Flex x Cop (2024) s01e11 Episode Script
Episode 11
FLEX X COP
THE CHARACTERS, PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS
AND EVENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS.
CHILD ACTORS WERE FILMED
IN SAFE SITUATIONS.
[Seongwook] I'm Lee Seongwook,
the manager of the Oryun Community.
[tense music]
I'd like to meet you.
I
will reveal everything.
[car unlocking sound]
[engine starts]
[engine revs]
[Seongwook gasping]
[tires screeching]
[car locking sound]
[Seongwook gasping]
[shallow exclamation]
[whistling]
[Seongwook breathing heavily]
[Seongwook breathing heavily]
[heavy breathing]
[Seongwook gasping]
[Seongwook panting]
[dark music]
[Seongwook breathing shakily]
[Seongwook] Wait.
Please
Hey, wait. I'll
I'll call Bori now. Wait.
Hold on.
[kicking sound]
[Seongwook groans]
[thuds]
[train passing on the bridge]
[shallow sigh]
[phone vibrates]
[tense music]
[phone vibrates continuously]
[sighs]
[phone vibrates]
"PARK JUNYOUNG"
Yes.
[Junyoung] A dead body
was found in the Han River.
I'll be there. I'm around.
[river water splashing]
[radio signal sound]
Police.
[tense music]
"ID CARD
MOON DONGSU"
Okay, confirmed.
[paramedic grunts]
Wait.
[tense sound effect]
"A YEAR AGO"
[mellow music]
[Hyungjun] Come in.
[Ganghyun] Chief.
Don't you feel hungry?
Come on in.
[Hyungjun exclaims]
[Hyungjun slurping]
Why are you still working?
[Hyungjun responds shallowly]
I just have something to think about.
[clears throat shallowly]
What's that?
Hey.
[Hyungjun] Jeez.
Hey, Ms. Lee.
"MASS SUICIDE IN A MOTEL"
Mind your own business.
- Okay.
- [Hyungjun] Sit down.
"SUICIDES"
It's getting soggy.
[reporter1] He's here.
[camera clicking]
[reporter2] Do you plead guilty?
[reporters continue asking]
[Ganghyun] Dad.
[river water splashes]
[Junyoung] You found his ID card?
Oh.
Yes.
It's a drowning case, right?
Junyoung.
On the body, I saw
a tattoo of the Oryun Community.
[heavy music]
[Junyoung sighing shallowly]
[sighs]
[Dongsu's mom sobbing]
[Dongsu's mom] My son, Dongsu,
was originally a good boy.
[Dongsu's mom sobbing]
He changed last year.
[in a shaky voice] He had a hard time
seeking a job
and suddenly said
he'd join a meditation center.
That's not a meditation center.
It was kind of a false religion.
[sister] They lure students,
saying it's a meditation center,
and make them their members.
- It's called the Oryun Community.
- Shut up!
Dongsu isn't that silly.
[sister] Mom, I've been there
to see what it is.
To settle there, he even used our names
to borrow money from a loan shark.
[crying]
[sister sighs shallowly]
"THE DECEASED, KIM SEONYOUNG"
[soft music]
[Isoo] I'm sorry, Mom.
Now I know
how tough your life had been.
[shallow sigh]
I really want to figure out
why you had to leave me like that,
but I'll stop that now.
As my name that you gave me,
I'll be someone helpful in this world.
So, please keep watching me.
"THE DECEASED, KIM SEONYOUNG"
My brother
was drowned to death?
[tense music]
Why are you so surprised?
[Dongsu's mom exhaling]
Because it's impossible.
He was a survival swimming instructor.
Unless he was drugged or something,
- he couldn't die like that.
- [Dongsu's mom] Right.
He swam across the Han River four times.
Then,
would you agree with his autopsy?
No.
- Your brother told us not to do that.
- Mom.
We want the autopsy.
[camera shutter sound]
[Team2 member] It's a suicide letter.
[Byungsik sighs shallowly]
Mr. An.
Send it to be analyzed.
Yes, sir.
Wait.
"MISSED CALLS, 010-0287-5974"
Okay.
Let's go.
[dark music]
"LEE GANGHYUN"
[Byungsik sighs]
[phone ringing]
"CHIEF PARK CHANGUN"
Hello, sir.
[seatbelt unfastening sound]
Yes, sir.
[door opening]
You know Lee Seongwook, right?
Did you meet him recently?
- What's up?
- He killed himself.
[dark music]
What?
[Changun] And the last person
he talked to was you.
Come on.
[exhaling] He committed suicide?
When?
Where and how did he die?
[Changun] I'm asking you.
Why is your number on his phone?
What the hell did you do?
[Sunggu] What's going on?
What's up?
A dead body was found
at the construction site this morning,
and we found Lee's name on his call list.
Did you talk to Lee Seongwook?
[Sunggu] For what?
What was your plan this time?
You already know
that it's Lee Seongwook.
How did you know that?
- I was reported--
- The Chief is here.
Who were you reported from?
That's none of your business.
What happened?
[Byungsik] It seems to be a suicide case.
We found a suicide letter.
- Okay, then. Wrap it up--
- This is not suicide.
[inhaling]
He wanted to reveal everything
about the Oryun Community.
That's why he called me.
We were going to meet up.
Who on earth were you reported from?
[Sunggu] Shut up.
- Are you interrogating me?
- Just answer me.
- Who was that?
- Shut your mouth.
I'm your boss.
I'm the captain, you punk.
You always overreact
every time
the Oryun Community is mentioned.
You
are under probation from today.
Stay out of my sight for a week.
[sighs]
Get lost, punk!
[door opens]
[door closes]
Sir.
I'm just
You saw she's out of her mind.
She could cause big trouble.
Don't share anything with her.
[Byungsik] Yes, sir.
[Byungsik clears throat]
[Isoo] Ganghyun.
[Ganghyun] Yes.
[Isoo] Hey.
What's that face?
What's up?
No, it's nothing.
[Isoo] Hey, what's up?
Tell me.
[Byungsik clears throat shallowly]
Let's talk later.
I'm busy now.
[file thuds]
[shallow sigh]
Mr. An.
[shallow sigh]
[Ganghyun] This is not suicide.
Let me see the suicide letter.
[Byungsik] No, I can't.
Captain told me not to.
You owe me something.
Damn it.
[Byungsik sighs shallowly]
I'm begging you.
You
are not allowed to see this. Okay?
You got it? Jeez.
[tense music]
"30-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO FELL TO DEATH
INVESTIGATION REPORT"
[camera shutter sound]
[camera shutter sound]
Hey.
You guys, come here.
[Byungsik] You have coins?
[Team2 member] You have some.
- [Byungsik] They're for later. Come on.
- [Team2 member] You have coins.
[Byungsik] I should use them later.
Just come here.
[Junyoung] What's up?
Why are they always talking alone?
They're supposed to share
everything about the case with us.
[Kyungjin inhaling]
I don't think so.
That seems too complicated.
I don't want to get involved.
[sighs]
You're so cool in some ways.
I prefer simple life.
[scoffs]
[door opens]
Hey, Park.
You looked so serious.
What's up?
Ganghyun is under probation.
[Kyungjin] What?
- Why?
- You don't need to know--
Why don't we? We're a team.
It's about a private matter.
Never mind.
[phone vibrates]
[Junyoung] Yes, sir.
[door opens]
We need to talk.
[door closes]
[shallow sigh]
[dark music]
"COPY OF THE SUICIDE LETTER"
[Seongwook] It's been a humble life.
I lived frugally.
I'm sorry to my wife
who always cared about me.
I wanted to be a giver,
but no matter how frugally I lived
"543 SEONGAN-RO"
[phone thuds]
[engine starts]
[engine revs]
[knocking]
Come in.
[door opens]
Salute!
[interesting music]
[inhaling] Oh, Mr. Jin.
Have a seat, please.
Okay.
[laughs]
[Isoo exhaling]
[Sunggu] Okay.
[Isoo exclaims shallowly]
[Sunggu grunts]
[Sunggu] How's your work?
I'm just killing my time.
[Sunggu] Just wait a little.
You'll be in a better position
after the election.
Right.
I'm here to ask you something.
Sure. Ask me anything.
Well,
I heard Ms. Lee is under probation.
Oh, that.
I'm so curious about everything.
But no one tells me anything.
Oh, really?
