(Episode 12)
This wasn't the point.
Hey! How can you go just like that?
We can continue our conversation once we get out of here.
And...
I don't know.
I so desperately want to understand what's going on now.
I have no idea why something like this is happening.
So let's settle that I will only trust you...
until this case is over.
This is making me mad and driving me crazy. I want to see how this ends.
Until then, I will put off doubting you.
You'll put off doubting me?
Okay. Let's do that then.
That's right. Doubts ought to be put off.
We abetted his suicide.
This is beyond my imagination.
Then what's going to happen to Chief Director and the others?
According to the handwriting analysis,
the will was written by Yoon Seon Woo himself.
The handwritings match.
The will says that...
he's so scared and sad but has no way to escape.
Although Yoon Seon Woo escaped,
he actually wanted to return.
But he was stopped.
By who? Aeguk Newspaper!
If you're told that the only way to tell the world of your innocence...
is to commit suicide in that situation,
anyone would be convinced.
This is basically assisted suicide.
It's the work of the devil.
We should make sure they never call themselves the media again.
- There should be rallies. - My goodness.
Hey!
Why do you think...
Yoon Seon Woo left this for us?
Why do these ridiculous things keep happening to us?
I know that you're upset,
but you're asking the wrong question!
You should start by asking...
if Seon Woo really wrote that!
But how could they imitate his handwriting exactly?
Maybe it was the will he left then?
Mu Young said he met Yoon Seon Woo at the hospital.
He already tried to commit suicide in jail.
I see.
Then why in the world is Aeguk Newspaper mentioned in it?
But anyways,
did really none of us write down...
the Song Tae Joon interview article that we published?
Mu Young won that scoop by going behind bars.
But now it's all gone without leaving a single trace?
But Chief.
This isn't the time for this.
If word gets out that we're done for,
will Youngbum Gang stay still?
Youngbum Gang?
Aeguk Newspaper owes us so much for rent.
But they publish this good-for-nothing story?
Daehan Newspaper is worse than gangsters.
Boss, you're mad at Daehan Newspaper,
and not Aeguk?
Considering Han Mu Young's personality,
I don't think the story is all made-up.
Han Mu Young...
He's definitely gotten the better of us gangsters here and there,
but he's not a beast that just crushes whoever.
Him being responsible for the suicide...
is like saying that mayonnaise is made of soy beans.
Just a moment.
Don't you smell something?
Something sour and annoying...
No?
It's a smell you can't describe with words...
- Don't you? - You don't think...
Just pack whatever you think may be more valuable than your life.
Yong Shik, you'd better pack up everything.
Come on, Chief!
No way.
Already?
All members of Aeguk Newspaper.
We're here to arrest you all...
on suspicion of abetting suicide.
You have the right to an attorney.
And we'll give you a chance to explain yourselves.
Already?
How did they know where our office is?
They know Dong Shik.
It would have been easy to tail him.
But if you get caught too, you know things will get difficult, right?
Move as we'd planned.
I'll take care of the rest.
All relevant personnel has gathered around the building.
This is Reporter Jo Yoo Mi, coming at you from Aeguk Newspaper,
currently under suspicion of abetting suicide.
The police raided their office to arrest all personnel of...
Hey, we're not guilty of anything. Be confident.
Be confident like Aeguk Newspaper reporters.
- Yes, let's be confident. - Officer, please...
Goodness, let go.
- This is all a misunderstanding. - Let's go.
Hurry up.
All my respects to you, boss.
How did you know...
cops were here just by the smell?
Well.
Everyone has their own talent.
Anyways, do some background research on him.
You should at least listen.
I think he's the source of this stinky smell.
What cop...
can get an arrest warrant this quickly?
You're right.
Something's fishy.
Something's very fishy.
They're coming!
Did you plan Yoon Seon Woo's suicide from the beginning?
- Do you admit your guilt? - Do you admit it?
