Chungmyung Police station requested cooperation...
related to a serial sex offender.
The culprit knew well about the victims' house structure.
He cut the power and went in through the unlocked door.
The culprit would be looking for his next victim.
It wouldn't be so easy to be in a team that focuses on...
sexual assault cases.
Prior to leaving the team, I had to take a difficult case.
Sun Woo had a hard time.
In the end, she was sent to another team.
He will move again in a few days.
We need to use a bait.
I will do it.
The culprit works for the research company's security.
Ha Sun Woo.
Sun Woo isn't here.
I found the car.
Promise me that you will arrest him.
I promise.
(Episode 19)
Why did you come so late?
I already had two cups of coffee.
Kim Yong Chul.
Where is Chief Director Baek?
Why are you in such a hurry?
Don't just stand there. Take a seat.
There must be a lot of things you'd like to hear from me.
Don't think about doing anything stupid.
Kang Ki Hyung, your pet is rather noisy.
You won't be able to step out of this room.
Do you want to make a bet?
Let's see if I can just walk out of this room in 10 minutes or not.
Do you know about Rimbaud, the poet?
He is a crazy man who died because he liked coffee so much.
Kang Ki Hyung.
Do you think I'm crazy?
Don't try to fool around with me.
Oh, my.
It'd be nice if you could just admit that in the end,
you are just like me.
You are just a killing machine.
Why do you think I'm like this?
Don't even dream of making a deal...
with me.
Why am I like this?
Why?
Once upon a time, there was a boy.
He had a father who beat him every day,
and a mother who had to lay low like a dead body.
Living was no better than being dead to him.
Nobody paid attention to that boy.
Just before he nearly lost his life,
to escape from the fiery fit,
he set the place on fire.
He barely escaped.
That boy was imprisoned in the mental hospital...
when he was 14 years old.
He had a hard time after he killed his parents.
While he was imprisoned in the mental hospital,
he was injected with unknown substances,
beaten up, and experienced auditory hallucinations.
The boy was abused continuously...
and racked by the guilt of having killed his parents.
So he set the hospital on fire and escaped.
And then...
he became a real devil.
Once people make mistakes,
it's hard to escape from the viscous cycle.
Humans act weak to the strong,
and strong to the weak.
Kang Ki Hyung.
Do you know what people call this kind of society?
Kim Yong Chul, I understand your pain.
But you do not know what pain is like...
because you can't feel anything.
You even killed people...
that the society doesn't care about,
that are without rights, and forgotten by others.
That's your problem.
Can't you think simply?
Chief Director Baek San understood me.
But then,
he's the type that pushes his luck.
I told you.
I'll get to walk out of here on my own accord.
But don't you want to know...
what's inside the bag that belongs to a psychopath?
What is this?
This is my ticket to my way out of here.
You must know that there's been a lot of word...
going around inside and outside of NCI about Sun Woo.
Fortunately, at the scene of the incident,
detectives from the police station in charge were present,
so it was considered as self-defense.
She only received three months suspension from the job,
but it's also true that the status of NCI fell greatly because of it.
This lecture is one way we can calm down...
the negative public sentiment.
We need to inform people in and out of NCI that we're still..
In a great state through the lecture.
One profiler compared the job to Samjokgu,
an imaginary animal that appears in Jeju Island's folktale.
It's an animal that can catch the legendary fox with nine tails.
It's helpful to humans,
but with only three legs, it's an incomplete being in the real world.
Historically, it's been said that its incompleteness...
is its simple but perfect weapon that allows it...
to hunt the legendary fox.
It stays near humans, but it cannot be one of them.
But when the danger is imminent, it does its job.
The good and bad represented by Samjokgu and the legendary fox...
is like the relationship of a profiler and a psychopath.
If crimes ceased to exist,
there would no longer be profilers like us.
We'll take some questions now.
Do you have any questions?
Yes?
By saying that you can catch criminals by thinking like them,
are you saying that the criminals and the profilers...
are on the same line, like two different sides of the same coin?
Just like you said, the features of profilers and psychopaths...
are like two different sides of the same coin.
