(All characters, organizations, places, and happenings...)
(in this drama are all fake and are not based on a true story.)
Chief Jang. Kang Dong Soo and Yoo Si Hyun found my hideout.
What about Choi Tae Wook?
Yoo Si Hyun took him.
He witnessed Yoo Si Joon...
kill Captain Moon. More importantly,
if he contacts the Elder's people, everything will be ruined.
We must eliminate him right away.
Yes, sir.
Hey, where are you now?
I'm almost there. What about you?
Don't stop on the way. Go into the police station right away.
Kim Do Jin is tailing you now.
Okay, I'll see you in a bit.
(Episode 15)
Dong Soo, what is all this fuss about?
Lock him up in the interrogation room.
Let me make a phone call.
Not a chance. There has to be some give-and-take.
Don't you know you must give first before demanding something?
Isn't this considered violation of human rights?
This will get you in trouble later on.
Hey, take him.
Hey. Dong Soo.
Don't you think you owe me an explanation?
Call an ambulance. The injury in his leg is quite serious.
Then why bring him here? You should've taken him to a hospital.
Some people are after him at the moment.
Pick five guys who are strong and competent.
You guys will have to guard him until he returns from the hospital.
Gosh, am I the head of this station or what?
I can't pick out whomever I want.
You little...
Where's Captain? I'll talk to him.
He's over there.
Do you know the prosecutor Yoo Si Joon?
Yoo Si Joon pulled the trigger himself...
and shot Captain Moon Jae Hyun.
It'll be hard.
This is already the second time I'm trying to stop you.
But you said that everything will be ruined...
if Choi Tae Wook contacts the Elder's people.
Yes, I did say that.
Then I don't think we can afford to waste time like this.
Even dealing with Kang Dong Soo alone won't be easy,
but other detectives are with him as well.
Going in there by yourself will be like a suicidal act.
Is there another way, then?
You see, I'm the chief of Internal Affairs.
Kang Dong Soo might be hoping that you'd come, not me.
Then there's even more reason I should go in there.
I'm very sorry.
You've said that to me in the past.
Is there something that I don't know?
Well...
Did I say that in the past?
I'll call you when I'm done.
Yes, Chief Jang. What happened?
Kang Dong Soo has Choi Tae Wook now.
I'm at Joongki Police Station now.
I'll meet you there, then.
Please buy as much time as you can to make sure Choi Tae Wook...
can't contact the Elder's people.
You getting involved now...
will be like showing them all the cards we have.
Please let me handle things here.
What are you trying to do?
I want to make one thing clear before we proceed.
When everything is over,
the promise you made when we got Sergeant Kim roped into this...
Please keep...
that promise.
- Okay, I will. - Thank you.
What's the matter, sir?
An important suspect is in custody at the Violent Crimes Unit here.
We must take him to the HQ.
"An important suspect"? What did he do?
The case is under their jurisdiction.
I know we're in Internal Affairs, but we're overstepping boundaries.
I'll take responsibility for everything.
You guys just have to support me.
Understood, sir.
Did you bring it?
Will you be okay?
Follow me.
Gosh, what a headache.
Captain, have I ever been wrong about any cases?
- That's why it's such a headache. - Hey!
Hey, I came here because I trust you.
Don't trust me. Please don't trust me.
I never told you to trust me.
Gosh.
Captain, those from Internal Affairs...
- Internal Affairs? - The officers are barging in.
Hurry. They're from Internal Affairs. Hurry up.
Captain Choi, it's been a long time.
Chief of Internal Affairs. What brings you here, sir?
We heard you have a suspect named Choi Tae Wook in custody now.
As of now,
our department will take care of him.
Hang on a second.
With what right are you guys in Internal Affairs...
trying to take a suspect in one of our cases?
Can you people at the HQ ignore our jurisdictional authority?
What's wrong with taking him for one of our internal investigations?
Then please tell us what the suspect is charged with.
I don't think I'm obligated to answer your questions.
