(All characters, organizations, places, entities, and events...)
(in this drama are fictional.)
(Joongjin Daily)
I had no idea that's how things would go either.
Regardless, it's a good thing for your company, isn't it?
He just croaked on his own.
By drunk driving, at that.
That's right.
I'll take care of the rest,
so don't worry.
Okay, bye-bye.
Where is the cap?
I don't know. I'll look for it tomorrow.
Let's go.
Let's go home.
(Joongjin Daily)
Is someone still here?
Seriously. Punks these days leave right at quitting time.
Who's there?
The security camera captured how he died.
There's nothing unusual.
It looks like he twisted his body...
until he died.
Are you saying a sane person can do that to himself?
We need the autopsy report to figure out the details.
Did you get his call records prior to his death?
Yes. The service provider will send them to us soon.
Also, I think we should call in and question everyone he met...
on that day, starting from those who were in the videos.
Call in everyone we can right away.
We can begin...
with people seen in the videos going into his office.
Yes, sir.
First, the workers in the office...
said Kim Ju Hwan had an argument in his office that day.
So I checked the video, and...
Why don't you take a look?
- Thank you. - Thanks.
Here.
Do I have to go tonight to the autopsy...
of Kim Ju Hwan's body?
Why?
Well, after I saw that body last night, I couldn't sleep,
eat, or...
You're a detective. Why are you so weak?
Yes. Why is a detective so weak?
Our senior detective here threw up all night long.
You threw up?
Anyway, who will question Jin Hee when she comes in...
later today?
Right? Who should do it?
Wouldn't Captain do it himself? She's his wife after all.
Right? It would look weird for us to do it.
Why?
Think about him. Knowing him,
he wouldn't want to do it since she's family.
He shouldn't, either, in order to be impartial.
How could you say that?
She's coming in to give a witness statement.
She isn't a suspect.
We won't know whether or not she's a suspect...
until we actually investigate.
What?
Several witnesses stated that she and Kim Ju Hwan...
got into a big fight that day.
Yes, that's right.
And we don't know exactly where she was after the fight.
Why won't she pick up? I'm getting worried.
Why? You can't reach Jin Hee?
That's true, but...
The closer you are, the more thoroughly you need to investigate.
That way, people won't suspect you. Am I wrong?
Did you eat yet?
Hello.
Hey. When Jin Hee comes later,
you question her.
Okay.
It wouldn't look good...
if I question her myself.
- Thanks. - Yes, sir.
- See you later. - See you later.
He probably heard, right?
He did.
The key resource of the fourth industrial revolution is data.
However, sadly, the rate of use of big data in Korea..
is stagnating at 9.5 percent,
which ranks the country in the lower half.
Our Intelligence and Data Team...
is aware of the importance of big data,
which controls who will have the competitive edge in the future,
and propose building a big data center.
Moreover,
the current government announced a budget of a billion dollars...
to facilitate the growth of data businesses.
First, we will build a big data center.
Second, we'll make the data public.
Third, the market for data production...
and distribution will automatically be established within Forest.
Hi there, my favorite detective at Seodong Police Station.
Super Cop! Lee Jin Sung!
Hey. How have you been? It's been so long.
I was meaning to give you a call.
What?
I said, Mr. Kim Ju Hwan is dead.
Who?
Mr. Kim Ju Hwan of Joongjin Daily.
Yes.
But your number showed up...
in his call records.
I need to report this but wanted to give you a heads up.
Wait, so how did he die?
Tell me in detail how he died.
So? What about the guy from Joongjin Daily?
I think he was murdered because of his connection...
to us, that's why.
The way he died was a bit...
They say it was mysterious.
Anyway, he's sending me the documents by messenger,
so please wait a few minutes.
(The Cursed)
(Episode 2: Mysterious Occurrence)
- Sung Joon. - Hey, Jin Hee.
- What's going on? - Hey.
Mr. Kim Ju Hwan is dead?
Calm down for now. We're still investigating.
How did he die?
Why don't you go to the interrogation room?
Jin Hee. It's nothing serious. So just...
tell them what you know honestly.
(Statement being recorded)
Jin Hee, yesterday...
Actually, I'll call you "Ms. Im Jin Hee" for these purposes.
Okay.
I know it must be uncomfortable. Just answer me truthfully.
Around what time did you see Mr. Kim Ju Hwan yesterday?
It was sometime in the late afternoon...
The employees say you got into a big fight in his office.
I did.
What was it about?