- Maybe everyone hates me.
- No way.
That can't be.
Well,
[Sunggu] as you may have seen so far,
Ms. Lee is a bit thoughtless.
Oh, yes. Right. She's thoughtless.
[Sunggu] Her father, Lee Hyungjun,
accepted a bribe before.
The father and daughter
are humiliating the whole organization.
She loses her temper
whenever that case is mentioned,
so I told her to take a rest.
Oh, I see. She lost her temper.
You don't need to care about that.
And, by the way
when the chairman becomes the mayor,
[laughs]
[in a cute voice] please put in a good word
with your father for us.
[laughs]
Yes.
Of course, I will.
I'll talk to him for you.
- Thank you so much.
- [Isoo] Okay.
[Sunggu] Bambara bam bam!
[Isoo laughs awkwardly]
Bambara bambam bbam bbam!
[Sunggu shouts shallowly]
[exclaims]
[humming] Dun dun dun!
[tense sound effect]
[tires screeching]
"SAMSEONJANG MOTEL"
[suspicious music]
[doorbell chimes]
[Seongwook's wife] I heard the news.
I don't know why he did it--
It's not suicide.
[Ganghyun] This morning,
[calm music]
he was going to meet me up.
He said he would reveal everything.
Didn't he leave anything to you
just in case?
No, nothing.
[Ganghyun sighs shallowly]
I'm sorry to ask you this all of a sudden,
- but you need to agree--
- No, I don't want the autopsy.
It could be a murder case.
You're Lee Hyungjun's daughter, right?
You kept calling my husband to bother him.
Why should I trust you?
[engine revs]
[tires screeching]
[seatbelt unfastening sound]
[sighs]
[door opens]
[Misook chattering]
[chattering in TV]
[Ganghyun] I'm home.
[door closes]
- [Misook] Oh.
- [Hyungjun] Hey.
[Hyungjun] You're early today.
[Ganghyun] Yes.
There's not much work.
- [Hyungjun] Really?
- [Misook] Have you eaten?
[Ganghyun] Sure.
[Hyungjun responds]
You told me to eat on time.
[Hyungjun] Have some.
[Misook] It's good.
[Ganghyun] From tomorrow,
I'm off.
You're off?
[Misook] You are? I see.
You have any plan?
How about a movie with me?
Oh, I'm going on a trip.
To where?
I reserved a temple stay.
Let me join you.
[Ganghyun] It's a meditation program
staying in a temple,
which is no fun at all.
[Misook sighs]
Why don't you spend some time with me?
You can play with me.
Sorry. Maybe we can go together next time.
[Misook] Okay.
[door creaks]
"LEE HYUNGJUN"
"MASS SUICIDE IN A MOTEL
INVESTIGATION REPORT"
[heavy music]
"CASE REPORT"
[Hyungjun] This case occurred
on October 26th, 2022
at 2:22 p.m.
In a motel in Gangha 2-dong,
three young people took poison
and were found dead.
Tablets including potassium cyanide
were found at the site,
and a suicide letter was found.
The letter said,
"It was so painful that
I had no other choice"
and "No autopsy, please."
Wheel tattoos found on the victims' bodies
turned out to be the same
as the emblem of the GY Meditation Center.
Therefore, this case can not be concluded
as a suicide case,
and it is clear that their suicide
was induced by the Oryun Community.
[pressing enter key]
"MASS SUICIDE RELATED
TO THE ORYUN COMMUNITY"
[Hyungjun] As I mentioned earlier,
[camera shutter sound]
this is a case
where three young people died
even before they were 30,
which is a tragedy.
Apparently,
it seems like a mass suicide,
but we suspect
there was a community or a force
that induced their suicide.
We applied for a search warrant
for the GY Meditation Center
and the Oryun Community.
We'll continue
[door opens]
an additional investigation.
What's up?
[Sunggu] Lee Hyungjun,
[door closes]
you're arrested for bribe acceptance.
[reporters murmuring]
"URGENT ARREST OF SUPERINTENDENT LEE
FOR BRIBERY CHARGES"
[phone holding sound]
[call starting sound]
[line ringing]
Mr. Choi.
Do you happen to know
about the Oryun Community?
[mellow music playing]
I've heard of it from young entrepreneurs
that it's a kind of meditation center.
Please look into it.
[Jeonghun] Okay.
[call ending sound]
"URGENT ARREST OF SUPERINTENDENT LEE
FOR BRIBERY CHARGES"
[ice cubes rattling]
[Myeongchul] How
[mellow music]
is Isoo doing these days?
He went back to the house.
It'll take some time,
but he'll understand.
I thought it would be easy
to be a good father.
My father had always been strict
and scary to me.
I thought at least I could do
better than he did.
Now I'm such a mess.
You're handling all stuff instead of me.
You'll have a chance to talk to him.
Don't worry.
He's getting used to the police work,
and he got some good friends there.
[street noise in distance]
[footsteps approaching]
[Isoo] Seeing you're here again,
you must have a lot on your mind.
Here.
[Isoo exclaiming deeply]
Why are you not asking?
I realized that someone
just standing next to you
could be so comforting.
[Isoo] And I can tell what it is.
I heard from the captain
about why the thoughtless Lee
lost her temper last time.
[shallow sigh]
[inhaling]
So, what are you going to do?
[sighing] I don't know.
If you're to fight,
I'll be on your side.
You don't even know what happened.
You trust your father,
and I
trust you.
[mellow music]
Right.
I trust my dad.
Dad was digging into the Oryun Community,
[Ganghyun] and I bet they set the trap.
[camera shutter sound]
For the past year, I tried to persuade
the manager of the community.
And today,
he told me he would reveal everything.
But he died
all of a sudden.
[sighing] Now, I don't know what to do.
I'll just leave and take a break.
I have a villa on the beach.
You want to stay there?
I have a place to go.
If you change your mind
to stay at a luxurious villa,
call me anytime.
[scoffs]
[exhaling]
[exclaims]
[Isoo] Jin Isoo, you're so cool.
[knocking]
[door closes]
[Changun] What? Why?
About Lee Seongwook's case,
let me look into it for a few more days.
[shallow sigh]
You know, I was accused
for urgent closing last time.
Okay. Get it right this time.
Yes, sir. Salute!
[door opens]
[door closes]
[shallow sigh]
[knocking]
You're taking it again.
[Joseph] You take one.
Take care of your health.
Is it that good? Should I try one?
How about an article?
Did you finish it?
What article?
[Joseph] About Jin Isoo's mother.
Next week,
there will be a debate
for mayor candidates.
We'll blow it by then.
I didn't write anything.
What?
I wasn't sure
if it's within
the citizen's right to know.
- What do you mean?
- I mean,
I'm not a man without fault.
I know I'm a trashy reporter,
but I don't want to be a real trash.
I can't cross that line.
[Joseph] You punk!
[Giseok] You'd better be careful, too.
I heard some rumors about Wang Jongtae.
If you stand on his side,
you'll get embarrassed someday.
[Joseph] Rumors?
What is it?
Hey.
[door creaks]
Hey.
[door closes]
"KIM JEONGYEON"
Jeongyeon hasn't been here recently.
[Hyunjae] You didn't know?
She hasn't been here for weeks
working on an exclusive case.
Without my permission?
[phone holding sound]
[call starting sound]
[guide voice] The phone is off,
and we'll connect you to voice mail
after the tone with extra cost.
[call ending sound]
[birds chirping]
[Ganghyun] You made gimbap?
Yes,
I prepared it for you
going on a trip in a long time.
[shallow scoff]
Here.
- Is it good?
- Yes.
[Misook laughs]
It's good.
Have it on your way.
Thank you, Mom.
Dad.
I'm leaving.
Okay.
[Hyungjun exhaling]
[Hyungjun] Have a great time.
- [Ganghyun] Okay.
- [Hyungjun] Good.
[Misook] Call me.
I will.
[Hyungjun] She'll do well.
- I'm off.
- [Hyungjun] Okay.
[Misook] Good trip.
[door lock beeps]
[exhaling]
[door lock beeps]
Why?
It's just
She's weird, isn't she?
What's weird?
[Misook] Something's up with her?
She's been busy,
so she just needs some alone time.
Just turn a blind eye to it.
Let's have gimbap.
I'll serve you some.
