A Bona Fide Killer (2026) s01e05 Episode Script

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[This is a fictional story. All characters
and events bear no relation to reality]
[Child and animal scenes filmed safely]
[under the guardian
and expert supervision per guidelines]
[Episode 5]
Honey, what are you doing?
Oh? You're already up?
Why don't you sleep a little longer?
What is it? Are you making breakfast?
No, sit down first.
Huh?
I woke up early for once,
so I thought I'd show off my skills.
Wow, really?
This boiled egg is just like you,
honest, plain, and exactly as it is.
This good-looking fried egg
is just like me, rich and savory,
with a drizzle of sesame oil.
These scrambled eggs are tiny and cute,
loaded with butter and milk,
just like our Yul.
It's all eggs, isn't it?
No, it's not.
Ta-da!
This colorful salad and sandwich,
with all three of our
unique personalities together.
Wow, my husband is the best, huh?
When did you make all this by yourself?
Your mom would faint if she found out.
Gosh, she can never find out.
How am I supposed to
weather the storm if she does?
You seem to be in a really
good mood today, honey.
Of course, I am.
I have the two most precious treasures
in the world right here beside me.
And speaking of that
Mommy!
Yul, are you up?
Is my baby girl awake?
Did you sleep well?
Daddy made all this breakfast
for you and Mommy. See?
- Let's eat quickly.
- Yay! I'll dig in with Kkongsoon.
Okay.
Kkongsoon?
When did we get a new member
of the family without me knowing?
Yul! Look at this!
Your mommy's friend
sent you a doll as a gift.
Mommy, give it to me.
Here.
Oh, I'm jealous.
You have a friend who even
sends you gifts from overseas.
Indeed, having good friends is nice.
Oh, that Russian friend you're close to?
Is the name Seul Gi?
Yeah, that's right, Seul Gi.
Come to think of it,
I've never even seen this friend's face.
Seul Gi couldn't come to
our wedding either, right?
I'll introduce you
when Seul Gi comes to Korea.
Anyway, I'm grateful to that friend.
Please send Seul Gi my thanks, double for me.
I already did right after I got it.
How's the weather over there these days?
Does it rain on and off?
How are you holding up?
You've always hated rain
ever since you were little.
You used to be scared
of thunder and lightning.
If you do this one more time,
I'll deep-fry you with a lightning bolt.
Yul, you shouldn't do that.
Yul, you need to eat this.
No, you can't.
Yul, you have to eat!
You need to eat your food.
I'm going to catch you, Yul!
[Not Today]
[Caller ID Restricted:
You keep your promises well]
[Good. Another good night, Tae Seong]
was also killed by a sniper,
Jeonjak-dong Hotel incident
-
was also the work of Kingfisher?
- Oh, my, I knew it was too quiet.
[Can Kingfisher's Return Be Confirmed?]
Of course. Otherwise, how could
-
a string of gun murders happen
- You're here?
-
in South Korea?
- It was quiet for a few days.
-
So, the return of Kingfisher is confirmed.
- And now it's dominating the headlines.
At times like this,
whatever article I write gets buried.
Whatever I say gets drowned out.
He doesn't even listen to me.
Whatever I say gets buried.
Hey, wait up!
Hey, I heard someone fell
to their death at a construction site.
Oh, my. How did that happen?
The chief wants me to
look into what happened.
Apparently, someone sent in a tip.
"It was an unjust death, reveal the truth,"
and all that nonsense.
Really?
Then dig deep. Fighting.
Here's what I think.
I'd bet this was 100%
an unfortunate accident
caused by safety violations.
If the media starts stirring things up
and digging around,
we could end up bringing down
a perfectly good company
and even causing unexpected ripple effects
on our economy, don't you think?
I wish my colleague Go Ji Soon
would stop talking nonsense
and be faithful to a reporter's
sense of mission and the press's duty.
Well, I have another thought.
If my colleague, Mr. Kwon,
who is always devoted to
his mission and duty as a reporter,
were to investigate this case in my place,
maybe he could "dig into it
much more thoroughly," right?
That's a good idea, huh?
Good idea
Hey, seriously?
[Seoul Nambu Police Station]
What? A joint investigation?
Whose bright idea was this?
We've reached a preliminary agreement
with the station handling the case.
If you just approve it, Chief
I told you not to stir things up.
The Pyo Kyu Cheol case is different
from Kingfisher's usual methods.
If we cooperate,
we might be able to find a lead
I don't see why you need to do this.
That punk's case is finally off my hands.
My 10-year ulcer is healing.
Everyone else is desperate
to get that burden off their hands.
What makes you so special?
Are you aiming for a few ranks'
worth of promotions or something?
That's not it.
Then back off.
You know our precinct's performance
is at the bottom this quarter, right?
Instead of worrying about
another precinct's case,
you should nab a few more
petty crooks in our own precinct
Even one
Huh?
