God's Quiz (2010–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Assassin - full transcript
A mysterious man has been killing people for money. The team tries to figure out why.
All right, four points!
It's your turn.
You should do it without practice.
When I was in the army, I got two awards
for good marksmanship.
Yeah, whatever.
It looks like you need to go back
to the army.
The BB bullets flew off to Andromeda or
something.
That's weird.
Maybe the barrel is bent.
Stop it with your silly excuses.
Excuse me, Detective Kang!
You want to give it a go?
Loser buys lunch.
No thanks.
Come on, just try it.
I mean, you have an army background,
and you're a police lieutenant.
I'm sure you are quite the marksman.
I don't shoot to play games.
Come on, be honest.
You don't know how to shoot, right?
Don't be embarrassed, ok?
I mean, Columbo never shot a gun
and he caught criminals just fine!
-You know I'm good at this.
-Oh, prove it.
THE NFS FOUNDED MEDICAL EXAMINER
OFFICES IN FIVE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS.
THE OFFICE IN HANKOOK UNIVERSITY IS
IN CHARGE OF SECOND AUTOPSIES
AND HAS INVESTIGATION AUTHORITY
OVER RARE DISEASE CASES.
This is Doo-man Lee from Sindang-dong,
a loan shark
who was murdered last week.
EPISODE 3
Our first autopsy finds
rupture and hemorrhage of the organs
due to a weapon-related trauma.
So what about this case?
Was there something extraordinary
about the corpse?
There was nothing odd about the corpse,
but bits of flesh were found
in the victim's fingernails.
I see it here.
Yes, an oddity in the hypodermic region.
-What the...
-That's it?
Yes.
It's requesting a detailed analysis
of the hypodermic region.
What do you mean by an oddity,
specifically?
I've got to take a look to be sure.
Let me see the enlarged photo.
Holy moly.
He didn't just scratch the perp,
he took a chunk of the flesh!
See? It's more than just a bit of skin.
-Hey, Dr. Han.
-Yeah?
What do you think?
I have no idea.
How could I tell anything from just that?
It's all dried up, I can't even see it.
Aren't you relying on me
a bit too much, Chief?
Relying on you, my ass.
I'm just checking, on account
that even dogshit may prove useful.
Chief, I guess you didn't know.
Dogshit is actually quite useful.
The ancient Donguibogam records
instances of using various dog parts
as medicine.
And it details how dog droppings
are extremely useful in treating
any intestinal disorders...
That's enough!
I've also heard that.
Even some kings have rubbed dogshit
in the past.
-She said kings!
-Kings!
Forget I mentioned it.
Oh, Lord...
Boy, I've gotten old
so it's hard to even text.
How does my daughter type
so fast on this thing?
It's a natural process of aging,
to have slower limbs and thoughts,
isn't that obvious?
I'm going to run away now.
What's going on?
We've received some new data.
Seok-hyung Oh, a gang member
from Nonhyun-dong,
Jang-eun Lee, an unemployed
with a record of fraud.
And finally, Doo-man Lee.
The police suspects these three murders
were committed by the same person.
By the same person?
All three murders have
the same witness testimonies.
They all testified that the murderer
was wearing a black hiking jacket
and a hoodie.
Man, how can I go hiking ever again,
with a guy like that roaming around?
This is the video footage of
Doo-man Lee's murder.
The suspect is in his fifties,
with dark, wrinkled skin,
and he is about 160cm tall.
He seems muscular for a man
of his age and height.
If he's able to murder a big guy.
Are there fingerprints,
or other such evidence?
As you see in the video,
he was wearing gloves, so no fingerprints.
And we couldn't find any hair
whether from the scalp or the body.
But since we have his flesh,
we've secured his DNA.
That's a relief.
What might be the motives?
Emotional, impulsive patterns are present.
And considering the murderer didn't take
any of the victims' possessions,
we suspect past grudges.
Whoa, how scary.
It's because of guys like him,
that we should all learn self-defense.
How about learning it already?
Your face basically begs for a fist,
isn't that right?
What do you mean, my face begs...
Well, yeah, I guess it does.
First, he corners the victim.
Wraps his arm around the neck,
and then wrestles around this way.
What are you doing?
I'm learning self-defense.
"How to protect yourself
when someone pulls out a knife."
"First, flee toward the direction...
of the knife?"
What the hell is this?
How is that useful at all?
It looks like a super old book.
Why are you reading stuff like that?
Just preparing for the worst.
Who knows if I'll run
into a crazy bastard?
Wow, this seems kind of neat.
What is it?
"How to protect yourself
when someone pulls a knife."
"Two, quickly lie down."
"Then, bend your leg into a Z,
proceed to kick away the weapon,
or pretend you're pedaling a bicycle
to make it difficult for your enemy."
Dr. Han, how would something like that
be possible?
I'll give it a shot.
Here, this is your knife.
Let's say you're holding a knife,
and try attacking me!
Ok, I'm in position now.
I'm lying down,
and my legs are in a Z position.
Let's go!
See? You can't stab me.
This may not look very cool,
but it's defensive, alright!
Whoa, it's hard to stab you.
Take this!
-How about...
-Nope!
What are you guys doing?
Man, that was embarrassing.
What are you doing, Yoon-jung?
Well, I'm studying
the hypodermic sample
that arrived earlier today.
What?
I thought it was no good
and you sent it back.
Not yet.
There's something weird about it,
for sure.
-Really?
-You want to take a look?
Yeah.
-Let's see...
-Ok...
You couldn't really see it in the picture,
but from the microscope,
you can tell something is off.
