(All characters, places, institutions, incidents,)
(and organizations portrayed in this drama are fictitious.)
(Year 1978)
Something much worse than what you know happened there.
We didn't step foot in there voluntarily.
So those people wouldn't have stopped what they were doing.
They'd have starved us, trampled on us,
thrown us into a cold room,
and would've waited for us to freeze to death.
I knew that,
so I had no choice but to do what I did.
I knew...
from the start that it would happen.
So you just have to listen to me.
Just do as I say.
(Hometown: One Family Welfare Center)
(Year 1999)
(Episode 7)
Who are you?
Don't you think you're going too far?
This is a residential area.
I don't want to cause a fuss. Get lost.
Excuse me.
Hello, Detective.
I'm sorry for visiting without calling ahead.
It's fine. Don't bother.
Thank you.
How have you been?
I don't know. Now that you ask,
I'm not even sure how I've been.
Actually...
I met the jerk.
Cho Kyung Ho.
That's when I became positive...
that he's involved in Jae Young's disappearance.
So I kept looking for her.
I'm going to do everything I can.
Are you...
convinced that Jae Young's dead?
There is...
nothing I can tell you about that.
I don't think so, Detective.
I saw her.
Her face was covered but I knew right away.
It was Jae Young standing there.
You saw Jae Young yourself?
Is that true?
It was in a remote building in a mountain.
When I went back,
- the building was closed... - A building in a forest...
and Jae Young was gone.
When was that?
Do you remember the location?
You don't want to tell me.
I apologize.
I decided to find Jae Young myself.
Do you think...
she will fall in danger if the police get involved?
When I saw her,
part of me thought that...
she was there partially because she wanted to be.
If that's really true, I want to...
find out the reason...
while locating her.
I don't understand what you're saying.
Why would you come here and tell me that?
I think I could...
end up in danger while looking for her.
If that's the case,
I'd like you to know that...
Jae Young's still alive.
I came here...
to tell you that.
You don't have to see me out.
I'll drive you home.
It's really okay.
Sorry for intruding.
So...
If the police...
have to see him regarding the case,
I suggest you avoid seeing him in person.
He's much more dangerous than you think.
Do you mean Cho Kyung Ho?
Yes. I really detest that name.
That's not his original name.
After Dad died,
he said he'd take the same name.
He had his name legally changed.
I always hated...
saying that name.
He took your father's name?
Yes.
Cho Kyung Ho...
is our late father's name.
I didn't know that.
It's not a fact people would be interested in.
I should go, then.
Si Jeong and his wife.
Will you attend their 49th day remembrance rite?
See you then.
- The 49th day remembrance rite? - Yes.
Choi Kyung Joo, Si Jeong's wife.
She was your classmate.
You didn't know...
they had died.
Hey, stop.
I think we tripped her up.
Are you all right?
- Why did you bump into her? - Auntie.
(Please find our Jae Young)
Sorry.
We've been putting these up,
and someone is after us for it.
We're trying to be quick.
See? I was right.
The ones we put up last time got wet...
and torn in the rain and they're all gone.
Yes, you're right. Do you know how many times you said that today?
So we had these laminated.
Aren't we smart?
(Please find our Jae Young)
There's a reason we swapped out...
the photo from your flyer.
The truth is,
Jae Young looks really nice in this photo.
Thank you. Jae Young does look nice.
Doesn't she?
Still, you should've blurred out your faces.
See? I was right.
We knew that.
We just didn't want to.
Why not?
With all our faces covered up,
Jae Young looked a bit lonely.
We didn't want to do that.
It's me. Why aren't you answering your cell?
I just got back home.
- Is it urgent? - The interview's on.
Hello? Are you listening?
He gave the okay.
I heard you.
We just have to schedule the day and time.
We finally get to see Cho Kyung Ho's face.
Let's stop here for a while. You'll catch a cold.
Okay.
We put some up there too already.
We don't have to replace those. They didn't get wet.
You're right. Yes. We saved some.
Did you bring them?
Nice.
(You die too.)
That looks neat.
I just want some soup.
(You die)
Nice. This is warm.
Auntie.