Do you feel guilty?
- Say something! - Do you admit it?
I cannot accept the charges!
This is all a lie! A fake!
- Tell us the truth! - Say something!
Did you find new evidence that they abetted the suicide?
The most important suspect...
of this case has yet to be arrested.
So there's still the risk of evidence being destroyed.
Who is that witness?
It's all over, Reporter Han Mu Young.
Don't make your colleagues suffer.
And just show up voluntarily.
The police will find you soon.
- Is Han Mu Young involved in this? - You...
- Please say more! - Han Mu Young?
What makes you so confident?
You're going to go punch them or something?
There are only five days left until the retrial hearing.
And you'll have to hurry more if you want to save your colleagues.
I'm not the only one who doesn't have enough time.
So why don't we get going.
You just wait.
You want to revive the Splash Team?
What for?
They have a habit of messing with high-voltage wires, don't they?
Besides, most figures mentioned...
in Chairman Min's list now hold prominent positions.
I'm sure many will be unsettled once they hear of this.
You should change your mind, Director Gu.
I had one question for you all today.
Are we salespeople?
We're here to discuss the future of Daehan Newspaper.
Why are you all trying to add up the numbers like cowards?
As you know...
the media is at risk right now.
Pathetic news articles dominate portal sites.
And major newspapers are busy...
gauging the administration.
So the question is...
which newspaper will reproduce the glory of the past?
So you really think the Splash Team is the best choice?
I believe that...
five years is enough time to repent over the past wrongdoings.
Think again.
Judge again.
Above all else,
I wouldn't have proposed this today if I wasn't sure of it.
Try and gather a team...
mostly from those we don't need.
But...
what if the Splash Team really does something big?
We went through all this trouble to recreate the team.
You thought we'd just leave them alone?
Excuse me?
Hae Dong.
We'll take the upper hand.
We'll use them as our pawns.
Make them fight on the front lines...
to achieve our goals,
and take responsibility for all the backlash.
To do that,
we'll need someone to play the mediator.
We have a card we can ditch.
What do you plan to do now?
- Why? - Do you know how heated...
things got upstairs because of the Splash Team?
The result should be just as satisfying.
What is this?
Only two applicants?
And one's a photographer and the other's a mere intern.
This...
proves where you guys stand right now.
Know your place, Suk Min. Know your place!
It's fine. I'm worth 100 reporters.
Just give me the order, and I'll gather a proper team.
Don't be ridiculous.
Include him too.
This is a special consideration on my part so that you guys don't...
bring down the integrity of Daehan Newspaper as a whole.
Okay.
Will do.
I have no other choice, do I?
This article...
was a very timely hit.
Abetting suicide?
What an incredible scoop.
And you're giving us the reporter who wrote that exclusive piece.
We're so grateful we don't know what to do.
I gave him to you so that you don't make a mistake.
This is nothing like what happened five years ago.
It stopped at the team splitting because I backed you guys up.
This time, you'll have no one around you.
Don't think about begging for mercy.
If you make another mistake,
it won't stop with the team dismantling this time.
Where did Kwon So Ra go?
Chief Prosecutor, about that...
Do you remember the man who kept throwing dog excrement?
Yes, what about that?
The situation has gotten serious this time.
- What? - Prosecutor Kwon's car was...
Speak louder. I can't hear you.
It's chicken excrement.
- Chicken excrement? - Yes.
Apparently, he threw chicken excrement this time.
- What? - You are aware, right?
Chicken excrement is the worst.
It looked like it came from 100 chickens.
- The smell was... - Really?
- Yes. - That happened...
while I was gone?
- Yes! - Oh, no.
Goodness.
Still, a suspect...
can't take personal revenge on a prosecutor.
- Yes, exactly. - Right?
That's why I wanted to bring this up.
She's been through so much.
Can't you just let go of what happened yesterday?
- Why would I? - Well, to be honest...
there are only a few days left until the retrial hearing.