It's all about not crossing the line between the good and the bad.
And protecting law and justice.
That would be the eternal dilemma...
and issue for profilers.
I'd like to ask Profiler Kang Ki Hyung a question.
It's been a while since the Reaper has escaped from prison.
If you're on the other side of the coin like you said,
you must know what the Reaper must have on his mind.
Why haven't you arrested him yet?
And what do you think made him...
stop killing after escaping from prison?
I'm sorry, but I do not think I can answer that question here.
Please understand.
But I can tell you this. We can arrest him,
and we will.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Can I have your autograph?
Where did you get this book?
It has gone out of print and is hard to come by.
Here.
What's your name?
Yes. I'm a future profiler, Ko Joon Hee.
(Root of Evil)
Good luck.
Can I get your business card?
The office looks empty without Sun Woo.
I know.
I didn't know Sun Woo had taken such a big part of my heart.
Should we send her a picture?
Why not?
- Take a picture of me here. - Okay.
Here we go.
(You can use live focus.)
1, 2, 3.
How do I look? Let me take a look.
The background looks a little too empty.
It does. Sun Woo might be worried.
In that case, let's do this.
Blurring the background makes it look a lot better.
It does.
We're still working hard.
Don't worry.
I look much better like this.
Should I send this?
Send.
(Loading)
(The image has been saved to the camera folder.)
I'm so sorry.
Do you want some help?
Here.
We found her early this morning.
Out of her belongings,
we found your business card.
What's her identity?
She's a student majoring in criminal psychology.
Yes. I'm a future profiler, Ko Joon Hee.
The first one who found her is a detective from this area.
Detective Choi.
I'm Choi Hyun Jin. I work in the Female and Youth Division.
I'm Kang Ki Hyung.
Did you find anything suspicious?
(Root of Evil)
(Ko Joon Hee)
We found it on the scene.
The scene?
Are you referring to here?
No.
Where she was kidnapped is different from where we found her.
This book was found in an alley near her home.
When we checked the CCTV,
we confirmed that she was kidnapped there.
Sir.
Something's bothering me.
Ko Joon Hee's parents received a video of her being tortured.
The way she was kidnapped...
resembles Song Yoo Kyung's case.
Could it be a copycat crime?
Do you want some help?
- Honey. - Yes?
Let's watch it together.
Okay.
What is it? It sounds strange.
I need to go see the victim's mother.
Is the field where we found your daughter...
a special place...
for you and Joon Hee?
They tore it down,
and it's just a lot now,
but it was the very first...
place we bought.
It's where Joon Hee was born.
Even after we moved,
the two of us sometimes...
went to visit.
(Criminal Psychology)
It bothers me...
that she came to listen to our lecture that day.
If the criminal is copying Song Yoo Kyung's case,
could he have an accomplice too?
It's a possibility.
Copycat criminals...
consider themselves as equals as the original criminal.
Not only do they copy the crimes,
but they also think they're at the same level.
Are you saying they see the murderers as heroes?
Most copycat criminals...
put themselves in the same level as the murderers and admire them.
It's like a fandom.
They praise the murderer and admire their crimes.
If it's a planned copycat murder,
they copy it exactly as if reviewing the original.
They would understand the crimes inside and out.
The culprit for this case...
copied the methods and pattern of the Song Yoo Kyung case.
It's as if he saw it in person and replicated it.
The problem here...
is that he didn't just copy the method and pattern.
Leaving the corpse in the meaningful place...
for the mother and the victim...
is not something others know.
That was the unrevealed signature of the Song Yoo Kyung case too.
How did the murderer...
know about that signature?
(Author Son Suk Ju, publishing event)
I thought...
he was hiding to avoid the Reaper who escaped from prison.
It's surprising to see him here.
While Kim Yong Chul hid his true identity...
and lived with the victim's name,
Son Suk Ju was the only person he kept in contact with.
It's about Reporter Son Suk Ju.
I was checking on his whereabouts...
when I noticed that he called and received calls from one number.
Why would Reporter Son Suk Ju...
The book is mostly about the interviews of the case.