We had an argument about the article...
on Mr. Min Jung In, Forest's whistleblower.
I had interviewed him and wanted to write about it,
but the higher-ups opposed.
However...
an article was published overnight, filled with lies...
that the whistleblower tried to sell Forest's clients' personal data...
on a foreign gambling site.
And then...
And then, Mr. Min Jung In, the whistleblower, died yesterday.
Yes.
That's why...
I questioned Mr. Kim Ju Hwan...
if he wrote an article like that because he was connected...
with Forest.
Where did you go thereafter?
I went straight home.
I wasn't in a good mood, so I turned my phone off...
and went to sleep.
But...
how did...
Mr. Kim Ju Hwan die?
Was he in an accident?
Or was he murdered?
We're still investigating.
Did you contact him at any time after then?
Sir, this just came...
Darn it.
(Staircase)
Thank you.
(Detective Team 1, 2, 3)
Things will be awkward at the paper right now,
so just go home.
I need to see the chief, so Jin Soo...
Sure. I'll escort you out.
Jin Hee. Go home and get some rest, okay?
This way.
Detective Yang. How was Mr. Kim murdered?
Jin Hee, we don't have evidence that he was murdered.
How did he die?
I've never had a case like this before, so...
Tell me.
So,
it's like an incredibly powerful force crumpled him up.
The security camera did catch what happened as he died,
but he suddenly started to twist his body around.
He twisted and bent his body until he died.
I'll start now.
Are you all right?
Detective Yang, I have a favor to ask.
Let me know once you get the autopsy report.
- What? - Please. Do this for me.
Please, Jin Soo.
- Is the chairman in? - Yes.
Quickly.
Sir, Mr. Lee Hwan is here to see you.
- Tell him to come in quickly. - Yes, sir.
Come in.
I had bribed a cop to be my mole for the whistleblowing case...
with Min Jung In, and he sent this.
Give it to me.
They're pictures of the body of Mr. Kim Ju Hwan...
What is this?
Well...
When is Ms. Jin Kyung coming back to Korea?
I'll check right now.
Okay.
(Procedure)
I'm a performer of procedures.
- A performer of procedures? - Don't you know "procedures"?
(Procedure)
Killing people through curses.
He's an evil spirit. This is a spiritual battle.
Chairman Jin Jong Hyun is possessed by an evil spirit...
who has the power to curse people and enjoys it.
I don't know what Chairman Jin Jong Hyun...
is up to right now,
but I'm just letting you know conventional methods won't work.
Chairman Jin Jong Hyun is possessed by an evil spirit.
Laws created by humans cannot stop him.
You must stop him quickly.
Typically, you use strands of hair of those who are wronged...
to perform a procedure.
I'm different.
If I have his picture, his name written in Chinese characters,
and one of his personal items, I can perform a procedure.
That's why I need you, Jin Hee.
(Baek)
(Oh So Young, Seyong Science Technology School)
(Seyong Science Technology School)
It's a bit cold in here.
Let's take a look.
The body was so twisted and folded,
so it was difficult to do the autopsy.
First, the arm bent backwards and broke.
The shoulder became dislocated and...
it came over this way. And this arm...
Anyway, it looks like his respiratory track...
was blocked in the process,
which cause him to suffocate.
The entire body was twisted, applying pressure on the thorax.
Then both legs broke.
Finally, the spine snapped, which resulted in his death.
We know basically from what we saw in the security video.
Was there anything else?
The cause of death is a combination of things.
Initially, suffocation. Then his bones broke...
and his spine snapped, leading to hemorrhaging.
I checked his brain to see if that would shed some light...
Did you find anything?
I found a large amount of anandamide in his brain.
Sorry? Anan... What?
Anandamide.
It's usually found in marijuana.
Are you saying he was high?
No, no. It's much more than that.
It's hundreds of times the volume of typical use.
The human body naturally releases neurochemicals...
according to the situation at hand to eliminate pain.
For example, when marathoners are running,
they hit a point when they can't go on...
and want to give up.
They call that the runner's high.
Once you get past it,
the brain releases anandamide to reduce the pain.
Are you saying the brain created that chemical on its own?
I'm not sure.
I've never heard of a case in which the brain self-produced...
this much anandamide. It's unusual.
Unusual? Was there a case like this in the past?
I said it was unusual, but it's my first time seeing it.
I even called a friend at a university hospital.
I asked if there have been cases like this abroad,
and if so, to let me know.
What's the likelihood that someone injected him with the chemical?
