We found evidence...
that you were home at the time of Eun Hong Goo and his wife's death.
And we found a witness who saw Eun Seon Jae walk in there.
Why did you give a false confession?
I must pay for what I have done.
Why are you taking things this far?
Why do you want to be a murderer in Eun Seon Jae's place?
Do you really want to know why?
You won't be able to take it even if you heard it.
Just turn me into the murderer and let Seon Jae go.
That is the only way for you and me to pay for the crime...
we committed against Seon Jae.
Do you...
really want to know?
Then turn off the voice recorder and the camera.
I'll tell you everything.
The moment you find out why my foster parents had to die,
you will be faced with a tremendous amount of pain.
That cake box you received.
In that Pandora's box,
there is no such thing as hope.
What I'm about to tell you...
stays only between you and me.
(Trucks weighing over 2.5 tons are prohibited from entering.)
I won't repeat what I'm about to say in a courtroom or anywhere.
I will never recant...
my confession.
I made...
two mistakes.
(Episode 31)
(Bae Yeo Wool)
What happened?
What is it?
I left my truck at a client's because of an emergency.
And my boss caused an accident while driving it back.
Bury or burn her.
Just do it as far as possible from here.
Sorry?
I'll pay you handsomely.
You should also get rid of the truck as well.
We can't leave any evidence behind.
You're right.
I didn't think about that.
- Who is she? - Why does that matter?
That's not the point right now.
You should've returned back sooner.
Why did you have to make your boss drive and cause all this?
- But... - Forget it.
Go now.
- I can't, sir. - Do you want to put him in jail?
We'll give you enough money.
That doesn't matter. I can't do this.
Then what about your wife's hospital fees?
You don't have any money to pay for her surgery or medication.
Will you let her die?
If you do this,
we'll pay for everything.
You're the one who drives that truck at the factory.
If you leave right now,
we'll tell the police that you did it.
Throw it away as far as possible.
(Bae Yeo Wool)
(Daejeon 180km, Busan 395km)
Hey.
Oh, my. Hey.
Hey.
Hey!
Doctor! Come out right now!
- What is it? - Doctor...
- What's going on? - She's still breathing.
Let's bring her in. Hurry.
I believed...
that I had fixed everything perfectly.
I saved her...
and also covered up their crime.
But...
- Mr. Seo. - Yes?
Did you do your job right? Why are the police here?
- Sorry? - They found a burnt truck.
What will you do if they find the body in there? Answer me.
I told you...
that I made two mistakes, right?
That was my first mistake.
Don't worry. That girl is alive.
- What? - She's alive,
so you won't get caught.
He didn't say anything else,
so I thought everything was solved.
The door is unlocked.
Sir?
At first, I didn't recognize her.
Hello.
She had a different face.
I later found out that those serpents...
searched all the orphanages around the hospital I mentioned...
and found her.
They're frightening people.
They adopted the girl...
whom they previously wanted to kill in fear that they'd get caught.
I still had a spark of hope.
Although their first encounter was awful,
I believed they'd raise her with affection.
However,
those serpents were more despicable than I had previously thought.
What?
Does Seon Jae not go to school?
No, we homeschool her.
She's not completely healed yet,
so she still needs to frequent the hospital.
You're truly an amazing woman.
She's not even your biological daughter,
yet you are so devoted to her.
Oh, don't say that.
They were worried that Seon Jae might regain her memory...
and forbade her from going out at all.
I told you not to leave your room.
I'm sorry, Mom.
"Mom"?
Come here.
- Come here. - I'm sorry!
Please, Mom!
Come here.
Follow me!
Come here!
Mom...
Desperate for their love and acceptance,
she withstood the abuse.
But the more she withstood,
the worse the abuse got.
In the end, they sent her abroad.
She wasn't sent to study, but was exiled.
But the neighbors complimented the couple for sending...
their adopted daughter abroad to study.
Does Seon Jae know...
about this as well?
Yes.
She does.
When I found out I was terminally ill,
I wondered...
why I spent so many years slaving away for them.
I regretted everything.
(Letter of Resignation)
At least for the remainder of my time,
I wanted to live right, so I said that I'd quit.
Mr. Seo.
Why is Mr. Seo suddenly quitting his job?
What if he goes somewhere and says something?
What if he talks about Seon Jae? It'll be all over for us.
We have no choice.
Give him a lot of severance pay to shut his mouth.
Seon Jae, that brat. She has been nothing but trouble to the end.
(Myunggang Daily)
Goodness.
