want others to know either, so I purposely haven't said anything.
I'll act as if I know nothing.
By the way, you're not in any sort of relationship with him, are you?
What?
No, we're not in a relationship.
Good.
Aren't you turning 35, Prosecutor Jung? And since Yi Han is 29...
You two have a 6-year age gap. I shouldn't bother worrying.
I'm 33 if counted in the Western way.
It's the same thing.
I almost forgot the soju. Hold on a sec.
He should give us food.
No, we need booze.
You'll work at the Supreme Prosecutor's Office starting tomorrow?
But...
Can you tell me why I didn't make it?
Whatever the reason, I'll take it.
The prosecutor I decided to take with me
is the son of the Seo-il Hospital director.
So that's what it is.
I think I'll have to be the one to leave first.
I hope the two of you have a good time.
Where are you going?
How old are you?
Thirty.
Why did he lower his own son's age?
What is she talking about?
I think that's where the body was discovered.
The ocean's outside the cave.
An empty cave made of limestone...
Why would a teenage girl have died in a place like this?
Doctor.
If we can't identify the body, what will happen to the corpse?
If we were in Korea, it would be classified as a missing person and be stored at a morgue.
But in Japan, it'll be stored at a temple.
She was someone's daughter some decades ago.
I told you not to bring personal feelings into this.
Here. Take a look at the chemical analysis of the clothes.
Calcium carbonate.
This is from the limestone in the cave.
Mold and bacteria are common on corpses.
But this,
Hibiscus hamabo, what is this?
Hibiscus hamabo?
In Korean, it's called a yellow hibiscus. It's an endangered species.
How did it end up here?
So you're saying...
it couldn't have been picked up from outside,
but maybe it's from the place the girl used to live.
Where are you going?
The library.
I need to look up a map of Hiroshima in the 1940s.
Doctor.
There's a temple down below that's been preserved since it was built in the 1940's.
Wouldn't there be a preserved map there?
No wonder they call this the lovers' shrine. There are only couples here.
They say if lovers write something on these wooden boards, they'll never separate.
Isn't that so childish?
Excuse me.
Hello.
I'm a forensics examiner from South Korea.
I have several questions I would like to ask you.
You are Korean?
I can speak a little Korean.
Many Korean tourists come here.
This is a map from 1941.
This map was made when the Mikano Shrine was first built.
The yellow hibiscus discovered on the body
is a plant that needs lots of sunlight and grows along the beach.
It grows in moist and salty soil and is known to be a very rare and fragile species.
Since the seeds are carried by the ocean currents,
Hiroshima's Seto Inland Sea seems about right.
Onomichi (city in Hiroshima Prefecture that faces the Inland Sea)
Around 1940, was there a region that had a colony of yellow hibiscus in Onomichi?
Yellow hibiscus?
I'm not very sure.
Do you have a current map of Hiroshima?
Yes.
According to the present map, this area is most likely the one,
since it's the closest to the Seto Inland Sea.
If you want to know about that area, you're better off asking someone else.
This is the place where the principal of
Onomichi Kubo High School was born and raised.
Onomichi Kubo High School?
Yes. It's a Korean school in Onomichi.
When did it open?
During the Manchurian Incident (event that led to the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria).
The school chose a handful of children from the Korean village to bring to the school,
and later was officially acknowledged as a school.
The Manchurian Incident means it was in 1931.
If the corpse was in her teens,
then she very well could have attended that school.
Jong Ho!
Are you okay?
Let me take a look.
Jong Ho.
Let's just go to the hospital.
If you stay this way any longer, you'll die.
We can't. We'll probably get caught before stepping foot inside the hospital.
Those bastards are saying that I killed Yang Jung Soo.
The police and those guys in dark suits are probably all spread out.
But you're not a criminal. You're a victim.
If you just report to the police...
I already have 3 strikes on my record.
Do you think they'll believe me?
Bach Partita played by Johanna Martzy.
When he heard that you're a fan of classical music,
Congressman Kang Joong Hyuk personally bought this for you.
He wanted me to convey that he is grateful to you for smoothly resolving this situation.
