Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020) s01e10 Episode Script

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TALE OF THE NINE TAILED
By the way, where are we going?
The place where
Ah-eum's and my story began.
It's the forest I used to rule.
It was my hometown,
my house and my workplace.
Did you know there was something similar
to Valentine's Day in the Joseon Dynasty?
On Gyeongchip,
when everything woke up for spring,
lovers exchanged ginkgo fruit
as the symbol of their love.
Why ginkgo fruit?
They have female and male trees
to mate and bear fruit,
and they live for over a thousand years.
So you're still keeping
a Valentine's Day gift
from your ex-girlfriend?
A farewell gift.
We broke up after I got these.
Here.
I'll protect you.
What?
You said mountain gods protect
everything living in the mountains.
So someone has to protect
the mountain god.
-Why would you protect me?
-Because I like you, Lee Yeon.
Who do you think you are?
What power do you even have?
Why are you saying that?
Just because you're talking to me
that doesn't mean you're someone great.
What a big dream you have.
How can you be as powerful as I am?
How can you protect me?
You're nothing but a human.
Do you mean that?
I do.
So don't come here again, ever.
You didn't mean it, did you?
I was afraid.
What would happen if I,
one who lives for eternity,
love a human,
who lives for a limited time?
How did you get to meet her again?
Did you go to her?
I was the lord of the mountains,
bound to the mountains I was ruling.
Mountain gods cannot leave their forests.
-What happens if they do?
-They become weak.
Because they can't use their powers
as mountain gods.
For once, I went beyond
the boundary while chasing
a tiger's ghost servants
that were causing chaos in the area.
A thousand-year-old nine-tailed fox
is in our village!
-A nine-tailed fox?
-A nine-tailed fox is here!
-A nine-tailed fox!
-A nine-tailed fox is here!
-Look! Bloodstains!
-Hey, hey, hey!
-Oh, don't go!
-A nine-tailed fox is here!
Search there thoroughly!
How vulgar!
-Let's go that way!
-Oh, my! Oh!
Go. If you keep going straight this way,
you'll get to your forest.
Ah-eum.
I didn't see you today.
Thank you.
I will repay this kindness.
CHAPTER 10: DÉJÀ VU
Found you!
I'm going to go get you soon.
Wait right there.
What's entertaining you so much?
-Seems like the stage is finally complete.
-The stage?
I found it out
through the Demon of Darkness.
That Lee Yeon
can never kill her in this life.
But does it have to be those two?
It's originally my place.
The place of a mountain god,
and the place next to that maiden.
If so…
I will have the body of a mountain god
to become a god,
and have her as my bride.
Wow, this place is enchanting.
Why aren't you asking me?
About why I repaid kindness with revenge?
About why I killed you
in your previous life?
I saw it on my way here,
and this beautiful waterfall
didn't have just one legend about it.
It's about a married couple
who loved each other so much,
but the version where the husband dies
is different from the one
where the wife dies.
I believe that the tale
of the nine-tailed fox
who killed his first love
and met a tragic ending
has a story behind it which I don't know.
Ah-eum. Why did you?
This woman's body is quite useful.
I can shoot arrows as much as I want
to a mountain god's body,
which was invincible.
The Imoogi.
Long time, Lee Yeon.
I've been waiting for you for a long time.
-Where's Ah-eum?
-Here.
She gave me her body to save her father.
Get out of that body.
I forgot to tell you.
That's an evening primrose
from a graveyard.
I said, get out.
-This woman is mine.
-Get out!
Shall I get out? By killing this woman?
-This woman is nothing to me.
-No way.
Are you thinking that you lured me
by using her as a bait?
Don't you think that I lured you
by using this woman as bait?
Please don't kill me!
To be honest, I don't want to die!
You promised me
that you wouldn't change
until the day you die.
Lee Yeon.
No. No.
Ah-eum, is that you?
Don't come any closer.
So it is you.
I killed the villagers.
