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PARK JU-HYUN

PARK YONG-WOO

KANG HOON

HUNTER WITH A SCALPEL

PLACES, COMPANIES, CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS,

BACKDROPS, SETTINGS, CASES, ETC. ARE PURELY FICTIONAL

CHILD AND ANIMAL ACTORS WERE UNDER GUARDIAN AND EXPERT SUPERVISION

What is this?

Eun-seo, why aren’t you asleep? Why are you outside?

Dad.

Something like this should never happen.

HUNTER WITH A SCALPEL

EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER

EPISODE 13

The patient has a stab wound on the left abdomen and heavy bleeding.

What’s the condition?

In the ambulance, we could only maintain blood pressure by giving fluids.

- Can we take them to surgery right away? - Yes, we can.

- You've called other doctors, right? - Yes.

- Where’s the patient’s guardian? - I’m here!

What happened?

Yes, the female patient was beaten and had her fingers cut off.

The male patient was stabbed twice.

We brought them here immediately. Will they be okay?

We need to examine them first.

I’m not sure about the female patient’s condition, but the male patient’s is critical.

What happened? What do you mean Team Leader Jung is a victim?

What about the suspect?

He escaped while taking a child at the scene as a hostage.

He escaped again?

Did you just say "again"?

Why are you speaking informally?

It’s true, isn’t it?

You’ve already failed to catch him twice because you acted on your own.

Acted on my own?

You bastard.

What were you doing at that time?

- What do you know about the situation... - Enough.

You just stayed home!

- Why are you still... - Oh, come on!

Calm down.

Damn it.

Team Leader Jung ended up like that...

because of Choi Min-guk.

When Team Leader Jung and Jeon sunbae proposed investigating Choi Min-guk...

what did you say back then?

If you had let us move together back then...

he wouldn’t have ended up like this.

Damn it.

Why couldn’t we reach you?

Did you get a message from Team Leader Jung or not?

Forget it.

You still have those scribbled notes from the Blue Barrel case, right?

Send them all to me.

Photos, memos, everything.

We can’t get on the boat?

Se-eun.

It’s all Unnie’s fault.

We missed the boat because of her!

Dad said we were already late, but she kept saying she was in pain!

Look at this.

She dragged me along, and that’s how...

Did you know your sister brought that spray medicine?

I think Dad told you to be the one carrying her things.

Isn’t that right?

OPERATION TIME: 47 MINUTES

He dared to stab a detective?

That guy has no regard for the law. Let's catch him.

Reinstate our team immediately, and we need to capture him.

So, what I mean is...

What evidence do we have that he's the one behind our case?

Still none.

Because as of now, Seo Se-hyun is still considered the original suspect...

Let’s just handle this as identity fraud...

or attempted murder. How about that, Team Leader Hong?

If rumors start spreading that a victim of the fifth case kidnapped the suspect...

we’re in for a major headache.

We can’t do that.

We must investigate Choi Min-guk as an accomplice.

How many times have we said it already?

Choi Min-guk is highly suspicious.

What is your problem?

To be honest... He left the body of his own victim...

just lying in his bathroom at home.

Huh?

Even psychopaths who score full marks on psychopathy tests,

would at least bury the body in the ground.

Jong-su, you...

Weren’t you managing them?

Did you know they were conducting their own investigation?

I didn’t know.

You didn’t know, as their superior?

Isn’t this all happening because the suspended officers acted without permission?

And you went after someone who had absolutely nothing to do with the case direction!

If you're going to defy orders, at least take some responsibility.

But what is this?

Anyway, we’ll investigate this case separately.

Step away from Choi Min-guk for now.

Team Leader Hong.

Since Seo Se-hyun has been caught, interrogate her once she regains consciousness.

A member of our team!

Was stabbed by that bastard.

That situation alone makes him suspicious of being an accomplice.

Who said you can’t arrest him?

We received a report about a serial murder case.

Let’s show that we’re focusing on that case.

Letting the Criminal Department handle Choi Min-guk might also look better.

Look better?

Do you know what I regret the most right now?

When Team Leader Jung talked about the accomplice...

I was the one who stopped them from digging into that cold case!

And now, look how he’s ended up.

Cold case?

What nonsense is this?

Chief, you need to see this.

Please turn it on.

Isn’t that Choi Min-guk?

Yes.

That’s Choi Min-guk.