It's been 25 years since I first started doing autopsies.
Every day, I would look upon bodies that had been killed.
At first, my anger nearly drove me crazy.
Why were they murdered?
Why would anyone kill a fellow human being?
I began to feel the desire to kill the killers.
In this world, there are those who deserve to die.
A serial killer who murders innocent girls for no reason.
A son who kills his father over a bit of money.
An adulterous husband killing his wife.
I think of this situation as the same way.
I agree with you.
Yang Jung Soo and Kim Jong Ho are useless trash.
Trash.
Let's call the detective from before.
You know, that officer we worked with for the case on Chinese narcotics.
Detectives are all the same.
But that officer believed us!
But wasn't he demoted for working on the case alone?
So you're just going to stay like this?
I thought you wanted to see your mother!
An officer? Never!
Then...I'll find another way.
That restaurant's soondae soup is really good. (soondae: Korean sausage)
Yeah.
You should pay next time, Dr. Kim Wan Tae.
Why are you so stingy?
I told you I forgot my wallet!
Wallet?
Show me then!
I really want to see if it's not there.
Jae Young.
Are you on a diet? Why are you so serious?
You know Dr. Joo In Hyuk's autopsy?
The gunshot case?
Have the results come out?
Why?
The thing is...
What?
It's nothing.
Why don't you finish?
It's nothing.
I'll be leaving first.
Why? Is it something Sook Joo shouldn't hear?
Dr. Joo In Hyuk is on Chief Lee Myung Han's side.
Dr. Hong Sook Joo can't live without Lee Myung Han.
I didn't want her to tell him.
So what is it?
The fact that Dr. Joo In Hyuk did the autopsy makes me uneasy.
Has working with Dr. Yoon Ji Hoon affected you?
Stop being a perfectionist.
Wait, Wan Tae...
If I aim a pistol from here, do you think I can shoot you squarely in the forehead?
Do you think that makes any sense, boy?
The force of the pistol's recoil is no joke.
Besides, they say he was shot while they were wrestling like this.
How could he have hit the forehead so accurately?
It probably just happened, OK?
- Bang! - Hey!
Or he might have been a trained soldier.
Just let it go.
Whenever you act like this, you remind me so much of Yoon Ji Hoon.
Seriously! Ugh!
But you do have a point. It's nearly impossible to shoot so precisely.
You skipped serving in the army.
What happened?
What?
Were you listening the whole time?
How can I not be curious with all of you chirping in there without me?
But what were you talking about?
Did Dr. Joo In Hyuk shoot something?
Oh, your makeup is messed up. Fix it.
What a petty man.
I won't give up like this.
I'm Hong Sook Joo after all.
But I'm so curious!
(Onomichi Kubo)
A yellow hibiscus?
It's been a while since I heard that.
That flower became extinct after the nuclear explosion in the area.
But we definitely used to have them once.
They once overflowed the path to the school here.
This was the only place near Hiroshima where yellow hibiscus flowers grew.
Then did you live here back then too?
Yes.
I was a student back then.
Then do you happen to recognize the person in this picture?
Well, this picture is not very clear.
This writing is a haiku.
A haiku?
The words are a little worn...
It is!
Until his hat moves far away and becomes a butterfly, I gaze at him.
Aki-chan?
Do you know her?
The picture's a bit fuzzy, so I can't be sure.
Do you remember her name?
This is important in helping us identify the body.
I'm not very sure about this.
I'm not sure if Aki-chan was her real name or a nickname.
Before the incident, I didn't even know she was a student at our school.
What incident?
I was a student in 1944 when I was drafted to go to war.
The night before I was to report for duty, I lied down to sleep.
A stone flew in through the window.
The window broke.
I was surprised, so I went out because I was curious as to who did it.
You have to come back alive.
Pardon?
What's going on?
Isn't that Aki-chan?
Aki-chan?
She's the daughter of a woman that I work with at the market.
Until his hat moves far away and becomes a butterfly, I gaze at him.
It was the poem she wrote on the stone she threw.
Why would she have done such a thing?