The fingernails took large chunks
of the flesh,
yet you can hardly see any
subcutaneous fat.
You are right.
When I first saw it,
I thought the fingernail went only so far
as the epidermis.
But now that I see it, it went well
into the dermis.
Right.
So, how come there is no trace of any fat?
-Yoon-jung.
-Yes?
Don't send this back to the main office
just yet.
Can you give me
just this much time, to think about it?
Sure! Since it's your request, Dr. Han,
I will do as you ask.
Thank you!
Now we can take our time.
I guess he got better at murdering.
He's the devil.
Why do you think he always texts
after he murders?
I think
these are contract murders.
Contract murders?
There's no similarities
between the four victims so far.
The fact the murderer does not rob
the victims at first,
is because the motive was grudge related
but it could also mean
that he's working as a hired killer.
Just as the examiner said,
the fact that he is sending text messages
after each murder,
must mean he is reporting to someone.
Wait a minute.
Can you go back
to where he's sending a text.
Boy, I've gotten old...
It's so hard to even text.
How does my daughter type
so fast on this thing?
DERMATOLOGY
HISTOLOGY, DIAGNOSTIC VIROLOGY
Here you see the suspect
sending a text message after the murder.
But, look closely at the hands
he is using to text.
He's really fast, right?
Typically, this is not how fast
a person in his fifties types.
Usually, teenagers text this fast,
don't you think?
Then, you're saying that the suspect
is a middle or high school student?
-That's right.
-That's impossible!
He's got an even wrinklier face
than my father's.
Just how can you
make such a claim, out of the blue?
Mr. Nam, please.
Here is a British woman named
Zara Hartshorn.
How old do you think she is?
-She's just 13 years old.
-What?
She's suffers from a rare genetic disorder
called lipoatrophy.
Isn't lipoatrophy basically...
cellulites?
No, that's a misnomer
propagated by the dieting industry.
The subcutaneous fat gets wrinkled,
and the flesh gets stretchmarks.
Don't we have some ourselves?
But, with that said,
Zara's case is special.
She's suffers from an acquired form
of the disease, all over her body.
The fat that is supposed to form
corium around the fascia is broken down,
reduced, or even disintegrated.
The sebaceous gland is lost, as well.
So that must be a malignant form
of the disease!
Yes, indeed.
So, Dr. Han, you are saying,
the perp suffers from the same condition
as Zara Hartshorn?
That's right.
After looking closely,
I confirmed absence of fat
in the sample fascia layer.
This is all thanks to Yoon-jung,
who saw this through even before me.
It's as if she prepared
a full table of dinner,
and I showed up with a fork in my hand.
Oh, how humble am I!
Then, is this disease
essentially progeria?
No, progeria is a symptom
of Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome.
A person who suffers from it
tends to have smaller bodies,
no pubic hair,
more wrinkles, and grey hair.
Progeria is not a skin condition,
but it's a problem in the pituitary gland.
The congenital lipoatrophy
has many complications,
like heart disease and diabetes.
It's due to problems in sebum production
and blood circulation.
How rare is this disease?
It's extremely rare, globally.
And there may be four or five people
in Korea.
Then, we could simply find him by
searching all the hospitals in Korea.
Good idea. Only big general hospitals
take care of rare diseases like this one.
If diabetes is a common complication,
wouldn't the suspect have to visit
the hospital routinely?
Right.
He'll have to see his primary physician
for prescriptions.
Then we will conduct searches
in major hospitals
We've identified a potential match
based on the data you sent over.
A father and son were
treated for the same condition.
It's kind of vague, but that may be him.
The father's name is Moon-seo Choi,
and the son, Kyung-ho Choi.
How old is Kyung-ho Choi?
-He's 18 years old.
-What?
I guess you were right.
Aside from diabetes,
is he being treated
for any skin conditions?
No. A face-lift procedure is offered
for patients with this condition,
but the cost is prohibitive.
What is exactly a face-lift?
It's a procedure for removing wrinkles.
Is that really enough to cure
the disease, though?
One or two times would not be enough.
He would have to be treated regularly.
That must cost a lot of money.
You're absolutely right.
When is the next time you see him?
Coincidentally, it is during this week.
This is the only picture of Kyung-ho Choi
taken at this school.
As you probably expected,
school life was not easy
for Kyung-ho Choi.
I tried to keep the kids in check,
but they were often cruel to
Kyung-ho Choi.
You assholes!
That was the last time.
I never saw Kyung-ho after that.
Did he have any close friends?
You can see, next to him in the picture,
this boy, named Young-sik.
He was the closest to Kyung-ho,
but not in a good way,
since he used Kyung-ho.
Pretend to be close,
and get Kyung-ho to beat up whoever
was bothering him.
Something like that.
I heard that Young-sik,
even after graduation,
has been up to no good,
and getting into trouble.
The friend might know a lot
about Kyung-ho Choi.
Yes, please identify
his whereabouts first.
Thanks.
So, it's a story of a bullied boy,
grown up to be an assassin.
Do you know the etymology
of the English word,
"assassin?"
I will do a search once I get back
in the office.
Oh, come on.
You have a walking search engine,
right here!
The word "assassin" originates
from an Arabic word, hashishin.
Which meant someone who consumes
hashishi , a potent drug.
In the old Persia,
they formed clandestine operatives
to assassinate political rivals.
And they would kill
under the psychedelic effect of hashishi.
That's how hashishins ,
or assassins, in English,
came to be.
They used to kill under influence,
but now he is killing people sober.
The world itself is a drug.