But in the Blue Barrel Case at Cheongun Port in 1999, he was Go Doo-sam.

Oh no... how did this become such a mess?

And what’s this about Dr. Seo being kidnapped?

Doesn’t that mean there’s another perpetrator?

There’s no need to worry.

Even if Dr. Seo isn’t the culprit...

she’s already damaged the reputation of the Forensics Bureau.

But since she’s now been arrested and will be investigated by police...

we should also be prepared.

We just got through a major crisis.

This is seriously giving me a headache.

What do you mean by that?

Nothing has changed, Dr. Cheon.

So stay out of it and keep your mouth shut.

From Seung-hyup’s case to the tailor...

Chief Seo faked evidence. That hasn't changed.

Wasn’t she uninvolved in the Nam Seung-hyup case?

What?

I know you’re feeling conflicted because you worked with her for so long.

Dr. Seo kept requesting retesting of the samples from Nam Seung-hyup’s case.

- But that day, you... - What?

Who signed the autopsy report for Nam Seung-hyup?

Who altered the evidence in the Yongcheon case?

These are the cases I handled with Dr. Seo over the past three years.

BACKGROUND TO THE CYANIDE MAKGEOLLI INCIDENT

I’ve checked and double-checked everything.

Everything is clean.

Dr. Cheon.

Dr. Seo has never tried to falsify or conceal results.

She must’ve had a reason in the Yongcheon case.

At the very least, we should stand up for her...

Snap out of it.

She’s a murderer.

If you're going to defend someone, at least pick the right person.

What kind of nonsense is that?

Come on, run!

Se-eun!

Se-eun!

Se-eun!

Se-eun!

I need to know where she was taken.

SEO SE-HYUN, MURDER SUSPECT, FALSIFIED AUTOPSY REPORT?!

Why is there still no news?

Do it properly.

Keep doing that until you understand what you did wrong.

Understand?

Look carefully. Don't miss anything.

Yes, I understand.

How much longer?

Still a long way to go.

We're only doing facial recognition.

We have to scan at least 800,000 men over 50.

It’s a waste of time if we have no comparison data.

Identifying him is the top priority. Please do it quickly.

Yes.

Team Leader Hong.

The search of Choi Min-guk’s laundry and house is done.

We didn’t find anything. Everything was wiped clean.

But we found something odd in Seo Se-hyun’s movement.

She placed a book on a shelf and left immediately.

Why did she specifically look for a surveillance camera first?

And hiding the item was also strange.

When was this recorded?

Just before the attempted murder at the laundromat.

So she hid the item before going to see Choi Min-guk?

All the other evidence was left at home, but this one was hidden?

It’s like she wanted it to be found.

YOON SE-EUN

Se-eun.

Se-eun.

Se-eun.

Come to Daddy.

Se-eun!

Se-eun.

Se-eun, come here!

Se-eun, what’s wrong?

You won’t escape from me.

Se-eun, hurry!

Se-eun.

Daddy will forgive you.

Se-eun!

Miss Seo, you’re awake?

The surgery is over.

Do you feel any discomfort?

Team Leader Jung...

Yes?

What about the person who was brought in with me?

Even though the critical phase has passed, the wound is very deep.

We still need to monitor his recovery.

That means, Choi Min-guk...

pretended to be a laundry shop owner to move freely around Yongcheon City?

That’s right.

But what's even more shocking is...

he faked a limp to mislead people so they wouldn’t suspect him.

He’s really something.

Seriously? What do you mean “something”?

He’s a psychopathic killer.

Hold on.

The address is right here.

- Here? - Yes.

What now?

Looks like there’s nothing we can find.

It’s been over 20 years.

I’ll try talking to the locals.

Yeah, let’s try asking around.

Wait a second.

Sir!

Sorry to bother you, but we have a question.

What should we do?

That day...

When I said I couldn’t trust you...

I’m sorry.

Are you feeling okay?

Yes.

You know you’re a suspect for the Yongcheon case, right?

Yes.

Given the clear evidence we found in your house...

there’s nothing stopping us from indicting you now.

However...

there's something bothering us.

We need an explanation about your connection to Choi Min-guk.

Has Team Leader Jung regained consciousness?

Answer my question.

Please let me meet him.

I’ll ask again.

What’s your relationship with Choi Min-guk?

YOON SE-EUN

Then what is this?

We found this today along your route.

YOON SE-EUN

Yoon Se-eun.