I killed them all.
It's not your fault.
Help me, Lee Yeon.
So I don't harm more people.
So I wouldn't harm you…
Kill me.
It's okay. I'm here.
Everything's going to be okay.
This girl is tougher than I thought.
You can't slash her,
or let her live, either.
You want me, don't you?
Have my body, and let her go.
That makes me tear up.
I won't say it twice.
Do you want a mountain god's body,
or that body?
All right. I will let the maiden go.
But instead,
give me your heart.
I heard the essence of a mountain god
is in the heart.
Cut it out.
Ah-eum.
Are you listening from there?
Promise me one thing.
That you'll forget me.
Forget me
and live a long life.
You don't need to feel sorry for me
or thank me.
Because my life is yours, anyway.
Who said you can die
on your own like that?
Ah-eum.
Let go. I'm fine.
Lee Yeon.
You told me to forget you,
but I don't want to.
Don't forget me.
-What are you saying?
-If you get a new lover,
I'll crawl out of my grave.
Let go!
Repay the kindness, Lee Yeon.
No.
Kill me.
Remember the promise?
That I will…
protect you.
Thank you, Lee Yeon.
For keeping the promise
of not forgetting me.
And I'm sorry.
For making you wait so long.
Huh? But it's precious to you.
You're not the shadow of my past,
so I'm going to look at you clearly.
I'm going to see you clearly.
I'm going to see you as you,
not as the reborn Ah-eum.
You're back? I thought you died
in the Forest of Starving Demons.
Shut up. I'm not happy about it.
Now?
Well, you can come if you want to.
Are you okay?
Shall I ask Shin-ju to come again?
Don't be fussy. It's nothing.
It's not because of the venom, is it?
Your life span is coming to an end.
Aren't I right?
I've been living quite long
for a half fox.
Please eat the ground cherries.
You can steal humans' life spans
and live much longer.
Lee Yeon is coming.
I'll tell him about how that Imoogi is.
-I'm the only one who knows its face.
-Then what about you?
I've never dreamed of a future
in my life, anyway.
Don't do it, please! Don't!
Do you have to do that much for Lee Yeon?
Don't tell Lee Yeon. Ever.
Don't meet Lee Yeon.
Meet the Imoogi and ask it to save you.
Or, just tell me where it is.
I'll go get the ground cherries for you.
Yoo-ri.
Why are you crying for me?
-Because I'm furious!
-I told you.
Never cry for someone else.
Don't turn your life into a tearjerker.
You told me to take things,
not have things taken from me.
You said that the first day we met,
covered in the zookeeper's blood.
You told me to live like that.
I'm really capricious, you know.
Stop sobbing.
Go outside and buy some naengmyeon.
-I want Pyongyang naengmyeon.
-Damn it.
I want to go back to that time.
I just can't remember the flavor
of rosebays I used to eat at the time.
Hey.
Why are you making a face like you played
with a Ouija board all day?
I'm sure I saw him somewhere.
-Who?
-Producer Nam's boyfriend.
Well, you have keen eyes,
aside from everything else.
What were the topics
for our show recently?
A scary legend of a part-timer,
a cursed wedding ring,
-a haunted house experience--
-Wait!
I'm sure it was around that time.
I'm going crazy. Who was he?
The red umbrella.
What does that mean?
He's right.
That man you guys met that day.
He's the red umbrella guy
we did a story on.
Why?
Looks like I am not the guest
you were waiting for, huh?
Where did he go?
Lee Yeon?
Do you know me? Where's Lee Rang?
I don't know. He's gone.
He's not answering his phone, either.
Since you're talking down to me,
like a dog, you must be that thing.
The necklace thief. The dog owner.
Your relationship is 99 points.
-What the heck are you saying?
-Well, there is something.
Oh, Pyongyang naengmyeon.
That's for Lord Lee Rang! Don't eat it!
Naengmyeon tastes bad when it gets soggy.
