(Episode 25)
Detective Cha.
I came...
to give this back to you.
Are you Detective Cha...
- or... - It's me, Dong Tak.
I'm really glad to see you.
Director Tak Jung Hwan.
What on earth does he owe to my dad?
One thing I'm sure of is...
that he has something to do with my dad's car accident.
So what is that connection?
What's that?
My dad didn't do it.
Trust me.
It's true. Trust me.
Ssong's dad was...
the corrupt detective who destroyed...
my dad's evidence of innocence?
This is the case I told you about before.
My dad's case.
(Song Ji Seok, my dad, a corrupt detective?)
Your dad...
Your dad was...
Detective Song Ji Seok?
Is he the detective...
who killed himself while investigating an accident...
16 years ago?
Help me.
I'll help you catch the person who accused your dad unjustly.
It's Kim Jong Doo.
He confessed that he had cut in.
Kim Jong Doo, a 49-year-old male,
died after crashing into a car at a backside road at Gasan-dong.
Strangely, he had committed suicide 16 years ago.
(Investigation Record)
16 years ago,
Gong Soo Chang's dad died after being accused of...
causing a traffic accident.
Detective Song Ji Seok...
was in charge of that case.
- My dad? - We had given him...
the evidence that proved the false testimony of the witness.
He thinks that Detective Song got rid of the evidence...
and that he was the reason why his dad was found guilty.
My dad wouldn't have done something like that.
As far as I know, he would never do something like that either.
Are you sure about that?
Do you...
remember how I told you that I was a twisted kid?
And that police officer whom...
I met back then was a real adult who led me the right way?
Darn it.
If you steal this, you'll come to the police station with me.
If you decide not to,
you can come eat with me.
I don't eat meat cooked in liquid.
My parents drowned and died trying to save me...
from a river.
Then whom do you live with?
Someone.
I barely see my daughter.
- I got divorced. - I see.
When we disclosed that the taxi driver lied,
that really made our hearts race, right?
Kid.
Stop being a troublemaker.
You should become a detective.
You said your heart raced when you caught that bad guy.
That's what a detective is.
Someone whose heart races...
because he's dying to catch bad guys.
Are you like that too?
I sometimes pee in my pants.
I get too excited when I catch a bad guy.
Wow, a detective.
A detective.
Mister, I'm going to become a detective.
A good detective whose heart races and sometimes pees in his pants.
Oh, and...
I envy your daughter.
She has a detective like you for a dad.
Right.
I'll be a dad...
who isn't an embarrassment to my daughter.
That real adult was...
Detective Song Ji Seok.
Your dad.
I can't believe I met his daughter.
But...
what had happened to him?
That day, he was on his way to see me.
He said he had to stop by shortly and meet someone.
Who?
I don't know.
After he died,
people said he killed himself...
because he was a corrupt detective.
I was scared and hated my dad.
Not long ago,
a detective who was his partner told me...
that he wasn't someone who would do anything corrupt.
He's not someone who would kill himself and leave me behind.
I believe he's right.
Detective Song's death is...
similar to Hang Joon's.
Hang Joon was also blamed as a corrupt officer after his death.
And they're both related to the accident from 16 years ago.
The accident from 16 years ago?
I will look into Detective Song's death.
Do you trust me?
Reporter Song, it must've been...
very hard for you.
There's one more person who trusts you, Dad.
Thank you, Detective Cha.
There's someone vicious nearby whom you should never meet.
But you might have met that vicious person already.
Right.
She was pointing at me.
If Ssong's dad is that corrupt detective,
of course, she is someone vicious to me.
Ssong's dad was the corrupt detective...
who destroyed my dad's evidence.
He was the jerk who betrayed us.
I don't think so.
- What? - He wouldn't do that.
How can you be so sure?
On the last phone call he had with me,
he said he'd be a dad who wasn't an embarrassment to his daughter.
Detective Song's death is...
related to that accident from 16 years ago.
Reporter Song is now on the same boat as us.
There's a guy my dad caught because of an accident 16 years ago.
Tak Jung Hwan.
Jo Min Seok said...
his dad found...
Director Tak's weakness 16 years ago, and because of that,
the director has been working for him.
And you're suspecting that it's my dad's car accident.
Yes.
And Kim Jong Doo was...
told to bear false witness that your dad caused the accident.
That... That jerk...
And Reporter Song's dad was...
the detective in charge of this case.
Then he killed himself for the corruption he...
Well, I mean, he died after being falsely blamed as a corrupt officer.
And 16 years later, Hang Joon was killed...
when he looked into Kim Jong Doo's death.
(Detective Jo Hang Joon, died while investigating Kim's case)
The necklace you found at the scene is engraved with initials TJH.
That definitely has something to do with Director Tak.
What's he trying to cover up?
The man who killed Hang Joon...