As I said before, I've never seen something like this before,
so I'm not sure.
Captain, we have the call history.
Tell me anything that stands out.
Well, Mr. Kim Ju Hwan...
spoke with Mr. Lee Hwan.
- Lee Hwan? - Yes.
He's a junior director at Forest.
Forest.
He spoke with him twice the day before,
and again...
immediately before he died.
Jin Hee's suspicion may have been correct.
Captain, how should we write this up?
Since it looks like it involves Forest,
so we should turn this into a criminal investigation.
It's a bit unclear on what grounds,
given the autopsy report.
No, I think it's doable.
What... What was that chemical that he found in the body?
- That anan... - Anandamide.
Yes, that amandadina... Anyway, that.
A high volume of anandamide was found,
so we suspected he was drugged and murdered.
No. We see a possibility that he was drugged and murdered.
- Draft it like that. - Yes, sir.
It looks like it's connected to Mr. Min Jung In's death,
so let's find the connection quickly.
Yes, sir.
Deliver the body to his family,
and finish up what you each must do.
Yes, sir.
Thanks.
- Good night. - Good night.
Hello, ma'am.
Pardon?
You went out that exit?
I'll be there in a minute. Okay.
Ma'am!
Joo Bong.
- Where were you? - I'm sorry.
I parked right out front and ran to the bathroom.
When I went back out, there was a problem, and...
So I tried to call, and...
I got lost and was at the opposite side...
- Careful. - Yes, ma'am.
They're precious.
Let's go.
Where's the car?
Well...
It was towed.
Again?
Joo Bong, do you want to die?
I'm sorry.
(Chairman Jin Jong Hyun)
Yes, ma'am.
Hi, Chairman Jin. To what do I owe the honor?
Yes. I just landed.
Now?
I'm never too tired for my chairman.
I'll fly right over.
Okay.
You called a cab, right?
I'm sorry.
Jin Hee.
I'm home.
Jin Hee.
(4 Social Evils: Sexual Assault, School Violence)
(Domestic Abuse, Junk Food)
Ouch.
(Inflexible Punk)
Hey.
Hey. You're not home.
No. I'm still at work.
We were having a meeting about what happened...
to Mr. Kim.
Is that so?
Are you okay?
I'm fine. Don't worry.
Will you be home late?
I'll be home soon, so don't worry. I have to go. Bye.
Well...
Gosh.
Maybe I'll clean a little.
We should hire someone.
Gosh.
Ouch.
(42nd President Kim Ju Hwan)
Go.
Don't get up.
Don't get up. Stay down.
I told you...
not to run your mouth, didn't I?
You're so annoying.
I heard you told Mi Jung you hope she dies in an accident.
If you want to live, get on your knees and apologize.
Sweetie, look at her.
Don't you hear me?
Should I rip out your eyes?
Get on your knees and apologize to Mi Jung.
Get on your knees and bow down to her,
and say politely, "I am terribly sorry."
Hey.
- Apologize. - Hey.
Now!
Sorry.
I said, politely!
If you ignore me one more time, I'll tear that mouth right off.
I told you not to run your mouth, didn't I?
Should I rip out your eyes?
What are you kids doing?
Who's that?
Hey, lady. Look away and keep walking.
I know her.
Scram while I'm being nice. Before I call the cops.
Is she a teacher from your orphanage?
Call the cops.
We'll cut up your face and run before the pigs arrive.
Should we see who will lose out more?
You little brats have no respect.
Hey, take her phone.
Hey, lady. Put that down.
You witch.
Are you ignoring me?
What's this? What are you doing?
Hey. Your nose is bleeding.
What is this?
Hey.
Maybe I had a bit too much fun yesterday.
Are you okay?
Let go.
I said to let go!
Hey. What's wrong with him?
He's bleeding a lot.
Hey, are you okay?
- What do we do? - What's wrong?
Are you okay?
Oh no.
Hey. He doesn't look good.
- Hey. - Hey. I got you.
- Let's go. - This way.
- Let's go. Let's go home. - Are you okay?
- I miss my mom. - This way.
I'll get you next time!
Go home.
See you tomorrow.
You should've called first.
Mr. Chairman.
That looks delicious. I was starving.
How have you been the past few days?
Ms. Jin, please have a seat.
Did you miss me that much,
that you called me out as soon as I got back?
Mr. Chairman.
I got something incredible from Japan.
This was a successful trip.
- Wait... - They were so strict...
and giving me a hard time at the airport in Japan.
I almost missed my flight.