That means, it would have been impossible...
to write such things without contacting Kim Yong Chul.
Anyway,
he's the person that knows...
about the murderer Reaper's true identity, Kim Yong Chul.
- I'm sure he expected this. - There's an announcement.
The scheduled meet and greet with Son Suk Ju at 3pm...
has been canceled due to personal reasons.
I repeat.
The scheduled meet and greet with Son Suk Ju at 3pm...
(Me, me, me)
Are you all right?
That's why I told you to take a vacation.
How was the lecture?
Good.
Someone asked a question.
"If you think like the psychopathic criminals,"
"why can't you catch the Reaper?"
It'll only get more difficult...
to not to go past that line...
when we're on the border.
Give yourself some time to rest.
I heard there was a copycat murder case.
Yes.
They even copied the signature that wasn't exposed through media.
I think Son Suk Ju disappeared for good.
I went through his email records, and they were sent from the US.
However, he never left the country.
Do you think it has something to do with the Reaper?
The scheduled meet and greet was canceled.
Even the publisher doesn't know where he is.
How can he suddenly get out of reach?
It's strange.
Sun Woo.
No, it's nothing.
Why did you suddenly barge in? We almost crashed!
Are you crazy?
This will be recorded on my dash cam.
What a crazy man.
Gosh.
Are you all right?
What happened?
I'll call an ambulance for you.
Jang Ae Ran. She's a victim of shooting incident...
that happened around 3am near the beltway entrance...
by Sin Mok Stream.
The culprit chose highway at dawn on purpose...
when there's no one.
There's an entrance to the construction...
that's connected to the nearby intersection.
The road just opened, so there's no surveillance camera yet.
Considering the victim's age, gender, the use of a shotgun,
and choosing the construction area where the road gets narrow,
it's just like Jang Gi Tae incident.
Hey.
Are you all right?
It's fine. I'll call an ambulance for you.
He perfectly reenacted even the details of the crime.
He's not a simple copycat.
2 copycat crimes occurred in just 2 weeks.
It not only happened in short time,
but if the public finds out he imitated the crime NCI solved,
it'll become a huge issue.
We'll suppress the media as much as possible and resolve it.
This is very strange.
Do you think there's someone behind this incident?
There will be a limit to stop the pressure from the superior office,
but I'll try my best to support you.
Resolve the case...
as if it'll be your last one.
Yes, sir.
(The Reaper)
The dash cam and even the navigation are completely destroyed.
He's not a human.
How could he do this to someone?
He visited the site in advance,
and committed crime meticulously.
He expressed his anger even more than Jang Gi Tae.
He shot the shoulder first,
and fired at random after the car stopped.
It's the same method as the last victim of Jang Gi Tae incident.
He committed crime...
with an evolved pattern of Jang Gi Tae.
Who would do this?
And why?
She has...
an initial bracelet on her wrist.
He passed over the previous victim's belonging to the next one.
That's the Reaper's signature.
Go over Kang Ho Young incident again.
If he's really behind this,
that's where we should start.
Yes, sir.
I looked over all the documents you mentioned.
A button on the trousers is missing.
According to the forensics in charge of the case,
there was never a button on the trousers.
They searched the area, but never found it.
A button?
There wasn't any.
JH...
could be Ko Joon Hee's initials.
It's highly likely.
According to the victim's mother, she wore this necklace...
for a few years.
Is this really from the Reaper?
Why would the Reaper do this?
("A Serial Murder Took Place in the Same Town at Dawn")
What about this one?
It will hide your belly.
I don't have belly.
I'm saying even if you get belly...
For me? Really?
What's gotten into you?
Hae Won.
Remember, Kang Ki Hyung.
He'll never give up.
(The Phantom Club)
(Criminal Psychology Research Club)
Hey, Nana. Can you...
Can I do it later?
I'm quite busy right now. I'm sorry.
Nana. Where are you...
This book...
has two people's writings.
It has mixed tenses.
Also, everyone has his or her own way of writing,
but the expressions used here...
aren't just one person's.
I'm so nervous. Why do I get so nervous from seeing you?
How did it go?