Oh, dear. You look so unwell.
Please get away from me when you talk.
You smell like a rotting corpse.
It's the smell of death.
Both of us have been living longer
than we're supposed to.
Would you like some?
No, thanks.
Are you going to exchange your life
for pride? Is that even worthy?
Do I look like I'm desperate to live,
like you?
No.
You didn't, so why do I see
so much regret on your face?
That's not like you, Lord Lee Rang.
Get to the point.
Are you going to disobey our lord?
Your lord, not our lord.
You're upset because
of the Demon of Darkness.
But that's 100% misunderstanding.
It threw me into the Forest of Starving
Demons. And what? Misunderstanding?
They just went a bit too far
while trying to catch Lee Yeon.
Do you think they would've left you
there for good?
You know what?
I'm sick of listening to your lies.
You know it, right?
Though I'm in this condition,
it's easy for me to kill you
and chew you up.
Wait, wait.
But it's weird.
Your lord has to show up by this moment.
Want me to guess?
The Imoogi isn't in this house right now.
That was good.
-What are you looking at?
-Get out. Get lost.
It's nothing but ice.
Doesn't he have any ice cream?
And he raises a damn rude foreign fox.
-I hate you.
-I didn't ask.
Don't try to approach Lord Lee Rang.
-What if I do?
-I'll kill you.
-Who do you think you are?
-Ki Yoo-ri. Why?
-I didn't tell you to introduce yourself.
-You just asked me who I am.
Looks like you're not that intelligent.
Can you communicate with Lee Rang?
-I know him better than you.
-Well?
Lord Lee Rang only puts mustard
on his naengmyeon, not vinegar.
If he eats swimming crabs,
his lips get zits.
And he won't even touch
gimbap with cucumbers.
It's all about food.
But because of you.
Because of a jerk like you, Lord Lee Rang.
Don't tell Lee Yeon. Ever.
-What about Lee Rang?
-None of your business.
You're laughing?
You can't kill me. You shouldn't.
-What?
-It was I who saved your life
when you were dying
from being stabbed by Lee Yeon.
There's still debt left between us.
What are you?
I'm a passerby, and it seems like
your life is at stake.
Shut up. You smell like a rotting corpse.
I'm a human, who happened
to be living for a long time.
Why did you save my life?
The reason doesn't matter.
Repay the kindness someday.
I'm sure that day will come.
You must follow the rule.
Foxes can't break a deal.
You revived the Imoogi thanks to me.
It was thanks to me.
You just did a bit of a performance.
You came to me to use me
from the beginning, didn't you?
You knew Lee Yeon is my brother.
What other values does a half fox have
besides that one?
Eat the ground cherry.
You must live and repay the kindness.
What do you want from me?
Give us Lee Yeon. You have two days.
We need his body.
I need to go.
Yeah, go. Shoo, shoo!
He was acting like
he's the most miserable of all.
But looks like Lee Rang
wasn't that miserable, after all.
If you're going to protect him,
protect him until the end.
Give this to Lee Rang.
It's payment for the naengmyeon.
What the heck?
A summary, huh?
The man you're dating is the suspect
of that violent crime case we're after?
-Not the suspect. The culprit.
-Does he have a criminal record?
He was never indicted, but I'm sure
he committed lots of similar crimes.
And you met him knowing all that?
-Yeah.
-Why?
He waited until I was born again.
He's the first love of my previous life.
Previous life is an item for our show.
Isn't it a metaphor?
Like he likes you so much
he feels like that.
Do you think the three of us
met by coincidence?
I think it's fate.
So much for fate. That's enough.
Let's hear the reason at least.
What's all this?
You two can be in danger.
Because you guys
are the closest people to me.
In the previous life,
and in this life, too.
You're obsessed with the previous life.
Seriously!
Since you're all educated,
words aren't enough.
See it for yourself.
-What's with these glasses?
-They're Tiger's Eyebrow.
-The folk tale the kids read about?