And our investigation is not ready at all.
With the escape and the suicide,
so many major incidents occurred.
Then why is Kwon So Ra so confident about going rogue?
Oh, come on. You know her personality.
She can't ever stand losing.
That's why her car gets covered in chicken poop.
And she can't ever give up on cases.
I only follow her because I'm her junior.
So many horrible things have happened.
Look.
Is it really true?
The investigation is not ready at all?
- Of course not. - Really?
Yes! I've worked under you for six years here.
I may be physically tied down here,
but my loyalty always points towards you.
Please see how loyal I am, Chief!
We're not strangers!
Don't be so dramatic.
Right.
(Prosecution Office)
I can probably hold out for two days.
But who'll guarantee the remaining 20 years of my career?
You're the best.
I'll be good to you, Inspector.
We're a duo, one package forever.
Aren't we?
We should never have gotten involved with these punks.
What? Punk?
What? I didn't get to hit you yesterday. You want it now?
I'll be quiet. It's not too hard.
What is this?
Han Mu Young, you're a professional Judo player.
You let people beat you up?
Who gets beaten up by whom?
I'm on a hiatus. That's why.
Yes. I've been on a hiatus for a while.
A hiatus? I see.
I first learned about the Yoon Seon Woo case...
because of this...
law firm called Noah.
I was investigating another case...
that was involved with this company.
While doing background research...
I noticed some strange things about Yoon Seon Woo's defense.
What do you mean strange?
We only call in that lawyer for special cases.
In short, he's an expert in losing lawsuits.
They purposely hired this person to ruin his chances in court.
Those good-for-nothings!
But even if that's true, we can't use that testimony in court.
They'll both deny their relationship to one another.
But Song Tae Joon...
said that this man is the one...
who made him give false testimony.
We may not be able to use that in court,
but it's clear he has something to hide.
Then the issue is what did they want to hide?
We'll find the answer at the scene.
There will be evidence of intentional hiding and fabrication.
Intentional hiding?
What if a piece of evidence disappeared during the trial?
A public attorney was first in charge of defending Yoon Seon Woo.
But before the hearing, the attorney suddenly changed.
And that lawyer who always loses came into the picture.
Now look. The list of evidence the public attorney submitted...
includes CCTV footage.
But it's not in this list.
(CCTV in front of crime scene)
(Crime Scene photo and map)
But it says the CCTV in front of the apartment...
malfunctioned due to construction.
What other CCTV was there?
Goodness.
What are you doing in another man's room?
I was just looking for the bathroom.
The bathroom is out of order.
Let's go. It's out of order.
- It's out of order. - Wait.
Wait. I have to go to the bathroom.
If I'd been a few seconds late,
we might have had to face a situation no one wants.
Aren't you glad I was there to stop you just in time?
What are you looking at?
What was that?
(Personnel appointment announcement)
(Lee Suk Min, Oh Yoo Kyung, Na Sung Shik, Gong Ji Won)
Sung Shik, I'm afraid you'll have to join the Splash Team.
- Excuse me? - Nothing to be surprised about.
You just join the team and play along a little bit.
You just need to report back what they're doing from time to time.
This is how relationships are formed,
and developed.
We give and receive help when we need.
One day you give a false report. The next day, you get a scoop.
You're just on a rollercoaster ride, aren't you?
They must want you to take a break.
Think whatever you want.
But do you know this?
This is why you'll never make it.
I doubt it.
(Photography Department)
What's wrong with all of you?
Am I going somewhere I'm not supposed to go?
We're just going to miss you.
Even if that team disappears again,
you can come back here, right?
Of course. I've devoted years of my youth to this company.
But what if...
I can't even send my Tae Woon to kindergarten like this?
Get over here. I need comforting.
- Oh no. - What am I going to do?
What if I can't even send him to kindergarten?
Yoo Kyung. Yoo Kyung!
He's from the IT department.