Wait
That punk's ignoring me while I'm talking.
I told you to back off, okay?
Beom!
He could say, "Hey, you're that fired up?
Want to suffer a bit more?"
He knows I'll just suffer with no results.
We're not even asking for more personnel.
The Chief is just doing his job.
Why didn't you mention the accidental deaths
of those child sex offenders?
There's no solid evidence.
It's all speculation.
You said you weren't sure if we'd been
barking up the wrong tree or not.
If we're wrong, the eight prior
accidental deaths were all coincidences.
I still can't make sense of it,
even after thinking it over all night.
But if we were right?
Then all the prior deaths were accidents,
and this one was a shooting.
Why on earth?
Why only this time?
Maybe they planned for it to look like
an accident, but something went wrong,
and they had to finish the job with a sniper.
Wow, if that's the case
Sniping isn't the only method
Kingfisher uses.
Wow, this is getting big.
What are you going to do now?
The chief is making a huge fuss
about telling us to back off, isn't he?
You're here?
That guy sent a gift from Russia.
That guy's sticky fingers are still the same.
Russian-made stuff is pretty useful.
Let's see if there's
anything worth salvaging.
Looks like that guy's gotten restless again.
I heard that the guy
will be coming to Korea soon.
Gosh, I hate seeing that face.
Yeah? Then I'll have to make sure you don't.
Wow, this thing is still alive? Huh?
I thought it'd suffocate
and die within a few days.
Did you give it some water?
It couldn't have been you taking care of it.
Whoever it was, I'm grateful.
I guess you're alive thanks to this guy, huh?
You've worked hard for three years,
air-purifying plant.
It's Tae Soon.
It's even fresh and lively.
You really have no concept of time,
now or then
It's April, you know. April.
Being trapped in here like this,
I guess even I would lose track of time
April
April
[Client Meeting Pre-Briefing]
His name is Tak Jong Gu.
His dad is a five-term congressman,
and his mom is a chaebol heiress.
He's the notorious youngest son
of the so-called Royal Family.
[Client Information: Personal Details]
Let's have something good to drink.
Something fun.
He drugged women, sexually assaulted them,
and even filmed and distributed the footage.
Dozens of videos were found on his computer,
just a two-year suspended sentence.
A suspended sentence?
He had lawyers from a major law firm
settle with the victims one by one.
Settlement is one way to put it.
It was probably money and threats.
Right now, he's holed up
at the Hongseon casino,
gambling away merrily.
So the Gold class is the type with
a lot of money and connections, huh?
The kind who can wriggle out of anything
despite their crimes.
They're the biggest headache.
They're usually heavily guarded,
so getting close to them isn't easy.
And it doesn't come cheap, either.
Especially when we're barely
keeping our operating expenses afloat.
- A casino?
- Yeah.
His dad is aiming to become
National Assembly Speaker in a month.
So he was given strict orders to lie low
somewhere out of the public eye until then.
Tak Jong Gu is easily excitable
and has weak self-control.
So he's susceptible to gambling addiction.
[Client Information: Criminal History]
He has no sense of guilt, either.
Five years ago, a woman in her twenties
fell to her death from a high-rise apartment.
Tak Jong Gu was there too.
Darn it.
Why were you acting up?
How did he get away with it back then?
He claimed they had a fight and that
she impulsively jumped to her death.
The court acquitted him
due to insufficient evidence.
This one's quite an upgrade, huh?
Seems like the world's
getting easier to push around.
[Tak Jong Gu's social media post:
The world is on my side again]
[Law can go to the dogs]
Alright, he's holed up in the provinces.
We'll have to go on a business trip.
These days, faking an accidental death
with some half-baked scenario
just won't cut it.
We're living in the age of
cutting-edge forensics.
Oh, coming up with a scenario
for every meeting is the hardest part.
Figuring out how to kill someone is
harder than figuring out how to save them.
I'll handle this one.
You will, Director Yoo?
But considering the unexpected
Pyo Kyu Cheol incident
stirred up the media and police,
wouldn't it be risky to do
another one right away?
If we're doing it, I hope we hit the jackpot
on the meeting day.
Make the day of greatest joy
become his ancestral rite day, right?
Ancestral rite
What day is it today?
[Mother]
Hello, Mother.
Of course, I know.
Yeah.
Assistant Manager Yang,
I still have my half-day off, right?
Please. We'll continue
the meeting tomorrow. Sorry.
Director Yoo must attend
the ancestral rite at her in-laws' house.
Of course, she does.
She's the daughter-in-law.
So Kingfisher has become
a daughter-in-law now too.
On a day like this, isn't she less
a daughter-in-law and more a servant?
I should probably come with her
I think this is the place.
[My Safety, My Coworkers' Safety]
Two weeks ago, a worker fell to his death
on the sixth floor.
that it was an accident
caused by his own negligence, correct?
