Episode 2
Wow...there is a place like this in Seoul?
It's really grand.
They say his abilities are good. He probably made a lot of money.
Well still...isn't he living almost too well?
Wow...the ability to see someone's death.
You hear about all sorts of things these days.
I don't think he is a person with supernatural powers.
Maybe he is a shaman with specialty of death?
- Bong Soo. - Yes?
Go look for the door.
Door?
Usually, you have to make an appointment before coming...
Well, if you wait a bit, he'll be down shortly.
Wow...this isn't just from earning a lot of money.
You're right.
What kinds of people are his clients...that he could be so rich like this?
People with money and power?
It's said he is pretty well known in the political and financial fields.
People with a lot are so different...
He even has a painting of his face.
But who is this?
Kim Tae Pyeong is 27 so this must be his father?
Sunbae...he's too ugly for that.
Then...is your face any better?
You scared me.
I'm sorry. We didn't know you were here.
Hello. I'm from the Central District Police homicide department Team 1—
You're Seo Joon Yeong, right?
Yes.
But ... pardon me, what is your relationship with Kim Tae Pyeong?
If you have to ask for pardon, don't ask.
- What? - Don't bother an innocent person too much.
Timing & Subtitles by The Fearless Team @viki.com
You're here?
I heard that you have the ability to see death.
I don't have the ability to see death.
You don't have the ability to see death?
Detective, I thought you were really smart.
Of course, there's no way such an ability can exist, right?
According to our investigation—
Then your investigation must be wrong.
Then what relation do you have with Oh Seong Min of Oh Seong Capitals—
He's someone I do not know.
I was kidnapped due to a misunderstanding, experiencing something I never wanted to experience.
Then what about the bulletproof vest?
Bulletproof vest?
I always wear it.
Do you hear?
Isn't it great?
This bulletproof vest is so important lately. There are so many bad guys
out there and they shoot guns like bang bang bang!
But then I remembered the movie "Platoon."
If you watch that movie, they shoot like this and like that!
Do you know this scene? They go like this.
There's a scene like this.
When you see that scene, I think "that's so scary"
I always thought about what I should do in such situations.
So ... what I came up with was ... a bulletproof vest.
"I will wear a bulletproof vest and block the shots"
that was what I came up with. Right?
Think about it.
If I didn't wear this, I would be shot.
Then what else can I do? Right?
Right now... the way you are looking at me...
Your facial expression looks like you think I'm a psycho.
Yes, I do.
Detective!
Yes, I understand.
Thank you for your cooperation.
You're...you're leaving?
Goodbye.
Wow...
He's weird, he's weird, right? Wow.
Don't you think you're making it worse?
It'd be worse if a person like me existed.
What if this leaks out to the media?
I don't even want to think about it.
It's better to just look like a psycho and end it.
If the reporters hear about this, I'll be completely a monkey in a zoo.
And on top of that, they won't have any evidence either.
Wow...they're so elaborate.
They brought this to test you probably.
What is it? Is it a terrible death?
No...it's just...
just a death.
Oh right, Sunbae, you know the photo?
Accidental death, drowning, asphyxia... There are various types of deaths.
Which one among them did you pick and put it in there?
It's a secret.
You didn't put in the most scary one, did you?
To me, he just looked like a psycho.
It could be that or he could be acting.
Acting?
If he knows that we won't believe him if he's honest, it could be better to just put on a show.
Then Sunbae, you really believe in the ability to see death?
I'm not sure. But if he figures out the death of the person in the photo correctly.
Let's go.
What do you want to eat?
- Good question. - Soondae soup?
Why is it always that?
Then... black bean noodles?
It was not filming a gang movie. I heard Oh Seong Min's rampage was not a joke.
There wasn't any warning of the second round fight or something?
I heard there was a survivor according to a EMT ( Emergency Medical Technician).
Let's live together. Who is the survivor?
He was the main cause why the fight broke out. Right?
If you keep this up, I'd think you'll follow me to the bathroom.
Bathroom is that way.
You know you shouldn't write a speculative news story when you write an article, don't you?
You're here?
Hello! Hello.
What about the autopsy result of National Forensic Service?
Huh?
Oh ... that ... the person in charge said four weeks.
- What! Again, four weeks? - Yes.
Ah, seriously!
Results can come late or early.
How is it always four weeks? Four weeks!
Is this a family court?
Hey, does he have trauma from a personal divorce?
The truth is, he didn't even start an autopsy.
Really... This won't do. I can only hold back so much.
Hold back please.
What's that guy's name?
Bathroom (Women)
Yes?
Ah, hello. This is Detective Seo Joon Yeong from the Central District Police homicide team one.
By any chance, is Medical Examiner Gu Do Kyeong available?
Yes, this is he.
Hello!
- There's nothing I can do even if you rush me. - Excuse me?
The autopsy schedule will be this week.
The results will be in four weeks. It will take four weeks.
So that's why I called...isn't there anything you could do?
This is the case that my superiors keep pressuring me so much.
I really really need this favor.
Isn't a little wrong to sincerely ask a favor while emptying out yourself in the bathroom?