I got this from a top shaman in all of Japan.
It was hard to get.
Mr. Chairman.
Look at this. Isn't it grotesque?
It looks weird every time I look at it.
This is his most powerful talisman to ward off curses.
100 years ago, a samurai...
Ms. Jin.
I'll look at that later when I have time. First,
I asked you to come because of an emergency.
Now that I look at you, you look terrible.
Mr. Chairman. You used your energy again, didn't you?
(Min Jung In)
Well... Good. Come in.
Mr. Lee was here too?
Yes. Hello.
I guess something big happened.
Show it to her.
Here. Ms. Jin, please look at this.
Please take a look.
I'm...
I'm terrified right now.
Why do these things always happen to me? I don't get it.
He was an editor at a media company that I knew...
and was in contact with about the whistleblower.
He had a procedure done on him.
And not just any procedure.
It was done by a great spirit.
I grew up in an orphanage,
so I have no family or money,
so I've been a target to kids like that for a while.
You know how kids like to bully kids who are powerless.
You must not know things like that.
I do.
I was an outcast in school too.
I'm surprised.
You look like you would've been super popular.
How...
did you do that to that boy?
It was a simple curse.
If I send a curse directly into a person's body,
even a tiny curse is lethal.
Even a very tiny curse.
Like thinking in my head,
"You evil jerk."
Mr. Kim Ju Hwan.
You asked for a procedure.
He died.
His body was probably crumpled up and died.
Isn't that what you wanted?
That was...
because I was so angry at the time...
A grudge at that moment is the most powerful.
I simply transferred that grudge into his body.
I'm sorry, but what is a procedure?
Don't you know what a procedure is?
Even now,
every village in the countryside has a performer of procedures.
If there's a thief or you have family problems,
you go to a performer for a procedure.
Lee Hwan, who did you say this was?
Mr. Kim Ju Hwan.
Are you saying this Mr. Kim Ju Hwan guy had a procedure done on him?
But Ms. Jin.
Is there a procedure that crumples a person up...
all at once like this?
All the performers use minor evil spirits.
We didn't have spirits like this in Korea at first.
They crossed over from Japan during the Japanese occupation.
They need to prepare a lot...
in order to do this to a person.
Prepare? As in...
Even a powerful spirit can't do this as it wants.
It needs something.
If it were that powerful, why would it be here?
It would've crossed over by now.
Then...
are you saying the spirit that did this is after me?
I'm not sure.
Mr. Lee probably knows that...
better than I do. Am I wrong?
I don't know how this man and our company are related.
What must I do?
Do I need a talisman?
Mr. Chairman.
We need to know what spirit this is,
so that we can get the appropriate talisman.
It's like a blind man looking for a needle in the sand.
You know just trying this and that won't work.
Tell me. How do we find out what spirit...
did this?
First, we must find out how the procedure was performed.
You know how every shaman does their procedures differently.
If they used the traditional method,
they would've gathered strands of hair from victims...
to draw out the spirits.
No.
That's what you do when you're not sure whom you'll be fighting.
If you identify and target one person like this,
you can't just think it...
How do we find out?
- We'll have to do a ritual. - A ritual?
- Was he buried yet? - No. From what I heard,
at night after the autopsy,
the body was delivered to the family.
Good.
I need to do the ritual before...
they clean and dress him to find out anything.
Once they clean and dress him and his spirit leaves,
we won't find out anything even with the ritual.
I'll prepare for it right away.
Lee Hwan. Get it ready.
Yes, sir. So... I'll talk to the family right away.
Joo Bong.
Get my things and the kids ready for tonight.
At which hospital is the funeral?
(Naeun Children's Home)
Was he a good person?
No, right?
Don't feel too guilty.
I'm the one who did it.
But you feel guilty about doing a procedure on someone like that.
You really are a good person.
I wonder whether Jin Jong Hyun felt guilty as you do...
when he killed my mom.
What?
Want to hear about my mom?
Ma'am. I called earlier. I'm Lee Hwan.
I...
I was the closest to Ju Hwan.
I always respected him,
and he was my favorite person in the media.
He shouldn't have died suddenly like this.
I feel like, even now after his death,
he may be bothered and unwell.
I feel like if I can't soothe his grudge,
I won't be able to send him off properly.
That's why I'm asking.
My son could live in a world without any laws.
Sure.
How could he suddenly die like this?
I told her maybe we should have a ritual performed.
Don't worry. I'll sooth Ju Hwan of his grudge.