That's what's been made public.
Now we need to find out for ourselves.
Whether it was just an accident
or an unjust death disguised as one.
While everyone's
focused on the Kingfisher case,
we'll investigate the unjust death of
the socially vulnerable
left in the blind spot?
I really like this kind of stuff.
This is what being a reporter is all about.
Let's go, Mr. Kwon.
I mean, the police already came and went.
The Ministry of Employment and Labor
and the Ministry of Land investigated too.
It was all determined
to be personal negligence.
Really? Then what were the names
of the officials who came out that day?
Well, still, our chairman said
the company had a moral obligation,
so we covered workers' compensation,
the death benefit, and even added
a hefty condolence payment.
There's no one as generous as our chairman.
I see.
I'll ask the chairman about that myself.
Where can I meet him?
Well, it's rather difficult
to meet the chairman in person.
Then what about the coworkers who worked
with the deceased, Kang Yeong Ho?
Oh, that's possible.
Oh, there's one right over there.
- Mr. Park Chun Bok!
- Yes.
Go talk to him.
That fellow Kang Yeong Ho,
he reeked of alcohol that day.
I don't know if he'd been drinking
all morning or was still hungover.
It had happened a few times before too.
That day too, he didn't wear his hard hat,
so I warned him several times.
Yeah.
I see.
Did you report that to the company as well?
Do you think I feel good talking about
a former colleague like that?
Besides, he's dead.
Still, I thought I should be honest
about what happened.
- Yeah.
- Of course, you should have.
Even after all that, the chairman
was incredibly generous, wasn't he?
Yeah.
So everyone seems pretty grateful
to the chairman.
We were at a loss
because the construction was delayed too.
The chairman even made sure
we got our wages in advance.
I mean, the company
processed the industrial accident,
paid the compensation,
and even gave a condolence payment.
Didn't they do everything
they were supposed to?
That's not something companies usually do.
You know it well.
Pardon?
He smelled of alcohol
and wasn't wearing a hard hat.
In such cases, companies usually
highlight personal negligence
and cut ties without mercy.
That's how companies operate.
But the chairman stepped in
and went all out with compensation?
And this so-called witness
just happens to show up
and start talking about
the victim's negligence.
Oh, you're right.
So what do we do now?
We don't even know
who the informant is, do we?
Well, that's
[Receive Gaecheon Construction
Meal Tickets Here]
Let's grab some food first
and look into it afterward.
We're eating again?
We just ate before we came.
- Take a look before you go.
- I'll be right back.
- Yeah.
- It's been a while.
You know we're not serving
steamed rice cake, right?
- You're here?
- Oh, really? Hello.
Hey, I'm here.
Oh, Tae Seong's family is here.
The baby's mom came too?
Yeah, have you been well?
Welcome.
Seeing you bring your daughter-in-law,
it must be an ancestral rite day.
Don't make that delicate daughter-in-law
do all the work every time.
Bring that precious son of yours too.
Oh, please. Why would my son come here?
He's busy working at the company.
Anyway, you're always going on
about your son, all year round.
So, what kind of fish are you making?
- Hey, you pick one out.
- What?
Pick out what you think we should buy.
Oh, okay.
How about this, Mother?
Oh, my.
- Oh, what am I going to do?
- It's so shiny.
Oh, jeez.
Hey, I told you clearly that fish
whose names end in "chi" are low-grade
and shouldn't go on
the memorial table, didn't I?
How can you keep doing this
when I've told you so many times?
Oh, jeez.
She never told me that.
I'm sorry, Mother. I'll make sure
to remember from now on.
Then, among the ones
that don't end in "chi"
This is a croaker, right?
Yeah, croaker!
This one's saury?
And that one is mackerel?
And this one's pomfret!
Am I right, Mother?
Oh, my, now you know it perfectly
without even being told?
So, we can't have saury and mackerel,
which end in "chi,"
so please give me pomfret and croaker,
which don't end in "chi."
Oh, okay.
- And some abalone too.
- Okay.
Kang Yeong Ho? He was drinking?
Oh, my, where did you hear such nonsense?
Right? See? I told you it wasn't true.
- Pardon?
- I mean, she kept insisting that
everyone at the construction site drinks,
and that Kang Yeong Ho caused the accident
because he was still drunk that day.
Oh, that's right. I remember now.
I had a bit of a preconceived notion.
You shouldn't make someone
so wrongfully accused like that.
That man never even touched alcohol.
Even when he had something really upsetting
going on, I never saw him drink.
Something upsetting?
Yeah, I heard something happened to his wife.
That guy absolutely adored his wife.
As they say these days,
he was a total wife guy.
Oh, sounds just like me.
Wait, now that I think about it, his wife
used to work at the chairman's house.
That's enough, right? Enjoy your meal.
The chairman's house?
- Oh, my.
- They're here.