Have some.
(You die too.)
What is this?
People are so mean.
Auntie.
If you forgive others for their sins,
your Father...
will forgive your sins as well.
Isn't that her?
That's her.
- That's her, isn't she? - She is.
Please be quiet.
I will continue.
That's her.
If you do not forgive others for their sins...
Do you know what this is?
It is one of dozens of rocks...
that were thrown into our restaurant windows.
Toward my mom,
who decided to live in repentance for the rest of her life.
This is one of the countless stones that shot through the windows.
Why did my mom have to go through that?
Is it okay for a murderer's family to go through things like that?
Is the hatred...
and contempt toward Jae Young truly justified?
Jung Hyun. I understand you're upset,
but why are you saying that here?
You're right.
This isn't the only place in this town with these stones.
These smooth, round stones... I haven't seen these stones...
anywhere else but in this church's parking lot!
However,
I truly believe that is just a coincidence!
So I'd like to ask all of you.
You all believe my mother and Jae Young...
are innocent, don't you?
You're all praying that Jae Young...
will return safely, aren't you?
If you'd let me speak on behalf of everyone here,
you are correct as well.
However, most of the people are suffering every single day...
because of what your family did.
So please do not make them fall into temptation any longer.
Do not...
make these people fall into sin.
Do not make us...
hate your family, who is our family.
So please.
Please leave this town.
That is the best for all of us.
No.
No, Pastor. You are wrong.
It isn't all of our family.
The ones who should be condemned are Cho Kyung Ho and me!
Just the two of us! So please, despise me!
Curse me and pour out...
your hatred on me!
And just for one moment,
please pray...
for Jae Young.
That she'll return safely...
and be able to go to school with her friends!
Please pray for that.
That was what...
I came to say to you.
Mom, I'm home.
Hey.
Jae Young.
That again?
Is that all you can say?
- Kyung Joo? - Jung Hyun.
Know something?
I was fine with everything.
My husband and I weren't well off,
but we were happy with our lives.
Is it you, Kyung Joo?
Why?
Why us?
Why did it have to be me?
Because we were your friends?
Kyung Joo. Please...
I didn't want anything.
I didn't need anything...
if I could live happily with my husband...
as I had been.
Kyung Joo.
I didn't want to die.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Kyung Joo.
No.
It's too late.
We can't have...
any more victims like us.
(One of the seven mysteries. The mountain house)
I'm sorry.
Pardon? What do you mean?
I told him that I'd drive myself, but he brought me...
because we have to collect money right afterward.
I'm sorry. You should go by yourselves.
I'm so dense.
What gibberish are you babbling about?
Not at all. I know you're busy.
Thank you for making time for me.
Gosh. You are so kind.
Drop me off when we're done...
and meet up for dinner.
There's a good barbecue eel place by Nankang Bridge.
Our boss happens to be great at grilling eel...
Pig.
Yes, Boss.
What will happen to you if you say one more word?
I'll probably get socked in the face.
Let's go quietly. Okay?
Yes, boss.
You okay?
Yes, I'm fine.
This is it, right?
This place looks exactly like the picture.
I don't think anyone lives here now.
Is anyone inside?
Even the doorbell seems to be broken. It can't be pressed.
I wonder what this place is.
Me too.
I don't think I've ever been here.
This is my first time here as well.
Boss, the door is open.
You know the guy who lives in Samcheongol?
The place he lives in looks just like this.
But can we just come in without permission?
This is like a battleground.
Seems like electricity is cut off too.
I don't think anyone is living here,
so let's take a quick look and leave.
What's this?
Isn't this dried blood stain?
My goodness.
This feels bad.
Strangely,
it looks completely different from the place in the picture.
Is that so? How is it in the picture?
It's much darker in the picture.
(Near Gwangsan-ri, Singa-eup, Saju-si)
Both of you, come here.
Pig.
There's a flashlight in the car, right?
Yes.
Boss! If anything happens, shout loudly.
I might not be able to hear you clearly.
Just keep an eye out.
I will. Be careful.
It's here.
Gosh, what's this?
This is a complete mess.
Just what happened here?
Anyway, we found it.