What?
Darn it. Why did they have to switch out the computers? They were fine.
Well, they did gather all the newspaper's ace reporters.
I guess this level of treatment is natural.
Darn it! I hate this competency based society!
Hey, you should respond when someone talks to you.
Just go ahead. Yes, do what you need.
I must be hitting menopause.
My mouth won't stop moving.
(Daehan Newspaper)
(West Wing)
Why are you asking me that after all this time?
Yoon Seon Woo is dead.
His body hasn't been found yet.
And even if someone died,
if he was framed, the truth should come out!
You were still his attorney.
I handled the case for a short time.
And as far as I know, Yoon Seon Woo doesn't have a spouse or family...
member to request a retrial.
If the prosecutor in charge requests it, a retrial is possible.
I'm Kwon So Ra, Prosecutor of the Incheon Prosecutors' Office.
We're currently reinvestigating the Yoon Seon Woo case.
The prosecutor started this?
You'll have a hard time proving this.
We only want one thing.
We want to know where the CCTV is,
the one that was excluded from the evidence list.
My client was the one...
who had the footage.
He heard that the Yoon Seon Woo case...
occurred at Samil Apartment,
and said he had footage of that apartment.
By footage, do you mean some secret camera?
It wasn't installed in a home.
He said he used it to spy on the woman he was stalking.
But why was that footage excluded in the following trial?
A young man suddenly barged in...
saying that the attorney's been changed.
So to be honest, I'm quite annoyed at Yoon Seon Woo too.
I felt like he was disregarding me because I was a public defendant.
Anyways, it was up to the new attorney...
to prove his innocence.
I wondered if...
there was a need for me to cooperate.
So you're saying you purposely...
hid evidence even when you know he was innocent?
Unless I'm the defending attorney,
I have no duty to reveal the truth.
If you want someone to blame,
talk to the investigator here.
Wait, so...
where is that footage now?
Kang Hee Joon.
He was convicted twice for stalking.
His whereabouts are unknown.
All his credit cards and phone numbers under his name are invalid,
and he hasn't talked to his parents in years.
So there's no way to find him?
Prosecutor,
I'm Inspector Park.
Once you find the woman, we'll know.
Woman?
The woman who sued Kang Hee Joon is Lee Hee Young.
She was a 24-year-old college student.
She studied abroad for four years and came back last year.
And two months ago,
she reported to the police that her mail kept going missing.
Isn't this a sign that he's back?
Right, my car keys, car keys.
It's right here.
Why do I keep forgetting things?
This is driving me insane.
Goodness.
So her address is...
All computers have been replaced.
You will be able to check...
on the Splash Team's work from your computer at all times.
Okay, thank you.
(Splash Team)
(Lee Suk Min, Oh Yoo Kyung, Na Sung Shik, Gong Ji Won)
(Lee Suk Min Laptop)
(Fetching)
(Director Gu Tae Won)
We can really play this all day long?
- You can't take it back. - Yes, yes.
The first duty of our team is to escape reality.
This is making me nervous.
It's embarrassing, so don't watch anything weird on my laptop.
Embarrassing? To who?
You don't need to know.
What in the world...
happened to you?
So this is how you work all the time?
What do you mean?
A reporter reports the objective facts of the case in front of him.
Isn't that what most reporters do?
Isn't it odd to get involved...
so deeply like this?
I'm not good at doing that. It doesn't suit me either.
And plenty of other people...
just sit and watch.
You might end up in ruins.
You think you're doing the right thing,
but that can come back to bite you.
My brother was a reporter.
I admired that so much. He never flinched.
So I don't want to flinch either.
That's what they want.
There are so many things I have to do.
I don't have time to get scared like they want me to.
Don't you think?
You have a rare talent.
The things you say don't make sense,
but I'm persuaded.
Did I manage to do that again?
Did I?
Over there.
Let's go.
Kang Hee Joon.
