(All characters, places, institutions, incidents,)
(and organizations portrayed in this drama are fictitious.)
Assemblyman Im, I didn't know you were such a sensitive man.
No, it's not that. I just thought I'd drop by and visit...
the nearby restaurant you told me about.
Goodness, I haven't been here in years.
You're a busy man.
Yes, that too.
But for some strange reason, I always feel depressed...
every time I come near this place.
So I don't come here very often.
That's quite unexpected.
I must say, you're very humane for someone who's so bold.
- Do you think so? - Yes, sir.
Well, thanks to you, I got to come here.
Despite what people say,
there are people who are better suited for each other.
Yes, I agree.
The thing is,
I have something to tell you.
You heard that Cho Kyung Ho got out of prison, right?
Yes, I've been meaning to talk to you about that today.
Come on.
There's something I need you to do for me.
Okay, sure. Say the word.
It's simple.
Just get Choi Hyung In involved.
(Hometown: Cho Kyung Ho)
Mr. Cho Kyung Ho, did you sleep well?
Wasn't it hot last night?
I've always found this room unusually hot.
It was fine.
Really? Once you finish your checkup today,
you'll be sent to a general ward within two days at the latest.
But you'll have to get a lot of checkups today.
Is that okay?
Yes, I don't mind.
Okay. You should eat first.
Today's meal is pretty nice.
Cho Kyung Ho is missing.
He was under surveillance around the clock.
But he escaped in less than three days...
after he was sent to the institute.
(Institute of Forensic Psychiatry)
May I ask you something?
Go ahead.
Why are you...
telling me Cho Kyung Ho broke out...
to dig into the Guru's identity?
I find it so strange.
Hasn't prosecution decided that what happened in Saju...
was carried out by the members...
of a crazy cult called Youngjingyo?
To do that, wouldn't it be easiest...
to say that Jung Young Seob is Guru?
Like I said,
the idea that Jung Young Seob is the leader...
doesn't match most of the circumstances.
You wish to know the truth? Is that it?
Why wouldn't I?
How did you say Cho Kyung Ho got out?
Pardon?
Three nurses.
One cleaning staff.
One warden.
He stabbed five people.
No. Including the nurse who is gravely wounded, it's six.
He did that on his own and walked out?
I'd like to ask you.
During your career,
how many people did you see that are capable of this?
I'll tell you again.
I met Guru.
If he is not Guru,
then maybe that title is a meaningless one.
People...
can exist...
without a name.
Of course,
even if a being is more than human.
You feel tired, don't you?
Your symptoms worsen when you first go on the medication.
Drink this.
What is that?
Why? Do you think I'd give you something inedible?
It's a sports drink.
It'll make you feel better.
You won't feel thirsty for a while.
It's best to drink while you can.
Can I borrow some scissors?
- Scissors? - Yes.
Here you go.
You haven't heard anything?
About what?
About me.
Not really.
Is there something I should know?
Tell me.
Did you hear anything?
Yes. I heard about you before you were brought here.
I was warned.
Don't get too close to you.
Don't speak with you.
Why are you doing this, then?
Don't you fear death?
I don't know. I never thought about it.
But I'm not afraid of you.
Because you're not death itself.
Is that so?
Actually, no.
Even if you were death itself, I would say the same.
I would treat you like how I treat any other inmate.
That's the reason I work here.
Why are you smiling?
It's just that...
you reminded me of someone.
Can I ask who that is?
A woman who died long ago.
That's it.
She said...
something a lot like what you said.
The reason you don't fear death...
is because you don't see it in that moment.
But what if circumstances were to change?
What if death were waiting for you outside the door?
What if...
you were to see it...
with your own eyes?
Choi Hyung In.
The moment I first heard that name,
I saw the end of the future.
I saw me shoot myself in the head,
and since then,
I see that sight every day, without fail.
I will ask you again.
Do you fear death now?
Do you fear me now?
(Busan Prosecutors' Office)
Darn it.