It's nothing much, though.
No, that's not the case.
This doesn't make sense.
Nobody used to report...
the enigmatic spots to the School Magazine Club.
Only after the news got popular,
people started reporting them.
What about it?
This is a secluded private property.
It makes absolutely no sense...
for us to come in all the way here and find that by chance...
without any report.
Then this...
Someone in the School Magazine Club...
already knew about this place.
About who wrote this, and why that person wrote this.
Jung Hyun.
Let's get out of this place.
Now.
Tak!
Tak?
Yong Tak!
Gosh, this is terrible.
I think I have a bad indigestion.
You being like this is making me nervous too.
Why did it have to be us?
We just have to follow the procedure. Don't worry.
Sir.
I'm sure what happened to the chief is his doing as well.
You think so too, don't you?
It's just a rumor.
- Darn it. - You must've heard this too.
As long as you follow these two, there won't be any issue.
First, if he ever talks to you, don't reply.
Second, never ever make eye contact with him.
- Got it? - Yes, sir.
Let's get going now. We'll be late.
Darn it.
Thank you for your hard work.
This way.
Stop for a while.
Read and sign this first.
Excuse me.
I don't have a pen, so can I borrow yours?
This.
(I pledge to adhere to the rules of Saju Prison's lounge...)
(and receive appropriate punishment should I violate any rule.)
(Pledger: Cho Kyung Ho)
I forgot the pen cap.
Can I go in now?
Hello, Cho Kyung Ho. Nice to meet you.
Goodness.
You're awake.
Who are you people?
You must be confused.
I apologize.
Those guys seem like professionals.
So we had no choice but to physically restrain you.
What are you doing?
What a foul smell.
I can smell the gasoline all the way from here.
What are you doing?
No! Stop!
Promise me...
one thing.
Then we'll stop.
You see, I have a plan.
And I need you to carry it out.
What are you talking about?
You're not exactly in the situation to decide,
so don't try to be clever.
Just focus on the situation...
and make a choice.
Ms. Cho, what do you say?
Will you do as I ask?
Will you?
Yes, I will.
Good.
Can I trust you?
I'm a very busy man.
I don't want to do anything this barbaric again.
I'm busy.
I'll keep my promise.
So please stop.
Well, then. I guess I'll have to believe you.
After all, partnerships all start with faith.
Am I right?
Ms. Cho, I must say, we have a long history.
Don't you agree?
And it's all thanks to Guru.
Thanks to Guru, we even got to meet again.
What do you mean?
We've met before?
Goodness, I completely forgot.
You might not remember.
Well, that won't matter...
because you and I...
are on the same boat now.
Right?
One Family Welfare Center.
Do you remember?
I'm...
Im In Gwan.
You should visit my office someday.
Let's drink tea.
Let's go home.
Can you please be more specific?
Mr. Cho, let me ask you one more time.
What was the experiment?
Do you not want to answer?
Mr. Cho.
This is nice.
Right?
(Sook's Chinese Restaurant)
You're back. How are your friends?
They're okay now.
Fortunately, they weren't severely injured.
Thank goodness.
What about you? Did you eat?
I cooked something for you. Why don't you have a bite?
I need to pack some stuff and head back to the hospital.
Do you?
Okay, then. I guess you should go.
Actually, let me have a bite.
Will you?
I should eat to gain energy.
Thank you for the meal.
Sure.
- Mom. - Yes?
I met that guy.
Who?
Im In Gwan.
Do you remember? He was the director of One Family Welfare Center.
But I couldn't remember him at all.
I couldn't even recognize him.
So I've been wondering...
Did anything happen to me...
while I was at the welfare center?
Can you please tell me...
if you remember anything?
Jung Hyun, here's what I think.
Sometimes,
there are things...
that are better left unsaid.
I've decided...
to bury the past.
It's better to forget the things...
that aren't worth remembering.
Mom, I...
Okay.
I get what you mean.
Okay.
Do you remember this?
Whenever Director Im's daughter came to the welfare center,
she was exceptionally kind to you.
Really?
I don't remember.
I see.
She was very kind and pretty.
