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Episode 14
That was gunfire, wasn't it?
Yes!
What are you doing right now?
Where is Lieutenant Yeom?
I guess she's gone missing.
Say it, bastard. Where is she?
Get away from him, Detective Choi!
What's the matter with you? Calm down!
He kidnapped Lieutenant Yeom. We must find her right now.
Did he really kidnap Lieutenant Yeom?
Yes.
What in the world is going on? Lieutenant Yeom was kidnapped?
Cho Rim...
Good to see you.
Where is Lieutenant Yeom? Tell me now!
It seems like you've gotten very close to those policemen.
I know that you kidnapped Lieutenant Yeom thinking that she was me.
So tell me now. Where is she?
Cho Rim...
I thought we are friends, Cho Rim. But I guess not.
This really upsets me.
You...
will never be forgiven.
Detective Choi! Right here!
Detective Choi!
So what happened to Lieutenant Yeom?
She really was kidnapped?
I think we need more information to be certain.
Please check the footage from the surveillance cameras near the Chinese restaurant
to see the movement of the car.
Detective Ki, please check what Kwon Jae Hee did today.
Detective Yeh and I were watching the house the whole day!
Kwon Jae Hee really didn't leave the house!
Then where did Lieutenant Yeom go?
If this was done by Kwon Jae Hee...
Isn't he going to kill her in six days?
Are you disappointed that it's me?
I presume your original plan was to bring the witness, Oh Cho Rim.
You made a huge mistake, which is rather unlike you.
I think you're okay too.
So this is the secret space behind the library?
As you saw from the monitor before, no one can go in there.
And no one will hear you, no matter how loud you scream.
Right.
From now on...
I'll tell you what you have to do.
Barcode?
You're going to write your whole life in this book.
When you were born, what kind of parents you had...
happy moments, sad moments...
and everything you found out once you became a detective.
Everything about your life, without omitting anything.
So you made all the victims do this...
then slit their wrists to make the barcode?
I'll give you six days.
So you are leeching off of the lives that you never had.
You've been living vicariously through them.
I'll kill you if you write "save me."
I'll also kill you if you try to arouse pity.
And if you refuse...
I'll kill you now.
So you received a call from the alumni association some days ago...
saying that someone else is looking for Choi Eun Seol too?
Yes, he said his name was Park Seung Jin.
He reserved the space for our lunch and paid for it!
- I see, thank you. - Sure.
Park Seung Jin...
Yes, it says Park Seung Jin here.
Is this the guy?
No, he was an old guy.
Please look closely.
I'm not sure...
May I look at your surveillance video footage?
Here you go.
I guess someone else paid the bill.
That's right, he paid with cash.
You wanted to order directly from me?
Sir, please order anything you want.
But is this the guy who brought you to the Chinese restaurant yesterday?
He isn't.
He isn't?
He wasn't young like this guy.
Do you think Lieutenant Yeom is really locked up in that house?
If not, where is she?
Our job right now is not missing Kwon Jae Hee.
I think this will be a long war. We need to prepare for it.
Like buying some airy seat cushions...
I need...
toe socks.
Two days since Lieutenant Yeom was kidnapped.
All of us are in great agony, without any clue on where she might be.
[Third day of Yeom Mi missing]
Lieutenant Yeom.
You can't write it like this.
Like this part.
Where you talk about how you first decided to become a policewoman in high school.
I'd like to know more about this.
I want you to write in more detail on why you wanted to become a policewoman.
I hope it'll be all done by the time I come back.
Try to put some more effort into it, okay?
Can you give me a clock?
I think I'll be more productive if I know what time it is.
I can't give you a clock.
I control everything.
All you need to do is just follow my orders.
Yes! Airy seat cushions!
You're awesome, Detective Yeh!
You managed to get it delivered to a car on the street!
I feel so much better! This is pretty cool!
And these are for you.
Great! What a wonderful world!
Hello, gentlemen.
I'm going to a book signing right now.
I'll be back in four hours.