I have something to ask you.
I was heartbroken...
because Seon Jae would never find out the truth...
after I died.
So I told her everything.
- That her foster parents... - My foster parents are...
the ones who tried to kill me?
That was...
when I made the second mistake.
I had no idea...
what kind of destruction...
my words would bring about.
The next day,
Eun Hong Goo and his wife died.
I tried very hard to believe...
that it wasn't Seon Jae.
But...
she asked me for a favor.
I will give you a chance to be forgiven.
I don't think I'll ever forget...
the face of my mom as she passed away.
Why did I remember this?
I'm sorry, Yeo Wool.
What can I do to be forgiven?
How do you define forgiveness?
Forgetting everything?
Or pretending like everything never happened?
What? Who are you?
You're the head of Internal Affairs.
I received a report that Detective Woo is...
about to conduct an illegal investigation against a minor.
That is not going to happen.
Of course, it won't.
But I received a report, so I can't just ignore it.
That's why I need your help.
My help?
Keep this microphone in your clothes starting tomorrow.
I need to check if nothing is done illegally...
during the investigation process.
How can you do this as a fellow detective?
If you know how much work we put into our job on the field,
you simply cannot do this.
You're telling me to tattle on my colleague.
If there's nothing suspicious, just put the darned thing on.
Someone is bound to put this on, Detective Chae.
You must think very dearly of your colleagues.
So wouldn't it be much better for you to put this on...
instead of putting one of your colleagues through this trouble?
(Cheongin Police Agency)
You're here.
Isn't Detective Woo here yet?
He's not here yet. I wonder where he is.
Did he go to meet the kids already?
He already got started on his plan.
He's probably meeting them already.
I hope he won't get in trouble all by himself.
We need to be there with him so that we can patch it up afterward.
He doesn't always go around doing bad stuff.
That's nothing but prejudice.
You can't say something that even you don't believe, Detective Shin.
Quiet.
Yes, Detective Woo.
You already met the kids?
Oh, Jae Hoon's mother gave consent, then.
Jae Hoon was the least suspicious, though.
He only stood guard.
I heard his mother is a lawyer.
I'm sure she'll do anything she can to get him out of this.
He even recorded his witness.
He said Min Woo hit him.
Min Woo?
I thought that kid named Dae Woong or something hit him.
Choi Min Woo's dad is a thrice-elected assemblyman.
Don't you think they blamed it on Min Woo...
thinking that he'll be able to get out of this?
Then are you with Jae Hoon's mother right now?
Yes.
Jae Hoon is here too.
Okay.
What do you want?
We want the same thing.
For me to disappear from here.
Anyway, we now have Jae Hoon's testimony.
We finally have a lead to this case.
I think that's the time, then.
I don't think there is anything problematic.
Woo Tae Seok isn't an idiot.
He wouldn't cause an obvious problem.
Let's keep hearing from them.
I need to go to the restroom.
(Assemblyman Choi Yang Soo)
Yes, Captain Jeon. What is it?
What are you doing now? You're not helping.
What are you talking about?
I'm talking about Min Woo's friend, Jae Hoon.
You need to keep his mother's mouth shut...
for me to do my job.
Detective Woo.
The head of Internal Affairs came to visit me last night.
Why?
He got a report that you are conducting an illegal investigation.
He told me to wear a microphone.
And?
I turned him down, of course.
He threatened me and said someone is bound to put that on.
What is this nonsense? What does he think of our team?
You three can go downstairs.
Hey, did you tell them?
Was it you?
I have no idea.
Be honest.
What did you tell that detective?
I have never even met that detective named Woo Tae Seok.
He said that he has a voice recording too.
I've never even met him. What voice recording?
Did you think that Min Woo could get out of this...
because he's a son of an assemblyman?
Did you bear witness against Min Woo?
Dae Woong even lost his father.
How can you keep thinking about avoiding the situation by yourself?
I really didn't.
If you are that concerned,
let's go meet that detective. Let's check.
This is great.
Let's check with him.
Excuse me, when did I ever meet you?
First of all, listen to this.
You said you didn't meet him.
Detective Woo, I have something to tell you.
Why are you yelling at me?
Choi Min Woo, shut Ji Ho's mouth.
Please.
What? What's with him?
- Hey, sandbag. - Is he dead?
Darn it, why didn't you go easy on him?
That's because he's a weakling. I didn't even hit him that hard.
Hey, next class is Korean, our homeroom teacher's class, right?
If the teacher finds out, we'll be pestered.