Since it drives everyone
to the absolute edge of madness.
Let me take a nap.
Do as you wish.
What are you doing here?
Detective Kang!
I told you to stay at the hospital!
I'm only here because I was so bored.
I won't be disturbing you, I promise!
And what's that you're holding?
Oh, this? It's all for the looks.
Don't I look like Horatio
from CSI: Miami ?
Man, I forgot to bring my Ray-Bans.
I should've brought them!
Why are you acting like a child?
It's not a toy just for children.
I understand.
He's come through the entrance.
Go around the far side, and stay put.
I got you.
-Hello.
-Oh, hello!
Thank you.
He's moving, toward Dermatology section.
Don't be brash,
there are many people here.
Get him from the behind
as he's entering the dermatology section
We are ready to arrest, sir.
DERMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Something is strange.
Get him!
-Stop!
-Freeze!
Hey! How rude...
Hey!
-Stop running!
-Freeze!
Stop running!
Damn it...
No...
Damn it.
Where did he go?
Let's split up.
What a hassle.
Why does he have to run
to a place like this?
Damn...
Oh, my legs...
My legs...
Damn...
What the hell am I doing?
Damn.
Oh, Kyung-ho, no.
Why did you come this way?
It's a dead end here, you know.
No, don't misunderstand.
I'm not a detective, I'm a doctor.
Let's first get out of this corner.
Don't pick it up, it's just a fake.
It's a cheap imitation
I bought in Hongdae.
Man, don't be running.
Why, what's up now?
Just calm down for a second.
Calm down, ok?
Holy shit! Damn...
Hey! Come on. Come get me, you jerk!
Hit me right here. Nope!
You want to play?
-Damn this guy...
-Kyung-ho Choi!
Just shoot him, quickly!
Drop the knife.
If you resist, I will shoot.
What are you doing? Guiding traffic?
Detective...
Get... get that bastard!
Wow, Detective Kang,
those were some quick blows.
Stinging like a bee!
You were awesome.
Don't ever disobey my order again.
You almost got in big trouble!
But you rescued me so everything's fine!
We were just lucky this time!
Ok, fine, fine.
But tell me. Why didn't you shoot the gun?
You've never shot it, right?
No bullets either, right?
I got you, didn't I?
Hi, Detective Park!
-Are you alright?
-I am fine.
How did he know that we were there?
It's just a guess,
but, maybe he has an accomplice.
Someone who keeps a look out for him
from a distance.
Right. How else could he have known?
You don't think...
that Young-sik Lee is involved?
We have Young-sik Lee's whereabouts.
I'm telling you, I don't know anything.
We haven't talked in months.
Are you sure you were at the internet cafe
from the morning until you were detained?
Yeah, go ask the part-timers there,
or any of the no-lifers there.
Before you lost contact,
what was Kyung-ho up to?
He was helping out some other guys
and getting some money.
That's what he was doing.
Actually, he was practically jobless.
Oh right,
he asked me if there was some big money
that he can be making.
So, then?
I introduced him to a dude I know.
He's a private eye.
A private eye?
It's your call records.
Immediately after the four died,
you received a text message each time.
How do you explain yourself?
Look, man. Let's make this easy
on ourselves.
You got the contract, and had
Kyung-ho do the knifing, right?
Are you pleading the fifth?
This is your list of clients.
I'm sure we can poke around for answers,
and you'll just get longer sentences
for not cooperating.
Where is
Kyung-ho Choi?
I have no damn idea!
I only talked to him on the phone,
or by text.
Detective Park.
Why don't we use this again?
Since we know Kyung-ho's phone number,
we will analyze reception locations.
There's got to be common locations,
and that's likely to be his residence.
That's certainly possible,
but it's not very detailed.
It'll only describe in terms of districts.
Testing, testing.
You can narrow it down further than that.
Kyung-ho Choi has pretty bad diabetes.
Unless he gets a prescription,
he can't get his medicine.
Then, he's likely
to have robbed a pharmacy.
So, you get the gist of the location
from the call records,
and run it against any case
of robbery at a pharmacy,
then you can get a pretty good idea.
In the past, it was not easy
to get insulin from just any pharmacy.
But these days, thanks
to the prescriptions,
you can get it
from any mid-sized pharmacy.
What do you think, does that help?
Just as Dr. Han said, we found an area
where the call records match
an incident of insulin robbery
at a pharmacy.
And we also obtained testimony
from witnesses who've seen Kyung-ho Choi.
Even his residence.
We are scouring the database.
How are we going to find her parents
if she doesn't talk, and sleeps all day?
It's not that she doesn't talk. She can't.
We will have to consult a specialist.
KOREAN CLINICS
It'll be hard for her to open up.
That son of a bitch.
Why did he have to kidnap a young one?
We haven't been able to identify
who her parents are.
There' no...
evidence of sexual abuse, is there?
No.
We took a look at her right away,
and no such evidence.
I know, I was worried about that as well.
What a relief.
Do you remember anything?
I can't remember anything.
How about your home, or school?
I don't remember Mom and Dad,
and I don't remember school or home.
Is she dissociative amnesia?
That's a possibility.
It must be a huge trauma for the child.
But,
I remember what the man said.
He said, "I'm sorry.
I'm going away to die."
What?
Here.
Can you tell me in detail?
What did the man say?
He said he's sorry for taking me there.
I don't know what he meant,
but he said he needs to be punished.
And he said,
he's going to go die next to his mom.
Did another man come by the house?
I don't know.
He talked on the phone, though.
I see...
Why did the man lock you in the house?
I don't know.