And...
the man who put the blame on my dad...
might be Director Tak. Is that what you're saying?
Or someone whom he wishes to protect.
(Tak Jung Hwan, Tak Jae Hee)
(National Joongang Hospital)
Die. Die.
Am I okay?
What kind of a nightmare was that?
If I don't catch the criminal and end up not returning to my body,
is that how I'll die?
And why was he in my dream?
Tak Jae Hee, that jerk.
(Seoul Central Police Station)
So Commissioner No Young Man...
covered for Jo Min Seok?
We lost Detective Park because of Commissioner No?
- It looks like it. - That son of a...
Wait. Is this connected to...
Hang Joon's case that you're still on?
So do you have a bigger fish in sight?
Whoever is controlling...
Commissioner No?
I'm going to catch whoever that person is covering for as well.
I need you to get Commissioner No and Jo Min Seok to talk.
Okay, I will.
We'll take a two-sided approach.
Will you go to the director of prosecutors first?
Bingo.
Yes.
Do something about it right now.
I warned you not to go after your own.
Darn it.
- Sir. - What?
Good morning.
You introduced Jo Min Seok to Park Dong Ki.
- On purpose. - How dare you?
Do you think I take bribes? Can you prove it?
I didn't yet say you took bribes.
Jo Min Seok confessed already.
What?
If you harm me, do you think you'll be safe?
Start digging, and we all die.
Give me my phone. Right now.
Commissioner No.
Let him have a break.
He did too many things so far.
Sir, now, I can't help...
Let's...
focus on what comes next.
Jo Min Seok.
- He's on his way here. - Okay.
His lawyer seems to want to...
make a deal with you.
With me?
Jae Hee got that case?
Okay.
It got a bit interesting, didn't it?
I asked to have your son prosecute mine.
I put pressure on the assistant prosecutor general.
How much did you tell?
Everything I know.
Make sure...
your son doesn't talk.
You dare tell me what to do?
Just so your son could inherit your group illegally,
you laundered money, embezzled funds,
committed accounting fraud. Shall I go on?
Tak Jung Hwan, you scumbag.
When I befriended you 16 years ago,
I foresaw this happening and prepared for it.
The hit-and-run.
He'll serve five years.
You built your company over 40 years.
Save your son or your company.
That is up to you.
You want a deal?
Hello, Prosecutor Tak's office.
What?
Sir, it's about Jo Min Seok's case.
- Yes? - They gave it to Prosecutor Han.
Who made the switch?
Chairman Jo changed his mind...
at the last minute.
Yes, sir.
Jo Min Seok was sent to the prosecutors' office.
The thing is,
he insists that No Young Man's the only one he had in his pocket.
That there's no one else.
And Commissioner No?
Nothing yet.
He's such a headache.
Do you get what I'm saying, commissioner?
Yes, sir.
Hey, I'm hungry. Get me some food.
Order something from a famous Chinese place.
Okay.
Well? What did he say?
Director Tak Jung Hwan.
He got rid of Jo Min Seok's weakness.
Then is he of no use to us anymore?
No, not yet.
I'm going to rattle them.
(Director Tak Jung Hwan)
So what interesting story did you come to tell me today?
Jo Min Seok killed a woman in a drunk hit-and-run accident.
He said someone's covering for him.
I think he decided to keep quiet.
He told me something interesting before he decided to shut up.
16 years ago,
he got something on you because of an incident.
Is that the car accident at the Incheon five-way junction?
The perpetrator was a drunk truck driver.
The witness, a taxi driver.
Are you connected to...
that accident?
My goodness.
I have no idea what you're saying.
No, no, he's lying. Did you see his pupils shake?
You can control your mouth, but you can't control your pupils.
The owner of this necklace...
that was found at the scene...
could give me an answer.
Including you, there are...
a total of 10 possible owners.
I checked them all.
Okay, thank you.
I was interested to find out that everyone but one...
still had their necklace.
That person had lent his to you yesterday.
Did you see him wince?
That means he's tense. Keep poking.
I'll ask you again.
Is this necklace...
yours?
No.
I think there's a misunderstanding.
I told you already.
I have mine.
No, no. This is 100 percent a lie.
You tried,
but I have a trusted lie detector that you can't see.
It keeps saying that you're lying.
Detective Cha.
When you investigate,
if you jump right in only with a belief that you're right,
you're bound to end up bleeding from the side first.
Are you confident that even if you bleed,
you will be able to beat death?
Did I go too far?
I apologize.
Even if you die coughing up blood,
you're no cop if you fear that.
Brace yourself.
That secret you're hiding and the person you're covering for.
I'll get to the bottom of it. Right.
If that person...
were Prosecutor Tak Jae Hee, it would be even more amusing.
Did I go too far?
If I did,
that's a pity.
Detective Cha.
Everyone has a secret.