Ever since the book was published,
there's been an increase of secret fan clubs.
I looked into every website.
First, you access through a normal domain,
but once another website approves you,
you'll get an invitation.
Then there will be an administrator's approval.
You can finally join the website after that.
That's not the end.
After you put the password,
there's a code they share.
There's a shield to prevent anyone from accessing.
It's a complete secret club.
I was able to break through the protection program,
but it's crazy.
I don't understand why they make something so horrible.
(The Reaper)
But I couldn't break the final stage.
I'd be able to find something only if I could break it,
but there's a lock on the password.
What are we going to do now?
Han! What are you doing here?
I think I know the password.
The secret school book clubs...
hide the password in books.
If we were to say...
that this...
was written by the Reaper,
not Reporter Son Suk Ju,
the first IP number would refer...
to his first book.
If that's the case, the 3rd IP number "232"...
would indicate the total pages of this book.
The 2nd number "11" refers to the number of chapters,
and the 4th number "27" refers to the line.
"The man that undoes the buttons..."
"goes past a woman's hand with rings on it..."
"and picks up his glasses."
Let's pick words from here and type them in.
Button, man, ring,
woman, hand, and glasses.
Wait.
Buttons and rings are...
signatures from recent serial copycat crimes.
I'll choose...
things that can be left behind and arrange them again.
Oh, my gosh.
Buttons and rings have already been used as signatures.
Then what would...
the glasses mean?
(The Phantom Club)
What if...
Team Manager Kang, if you think about it,
the fact that the Reaper leaves unique signatures...
is something that everyone can recognize if they have...
studied criminology.
The media has covered the data as well.
The problem is that the copycat had Kang Ho Young's buttons.
That means that the Reaper and the copycat are related.
The copycat must be committing murder...
under the order of the Reaper or someone related...
to the Reaper.
Team Manager Kang,
I'm not sure if I should be doing this, but...
The culprit has been telling us the dates of the murders.
What do you mean he was telling us? What do you mean?
I thought you were suspended.
Team Manager Kang, arresting the Reaper is more important.
I'll try to be careful.
(The Phantom Club)
This is the website that worships the Reaper.
If you look at the dates at the bottom of the page,
these indicate dates prior to the recent serial murders.
Someone had been announcing...
the murder in advance.
It's just like we thought. Someone had given orders,
and the copycat committed the murder on the given date.
That means it could be any one of the members from this website.
We searched through the website,
but that was all the indication of dates we could find.
There hasn't been a notice indicating the next murder.
Keep checking the website,
and find out about the members and the administrators of the website.
Yes, sir.
This is really like a phantom club.
We can't check their personal details with this.
If you look at the pattern of the 1st and the 2nd case,
after someone uploads the fanfiction,
the murder happens within five days.
Team Manager Kang,
I've been tracking the IP address of the administrator.
The website has been managed secretly,
and it's been using proxy servers.
It's impossible for me to track anymore.
We do not know...
when the murder would happen,
who the victim would be,
nor which crime he would copy.
We can't determine the time of the murder either.
The story...
just indicates the place.
Team Manager Kang,
another fanfiction story has been updated.
(The Phantom Club)
(The Third Fanfiction)
(Jeongbalsan Station Exit 1)
(Daekwang Church)
The man wearing a cap...
goes deeper inside while lowering himself.
In the dark room,
a middle-aged man puts his hand in pure water...
and bows down.
That's when the man's knife heads toward the other's neck.
Help me! Help me!
Help me. Please help me.
Someone is trying to kill me.
Please help me.
Why are you doing this to me? Why?
Please don't kill me.
The man covers the middle-aged man's eyes with a black cloth.
After killing the middle-aged man,
the man leaves like a shadow.
The story is describing the crime scene in detail again.
Stained glass. In front of a cross.
A middle-aged man who bows his head.
The story is describing a church.
The culprit...
is trying to imitate Jung Do Il and commit a murder at a church.
Only public law shall be like water.
Team Manager Kang, the culprit has committed another murder.
This time, the culprit committed murder at the same time that...
the story was updated.
- They're here. - They're here.