[dark music]
"A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN'S DROWNING CASE
IN THE HAN RIVER"
"MOON DONGSU"
"GY MEDITATION CENTER MANAGER"
"DROWNED TO DEATH IN THE HAN RIVER"
"NO WOUND, EVIDENCE,
ORYUN COMMUNITY TATTOO?"
[phone vibrates]
Hello, Dr. Yoon.
[Junyoung] Yes.
Okay. I'll be right there.
[call ending sound]
Where are you going?
To hear the autopsy result
for yesterday's case.
Let me join you, then.
You don't need to come.
Jeez.
You're so dull for a detective.
You still don't get it?
I'm a master key in investigations.
Let's go.
[door opens]
[shallow sigh]
- [Jiwon] You're here.
- Yes.
What was that?
Is he an unexpectedly popular man?
[shallow scoff]
The autopsy is finished?
[Jiwon] Yes, just now.
He was drowned to death, right?
Right.
But
he didn't die in the river.
[mysterious music]
If he died in the river,
there should be plankton in his stomach,
but we found nothing.
Then?
[Jiwon] He was drowned somewhere else,
and his body was thrown to the river.
So, it's a homicide, right?
[Jiwon] If he was forced to be drowned,
bruises on the body
or anesthetic ingredients in blood
must be found.
But there was nothing.
The victim was an instructor
of survival swimming.
[scoffs]
[Jiwon] I really don't know how he died.
[Isoo] That's an emblem
of the Oryun Community.
Where was that found?
[Jiwon] Here.
How do you know that?
[Isoo] I found it out by myself.
Because you guys don't share
any information with me.
Let's share
what is going on from now on.
This is not the kind of case
that you could poke around.
The honor of Ganghyun's father
depends on this case.
And it's also for capturing a cult leader
who killed innocent young people.
I'll take advantage of everything I have
to solve this case,
whether you help me or not.
"SAMSEONJANG MOTEL"
[knocking]
[Byungsik responds]
Police.
[Byungsik] Where
are the security cams here?
[owner] In the parking lot
and at the entrance.
Can I check them?
No one died here.
Why do you guys bother me?
Guys?
[owner] A female detective came here
and took the footage.
[suspicious music]
[scoffs]
Please let me check it, too.
[owner sighs]
Two people related to the Oryun Community
died on the same day.
[Isoo] Lee Seongwook is a manager
and a key member of the community.
[Junyoung] Moon Dongsu is the manager
of the GY Meditation Center,
which recruits Oryun's new believers.
Something must be going on
in this community.
You're investigating Moon's case, right?
[Junyoung] What's up?
[Byungsik] There are texts
between Lee and Moon.
They're on Telgram,
so we're analyzing it now.
What's the cause of death
of Moon Dongsu?
It's drowning.
His body was found in the river,
but it seems
that he was killed somewhere else.
[shallow sigh]
How did Lee Seongwook die?
You can tell him. He's also in Team 1.
[Byungsik] He fell to death.
A suicide letter was in his pocket.
[tense music]
We also got the security cam footage
from the motel he stayed.
[Kyungjin] I'll open it.
[Byungsik] Okay.
[device detecting sound]
[keyboard clacking]
[tires screeching]
[Byungsik] This car is owned
by the GY Meditation Center.
[mouse clicking]
[pressing enter key]
If these guys killed Lee Seongwook--
No security cam is in this site,
so we can't prove the murder.
And it's hard to identify them with it.
But this footage
seems to have been checked
by Ganghyun yesterday.
What?
Do you know
where Ganghyun is now?
[Isoo] It might be hard to reach her.
She's in a temple stay.
[call starting sound]
[line ringing]
[Isoo] This is tricky.
[guide voice] You're forwarded
to voice mail
What's up?
[call ending sound]
This letter looks weird.
What's weird about it?
We confirmed his handwriting.
This story doesn't make sense.
[Byungsik sighs shallowly]
He's always a bit off the wall.
[Seongwook] It's been a humble life.
I lived frugally.
I'm sorry to my wife
who always cared about me.
I wanted to be a giver,
but no matter how frugally I lived
and worked hard,
I couldn't be rich enough.
Now is the time to unload everything.
- Goddamn!
- Jeez.
[rhythmical music]
My gosh.
I made it again!
[marveling] I'm so
Am I really
Am I a born genius?
What the hell is it this time?
[Isoo] Come take a look. Come on.
[thuds]
Look.
What?
"AUTOPSY, PLEASE."
[suspenseful music]
[zoom-in sound effect]
[Seongwook] Autopsy, please.
[Isoo exclaims]
Great job.
[exhaling]
[dark music]
[Junyoung] Do you know
who these people are?
They could have killed your husband.
[Byungsik] This is his suicide letter.
Please agree
with the autopsy.
You don't know well
about the Oryun Community.
The primary doctrine
of the Oryun Community
is never letting a knife
cut a human body.
I'm a member of this community.
[Seongwook's wife] I met him there.
You don't want to catch the culprit?
My husband
just got an answer.
[pressing enter key]
"ORYUN, THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT VIRTUES
IN CONFUCIANISM"
[keyboard clacking]
[pressing enter key]
"GY MEDITATION CENTER"
[peaceful music in screen]
[voice in screen] Are you enduring
a tough time every day?
Do you have a grief you can't tell anyone?
We're here for you.
We'll bring peace to your mind.
I don't understand
what this community is for.
[door lock beeps]
Mr. Choi.
Found out anything?
Yes.
A man called Bori in the Oryun Community
is popular among entrepreneurs these days.
[Isoo] Bo what?
Bori?
[Jeonghun] It means, "I realized."
It sounds very superstitious.
[Jeonghun] To have a meal with Bori,
they should pay 100 million won.
100 million won?
Is he Warren Buffett or someone?
[scoffs]
So, who on earth is Bori?
Little has been known about him.
He's covering himself thoroughly,
so no one knows his real name.
The Oryun community was founded
about 5 years ago.
[Isoo exclaims shallowly]
[Jeonghun] But
many members of the community
committed suicide.
Then, I need to find out why.
[Jeonghun] This case looks very dangerous.
I don't want you to get involved.
[inhaling] Then
let me ask you a favor.
[bright music]
"NA HAN WON"
[bike engine revs]
[Isoo exclaims shallowly]
[inhaling]
So, is this the scene of exploitation?
Anyone needs a cop?
[Isoo] Police is here.
If you need a cop,
raise your hand.
"GY MEDITATION CENTER"
[manager] Get off, everyone.
[tense music]
Should we go?
Who is Bori?
[opening Velcro]
[Isoo] Mr. Bori?
I'm the founder of this place.
You're so young and handsome
for a cult leader.
Are these people paid properly
for their labor?
[Woohyuk] All of us
are working to leave this mortal coil.
It's worth more than--
Nothing is worth more than money
in capitalism.
[Isoo sighs]
[Woohyuk] This is what we grew here.
Try it.
No, thanks.
What if you poisoned it?
[tense music]
"GY MEDITATION CENTER"
"ROOM 201
LEE SOEUN"
[manager] Please go to your rooms
and come back after unpacking.
[Woohyuk] Please come in.
Okay.
[door creaks]
[Woohyuk] Wait here, please.
I'll go get changed.
Sure. Take your time.
I have plenty of time.
[tense music]
[door closes]
[exhaling]
[footsteps approaching]
You got a call, sir.
[shallow sigh]
Jin Isoo is here.
[manager] Welcome to Na Han Won, everyone.
[calm music]
First of all,
we'll collect your cell phones
in this box.
During your stay here,
you'll learn
how to leave mortal coils
in this world.
Now, pour out all your thoughts
that harass you
onto this paper.
If you write them down sincerely,
Bori will give an answer to you.
[files rattling]
[manager] Pass it, please.
[Yeji] I can't hold out anymore.
Please give me an answer.
Bori, please select me.
[writing sound]
[shallow laugh]
"LEE SOEUN"
[tea pouring sound]
[dark music]
[sniffing]
[exclaims]
Smells good, right?
I only drink coffee.
[cup thuds]
[Isoo clears throat]
[shallow sigh]
[tea pouring sound]
Lee Seongwook was found dead.
[Woohyuk] I heard that.
That's
too bad.
Why do so many people here
commit suicide?
[Woohyuk] Because they misunderstand me.
In this world, special people exist.
Some people read the flow
of the world economy.
Some create genius ideas,
and some people like me
realize the truth about life and death.