Kyung-ho Choi knew that we would find him.
So he knew that she would be discovered
naturally.
Hey, that's mine,
you can give it back to me now.
Let her play with it!
That's a rare item!
Sorry!
You...
-Yoon-jung!
-Oh, yes?
I have a favor to ask you.
-A favor?
-Yeah.
A favor...
Fine, tell me.
-You want me to solve this?
-No.
What is it for?
We believe
Kyung-ho Choi is headed to Busan.
He told the child that he will go die
by his mother's side.
His mother died in 2003,
and was buried in Busan.
His hometown is also Busan.
Detective Kang, just a minute.
I'm going to Busan.
Please don't follow me and stay here.
Oh, and
Please take care of the child...
Do you want me to tell you something fun?
Where are you going?
What? Well...
I wanted some ice cream.
But you shouldn't go outside.
I will be right back.
Do you need some money?
No. I have some.
Ok.
INVESTIGATION ROOM
Why are you
doing this? You're scaring me.
They should give you an award
at the Cannes.
Sung-mi Hong!
Your age is
a whopping 28!
Though there's no confirmation
from the academia,
but it's unofficially called
the Highlander syndrome.
A rare condition where
growth stops at a certain age.
I stumbled upon this knowledge while
researching Kyung-ho Choi's condition.
Since it's the exact opposite of his.
You thought you could fool us all, right?
You picked the wrong target.
I was suspicious from the beginning.
It was an amateurish character setting.
You only need to have read one book
on children's psychology.
A child would never let go
of an object she is entrusting.
Especially when she is
in anxiety or extremely nervous state.
You asked me to put on
some cartoons on TV.
What kind of child looks so expressionless
while watching a cartoon?
You should've acted more convincingly
when we weren't looking.
To confirm my suspicion,
I asked for a background check.
And the result was stupefying.
NAME SUNG-MI HONG
You were Kyung-ho Choi's accomplice.
Kyung-ho Choi would commit crimes,
and you would serve as the scout.
I apologize.
It's a toy!
You were acting to buy some time.
Kyung-ho Choi has probably
not run to Busan,
but to a completely
unrelated location instead,
and is hiding there.
You idiot, do as I'm saying.
If you don't, we will be captured.
You need to go far away. I'll buy us time.
What are you saying?
You said we'd go everywhere together!
Shut up! The police will be here soon.
I will be fine on my own.
I don't know
why we turned out like this.
We tried to live a good life.
But our hearts alone
weren't enough.
We met at the hospital.
Kyung-ho was always
crying there.
And since we met,
we became like brother, like sister.
Kyung-ho was the first person
who treated me like an older sister.
But,
we were alone in the world.
Wherever we went, it was unfamiliar.
The world was filled with things
that made our life difficult.
If the world doesn't change
we had to change ourselves.
We needed money.
So we could afford plastic surgery.
People may not believe
that he would kill
for mere plastic surgery.
But he could do it.
If you were in Kyung-ho's shoes.
I can understand his pain.
Murder cannot
be rationalized in any way.
it's not rationalization.
We were just.
What good is fixing your face,
with the money you get from murdering?
You think that face can ever be normal?
Technically, you would have
the most hideous face in the world.
Where is Kyung-ho Choi now?
What's the situation?
We confirmed his run.
We can just arrest him now.
That some tricks.
He pretended to have run to Busan,
but stayed in Seoul.
Right next to his house.
Let's hurry.
Ok, let's head in!
What the... Dr. Han, you've come again?
I haven't come, it's just that
the suspect is wherever I go.
Fine.
GEUMCHEON MINI MOTEL
It's him.
Kyung-ho Choi, stop right there!
What? You found him?
Drop it!
Kyung-ho Choi,
let's stop this now.
Even if you kill, it's your loss!
Drop the knife!
Don't move! I'll slit her.
Sir, permission to shoot.
Go ahead.
You know how to shoot?
I'm going to fucking kill her!
Fucking kill her!
Why didn't you just kill me?
I don't even like this life.
No.
You should live on.
I'm sorry, Kyung-ho.
But...
you know I did it for your sake, right?
I want you to be ok.
You are the only one left for me.
Kyung-ho!
Let us not hurt anymore.
And embrace each other.
Kyung-ho,
I'm sorry and
I love you.
Why bother challenging me,
if you're going to lose every time?
I stayed up all night practicing.
I will show you up today.
Yeah, yeah, you say you practice...
Might I join the competition?
What are you talking about right now?
If you join this competition,
it'll be just a fraudulent match!
Right, right.
It'd be like Mike Tyson boxing a toddler.
Exactly!
Then, I will not participate.
That woman...
How dare you try to swindle us!
How crafty, Detective Kang!
This way.
If, maybe,
after thousands of years,
and humanity completely
conquers the human body,
do you think physical pain will disappear?
Who knows. Would such a day even arrive?
We can't even cure the common cold.
Maybe. I mean.
Well, theoretically,
pain will cease to exist.
But,
I don't think the world
would be any better off.
Man, or society
must feel pain to grow.
Being able to feel the pains of others
is the basis of the human world,
after all.
Leave me alone... please.
Please!
There's something strange
between the deceased and the suspect.
The body of the deceased
is contorted severely,
compared to ordinary corpses.
What are you doing to me!
Spirit-calling, exorcising,
séance...
She is talented in all.
The disease that Ok-jung and Yeo-rang has
likely progressive muscular dystrophy.
In my opinion, Yeo-rang is the culprit.
You seem like a person out for revenge.
The circumstances point to the fact!
