(Episode 18)
Let's not drag it out.
I'll cut to the chase.
I heard the elders were involved...
in selecting the new Minister of Welfare.
You're going to have to pressure the organ transplant center.
I need you to adjust the waiting list.
You are asking for the same favor like before.
Does this concern your wife?
But Director, if you're going to ask me for a favor,
you ought to give me something in return...
that's going to excite our imagination.
("Who Ordered the False Report? Yoon Seon Woo Is Still Alive")
The elders are very worried that...
if Splash Team has become your weakness.
So you're planning to take me down?
Take you down?
I'm just plainly telling you...
that you are disqualified...
to negotiate now.
You wanted to work with me first, not me.
It was probably because you had no one better than me...
who could control the public opinions,
No, the chairman of the agency's family couldn't manage the company.
Other news agencies started to grow extremely weak.
We needed a plan.
Director,
you were our plan.
I was your plan?
Okay, fine. Say that I was your plan back then.
Do you think you can survive without me for the next five years?
This isn't the world you all were looking for.
Power comes from the gunpoint.
Was the nation's biggest weapon, Daehan Newspaper,
built overnight?
Before you threaten me,
let the results speak for themselves.
Show us that you are the only plan we have...
with your actions.
Did you...
set everything up?
How long are you going to blame others for your mistake?
Do I have to continue sharpening your dull knife?
You...
should remember this moment.
The moment that you rejected my request...
in the most humiliating way.
I will see you soon.
Do you remember the company named New Harvest?
The investment company deceased Nam Kang Myung owned?
Right before he went missing,
it looks like Kwon Su Chan worked as the department head there.
That doesn't add up.
He was the department head.
How did he fall so low and become homeless?
What's not possible about that?
If that happened six years ago,
it was before the company was exposed as an insolvent enterprise.
The taxes they siphoned were more than...
one billion dollars. It was when they were raking in tons of money.
Unless he was crazy, who would empty their pocket and renounce the world?
Who was he? Was he some kind of wandering poet?
Why not?
We witnessed a sane man turning into a dementia patient...
and becoming a murderer too.
Someone could have made him homeless.
- What? - When he was caught...
for eating without paying the bill, they let him off with a warning...
because he looked mentally unstable.
Is it possible he could have been attacked when he tried...
to expose the truth?
I mean that company had some unbelievable rumors.
For example... What was that?
Like the rumor that deceased Nam Kang Myung is actually alive.
That's right. That's the one.
(Special Investigation Office)
Hello, ma'am.
I just acquired recent photos of Nam Kang Myung.
The man we know doesn't exist anymore.
The rumors that he changed his face were confirmed to be true.
Raise the screen.
(Nam Kang Myung)
My gosh, you can't even recognize him at this point.
Changing his face doesn't make him a different person.
He's hailed as one of the pioneers of financial crime in South Korea.
All that's left for us is to use all our resources to catch him.
Let's move.
I have something to report.
If you look here, the office...
(Nam Kang Myung)
(Seoul Correctional Institution)
("New Harvest, Did Nam Kang Myung Really Die?")
New Harvest.
Nam Kang Myung.
Prosecutor Kwon,
the results are out from Lieutenant Jeon's autopsy.
I received the file. Take a look.
(Toxicology screening result)
(Negative for any substances)
They didn't find any substance on the toxicology screening?
Why?
Are you thinking there's another cause of death?
He injected something into Lieutenant Jeon's neck.
You'll be able to find out what that was once you do an autopsy.
I can't trust the cops.
You...
need to do it for me.
Inspector, go back to the office without me.
I have somewhere to go.
Excuse me? Prosecutor.
Prosecutor!
1, 2, 3, 4!
- Congratulations - Congratulations
- Yes! - Fun!
- President, - Yes.
Yes, Dong Shik, the 32th descendant of the remaining Yang family.
If you have something to say, say it.
If there's anything we've done wrong,
can you just tell us what it is?
Please.
Why you little!
No! What are you doing?
- Goodness. - President.
I'm congratulating you.
- Excuse me? - I'm congratulating you.
See, in our Youngbum Gang,
we have a long-standing tradition.
To comrades who've managed...
to make a dramatic U-turn and escape going into jail,
we congratulate them.
Those were the orders of our previous president.
You know what I'm saying?
But come to think of it,
what's with this lukewarm reaction?
You don't want to join...
our touching congratulations song?
No, no!
We stayed put. That was all the chief.