-Right.
-Do you have a mirror?
-Seriously.
Here.
Where are we going?
We're going someplace
far away from the palace.
Is it just the two of you?
I'm sorry, Your Highness.
We will protect you until the end.
-From now on, just set one table.
-Huh?
This is not the palace,
and no one else is here.
So forget the formalities.
Let's eat together.
-We can't. How can we?
-If we can't,
then I'll starve.
Your Highness!
-Where are you going?
-To get some fresh air.
-Don't follow me.
-Don't go near the northern forests.
-Why?
-A thousand-year-old fox lives there.
A fox?
Your Highness, here. It's fish.
Open your mouth.
You got rice on your face.
Your Highness!
-Ta-da!
-Wow!
Oh, you didn't have to.
You should sit here, too.
I'm okay.
Join us. Have a seat.
-Oh, come on.
-Come on.
It's really pretty.
It would look great on you.
That was our previous life?
Am I dreaming? Or not?
I just got bewitched, didn't I?
These aren't VR goggles
or anything, right?
I can't believe it.
If the previous life does exist--
I thought I'd be the princess.
Why are you the princess?
It's better than being a eunuch.
Ah! That kid who called me
a eunuch before!
-Those are the same glasses.
-No way.
We've been working on a show about
scary legends and we got possessed.
Tell me. I'm sure you're not trying
to be shocked all together.
What's your real reason
for showing this to us?
The thing that's targeting me
is closer than I thought.
Perhaps it's someone we know.
Like how you two protected me
in our previous lives,
I want to protect you guys, too.
What about your boyfriend? What is he?
Will you come in?
Hi, is this your first time
seeing a nine-tailed fox?
Why? Can't you believe it?
It looked like they were
more shocked than we thought.
I did expect that it won't be easy.
I understand that they can't accept it.
Tell me if something goes wrong.
I'll erase that part of their memories.
What about your brother? Did you meet him?
No. It seems like the Imoogi
has already made its move.
I see.
It was watching us through the Demon
of Darkness. So it figured it out.
That once his mind is shaken,
Lee Rang is like a time bomb.
I thought we were going to
finally get some clues.
No need to be disappointed.
I actually expected that
a little bit, too.
I prepared something as insurance.
Where have you been?
I want to be alone.
Your body…
Did you eat the ground cherry?
Please leave me alone.
Over there. Lee Yeon left it.
This is ridiculous.
Yes, CEO.
What made you call me at this hour?
I have a personal favor to ask you,
that's why.
A personal favor? To me?
Please do ask me. Anything.
Yeah, he's going to go see you tomorrow.
Yeah, thanks.
Have a good night's sleep.
What about Producer Nam?
Isn't she eating chicken?
No. She must've been tired. She's asleep.
-Are you going to stay here for a while?
-Yeah.
This place is safer as the base camp.
Did you see it?
I didn't see the Imoogi.
But I saw the middle-aged man
who took Master Lee Rang.
Could be the jerk
with a tattoo on his forehead.
We know where they are,
so that's good enough for now.
-You should be careful, too.
-Okay.
Here, please enjoy.
Why do you always give me the drumsticks?
Because they're drumsticks.
Thank you for the food!
Well done with this one,
and with the Demon of Darkness.
The gods of the Stream of the Dead
helped me.
That old hag never gives
anything for free.
Did she rob you? Huh? Did you make a deal?
A slavery deal.
What?
I'm supposed to row a boat
on the Stream of the Dead.
She told me to transport the dead ones
going to hell. They're shorthanded.
But you get seasick.
I'm supposed to start working after I die.
-Do dead foxes get seasick, too?
-They do.
Hey, this won't do.
Switch to an office job.
By giving tons of bribes
to the higher-ups.
I'll count on you, Lord Lee Yeon.
But it will be a long while until I die.
Go ahead and try to date
that necklace thief before you die.
I told you she has
the lovely name of Yoo-ri.