[scoffs with sigh]
I was raised in an orphanage.
I always envied other people.
- [student1] Mom.
- [Woohyuk] Children with parents,
those raised at home,
- [student1] I'm leaving.
- [student2] Okay.
[Woohyuk] and lucky children
who don't need
other people's sympathy.
Everyone has to leave the orphanage at 18.
[Woohyuk] I headed to a construction site.
I worked sincerely at first,
but a resentment
started to build up in my mind.
"Why should I live like this?"
[Woohyuk exclaims angrily]
"I want to be rich."
"I'd be happy
only if I had a lot of money."
So I decided to work at a company
where anyone could be employed.
It was a pyramid selling job.
Yes.
It caused a foregone conclusion.
I fell into huge debt.
After being kicked out
from the rented room,
I thought about it for the first time.
"Should I just die?"
[pedestrian signal sound]
"How should I kill myself?"
I was thinking about it
[mysterious sound effect]
when I came to the huge realization.
[tires screeching]
[tires screeching]
[tires screeching]
[pipes rolling sound]
[blood spurting sound]
[clinking]
[shallow groan]
[Woohyuk] Then, I finally realized
that I had already lived
five other lives before.
[tense music]
[iron clinking]
"HANYANG, A.D 1443"
[time passing sound effect]
"SEONGJU, A.D 1866"
[time passing sound effect]
"GYEONGSEONG, A.D 1932"
[time passing sound effect]
"SEOUL, A.D 1967"
[constructing noise]
Everyone said I would die, but I survived.
I decided to live
[heavy sound effect]
to spread my huge realization.
I help hopeless people by telling them
there's next-born life.
But some people misunderstood that
[Woohyuk inhaling]
and committed suicide.
Gosh, I almost fell asleep.
[Isoo tutting]
At least, it's not like "I'm the God."
I'm glad about that.
But anyway,
it's just a well-made bullshit.
Mr. Jin Isoo.
You're living the second one now.
In the previous life--
[Isoo stopping Woohyuk]
[Isoo] Enough.
[sighing] Stop talking about that.
You lost your mother when you were young.
[dark music]
[Woohyuk inhaling]
She was a warm and kind woman,
but she committed suicide.
[Woohyuk] Don't you miss your mother?
She is living her next-born life now.
You might need some time to think.
How about staying here for a few days?
[scoffs]
[chopsticks clinking]
Wow.
Yeji, you eat so well.
[steerer1] It's good?
Yes.
In here,
I eat and sleep
better than usual.
[steerer2] You feel comfortable here.
[steerer1] Right.
Well
[Ganghyun] I
was guided here
by a manager called Moon Dongsu,
but I can't find him.
[steerer1] Oh, Mr. Moon.
[inhaling] Right. These days,
he's not been around.
[steerer2] He was called by Bori
and went to his private residence.
I haven't seen him since then.
His luggage is still in his room.
[steerer1 inhaling]
He might have some urgent business.
[inhaling]
Well
[lip sound]
How can I
meet
Bori?
[steerer1 laughs]
[shallow laugh]
[steerer1] Oh.
It's your first time here, right?
Yeji is here for the third time,
but she still hasn't met him.
I see.
[food tray rattling]
[manager] Write down
your long-cherished wish.
Your earnest wish
will reach the Heaven.
[calm music]
"JUSTICE"
"NEXT-BORN LIFE"
[manager] To wrap it up,
we give you a tea of peace.
You'll sleep tight tonight
with no agony.
[light turned on]
[sharp sound effect]
[tense music]
[scoffs]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[Ganghyun] How did you
come here?
[Yeji] My father is missing
[dark music]
after borrowing money from loan sharks.
Mom
and I
tried everything to pay it back,
but it only kept growing day by day.
I'd only been thinking
about dying while sleeping,
and I happened to know Bori.
If I could be born
in a rich family in my next life,
I'm willing to die anytime.
It's not scary to die,
it's scary to live,
isn't it?
They said I need to make an offering,
so I borrowed more money
but
[breathing in tears]
[crying] I haven't got any answer
from Bori yet.
[sighs]
[sobbing] Maybe I need to pay
more money to get it.
[Yeji breathing in tears]
[Yeji sobbing]
[Yeji sobbing]
[shallow groan]
[shallow groan]
[dark sound effect]
[car door opens and closes]
[heavy music]
[engine revs]
[Seongwook gasps]
[tires screeching]
[Seongwook gasping]
[whistling]
[car door opens and closes]
[engine starts]
[engine revs]
[Ganghyun groans shallowly]
[shallow sigh]
[flashlight turned on]
[sharp sound effect]
[tense music]
[rummaging]
[footsteps echoing]
[rattling]
[footsteps]
[footsteps]
[door creaks]
[door closes]
[footsteps approaching]
[footsteps approaching]
[Isoo groans in pain]
Jin?
[shallow groan]
Why are you here?
And why are you here?
[Isoo] Get out.
Do you call this a temple stay?
What's that hair? Damn.
[tense sound effect]
[sighing] Stop joking.
[Isoo grunts]
Tell me why you're here.
To be saved and
I wondered who Bori is.
[sighs]
You met him?
Sure.
I heard you need to level up to meet him.
I was born on a high level, you know?
Where are my slippers?
[Ganghyun] What did you talk about?
That was just
a well-made bullshit.
That's not important now.
It's not the river
where Moon was not killed.
He was drowned first
and thrown to the river.
That's right.
I think this place
is the murder site.
[sharp sound effect]
[heavy music]
[door closes]
What about Lee Seongwook?
It'll be closed as a suicide case.
May I ask why he was
He was too greedy.
I warned him he could get hurt
by his greediness.
What did you do with Jin Isoo?
[tutting] I threw him a stone.
[Woohyuk] You lost your mother
when you were young.
She committed suicide.
Don't you miss your mother?
You might need some time to think.
How about staying here for a few days?
Oh, should I?
[Sunggu] An immature rich son
is not a big deal to you.
[inhaling]
There's this one
who really bothers me.
[Ganghyun] Moon Dongsu
disappeared after coming here to see Bori.
He must've killed
somewhere inside here.
"BACKGROUND CHECK"
[Sunggu] Lee Ganghyun.
She's Lee Hyungjun's daughter.
I ruled her out from this case,
but I don't know where she is.
[suitcase thuds]
[Sunggu exclaims]
Leave here right away.
You leave here first.
This place is very dangerous.
They don't go easy
on rich and powerful people.
You came to such a dangerous place alone?
You didn't even tell Junyoung, did you?
[sighing] This is my job.
They could be in danger.
You
You don't trust anyone.
[Isoo sighs shallowly]
[Isoo] Everyone's worried about you.
And I'm also your friend,
aren't I?
That's enough.
[Ganghyun] Take a picture of it
and send it to Junyoung.
They took my cell phone.
What?
They said
I should renounce the world first.
Why did you let them--
[footsteps]
[tense music]
[wooden floor creaks]
[footsteps]
[door opens]
[footsteps]
[footsteps approaching]
"THE RESULT OF ISOO AND GANGHYUN'S
INVESTIGATION INTO THE ORYUN COMMUNITY IS?"
[closing theme]
[Hyungjun] Something's up in there, right?
Where's Ganghyun?
[Jeonghun] Mr. Jin
sneaked into the community.
[Ganghyun] Jin!
[Ganghyun] Bori
will give poison at 9:00 a.m.
- We'll raid the scene.
- Okay.
[Byungsik] Woohyuk will run away
after the plastic surgery.
You remember the one
with penetrating injury?
[doctor] He was dead.
Get up!
How many people have you killed?
Those are all fake.
Who will get hurt
if you keep digging it?
Ms. Lee and Isoo are in danger.
- Changun!
- [Junyoung] We
will save Ganghyun.
- [Byungsik] I'll bring the support team. Go!
- Yes, sir.
You'll die here.
We're here. Hold out!
[Isoo] Wake up!
Wake up, Ganghyun!
STAY TUNED FOR BONUS CLIP
[Hyungjun sighs shallowly]
[Changun sighs]
You're not allowed to be here.
Do you know where Ganghyun is?
[dark music]
I can't reach her.
Answer me.
I heard the news that Lee Seongwook died.
Something's going on
in the Oryun Community, right?
Right?
[smacks lips]
We don't share anything with--
Changun!
Ganghyun seems to be
investigating alone now.