I just wanted to let you know so you can take a break!
Darn it!
Thank you!
What's your name?
Choi Eun Seol.
I was wondering who you are...
Did you come alone?
You don't have a book.
I'd like to gift you a book.
What should I write?
[See you again, Ms. Choi]
Do not hurt Lieutenant Yeom.
Take me with you instead.
Do you like my message?
It's fine.
I know you're hiding in your house.
I'll drag you out and stomp on you.
I didn't believe it at first...
But do you know how dangerous it is here?
Why did you dare to come alone?
Lieutenant Yeom is definitely at Kwon Jae Hee's house.
I know that too.
I saw it.
I saw Lieutenant Yeom's scent on Kwon Jae Hee's hand.
That was the scent that I made for her.
She's sending us a message.
She's telling us that she's okay and she wants us to find her!
It's the house.
Lieutenant Yeom is locked up inside of his house.
Where are you going?
I was his original target.
I'm going to tell him to take me and release Lieutenant Yeom.
What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Come to your senses, Oh Cho Rim!
How do you expect me to be sane right now?
Because of me...
someone else is about to die again.
Is everything okay as long as I'm fine? Is that so?
No...
I don't want to be that selfish.
I won't be able to live if Lieutenant Yeom dies.
How will I be able to live on?
So if you die...
do you think I'll be able to live on?
How can I live without you?
Then what can I do?
I'm already suffocated by the guilt that I killed your sister...
What can I do?
Please save Lieutenant Yeom.
Please.
Okay.
It's okay.
How can you drink that coffee without any doubt?
What if I've poisoned the coffee?
I haven't even finished the stories from my high school days.
You won't kill me because you want to know what happens next.
You're very adaptable.
Now I'd like to bring more people into this room.
Like your subordinate, Detective Choi.
Why Detective Choi?
Not everything in this world has a reason.
Kwon Jae Hee has justified all his murders so far.
But no reason?
[Fourth day of Yeom Mi missing]
I'll be quick.
You can be slow too.
Even though I don't know what this is about.
Please release Lieutenant Yeom.
Don't underestimate me for being grateful to you without fully knowing who you are.
Now we know everything about each other.
It will really upset me if you continue to talk like that.
There's some bad blood between us.
Officer Choi's sister died because of me.
And because of me, again...
Lieutenant Yeom might die.
How terrible.
They're all done by you.
I'm about to die right now.
I feel so bad for Lieutenant Yeom, I'd rather die.
If something happens to her because of me...
That's just unacceptable.
I won't be able to live on.
Take me...
instead of Lieutenant Yeom.
Please release her! We don't have much time anyway!
If you let Lieutenant Yeom go, I'll volunteer myself to be caught by you.
I'm serious.
I have no idea what you're trying to say.
Please don't come to me if you want to talk about this nonsense.
Please leave.
I'm going to bring Cho Rim here.
Perhaps it's too small for two people.
Ah, right.
You will die in 52 hours anyway.
Then I guess it'll be okay.
Cho Rim will never come here.
You'll get caught before that.
Do you know what Cho Rim said when she came to see me today?
You'll be very surprised to hear this.
She wants me to switch you and her.
What?
She wants me to take her and release you.
I was truly moved.
I guess this is what people call "friendship."
That's something that you will never know.
There are more things I want to ask Cho Rim now.
- Have you just changed the shifts? - We have.
Kwon Jae Hee is feigning ignorance, he's not responding to any of the things I say.
But you're his real target. Why isn't he accepting your offer?
Accepting her offer means he's recognizing the fact that he has Lieutenant Yeom.
He's brazenly continuing on with his daily life...
even after he has kidnapped and locked up a person!
But he's weirdly cautious about this one.
He knows what he's doing. That's why we can't get him.
But where could he possibly be hiding Lieutenant Yeom?
She's definitely inside of his house.
There must be another entrance that leads to that secret space.
When I told him to take me instead of Lieutenant Yeom...