Mommy!
Yul, what were you playing?
I was playing with Auntie,
Kkongsoon, and Chiba.
Oh, my sister-in-law had to
play pack mule again.
- Jeez!
- Quit nagging and just take the bags.
I'm doing it. I'm doing it.
[Three Years Ago]
Hey!
Have you never chopped an onion before?
Why are you using the knife like that?
Are you cutting a cake or something?
I'm just not used to using it
for this kind of thing.
[Two Years Ago]
Wait, why is this here?
Do we have any Southeast Asian ancestors?
I just bought it for you to try.
[One Year Ago]
Hey!
Did you mix grains into the rice?
For the rice we're putting
on the memorial table?
They say it's good for your health
Wow, jeez. You're driving me crazy. Really.
Okay!
Should I give it a try?
Hey, did you put garlic
in the seasoned vegetables?
Yes, Mother, for a deeper flavor
Wait All of that too?
Mother, I put it in all of
I'm sorry, Mother. Oh, no.
Oh, I'll go right now and buy them again.
I'm sorry.
What are we going to do with all this?
I'll be back.
- Wow, seriously
- Jeez.
Putting garlic
in ancestral rite vegetables
No matter how clueless she is,
that's too much.
- It's too much, too much.
- Come on. She might not know.
It's no big deal.
It's because she's an orphan.
She never had parents
to teach her these things.
I knew that line was coming.
You really found your opening, Mom.
Be quiet, you girl!
[Kang Yeong Ho]
Tae Seong, when are you coming?
Is anyone home?
Hello?
I guess no one's here.
Do you really think
Kang Yeong Ho's wife is the informant?
What's the matter?
They moved out. No one lives there now.
They moved? When?
I think it was the day
of the husband's funeral.
They seemed to be in a hurry
and called a moving truck that night.
Do you happen to have
the wife's contact information?
No, we're not close enough
to have each other's numbers.
Is there a real estate office nearby?
A real estate office?
Oh, I guess you're here to look at the house.
Go out of this alley
and turn the corner. It's right there.
Okay, thank you.
Why the real estate office?
If she left in such a hurry, she probably
couldn't even get her deposit back.
She'll have to contact them
eventually, right?
What is she talking about?
She's become Mom's lackey.
the ancestral rite today, did you?
Oh!
What is it? What's wrong, Mr. Kwon?
What time is it now?
Right now?
Oh!
Oh, my, I can't live
a long life like this. Jeez.
[I'm in Gangwon Province right now,
but I'll get there as soon as I can]
Gangwon Province?
Oh, my, if he leaves now,
when is he supposed to get here?
Auntie, what's an ancestral rite?
Yul, do you want to know
what an ancestral rite is?
An ancestral rite is
when people who have gone to heaven
come over to our house to eat,
have fun, and then go back.
What is an orphan?
Huh?
Anyway, Mom said that in front of the child.
That's for parents
Well, it means Yul's mommy's parents
have passed away.
Is Mommy an orphan?
Yes. Her parents went to heaven
a very long time ago.
Then are they coming over for dinner today?
No. The people coming today are someone else.
Why aren't they coming?
Well Maybe because they weren't invited?
Then when are they coming?
Oh, well
If you call them?
They'll come if you call them.
Like, "Please come quickly."
Yul's mommy!
[Ok's Flower Shop]
- Oh, my, ma'am!
- What brings you here at this hour?
Do you have a minute right now?
- Me?
- Yeah.
Right now?
Well I have to go.
What's going on? Why?
- I'm here.
- Daddy!
Yul!
What? You got here sooner than I expected.
Did you speed all the way here?
Where's Bo Na?
She wasn't answering her phone.
She's on the veranda. And as you can see,
she couldn't answer the phone.
Since the afternoon, all day
So why was she here all day? What about work?
She took a half-day off.
I guess Mom called her.
Mom's resting in the master bedroom.
- Let's go, Yul! Let's go with Auntie.
- Let's go.
Let's go! Want to draw?
- Honey!
- You're here?
You should have told me.
I almost completely forgot.
Sorry. I forgot too.
Oh, my, really, Mom
Why did she call someone who works
at a company out in the afternoon?
Come on, it's just one day.
Why are you making a fuss?
There's just a little cleanup left.
It's all done. It's all done.
Rest. I'll do it.
No, don't say things like that.
Just sit over there.
I can finish it quickly before Mom comes out.
- Huh?
- Did you get hurt?
Yeah, I scratched myself while cleaning
the abalone earlier. It was bleeding
Stay right there.
I put some medicine on it. Honey, it's okay.
I'm okay.
I'm not okay.
It must hurt.
There, done.
It clings just like skin.
You put it on so well
that it's like it's not even there.
And it's easy to move around with.
Thanks.
I should get back to work.
Oh, I told you, it's fine.
Why?
No.