Goodness. Same here, okay?
I don't think I'm obligated to be listening to you now.
I obviously can't get through to you.
So will you not cooperate?
Well...
You see,
Paperwork is also important in what we do, you know.
If you have any paperwork that can prove...
what you're trying to do is an official matter,
this will be a lot easier for us.
Wouldn't you agree, sir?
This is Jang Tae Joon.
Yes, sir. He's right in front me now.
Hello?
Chief.
Pardon me?
You'd like us to let them take the suspect right away?
Well, but... Chief, that's...
Well...
I mean, we're also...
Right, if you say so...
Yes, Chief.
Understood.
Everyone has flaws.
What do you guys say? Do you think your captain has any flaws or not?
Detective Kang, it's the chief's order. What should we do?
Look around all you want. No one will volunteer to help you.
Your colleagues here...
can't explicitly rebel against the higher-ups like you do.
Right.
From such a high place,
people like us will probably just look like chess pieces...
that can be used, replaced, and disposed of at any time.
That kind of works out.
Half of the people here joined the force to earn a living anyway.
No one really wants to cause trouble.
We do want to avoid conflict with the higher-ups as much as possible.
But as they say,
the place makes the person.
When you do fieldwork for 10 or 20 years,
you gain pride that you've protected the people for that long.
Without that pride, no one would even want to work as a detective.
Even if you never see our names on the news,
those of us who do fieldwork...
work hard with the pride that we protect the people of this country.
And you're belittling us to our faces, not even behind our backs?
Do you think the fieldwork is a big joke or what?
Do whatever you want.
Hold on. Gosh, you folks.
Captain Choi.
Will you stand there and do nothing?
My goodness. This is so embarrassing.
From this moment on,
I'll take responsibility for everything that happens.
Don't think about the consequences and follow...
Detective Kang's orders.
(Advanced first-class police)
I told you that I'm nearly there...
and that I'll make you pay for killing Ji Soo.
I'm almost there.
So you can look forward to it.
You're going to be...
mine soon.
I'll get rid of you along with Kim Do Jin and Yoo Si Joon.
Detective Ahn, it's here.
Okay. Dong Soo, the ambulance is here.
- Go. - Okay. Let's go.
Let me make a call before I go.
What kind of trick would I be able to pull here?
If you let me make one call,
I'll cooperate as much as I can.
Drop the gun right now.
Sir... Sir.
Do Jin, you'll have to make your move right now.
(Chief of Internal Affairs, Jang Tae Joon)
(The morgue at NSCIL)
I took care of what I need to.
I checked all the memos, but there's nothing special.
Chief Jang isn't someone who'd leave behind a trace.
But if they find any kind of proof that leads to us,
we'll be put in a serious situation.
Okay, I'll take the computer hardware just to be sure.
(Youngwoo Storage)
It seems like someone already dropped by.
The computer hardware is gone as well.
Did you check the hideout?
Detective Jang went there.
(Hello, my baby. It's me, your mom.)
Why did he have to go this far?
What was he trying...
to sacrifice his life for?
I really don't know what it could be.
He probably wanted to protect Si Joon.
Can you handcuff your own brother?
Can you put handcuffs on your own brother?
Can you make him pay for what he did wrong?
Ask yourself if you're ready to do that.
You can back off if you're not.
No one will blame you for doing so.
But I won't allow you to take part in this investigation...
without a strong determination.
Why do you think...
my brother's doing this?
He's probably trying to get rid of the Elder.
(The Elder)
But both your brother and the Elder...
are killing people just to achieve their goals.
To be honest,
I don't know what the difference is between them.
Think about it carefully.
Hey, Lieutenant Oh.
What?
A poet once said...
everyone is sick,
but no one says they are.
That's how this world is.
If you want to maintain sanity in this crazy world,
you need to get drunk on something.
Chief Jang wasn't a very...
strong drinker.
We can't let his death go to waste.
Mr. Choi died?