Yes! Even I think...
- we're really happy! - Yes, we're happy.
All right.
You go light the candles,
and you all make sure to not stop singing.
Why? Because songs are never over until it's over.
- All right! - Congratulations
Hey everyone, I have a lot to thank you for.
The Youngbum Gang is still alive and well.
- You guys are the best. - Look at you.
Who do you think you are...
to come here and judge me?
You think we stepped up that day just so you could watch?
Okay, I'm sorry.
Yes. Na Rae.
- Take that out. - What?
Remember that thing you showed me the other day?
It's a pen with a new invention at the end.
By new invention,
do you mean this?
Han Mu Young.
Why aren't you picking up my calls?
I'm sorry. I was sort of distracted.
The autopsy results are out for Lieutenant Jeon.
(Autopsy report)
But the problem is...
the cause of death is hemorrhage from fracture and spleen rupture.
The toxicology screening was completely negative too.
What?
How many people in this country can murder someone with...
a poison that can't be detected in a toxicology screening?
No,
if it's them, it might be possible.
Reporter Lee Suk Min said that there must be a group behind him.
A powerful group that we can't even imagine.
Was Lieutenant Jeon carrying a lighter or pack of cigarettes?
Or anything similar?
Wait.
There was a lighter and pack of cigarettes.
He didn't have a lot on him, so I definitely remember.
We have to find those.
Be more specific.
Why do we need them?
Before he died, our eyes met.
He was definitely looking at me.
But then he suddenly said he wanted a cigarette. It was strange.
I definitely...
felt like he was trying to tell me something.
You're saying...
that it was some sort of a sign, right?
The CCTV footage he wanted enough to murder Lieutenant Jeon...
maybe that's what he was going to talk about.
- Let's go. - Let's go.
Okay.
You can go in now.
It seems you underestimated us.
Na Sung Shik...
had recorded everything he'd heard and said...
in this room.
It won't be easy to get out of that.
You'll have to approve our requests.
You want editorial rights for Splash Team?
Is there a need to consider this?
It's a principle. And principles are meant to be kept.
How can you say that when you stopped the rotary press yourself?
Aren't you ashamed for using a junior reporter's ambition...
to order false articles?
What are you doing all this for?
Wait.
Hearing all this makes me very uncomfortable.
That article...
why do you think I ordered him to write it?
I could have been fooled by the insider...
who gave me that material too.
Manager Kim,
why are you here?
I'm sorry, Director Gu.
I was sure the suicide abetting story would make headlines.
I really had no idea it would harm the company...
this much.
Please forget what happened.
Please give me one more chance.
I will swear on my name...
to make sure this never happens.
Manager Kim, get up now.
Hey!
Are you crazy?
You didn't do it!
Pull yourself together!
You're not the first one I've seen that's blinded by wanting a scoop,
but I had no idea you'd go this far.
It was a nice attempt with a good goal,
but you shouldn't have had the world find out about it!
Is that something the executive of Daehan Newspaper should say?
This is my answer.
You suggested a deal.
I hope we gets results we're both happy about.
Do you think he had a bout with Director Gu?
Don't mind his business and just do your work.
Everyone has their own burden to carry.
Team Manager Lee,
come here for a second.
This...
This isn't the flash drive I gave you. Where did you get it?
What are you talking about?
I got an offer for a stowaway, so I reported it right away.
But I found out later that a coast guard were involved too.
And that coast guard was murdered right after that.
You have no idea how scared that made me.
Oh, the stowaway?
Was the name Nam Kang Myung?
Yes, that's right. It was the guy on the news.
What is this?
Nam Kang Myung from New Harvest?
Nam Kang Myung...
Wasn't he announced officially dead?
But what's all that about a stowaway?
Suk Min, where did you get this flash drive?
I got it from Director Gu.
What?
Material that's been hidden for six years,
just landed in our laps.
This can't be a coincidence.
What does he want?
You gave the Nam Kang Myung material to Splash Team?
But didn't we bury it on purpose since there were too many people...
who would get hurt because of that business?
What did I say when I reformed the Splash Team?
You said we should use them as pawns to fight the headlines.
Yes, that's exactly it.
The Splash Team will be our buffer.
We can reach our goal,
and have them bear the responsibility.
I have to show the world...
what I'm capable of.
It won't be so bad...
to sacrifice that fraud...
to reach my goal.
It's one or the other.
It's either a trap,
or a scoop.