Cho Kyung Ho...
got out.
Even the prosecutors don't know where he is.
- Okay. - The last place he was at...
was the Institute of Forensic Psychiatry.
The Institute of Forensic Psychiatry?
Inmates with severe psychiatric conditions...
sometimes go there.
Of course, only under certain special conditions.
I see.
I don't know how he ended up there,
but if we go there, we might be able to find out something.
Are you all right?
Aren't you pushing yourself too hard when you're still recovering?
No.
There's no time. He's a serious threat.
We must find him as soon as possible.
Right.
What's going on? Is it empty?
Yes. You can come out now.
Okay.
I've never been here before.
It's so cool.
Shi Young? What's wrong?
What? Sorry.
Let's go to the pantry at the back of the kitchen.
There's an exit there.
You can go in here.
It's so dark, isn't it?
You're right. Be careful.
It's too dark.
Sorry, Jae Young.
Shi Young.
What are you doing? This isn't funny.
It started with this video. This brought me here.
And all my life,
I clung onto every word that person said.
I'm the only one remaining among us...
who watched the video.
Do you believe me?
Guru has come out.
The Day of Purification will finally be upon us.
But...
what are you doing during this important time?
Did you really think you could sneak out like some rat?
While breaking your promise to us?
You people broke your promise first.
You said if I stayed here,
my aunt would be safe.
I kept my promise.
The problem was that Jung Hyun kept doing her own thing.
Excuses.
I can't believe anything you say anymore.
You can't?
Why not?
So what?
What can you do?
You'd be dead by now if it weren't for me!
Guru's daughter or not, you're nobody.
What are you trying to do?
There's nothing I can do?
Do you really think that?
What if something happens to me...
and Guru finds out?
Who would be in trouble then?
Tell me.
Put down that knife.
No. Not until you make me a promise.
What promise?
If anything...
If anything at all happens to my aunt again,
I'll leave this place.
Even if...
I have to slit my throat and leave in a body bag, I will leave.
Put that down.
I understand.
I shall do as you wish.
So please,
put down that knife.
I pity you.
All of you.
(Saju General Hospital)
Please keep it brief.
As you can see, he can't get agitated.
Yes, doctor.
Hello, Mr. Kim Hee Yun.
I'm from Mobile Investigation Unit.
I'd like to ask you a few questions.
I'm sure it'll be difficult,
but it would be very helpful if you could respond somehow.
We hear...
you were in charge of Cho Kyung Ho.
According to your colleagues,
you met him in person several times.
If you've ever spoken with Cho Kyung Ho,
is there anything you can tell us?
Even something small.
Did he do anything unusual?
Like showing you fire.
Are you...
Choi Hyung In?
- How did you know my name... - He said he'd let me live.
And that I must relay this message to you people in exchange.
Everything is as I've said.
I will wait now...
at the place where our daughter was born.
Detective. Can we talk for a minute if you don't mind?
Sure.
They have very good hot chocolate.
Okay.
Don't concern yourself too much...
about what Cho Kyung Ho supposedly said.
We'll focus on finding Jae Young...
as originally planned.
Okay.
What do you think the end of the future is...
that Youngjingyo keeps talking about?
What is it...
that they want to drag us there?
To be honest,
I even want to see what it is now.
I'm sorry. What am I saying?
It's fine.
I'll come back tomorrow morning.
I'm sorry for the trouble.
I can get this off in a few days,
so please be patient until then.
It's fine. Thank you for going with me...
on your days off.
I want to at least be your driver.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
Would you please relay a message to Shi Young for me?
He used to bring me my meals.
It's nothing that complicated.
Please just tell him this.
Shi Young.
I don't resent you.
So I hope you won't have a hard time because of me.
I'll never regret this.
Thank you so much for being my friend.
The person you have reached is unavailable.
(Sook's Chinese Restaurant)
To Youngjingyo, the future is,
in the end...
Do you understand?