Does this case have anything to do with the past cases of NCI?
This does not seem to be the copycat's crime.
What does the NCI think about this?
People have been saying that the Reaper is behind this.
What do you think about this?
- Please make a comment on it. - Please say a word.
- Please comment. - Please say something.
He did copy Jung Do Il's case,
but the pattern is a little different.
It's not like the previous murders,
which were conducted in a relaxed and a calm state.
Also, this is not the place that was mentioned in the story.
The wounds suggest...
that the culprit stabbed the victims' bodies hastily.
The victims must have run all the way here...
from the church to escape from the culprit.
This would only be possible if the culprit had been...
met with an unexpected situation.
The culprit would have been startled by the situation,
but he could not postpone...
the D-Day.
The period between each murder is getting shorter.
They probably want to prove to the world...
that we are not strong...
and that the government authority can fail.
But why didn't they...
leave the previous victim's belongings as a signature?
This was left next to the body.
I thought it was the victim's,
but according to his family, they're not his glasses.
(Written by Son Suk Ju)
It's Son Suk Ju's glasses.
On four different fan fiction uploads,
there is a comment that's repeatedly uploaded.
What is this "MW99" that's right beside the comment?
I'm not sure. Could it be the administrator's nickname?
What could it mean?
It looks like an abbreviation of some sort.
Could it be like a secret code that only they know?
If it's their code,
then "MW" must be referring to the same thing.
I'll look it up.
"Mystery World".
The "MW" stands for "Mystery World".
It's a tabloid newspaper provided for the mystery novel advocates...
and the students majoring in criminal psychology.
I'm sure there will be a clue somewhere on here.
Detective club members are usually...
the main readers of chain newspapers like us.
It's hard to select which story to publish.
Do you know where these papers are distributed?
Mostly to universities and mystery club rooms.
If we weren't servicing online,
we wouldn't have any business.
People continue to buy space for advertisement,
so we're able to make a living.
Advertisements?
Sun Woo, look at this.
Look at these past advertisements.
This is the same location and time for Ko Joon Hee's case,
and this one matches Jang Ae Ran's case.
Can you tell us who paid for these advertisements?
Those?
They just sent us money starting last month.
They wanted to stay anonymous.
It's hard to find out exactly who.
We're happy to print advertisements as long as we're paid.
Yes.
Sir, the criminals used newspaper advertisements...
to share the time and location in advance.
Okay.
Check the CCTV footages from the day of the lecture,
and compare them to the CCTV footages of this area.
See if there is anyone that look the same.
Okay.
(Unidentified Number)
It's been a while, Kang Ki Hyung.
How are they?
Do you like my presents this time?
If you're still trying to make a deal with me,
it'd be better that you stop.
I guess you didn't like the presents.
Kim Yong Chul.
It's me that you want. Don't touch other people.
I'm not sure.
I must be getting old.
I'm getting greedy.
Do you like surprises?
Kim Yong Chul.
You scared me.
You must like surprises...
to startle me like that. You can look forward to it...
because it's going to get fun.
No. I'm fine, Mom.
Something busy came up for him at work.
It's nothing.
I told you, everything's fine.
Dad's always busy.
Mom. I'm fine, so don't worry.
Okay?
Sir, I analyzed the CCTVs near the scene of the third murder.
Out of the people that were at the open lecture,
I found the identities of three people that look similar.
All three are rather tall,
and they're members of the mystery club.
All three of them were at the lecture with Ko Joon Hee.
Check if any of the three have relationships...
with the other victims.
Also, check their criminal records or anything out of ordinary.
Yes, sir. I'll check right away.
What could the Reaper be planning?
Gather the team for me.
Okay.
Out of the cases we solved,
let's condense down to the cases with unique signatures.
There aren't too many cases the culprit can copy.
Sir.
There is another update of the fan fiction.
It's a prediction of the fourth murder.
(The Phantom Club)
(There are cars passing by. A man is in a car.)
Hello, I'm the one that called yesterday.
I see you.
No, I'll go over.
(She laughs and says...)
It's very close to the Ahn Sang Cheol case...
that kidnapped women he met by making secondhand deals.
