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Why did you pick such a location? You'll kill me and Yeo Myeong Ha both once you have the evidence in your hands.

The playing around stops here.

I'll say your...

last goodbye to her.

Yongsan Station D64. The bag inside the locker.

I have it now. I'll repeat.

If you touch a hair on Yeo Myeong Ha's body...

the deal is off.

Did you open it?

Unfortunately, I don't know the passcode to the briefcase.

If the police get their hands on it, it's only a matter of time to get it opened.

If I see any trace of that being opened

or damaged

Yeo Myeong Ha is dead.

You should give up on the thought of killing both of us and get the briefcase.

If anyone gets hurts, the briefcase will be handed to the police.

Let's decide again. In three hours, the location is...

I'll determine the location in 30 minutes.

There's a building that just wrapped up construction recently in Namsan-dong.

Fine. Don't try to use your street smarts this time.

You as well.

Episode 14

Did you escape the police surveillance?

For now. What happened?

Joo Seong Chan has that briefcase.

He's bringing it over.

Joo Seong Chan?

- And Myeong Ha? - She's with me.

Are you holding Myeong Ha hostage?

If I hadn't done that,

he would've turned it over to the police already.

I'll never do anything to ruin the plan. Don't worry.

You perhaps... Soo Gyeong...

This time, my judgment will be correct.

Soo Gyeong... Jeong Soo Gyeong...

There's no trace of him intruding our space.

Actually, this is technically impossible.

Isn't there any other possibility? Like planting a hacking tool in the office directly?

Aigoo... unless I install something myself...

Hi Commang, it's me.

Right, long time no see, whatever. You've heard of Underground site, right?

What kind of tool do you use these days?

Send it to me as soon as you can.

I know it's hard to get it. That's why I'm asking you.

You sent it to me already? Geez, you're so quick in understanding me, dude.

Ugh, seriously with my own hands...

Where did everyone go?

Geez...

- That commang, that jerk! - Commang?

I think when I looked into the Underground site last time, it came through the Backdoor tool I installed.

He's a well known hacker in that arena, so I had asked him.

I'm sorry. I think he's been looking at all our data.

- Can you remove it? - In five minutes.

You have to do it, so he won't notice it.

You mean use it to our advantage?

- Are you here? - I'm here.

Where are you?

Where is Myeong Ha? I need to confirm.

Come upstairs with the briefcase.

No, you come down.

Leave Myeong Ha there and the briefcase...

- I'll leave it here. - Spinning your head again...

If the briefcase isn't there when I'm down there...

You know neither one of you can get out of here, right?

Don't you dare spin your wheels.

Don't hang up the phone and take the elevator.

You come down and get the briefcase.

- And I'll go up and get Myeong Ha. - And after that?

Check the condition of the briefcase. Then let's continue our talk.

You didn't do anything funny to the briefcase, did you?

No way. Don't you dare do anything funny.

I won't let you two walk away even after getting the briefcase.

I knew you'd say that.

I do understand you, but it's best for you if you take off after getting the briefcase.

The cops are on their way.

I can still hear you spinning your wheels all the way here. I'm sorry but

I heard you hacked into the Negotiation Team computer and saw everything through the camera.

We removed your tool and called for assistance.

Since they'll arrive in three minutes, it's plenty of time for you to take the briefcase and take off.

The briefcase looks alright.

If you got the goods, leave quietly.

Myeong Ha!

- Get away from me! - What?

Get away! He's about to kill us both!

Run away!

Soo Gyeong.

Why... why do you do this to me...

Stop, Soo Gyeong.

As expected, more than me...

are you for her?

Yeo Myeong Ha only interferes in our plans.

She knows who you are!

This is an order. Put it down.

I'm sorry.

It's okay now.

There's a connection.

Why did you do that, Father.

You know what I'm trying to do.

And...

since you, Father...

tried to let Myeong Ha know...

Both Myeong Ha and Soo Gyeong were in danger.

In the end, with my own hands...

I killed Soo Gyeong.

I'm sorry. You doing all this, because of me.

There isn't much more left.

We have to see it through to the end.

That poor kid...

Because of me...

he had to become a monster.

I think we better move you to a quieter hospital.

Are you all right, Yeo Myeong Ha?