In the end, the Day of Purification...
is a day for them to die honorable deaths...
hand in hand.
That's it.
Is what happened in the filtration plant...
related to that as well?
That's just the beginning.
The aim of Mr. Proxy and the main executives around him...
is just one thing.
To share the future with that person...
and receive true salvation.
Isn't this such an old-fashioned thing to say?
The new millennium is just around the corner.
Isn't that such an outdated idea?
So I could say that you came to see me...
just at the perfect time.
Since that person's out in the world now,
as soon as he comes back,
the Day of Purification will begin.
Then your niece who they put forward as the heir...
won't be safe.
- It's fascinating. - What is?
The fact that Cho Kyung Ho escaped must be top secret.
Can you tell me that so easily?
It was strange when I thought about it.
Because I couldn't figure out why you approached me.
No matter how hard you try to pretend you're not,
you must be in cahoots with the people of Youngjingyo.
But I'm starting to know why.
You wanted to use me...
to get rid of Mr. Proxy.
My gosh, others will misunderstand if they hear this.
I told you.
I just want to deal with this pragmatically...
and do what benefits us both by working together.
If you don't feel like it,
you can just walk out of the room and say goodbye now.
Honestly, I do understand you more emotionally.
Who'd want to walk into their own death?
Even if you pull out now,
nobody will blame you.
I don't trust you.
But I also know that I have no other choice.
I don't plan to change this plan.
Is that so?
Then that's fine too.
But...
I'm asking you without any ulterior motive.
What is the real reason?
Now the situation has changed,
so once you go in,
I can't guarantee your safety.
Are you afraid of dying?
What are you saying out of the blue?
I'm afraid of dying.
When I think about the people who will be left behind after I die,
and when I think about how sad they'll be,
my heart hurts so much.
That's the only reason...
I'm afraid of dying.
You wouldn't know.
Someone like you...
wouldn't have loved anyone...
except yourself in your life.
Yes, Assemblyman.
Get a car ready. I'm going somewhere with a guest.
Let's leave before it rains harder.
Hold on!
Sir, are you okay?
Where are you heading to?
We're going downtown.
It's raining heavily, so there won't be much to see now.
Think about it and let me know if you change your mind.
I'll drive you to the terminal.
It's okay.
Please drop me off at the place I said just now.
Would you like to use this?
[VIU Ver] tvN E10 'Hometown' "Cho Kyung Ho" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥- Synced with Subcake Android
Sir, you're a security guard, right?
I figured it out from your cap.
I'm good at guessing these things.
Seok Hyun, sit properly.
Stop disturbing him.
Sir, where do you live?
Well...
- Where's your home? - My home?
I don't have a home.
You don't have a home?
- Why? - Seok Hyun, enough.
I told you to stop disturbing him.
No, it's fine.
He unnecessary has a lot of questions.
You don't have to answer him.
I never had a home to begin with.
Then what about your family?
Family?
Those must be the most important things for you.
Family and home.
Yes. Are they not for you?
Well,
everyone around me disappeared, so...
They disappeared?
- To where? - It always happens.
Whoever is with me always ends up disappearing.
Excuse me. You told me to drop you off...
before the Central Market just now, right?
Yes.
We'll be arriving shortly.
Seok Hyun, I'm seriously telling you to stop.
Okay.
Do you whistle well?
- Whistle? - Do you want me to whistle?
Yes, please!
Mister.
Be honest. Are you actually searching for your family...
because you miss them?
Well, I hope you find them.
I promise I'll be quiet now.
You can whistle.
No.
What? Why?
Did you change your mind because I kept bothering you?
Yes, I changed my mind.
Here.
Bye!
Excuse me. Did Professor Jang send you?
Yes. Are you Dr. Lee?
Yes.
I see the professor sent someone new today.
The professor asked me to give you this.
Oh, okay.
(External input)
Hello?
Is anyone outside?
Hello?
Please open the door! Hello?
Is anyone there?
Hello?