No! T-That wasn't me.
- It was someone else... - I'm hanging up now.
Hello? Hello?
So did you find out about the survivor?
His nationality is American.
- American? - Yes, he is a Korean American.
I'm poking here and there but no one's telling me anything.
Why? I heard the person in charge is a woman. You're not letting it slide because she's a woman?
She is Seo Joon Yeong, a task leader at the homicide team one. She is not a joke.
Women usually can't endure for a few years there. But for her, she has been charged in her own tasks.
Even if I try, she won't budge at all. She is really an unusual something.
- What is her name? - Seo Joon Yeong.
- Tell them to get together. - Yes, sir.
Hey! Get together in here. You, bring the data at my desk.
Seoul Central District Police Station
Okay...then lastly, can we just confirm your statement?
Kim Tae Pyeong... on October 14,
About one hour prior to the shootings that happened at the abandoned warehouse in Seoul,
you were abducted by the late Oh Seong Min and brought to the mentioned place.
After that moment, you've said that you don't know anything, correct?
Yes, sir.
You said you don't know why the shooting occurred. Or anything like that?
At first, after I got shot, I didn't see anything because of my shock.
I understand. Thank you for your statement.
Please read it
and sign it.
Then.
Am I all finished now?
Yes.
If we need anything else, we will contact you through your lawyer.
Keep up the good work.
Yes.
I didn't think you'd come here yourself.
They said I had to come for my statement.
And this ... you left this before.
I hope we don't bump into each other again.
Kim Tae Pyeong!
I feel like you've opened the envelope.
Yes.
It was just a photo...
What did he say in his statement?
Where he was kidnapped, when,
and what happened in there. He also said he got kidnapped due to a misunderstanding.
Really! Let it be enough, please.
An ability to see death...
It isn't possible to exist.
That's what I'm saying!
It's hard to obtain a gun in Korea, and it happened in broad daylight.
There was a shooting right in a city.
And ... the person who was kidnapped due to a misunderstanding ... how did he know in advance to wear a bulletproof vest?
Is that all?
The person kidnapped due to a misunderstanding was unconscious but his personal secretary got to the hospital before a detective.
- You guys checked, right? - Yes. - Yes.
Before that, they even called to check and do you know what they said?
They asked whether there was a gun shot wound patient!
I also know that this sounds like nonsense.
But ... it seems like he knew all this and prepared for it.
You're here?
Tae Pyeong?
Please sit over there.
Welcome, Kim Tae Pyeong.
I'm Detective Han Dong Woo, Team Leader for the Homicide Department's Team 1.
Why is it that I only can't see that woman Seo Joon Yeong's death?
What more is there to think about!
It's a bad match.
All Detective Seo had to say was who he was if there were a survivor.
Why is she hiding that?
That's what I'm saying! He's the only person that survived when 12 core gang members died.
I heard there's a rumor that an investigation would be wrapped up without a briefing.
That's why Seo Joon yeong didn't say anything.
An investigation without a briefing would be wrapped up?
Should we look into this?
If we do it right, I think we'll be able to get an exclusive news.
Seo Joon Yeong. Seo Joon Yeong.
It's a name I've heard before...
- By any chance, is it that Seo Joon Yeong? - Huh?
Don't you remember? Seo Dong Cheol's daughter.
A few years ago, they said she became a police officer.
That Seo Joon Yeong is Central Police Station's that Seo Joon Yeong?
- Who is that Seo Joon Yeong? - What is this?
You don't know anything? You don't remember?
Jo Pil Doo's case. She is that Seo Joon Yeong.
That six year old little girl is Seo Joon Yeong?
No wonder that name was familiar...
I thought that wench was something else. Really, it runs in the family.
There are bunch of wenches here... but I guess you can't see them.
I apologize.
Hey, who is at the central police station right now?
- A cub reporter, Oh Ye Ji. - Connect her.
I don't think I've seen you before. You're really brave.
I'm a junior reporter from Hana Daily, Oh Ye Ji.
Hmm Ye Ji? How old are you?
What?
Oppa's 26.
I'm 27.
If you get caught peeking at our daily records, there'll be a big beating-up.
They'll hit me?
No, if you're peeking at this, I'll get beaten up to a pulp.
Will he get beaten up?
Of course, he'll get beaten up until he sees a thunderbolt in his eyes.
Of course, of course,
he'll get beaten to a pulp.
Of course.
You...you were the one in the bathroom that pooped!
- Poop? - I'm Cup Reporter Oh Ye Ji, from Hana Daily.
It's you, right? The poop!
Really? Detective. We're eating.
Can you easily just talk about poop? - Yes.
I met her while she was pooping so it comes out easily!
- You pooped? - No, I didn't.
- Why are you pooping at our station? - I didn't ...
You're embarrassing that lady. And you're just talking about poop.
You didn't hear it earlier, right? The sound of her pooping is crazy!
Ah, why would I hear that?
Like bam!
Damn it, my black bean noodles...
Is it good?
Bong Soo, you can have this.
Yes, sunbaenim, it's Junior Reporter Oh Ye Ji speaking.