So you're saying that the Citizen's Anchor, Yoon Hee Seong killed Jeong Soo Kyeong, the Pied Piper?

Yoon Hee Song is the Pied Piper.

What the heck does that mean?

We even guarded Anchor Yoon because you said that the Pied Piper was targeting him.

Thanks to that, it was difficult for him to move around.

And during that time, Myeong Ha found the evidence that would reveal his identity.

And he found out about it, and sent Jeong Soo Gyeong to kidnap Myeong Ha.

Seong Chan is correct.

So they were on the same side.

So why would he kill Jeong Soo Gyeong?

For whatever reason, he had thought of Myeong Ha as special all along.

When Jeong Soo Gyeong set fire to Myeong Ha's home, that was why he went to rescue her.

Myeong Ha, you told me about this.

The Limping Boy who appears in the "Pied Piper" fairy tale?

All the children followed the Pied Piper

but the Limping Boy could not follow.

So he was sad.

He imagined that the other children went to a happy and joyful land.

I want to believe that they went to a good place.

If it were just for revenge, and the children met with misfortune,

that will be too sad.

That Limping Boy is Myeong Ha.

Jeong Soo Gyeong is one of the children who followed the Pied Piper.

He probably believed the Pied Piper, that he could seek revenge upon the adults who made him suffer.

But Myeong Ha, who suffered the same way he did, did not follow.

Just like the Limping Boy.

The reason that the Pied Piper keeps being concerned about Myeong Ha

was bothersome to Jeong Soo Gyeong.

Because she was obstructing their vengeance.

What the heck are you saying... geez?

Team Leader.

We've located Yoon Hee Seong.

He got the slip on me, and I wondered where he went. But he went to the nursing home.

The nurse confirmed it...

He created an alibi. He was here for certain.

Then what about the suitcase? That's why this happened to Yeo Myeong Ha.

He must have taken it with him. We must arrest him without a warrant immediately.

But we still don't have evidence.

What if he gets released for lack of evidence? In that case...

He already knows that we suspect him.

Furthermore, he even killed Jeong Soo Gyeong. He went as far as he could go.

He will rush his plans.

We cannot give him any more time.

From this point on, we'll find out Yoon Hee Seong's whereabouts.

You're confident that we can throw him in jail, right?

Forty-eight hours. We have to find evidence within that time.

Due to the suicide of Jeong Soo Gyeong, known as the Pied Piper, the year-long serial terror incidents have ended.

However, the shock of the incidents has not subsided.[Breaking news] Death of Pied Piper

We hope that such a criminal will no longer threaten the safety of our citizens

and create chaos in our society.

We searched all the CCTVs for evidence of Jeong Soo Gyeong's murder, but found nothing.

We looked at every questionable thing, but nothing came up.

And the camera that was spying on us, the hacking trail disappeared without a trace.

What about the nurse at the nursing home?

Maybe they had a chance to get their stories straight, but

she claims that Yoon Hee Seong was at the nursing home at that time.

To discharge Mr. Shin Ho Chang from the hospital.

What? Where did he go?

The nurse says she doesn't know that.

There is definitely something there, though.

There needs to be some corner we can poke into, but nothing.

We can't just let the time pass like this.

To be honest, I still can't believe it.

Yoon Hee Seong is the Pied Piper?

But where is Joo Seong Chan and Yeo Myeong Ha, who said they went to find evidence?

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Where have you been?

We're almost ready.

Seong Chan will get a confession out of him soon.

In the meantime, please investigate this.

Okay, got it.

What are you doing, holding an innocent person captive like this?

Yoon Hee Seong. Is that your real name?

Do you ask that because you do not know?

- Just answer the questions. - That's right.

Your parents and other family members are currently living in the U.S. Is that true?

Did you arrest me without a warrant just to confirm such useless things?

Forcefully and without any evidence?

I will report all of this. You should be prepared.

Let's skip over the formalities, then.

Let's backtrack on your life.

TNN's main anchor who enjoys huge popularity and is therefore called the "citizen's anchor," Yoon Hee Seong.

You claim to report only the truth, but you are known for being ambitious, obsessed with ratings and exclusive scoops.

Of course, in exchange for concealing the truth about the hostage crisis in the Philippines, you became an anchor.