Some people...
just hide it very well.
Right.
And some others...
are better at...
find out those secrets.
Did you see his gaze waver when you mentioned Tak Jae Hee?
Is that old man the mastermind...
and his son, the assassin?
It's very likely.
Then you really need to be careful.
I noticed that he's really smart.
When I was last in your body, that prosecutor pretended as if...
he was all about justice, just like you.
I fell for that.
Is that why he helped send Lee Doo Sik wife to prison?
Yes.
You nearly died there.
That's why he sent you there. He wanted you to die there.
Or maybe, he wanted to check something.
He scares me.
He was pretending to be helpful all along.
That's why we need to be more elaborate.
We need to go somewhere first.
(Director of Prosecutors, Tak Jung Hwan)
Father, why did Detective Cha visit your...
Do you remember this necklace?
It's something...
you need to find out eventually.
What if Tak Jae Hee had caused the accident...
and Kim Jong Doo threatened him?
That's not a good reason to kill someone. That's inhumane.
It's too weak. Too weak.
Either Kim Jong Doo knew something more important,
or we're missing something.
Did you find out?
Yes. Her name is Han Mi Sook, and she's 45 years old.
She moved and went into hiding right after her husband died.
She avoided all police investigation after confirming his death.
It was really hard to find her address. I sent it to you.
Well done.
Who is Han Mi Sook?
Kim Jong Doo's wife.
Kim Jong Doo's wife?
What are you going to do?
Kim Jong Doo is the one that started all this.
If we find out what happened before he died,
we can arrest Director Tak and Prosecutor Tak for sure.
And we'll find out what we have been missing.
She won't say anything if you say you're a detective.
I mean, she went into hiding. What do you think that means?
I just need to go through with this.
Excuse me.
Are you Han Mi Sook?
If you're a detective,
you must be here because of Kim Jong Doo.
Thank you for seeing me.
I knew you'd come find me once.
I decided to confess when that happened.
I've always felt a little guilty.
It was first said that he died during an accident with a gang,
but you testified that he had in fact...
committed suicide.
Why did you testify that your husband...
was depressed and suicidal?
They told me...
that they'd pay me if I said that.
I was told to receive the money,
refuse to meet the police,
sell the house, and leave.
Who was it?
I don't know.
I called them back because I felt...
guilty for selling out my husband,
but the number no longer existed.
- They got rid of the number. - This isn't right.
You came back to Korea after 16 years, right?
Yes.
16 years ago, he earned some money...
and suggested we live in the Philippines.
I had no choice but to follow him.
I've held out for 16 years,
which is a long period of time.
It's a typical tactic...
to pay and send someone abroad.
But when he ran out of money, he said...
he might earn money if he goes back to Korea.
So he came back in and called someone.
He was going to drive a taxi,
so he bought a second-hand car and was excited.
But on the day...
he was supposed to receive his money,
he died just like that.
Do you know whom he was calling?
No.
All right.
If you...
remember anything,
please call me.
I knew it. She was bribed to testify falsely.
Kim Jong Doo...
must have known something or had something bigger.
If he was simply a witness to an accident,
it wouldn't have been a threat to Director Tak.
Then what do you think is the real reason...
he bribed Kim Jong Doo to testify falsely?
What... You should answer me first.
16 years ago, I knew about...
the accident you caused.
Father.
You were only...
17 years old.
When your mom died of an illness,
I was too busy as a prosecutor...
to take care of you.
That's when I found out that you had caused an accident,
that three people had died,
and that you had run away.
When I saw your red eyes, scared and crying,
as if you were about to die,
that's when I came to my senses.
- Father. - So...
I went to the witness and asked him...
to testify falsely.
Kim Jong Doo.
The dead taxi driver.
Yes.
I had asked you...
if you knew Gong Soo Chang before.
Jae Hee,
do you know who Gong Soo Chang is?
He was the son...
of the truck driver that became the culprit...
because of Kim Jong Doo's false testimony.
Haven't you ever been curious about...
what had happened to the boy...
that had survived the accident?
The case had ended there.
But then, Kim Jong Doo came to me after about 10 years...
and threatened me.
And then, he died suddenly.
And then, Detective Jo Hang Joon,
who was in charge of the case, was killed as well.
I think Detective Cha...
thinks that...
you and I are involved in that case.
No father would let his child...
get hurt when he's threatened.
I'm ready to...
step down for you if I need to.
(Accident at Incheon Five-way Intersection, 3 people dead)
(A Car Accident at Incheon Intersection)
(Who's the Culprit?)
(Drunk Driving Accident, Culprit's Son Is the Only Survivor)
(Accident Near Incheon Intersection, 3 Dead Including a Young Couple)
(Drunk Driving Accident in Incheon, Culprit's Son Is the Only Survivor)
Gong Soo Chang,
when will you stop following me?