I can just quickly finish
before Mom comes out.
- I'll get in trouble.
- It's okay.
No, she's scary.
Please get some rest.
Mother!
Let's go. Let's go.
It's Yul!
- Yul!
- Auntie!
- When did you get here?
- Have you been well?
How did you two get here together?
Du Ri stopped by the shop and gave me a ride.
What about you? Where are you taking Yul?
Oh, we're going for a walk to the playground.
Really? Oh, my, that sounds nice.
Go on ahead, okay?
- Be careful.
- Careful, careful.
- Evacuate.
- Evacuate?
- Oh, my.
- Why?
It's obvious. Mom's giving
her daughter-in-law a hard time again.
What's it this time?
What's she unhappy about now?
Tae Seong got caught
doing the dishes in the kitchen.
Oh, my.
What?
Take that off. Take it off.
- I said take it off!
- Oh, I'm done.
Take it off, got it?
Did I raise you like that?
I raised you without ever
making you lift a finger.
I'm sorry, Mother.
- I
- Mom.
She's been working all day.
I just told her to rest a bit.
How much work could she possibly have done?
Hey, come out. You, come here!
Do you usually make
our Tae Seong do housework?
No, what housework? I do housework?
Bossing him around. You made him.
No wonder.
You looked way too practiced
for this to be your first time.
Last time, too, when she was away
using work as an excuse,
you cooked and cleaned up after her.
I didn't say anything then,
but I was furious.
- Mom! That was me
- Mom, we're here.
We brought kimchi.
- You're here?
- Guys.
You had a hard time, right?
Good grief, Tae Seong is doing the dishes.
He never once set foot in the kitchen.
Imagine how much pressure
she must've put on him.
Goodness, what on earth is going on?
Mom, she hurt her hand.
How did her perfectly fine hand
suddenly get hurt?
She's faking it
because she doesn't want to work.
You're hurt?
- No, I'm fine.
- You should've been more careful.
- Just a little. This tiny bit.
- Oh, dear.
- Are you okay?
- Now that we're all gathered.
Let's settle this once and for all.
- What?
- Here's what I think.
Settle what?
Honey, what are you talking about?
- Don't do this.
- I think that
it's our family's ancestral rite,
yet you're making
the daughter-in-law do all the work?
I think this is unfair.
Times have changed,
so men should help out too.
And she's going back to work now too.
So, from now on, I'll come early
and help out more. Okay?
- No.
- What a load of nonsense.
Who says anyone's doing anything?
Jeez.
Why are you suddenly acting like this
when you've always listened to Mom?
And from now on,
you should come early and help too.
Don't leave it all to Bo Na.
Kwon Tae Seong, you're being ridiculous.
Sun Il, that's not what he
Oh, I'm sorry.
It's fine when Mom and your sisters
work themselves to death,
but you can't stand
seeing your wife struggle?
- That's not what I meant
- Oh, both of you, stop it.
Tae Seong isn't wrong about a single thing.
He finally came to his senses. Good for him.
The timing is just annoying.
He acted like he didn't know all this time,
but why is he doing this now?
What do you think?
It's all because his wife put him up to it.
Oh, my poor son.
What am I going to do with my son now?
Oh, Mom, enough with the "my son" routine.
These days, it's not normal for one woman
to shoulder all the housework alone.
While we're at it, let's get rid of
this outdated ancestral rite too, yeah?
Huh?
Shut your mouth, you girl!
Stay out of it.
Hey, if you have a mouth, say something.
Is that how your parents raised you?
- Mom!
- Mom!
Honey, put on your coat. Let's go home.
Yul, be careful not to get hurt.
Okay.
Kwon Se Ah, who never cared
what anyone thought,
is actually worried about what a kid thinks.
Parenting is hard, indeed.
I wonder if she's finally calmed down.
What did you just say?
We're not participating
in the ancestral rites anymore.
What are you doing? I said put on your coat.
What are you saying you won't do?
- Oh, my.
- Mother!
Mom, Mom
I think I was being short-sighted.
I used to think
going along with everything you said
was the best way to keep the peace,
but not anymore.
Just as I'm your precious son,
she's my precious wife.
Mom, I'm so scared that one day
she might suddenly disappear from my side.
Just imagining it makes me
feel like I can't breathe.
She is my precious family.
So please, don't ever treat my wife
or my family that way again.
- Unbelievable, that that punk
- Mom, Mom!
This
Why am I
How did I
Mother, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I shouldn't be receiving this
Wait Hey, Kwon Tae Seong!
Aren't you coming here?
- Mom.
- Aren't you coming here?
What are you really trying to do?
- Apologize to your mom.
- What's wrong with you?
And why are you acting like this too?
You're just going to leave after this?
Why are you picking up the dried pollock?
You're just going to leave like this?
- Hurry up and say you're sorry.
- You have no manners.
Oh, stop.
- Stop it!