Someone's in here! Open the door!
Hello? Is anyone outside?
Someone's inside! Open the door!
Hello?
(Sook's Chinese Restaurant)
Who are you?
Are you Detective Choi?
She's not the type to forget her appointments.
I wonder why she didn't call to cancel.
Excuse me.
Jung Hyun.
Are you still asleep?
(To Mom and Detective Choi Hyung In)
Mom, I'm sorry.
I was running out of time,
so this was the only choice I had.
(To Mom and Detective Choi Hyung In)
I was always proud of you, Mom.
You will forever be my hero.
Forgive me for not being honest with you.
Mom.
I have one last request.
Please give this letter to Detective Choi.
He needs to know the address written below.
Tell him I'm sorry and grateful...
and that I trust he'll take care of the rest.
Please tell him to keep Jae Young safe.
You're not thinking about jumping off, are you?
This has been my hideout for over ten years,
so don't cause any trouble.
If you want to kill yourself, do it somewhere else.
Look at that smile on your face.
Would you like a cup of coffee?
Who is it?
- What? - Dr. Lee.
What brings you here?
Come inside.
You're getting wet.
The house is a mess, isn't it?
I'm an old man who lives alone, so this is how I live.
Did you talk to Professor Jang before coming here? Take a seat.
Have a cup of tea.
I was just about to...
have some anyway.
Are you here...
because of what happened to Kim Hwan Kyu?
Then just cut to the chase.
Although,
there's not much to talk about.
I actually...
called my grandson and asked him to visit.
No, that's not why I'm here.
Really? Then why are you here?
And who told you my address?
You just mentioned someone called "Professor Jang."
Is that Professor Jang in the Skull Gang?
You know...
what people call me, right?
Human Butcher.
I devoted my entire life...
working for the government,
and all I got was that darn nickname.
But one day, he showed up unexpectedly.
He promised to erase my past...
and helped me...
live a decent life.
I've never actually met him.
He only relayed messages for me through Professor Jang.
Guru?
Is that what you call him as well?
Tell me.
Why are you here?
Where are you from?
You don't look like you're from around here.
But then, that's not important.
I did nothing but work when I was younger,
so I wandered a lot when I got older.
Everything was in vain after my wife died.
I can't think what I worked so hard for.
Do you have children?
I do. I have a young son.
He's sleeping over there.
It must be so boring,
but he tags along to keep me company.
I'm so grateful.
That's why I like it here. There are no fish to catch.
So no one comes here.
It's the perfect place to sit around doing nothing...
but chat with my son.
No.
You had two more.
Pardon? What do you mean?
A boy and a girl.
You sold them to One Family Welfare Center.
I came because I was told...
the person I'm looking for is here.
No one told me someone would come looking.
No?
Then maybe that Professor Jang...
or you are hiding something.
What?
What are you trying to say?
In that player.
Is the video tape inside?
White walls, a red circle,
an upside-down woman.
Is that what you saw before I got here?
If I did,
is that important?
Listen carefully to me.
Professor Jang used you only until today.
That's why he sent you that tape.
From what I know, now that you saw that tape,
you are not in your right mind.
You could die.
From what I know, now that you saw that tape,
you are not in your right mind.
You could die.
I've never heard such nonsense in my life.
Do you expect me to believe that?
I don't care if you don't.
Whether you live or die is none of my concern.
However, if you cooperate with me,
I can help you.
I can help you avoid...
the worst case scenario.
There's no time. Make up your mind now.
Answer my questions and save your life,
or die in vain as the Guru wishes.
Is something hidden behind that bookshelf?
You are crazy about books,
and you'd never leave a shelf bare like that.
You would rather cram it full of books.
And if you did that, each time you moved them,
the weight would've taken a toll.
Cho Jae Young.
Is she behind it?
Darn it.
I should've burned this house down long ago.
Answer me.
I am an artist.
An artist who brings out the truth.
Do you think I'll die that easily?