You get it?
Get out, please.
[Hyungjun] Please protect her.
I'm asking you.
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AND EVENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS.
CHILD ACTORS WERE FILMED
IN SAFE SITUATIONS.
[Seongwook] I'm Lee Seongwook,
the manager of the Oryun Community.
[tense music]
I'd like to meet you.
I
will reveal everything.
[car unlocking sound]
[engine starts]
[engine revs]
[Seongwook gasping]
[tires screeching]
[car locking sound]
[Seongwook gasping]
[shallow exclamation]
[whistling]
[Seongwook breathing heavily]
[Seongwook breathing heavily]
[heavy breathing]
[Seongwook gasping]
[Seongwook panting]
[dark music]
[Seongwook breathing shakily]
[Seongwook] Wait.
Please
Hey, wait. I'll
I'll call Bori now. Wait.
Hold on.
[kicking sound]
[Seongwook groans]
[thuds]
[train passing on the bridge]
[shallow sigh]
[phone vibrates]
[tense music]
[phone vibrates continuously]
[sighs]
[phone vibrates]
"PARK JUNYOUNG"
Yes.
[Junyoung] A dead body
was found in the Han River.
I'll be there. I'm around.
[river water splashing]
[radio signal sound]
Police.
[tense music]
"ID CARD
MOON DONGSU"
Okay, confirmed.
[paramedic grunts]
Wait.
[tense sound effect]
"A YEAR AGO"
[mellow music]
[Hyungjun] Come in.
[Ganghyun] Chief.
Don't you feel hungry?
Come on in.
[Hyungjun exclaims]
[Hyungjun slurping]
Why are you still working?
[Hyungjun responds shallowly]
I just have something to think about.
[clears throat shallowly]
What's that?
Hey.
[Hyungjun] Jeez.
Hey, Ms. Lee.
"MASS SUICIDE IN A MOTEL"
Mind your own business.
- Okay.
- [Hyungjun] Sit down.
"SUICIDES"
It's getting soggy.
[reporter1] He's here.
[camera clicking]
[reporter2] Do you plead guilty?
[reporters continue asking]
[Ganghyun] Dad.
[river water splashes]
[Junyoung] You found his ID card?
Oh.
Yes.
It's a drowning case, right?
Junyoung.
On the body, I saw
a tattoo of the Oryun Community.
[heavy music]
[Junyoung sighing shallowly]
[sighs]
[Dongsu's mom sobbing]
[Dongsu's mom] My son, Dongsu,
was originally a good boy.
[Dongsu's mom sobbing]
He changed last year.
[in a shaky voice] He had a hard time
seeking a job
and suddenly said
he'd join a meditation center.
That's not a meditation center.
It was kind of a false religion.
[sister] They lure students,
saying it's a meditation center,
and make them their members.
- It's called the Oryun Community.
- Shut up!
Dongsu isn't that silly.
[sister] Mom, I've been there
to see what it is.
To settle there, he even used our names
to borrow money from a loan shark.
[crying]
[sister sighs shallowly]
"THE DECEASED, KIM SEONYOUNG"
[soft music]
[Isoo] I'm sorry, Mom.
Now I know
how tough your life had been.
[shallow sigh]
I really want to figure out
why you had to leave me like that,
but I'll stop that now.
As my name that you gave me,
I'll be someone helpful in this world.
So, please keep watching me.
"THE DECEASED, KIM SEONYOUNG"
My brother
was drowned to death?
[tense music]
Why are you so surprised?
[Dongsu's mom exhaling]
Because it's impossible.
He was a survival swimming instructor.
Unless he was drugged or something,
- he couldn't die like that.
- [Dongsu's mom] Right.
He swam across the Han River four times.
Then,
would you agree with his autopsy?
No.
- Your brother told us not to do that.
- Mom.
We want the autopsy.
[camera shutter sound]
[Team2 member] It's a suicide letter.
[Byungsik sighs shallowly]
Mr. An.
Send it to be analyzed.
Yes, sir.
Wait.
"MISSED CALLS, 010-0287-5974"
Okay.
Let's go.
[dark music]
"LEE GANGHYUN"
[Byungsik sighs]
[phone ringing]
"CHIEF PARK CHANGUN"
Hello, sir.
[seatbelt unfastening sound]
Yes, sir.
[door opening]
You know Lee Seongwook, right?
Did you meet him recently?
- What's up?
- He killed himself.
[dark music]
What?
[Changun] And the last person
he talked to was you.
Come on.
[exhaling] He committed suicide?
When?
Where and how did he die?
[Changun] I'm asking you.
Why is your number on his phone?
What the hell did you do?
[Sunggu] What's going on?
What's up?
A dead body was found
at the construction site this morning,
and we found Lee's name on his call list.
Did you talk to Lee Seongwook?
[Sunggu] For what?
What was your plan this time?
You already know
that it's Lee Seongwook.
How did you know that?
- I was reported--
- The Chief is here.
Who were you reported from?
That's none of your business.
What happened?
[Byungsik] It seems to be a suicide case.
We found a suicide letter.
- Okay, then. Wrap it up--
- This is not suicide.
[inhaling]
He wanted to reveal everything
about the Oryun Community.
That's why he called me.
We were going to meet up.
Who on earth were you reported from?
[Sunggu] Shut up.
- Are you interrogating me?
- Just answer me.
- Who was that?
- Shut your mouth.
I'm your boss.
I'm the captain, you punk.
You always overreact
every time
the Oryun Community is mentioned.
You
are under probation from today.
Stay out of my sight for a week.
[sighs]
Get lost, punk!
[door opens]
[door closes]
Sir.
I'm just
You saw she's out of her mind.
She could cause big trouble.
Don't share anything with her.
[Byungsik] Yes, sir.
[Byungsik clears throat]
[Isoo] Ganghyun.
[Ganghyun] Yes.
[Isoo] Hey.
What's that face?
What's up?
No, it's nothing.
[Isoo] Hey, what's up?
Tell me.
[Byungsik clears throat shallowly]
Let's talk later.
I'm busy now.
[file thuds]
[shallow sigh]
Mr. An.
[shallow sigh]
[Ganghyun] This is not suicide.
Let me see the suicide letter.
[Byungsik] No, I can't.
Captain told me not to.
You owe me something.
Damn it.
[Byungsik sighs shallowly]
I'm begging you.
You
are not allowed to see this. Okay?
You got it? Jeez.
[tense music]
"30-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO FELL TO DEATH
INVESTIGATION REPORT"
[camera shutter sound]
[camera shutter sound]
Hey.
You guys, come here.
[Byungsik] You have coins?
[Team2 member] You have some.
- [Byungsik] They're for later. Come on.
- [Team2 member] You have coins.
[Byungsik] I should use them later.
Just come here.
[Junyoung] What's up?
Why are they always talking alone?
They're supposed to share
everything about the case with us.
[Kyungjin inhaling]
I don't think so.
That seems too complicated.
I don't want to get involved.
[sighs]
You're so cool in some ways.
I prefer simple life.
[scoffs]
[door opens]
Hey, Park.
You looked so serious.
What's up?
Ganghyun is under probation.
[Kyungjin] What?
- Why?
- You don't need to know--
Why don't we? We're a team.
It's about a private matter.
Never mind.
[phone vibrates]
[Junyoung] Yes, sir.
[door opens]
We need to talk.
[door closes]
[shallow sigh]
[dark music]
"COPY OF THE SUICIDE LETTER"
[Seongwook] It's been a humble life.
I lived frugally.
I'm sorry to my wife
who always cared about me.
I wanted to be a giver,
but no matter how frugally I lived
"543 SEONGAN-RO"
[phone thuds]
[engine starts]
[engine revs]
[knocking]
Come in.
[door opens]
Salute!
[interesting music]
[inhaling] Oh, Mr. Jin.
Have a seat, please.
Okay.
[laughs]
[Isoo exhaling]
[Sunggu] Okay.
[Isoo exclaims shallowly]
[Sunggu grunts]
[Sunggu] How's your work?
I'm just killing my time.
[Sunggu] Just wait a little.
You'll be in a better position
after the election.
Right.
I'm here to ask you something.
Sure. Ask me anything.
Well,
I heard Ms. Lee is under probation.
Oh, that.
I'm so curious about everything.
But no one tells me anything.
Oh, really?
- Maybe everyone hates me.
- No way.