Did she have any peculiar physical characteristics?
Perhaps a spot on her face or body?
She didn't.
Did she walk strangely perhaps?
Perhaps a bent shoulder or back?
How did you know that?
When I went to pick her up, I did think that she had very stooped shoulders.
OK.
I think the corpse we discovered is the same person that you knew.
Professor.
These are the results of the chemical test on the bones.
The level of mercury is very high.
Yes. It seems medicine was consumed for a long period of time.
Hello.
Doctor.
Have the results for the corpse's bones come out?
How did you find out I was here?
Why? Am I not allowed to know?
Here.
We found traces of mercury.
Before penicillin, mercury was commonly used to treat syphilis in Japan.
It looks like the cause of death is syphilis.
That's not what I think.
What?
If syphilis were the cause of death, spots would've covered all of her face and body.
But there weren't any.
So what does that mean?
We found an acquaintance of the victim.
What?
Should I not have met him?
Isn't this competition intense?
Though mercury was used to treat syphilis, it was also used to treat tuberculosis.
So you think it's tuberculosis?
With tuberculosis, bacteria invades the bone and can cause the shoulders to curve.
I heard that the victim had extremely stooped shoulders.
That's not enough to determine it was tuberculosis.
How about the body's identity? Did she have a name?
No, he couldn't remember her given name.
She was this small?
The skeletal corpse usually appears smaller than the actual body.
These clothes and notebook were discovered with the corpse.
Please look through them one more time.
It is very important that we know her name.
I don't know...I can't remember.
Sir, please try to remember.
I know it's been a while, but her family may be looking for her.
The autopsy is over.
Name, unknown.
Age, late teens.
Cause of death, unknown. Nature of death, unknown.
The corpse will be transferred to Asaumi Shrine in Shobara.
Wait a moment.
Something keeps nagging me. Can we stop by just one more place?
Come in.
Welcome, sir.
Welcome...sir?
Oh, I mean... What brings you here today?
Since you requested evidence for the Sang-ji homicide case, I brought it over.
Thank you so much.
Why? Do you have more to say? (She is using the honorific form with him)
Are you doing this...because you found out who my dad is?
What?
Welcome...thank you so much... things like this.
Now why would I do that?
What's wrong?
You're indeed a suck-up.
That idiot! Really, if it weren't for his dad...
Hey, Choi Yi Han!
Oh, hey.
Why didn't you pick up? I've been looking for you.
Gun shooting?
Some gang members were in a fight and the shooter ran away,
but the shooter's whereabouts are iffy. I think we need an internal spy.
Didn't you make some friends while you were chasing that Chinese mafia last time?
Yeah, there is this one clever guy among them...
But he is very suspicious of people, so he'll probably only listen to me.
Come on, why are you acting like this?
You're looking nice.
Come on, you're my colleague! Help me out here!
The guy who ran away is from the Baek San group, Kim Jong Ho.
I just need to find out where he is. Please, hurry and help me.
The new prosecutor is pushing us to get it done soon.
It's going to cost you some money.
Please, please help me, yes?
Who parked here?
Where are you going?
Ah yes, I just have some errands to run.
What direction are you going? If it's the same direction, can you drive me?
The thing is, this is an important errand.
Well, that's too bad.
Yes, Dad, it's me.
You know my car broke down. I don't know what to do.
Detective Choi, I forgot that my meeting was postponed.
Please get in, I'll take you there.
Oh Dad, never mind. I just got a ride.
Onomichi, where the victim used to live, is far away from here.
But the fact that she was found here makes me think this place is connected to the victim.
Is this really where Aki-chan was found?
Yes, it was right there.
Do you remember something?
We used to call this the place of return.
The fishing industry was big in Hiroshima.
And this place was the first place where we could greet the fishermen coming home.
Wives and children waiting for their husbands and fathers used to come here a lot.
And during the war, it was the first place where people could see soldiers returning.
Is it possible that Aki-chan was waiting for you here?
That is impossible. Why me? She didn't even know me well.
You mentioned Aki-chan had tuberculosis?
Then that girl...