Hey, stop making a fuss and stand up, you moron.
I told you that I had a recording.
You heard that, right?
Dae Woong is the one who beat him up.
My son didn't even touch the kid.
Exactly. Min Woo and Jae Hoon didn't hit the kid.
And Jae Hoon even reported it to 911.
Dae Woong insisted on going to his father's hospital.
They didn't hit him only on that day.
Min Woo beat him up a lot of times too.
One time, he almost died when Min Woo beat him up.
Do you think I don't know that?
Do you have evidence?
Do you think I won't do anything if you make such accusations?
You kept the principal quiet.
And you, Mr. Choi. You bribed...
the Commissioner General and pressured the police.
- That's absurd! - No, it's not absurd at all!
My husband wanted to cover up the bruise on the kid...
and performed CPR. How could you turn your back on me?
Mom, that recording isn't from that day.
Ji Ho died on Saturday. We didn't have school that day.
And he collapsed right away when we beat him that day,
so he couldn't talk.
Thank you for your statements.
I'll get the warrant and see you at the station.
Mr. Woo Tae Seok.
Sir!
We started operation to get Mr. Woo Tae Seok.
We caught something we didn't even imagine.
It looks like we helped out Mr. Woo,
but we just caught a big fish.
I guess we did.
I was concerned about getting a microphone on the detective.
Anyway, he got the statement at once.
- It's recording properly, right? - Yes.
Now, this case has turned into a case...
with a thrice-elected assemblyman and Commissioner General.
We can't proceed on our own anymore.
After writing up the transcript, contact the prosecution right away.
Yes, sir.
A well-known assemblyman, a famous hospital, and the school...
conspired together in order to cover up...
the truth of a middle schooler who had died from school violence.
We have found out that one of the assailants' parent,
the hospital director, excessively performed CPR...
on the patient who had already died...
in order to conceal the bruise from a beating.
And the assemblyman, a parent of another assailant,
continued to exert his influence to pressure the police.
Do you admit to the bribery charge?
Were you trying to cover up the innocent student's death?
How do you feel now?
I will answer my questions at the prosecution.
- Cooperate with us now. - Please answer our questions now.
Is the allegation true?
- Sir! - Sir, please answer our questions!
Ga Young.
You and Mr. Woo planned to use the wire you were wearing, right?
You should have given me a heads up.
Why?
Did you think I might have betrayed Mr. Woo?
You can't hide anything on your face.
It was a good thing I didn't tell you.
When you get an offer like that, you should use your head.
Refusing to cooperate won't solve anything.
Gosh, the more I think about it, the more I'm furious.
You perceived me as someone who would betray Mr. Woo.
No, it's not that.
I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.
If you're sorry, buy me a meal.
A meal?
It means that parents of the assailants...
were involved in trying to cover up the case.
That's right.
The victim's mother couldn't do anything except for putting on...
a one-person protest in front of the hospital.
Ji Ho. Wait a bit longer.
I met a nice detective.
He will bring justice to your wrongful death.
Sandbag!
Please... Please stop.
I said you could hit me too when I finish hitting you 20 times.
I don't have to hit you back.
Please. Please stop this.
- Sandbag is talking. - Because he needs more beating.
Ji Ho!
Yes, that's right.
I killed the hospital director.
You scared me.
That wasn't recorded on the day of his death anyway.
But you lied to me that you had evidence?
Your son killed my son.
So what?
Hey, lady. Do you have evidence?
Do you have money to hire a lawyer?
What have you done for your son?
All you did was putting on a protest...
with that piece of paper in this cold weather.
Did anything change when you put on a protest and complained?
If your son were my son...
Well, you know what?
Say that if your son was a student from a prestigious college.
People would say that it's a tragedy for a bright student to die.
Then something would have changed like your wish.
But your son?
This world isn't interested in...
the death of your insignificant son.
Why? Not everyone's life is worth the same.
How dare you say such a thing?
How dare you glare at me?
Do you think...
I told them to get rid of you because I was scared?
I only did that because I didn't want to see your face from my desk.
Look! I can see your spot right away.
I told them to get rid of you because I didn't want to see...
that face of yours which reminded me of your son!
Look!
You look just like your dead son!
Stop!
You should have given me a bit more time.
I didn't mean to kill him.
Only...
when I killed the hospital director,
the world paid attention to my son, Ji Ho.
The only thing a mom like me who is poor and has no connection...
could do is to sacrifice my life.
(Final Episode)
Hey, what are you doing? Hold on. Let go of me.