You are not listening at all,
how unlike you!
Subtitle translation by Taek-joon Kim
It's your turn.
You should do it without practice.
When I was in the army, I got two awards
for good marksmanship.
Yeah, whatever.
It looks like you need to go back
to the army.
The BB bullets flew off to Andromeda or
something.
That's weird.
Maybe the barrel is bent.
Stop it with your silly excuses.
Excuse me, Detective Kang!
You want to give it a go?
Loser buys lunch.
No thanks.
Come on, just try it.
I mean, you have an army background,
and you're a police lieutenant.
I'm sure you are quite the marksman.
I don't shoot to play games.
Come on, be honest.
You don't know how to shoot, right?
Don't be embarrassed, ok?
I mean, Columbo never shot a gun
and he caught criminals just fine!
-You know I'm good at this.
-Oh, prove it.
THE NFS FOUNDED MEDICAL EXAMINER
OFFICES IN FIVE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS.
THE OFFICE IN HANKOOK UNIVERSITY IS
IN CHARGE OF SECOND AUTOPSIES
AND HAS INVESTIGATION AUTHORITY
OVER RARE DISEASE CASES.
This is Doo-man Lee from Sindang-dong,
a loan shark
who was murdered last week.
EPISODE 3
Our first autopsy finds
rupture and hemorrhage of the organs
due to a weapon-related trauma.
So what about this case?
Was there something extraordinary
about the corpse?
There was nothing odd about the corpse,
but bits of flesh were found
in the victim's fingernails.
I see it here.
Yes, an oddity in the hypodermic region.
-What the...
-That's it?
Yes.
It's requesting a detailed analysis
of the hypodermic region.
What do you mean by an oddity,
specifically?
I've got to take a look to be sure.
Let me see the enlarged photo.
Holy moly.
He didn't just scratch the perp,
he took a chunk of the flesh!
See? It's more than just a bit of skin.
-Hey, Dr. Han.
-Yeah?
What do you think?
I have no idea.
How could I tell anything from just that?
It's all dried up, I can't even see it.
Aren't you relying on me
a bit too much, Chief?
Relying on you, my ass.
I'm just checking, on account
that even dogshit may prove useful.
Chief, I guess you didn't know.
Dogshit is actually quite useful.
The ancient Donguibogam records
instances of using various dog parts
as medicine.
And it details how dog droppings
are extremely useful in treating
any intestinal disorders...
That's enough!
I've also heard that.
Even some kings have rubbed dogshit
in the past.
-She said kings!
-Kings!
Forget I mentioned it.
Oh, Lord...
Boy, I've gotten old
so it's hard to even text.
How does my daughter type
so fast on this thing?
It's a natural process of aging,
to have slower limbs and thoughts,
isn't that obvious?
I'm going to run away now.
What's going on?
We've received some new data.
Seok-hyung Oh, a gang member
from Nonhyun-dong,
Jang-eun Lee, an unemployed
with a record of fraud.
And finally, Doo-man Lee.
The police suspects these three murders
were committed by the same person.
By the same person?
All three murders have
the same witness testimonies.
They all testified that the murderer
was wearing a black hiking jacket
and a hoodie.
Man, how can I go hiking ever again,
with a guy like that roaming around?
This is the video footage of
Doo-man Lee's murder.
The suspect is in his fifties,
with dark, wrinkled skin,
and he is about 160cm tall.
He seems muscular for a man
of his age and height.
If he's able to murder a big guy.
Are there fingerprints,
or other such evidence?
As you see in the video,
he was wearing gloves, so no fingerprints.
And we couldn't find any hair
whether from the scalp or the body.
But since we have his flesh,
we've secured his DNA.
That's a relief.
What might be the motives?
Emotional, impulsive patterns are present.
And considering the murderer didn't take
any of the victims' possessions,
we suspect past grudges.
Whoa, how scary.
It's because of guys like him,
that we should all learn self-defense.
How about learning it already?
Your face basically begs for a fist,
isn't that right?
What do you mean, my face begs...
Well, yeah, I guess it does.
First, he corners the victim.
Wraps his arm around the neck,
and then wrestles around this way.
What are you doing?
I'm learning self-defense.
"How to protect yourself
when someone pulls out a knife."
"First, flee toward the direction...
of the knife?"
What the hell is this?
How is that useful at all?
It looks like a super old book.
Why are you reading stuff like that?
Just preparing for the worst.
Who knows if I'll run
into a crazy bastard?
Wow, this seems kind of neat.
What is it?
"How to protect yourself
when someone pulls a knife."
"Two, quickly lie down."
"Then, bend your leg into a Z,
proceed to kick away the weapon,
or pretend you're pedaling a bicycle
to make it difficult for your enemy."
Dr. Han, how would something like that
be possible?
I'll give it a shot.
Here, this is your knife.
Let's say you're holding a knife,
and try attacking me!
Ok, I'm in position now.
I'm lying down,
and my legs are in a Z position.
Let's go!
See? You can't stab me.
This may not look very cool,
but it's defensive, alright!
Whoa, it's hard to stab you.
Take this!
-How about...
-Nope!
What are you guys doing?
Man, that was embarrassing.
What are you doing, Yoon-jung?
Well, I'm studying
the hypodermic sample
that arrived earlier today.
What?
I thought it was no good
and you sent it back.
Not yet.
There's something weird about it,
for sure.
-Really?
-You want to take a look?
Yeah.
-Let's see...
-Ok...
You couldn't really see it in the picture,
but from the microscope,
you can tell something is off.
The fingernails took large chunks
of the flesh,
yet you can hardly see any
subcutaneous fat.