- You dare?
- You little punk!
- Mom?
- Mom!
- Oh, my!
Are you okay?
You little
Stop it! No!
You little punk!
You little punk!
Seriously, you
Hey, come here!
[Pancake Mix]
Come here.
You little punk!
How dare you do this here?
Well, I guess she's
the only person in the world
who can actually chew Yoo Bo Na out.
There's always something new
to learn and master.
That's what running a household is like.
You just have to break through
them again. What can you do?
Just grind it out with sheer effort.
Well, sometimes no amount of effort
can get you through something.
Jeez, that old lady really never changes.
It's about time she showed a bit of mercy.
Will it get better as more time passes?
Yeah, after all that rubbing
each other the wrong way,
laughing and crying together,
physically clashing and hurting each other,
time piles up until it becomes
that thick, sticky bond
we call family.
I guess that's why it's so hard.
and sometimes I'm jealous.
Because I've never had anything like that.
Mom! Tae Seong!
Tae Seong!
Yul! Yul is missing!
Bo Na
Yul!
- Yul!
- Yul
- You look for her too! Hurry!
- Mom.
Oh, she's not here.
- Yul!
- Is she not there?
- She's not there?
- No.
- What do I do?
- Go check over there.
Yul!
Here? Was she here?
Kwon Se Ah, are you sure you lost her here?
Yeah! I was I was sitting right here,
and Yul was playing over there.
Chiba! Chiba's leash
came loose, and it ran off,
so I went after it and came back,
but Yul was gone.
Oh, seriously, this kid
- Yul!
- Oh, for goodness' sake.
Come on, stop crying, you girl.
It's driving me crazy, seriously.
Hey, you take her
and go back inside the house.
Clean up the mess in there.
Mom, is that really what you say
to a mom who's just lost her child?
Yeah, okay. Got it, Tae Seong.
Yeah, when he gets there,
check the CCTV and call me.
It's Tae Seong. He couldn't reach
the security guard earlier,
but he just got through,
and the guard is on his way.
Let's split up and search
the area for now, okay?
Split up. Go.
You go that way. I'll check over there.
That way
Ms. Yoo!
Oh, Assistant Manager Ki!
You got here sooner than I expected.
Thank you so much for coming.
You said you lost a child, so
What do I do?
- This
- That one?
Yeah, can you do it? Is it possible?
So this is what it means
to feel chills and get goosebumps.
I'm counting on you.
Where on earth is she?
Jeez, I'm going crazy.
Oh, Bo Na
- Se Ah.
- Bo Na.
Se Ah, what's the situation?
Did you check Seo Yeon's place?
Well, they said she never came there either.
And I didn't see her on the way here.
I'm so sorry, Bo Na.
I should've been watching her better.
We'll find her.
Yul is a smart girl. She'll be okay.
It's okay.
But who is that?
Oh, he's a coworker of mine.
Hacking is his hobby,
so I asked him to see if he could
access those CCTV cameras.
And you know this
has to stay a secret, right?
Yes, I've never met a hacker
in real life before.
It's done.
Huh?
What's the exact time the child went missing?
Sometime between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
I found her.
Luckily, no one took her.
She left on her own.
Thank goodness.
She seems to have wandered
around the apartment complex,
then left the complex
and headed toward the main road.
The main road?
Then I'll check that way.
Let me know if you find anything.
Oh
Were you the one
who was with her until the end?
Yes.
Do you remember anything?
Anything strange about what she said or did?
Oh, well
Take your time and think.
Even the smallest thing could be a clue.
Yul was asking me a lot of questions.
Auntie, how do you get to heaven?
Heaven? You have to die to go there.
Die, die!
Oh, no! I must've been crazy!
She asked how to get to heaven.
I told her you have to die.
Oh, what do I do?
Why would you say something like that?
Well
Yul asked me what the ancestral rite is,
and I told her people come down
from heaven to have a meal
Oh, my
This is all my fault.
I was stupid enough
to take my eyes off my niece.
Yul, I'm so sorry.
Stop crying. I think I've found a clue.
What?
Yul going missing isn't your fault.
So please don't cry. I'll find her for you.
Tae Seong!
- Honey!
- Where's Yul?
Well We'll find Yul soon,
so I don't think you need to worry too much.
Yul went toward the main road, right?
How did you know
[Assistant Manager Ki Yeong Do]
Yeah, Assistant Manager Ki,
what did you find?
What?
She was looking up at the sky.
So there must've been something
in the sky, right?
Judging by the slight movement of her head,
I think it might have been an airplane.
Oh? That's right!
Flights to Gimpo fly over our neighborhood.
Yul loves watching planes,
so sometimes I take her up
to Tae Seong's rooftop
Oh, my!
From what you said, it seems Yul
wanted to go to heaven for some reason.
I'll get the key.
Yeah.
Take me with you!
Take me with you!