Hey, let go. Let go of me.
Let go. Let go of me!
Hey, calm down.
Hey, the kids are paying for what they have done,
and their parents are locked up.
You got what you want.
I don't know why you're doing this to me,
but will you be happy when you put me away too?
I wasn't going to put you away for taking bribes.
So you should help me.
Just like the old days.
You just need to toss me the key and leave.
Go to the coordinates I sent you,
get on a ship, and disappear.
You'll rot in prison for the rest of your life...
if you go in as an accomplice to a serial killer, right?
Where did you get that?
If you hadn't release Jang Hyung Min,
Hae Jun wouldn't have died!
You jerk.
Stop it. Stop!
Hold on. I didn't know. I didn't know that.
- I didn't know that. - What?
I am really sorry...
about what happened to your wife.
I didn't know that.
I didn't know that crazy jerk would go after her.
No, that's not true. You pretended not to know!
How many people do you think know what they did was wrong?
Everyone says that they didn't know!
But you knew.
Darn it.
What are you looking at?
There's nothing to see here.
Captain Jeon Chun Man.
- What is this now? - Take him away.
Let go. Let go of me!
I will go willingly. Let go!
Let go! You jerks!
You're just going to stand there?
Do you think this is going to finish me?
I'm going to kill you all, you scumbags!
(Award for Good Conduct, Han Seon Jae)
Isn't your real name, Han Seon Jae?
Then are Eun Hong Goo and Park Jung Sook your foster parents?
Is that why you killed them so brutally?
Did they abuse you?
I feel bad for you. But I can understand.
Are you asking me if my dad touched me...
right now?
- Yes. - Ms. Eun quit her job.
I think she's running away because we're closing in on her.
I'll go check her house.
No, I'll call you after I look into it.
(Restricted Number)
Mr. Woo Tae Seok.
Where are you?
Did you use the present I sent you?
Getting him locked up was your wish.
Where are you?
Why are you looking for me?
Why do you care where I am?
You already caught the culprit who killed my foster parents.
You know that Mr. Seo is innocent.
And the culprit is you.
Do you have proof?
Will you catch me if you have proof?
Let's meet.
What will we do then?
We'll talk when we meet.
I can't tell...
if you want to catch me or let me go.
If you want to meet, you should come find me.
Then it gives me the right to hate you, doesn't it?
Hate me as much as you want.
You're ready to rot in prison for the rest of your life, right?
I'll only come out as a dead body.
Mr. Seo.
You don't know for certain what you have done wrong.
Is that right?
Please help.
I think someone killed...
my mom and dad.
Sir, I've located Eun Seon Jae's whereabouts.
Just turn me into the murderer and let Seon Jae go.
That is the only way for you and me to pay for the crime...
we committed against Seon Jae.
You came all the way here.
Did you come to arrest me?
Yes.
You're more evil than I thought.
Sure, I may be a monster who killed her parents,
but you're the one who created this monster.
Do you really believe you have the right to arrest me?
No, I don't have the right to arrest you.
So I wanted to hand this case over to someone else.
But...
if I don't arrest you...
If I can't bring myself to arrest a culprit,
I can no longer be a cop.
Then quit.
You can let me go and also retire yourself.
Why will you be a cop if you don't have the right to convict me?
Because this is the only thing I have in my life now.
You've left despair in my life...
but dared to leave hope in yours?
That can't work. It's too unfair.
Is this what you wanted all along?
You want me to let you go...
and live with no hope?
Who knows?
If you do that, maybe I'll forgive you.
You never had plans to forgive me.
How are you so sure?
Because I know the sin that I've committed cannot be forgiven.
You had to suffer so much because of me.
Like you said,
you can neither forget it...
nor pretend like it didn't happen.
If you let me go,
then I'll forgive you.
It's incomparable to what I have lost,
but at least you'd be losing something precious to you.
I'll just think that we're even.
I'll never be able to forget you,
but I'll pretend like I forgot what you had done to me.
Is this going to be your answer?
You're going to arrest me?
Yes.
Tae Seok.
Why do you think I started all this?
Because I wanted to torment you?
If so, then wouldn't I have just killed those whom you cherished?
You wanted my heart to suffer.
You're wrong.
I was giving you countless opportunities to be forgiven by me.
You could've halted the investigation for my sake.
You could've put Mr. Seo away in my place.
You had many chances to do something just for my sake.
And I was planning to...
And I was going to...
You can't forgive me.
You're right.
It's unforgivable,
yet I kept giving you chances.