Yes. He must've made a deal...
with Detective Kang and his team...
to give them information about the Elder.
Mr. Choi...
stayed loyal to the Elder for over 20 years.
Why would someone like him suddenly make that kind of deal?
From what Chief Jang found out,
Kang Dong Soo's team used Mr. Choi's daughter to threaten him.
- His daughter? - Yes, that's what I heard.
True.
That guy...
loved his daughter like no other.
Are you sure...
- Mr. Choi and Chief Jang are dead? - Yes.
Then...
what will you do now, Si Joon?
I'm still waiting for that dinner that you said...
you wanted to have.
You are?
I'll call you soon.
Do you think...
the Elder will really show tomorrow?
Choi Tae Wook is dead.
The Elder must have noticed that something is wrong.
They may postpone the meeting...
or cancel it entirely.
The Elder has been working hard on the cold sale for years.
They wouldn't delay the critical meeting that will determine...
when to initiate the plan.
Are you sure?
Please go to the Macheon Hotel...
and see what changes have been made with the security there.
(Korea Trade Bank)
Si Hyun.
- Please come in. - Okay.
Let's go.
From what I found out,
Mr. Choi's corpse...
is in the morgue at NSCIL right now.
Will you proceed...
the meeting with the Elder?
Is there a reason to postpone it?
With what happened with Mr. Choi,
I just have a bad feeling about it, that's all.
I'm sure you realized...
that this cold sale was not just about the money, right?
These peaks...
signify that someone is purchasing public debts in bulk.
Isn't it good if public debts are sold for cheap?
You need to look for the hidden signs.
These documents show...
that a special power is planning something with them.
Looking at the big picture, I think they're collecting...
30 billion dollars to drop them all at once.
If that happens,
our country's economy will take a huge hit.
Hold on.
Our nation's GDP is about 1.6 trillion dollars.
I believe the annual budget is about 430 billion.
Would a mere 30 billion dollars...
destroy the economy?
In 1992, George Soros's Quantum Fund...
broke the British pound.
The amount that the Quantum Fund used for the attack...
was less than 20 billion dollars.
And?
Sharks will gather if they smell blood.
Other hedge funds joined the attack,
and it took less than three days for the battle to end.
(Over 1,000 hedge funds...)
Only after pouring out a third of its foreign exchange reserve,
did England raise the white flag.
(Quantum Fund)
Quantum Fund made an enormous profit,
and England suffered a huge foreign-exchange loss...
and was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
Why...
are these people planning this?
With the new leaders taking office, there's been a lot of pressure...
to clean house and reform.
We didn't know the government would be this forceful.
You needed a hidden card to turn the tables on them.
The government can't want the nation to fall.
Neither do we.
They'll have no choice...
but to agree to work with us in order to fix the situation.
We'll be able to negotiate...
and reach a compromise for their reform programs as well.
Of course, the only way to significantly increase our assets...
would be through bonuses.
I like that.
We can have our cake and eat it too.
But isn't it an exaggeration that the nation's economy will fail?
We overcame the economic crisis during the IMF crisis too.
In some ways, it may be worse than the IMF crisis.
What do you mean?
During the IMF crisis, there weren't the unfavorable conditions...
such as Brexit, America First, or the THAAD Standoff.
China's economy is much more dominating now...
than it was then.
As in, those who helped us recover back then...
aren't available now?
If this blows up,
it'll be a great opportunity...
for the powers that have been after our nation...
to buy equity in Korea.
Yoon Sung Soo told me where the document is.
He said it has to do with some cold sale.
Gosh.
Darn it. Cold sale.
So this was the cold sale.
My gosh.
I think you've explained it enough.
Is there any way to stop it?
Just three months...
No. If we had found out just one month sooner,
we could've prevented it from getting this bad.
However...
there's no way to stop their plan anymore.
All we can do is prepare...
and get ready to minimize the effect.
Anyway, once the cold sale starts,
I'll feel so bad for our citizens.
Their lives are already difficult as it is,
and it'll shrink down to nothing.