-Did you meet her?
-Yeah.
She's a lot more sincere than I thought.
You slept in.
Why are you so shocked?
You know me, right?
-Ow, my stomach feels sour.
-Ow, my stomach.
-Want some coffee?
-Of course. Hurry.
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
-It's like I'm at a luxurious café.
-Isn't it sweet?
Like it was made
by a professional barista.
If life can be just as smooth as this,
I wouldn't ask for more.
Hey, about yesterday…
I've been looking for you guys.
Hey, wrap up what you're doing,
and come to the office.
Hurry!
Hurry up. Hurry.
-Come in.
-There isn't anything much.
Now, say hi. He's our team's new intern.
Nice to meet you.
How did you get here?
You shouldn't ask about
my business secrets.
I searched everywhere, but it's not here.
Where is it?
I don't know.
I didn't even say what it is,
and you said you don't know.
-That's what everyone says at first.
-I seriously don't know.
Didn't you hear what they say about me?
Anyone who meets me
wants to spill their secrets.
-What does that mean?
-Look.
Ah, it's perfect weather for torture.
I'm Terry.
Terry, Terry. Isn't that quite easy
to remember? Huh?
You're 22 years old, right?
He studied in the US.
He went to a prestigious college.
-Who do you have a connection with?
-Huh?
All interns at a broadcasting station
get in through connections.
Seeing how Mr. Choi reacts
like he's your manager,
you must have a connection
with someone high up.
What's wrong with you?
She's a bit aggressive, that's why.
Careful.
She's more aggressive when hungry.
He's not my dad, but my guardian
is a big figure in this industry.
-Is he a journalist?
-Yes.
I like how you don't talk behind backs.
I'm Nam Ji-ah.
Yeah, this is right, isn't it?
Wow, what a joyful atmosphere.
Please help each other, okay?
Hey, submit the materials
I mentioned earlier.
By the way, have we met before?
I don't know.
Why can't I hear anything?
An intern, but he's actually the boss.
That's crazy.
How can someone's eyes,
nose and mouth be placed so perfectly?
If I impress the CEO perfectly this time,
I will be the youngest director.
That thing has finally
started to make its move.
Is that girl's sacrifice…
the only way to stop the calamity?
Honey! You know today's
our wedding anniversary, right?
Did you forget again? Do you even love me?
Yikes, that scared me! Damn it!
What time is it?
Why weren't you answering your phone?
And where were you using
my credit card at?
I knew it. People never change.
Honey! Look what I bought.
Before that,
what do you think is behind me?
I don't know.
Ow, that hurts!
I told you not to leave
your place of work.
I paid a lot for this…
Look at your hair.
The World of the Dead isn't a nightclub!
I'd like to ask you a favor.
From now on,
I'm going to do everything I can.
So I can live, and she can live, too.
What can I do for you?
First, open the old hag's heart
for me, please.
Open her heart?
I'm sure she knows
about how to get rid of the Imoogi.
She's been so worried
since the Imoogi woke up.
If she knew,
she wouldn't have just stood still.
Perhaps it's something
that requires breaking a taboo.
NAM JI-AH
Is something on the back of my head?
-No.
-No.
-If you have something to say, say it.
-I mean…
Are you even human?
How can you be so calm after seeing that?
-What did you see?
-Nothing!
Hey, are you being impudent to me?
It really is nothing.
Huh? If it's nothing, just say it.
What is it?
-Wow! Did you see this breaking news?
-Breaking news?
MUMMIFIED CORPSE FOUND
IN CONSTRUCTION AREA
-A mummy was found at a construction site.
-In Korea, not in Egypt?
Terry. Let me see that.
Thanks.
Geumran-gu…
MUMMIFIED CORPSE FOUND
IN CONSTRUCTION AREA
This looks interesting. I like this one.
Hey, Pyo Jae-hwan. Go.
-I have an interview in an hour.
-Get the camera.
-I'll go.