I noticed that his facial expression changed.
I think he refused the offer because he's being cautious.
He might respond to my offer if I become more aggressive.
Kwon Jae Hee will try to get Cho Rim at any cost.
But seriously...
is this the only option?
The reason why Kwon Jae Hee asked his victims to write about their lives...
is because he enjoys the thought of possessing one's life.
"Now I own this life."
"I didn't just kill this person. I've taken the person's entire life."
This must be his thought process.
You have about 48 hours of life left.
Why do you think you're so fixated on other people's life stories?
You can stop right there, Detective.
Do you think you can profile me?
It wasn't like you couldn't recognize people's faces since birth.
Your prosopagnosia started once you were abused...
when you started to fear other people.
A point for you.
Your brain is refusing people's faces.
Double points for you.
When you realized that you have an innate desire to kill people...
you decided to see other people's lives instead of their faces.
Triple points for you.
But you're greatly mistaken.
You never had those people's lives.
I can't agree with that.
You're not interesting anymore.
I know everything now.
You're rather ordinary.
It seems like you think you know a lot about me.
Then let me give you this quiz.
If you get it right, I'll extend your life by three hours.
If you don't, your life will be shortened by three hours.
If you don't answer, you'll die in 48 hours as originally planned.
Do I...
want to kill Oh Cho Rim or not?
You don't want to kill her.
Incorrect.
I really want to kill her.
How unfortunate.
You just lost three hours of your life in less than ten minutes.
So you now have 45 hours left.
I'm going to kill you this Friday at 7 p.m.
Nice talking to you.
[Fifth day of Yeom Mi missing]
You're here.
Hey, guys. Who's watching Kwon Jae Hee's house?
Two guys from the Investigation Department took over our shift.
Well done.
We're waiting until we catch him using his secret path...
but he just drives past us every time he leaves the house!
I assume he uses the secret path only when he's doing bad things.
Lieutenant Yeom's life is in danger. What can we do?
We must find the secret path soon...
Dear Lieutenant Yeom...
You must read this email that I'm sending you right now.
I've never called you sister.
But you're my sister from now on.
Let's go eat barbecue, sister.
You must stay strong.
We'll definitely meet again.
Approving the exchange with Lieutenant Yeom.
Wait at Nambu Subway Station tomorrow at 10 a.m.
Approving the exchange with Lieutenant Yeom...
Wait at Nambu Subway Station tomorrow at 10 a.m.
It isn't Kwon Jae Hee's number, but it's certainly written by Kwon Jae Hee.
The goal of this operation is to catch Kwon Jae Hee using the secret path.
Since he'll be coming out to kidnap Cho Rim...
he'll definitely use the secret path.
Please put a scent on Kwon Jae Hee that I can see.
So you want to trace Kwon Jae Hee by scent to find the secret path?
As soon as we locate Kwon Jae Hee at the rendezvous point...
We'll signal Cho Rim to leave the site.
Once she disappears, Kwon Jae Hee will give up on kidnapping her...
and go back to his house via the secret path.
Then Cho Rim will follow him by scent to find the path...
Game over.
Lieutenant Yeom only has about 24 hours left.
This might be our last chance.
We must succeed. We must!
It'll be dangerous, Cho Rim. Will you be okay?
Yes.
I'll still do it no matter how dangerous it is.
You lost three hours yesterday, so you have 20 hours now.
I'll give you three more hours if you answer my three questions.
You want to give up your precious time like that?
Fine, ask me.
Why did you kill Dr. Chun?
I killed him because he found out about my murders.
Where are Joo Ma Ri's diaries?
They're in the living room. No one could find them.
I left them with Dr. Chun.
That's the reason why Dr. Chun died.
And your last question?
Why do you draw barcodes on people's arms?
Once the person writes me their autobiography...
that person becomes just an empty shell.
Nothing more than the cover of the autobiography.
It's because you don't recognize their faces.
You already asked me three questions.
You lost three hours of your life in less than ten minutes.