When the people are full and comfortable,
they end up thinking too much.
That's bad for the people as well.
Yes. You are correct.
But we can't just ignore Mr. Choi's death.
As you say,
I have a bad feeling as well.
Do you have a plan?
Come with me.
- Where? - We've pulled up the meeting.
The Elder is waiting.
It's me, Kim Do Jin.
They pulled out all of the Elder's guards.
Are you sure?
Yes. I think they canceled the meeting.
Or they pulled it up.
So? Shall I make the introductions?
You know everyone, don't you?
How could I not?
They're the top of their fields,
from politics, finance, and media.
Mr. Park will soon be Chief Prosecutor at the Central District.
He will be very helpful to the organization in the future.
Okay, shall we begin?
(CS Final Status Discussion on Review and Commence)
This will be our final meeting regarding the cold sale.
I'm sure you've reviewed the details thoroughly.
Today, we will discuss only the initiation of the plan.
Ma'am.
The Elder hasn't arrived yet.
Is he not attending today?
Really? Okay.
Keep at it for me. Thank you.
He says he knows someone in the Blue House.
He's going to relay the documents and current situation.
Do you think we can stop this cold sale?
Once the Blue House finds out,
the government will figure out a contingency plan.
Whether or not they can stop it,
it's out of our hands now.
Are you going somewhere?
You said there's nothing we can do here.
Then we should find what we can do.
I mean, I'll do what I can.
I'm going to see my brother.
Si Hyun. I don't think that's such a good idea.
Don't you agree?
- Go ahead. - Detective Kang.
Since he knows we were in contact with Choi Tae Wook,
I'm sure he knows...
that we know about him.
Given the circumstances, it may be best to fight head-on.
It's the only way to find out what he may know.
It's starting again.
Si Hyun.
A mysterious man...
who never shows up in an official capacity.
However, he is powerful enough...
to control national policy from behind the curtain.
That's your understanding of the Elder, correct?
I'll get right to it.
The person who can be called "the Elder"...
passed away already...
in the early 1990s.
He was a founding member of our organization.
He was the head of the biggest merchant's organization in Joseon,
and as people's stories got mixed up...
during the Industrial Revolution,
rumors about "the Elder" began to circulate.
The founding members, including my father,
started using the name "the Elder" more aggressively.
People instinctively fear and respect a person...
whose identity is veiled and unknown, and eventually...
they will submit to that unknown person.
That is how the Elder became the symbol of power...
in the tent that is this country.
Few brave people...
did get close to the tent,
but that was it.
Reporter Yoo Jin Gyu.
You used the Elder as an idol to make sure...
no one could uncover the true identity of the organization,
and you have been planning this within that tent.
An idol is only powerful...
inside the tent.
In conclusion, the Elder...
never existed in the first place.
No.
You didn't understand what I said.
It's not that the Elder does not exist.
Everyone here...
is the Elder.
You should now become the Elder as well.
You seem to have a lot on your mind.
Yes.
May I tell you what I think?
Earlier, you said...
we are all the Elder, correct?
I did.
However, even if little kids have a reunion,
there is a leader and a follower.
I just can't understand...
how our organization doesn't have a leader.
What are you trying to say?
Given the mood of the meeting and how everyone treats you,
you seem to be...
the only true Elder.
That's my belief, and I plan to give you my allegiance.
What do you think about that?
There was a reason...
why you made it this far.
Was there anything in the sketches?
Is this everything? That's only four.
Yes. That's all this time.
That's odd.
This has never happened before.
You said before...
that another person foreseeing the future affected your sketches.
You and Si Joon only now recognized each other's abilities.
It isn't strange that there's been a change.
I'm going to go see my brother.
Are you sure?
Stalling for time won't change anything.
Please analyze the sketches while I'm gone.
- Okay. - Thank you.
How long will you hide that from her?
(10 minutes ago)
Detective Kang.
Isn't this Mr. Yoo?
Detective Kang!