Then it's a trap. I'm sure of it.
Yes, it makes no sense that he would...
give it to us when he hates us so much.
But what if it's a real scoop?
What do we do then?
That's why he gave it to us.
He knows we have to report it even when we know it's a trap.
Okay. The best scoop of our career is staring right at us.
But it's a ticking time bomb.
What do you want to do?
Do we bury it?
Or face it head on?
As reporters...
what choice do we have to make?
Seo Chong Su took part in the stowaway?
Then why was he murdered?
I think it's to stop rumors from spreading about Nam Kang Myung.
As soon as the word gets out...
that he snuck out of the country, he won't be a dead man anymore.
Then all those who were involved in the evidence proving...
Nam Kang Myung's death are suspects.
It's all speculation at this point.
Just before Lieutenant Jeon died,
he recognized that tattooed man and was scared.
That means it's likely that the true culprit in the CCTV footage...
is also the tattooed man.
If what we believe is true,
it means that the tattooed man killed Lieutenant Jeon,
and Seo Chong Su to cover for Nam Kang Myung's death.
Why is that?
Why go that far for him? Who is he?
So you want me...
to change my allegiance?
Well, let's just say that it's a form of communication...
for the sake of sharing information.
Us law folks have to converse with one another...
to avoid idiocy and share compassion.
Goodness.
I'll have to think about that.
Director Gu will never leave me be.
Yes, of course.
I called you today just for a drink anyway.
All right.
Excuse me. I'm getting a call.
Yes, Team Manager Kim.
You wanted me to tell you if Prosecutor Kwon is up to something.
I just got a call.
She wants to find a couple things from Lieutenant Jeon's possessions.
What?
Kwon So Ra is looking for something?
(Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency)
I'll go on my own.
Why? I'll join you.
You said you had a bad encounter with the detectives.
Okay. I'll just buy a pack of cigarettes out front.
- I'll be back. - Okay.
(Evidence)
Here you go.
(Lieutenant Jeon)
Thank you.
- Thank you. - Goodbye.
- Bye. - Thank you.
(Real estate office)
I found it. Where are you?
So Ra,
go to the alleyway on your right immediately.
What? What are you...
Don't ask and go now!
So Ra, go to the main road and get a cab to leave this place now.
Explain to me what's going on.
Why are you doing this?
I think he's following you.
Don't turn around and keep walking.
But what about you?
I'm not the one with the evidence.
We can meet at the office.
(Taxi driver certification, Kang Seong Hoon)
Pick up your phone.
(Han Mu Young)
I don't know this number.
I get so many spam calls these days.
It's so annoying.
Prosecutor,
what do you mean spam call?
I'll get off at Gyeongbok Palace Intersection.
I'm meeting a friend in front of Seon Mu Hotel.
Gyeongbok Palace.
I'm sorry, but I'll get off here. I'm in a hurry.
No need for change.
Excuse me. I think the door's locked.
Hey. The door is locked.
Prosecutor Kwon So Ra from the Incheon Prosecutor's Office.
Stop the car on the side and open the door.
Who are you?
Is there something you want from me?
I want to know...
what's in that flash drive.
You're the one who called me.
You became a bait on your own.
If you're quiet, I won't hurt you.
Why do you think your brother died?
That's because he followed me around too much...
just like you.
I guess you know me.
Why did you do that when you already knew?
This voice...
Hey!
The police station is 100m away,
so go and report a theft.
There's a GPS device here so you can just follow that.
Hey, you jerk!
Stop the car!
So Ra!
Kwon So Ra!
No.
Stop.
Goodness!
Kwon So Ra!
- Help! - You're bleeding a lot.
- She's bleeding. - Oh no!
- Are you okay? - Help!
So Ra!
So Ra, So Ra.
So Ra, it's me!
Pull yourself together.
It's me.
It's okay now.
It's all over.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry, So Ra.
I'm sorry.
You're okay. It's all over.
It's okay.
(Falsify)
I'm going to catch the dead Nam Kang Myung.
He took about 1.8 billion dollars, and powerful political...
and financial figures paid for his escape.
This is a classic corruption case.
We have to catch him. I'm a prosecutor before I'm a victim.
Why does Nam Kang Myung want to come back?
So you're going to be this difficult?
A fingerprint was found.
You think the prosecution office has the right to criticize us?
If you have any sense of shame, Daehan shouldn't be a part of this.
How is this here?
I'll kill you if that's the last thing I do.