After I quit...
working at the welfare center, I never saw her again...
until she visited me...
a few years later.
Really? When?
Well...
In 1987.
A few days before the terror attack.
She came to see me at the restaurant.
This isn't an ordinary interview, is it?
What is it you really want to ask?
Shall I say it instead?
Did I have something to do with my daughter's kidnapping?
The recent murders and Youngjingyo.
What is the true purpose of it all?
Am I right?
Am I not?
Is this what you want to know the most?
Who is Guru?
Are you Guru?
Then you might as well answer.
Mr. Cho.
Are you Guru?
I was right. That's what you wanted to know.
Mr. Cho.
How interesting.
You lot have decided on the answer and you keep asking.
Yes.
I am Guru.
Is that what you wanted to hear?
Let me clear something up first.
I'm not here to tell you what you want to hear.
What do you mean?
Let's quit wasting time.
I have nothing more to say to you.
What do you think...
Detective Choi?
You're the one who really wants to talk to me.
It'll be much more interesting.
Because I know many stories...
related to you that you don't know about.
Mr. Cho.
Are you ready to listen?
What are you talking about?
Listen.
It's about Im Se Yoon, your wife.
When she first came in,
I didn't recognize her as the director's daughter.
She told me as she was about to pay.
Did you enjoy the food?
It's two dollars.
It was when I was carrying Jae Young on my back,
so I was preoccupied.
She acted a bit odd.
She'd come by alone late at night,
so I asked a few questions about how she was doing.
She told me she'd been in Seoul, gotten married,
then moved back here.
She said her husband's a cop.
A cop?
What are you...
talking about?
Detective.
After your wife died,
you lived in regret, didn't you?
You resented me and the world.
That kept you going.
- Cho Kyung Ho. - What's funny is,
you don't know the reason behind the fury...
that keeps building up inside you, so why is that?
That's because...
you don't know anything.
Why your wife left you,
what she was doing at Saju Station then...
that caused her to die.
It's because you don't know anything.
- Stop it. - That day.
The day your wife died.
If you were to go back to that day, do you think you could change it?
Do you think you could've saved her?
- I said stop, punk. - Shall I tell you?
You could never...
have saved her.
Darn you.
Do you know why your wife left you?
Your and her baby.
Guruem.
After she miscarried,
she wanted to start over with me.
And we left to Japan together.
But much later,
a thought hit me.
The reason she had come by that day.
Could it have been to see Jae Young?
Jae Young's mom.
Could it be her?
She didn't die in vain.
She left a seed behind...
for me and the new beginning.
Do you get it?
It was me, not you.
I was her last man.
- Let go of me! - Relax.
How dare you say that?
- Let go! - Stop it!
- Darn you! - Calm down!
- I'll kill you. - Relax!
Let go!
- Come here! - Hold tight!
- Stop it. - Let go of me!
I need to take him down!
Let go! Let go of me!
Ma'am, I brought you your food.
Okay. I'm ready.
I will wait outside.
- Call me after... - Wait.
- I'm sorry but... - Yes?
We're the same age, aren't we?
That's what I heard.
Yes. That's what I heard too.
Then how about...
we speak casually to each other?
You're always bringing my food.
No. I don't dare speak to you like that.
Please.
Can't we be more like friends?
Mr. Proxy told me never to be impolite.
When it's just the two of us.
Okay, then. When there's no one else around...
Thanks. I really needed someone to talk to.
What's your name? I'm Cho Jae Young.
I'm Yoon Shi Young.
It's great to know you, Shi Young.
So...
if you're not too uncomfortable with it,
could you not be too polite?
- Shall we do that? - Yes!
I was so nervous, thinking you'd say no.
- The thing is... - Yes?
I think Mr. Proxy is here.
Are you inside?
I just served her a meal.
Can I come in?
Yes. Come in.
I told you many times.
That you must speak in honorifics and address her as the heir.
I apologize.
And while she eats, you wait outside.
I had questions about the menu...
and we spoke briefly.
Is that so?
Look up.
Take your duty as her servant seriously.
Do you understand?
Yes.
I have something to say.
I heard that again today, you failed to reach enlightenment.