Detective Kang.
What are you doing now?
Let's pretend we never saw this fifth sketch.
Detective Kang.
If Mr. Yoo dies,
you are most likely...
the one who will kill him.
If he is indeed X, the mastermind behind all of this,
there's a big chance that he was...
involved in Ms. Min's death as well.
Aren't I right?
I'll be honest with you.
If I'm in a situation where I must kill him,
I will not hesitate.
- Detective Kang. - Yoo Si Joon and Kim Do Jin.
We cannot handle either of them without such a determination.
If we're not well prepared,
what happened to Captain Moon may repeat.
Do you understand what I'm trying to say?
Is that really all?
Not because Si Hyun might get in the way...
of your revenge if she finds out about Mr. Yoo's death in advance?
We lost Captain Moon only a few days ago, due to the last sketch.
If Corporal Yoo...
finds out that she drew her brother's death in the new sketch,
she won't be able to take it.
Hello?
Hey, Si Joon. It's me.
Hey, Si Hyun.
- Are you busy now? - No, go ahead.
Can we meet now?
What's wrong? You can't make time now?
I can. Yes, let's meet. Where are you now?
Hey, Dong Soo.
What should we do?
When our team was searching the hideout,
people from the prosecution showed up and took all the evidence.
What? From the prosecution? Like who?
What was the name of the person in charge?
I think it was Prosecutor Yoo Si Joon at the central district office.
Yes.
With his previous experience, Detective Jang managed to keep this.
Dear my baby, it's me, your mom.
Today, I found out that you came to me.
I'm incredibly happy and grateful...
that you came to us.
I'm going to keep writing letters to you until the day you're born.
Let's always be happy and love each other.
Yes, Lieutenant Oh.
Lieutenant Oh, have you found out anything yet?
Have a look at this.
Self-storage rentals like this for individuals...
are quite popular these days.
What do you think? Doesn't it look familiar to you?
Now, watch this carefully.
This place is... I'll text you the address.
Okay.
Detective Kang.
I can trust you, right?
Well, I'm a little worried because you hid the sketch.
You won't cause any trouble, right?
I'm going to trust you!
Did I keep you waiting long?
No.
Aren't these so pretty?
They look happy.
I should come here more often to see these flowers.
Who knows when they'll wilt?
Oh, right.
Have you had dinner yet?
We couldn't eat the soup with rice at the market the other day.
Shall we go eat it now?
Si Hyun.
It'd be nice to have some soju too. We haven't done that in a long time.
You're free now, right?
Look at me.
Si Hyun, turn around and look at me.
I've told you this before.
Your emotions always show on your face because you're so honest.
That look on your face tells me...
that you probably know everything.
It's not true, right?
You said you've never lied or hid anything from me.
- It's not true, right? - What is not true?
The fact that I'm X whom you've been after?
Or...
are you talking about the fact that I killed Captain Moon?
Why on earth did you do that?
You won't understand even if I tell you.
Please, I beg of you. Just answer my question.
Why did you do such a thing?
It all began at Seosu Building.
Seosu Building...
What about it?
I know you nearly died there, but there wasn't anything else.
There's something you don't know.
He was...
the first person whose life I saved with my clairvoyant abilities.
So what?
You saved someone who almost died.
The man I saved was Seo Sang Gu.
That's right.
The arsonist behind the Seosu Building fire.
The one who killed over 200 people.
That Seo Sang Gu.
I was only planning to die with a few people.
I had no idea that so many people would die.
His class went on a field trip to Seosu Building...
on the day of the fire.
Si Joon was the only one who survived.
I killed them.
It's all my fault.
Si Joon.
It wasn't your fault.
You're right. It wasn't.
But that's when I realized...
what I must do.
And where to use my abilities.
You want to stop the cold sale, right?
If you know that much, I don't need to go further.
How will you stop it?
By killing that Elder?
The cold sale is but a single event.
As long as the Elder and that organization exists,
the people's pain will persist.
Someone must put an end to it.