-Okay.
Can I go with you?
Listen, intern. This isn't a field trip.
This is a real incident.
It'd be a few sentences in your résumé,
but we do this for a living.
If you get in the way
while I cover the story--
Then fire me.
I'll do the camera check first.
Where did you learn to use the camera?
I taught myself, but I'm not sure
if this is a useful skill.
-Can you film it?
-Yes.
A corpse, too?
-I have to film a corpse?
-Yeah.
To be honest,
I'm not confident about doing that.
Why not?
I don't think the deceased
would like that.
What does that mean?
Whatever the reason is,
if my death is being exhibited
through a camera to people I don't know,
I think I might feel a bit sad.
-You can hold the camera, then.
-What?
I think those who are curious first
when they see dead people
should not hold the camera.
Does that mean I passed?
You passed.
-Why are you smiling?
-Because I like it.
-Like what?
-You.
MISSING CA
RUSSIAN BLUE, FEMALE
Are you looking for a cat?
A female Russian Blue.
Go to the back of the restroom
at Waterside Park.
The alley cats in this town said so,
so it's accurate.
Please send the $200 reward money
to my account--
Hello? What the heck?
What brings you here, Yoo-ri?
I wanted a daytime drink,
but there aren't any bars open.
-Drink?
-If you don't want to, then never mind.
What are you doing?
-Anastasia said he waited for you.
-Don't act like you're close to me.
Why are you laughing?
He said he wants the jerky
in that bag, too.
You're like a shaman.
I'll give you jerky for puppies.
Hi, Yeon.
Oh, that brat, he's totally blue.
IDENTITY INFORMATION/LEE RANG
Look who's here.
-I came to ask you something.
-Let me ask you something first.
What do you think of me as?
-Isn't it obvious?
-Answer me.
The lady ruling the boundary between
the World of the Living and the Dead.
You can see everything
with those thousand-mile-eyes…
Wrong.
When was it?
Once he got the same question,
this is how Lee Yeon answered:
"I want you to get rheumatism."
Show yourself.
Damn it.
Did you think I'd fall
for a petty trick like that?
I thought it might, just in case.
You've learned wretched skills
from your brother.
Lee Yeon never transforms.
He hates it, he thinks it's undignified.
Both the before and the after
are disgusting faces to see,
but I'm curious.
Why did you, a sinful fox,
come to the place of doom
on your own feet?
Want me to send you to hell?
Spare me for today.
I'm at the top of the list already,
aren't I?
Hey!
Do you think a hell is a Michelin star
restaurant where you come and go?
I'm not scared of the hell.
You wouldn't be, if you go there
with your brother, holding hands.
Why? Isn't that
what you've been wanting all this time?
Slaughtering your brother
with your own hands.
You really do know everything, old hag.
Well then, I'll make it straightforward.
I want to break the deal.
-Why did you save my life?
-Repay the kindness someday.
Give us Lee Yeon. You have two days.
We need his body.
A long time ago,
when the god gave your kind
more powers and skills than humans,
they set a restriction
you can never escape from.
It's because they were worried
about arrogant foxes like you,
who destroy and kill humans.
I don't care how you criticize me.
If there's a way.
There is a way, actually.
What is it?
Die.
A fox cannot get away from the deal,
unless you die.
Don't try to break the deal.
Try to untangle what's tangled.
-What?
-Remember.
All deals are about equivalence.
I'm afraid that Lord Lee Rang might die.
I have no friends or family.
I have nothing.
What do you mean?
You have Anastasia, and me…
If it wasn't for Lord Lee Rang,
I would've died suddenly
at that unauthorized zoo.
During daytime, I couldn't sleep
because of kids pounding on the window,
and at night, I couldn't sleep
because of itchiness caused by wild ticks.
My fur was falling off like crazy,
animal food tasted like crap,
and the zookeeper beat me up.
What? Where is that place at?
I'm going to tear that bastard zookeeper
into a million pieces!