Isn't this tragic?
You knew from the very start...
how unforgivable the sin you had committed was.
That's why you were good to me.
Because then,
even if I found out the truth,
you could have a chance to be forgiven.
That's what you thought.
You had a plot in mind from the start.
There was not an ounce of sincerity in you.
But you know what?
Lonely people like me...
easily misunderstand such lies as heartfelt sincerity.
You've never imagined how cruel that could be, have you?
You were never going to open your heart to me.
But you made me cling onto you...
and anticipate.
"I wish he looked at me."
"I wish he liked me."
I tried my best and expected something in return.
Now, I pity myself.
I hope you pay dearly...
for your sins.
You can't forgive me.
No.
Don't leave me all alone again.
Hey, any news on us getting a new team leader?
I'm not sure.
I thought this was temporary.
It's already been a year since I started...
to work at this position without getting extra pay.
You're wearing a suit.
Are you little Woo Tae Seok?
Do I look weird?
It suits you. Suits you very well.
My gosh, Mr. Ban.
Looking great.
He isn't Mr. Ban anymore. It's Detective Ban.
Yes.
Mr. Ban sounded catchy and cheap, just like him.
Cheap?
Anyway,
after everything got taken off of my paycheck,
it seemed like to be a loss.
I calculated everything,
and I think it was much better when I only made 1,670 dollars.
But you have the honor as a part of the Korean police force.
Honor?
You'll receive a pension after you work for 20 years.
Gosh, that's good news.
Detective Chae, you look awesome.
Detective Lee.
The simulation of the weapon...
from the Hwaseo-dong case is out.
Let's go.
Let's go. Let's get to work.
Let's go. Let's work.
Detective Chae.
You didn't return your gun after the operation yesterday, did you?
You're right!
I returned it yesterday.
Buy me a meal.
Thanks a lot.
What do you want?
You should choose something.
If you have no idea, you should do a search.
Should I look for something?
A great place to go on a date.
A great place to go on...
a date?
What?
I'll go to the situation room.
All of a sudden? Now?
Wait, what did you say?
What's going on?
What's going on between you two? Tell me.
About the Hwaseo-dong case...
A child abuser died, right?
What was the murder weapon?
I looked into a lot of things,
and it has to be this.
This belongs to Eun Seon Jae.
It's not exactly the same.
What happened to Eun Seon Jae?
I have no idea. She was never found.
Who knows if she's dead or alive?
(Cheongin Prison)
Are you doing all right?
You haven't come in forever, then show up to pick a fight?
If I'm doing all right, this won't be a prison.
It would be a hotel.
You're still very feisty, Captain Jeon.
You still have a temper.
If you repent on what you did...
and stay quietly as a model prisoner,
you can be put on parole.
Repent?
What have I done so wrong that I should repent on it?
You held yourself back well. Why are you saying that again?
Aren't people supposed to butter up your superiors,
suppress your juniors as you can,
and live quietly without a problem?
Are you and Woo Tae Seok completely innocent?
At least I worked hard as a detective.
I put dozens of them behind the bars.
They're all in here too.
They say they'll kill me whenever they have time.
I'm very grateful.
The jerks who are worse than them,
those people up there...
They will never come in here.
They have a great life outside of these walls.
What can we do?
This is the reality.
And it's not like...
what you did is right.
I'm the commissioner general now.
Be well.
I have to go visit the previous commissioner general.
Jeong Woo, wait. Wait!
Jeong Woo!
Hey!
Where's Tae Seok? Isn't he here yet?
Hey.
Did he get discharged already?
Then am I no longer the team leader?
Haven't you heard?
SNS Team is now under the regional investigation unit,
and Tae Seok became the captain.
You can't do that.
You said this was temporary.
Is your title important?
- Detective Woo. - Hey.
What's important is arresting bad guys.
Yes, you can take in all the bad guys in this world.
You're now the captain of the regional investigation unit.
Captain Woo, congratulations on your reinstatement.
Our 9 to 5 days are over.
My paycheck will get cut again.
Exactly. You could have come a little later.
It was quiet for a while.
- Detective Ban! - Detective Ban!
No way!
- My gosh. - Seriously.
It's always his mouth.
Come here.
Let's go.
Let's go!
- Hey, you. - Stop.
- Get them! - Okay!
I said, let go of me.
What are you trying to pull, you jerk?
Hey, that hurts.
Darn you.
Did you get them all?
- Yes! - Yes.
Quiet.
- Stay still. - Darn it.
Move.
(Less than Evil)
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