I told you not to come to our school.
If we get sick because of you, are you going to be responsible?
Stop it.
Don't you know? She has tuberculosis.
So what? Sick people can't even learn?
You're saying that she had been thankful for something small like that,
so she died while waiting for me?
Since tuberculosis was incurable back then, I don't think she died just because of you.
But she was someone whom you had known.
Even if it's a minor detail, please try to remember more.
Her name, or where she lived. Which hospital she used to go to.
Any detail would be helpful, so please try to remember.
I'm sorry, but I can't remember anything.
Even though you're someone who waited for me like this,
I can't remember anything about you.
We're here.
It won't take long, so wait for me here.
Sure, my meeting was postponed anyway.
Please take your time.
Hey, Dong Goo! Dong Goo!
No one's here? Where the hell is he?
Hey, Ji Dong Goo! It's me, Detective Choi.
Where are you going?
Hey!
You!
Dong Goo.
Stop right there!
Bastard!
Why are you running away? I said it's me.
What's the matter?
There was a gun shooting between gangsters, and he's a member of the gang.
Don't you think he knows something?
Yes. He seems to know a lot.
Why are you doing this?
Where's Baek San Kim Jong Ho?
Jong Ho didn't do anything wrong.
The one who shot a person didn't do anything wrong?
Jong Ho didn't. I was there.
You habitually lie.
It's all lies. Those news articles are all fake.
Can you say that more slowly?
What is a lie?
Russian Tokarev...gangsters... they're all lies.
We didn't have a gun.
What?
We? Then you were there too?
No, Jung Soo and Jong Ho were there first, and I was drinking by myself,
and then I went over to the bar.
I barely escaped.
So then who killed him?
The real killer was...a soldier.
He was an American soldier.
If only we knew her name...
This is pretty common for skeletal corpses.
Miss Reiko, do you know that you're so much like Dr. Yoon?
You're rational and cold.
And you're skilled, but I don't know what you're feeling.
Corpses are what I see every day. And every one of them has a story.
If I react to each of them, I might fall apart.
But the job we are doing...
isn't it also about listening to their message in addition to finding the cause of death?
Which type of forensics examiner do you think is good?
The one who pities the dead emotionally? Or the one who approaches them objectively?
I guess that's up to each individual.
But still...I think Dr. Yoon is too cold.
He wasn't that bad in the past.
You remember Senkoji Shrine?
Oh yes, the goosebumpy place where lovers have their pilgrimage?
Dr. Yoon brought his girlfriend to that goosebumpy shrine.
Dr. Yoon? With a girlfriend?
Ji Hoon, Woo Jin 2005
I didn't expect you to bring me to a place like this!
Why, you don't like it?
No, I like it.
You really don't want to break up with me, do you?
Then do you want to break up?
Nope.
Your handwriting is like chicken scratch!
You're sleepy?
No, it's just that I don't have many days until the exam.
You should be grateful that I came all the way here for you.
- Do you want to drink something? - Yep, coffee.
Then wait over there. I'll get some. Don't sleep.
Your cellphone was turned off.
What are you doing here?
Why are you here?
Was it Prosecutor Jung?
I overheard what you said to her that time at the southern branch.
It seemed like you were dumped, but do you still like her?
Do you think I look like someone who would be dumped by others?
Is eavesdropping your hobby?
I didn't overhear it because I wanted to, I just could hear it.
I'm not experienced in relationships, but if you keep clinging to a past relationship,
you're the one who will be hurt.
I'm just saying don't just think about Prosecutor Jung forever.
Didn't you learn from the case? I'm telling you this for your own sake.
I'd bet people say you're really meddlesome, right?
Yes, my nickname is the queen of nonsense, the queen of nosiness.
You must be happy to have so many nicknames.
Miss Reiko wants you to call her so she can buy you beer before you leave.
Really?
- But why did you... - Yeah?
The picture of my butt... why did you take it?
Huh?
Why did you take a picture of me changing?
That... I just wanted to see it.
Then how did you and Kim Jong Ho manage to get out?
While the American soldier was looking away, Jong Ho threw a chair at him.