You're Kang Hee Joon, aren't you?
Right, you're on a hiatus.
Hey!
No!
I surrender!
I surrender.
You thought you'd be able to stop?
But who are you?
Did Hee Young send you?
That's none of your business.
I think it's time for you to get a scolding today.
I would've killed you if I wasn't on a hiatus.
- Wait. - Come here!
He's a habitual offender, isn't he?
This is so unfair.
I never went near her.
I just look at her from afar.
I can't even do that?
You crazy idiot.
I want to talk to the prosecutor. I don't want to talk to guys.
Fine, Kang Hee Joon.
Answer my questions well before your sentence goes up.
Yes, ma'am.
Do you remember...
the murder that happened at Samil Apartments six years ago?
- Yes. - You installed...
a camera like that back then, right?
My gosh, how did you know?
I installed an expensive one back then...
to celebrate Hee Young and my 100th day anniversary.
Where is that video now?
- I don't have it now. - You don't?
You deleted it?
I guess you didn't really like Hee Young that much.
You're wrong!
The detective in charge told me...
he'd suspend my sentence if I hand over the videos.
He said he needed them for evidence. It was so hard giving them all away!
The detective in charge?
- Who was that? - Can't you guess?
I know exactly who it is.
Hey, what's wrong with you?
If they find out I've been talking about one of my own,
I'll never set foot in this field again.
Oh, come on.
Are you really going to be like this?
So you don't care if Chief Kim...
finds out that I got stabbed during the Mapo incident...
because all the officers were not at the scene?
Hey, no one asked you to do that.
And what, I didn't pay you back?
I gave you all the stories...
for the exclusives that the Splash Team published.
You think those two are the same thing?
It's a reporter's duty to squeeze stories out of people.
Getting a reporter stabbed and receiving the award instead...
is fraud.
So what? What do you want me to do?
Jeon Chan Su...
Six years ago,
he was supposed to get transferred to the regional investigation unit.
But why wasn't he?
I swear I remember he had a good reputation.
But six years ago,
something happened.
He's not holding a knife, but he's basically a gangster.
Fine.
But this...
is completely off the record.
Okay?
No one can know that I'm the source.
Fine.
What is it?
There were some messy rumors.
That's why his transfer was canceled.
Rumors?
Do you remember the case where Hong Chang Min,
the heir to Young Kwang Industries was charged as a murder suspect?
The prosecutor let him go for lack of evidence.
But the police claimed until the end...
that he's definitely the murderer.
The person who objected the most to the prosecutors...
was Lieutenant Jeon Chan Su.
Didn't Hong Chang Min of Young Kwang Industrial...
die from a hit-and-run?
Where is Lieutenant Jeon Chan Su?
Yes? That's me.
A secret investigation was opened,
and Jeon Chan Su was charged as the hit-and-run suspect.
But the prosecutor who let Hong Chang Min go...
let Jeon Chan Su off this time.
Prosecutor Im Ji Tae was led both investigations.
Make yourself at home.
His enemy was now his friend.
(Investigator Park Sung Joon Prosecutor Im Ji Tae)
The prosecutors have something on him.
That's when their relationship started.
(Lieutenant Jeon hid CCTV footage of the murder scene!)
("Heir of Young Kwang Industrial Arrested on Suspicion of Murder")
(Prime figure, Park Eung Mo)
Chul Ho, I came this far.
I don't know why I ended up here...
or to where I should be heading from now on.
I don't know anything.
What on earth is there once I get past this?
(You can listen to Su Ran's "Where Are You?" on major music websites.)
(Falsify)
I have seen this man before.
What if there was a mastermind who ordered him...
to close this case?
Hey, Han Mu Young. The police officers are here to escort you.
Do you want to lose your press card for writing up the articles...
they tell you to write?
So I'm telling you that you are completely done for.
Let me make a big announcement.
I bet you all know what this means, don't you?
Who are you?