Is that your real name?

He said it should be around here.

FORGET-ME-NOT FLOWERS

It’s right over there.

I knew Jung-mi very well.

Right next to here, she had a small bar.

She worked hard running the business and raising her daughter on her own...

but she met the wrong man.

What about her?

We’re investigating Lee Jeong-mi’s husband, Go Doo Sam.

This man.

That’s not him.

What?

Then who is he?

His name...

Wait, if I remember correctly, his family name was Yoon.

Yoon Jo-kyun!

I’d never forget a scumbag like that.

Goodness, we didn’t know that.

We only knew him as Lee Jung-mi’s husband.

Yes, please confirm his identity.

Yes, a man.

Yoon Jo-kyun.

Before she met Go Doo Sam,

they were living together in a common-law relationship.

His daughter and Jung-mi’s daughter

all lived together for quite some time.

But...

That man was like a parasite.

He clung to Jeong-mi and drained her completely.

So Jung-mi officially registered her marriage with Go Doo-sam...

who often helped her at the bar.

To escape that bastard Yoon.

Then that story must’ve caused a huge stir around here, right?

A mother abandoning her daughter to run off with another man.

Of course Jung-mi was slandered.

They ran off in the middle of the night, just the two of them.

Really? When did that happen?

Let me think. Was it 1998 or 1999?

I don’t remember exactly.

But the thing that’s still a mystery is...

she’s not the type to abandon her own child.

Something must’ve made her really despise that man.

Anyway...

Is that bastard Yoon now pretending to be Go Doo-sam and causing trouble?

- Hyung-nim. - Yes?

What is it?

IDENTITY CONFIRMATION DOCUMENT NAME: YOON JO-KYUN

Oh my god.

But Eun-seo was so beautiful and kind-hearted.

She treated that man’s daughter like her own younger sister.

You stared at the CCTV camera for a long time before hiding this book.

Why?

Do you remember Go Eun-seo?

There's no record of her after 2004, the same year you entered the orphanage.

Then in 2006...

she was reported dead along with her mother.

Go Eun-seo's father is Go Doo-sam.

You know the Blue Barrel Case at Cheongun Port, right?

He was the suspect in that case, but he's also the same person as Choi Min-guk.

This photo was taken in Haryong, where Go Doo-sam was—or more precisely...

in the yard of Choi Min-guk’s house.

And at that location, we found your footprints and Choi Min-guk’s...

suggesting you had both been there recently.

Do you still deny knowing him?

Seo Se-hyun.

Refusing to testify at this point...

will not help you at all.

We don’t know what your relationship with Choi Min-guk is, or why he kidnapped you...

but you have to be honest so we can investigate properly.

We don’t have any evidence that Choi Min-guk is the culprit.

Are you trying to protect him?

Dr. Seo.

I’ll tell you everything.

But...

Please arrange a press conference.

You’re bleeding badly.

Don’t talk.

Please...

Somebody help us!

Over here...

Call 119, please!

Please call 119...

Please...

Seo Se-hyun, a renowned forensic doctor at the National Forensic Service, who was recently...

named the prime suspect in the Yongcheon serial murder case...

has voluntarily requested to hold a press conference.

Through this press conference, attention will be focused on new developments in the case...

including a possible confession from Seo Se-hyun or the appearance of another suspect...

and whether Seo Se-hyun, who was also the doctor in charge of the autopsy of the late

Nam Seung-hyup in a drug-related case, will...

A little to the left.

Okay.

Back a bit.

PRESS CONFERENCE — YONGCHEON SERIAL MURDER CASE

Team Leader Hong.

Will this be okay?

It'll be a disaster if she says something crazy.

Do you have a reason why you must speak at a press conference?

You know we need strong justification for something this unreasonable...

That person will move...

if he sees me.

What do you mean?

I’ll be the bait.

Please begin.

- Good work. - Thank you.

The speaker has arrived.

PRESS CONFERENCE — AUTOPSY OF SUSPECT SEO SE-HYEON

HOSTED BY NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE VOLUNTARILY REQUESTED

I’m Seo Se-hyun, head of the forensics team at Seoul Forensic Laboratory.

I am the prime suspect in the Yongcheon serial murder case...

and someone who knows the true culprit of the six dismemberment murders...

that took place between 1999 and 2004 and still remain unsolved.

I am the daughter...

of Yoon Jo-kyun.