And in return for being a good "parrot," you even became the Press Director.

So of course people think that about you.

This is the image that the world knows about you.

But you were a bit different in the past.

Yoon Hee Seong. I think it was in 1995? I was in charge of the society beat when he was a rookie.

That was when the last trials regarding the New Town incident were concluding.

The results seemed obvious, so everyone was avoiding it, more or less.

Please listen to me.

Didn't you hear them tell us earlier to stop covering it at the meeting?

I am going to meet with a whistle-blower.

The riot squad commander, Oh Jeong Hak, who was there.

He said he has evidence that the squad leader made a deal with K Group.

Wait. Wait...

He said he would bring a recording.

Do you not yet realize why he's not here, yet?

With threats or money, K Group must have shut his mouth.

The reason that Team Leader Oh chose not to be a whistle-blower was because of Myeong Ha.

But that is when you came to know this.

That as a reporter, it was not possible to tell the truth to the public.

Let's say that is true. But what about it?

An innocent and spirited rookie reporter becomes disillusioned.

Within the media industry is there a more common story?

To reveal the truth, you needed power.

And you said that you were in the process of amassing that power.

That sounded good, at the time.

Then let us travel back in time to before you became a reporter.

Thirteen years ago, before this tragic incident happened,

you took a leave from school due to your military duty. You were discharged because you got injured in the army.

It's nothing. I was injured during training, and received surgery on the ligaments in my knee.

After being discharged from the military for medical reasons, even just right before the incident

you were attending a prestigious university studying to be a journalist. At least that's what the records say.

But how did you become so obsessed with the New Town incident?

A sense of duty felt by a future journalist?

No, that doesn't explain it.

So 13 years ago, where were you exactly?

How are you connected to that incident?

I told you.

That incident from 13 years ago

has nothing to do with me at all.

Right. We looked so much for a connection and found nothing.

What did you two find?

Keep listening.

You remember this photo, right?

Is it this person, perhaps?

- Yes, it is him. - How did you?

That was why I went to see you, Myeong Ha.

Father asked me to give it to you.

Why? What about this photo?

In this photo, there is at least one other person.

Huh? What does that mean?

Myeong Ha, your mother, your father, and Jeong Soo Gyeong.

And? The person who took this photo.

And that could be Hee Seong?

He said Shin Ho Chang gave you this photo, but he's the one who actually gave it to you.

Seeing his behavior so far, the possibility that he is related to the victims is high.

Do you remember who took this photo?

If you look, you can see that you were looking at the camera.

Try to remember.

Maybe when you met Yoon Hee Seong at the hospital when you were young, that was not a coincidence.

You mean that we could have known each other from before?

If he is directly involved with the incident, then it's possible.

But I can't remember at all...

Maybe, like with Team Leader Oh, I'm afraid to remember

so I've blocked my memories?

You want me to try hypnosis on you?

Yes.

I know you suffered through the last incident and it hasn't been long since you were discharged from the hospital.

I'm sorry to ask you to do this.

More than that... Is this your idea, Joo Seong Chan?

Well, that's...

Seong Chan is against it, but I decided to do it.

If I have a memory that'll serve as an answer, I want to find it.

No, I must find it.

Before anything worse can happen.

Is it even possible?

You even had someone recall the license number of the hit-and-run driver.

It won't be easy.

Relax and let me know when you're ready.

I'm ready.

Then, close your eyes slowly.

When I count to five, you're going back to 13 years ago.

To the day in this picture, got it?

Okay.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Myeong Ha, can you hear my voice?

Do you see something?

I think it's pointless.

You're on your way back from the market with your mom.

What are you doing, Myeong Ha?

Mom...

What are you doing, Myeong Ha? Let's go.

- Mom. - Huh?

- Hi Myeong Ha, did you buy lots of delicious food? - Dad.

Huh?

What's today's menu?

Chicken.

Wow, ahjussi is really doing well here.

Myeong Ha, what do I do, huh?

Honey, what should I do?

That's ahjussi Shin playing chess.

He must be outside of the frame.

Fine, we'll come up with more memories this way.

Do you see the man taking the picture?

You're looking at the camera in the picture.

I'm sure you saw him.