Jong Ho ran out, injured, and I helped him escape.
How about the American soldier? He didn't see you?
No. If he did, I'm sure I would've been labeled as a suspect too.
Where's Kim Jong Ho?
Yes, I got it.
What happened? What did he say?
How reliable is he?
Do you think he's lying?
I just checked with Kyeong-gi Police Station, but all the bullets found at the scene
and the witness descriptions match the autopsy results of the NFS.
All of which tell that Yang Jung Soo was killed by Kim Jong Ho.
This isn't even your case, so why don't you find where Kim Jong Ho is and end it here?
Let's say the Prosecutors' Office, the police, and the NFS autopsy results are all correct.
And let's say he is lying. But why would he lie?
He isn't even the suspect. He has no need to lie.
- Detective Choi. - Let's dig a bit more.
I'll review the crime scene,
so can you review the evidence handed over to the prosecutor's office?
I'm not as powerful as you think I am.
Then what about the NFS? If you ask Dr. Yoon...
I can't do that.
Why can't Dr. Yoon do it?
Why don't we stop here?
Tell me.
He just came back to headquarters after his long demotion at the southern branch.
I don't want him to get involved in cases like this again. Are you happy now?
Do you still like him?
I saw the photos at your apartment.
Didn't you two break up?
It's not your business.
Did you already forget Seo Yoon Hyung's case?
This case is the same.
I feel that someone is controlling the prosecutor, police, and the NFS.
Let's just stop here.
Don't make things unnecessarily complicated based on what a gangster says.
Aren't you leaving tomorrow?
Yes.
Please tone down your temper when you return this time.
What?
The rumor was spread to here too.
I heard you were demoted.
That singer Seo Yoon Hyung. Many Japanese were curious about that too.
Who killed him and why.
But I heard...it was your mistake?
No, it's not his mistake. His autopsy was right.
Seo didn't die from potassium cyanide. He died from suffocation.
- Stop it. - I need to correct what isn't correct.
I said stop.
I want to hear more. I was his fan too.
You were? Since when?
One of my friends is a fanatic fan of him. And I got brainwashed.
She is supposed to stop by here.
She's running late.
If other people are coming, I'm going to leave.
It won't take long. She wanted to see you, so I called her.
She knows me?
Hello.
You're here?
She worked with the team that discovered the skeleton to write her dissertation.
Hello. My name is Kang Seo Yeon.
When is your flight?
I need to leave soon. It leaves at 8.
I guess I can't see you for a while. You're going to Europe?
Excuse me.
Haven't we met before?
No, it's my first time.
I've never met you before, but I know a lot about you.
Didn't you perform an autopsy on Yoon Hyung?
How was his last moment?
It had been his habit to say this at interviews,
"I want to die at the most amazing moment on the most splendid stage."
Did he really look happy?
Did you really hope that he would die happily?
You don't seem like it.
It's already late. I have to go catch my flight.
Doctor... she is the one who killed him.
If we don't catch her, we will miss her again.
Are we giving up like this now?
No matter how long it takes, 10, 20, even 30 years,
I will find the evidence.
I will find out that she killed Seo Yoon Hyung.
Although scientific evidence is crucial, in actual investigations,
there aren't enough of them.
Victims tell a story on their bodies about how they died.
A teacher disguised as a doctor, an accident disguised as suicide.
Poisoning disguised as a car accident... the cause of death will always be revealed.
Of course, only if the forensics examiner is awesome like me.
That's it. I'll take questions.
Why does the NFS exist?
The NFS was founded to protect the rights of citizens, their security, and their lives.
What is the motto of the NFS?
Do you not know?
It is to reveal the cause of death using objective and scientific evidence.
What happens if the NFS, which is supposed to protect the rights and security of citizens,
fabricates and discards evidence?
I will not take questions that are not related to the lecture.
I'm telling you because it seems like you don't know.
If caught fabricating or covering up evidence, the examiner not only loses his license,
but he will also be jailed up to 5 years for violating the first clause of law 155,
which bans fabrication and concealment of evidence.
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