Yes.
"Yes"? How can you...
say that with such ease?
Do you know what position you are in?
There will be great disappointment.
Guru will be disappointed.
If this keeps going on,
I cannot keep my word.
I will no longer be able to protect your family.
I'm sorry. I'll try harder.
You've been saying that for months!
I'm afraid.
I don't feel...
the same energy from you that I felt from Guru.
Do not forget that...
you are of Guru's blood.
I hope that...
you take some time to look inside yourself.
For the rest of the day,
focus on mastering kundalini.
Do you understand?
Yes.
Please enjoy your meal.
You girls got here first.
I thought I'd get here first.
Hi, Auntie.
Seung Hyun's dad drove us, so we got here quickly.
Okay.
How do you feel?
Don't worry about it.
I can go to the Olympics right now and win gold.
Stop eating, will you?
He hasn't eaten yet.
You stop eating.
- What... - Hey.
What are you doing?
She asked for help, so I'm helping her.
But it's hard since I haven't done it in so long.
- What is it? - Back marking.
- Back marking? - Yes.
You can listen to it backwards if you do this.
We were doing this...
It all happened so quickly.
Let's leave for now.
Seung Dae. Please bring out our equipment.
What? Darn it. It was still going.
(Gyeongcheon's Dream)
Why do you have this?
There was one copy in the library.
Jae Young said it was in the school magazine from 1987.
We read it all cover to cover.
- And? - At first,
we thought she wanted us to read the article about the mysteries,
but it turned out that wasn't it.
You'll know if you see the last page.
(Gyeongcheon High School Magazine Club)
What about it?
No, the next page.
There's nothing else...
What is this?
(This is between the two of us. Play the tape backwards.)
We don't know who wrote that either.
But we think this was what Jae Young meant...
was written in it.
So we thought long and hard about what it was...
that we had to listen to backwards,
and finally just realized.
That back marking was called listening backwards.
Which tape?
The one you gave to the police?
Is that it?
Yes. Someone had left it in front of the club door and left.
That tape.
Actually, when I was holding onto it for a few days last time,
I had made a copy.
Just in case.
I got to show my skills.
I'm all done.
Are you ready to listen?
I know I packed it.
I knew you'd forget.
Why didn't you bring yours then?
My sister uses my walkman to study English.
What now? Does that mean we can't listen to it?
Should we ask the hospital?
A hospital this big must have a cassette player.
Girls.
Do you mind if I listen to this at home first?
But...
Please.
Okay. Sure.
It's only right that you listen to it first.
Of course. It's a good thing I didn't bring it.
Hey. That's not right.
What? You didn't bring it.
Exactly. Since I didn't bring it...
You messed up.
I'm sorry for dragging you into this.
Don't be.
We've been through much worse while doing interviews.
Don't worry about it.
You should get some rest. We can discuss it afterward.
I'll sort through the material and give it to you next time.
Thank you. I'd appreciate it.
Lock up once you're done.
Okay.
- Thanks. - Sure.
Okay.
Let's see if it was copied properly.
Number three.
Okay.
What is that?
- Are you leaving? - Yes. Good night.
- Good night. - Bye.
(Professor Ku Byung Min)
Hi, honey.
I'm about to head home.
I'll probably get home first.
I bought everything you asked for.
Do you need anything else?
Okay. See you at home.
I see a woman.
The woman who was crouching inside the bathtub.
She keeps following me around.
I wouldn't have gone to that academy...
if it weren't for you.
Then I never would've listened to Guru.
If you hadn't moved to this neighborhood,
none of this would've happened to me.
That woman is...
getting nearer.
Those people will come for you.
I wonder if you'll be able to escape.
Now, that woman is...
right in front of me.
I'm dying because of you.
Cho Jae Young, you're responsible...
for my death.
(Hometown)
I've been waiting for you for a very long time.
All the locations we've visited are all related to one person.
They won't stop at this rate. There will be countless victims.
Stop being so frustrating, you punk.
Let me help.
You work with those people.
What are you doing?
Yong Tak.
Those who watched the videos will not be all right.
You cannot change a fixed future.