You're a prosecutor.
If the Elder and his organization committed crimes,
you should make them stand trial before the law.
If that were possible,
I wouldn't have come this far.
You've come too far.
You need to stop.
Many sacrifices were made to come this far.
Isn't it your job...
to do whatever it takes?
You're a prosecutor.
So shouldn't you be doing anything you can?
Are you sure that they're evil,
and you represent the good?
However, it is our duty...
to walk down this path.
Do not be weak.
I know.
I can't stop now.
I will stop the Elder.
And...
you can't stop me.
(Youngwoo Storage)
I'm sorry.
You've said that to me before.
Is there something I don't know?
I don't know. Did I say that?
Mr. Park. It's me, Si Joon.
Hi.
May I see you for a few minutes?
(Youngwoo Storage)
Where are we?
It was Chief Jang's and Kim Do Jin's hideout.
Kang Dong Soo's team was investigating the scene,
but I cut them off.
Those two people were after the Elder.
These are the materials on the Elder that Chief Jang had collected.
(Lawyer at Chunsan, Cho Min Sook)
(Prosecutor, Park Moon Gi)
(Audit Report on Financial Statements)
Si Joon.
Can I trust you?
I asked...
if I can trust you, Si Joon.
I know it was because he had something on me,
but I worked with Chief Jang.
It's only natural to suspect me.
So?
What will you do?
What must I do?
Please tell me what I must do.
Can you eliminate that guy Kim Do Jin,
who worked for Chief Jang?
Why? You can't do it?
He is a highly trained special forces soldier.
All you have to do is bring him to us.
By "us," you mean...
I...
met the Elder today.
I can't tell you the details,
but know this much.
Now, there is nothing in the way of Park Moon Gi.
All I must do is march forward.
Finally, you've met the Elder.
That's right.
In addition,
I'll need a trustworthy right-hand man...
since I'll have a lot of big things to do in the future.
Si Joon. I'd like you...
to be my right-hand man.
What do you think?
Sorry, I'm late.
Where's Detective Kang?
What?
Oh, right. You know that first sketch?
- The one of Kim Do Jin? - Yes.
It turned out to be a personal storage building.
He went to look into it to see if there are any leads.
Then...
What about the other sketches? Did you find anything?
Not yet. We have to start looking more into them.
Right.
How did it go with your brother?
Your brother really killed Captain...
I'm going to...
catch my brother myself.
It's not because I hate him,
but it's because I love him.
I love him,
so I'm going to make him stop myself.
Detective Kang, when did you come?
- Can you please check this photo? - What is it?
I found it in the storage room.
What is this?
That guy is Jung Il Soo.
And that woman...
is Lee Soo Young, the victim.
Gosh. Why was this photo taken?
Do you see the date?
It was taken two days before Lee Soo Young died.
Who took this photo?
Look at the bottom left corner.
What?
Is that...
Jang Tae Joon?
Does that mean he already knew that Kim Do Jin's wife...
was going to get murdered?
Yes.
The fact that Jang Tae Joon knew means that Yoo Si Joon did as well.
Actually, this whole thing might've been...
Yoo Si Joon's idea.
Your brother tried to catch a monster, but he became one himself.
That's the kind of person your brother has become.
Did you say you're going to stop him because you love him?
Do you think that kind of mindset will be enough to catch him?
I'm sorry.
I've done a terrible thing to you.
I'm sorry.
It must be the alcohol.
I'm talking too much.
Yes, Do Jin.
Prosecutor Yoo, can we...
meet right now?
I have something urgent going on.
I think it'll take about an hour.
Okay, I'll see you there.
(Sketch)
- He tortured him? - He was trying to make him talk.
I'm sure it was regarding the identity of the Elder.
Do you still think it wasn't Yoo Si Joon?
You know how important this is for us.
Now, I get what you made me do.
I've been doing...
terrible things so far.
You said my brother's turned into a monster.
But from how I see it,
you've also become a monster yourself.