That can't be.
Well,
[Sunggu] as you may have seen so far,
Ms. Lee is a bit thoughtless.
Oh, yes. Right. She's thoughtless.
[Sunggu] Her father, Lee Hyungjun,
accepted a bribe before.
The father and daughter
are humiliating the whole organization.
She loses her temper
whenever that case is mentioned,
so I told her to take a rest.
Oh, I see. She lost her temper.
You don't need to care about that.
And, by the way
when the chairman becomes the mayor,
[laughs]
[in a cute voice] please put in a good word
with your father for us.
[laughs]
Yes.
Of course, I will.
I'll talk to him for you.
- Thank you so much.
- [Isoo] Okay.
[Sunggu] Bambara bam bam!
[Isoo laughs awkwardly]
Bambara bambam bbam bbam!
[Sunggu shouts shallowly]
[exclaims]
[humming] Dun dun dun!
[tense sound effect]
[tires screeching]
"SAMSEONJANG MOTEL"
[suspicious music]
[doorbell chimes]
[Seongwook's wife] I heard the news.
I don't know why he did it--
It's not suicide.
[Ganghyun] This morning,
[calm music]
he was going to meet me up.
He said he would reveal everything.
Didn't he leave anything to you
just in case?
No, nothing.
[Ganghyun sighs shallowly]
I'm sorry to ask you this all of a sudden,
- but you need to agree--
- No, I don't want the autopsy.
It could be a murder case.
You're Lee Hyungjun's daughter, right?
You kept calling my husband to bother him.
Why should I trust you?
[engine revs]
[tires screeching]
[seatbelt unfastening sound]
[sighs]
[door opens]
[Misook chattering]
[chattering in TV]
[Ganghyun] I'm home.
[door closes]
- [Misook] Oh.
- [Hyungjun] Hey.
[Hyungjun] You're early today.
[Ganghyun] Yes.
There's not much work.
- [Hyungjun] Really?
- [Misook] Have you eaten?
[Ganghyun] Sure.
[Hyungjun responds]
You told me to eat on time.
[Hyungjun] Have some.
[Misook] It's good.
[Ganghyun] From tomorrow,
I'm off.
You're off?
[Misook] You are? I see.
You have any plan?
How about a movie with me?
Oh, I'm going on a trip.
To where?
I reserved a temple stay.
Let me join you.
[Ganghyun] It's a meditation program
staying in a temple,
which is no fun at all.
[Misook sighs]
Why don't you spend some time with me?
You can play with me.
Sorry. Maybe we can go together next time.
[Misook] Okay.
[door creaks]
"LEE HYUNGJUN"
"MASS SUICIDE IN A MOTEL
INVESTIGATION REPORT"
[heavy music]
"CASE REPORT"
[Hyungjun] This case occurred
on October 26th, 2022
at 2:22 p.m.
In a motel in Gangha 2-dong,
three young people took poison
and were found dead.
Tablets including potassium cyanide
were found at the site,
and a suicide letter was found.
The letter said,
"It was so painful that
I had no other choice"
and "No autopsy, please."
Wheel tattoos found on the victims' bodies
turned out to be the same
as the emblem of the GY Meditation Center.
Therefore, this case can not be concluded
as a suicide case,
and it is clear that their suicide
was induced by the Oryun Community.
[pressing enter key]
"MASS SUICIDE RELATED
TO THE ORYUN COMMUNITY"
[Hyungjun] As I mentioned earlier,
[camera shutter sound]
this is a case
where three young people died
even before they were 30,
which is a tragedy.
Apparently,
it seems like a mass suicide,
but we suspect
there was a community or a force
that induced their suicide.
We applied for a search warrant
for the GY Meditation Center
and the Oryun Community.
We'll continue
[door opens]
an additional investigation.
What's up?
[Sunggu] Lee Hyungjun,
[door closes]
you're arrested for bribe acceptance.
[reporters murmuring]
"URGENT ARREST OF SUPERINTENDENT LEE
FOR BRIBERY CHARGES"
[phone holding sound]
[call starting sound]
[line ringing]
Mr. Choi.
Do you happen to know
about the Oryun Community?
[mellow music playing]
I've heard of it from young entrepreneurs
that it's a kind of meditation center.
Please look into it.
[Jeonghun] Okay.
[call ending sound]
"URGENT ARREST OF SUPERINTENDENT LEE
FOR BRIBERY CHARGES"
[ice cubes rattling]
[Myeongchul] How
[mellow music]
is Isoo doing these days?
He went back to the house.
It'll take some time,
but he'll understand.
I thought it would be easy
to be a good father.
My father had always been strict
and scary to me.
I thought at least I could do
better than he did.
Now I'm such a mess.
You're handling all stuff instead of me.
You'll have a chance to talk to him.
Don't worry.
He's getting used to the police work,
and he got some good friends there.
[street noise in distance]
[footsteps approaching]
[Isoo] Seeing you're here again,
you must have a lot on your mind.
Here.
[Isoo exclaiming deeply]
Why are you not asking?
I realized that someone
just standing next to you
could be so comforting.
[Isoo] And I can tell what it is.
I heard from the captain
about why the thoughtless Lee
lost her temper last time.
[shallow sigh]
[inhaling]
So, what are you going to do?
[sighing] I don't know.
If you're to fight,
I'll be on your side.
You don't even know what happened.
You trust your father,
and I
trust you.
[mellow music]
Right.
I trust my dad.
Dad was digging into the Oryun Community,
[Ganghyun] and I bet they set the trap.
[camera shutter sound]
For the past year, I tried to persuade
the manager of the community.
And today,
he told me he would reveal everything.
But he died
all of a sudden.
[sighing] Now, I don't know what to do.
I'll just leave and take a break.
I have a villa on the beach.
You want to stay there?
I have a place to go.
If you change your mind
to stay at a luxurious villa,
call me anytime.
[scoffs]
[exhaling]
[exclaims]
[Isoo] Jin Isoo, you're so cool.
[knocking]
[door closes]
[Changun] What? Why?
About Lee Seongwook's case,
let me look into it for a few more days.
[shallow sigh]
You know, I was accused
for urgent closing last time.
Okay. Get it right this time.
Yes, sir. Salute!
[door opens]
[door closes]
[shallow sigh]
[knocking]
You're taking it again.
[Joseph] You take one.
Take care of your health.
Is it that good? Should I try one?
How about an article?
Did you finish it?
What article?
[Joseph] About Jin Isoo's mother.
Next week,
there will be a debate
for mayor candidates.
We'll blow it by then.
I didn't write anything.
What?
I wasn't sure
if it's within
the citizen's right to know.
- What do you mean?
- I mean,
I'm not a man without fault.
I know I'm a trashy reporter,
but I don't want to be a real trash.
I can't cross that line.
[Joseph] You punk!
[Giseok] You'd better be careful, too.
I heard some rumors about Wang Jongtae.
If you stand on his side,
you'll get embarrassed someday.
[Joseph] Rumors?
What is it?
Hey.
[door creaks]
Hey.
[door closes]
"KIM JEONGYEON"
Jeongyeon hasn't been here recently.
[Hyunjae] You didn't know?
She hasn't been here for weeks
working on an exclusive case.
Without my permission?
[phone holding sound]
[call starting sound]
[guide voice] The phone is off,
and we'll connect you to voice mail
after the tone with extra cost.
[call ending sound]
[birds chirping]
[Ganghyun] You made gimbap?
Yes,
I prepared it for you
going on a trip in a long time.
[shallow scoff]
Here.
- Is it good?
- Yes.
[Misook laughs]
It's good.
Have it on your way.
Thank you, Mom.
Dad.
I'm leaving.
Okay.
[Hyungjun exhaling]
[Hyungjun] Have a great time.
- [Ganghyun] Okay.
- [Hyungjun] Good.
[Misook] Call me.
I will.
[Hyungjun] She'll do well.
- I'm off.
- [Hyungjun] Okay.
[Misook] Good trip.
[door lock beeps]
[exhaling]
[door lock beeps]
Why?
It's just
She's weird, isn't she?
What's weird?
[Misook] Something's up with her?
She's been busy,
so she just needs some alone time.
Just turn a blind eye to it.
Let's have gimbap.
I'll serve you some.