You are right.
When I first saw it,
I thought the fingernail went only so far
as the epidermis.
But now that I see it, it went well
into the dermis.
Right.
So, how come there is no trace of any fat?
-Yoon-jung.
-Yes?
Don't send this back to the main office
just yet.
Can you give me
just this much time, to think about it?
Sure! Since it's your request, Dr. Han,
I will do as you ask.
Thank you!
Now we can take our time.
I guess he got better at murdering.
He's the devil.
Why do you think he always texts
after he murders?
I think
these are contract murders.
Contract murders?
There's no similarities
between the four victims so far.
The fact the murderer does not rob
the victims at first,
is because the motive was grudge related
but it could also mean
that he's working as a hired killer.
Just as the examiner said,
the fact that he is sending text messages
after each murder,
must mean he is reporting to someone.
Wait a minute.
Can you go back
to where he's sending a text.
Boy, I've gotten old...
It's so hard to even text.
How does my daughter type
so fast on this thing?
DERMATOLOGY
HISTOLOGY, DIAGNOSTIC VIROLOGY
Here you see the suspect
sending a text message after the murder.
But, look closely at the hands
he is using to text.
He's really fast, right?
Typically, this is not how fast
a person in his fifties types.
Usually, teenagers text this fast,
don't you think?
Then, you're saying that the suspect
is a middle or high school student?
-That's right.
-That's impossible!
He's got an even wrinklier face
than my father's.
Just how can you
make such a claim, out of the blue?
Mr. Nam, please.
Here is a British woman named
Zara Hartshorn.
How old do you think she is?
-She's just 13 years old.
-What?
She's suffers from a rare genetic disorder
called lipoatrophy.
Isn't lipoatrophy basically...
cellulites?
No, that's a misnomer
propagated by the dieting industry.
The subcutaneous fat gets wrinkled,
and the flesh gets stretchmarks.
Don't we have some ourselves?
But, with that said,
Zara's case is special.
She's suffers from an acquired form
of the disease, all over her body.
The fat that is supposed to form
corium around the fascia is broken down,
reduced, or even disintegrated.
The sebaceous gland is lost, as well.
So that must be a malignant form
of the disease!
Yes, indeed.
So, Dr. Han, you are saying,
the perp suffers from the same condition
as Zara Hartshorn?
That's right.
After looking closely,
I confirmed absence of fat
in the sample fascia layer.
This is all thanks to Yoon-jung,
who saw this through even before me.
It's as if she prepared
a full table of dinner,
and I showed up with a fork in my hand.
Oh, how humble am I!
Then, is this disease
essentially progeria?
No, progeria is a symptom
of Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome.
A person who suffers from it
tends to have smaller bodies,
no pubic hair,
more wrinkles, and grey hair.
Progeria is not a skin condition,
but it's a problem in the pituitary gland.
The congenital lipoatrophy
has many complications,
like heart disease and diabetes.
It's due to problems in sebum production
and blood circulation.
How rare is this disease?
It's extremely rare, globally.
And there may be four or five people
in Korea.
Then, we could simply find him by
searching all the hospitals in Korea.
Good idea. Only big general hospitals
take care of rare diseases like this one.
If diabetes is a common complication,
wouldn't the suspect have to visit
the hospital routinely?
Right.
He'll have to see his primary physician
for prescriptions.
Then we will conduct searches
in major hospitals
We've identified a potential match
based on the data you sent over.
A father and son were
treated for the same condition.
It's kind of vague, but that may be him.
The father's name is Moon-seo Choi,
and the son, Kyung-ho Choi.
How old is Kyung-ho Choi?
-He's 18 years old.
-What?
I guess you were right.
Aside from diabetes,
is he being treated
for any skin conditions?
No. A face-lift procedure is offered
for patients with this condition,
but the cost is prohibitive.
What is exactly a face-lift?
It's a procedure for removing wrinkles.
Is that really enough to cure
the disease, though?
One or two times would not be enough.
He would have to be treated regularly.
That must cost a lot of money.
You're absolutely right.
When is the next time you see him?
Coincidentally, it is during this week.
This is the only picture of Kyung-ho Choi
taken at this school.
As you probably expected,
school life was not easy
for Kyung-ho Choi.
I tried to keep the kids in check,
but they were often cruel to
Kyung-ho Choi.
You assholes!
That was the last time.
I never saw Kyung-ho after that.
Did he have any close friends?
You can see, next to him in the picture,
this boy, named Young-sik.
He was the closest to Kyung-ho,
but not in a good way,
since he used Kyung-ho.
Pretend to be close,
and get Kyung-ho to beat up whoever
was bothering him.
Something like that.
I heard that Young-sik,
even after graduation,
has been up to no good,
and getting into trouble.
The friend might know a lot
about Kyung-ho Choi.
Yes, please identify
his whereabouts first.
Thanks.
So, it's a story of a bullied boy,
grown up to be an assassin.
Do you know the etymology
of the English word,
"assassin?"
I will do a search once I get back
in the office.
Oh, come on.
You have a walking search engine,
right here!
The word "assassin" originates
from an Arabic word, hashishin.
Which meant someone who consumes
hashishi , a potent drug.
In the old Persia,
they formed clandestine operatives
to assassinate political rivals.
And they would kill
under the psychedelic effect of hashishi.
That's how hashishins ,
or assassins, in English,
came to be.
They used to kill under influence,
but now he is killing people sober.
The world itself is a drug.
Since it drives everyone
to the absolute edge of madness.
Let me take a nap.