Yes, I see him.

Who is it?

It's a man... The camera is covering his face. I can't see.

You didn't see his face? By chance, does he look like Yoon Hee Seong?

I'm not sure...

You initially said that you merely made the report.

You said you weren't directly related to the incident thirteen years ago.

- I did.- Let me ask you again.

With the victims of the incident that occurred on January 25, 2003...

- don't you have a connection to them? - No, I don't.

While I was a rookie reporter, I only reported on that controversial incident.

But I failed.

That's all. You know that, Seong Chan.

No. You had no choice but to be attached to that incident.

Because, one of the victims of that incident...

Jeong Soo In was your lover.

What?

Because, one of the victims of that incident...

Jeong Soo In was your lover.

What?

For that reason, you approached Jeong Soo Gyeong afterwards.

When I checked with the displaced residents, Jeong Soo In had hid the relationship at the time.

Jeong Soo In... that's Jeong Soo Gyeong's sister, right?

If this is true, he's trapped!

Since we know he lied during the confession, we can get a warrant issued.

You must've gotten interested in writing novels...

- but it's so-so. - You're the one coming up with stories.

I'm presenting the facts.

This picture! You took it.

Based on what proof?

You said Shin Ho Chang tried to give this picture to Myeong Ha?

You lied.

How so?

If I was really Pied Piper, would I risk getting caught

and deliver the evidence with my own hands?

Because you knew Jeong Soo Gyeong was after Myeong Ha and tried to stop him.

Myeong Ha!

Myeong Ha!

Myeong Ha!

Move!

You had a reason to come by Myeong Ha's house at that time.

So, the card you had to play was this picture!

It's unfortunate, but

there's no proof anywhere that I took this picture.

You really think so?

Lee Photography Studio

Who are you?

Have you ever seen this picture?

It's right around here. Before the incident.

Yes. You remember?

All these people used to have their photos developed by me.

Then it could've been developed here.

By chance, can we find out who got this printed...

It's already been over ten years.

I do have my records, but I'm not sure if it'll help.

Some people would leave the film and after months... forget months...

they'd come back after years. So, I jot them all down.

It may be hard to look through it.

I don't know if it has what you're looking for.

We visited all the photo studios in New Town area and found it.

A month after that incident thirteen years ago.

You see right here?

The person who developed this picture. Yoon Hee Seong.

Should I analyze the handwriting?

There's no need.

This is...

my handwriting.

You finally acknowledge.

However...

I didn't take the photo.

At the request of Shin Ho Chang who was paralyzed after the incident, I dropped off the film.

You weren't Shin Ho Chang's sponsor back then. You were even a reporter then.

As a future journalist,

I met the victim with the interest in the incident.

I wanted to help him out in any way.

Don't make me laugh!

It's because you were Jeong Soo In's lover.

I do acknowledge that I got the photo printed.

But that doesn't mean that I

was Jeong Soo In's boyfriend, right?

There's a way to find out.

Shin Ho Chang who was at the nursing home. We can ask him directly.

If he asked you to develop the picture or not.

Shin Ho Chang... why did you hide him away?

Hide?

What do you mean hiding?

If not, bring him in!

I moved him because he was in a critical condition.

- He can't meet anyone. - Seeing that you're using pathetic excuses...

you must have pretty much hit rock bottom.

- Did you find something? - Take a look.

We use SNS nowadays, but this is what they used then.

If she had a boyfriend, she'd have a photo here...

Hey, hurry up and find it. If there's a photo to prove that he was Jeong Soo In's boyfriend, forget the interrogation.

We'll go get the warrant and search his house.

What's this?

This isn't Yoon Hee Seong, but Shin Gyeong Man. Shin Ho Chang's dead son.

So why did that moron have this photo...

Maybe he was really doing a favor.

Did you have fun toying with me all this time?

Everything is over, so make your confession.

Do you want the truth?

I'm not dead Jeong Soo In's...

boyfriend.

Seong Chan, we were wrong.

Jeong Soo In's boyfriend is the deceased Shin Gyeong Man.

If not... it's easy to prove it.

We'll just ask Shin Ho Chang.

What is he doing? We said he's not the one. Didn't he hear you?

He's probably thinking he can reel in Shin Ho Chang at the least.