[dark music]
"A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN'S DROWNING CASE
IN THE HAN RIVER"
"MOON DONGSU"
"GY MEDITATION CENTER MANAGER"
"DROWNED TO DEATH IN THE HAN RIVER"
"NO WOUND, EVIDENCE,
ORYUN COMMUNITY TATTOO?"
[phone vibrates]
Hello, Dr. Yoon.
[Junyoung] Yes.
Okay. I'll be right there.
[call ending sound]
Where are you going?
To hear the autopsy result
for yesterday's case.
Let me join you, then.
You don't need to come.
Jeez.
You're so dull for a detective.
You still don't get it?
I'm a master key in investigations.
Let's go.
[door opens]
[shallow sigh]
- [Jiwon] You're here.
- Yes.
What was that?
Is he an unexpectedly popular man?
[shallow scoff]
The autopsy is finished?
[Jiwon] Yes, just now.
He was drowned to death, right?
Right.
But
he didn't die in the river.
[mysterious music]
If he died in the river,
there should be plankton in his stomach,
but we found nothing.
Then?
[Jiwon] He was drowned somewhere else,
and his body was thrown to the river.
So, it's a homicide, right?
[Jiwon] If he was forced to be drowned,
bruises on the body
or anesthetic ingredients in blood
must be found.
But there was nothing.
The victim was an instructor
of survival swimming.
[scoffs]
[Jiwon] I really don't know how he died.
[Isoo] That's an emblem
of the Oryun Community.
Where was that found?
[Jiwon] Here.
How do you know that?
[Isoo] I found it out by myself.
Because you guys don't share
any information with me.
Let's share
what is going on from now on.
This is not the kind of case
that you could poke around.
The honor of Ganghyun's father
depends on this case.
And it's also for capturing a cult leader
who killed innocent young people.
I'll take advantage of everything I have
to solve this case,
whether you help me or not.
"SAMSEONJANG MOTEL"
[knocking]
[Byungsik responds]
Police.
[Byungsik] Where
are the security cams here?
[owner] In the parking lot
and at the entrance.
Can I check them?
No one died here.
Why do you guys bother me?
Guys?
[owner] A female detective came here
and took the footage.
[suspicious music]
[scoffs]
Please let me check it, too.
[owner sighs]
Two people related to the Oryun Community
died on the same day.
[Isoo] Lee Seongwook is a manager
and a key member of the community.
[Junyoung] Moon Dongsu is the manager
of the GY Meditation Center,
which recruits Oryun's new believers.
Something must be going on
in this community.
You're investigating Moon's case, right?
[Junyoung] What's up?
[Byungsik] There are texts
between Lee and Moon.
They're on Telgram,
so we're analyzing it now.
What's the cause of death
of Moon Dongsu?
It's drowning.
His body was found in the river,
but it seems
that he was killed somewhere else.
[shallow sigh]
How did Lee Seongwook die?
You can tell him. He's also in Team 1.
[Byungsik] He fell to death.
A suicide letter was in his pocket.
[tense music]
We also got the security cam footage
from the motel he stayed.
[Kyungjin] I'll open it.
[Byungsik] Okay.
[device detecting sound]
[keyboard clacking]
[tires screeching]
[Byungsik] This car is owned
by the GY Meditation Center.
[mouse clicking]
[pressing enter key]
If these guys killed Lee Seongwook--
No security cam is in this site,
so we can't prove the murder.
And it's hard to identify them with it.
But this footage
seems to have been checked
by Ganghyun yesterday.
What?
Do you know
where Ganghyun is now?
[Isoo] It might be hard to reach her.
She's in a temple stay.
[call starting sound]
[line ringing]
[Isoo] This is tricky.
[guide voice] You're forwarded
to voice mail
What's up?
[call ending sound]
This letter looks weird.
What's weird about it?
We confirmed his handwriting.
This story doesn't make sense.
[Byungsik sighs shallowly]
He's always a bit off the wall.
[Seongwook] It's been a humble life.
I lived frugally.
I'm sorry to my wife
who always cared about me.
I wanted to be a giver,
but no matter how frugally I lived
and worked hard,
I couldn't be rich enough.
Now is the time to unload everything.
- Goddamn!
- Jeez.
[rhythmical music]
My gosh.
I made it again!
[marveling] I'm so
Am I really
Am I a born genius?
What the hell is it this time?
[Isoo] Come take a look. Come on.
[thuds]
Look.
What?
"AUTOPSY, PLEASE."
[suspenseful music]
[zoom-in sound effect]
[Seongwook] Autopsy, please.
[Isoo exclaims]
Great job.
[exhaling]
[dark music]
[Junyoung] Do you know
who these people are?
They could have killed your husband.
[Byungsik] This is his suicide letter.
Please agree
with the autopsy.
You don't know well
about the Oryun Community.
The primary doctrine
of the Oryun Community
is never letting a knife
cut a human body.
I'm a member of this community.
[Seongwook's wife] I met him there.
You don't want to catch the culprit?
My husband
just got an answer.
[pressing enter key]
"ORYUN, THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT VIRTUES
IN CONFUCIANISM"
[keyboard clacking]
[pressing enter key]
"GY MEDITATION CENTER"
[peaceful music in screen]
[voice in screen] Are you enduring
a tough time every day?
Do you have a grief you can't tell anyone?
We're here for you.
We'll bring peace to your mind.
I don't understand
what this community is for.
[door lock beeps]
Mr. Choi.
Found out anything?
Yes.
A man called Bori in the Oryun Community
is popular among entrepreneurs these days.
[Isoo] Bo what?
Bori?
[Jeonghun] It means, "I realized."
It sounds very superstitious.
[Jeonghun] To have a meal with Bori,
they should pay 100 million won.
100 million won?
Is he Warren Buffett or someone?
[scoffs]
So, who on earth is Bori?
Little has been known about him.
He's covering himself thoroughly,
so no one knows his real name.
The Oryun community was founded
about 5 years ago.
[Isoo exclaims shallowly]
[Jeonghun] But
many members of the community
committed suicide.
Then, I need to find out why.
[Jeonghun] This case looks very dangerous.
I don't want you to get involved.
[inhaling] Then
let me ask you a favor.
[bright music]
"NA HAN WON"
[bike engine revs]
[Isoo exclaims shallowly]
[inhaling]
So, is this the scene of exploitation?
Anyone needs a cop?
[Isoo] Police is here.
If you need a cop,
raise your hand.
"GY MEDITATION CENTER"
[manager] Get off, everyone.
[tense music]
Should we go?
Who is Bori?
[opening Velcro]
[Isoo] Mr. Bori?
I'm the founder of this place.
You're so young and handsome
for a cult leader.
Are these people paid properly
for their labor?
[Woohyuk] All of us
are working to leave this mortal coil.
It's worth more than--
Nothing is worth more than money
in capitalism.
[Isoo sighs]
[Woohyuk] This is what we grew here.
Try it.
No, thanks.
What if you poisoned it?
[tense music]
"GY MEDITATION CENTER"
"ROOM 201
LEE SOEUN"
[manager] Please go to your rooms
and come back after unpacking.
[Woohyuk] Please come in.
Okay.
[door creaks]
[Woohyuk] Wait here, please.
I'll go get changed.
Sure. Take your time.
I have plenty of time.
[tense music]
[door closes]
[exhaling]
[footsteps approaching]
You got a call, sir.
[shallow sigh]
Jin Isoo is here.
[manager] Welcome to Na Han Won, everyone.
[calm music]
First of all,
we'll collect your cell phones
in this box.
During your stay here,
you'll learn
how to leave mortal coils
in this world.
Now, pour out all your thoughts
that harass you
onto this paper.
If you write them down sincerely,
Bori will give an answer to you.
[files rattling]
[manager] Pass it, please.
[Yeji] I can't hold out anymore.
Please give me an answer.
Bori, please select me.
[writing sound]
[shallow laugh]
"LEE SOEUN"
[tea pouring sound]
[dark music]
[sniffing]
[exclaims]
Smells good, right?
I only drink coffee.
[cup thuds]
[Isoo clears throat]
[shallow sigh]
[tea pouring sound]
Lee Seongwook was found dead.
[Woohyuk] I heard that.
That's
too bad.
Why do so many people here
commit suicide?
[Woohyuk] Because they misunderstand me.
In this world, special people exist.
Some people read the flow
of the world economy.
Some create genius ideas,
and some people like me
realize the truth about life and death.
[scoffs with sigh]
I was raised in an orphanage.