Take me with you too.
Take me with you!
Take me with you.
Come here, and take me with you.
would take her there.
It was left open for waterproofing work
earlier today, but I locked it just now.
Oh, my God. What on earth happened?
Huh?
Who told you to come up here alone? Huh?
Is that what I taught you?
Are you going to wander around
by yourself at night like this?
Why did you come up here
in the middle of the night?
Are you hurt anywhere?
Are you going to do that again?
I was going to bring them back.
Who? Bring who back?
Mommy's mom and dad.
I heard they went to heaven.
I was going to bring them back on a plane.
Because Mommy is an orphan.
I don't want Mommy to be an orphan.
I see. I'm sorry. I
I didn't know how you felt
and scolded you first. I'm sorry.
Don't cry, Yul. Come here.
I'm sorry. Mommy's sorry.
I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that.
Are you okay?
Huh?
I'm okay.
Anyway, we found Yul safely.
I'm sorry.
But how could you do that to me?
How could you imagine me
suddenly disappearing one day?
How could you imagine such a thing?
Huh?
When you have something precious,
like an expensive jewel,
you're always afraid of losing it.
That's what you are to me.
You're so precious to me
that I'm afraid I'll lose you.
I mean, you're not usually like this,
so why today
I don't know. You're in big trouble now.
You totally lost points with Mother.
Well, I can just earn double the points
I lost with Mom from you.
No, I definitely lost a lot of points today.
Because of me,
the ancestral rites were canceled.
But we all decided that by vote, so whatever.
Our Yul really did something big today.
She even softened Grandma's stubborn heart.
My daughter is better than I.
She even comforted her mommy's heart.
I'm supposed to be the one
comforting my daughter.
She's still so young.
I wish she didn't have to
understand things like that yet.
Oh, dear.
She's a mom too, so she went
completely crazy over her own kid.
But still, that's too much.
Still, how can she glare
at her mother-in-law like that?
Because Mommy is an orphan.
I don't want Mommy to be an orphan.
Is it because she's an orphan?
She does seem especially attached
when it comes to her family.
Looks like
Bo Na is pretty athletic, huh?
You little punk!
No wonder.
Did she do sports
or something back in school?
But why has she been
spacing out since earlier?
So please don't cry. I'll find her for you.
What?
What's wrong with her?
She must still be shaken up from losing Yul.
Anyway, I'm so relieved the ancestral rites
are over as of today!
What an ungrateful bunch!
You don't care about your mom one bit.
Oh, our dear Ok Seon Ja, what's wrong now?
If there's no ancestral rite,
you're the one who'll have it easiest.
Easy for you to say.
I've done this my whole life.
If we abolish it now,
how am I supposed to face our ancestors?
Oh, Mom!
It's settled.
Why are you bringing it up again?
We voted on whether to abolish it,
and the majority voted yes.
That's it! Done! Over!
Let's go clean up that mess over there.
Oh, my, when are we ever
going to clean all that up?
You godless bunch!
Just you wait!
I'll do it all by myself next year.
By the way, what was the vote count?
- Huh?
- You counted the votes.
You're the only one who saw the results.
Well, obviously,
Mom was the one vote against it.
That's
a secret.
Why?
Tell me, please.
We agreed to keep the vote count secret.
But tell me.
Fine, I'm going to sulk.
What's wrong?
Please don't talk to me.
And I don't think I'll get over this easily.
Please tell me! Please!
- Are you really that curious?
- Yeah.
I guess you would be.
Come on, really?
Help me!
Help me! Please, over here!
I'm falling! Help me!
Help me!
Help me! Please!
We've determined that Tak Jong Gu
spends his time going back and forth
between the 22nd-floor VIP gaming room
and the 23rd-floor VIP suite.
His dad has forbidden him from leaving,
so he can't go outside
and takes care of everything
inside this building.
And since the gaming room is a sealed,
windowless space,
he can't be sniped from outside.
So that means we'd have to target him
while he's inside his suite.
The problem is that
Tak Jong Gu's room, 2305,
is on this side of the building.
As you can see, the front window
has a completely open view.
And the convention center next door
is almost directly opposite it.
So there's no angle for a sniper shot.
Then we'd have to lure him outside first.
So the only way for us to get close is
through the 22nd-floor gaming room?
The 22nd-floor gaming room is for VIPs only,
so ordinary guests can't access it.
for ordinary guests to get in.
Every day, the person
in the first-floor public gaming room
gets a pass to the VIP gaming room.
It's basically a one-day pass.
So they expect you to win downstairs
and lose it all upstairs.
We're barely covering
operating expenses this month.
So, one of us just needs to
pose as a customer
and to win that VIP pass.
Tak Jong Gu mainly plays blackjack.
Anyone here know how to play blackjack?
I've never played blackjack before.
Then what games have you played?
One Card.
One Card?