Oh Ye Ji, I'm Team Captain Lee Joon Hui.
Oh, yes, yes Cap.
What about Oh Seong Min? Did you get anything?
The thing is ... they're all not speaking.
A reporter is someone who makes people with locked lips talk!
Get something, whether it's about Oh Seong Min or whatever.
Aren't you a little too hard on her?
What? Was I easy on you guys when you were junior reporters?
That's not it.
Everyone, attention!
I think the application of Jo Pil Doo's suspension of execution of confinement was dismissed recently.
For our special, we're going to do it on Jo Pil Doo, not Oh Seong Min.
- Okay? - Yes, sir.
- Yeah, honey? - When are you coming home?
I think I'm going to be a bit late today...
I know so what time?
I'm in a meeting right now.
You know it's my birthday, right?
You forgot!
I'm sorry.
You're uselessly too honest.
I'll try to come as soon as I can.
You uselessly lie well too.
Really. I'll really come early.
Call Mi Jin.
It's hard for a daughter to take care of her mom's birthday.
♫ Don't they know ♫
Could I have this cake?
- The one in the back? - Yes!
♫ It ended when I lost your love ♫
Goodbye.
It's a cat.
Aww, you're so cute.
Do you want a picture?
Okay.
Look here. Look here.
Mi Jin, Mi Jin!
Mi Jin!
No! Mi Jin!
We released about Jo Pil Doo's case five years ago but there was nothing much.
We're going to release it again?
I think he was diagnosed with the end stage of lung cancer this time. Even dementia and lung cancer.
If we get Seo Joon Yeong involved, we can make a story.
Yes, sir!
But, who is Jo Pil Doo?
Is there already a new generation that doesn't know Jo Pil Doo?
She was probably 6 years old back then so she might not know.
- Then it's probably 20 years ago. - It was no joke back then.
He was a serial killer that killed 7 female students...
No! It was exactly 8.
Since there was a detective that died during the arrest.
The detective that died is Detective Seo Joon Yeong's father, Detective Seo Dong Cheol.
The tragic detective who died while arresting the Killer of Midnight.
By the way, why was he called the Killer of Zero O'clock?
It was what people called Jo Pil Doo when he was arrested.
He usually kidnapped the high school girls who were on their way home and killed them.
The way he killed them was cruel.
Mom, I'm in front of the house. Is Dad home?
I told him to call her!
Mom
If she's in front of the house, why isn't she picking up the phone?
Mom
Hello? Mi Jin?
Hello?
This is ... my daughter's phone number. Who is this?
Oh, the phone was dropped on the street...
On the street? Where is that?
Jo Pil Doo killed his victims by burying them alive.
And all of their estimated time of death was around midnight, 0 o'clock.
How could they estimate the time of death when they all were buried alive?
Phones were buried along with the female students.
Phones?
It’s an act of generosity of sorts, going, “If you can call for help and survive, then try.”
But all the victims couldn’t be contacted before or after midnight.
That’s how the nickname of “The Zero-Hour Killer” came about, too.
- I'm in a meeting. - Something happened, honey. What do we do?
Mi Jin said she was in front of the house so I called her but someone else picked up the phone.
What are you talking about?
He said he picked up Mi Jin's phone on the street.
After hearing it, it seemed like it was the Garosu Road.
You know too. That area's scary at night.
What if something happened to her?
Hey...you woman. What do you mean if something happened?
Mi Jin is a little scatter brained.
She probably dropped her phone while locking it and putting it in her bag.
Um, how does the captain know so much about Jo Pil Doo?
He became a captain because of that. So how would he not know about him?
He was not a reporter but practically a stalker.
Stalker?
Seo Joon Yeong and you are the same age, Reporter Choi.
Everyday, he followed that 10 year old girl around,
and just advertised so much she became the poorest orphan who lost her dad because of Jo Pil Doo.
Along with him, other reporters from the different newspapers company joined and made a big issue.
- How would that seem? - Scary.
Just scary? Seo Joon Yeong probably wanted to die.
Honey, for now, get the phone and go home
She's probably at home
Honey, text me when you get home. I'm in a meeting so I'll call you again later.
Get back to work! Work!
Okay, where were we?
Yes, we talked about the phones.
Okay.
Seo Dong Cheol's daughter... Seo Joon Yeong.
Yes.
I'm the person who called you earlier.
I think I'm at the place that you talked about...
Kang Myeong Soo
Save me, please!
There's a person locked in here!
Please help me!
Kang Myeong Soo
Please help me!
Thanks to Ye Soo Jeong and Yang Hyeon Min for a special appearance in this drama.
Timing & Subtitles by The Fearless Team @viki.com
The Game: Towards Zero
Hello? Please help me
Save me please!
Mi Jin! Mi Jin!
That child will die before midnight.
Help me! I'll show you that we can change it.
A decided fate can't change. Go back.
The fact that he knows how and when a victim will die
is like being an accomplice.
The culprit?
I'll ask you a few questions regarding Mi Jin's case.
Please cooperate.
I think you're good at lying but not so meticulous.
We're arresting you for murder of Lee Mi Jin without warrant
Kim Tae Pyeong.