If they uploaded a new posting, there must be a new advertisement.
I was just looking at it.
It just says 3:50pm for gathering.
We only have three hours.
We have to figure out the location quickly.
Just as the fan fiction says,
I'll look into bus stops in front of department stores.
I'll get started.
In the fan fiction, there is a passage that goes like this...
before the deal happens.
"I could feel the Reaper's phantom that was chasing me."
"The Reaper shattered into pieces and scattered all over."
"They jumbled up in front of my eyes."
This...
must refer to anagrams.
If the word "Reaper" gets scattered and letters get mixed up...
R, E, A, P, E, R.
The letters in "Reaper" were used to make new words.
There are three vowels,
and on top of that, they are two of the same vowel.
You can't make a new word from this combination.
Parere.
It means "to like" in Italian.
Sir, parere is often used...
for naming restaurants or cafes.
Nana. Out of the places you found,
are there any cafes with the word "parere" in it?
Find out if there are any stores with the word "parere".
Yes. I'm sorting them out right now.
Among them, within 1km,
there are three cafes with the same initials.
Parere, amio parere,
and parere special rateau.
We can't have a lot of manpower in this secret investigation.
You can only contact the site support team.
Divide into three places, and lay in wait.
(The Phantom Club)
(The Reaper)
There must be at least one person...
with a motive to murder around the victims.
Wait.
Min Young.
Look at this.
The Phantom Club...
originates from a mystery solving website, "Journal Holmse".
What about it?
The first victim Ko Joon Hee.
JH on her ring.
That's not her initials,
but the website's initials?
Yes, I think so.
Although this website is closed,
the initial administrator...
was Ko Joon Hee.
It must be related to the suspects.
Please look up a website called Journal Holmse.
- Journal Holmse? - Yes.
It's closed.
Look up...
if any of the suspects was a member of the website.
I found it.
Kang Chi Hwan.
He's a classmate of the first victim, Ko Joon Hee.
If the birth of the Phantom Club is Journal Holmse,
it means both of them belonged to the same club all along.
Look here.
(Ko Joon Hee)
Do you think Ko Joon Hee realized what Kang Chi Hwan was after?
If they were in a relationship,
it'd be easier to notice.
What do you think made him stop killing after escaping from prison?
He currently goes to the same school as Ko Joon Hee went to.
He doesn't have any previous record,
but he has a record of early discharge...
from the army due to a mental illness.
I searched the name Shin Hye Mi...
who sent money to Mysterious World account.
I confirmed...
that those two are currently operating Phantom Club.
Send the suspect file...
to Kim Hyun Jun immediately.
(Account details of Kang Chi Hwan)
Phantom.
that those two are currently operating Phantom Club.
Send the suspect file...
to Kim Hyun Jun immediately.
(Account details of Kang Chi Hwan)
It's 3:50pm.
Do you think the culprit noticed?
We had a breakout.
There was a cleverly disguised IP.
I'll change the plan.
Let's go out first.
Are you here for a camera?
Yes. You're late.
I'm sorry.
It took me a while to find a parking spot.
Where's the camera?
It's in the car. I also brought some accessories.
Will you go with me?
I'll give you the camera,
and I will also...
give you a ride.
Sure.
Let's go.
It's Kang Chi Hwan.
C48. By the crosswalk. We found the suspect.
Move!
Don't come.
Come here.
Kang Chi Hwan.
Put down the knife, and let's talk.
We're not in that stage yet.
Kang Chi Hwan.
Everyone get out!
What's going on? What's wrong with him?
What?
What's going on?
My goodness.
Put the gun down.
Put the gun down!
Kang Chi Hwan.
Calm down.
Let her go,
and let's talk.
We can talk this out.
Don't try to trick me.
No!
You followed the posting on the website.
Don't you want to know what it feels like to kill someone?
There must be another follower.
Chief Director?
What are you trying to do with me?
Kill her if you want to save your daughter.
You crazy jerk.
You are just a killing machine.
Now that he began,
he'll never stop.
The Reaper wanted to destroy our team in the first place.