Now you have 17 hours left.
I'll kill you tomorrow at 4 p.m.
[Sixth day of Yeom Mi missing]
I'm not a morning person.
Yes. He hasn't used the main entrance yet.
[Six hours before the time of Yeom Mi's death notice]
[Look for the key on top of the lockers]
Hello?
Put your mobile phone in the locker.
It's in.
You don't have an earpiece on or anything like that, do you?
I don't.
This exchange will stop immediately once the police follow you.
I'm alone.
Lieutenant Yeom will die in six hours at 4 p.m.
Why?
She made some bad bets that shortened her life.
I said I'll come! Please let her go.
If you want her to live, don't do anything stupid.
What's next, then?
I'm going to see if you're being followed.
Run to Sports Complex Station in 30 minutes.
Wait for my call there.
I can't see where Kwon Jae Hee is giving his orders from.
The fact that he's giving her orders means he's not at his home.
Yes. You two should leave for Sports Complex.
This is our only chance. Please do not get caught while following.
He said he'll kill Lieutenant Yeom at 4 p.m. today.
Why isn't he calling?
I feel dizzy...
How is it going?
He's not calling her.
She looks very tired from all that running.
Once we see Kwon Jae Hee, she can get out of here...
But we can't see him.
I want you to move one more time.
Come to Happiness Park.
You have 20 minutes.
Happiness Park.
Happiness Park... Let's go!
Well done.
You'll see a box under the bench.
I have it.
You'll see a handkerchief inside of the box.
I want you cover your nose with it and breathe.
I'll pick you up while you're sleeping.
Otherwise, I won't pick you up.
This is the scent I saw from Dr. Chun...
If you don't breathe right now, I'm stopping the exchange.
We don't have his location yet.
Do you want to stop?
No.
That's not going to kill her, is it?
I can't watch anymore.
Kwon Jae Hee is here.
Now is the time. Move!
Cho Rim...
Miss! Wake up!
I saw her fainting while I was running!
So I came back to see if she's okay!
What are you doing? Call 911!
Hello?
Somebody help us!
- Please help us! - Miss!
- Wake up! - Call an ambulance!
Verified.
You're curious about what happened to Choi Eun Seol, aren't you?
It seems like you have a good friend.
She asked to be kidnapped instead of you.
So she voluntarily inhaled anesthetic gas.
It was my fault. I picked the wrong place.
I should've picked a quieter place.
It's 1:30 p.m. right now.
You have two and a half hours left.
Cho Rim! Are you okay?
Are you okay, Cho Rim? I'm sure you are startled!
I'm okay.
The GPS is at about 500 meters away from Kwon Jae Hee's house.
How far is it from here?
Maybe 20 minutes by car?
20 minutes...
This is the deodorizer that we sprayed in his car.
Take a look at the scent.
We can neither see it nor smell it.
[Two hours before the time of Yeom Mi's death notice]
I can see it!
Here, this way...
I sprayed a lot of it inside!
Can you see it clearly?
I can't believe it even though I'm watching it unfold in front of my eyes!
Is today the end of the Barcode Chain Murders?
Who's going to put the handcuffs on him? That's the highlight of an investigation!
What's wrong with the weather?
What's the matter? Is it the rain?
I'll get the umbrella.
She can't see scents when it rains.
What?
Why not? Does the rainwater wash the scents away?
It's hard to see olfactory particles when it rains.
I'll try my best.
I must save Lieutenant Yeom!
Darn it!
This can't be it...
This can't be it!
Stand up, Cho Rim.
No!
Kwon Jae Hee said he'll kill Lieutenant Yeom at 4 p.m.
To be honest...
you put the least amount of effort into your autobiography...
out of everyone who has written one so far.
It's also the shortest one.
Because I'm not a novelist.
I struggled a lot to make up stories that are not real.
You have about two hours of life left.
I can give you some more time if you promise to put more effort into it.
The stories I heard from others... the stories from movies...
I really struggled to write them as if they are my stories.