Is that any fun?
No one?
Has anyone ever won money playing blackjack?
In blackjack, the player whose cards
total 21 or come closest to 21 wins,
giving the dealer and player
roughly equal odds.
So I created a program
that maximizes those odds.
These glasses have the program
built into them.
They recognize the cards that
have been played and those remaining,
hit or stay with lights only I can see.
Congratulations.
This is your pass to the VIP gaming room.
Thank you.
this way, go upstairs,
and approach Tak Jong Gu.
We'll drop a pill into his drink.
It's a drug that causes vasculitis.
red spots will break out all over his body.
Get a doctor now!
Get the doctor!
disguised as the on-site doctor.
Hey! What's this?
It's an acute allergic reaction.
You could go into shock
if we leave you like this.
We need to get you to a hospital right away.
Once we get Tak Jong Gu outside, we're done.
[Hongseon Rest Area]
He didn't fall while working,
so why was he there in the middle
of the night, and how did he fall?
And from the exact same spot
where Kang Yeong Ho fell to his death.
What does the police say?
Looks like they don't have
any answers either.
It was late at night in a remote area,
so there were no witnesses.
Wow, but that Park Chun Bok guy,
he acted like such a saint
during the interview.
But he had assault, theft,
and even attempted murder on his record.
A whopping five-time ex-con!
You really can't judge a person
by appearances.
And before he died, he was handing out money
from some unknown source?
This feels like a terrifying case
involving Chairman Cheon Seong Gil,
the field workers, and everyone in between.
It seems like a complex and terrifying case.
Anyway, Chairman Cheon Seong Gil
is at the center of it.
Let's go meet him first.
Do you think he'll see us?
He already refused our interview.
Who says we have to do a formal interview?
Oh!
Seven.
Hit.
Thirteen.
Stay.
Fourteen.
Twenty-four, bust.
Eighteen.
Stay.
Eleven.
- Down.
- Double down.
[Double Down: Double your bet
and get one more card]
Twenty-three. Dealer bust.
[Bust: The total exceeds 21]
Twenty-one.
Congratulations. Your double down paid off.
- Nice, blackjack!
- Blackjack!
Congratulations!
Would you like to take even money?
[Even Money: If the dealer
might also have blackjack,]
[you give up the 1.5:1 payout
and take 1:1 instead. A kind of insurance]
Sure.
Oh, come on.
Don't do that.
You've got to go for it here,
even if you might lose.
Are you new to gambling?
Eighteen.
See? You barely won anything.
Making pennies like that,
when are you ever going to get rich?
Still, that's a decent win
for someone so chicken-hearted, huh?
Would you like to join the game, ma'am?
Me?
Oh, jeez.
I really shouldn't do this.
I really quit gambling.
[Gaecheon Construction]
Huh? Isn't that Chairman Cheon's car?
Looks like he's going somewhere.
What do we do?
What do you mean? We have to follow him.
Again?
Seventeen.
- Yes!
- Wow!
How many wins is that?
It's been so long
since I've felt this thrill.
Okay, from now on,
[Three Hands: One person plays three hands]
should I go three hands?
- Join?
- I'm good.
Chicken.
[Pair: First two cards have the same value]
I'm betting on a pair too.
No more bets?
Nice pair.
Yes!
Yeah.
Congratulations!
This is a pass granting
you access to the VIP gaming room.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you!
Good job, chicken.
You should quit while you're ahead.
You'll lose everything otherwise.
See you around!
Oh, I lost!
I lost again!
Mister, I lost again.
I lost again!
What are you doing here again?
Even your plans fail sometimes.
I'm sorry, Ms. Yoo.
But there are always
unexpected variables in the field.
And cleaning up after a junior's mistakes
is part of being a good senior.
What are you thinking?
I'm thinking maybe I should go in directly.
You, personally?
The gaming room might be difficult,
but wouldn't it be easier
to sneak into his suite?
I'll just drug his water and get out.
That's our best option right now.
I can't agree to that.
It's too dangerous for you
to expose yourself on-site.
You will back me up, won't you?
- Well, that's
- Tell Manager Go
about the revised plan beforehand.
Okay, shall we go?
Ms. Yoo.
You know your safety comes first, right?
No, wait a moment.
Chairman!
Please, just let me in for a moment!
Oh, please!
Just a moment.
How bad is this guy?
On the surface,
it looks like an accidental mishap,
but a premeditated murder underneath?
- Done.
- Someone's coming down the hall.
A reporter?
Well, this just got interesting.
No, it's too dangerous for you
to meet him there yourself.
That woman could become a witness
What's the variable this time?
Someone else is coming down the hall.
Ms. Yoo! Ms. Yoo!
In the end, the day will come
when that secret is revealed.
It's all my fault.
Calm down. Director Yoo will be fine.
What's wrong?
It's someone I know.
translated and adapted by - AnnaV