Do as you wish.
What are you doing here?
Detective Kang!
I told you to stay at the hospital!
I'm only here because I was so bored.
I won't be disturbing you, I promise!
And what's that you're holding?
Oh, this? It's all for the looks.
Don't I look like Horatio
from CSI: Miami ?
Man, I forgot to bring my Ray-Bans.
I should've brought them!
Why are you acting like a child?
It's not a toy just for children.
I understand.
He's come through the entrance.
Go around the far side, and stay put.
I got you.
-Hello.
-Oh, hello!
Thank you.
He's moving, toward Dermatology section.
Don't be brash,
there are many people here.
Get him from the behind
as he's entering the dermatology section
We are ready to arrest, sir.
DERMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Something is strange.
Get him!
-Stop!
-Freeze!
Hey! How rude...
Hey!
-Stop running!
-Freeze!
Stop running!
Damn it...
No...
Damn it.
Where did he go?
Let's split up.
What a hassle.
Why does he have to run
to a place like this?
Damn...
Oh, my legs...
My legs...
Damn...
What the hell am I doing?
Damn.
Oh, Kyung-ho, no.
Why did you come this way?
It's a dead end here, you know.
No, don't misunderstand.
I'm not a detective, I'm a doctor.
Let's first get out of this corner.
Don't pick it up, it's just a fake.
It's a cheap imitation
I bought in Hongdae.
Man, don't be running.
Why, what's up now?
Just calm down for a second.
Calm down, ok?
Holy shit! Damn...
Hey! Come on. Come get me, you jerk!
Hit me right here. Nope!
You want to play?
-Damn this guy...
-Kyung-ho Choi!
Just shoot him, quickly!
Drop the knife.
If you resist, I will shoot.
What are you doing? Guiding traffic?
Detective...
Get... get that bastard!
Wow, Detective Kang,
those were some quick blows.
Stinging like a bee!
You were awesome.
Don't ever disobey my order again.
You almost got in big trouble!
But you rescued me so everything's fine!
We were just lucky this time!
Ok, fine, fine.
But tell me. Why didn't you shoot the gun?
You've never shot it, right?
No bullets either, right?
I got you, didn't I?
Hi, Detective Park!
-Are you alright?
-I am fine.
How did he know that we were there?
It's just a guess,
but, maybe he has an accomplice.
Someone who keeps a look out for him
from a distance.
Right. How else could he have known?
You don't think...
that Young-sik Lee is involved?
We have Young-sik Lee's whereabouts.
I'm telling you, I don't know anything.
We haven't talked in months.
Are you sure you were at the internet cafe
from the morning until you were detained?
Yeah, go ask the part-timers there,
or any of the no-lifers there.
Before you lost contact,
what was Kyung-ho up to?
He was helping out some other guys
and getting some money.
That's what he was doing.
Actually, he was practically jobless.
Oh right,
he asked me if there was some big money
that he can be making.
So, then?
I introduced him to a dude I know.
He's a private eye.
A private eye?
It's your call records.
Immediately after the four died,
you received a text message each time.
How do you explain yourself?
Look, man. Let's make this easy
on ourselves.
You got the contract, and had
Kyung-ho do the knifing, right?
Are you pleading the fifth?
This is your list of clients.
I'm sure we can poke around for answers,
and you'll just get longer sentences
for not cooperating.
Where is
Kyung-ho Choi?
I have no damn idea!
I only talked to him on the phone,
or by text.
Detective Park.
Why don't we use this again?
Since we know Kyung-ho's phone number,
we will analyze reception locations.
There's got to be common locations,
and that's likely to be his residence.
That's certainly possible,
but it's not very detailed.
It'll only describe in terms of districts.
Testing, testing.
You can narrow it down further than that.
Kyung-ho Choi has pretty bad diabetes.
Unless he gets a prescription,
he can't get his medicine.
Then, he's likely
to have robbed a pharmacy.
So, you get the gist of the location
from the call records,
and run it against any case
of robbery at a pharmacy,
then you can get a pretty good idea.
In the past, it was not easy
to get insulin from just any pharmacy.
But these days, thanks
to the prescriptions,
you can get it
from any mid-sized pharmacy.
What do you think, does that help?
Just as Dr. Han said, we found an area
where the call records match
an incident of insulin robbery
at a pharmacy.
And we also obtained testimony
from witnesses who've seen Kyung-ho Choi.
Even his residence.
We are scouring the database.
How are we going to find her parents
if she doesn't talk, and sleeps all day?
It's not that she doesn't talk. She can't.
We will have to consult a specialist.
KOREAN CLINICS
It'll be hard for her to open up.
That son of a bitch.
Why did he have to kidnap a young one?
We haven't been able to identify
who her parents are.
There' no...
evidence of sexual abuse, is there?
No.
We took a look at her right away,
and no such evidence.
I know, I was worried about that as well.
What a relief.
Do you remember anything?
I can't remember anything.
How about your home, or school?
I don't remember Mom and Dad,
and I don't remember school or home.
Is she dissociative amnesia?
That's a possibility.
It must be a huge trauma for the child.
But,
I remember what the man said.
He said, "I'm sorry.
I'm going away to die."
What?
Here.
Can you tell me in detail?
What did the man say?
He said he's sorry for taking me there.
I don't know what he meant,
but he said he needs to be punished.
And he said,
he's going to go die next to his mom.
Did another man come by the house?
I don't know.
He talked on the phone, though.
I see...
Why did the man lock you in the house?
I don't know.
Kyung-ho Choi knew that we would find him.