If he wasn't dating Jeong Soo In, what the heck?

Only if we can get Ahjussi Shin's testimony, we can confirm everything.

But the fact that you tried to hide the key witness Shin Ho Chang...

means you gave false testimony.

What do you think?

Don't you think it's enough for us to request a warrant for your arrest?

It's nonsense.

So, bring Shin Ho Chang in!

Don't... waste your time this way...

and bring a warrant.

I still have a few hours. I'll wait here.

Why don't you go?

Should I tell you? It's because

you're wrong.

Aren't you, Seong Chan?

Yoon Hee Seong, your attorney is here.

If there's no further interrogation, I'll take my client.

Regarding your excessive investigation, I'll make a formal complaint to the police agency.

If you choose to continue illegally following or monitoring from this point on,

we'll sue the police department and Joo Seong Chan.

If you're done here, I'll be going.

Let's go.

I heard Jeong Soo Gyeong saying it clearly.

You're the Pied Piper.

Who'd believe what you say when you don't even have any evidence?

Joo Eun was an innocent bystander and

Team Leader Oh was wholeheartedly regretting his wrongdoing.

They didn't deserve to die by your hands!

If the Yoon Hee Seong I knew is even remotely genuine, just confess.

Just confess everything and end it!

You don't need to reply. Let's go.

Where are you going? I'm not finished!

You said you want to reveal to the world unfair deaths!

But you took away lives of innocent people!

You killed innocent people!

The people who killed my parents and you, you're all the same.

I won't forgive you! Never!

I'll go on my own from here.

Myeong Ha.

It was temporary dizziness.

You couldn't even take a break since the kidnapping. You pushed yourself with the hypnotic investigation and whatnot.

You'll probably feel better once you take it easy.

Okay.

What's wrong?

Hee Seong's gaze earlier in front of the interrogation room somehow bothers me.

His gaze?

Come to think of it, Jeong Soo Gyeong said this.

Begging to spare his life...

Your father who was begging to spare his life... Those bastards knocked him over and burned him to death.

And your mother! Hyung Gyeong Man!

- Including my sister... - Stop! I know!

Listen carefully.

You think I've been brainwashed by that man.

But it's the opposite. Oh Jeong Hak is the one who deceived you and brainwashed you!

The one with the problem isn't me, it's you.

Yoon Hee Seong is a victim, too, right?

That's why he's doing all this!

You want to get some information out of me?

Of course, you're nothing but an obstacle.

The way he looked at you...

I never liked it.

That look... I'm sure I saw it before.

- Myeong Ha. - Wait.

When my father was begging for his life...

Spare us.

No, you bastards!

I said spare us, you bastards!

I said spare us!

The people standing on the rooftop... Only the people standing close by heard him.

From what I remember, Jeong Soo Gyeong wasn't there.

Then...

His gaze...

Mom! Mom! Mom!

Mom!

Dad!

Dad! Mom!

Dad! Dad! Mom!

So Yoon Hee Seong was not a victim, but

a perpetrator?

He was present at the incident 13 years ago. He was not a victim, but a perpetrator. That is why we couldn't catch him before.

So you're saying that this happened right after the riot squad received their deployment order?

- Got anything? - No. Except that he was discharged from the military for illness or hardships, I could not find any other records.

The fact that there are no records that he was discharged as a result of injury

means that he altered the military records.

- Yes, that's true. - He gave false testimony regarding the incident 13 years ago, and he altered military records.

We can get a warrant to investigate this.

Please prepare it so that we can arrest him immediately after.

- Nothing's wrong. - Nothing's wrong.

- Nothing's wrong. - Nothing's wrong.

Search thoroughly for evidence. Hurry.

Mom! Mom! Mom!

♪ The night is so still, the streets are at rest ♪

♪ This is my house that my love graced ♪

♪ This is the town she's long since left ♪

♪ But the house is here in the selfsame place ♪ Hey, carry this guy!

♪ A man's there too, who stands and stares ♪

♪ And wrings his hands, in violent pain ♪

♪ When I see his look I become fearful ♪

♪ The moonlight shines on my face ♪

♪ You doppelganger, you pale creature ♪

♪ Why do you resemble my sad love? ♪

♪ Love, torturing me on this very corner ♪

♪ For so many nights, those years I knew. ♪

♪ For so many nights, those years I knew. ♪

Hey!