Are you saying that you wrote lies in here?
What made you think that I'd voluntarily give up my inner secrets in this notebook?
Everyone else died after telling the truth at the end of their lives.
The truth?
How ridiculous.
Ms. Park Mi Ja, the shaman who was found dead on March 27th, 2014...
Did she say she abandoned her child for a man she loved?
I assume she wrote that she got a divorce to be a better shaman.
Every good policeman will be able to tell a truthful report apart from a lie.
But you've failed to distinguish them even after killing people!
Don't lie.
People are genuine when they face death.
You...
are quite pitiful.
Don't pity me.
I own your life.
I killed everyone after completely owning their lives.
I ended them.
And I'll end you too.
I got to own a part of their lives that no one else knew...
by reading them and feeling them!
You just realized everything too.
You've lost this game.
I'm very curious to see if you'll be able to talk like this in two hours.
I'm going to kill you in two hours.
[Yeom Mi] [8/8/1985 - 4/3/2015]
Is that my autobiography?
And you'll draw a barcode on my wrist once I die?
You know this well because you're a detective.
It's good that I don't have to explain.
It's the most childish thing I've ever seen in this world.
You have no idea, do you?
How tacky and stupid it is!
There's no point in provoking me.
I won't lose my calm.
And I'm going to kill you within the deadline.
I'm not saying this because I'm afraid of death.
I guess there's this human instinct to tell other people.
I really want to tell you this.
You're so tacky.
You have a bit more than an hour now.
It'll be over soon.
The rain isn't stopping!
Let's stop moping around here...
Let's go somewhere else and think about possible solutions.
Let's calm down and talk about what we should do.
Come on.
It started to pour all of a sudden!
- Here's the tea. - Thank you!
Detective Choi.
Do you want to do this in your room, Ji Min?
I want to show you something.
Okay then.
[One hour before the time of Yeom Mi's death notice]
Can't we have the SWAT team destroy Kwon Jae Hee's house?
Inspector Kang already asked for some support...
but they rejected the request saying there's not enough evidence.
People won't believe her claiming that she can see scents!
This is driving me crazy!
Guess what this is, Grandma!
You drew nothing! I can't see it!
There's a picture, Grandma.
I don't see anything, Ji Min.
Watch carefully, Grandma!
Wow!
White stars were hiding on this piece of paper!
White stars in the night sky!
Perhaps we can try what Ji Min just did.
Cho Rim can't see the scent because the rain has weakened it.
Yes.
Like those white stars drawn on a piece of white paper.
I see...
Like how we could see the white stars after Ji Min applied the black paint...
We can also apply the black paint so the scent can be more visible.
Black paint...
You're the first one to stare at me for the whole process.
I'm about to leave this world soon.
I often imagined how I would die.
I always told myself to forgive and forget everything before I die.
That's what I always imagined.
Isn't that the same for everyone?
I don't think that anymore.
I can't forgive you.
Not because of what you're doing to me...
but because of what you've done to human beings.
You have 30 minutes now.
You...
will never be forgiven.
Spread it on this side!
Can you see it?
Yes, I can see it! I see it now!
This way!
Here's the stench!
This way.
Keep it steady.
In that direction.
This is it.
So this is the place.
We've found it!
Let's go save Lieutenant Yeom!
I'll call the headquarters.
Detective Ki, please block the main entrance of the house.
Cho Rim...
Hide somewhere nearby until the support team comes.
I'm going in. We're running out of time.
Be careful, Officer Choi...
Detective Ki.
I'll block his escape path.
I don't like touching other people's bodies.
So your room will be filled with anesthetic gas.
It's the same gas used for general anesthesia in hospitals.
Once you inhale the gas, you won't be able to breathe on your own.
That's why surgeons use artificial respirators on the patients.
Once you fall asleep after inhaling the gas...
you'll die painlessly because you won't be able to breathe on your own.
Then I'll engrave a barcode on your wrist.
That'll be the end.
It's time.
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