Oh no.
Don't worry. I'll take care of it.
I'll calm his spirit.
Here. This isn't much. I hope it helps with the expenses.
Please take it.
Let's go.
That darn chicken.
My mom was a shaman.
But I think...
she was possessed by a powerless minor evil spirit.
Because of her husband who left her once she became a shaman,
and because of me, a toddler at the time,
she probably relied on that weak evil spirit...
and performed all sorts of rituals in order to stay alive.
She probably didn't even know what rituals she was performing.
I don't know if it's because of her,
but they say I developed the shaman illness when I was five.
So Jin.
It's Mommy.
So Jin. Do you hear Mommy?
Oh no.
So Jin!
It's okay.
Does it hurt that much?
You poor thing.
Although my mom was a very weak shaman,
she somehow performed the possession ritual properly.
Do you know what that is?
I can guess.
Anyway, since I had the shaman illness at such a young age,
I ended up...
having a spirit live inside me as well.
Last time,
you said Chairman Jin Jong Hyun was an evil spirit.
Why did you think that?
My mom performed the possession ritual to him.
My gosh.
But strangely,
not long after she performed the ritual for him,
the people he hired killed my mom.
I barely escaped from there that night.
I walked... And walked some more.
I had no idea where to go.
I couldn't stay there.
But the adults...
weren't interested in me.
Not a single one.
How do you know Chairman Jin Jong Hyun ordered it?
Right before killing my mom,
she thanked her for the good ritual.
So I wondered what ritual my mom had performed.
Then not long ago,
I saw Chairman Jin Jong Hyun on TV.
Don't just exchange data.
Take interest in people.
When I was young...
I wanted to check myself,
so I scoured the Internet to find a way to meet him in person.
He gave a lecture to young people.
What drove Forest's growth...
was communication...
- through relationships. - I recognized him immediately.
I knew a powerful evil spirit had taken over him.
Sharing interest...
and affection with each other is what Forest is all about.
I think this is a good time for applause.
Die.
Die! I said to die! Die, you evil spirit!
Die!
I should've killed him that day.
I should've performed a procedure on him.
But I couldn't do anything.
Then I realized...
my mom performed a ritual to bring a huge monster into him.
That's why...
my mom was murdered by that evil spirit.
If Chairman Jin Jong Hyun really is possessed...
by a powerful evil spirit,
why did he kill your mom instead of performing a procedure?
I don't know...
what he's thinking.
Why he isn't using that evil spirit.
I have no idea...
Maybe he's up to something.
My gosh. I'm tired.
Why must I do this as soon as I get back?
Ms. Jin, is everything ready?
Shut it.
Those annoying nuisances.
Joo Bong.
What are you doing?
How dare you?
Get it together.
Everyone, get it together.
Yes, ma'am.
You!
Jin Hee, you have to kill Chairman Jin Jong Hyun.
Do you think he's suffering from guilt like you?
He's an evil spirit. He must be scheming something.
He'll kill everyone who gets in his way.
We must move quickly.
I'm a reporter.
I know. You can find out what I need...
for my procedure on him.
No. My job is to relay the truth to the people.
Other people take actions after finding out the truth.
You're so inflexible.
What?
Do you honestly think justice can be saved like that?
If everyone was true to their respective roles,
why did my mom die?
You're all cowards.
Im Jin Hee.
Tell me.
Is what she says true?
You!
Jin Hee.
I have to perform a procedure on Jin Jong Hyun.
You need to ask me...
to perform a procedure on him.
You have to ask me now before it's too late.
I need only three things.
His picture,
his name written in Chinese characters,
and a personal item.
(42nd President Kim Ju Hwan)
Ma'am!
(Morgue)
Ms. Jin.
- Ms. Jin? - Ma'am?
Hey. Shouldn't we get a doctor or something?
- Hey. - Ms. Jin. I'm sorry!
- Go up and get a doctor! - Ms. Jin.
She's awake.
Why would you bring anyone?
Face,
name written in Chinese characters,
and a personal item were used to cast a curse.
This one has an interesting spirit inside.
(The Cursed)
(Thank you Choi Byung Mo for the special appearance)
He knows who I am.
They're looking for us, aren't they?
I'll get Jin Jong Hyun's picture, name in Chinese characters,
and personal item as quickly as I can.
Mr. Chairman. Inugami.
Where's the fountain pen cap?
Let me just finish up this case.
You shouldn't hold onto that.
I think I can catch that performer.
I'll start now.
So Jin!