I always envied other people.
- [student1] Mom.
- [Woohyuk] Children with parents,
those raised at home,
- [student1] I'm leaving.
- [student2] Okay.
[Woohyuk] and lucky children
who don't need
other people's sympathy.
Everyone has to leave the orphanage at 18.
[Woohyuk] I headed to a construction site.
I worked sincerely at first,
but a resentment
started to build up in my mind.
"Why should I live like this?"
[Woohyuk exclaims angrily]
"I want to be rich."
"I'd be happy
only if I had a lot of money."
So I decided to work at a company
where anyone could be employed.
It was a pyramid selling job.
Yes.
It caused a foregone conclusion.
I fell into huge debt.
After being kicked out
from the rented room,
I thought about it for the first time.
"Should I just die?"
[pedestrian signal sound]
"How should I kill myself?"
I was thinking about it
[mysterious sound effect]
when I came to the huge realization.
[tires screeching]
[tires screeching]
[tires screeching]
[pipes rolling sound]
[blood spurting sound]
[clinking]
[shallow groan]
[Woohyuk] Then, I finally realized
that I had already lived
five other lives before.
[tense music]
[iron clinking]
"HANYANG, A.D 1443"
[time passing sound effect]
"SEONGJU, A.D 1866"
[time passing sound effect]
"GYEONGSEONG, A.D 1932"
[time passing sound effect]
"SEOUL, A.D 1967"
[constructing noise]
Everyone said I would die, but I survived.
I decided to live
[heavy sound effect]
to spread my huge realization.
I help hopeless people by telling them
there's next-born life.
But some people misunderstood that
[Woohyuk inhaling]
and committed suicide.
Gosh, I almost fell asleep.
[Isoo tutting]
At least, it's not like "I'm the God."
I'm glad about that.
But anyway,
it's just a well-made bullshit.
Mr. Jin Isoo.
You're living the second one now.
In the previous life--
[Isoo stopping Woohyuk]
[Isoo] Enough.
[sighing] Stop talking about that.
You lost your mother when you were young.
[dark music]
[Woohyuk inhaling]
She was a warm and kind woman,
but she committed suicide.
[Woohyuk] Don't you miss your mother?
She is living her next-born life now.
You might need some time to think.
How about staying here for a few days?
[scoffs]
[chopsticks clinking]
Wow.
Yeji, you eat so well.
[steerer1] It's good?
Yes.
In here,
I eat and sleep
better than usual.
[steerer2] You feel comfortable here.
[steerer1] Right.
Well
[Ganghyun] I
was guided here
by a manager called Moon Dongsu,
but I can't find him.
[steerer1] Oh, Mr. Moon.
[inhaling] Right. These days,
he's not been around.
[steerer2] He was called by Bori
and went to his private residence.
I haven't seen him since then.
His luggage is still in his room.
[steerer1 inhaling]
He might have some urgent business.
[inhaling]
Well
[lip sound]
How can I
meet
Bori?
[steerer1 laughs]
[shallow laugh]
[steerer1] Oh.
It's your first time here, right?
Yeji is here for the third time,
but she still hasn't met him.
I see.
[food tray rattling]
[manager] Write down
your long-cherished wish.
Your earnest wish
will reach the Heaven.
[calm music]
"JUSTICE"
"NEXT-BORN LIFE"
[manager] To wrap it up,
we give you a tea of peace.
You'll sleep tight tonight
with no agony.
[light turned on]
[sharp sound effect]
[tense music]
[scoffs]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[Ganghyun] How did you
come here?
[Yeji] My father is missing
[dark music]
after borrowing money from loan sharks.
Mom
and I
tried everything to pay it back,
but it only kept growing day by day.
I'd only been thinking
about dying while sleeping,
and I happened to know Bori.
If I could be born
in a rich family in my next life,
I'm willing to die anytime.
It's not scary to die,
it's scary to live,
isn't it?
They said I need to make an offering,
so I borrowed more money
but
[breathing in tears]
[crying] I haven't got any answer
from Bori yet.
[sighs]
[sobbing] Maybe I need to pay
more money to get it.
[Yeji breathing in tears]
[Yeji sobbing]
[Yeji sobbing]
[shallow groan]
[shallow groan]
[dark sound effect]
[car door opens and closes]
[heavy music]
[engine revs]
[Seongwook gasps]
[tires screeching]
[Seongwook gasping]
[whistling]
[car door opens and closes]
[engine starts]
[engine revs]
[Ganghyun groans shallowly]
[shallow sigh]
[flashlight turned on]
[sharp sound effect]
[tense music]
[rummaging]
[footsteps echoing]
[rattling]
[footsteps]
[footsteps]
[door creaks]
[door closes]
[footsteps approaching]
[footsteps approaching]
[Isoo groans in pain]
Jin?
[shallow groan]
Why are you here?
And why are you here?
[Isoo] Get out.
Do you call this a temple stay?
What's that hair? Damn.
[tense sound effect]
[sighing] Stop joking.
[Isoo grunts]
Tell me why you're here.
To be saved and
I wondered who Bori is.
[sighs]
You met him?
Sure.
I heard you need to level up to meet him.
I was born on a high level, you know?
Where are my slippers?
[Ganghyun] What did you talk about?
That was just
a well-made bullshit.
That's not important now.
It's not the river
where Moon was not killed.
He was drowned first
and thrown to the river.
That's right.
I think this place
is the murder site.
[sharp sound effect]
[heavy music]
[door closes]
What about Lee Seongwook?
It'll be closed as a suicide case.
May I ask why he was
He was too greedy.
I warned him he could get hurt
by his greediness.
What did you do with Jin Isoo?
[tutting] I threw him a stone.
[Woohyuk] You lost your mother
when you were young.
She committed suicide.
Don't you miss your mother?
You might need some time to think.
How about staying here for a few days?
Oh, should I?
[Sunggu] An immature rich son
is not a big deal to you.
[inhaling]
There's this one
who really bothers me.
[Ganghyun] Moon Dongsu
disappeared after coming here to see Bori.
He must've killed
somewhere inside here.
"BACKGROUND CHECK"
[Sunggu] Lee Ganghyun.
She's Lee Hyungjun's daughter.
I ruled her out from this case,
but I don't know where she is.
[suitcase thuds]
[Sunggu exclaims]
Leave here right away.
You leave here first.
This place is very dangerous.
They don't go easy
on rich and powerful people.
You came to such a dangerous place alone?
You didn't even tell Junyoung, did you?
[sighing] This is my job.
They could be in danger.
You
You don't trust anyone.
[Isoo sighs shallowly]
[Isoo] Everyone's worried about you.
And I'm also your friend,
aren't I?
That's enough.
[Ganghyun] Take a picture of it
and send it to Junyoung.
They took my cell phone.
What?
They said
I should renounce the world first.
Why did you let them--
[footsteps]
[tense music]
[wooden floor creaks]
[footsteps]
[door opens]
[footsteps]
[footsteps approaching]
"THE RESULT OF ISOO AND GANGHYUN'S
INVESTIGATION INTO THE ORYUN COMMUNITY IS?"
[closing theme]
[Hyungjun] Something's up in there, right?
Where's Ganghyun?
[Jeonghun] Mr. Jin
sneaked into the community.
[Ganghyun] Jin!
[Ganghyun] Bori
will give poison at 9:00 a.m.
- We'll raid the scene.
- Okay.
[Byungsik] Woohyuk will run away
after the plastic surgery.
You remember the one
with penetrating injury?
[doctor] He was dead.
Get up!
How many people have you killed?
Those are all fake.
Who will get hurt
if you keep digging it?
Ms. Lee and Isoo are in danger.
- Changun!
- [Junyoung] We
will save Ganghyun.
- [Byungsik] I'll bring the support team. Go!
- Yes, sir.
You'll die here.
We're here. Hold out!
[Isoo] Wake up!
Wake up, Ganghyun!
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[Hyungjun sighs shallowly]
[Changun sighs]
You're not allowed to be here.
Do you know where Ganghyun is?
[dark music]
I can't reach her.
Answer me.
I heard the news that Lee Seongwook died.
Something's going on
in the Oryun Community, right?
Right?
[smacks lips]
We don't share anything with--
Changun!
Ganghyun seems to be
investigating alone now.
You get it?
Get out, please.
[Hyungjun] Please protect her.
I'm asking you.
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