I think he got away.

Press Director, Yoon Hee Seong

That guy from before.

Yoon Hee Seong's car is still there.

It's that guy on the bike.

Team Leader, Yoon Hee Seong is getting away on a motorcycle.

What? Quickly follow him.

- Is he really Yoon Hee Seong? - Yes, he's wearing a helmet, and he's carrying a bag.

He's pursuing his next target.

Then... Chairman Seo?

Seong Chan.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

This is the last page that was torn out of my book.

Those who cannot punish

are the ones to forgive.

Joo Seong Chan. Oh Jeong Hak. Yang Dong Woo. Lee Joon Gyeong. Seo Gun Il.

This is ample evidence.

We must block him quickly.

Myeong Ha, wait here for just a bit. Okay?

Um... the doctor told you to wait.

Why are you here? Did you get hurt?

- It's not like that.- Then?

My house caught on fire. My mom and dad died.

I see.

I'm sorry.

It's not for you to be sorry about.

You must hurt more than me.

The doctor keeps bothering me. She can't even heal me.

How could you heal such a thing?

You see, Ahjussi will become a reporter.

Once I become a reporter, I will be sure to tell the world what happened to you.

So that your hurt can heal, just a little bit.

Mr. Yoon Hee Seong. Please take your prescription.

Yoon Hee Seong, stop!

That Yoon Hee Seong?

He's trapped in the corner. So, he's trying to carry out the final plan in a rush.

He's coming here? To kill me?

Over there!

He's going up!

He may have a gun or explosive. Don't act alone when you find him. Radio us.

Yes, sir!

How did it go?

Going crazy. He disappeared without a trace.

- Really? - Yeah.

Let's spread out and look for him again.

Section 32, Rehabilitation/Physical Therapy

What? Several men?

Chairman, this won't do. Let's get out of the hospital for now.

Okay.

Let's go.

- You can't come out. - Why not?

Seeing his methods thus far, he's trying to drag you out.

Move out of the way. Move right now!

- What's up, a**hole! Stop right there! - He might have a bomb!

- Move! - Yoon Hee Sang, freeze!

Yoon Hee Sang, what's that briefcase? Put it down.

Hurry up and put it down!

Kneel.

Take off the helmet.

Who are you?

I was asked to deliver this.

Open the briefcase. Hurry up and open it up!

- Open it. - Okay.

- Speak. - We discovered a bomb inside the Chairman Seo's car.

A bomb?

It was set to blow up as soon as the engine started. We'll dismantle it right away.

What did I tell you?

Where is that bastard Yoon Hee Seong right now?

Press Director? We're also...

Where are you running to? We have our news to do.

Ah... well... the police are looking for you, Press Director.

It's nothing important.

We should start the news.

He just went into the studio.

What?

That was the news for the evening.

This will be my last greeting to you at the Night News.

I'm sure no one is interested, but I'll let you know of a forgotten news story from the past before I end.

Thirteen years ago, January 25, 2003 at New Town...

The location where the Golden Hill Casino is now located...

I'm sure there are some who remember what had happened there.

The police and displaced residents collided. And due to an explosion, four displaced residents and

a police officer died.

At the time, the police ignored the request for an unbiased negotiation by the displaced residents.

They moved forward with the forceful suppression with the help of hired men and police.

The victims did not even receive fair compensation.

I was also at the scene as part of the police force.

The displaced residents called me a murderer. And the powerful ones

used us as cannon fodder and pushed us in.

The media, instead of revealing the truth, recommended silence.

No one paid attention to the

voice of the powerless.

So, I decided to tell the truth

and in order to punish those responsible

I became the Pied Piper.

TNN Night News that reports only the truth...

This is Yoon Hee Seong.

♪ As always for me ♪

♪ I walk in the pouring rain ♪

♪ What's hidden in the distant memory ♪

♪ I lay out all the blame from the past ♪

♪ On me reflected in the mirror ♪

♪ I paint a fake smile ♪

♪ I pray the sun rays of tomorrow ♪

♪ While looking at me as I am will smile brightly ♪