I see that...
you see it.
- What? - The woman.
You see her, don't you?
What did you do to me?
Answer me. Did you lock up Cho Jae Young?
It's a lie. It's all a lie.
- Answer me. - It can't be.
There is no way that person would abandon me.
I was chosen!
Darn it.
Detective.
Can you tell me what's going on?
Guess what?
Even in that inferno called One Family Welfare Center,
my sister and I...
were the only two who had been sold by our parents.
You're such a pathetic human being.
You made such a foolish decision.
I am so sorry.
I was out of my mind back then.
I was crazy.
How could I have done something like that to you?
You're wrong.
That's not what I'm saying, you idiot.
Why did you sell us? You should've killed us off.
First me, then my sister.
You should've strangled us in turn,
then buried us where we wouldn't have been found.
Your foolish decision...
brought you here.
Now you can't even die as you wish.
I will ask you one last question.
Human butcher.
Do you have regrets?
If I had regrets,
what would that change?
Would it bring the dead back?
Are you any different from me?
Just because you can't remember,
does it make you any different from me?
This is the only way now.
At least this way,
you won't...
kill your grandson.
Don't close your eyes!
Your sins...
came back to you.
Gosh. Those barbarians. Look at them.
Should I pull over?
Of course. We did nothing wrong.
Sorry.
You delivered the tape to Dr. Lee, right?
Yes, sir. There were no problems.
Good.
Why are you people so upset and causing a ruckus?
Doing this won't change something that has been decided.
How dare you protest what was already decided?
Did you forget who your guru is?
Bring her out!
Come out.
- You people are heretics! - Heretics!
- Heretics! - Heretics!
- What is that? - What?
Those losers can't do anything.
All they did was twiddle their thumbs.
They're just shameless leeches.
- Let's go in. - Okay.
(Yeongseong Life)
(Welcome to Yeongseong Life)
Okay.
Don't be afraid.
- I'm... - I know.
- What? - I know...
who you are.
Let's get out of here.
- Stop it. - Move.
- Stop it! - Let go.
Darn it.
Open the door.
You punk. Didn't you hear me?
Where's the key?
Please calm down. You shouldn't do this.
- Please let go. - You little twerp.
Stop it.
Why that...
- Stop it! - Stop!
Hey!
That...
(Sook's Chinese Restaurant)
Gosh.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Grandma.
- Thank you. - Stop crying.
I'm sorry.
I should've protected Auntie,
but I couldn't.
Strange, isn't it?
Is it because of the way you were dressed?
Everyone was scared of you.
Does it seem real to you now? Our new heir.
This was where...
Jae Young was.
All that time,
she was trapped here.
Perhaps everything has finally...
gone back to the way they were.
No matter how hard we try to deny it,
all of this started...
with us.
(Sook's Chinese Restaurant)
What about you? Were you different from me?
Just because you erased it from your memory,
do you think that makes us different?
The cases by the kids who fled from the welfare center.
You have to close them out yourself, okay?
Gosh.
Seriously. Hey.
Do you feel anything?
Don't you get a new point of view...
if you look upside down?
Like a philosophical enlightenment.
Things like that.
We have tons of evidence...
of things you did to the kids at One Family Welfare Center.
Kidnapping, false imprisonment, abuse...
I heard you buried kids who died from anywhere in the woods.
You disgusting monster.
Darn it.
- Hey, kid, close the door. - Yes, sir.
Everyone else said you were in charge...
and gave their statements already.
Cho Kyung Ho.
Answer me.
Director Cho Kyung Ho.
Darn it. Let's finish this already, okay?
Do you understand?
No.
(Hometown)
Why did you want to come here?
Cho Kyung Ho.
Everything's ready now.
He told me he'd tell me about my mom.
It's time to come back home.
We might be able to find out where my aunt is.
Do you really think all this is worth...
sacrificing your life?
In the end, that's what Cho Kyung Ho wanted to tell me.
I can't help but see how your life will end.