So he knew that she would be discovered
naturally.
Hey, that's mine,
you can give it back to me now.
Let her play with it!
That's a rare item!
Sorry!
You...
-Yoon-jung!
-Oh, yes?
I have a favor to ask you.
-A favor?
-Yeah.
A favor...
Fine, tell me.
-You want me to solve this?
-No.
What is it for?
We believe
Kyung-ho Choi is headed to Busan.
He told the child that he will go die
by his mother's side.
His mother died in 2003,
and was buried in Busan.
His hometown is also Busan.
Detective Kang, just a minute.
I'm going to Busan.
Please don't follow me and stay here.
Oh, and
Please take care of the child...
Do you want me to tell you something fun?
Where are you going?
What? Well...
I wanted some ice cream.
But you shouldn't go outside.
I will be right back.
Do you need some money?
No. I have some.
Ok.
INVESTIGATION ROOM
Why are you
doing this? You're scaring me.
They should give you an award
at the Cannes.
Sung-mi Hong!
Your age is
a whopping 28!
Though there's no confirmation
from the academia,
but it's unofficially called
the Highlander syndrome.
A rare condition where
growth stops at a certain age.
I stumbled upon this knowledge while
researching Kyung-ho Choi's condition.
Since it's the exact opposite of his.
You thought you could fool us all, right?
You picked the wrong target.
I was suspicious from the beginning.
It was an amateurish character setting.
You only need to have read one book
on children's psychology.
A child would never let go
of an object she is entrusting.
Especially when she is
in anxiety or extremely nervous state.
You asked me to put on
some cartoons on TV.
What kind of child looks so expressionless
while watching a cartoon?
You should've acted more convincingly
when we weren't looking.
To confirm my suspicion,
I asked for a background check.
And the result was stupefying.
NAME SUNG-MI HONG
You were Kyung-ho Choi's accomplice.
Kyung-ho Choi would commit crimes,
and you would serve as the scout.
I apologize.
It's a toy!
You were acting to buy some time.
Kyung-ho Choi has probably
not run to Busan,
but to a completely
unrelated location instead,
and is hiding there.
You idiot, do as I'm saying.
If you don't, we will be captured.
You need to go far away. I'll buy us time.
What are you saying?
You said we'd go everywhere together!
Shut up! The police will be here soon.
I will be fine on my own.
I don't know
why we turned out like this.
We tried to live a good life.
But our hearts alone
weren't enough.
We met at the hospital.
Kyung-ho was always
crying there.
And since we met,
we became like brother, like sister.
Kyung-ho was the first person
who treated me like an older sister.
But,
we were alone in the world.
Wherever we went, it was unfamiliar.
The world was filled with things
that made our life difficult.
If the world doesn't change
we had to change ourselves.
We needed money.
So we could afford plastic surgery.
People may not believe
that he would kill
for mere plastic surgery.
But he could do it.
If you were in Kyung-ho's shoes.
I can understand his pain.
Murder cannot
be rationalized in any way.
it's not rationalization.
We were just.
What good is fixing your face,
with the money you get from murdering?
You think that face can ever be normal?
Technically, you would have
the most hideous face in the world.
Where is Kyung-ho Choi now?
What's the situation?
We confirmed his run.
We can just arrest him now.
That some tricks.
He pretended to have run to Busan,
but stayed in Seoul.
Right next to his house.
Let's hurry.
Ok, let's head in!
What the... Dr. Han, you've come again?
I haven't come, it's just that
the suspect is wherever I go.
Fine.
GEUMCHEON MINI MOTEL
It's him.
Kyung-ho Choi, stop right there!
What? You found him?
Drop it!
Kyung-ho Choi,
let's stop this now.
Even if you kill, it's your loss!
Drop the knife!
Don't move! I'll slit her.
Sir, permission to shoot.
Go ahead.
You know how to shoot?
I'm going to fucking kill her!
Fucking kill her!
Why didn't you just kill me?
I don't even like this life.
No.
You should live on.
I'm sorry, Kyung-ho.
But...
you know I did it for your sake, right?
I want you to be ok.
You are the only one left for me.
Kyung-ho!
Let us not hurt anymore.
And embrace each other.
Kyung-ho,
I'm sorry and
I love you.
Why bother challenging me,
if you're going to lose every time?
I stayed up all night practicing.
I will show you up today.
Yeah, yeah, you say you practice...
Might I join the competition?
What are you talking about right now?
If you join this competition,
it'll be just a fraudulent match!
Right, right.
It'd be like Mike Tyson boxing a toddler.
Exactly!
Then, I will not participate.
That woman...
How dare you try to swindle us!
How crafty, Detective Kang!
This way.
If, maybe,
after thousands of years,
and humanity completely
conquers the human body,
do you think physical pain will disappear?
Who knows. Would such a day even arrive?
We can't even cure the common cold.
Maybe. I mean.
Well, theoretically,
pain will cease to exist.
But,
I don't think the world
would be any better off.
Man, or society
must feel pain to grow.
Being able to feel the pains of others
is the basis of the human world,
after all.
Leave me alone... please.
Please!
There's something strange
between the deceased and the suspect.
The body of the deceased
is contorted severely,
compared to ordinary corpses.
What are you doing to me!
Spirit-calling, exorcising,
séance...
She is talented in all.
The disease that Ok-jung and Yeo-rang has
likely progressive muscular dystrophy.
In my opinion, Yeo-rang is the culprit.
You seem like a person out for revenge.
The circumstances point to the fact!
You are not listening at all,
how unlike you!
Subtitle translation by Taek-joon Kim