My dear Yoo-ri isn't someone
to beat up like that!
Are you drunk?
-Oh, sorry.
-Why are you sorry?
I prefer that other side of you
I saw just now.
-You do?
-Yeah.
You know, my nickname used to be Mad Fox.
-They said I was mad.
-Really? You were?
When I lost my three younger sisters
to a trap set by humans,
-I went totally berserk.
-Be more specific.
I bewitched everyone.
Hunters, woodcutters, salt sellers, so on.
And so many people died
by losing their minds.
So you were a total bastard,
even worse than me.
The mountain god was furious
and tried to kill me,
so I ran away, and it turned out to be
-Lord Lee Yeon's forest.
-So?
The mountain god of that area
yelled like thunder to give me back,
and Lord Lee Yeon said this one thing.
Why are you yelling? Shut up.
No. Everything that came
into my forest is mine.
And that was when I decided
that I belong to Lord Lee Yeon.
Yeah, so I learned medical skills, and--
Want to sleep with me?
-What?
-Sleep with me.
I really like that ragged past of yours.
You know, there are other ways
to say that you like me.
Like, "Date me." Or--
Or like, "Today's our first
day of dating," or…
Skip the interlude.
CLOSED
SHIN-JU'S ANIMAL HOSPITAL
I've never seen
such a bizarre corpse in my life.
I had nightmares all night long
and I couldn't sleep.
-Is it really a mummy?
-See it for yourself.
Hey! Don't film it, okay?
You said the fingerprints are dry
and you can't identify it.
We have to find accurate details
to get some information.
I never revealed anything
without the police's consent.
When the villagers of that island
all went missing…
All right, all right.
Has the blood all drained out?
It's like an old tree
with its sap all drained out.
No visible external injuries.
It was found at a construction site?
Construction workers found it,
but there isn't any trace
of struggling to bury it.
So it wasn't to hide it, but to show it?
What if it was natural death,
not manslaughter?
There's a chance of it dying alone
and being dried in a place
where the construction stopped.
In 2002, a natural mummy
was discovered in Gyeonggi-do.
The woman in Yoon Family of Papyeong.
That woman was buried
under a thick tombstone,
which was like concrete.
The tombstone blocked the oxygen
and created a vacuum inside the coffin
so she didn't decay.
That's never possible
when the body is exposed to
high temperatures at a construction site.
Are you saying that someone
made a mummy on purpose?
Hey, what are you looking at?
I think I've seen them.
These fingernails.
-Detective Baek, I need to go.
-All of a sudden?
Give me the rest of the materials
through him.
Hey! Nam Ji-ah!
Do you know the one
who wore this fingernail?
Did you see it, too?
That thing, only left with flabby skin.
Isn't it incredible?
What are you?
What do you think I am?
A rebel of Seogyeong.
There was a trace of punishment
by tattoo on it.
"Seo," meaning "West,"
and "gyeong," meaning "the capital."
You took them, didn't you?
You took my mom and dad!
It's the carnation I made.
Look on its back.
Ji-ah, why aren't you coming to save us?
They're alive?
Where are they?
Give me the mountain god.
If you do,
I'll give you your parents back.
I told you to wait, didn't I?
JI-AH, WHY AREN'T YOU COMING
TO SAVE US?
You're still the same.
You're still arrogant.
You think the whole world
is under your feet.
I think you're under my feet at least.
I want to trample on you.
Your brother's, your woman's
and her parents' lives
are all in my hands.
What do you have?
Let me make a reasonable suggestion.
Lee Yeon, if you give me your body,
I will spare the rest.
TALE OF THE NINE TAILED
Your woman's and her parents' lives
are all in my hands.
The way to get rid of that thing
in Ji-ah's body is…
I'm a bit scared.
I want to kill you.
What am I to you?
You're abandoned, again.
I want to live.
So I'm asking you. Would you please die?
I want to put an end
to this tiresome fight.