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(All characters, places, companies,)

(and incidents in this drama are fictitious.)

Mi Jin's death changed again.

The time of death...

changed from 7:00pm to 4:00pm.

Doctor!

Mi Jin.

- Mi Jin. - No.

He's the culprit?

Why? Do you know him?

You're here.

Let me introduce him.

He's Kim Tae Pyung, the man I mentioned before.

You'll never find...

Seo Joon Young.

How did I forget about you?

Mr. Goo, you're under emergency arrest...

for Lee Mi Jin's murder.

Is that what he told you? That I'm the culprit?

What is it that you want?

What is it?

(Forensics Service)

(Forensics Service)

This is absurd.

It's already weird enough that someone can see others' death,

and you now trust what he says and accuse me of murder?

I guess you don't remember because it has been too long.

Mr. Kim Tae Pyung said he saw you...

at Hope Orphanage 20 years ago.

I heard he predicted your death.

He said you'll commit suicide in front of police officers.

But that's not going to happen.

I'm going to...

lock you up in jail for murdering Mi Jin.

That's called a targeted investigation.

Don't worry.

I won't lock up...

an innocent man in prison.

Please leave.

Look for his computers and cameras.

Also, pay extra attention to find...

- the strings he used to bind her. - Yes, ma'am.

You must collect everything...

that can be used against him as evidence.

- Yes. - Yes, ma'am.

If he was arrested without a warrant,

the arrest needs to be approved by a prosecutor within 12 hours.

- Within 12 hours? - If it's not approved,

they have to let him go. It's 7pm right now.

- We have nine hours. - Yes.

Can you find out a bit more about Goo Do Kyung?

And ask if anyone knows him at Hope Orphanage.

Yes, okay.

You were here?

Do you even care...

if I'm around or not?

Why did you do that?

You knew everything. Why didn't you say anything?

You already knew why I couldn't see Ms. Seo's death.

No?

I'm asking you.

That's why I told you...

that you two are...

in an ill-fated relationship.

You two like one another, but you can never be together.

Then it has to be an ill-fated relationship.

You can't see her death...

because you cause...

her death.

That woman, Seo Joon Young,

will die because of you.

So...

you should stop here.

Were you also unable to see...

the death of that woman you loved like how I can't see Joon Young's?

Yes.

That's why I liked her.

Okay. 1, 2.

Good.

1, 2.

- Come. - Really?

When I looked at her,

I felt like I was an ordinary person.

That's why...

I was heartbroken...

to see you.

There's this person that I want to keep seeing.

What do you do when you're alone?

What do you do for fun?

When I'm with her,

I love how I feel like an ordinary person.

Now I understand...

why you tried so hard to stop me.

And why...

you tried to kill yourself.

Sir. Wake up.

Did you know someone's death...

can be changed by murder?

Isn't that why you tried to kill yourself?

Committing suicide is...

a way of murdering yourself.

Yes.

Yet you...

saved my life.

But someone's fate...

doesn't change that easily as you think it would.

So you need to stop here.

Then at the very least,

you can avoid causing her death.

What if that isn't the case?

What if she still falls in danger?

Then it must be also her fate.

No.

As long as you can stop someone's murder,

getting murdered to death just cannot be...

someone's fate.

I saw how Joon Young's colleagues will die.

Hey.

You're here.

Mr. Kim Tae Pyung?

Mr. Kim Tae Pyung?

They all died...

on the same day due to an explosion.

It was gruesome.

Apart from them,

there were many other victims.

I need to know the connection between them...

and Joon Young's death...

and why that explosion occurred.

So?

Let's say you saved their lives.

What about Joon Young, whose death you can't see?

In the end, the remaining one will be full of sorrow.

I know who's trying to kill her.

I can stop him.

If that man is a murderer, you may die instead.

I'm not afraid of dying.

But before any of that happens,

I'm going to try to persuade him.

- Persuade him? - Yes.

I saw his face when he killed Mi Jin.

I have a feeling that murdering people...

isn't what he wants.

(The Game: Towards Zero)

Yes?

Okay. Bye.

What did they say?

They're still searching,

but both his laptop and cellphone are clean.

Hey, did you find anything?

Joon Young.

We found footages of the murderer entering and leaving Mi Jin's room.

But he's masked, so we can't identify him.

So we're looking through the other footages,

but it seems like he knew all the blind spots.

There are no traces of him.

What about the gown and sneakers that he wore at that time?

The squad is looking, but some of the wastes...

have been sent to the incineration plant,

so I'm not sure if we can find them.

All right. Keep me updated.

The best evidence we can get...

is the murderer's DNA from Mi Jin's fingernails,

so let's be patient.

- Okay. - Joon Young.

Didn't Tae Pyung say that he saw the murderer...

at Hope Orphanage?'

He did.

Jo Hyun Woo was there as well.

Look. I found this article while looking into the orphanage.

("Jo Hyun Woo, Son of Jo Pil Doo, Sent to Hope Orphanage")

Weren't you at that orphanage as well?

Yes.

I need to go somewhere.

Where are you going at this hour?

I need to verify something. I won't take long.

You must be hungry. Would you like me to order something?

No, I'm fine.

I'm Chief Nam Woo Hyun of Crime Division.

I heard you used to stay at the Hope Orphanage.

That's right.

Then do you remember a kid named Jo Hyun Woo?

Doesn't everyone?

Aren't you talking about Jo Pil Doo's son?

Were you two friends?

Not really.

Anyway, everyone there knew about him.

[VIU Ver] MBC E11 'The Game: Towards Zero' "Ill-Fated Relationship" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-

Thank you for sparing some time at this hour.

Don't mention it.

By the way, why do you need a photo of Jo Hyun Woo?

Is he related to Mi Jin's murderer?

No, it's something personal.

I see.

Still, I doubt he posted a photo...

of the culprit's family in the newspaper.

He may not have posted it, but I'm sure there's a photo.

He shot many photos of me.

(Killer of Midnight Case, People around Jo Pil Doo)

It must be here.

It's him. Jo Hyun Woo.

(Jo Hyun Woo)

What's your name?

What is it?

I don't have one.

I knew it.

He was Jo Hyun Woo.

Is he really Jo Hyun Woo?

If he's the one who had called me three years ago,

he must've recognized me.

(Investigation Information, Goo Do Kyung)

(Resident Registration, Goo Do Kyung)

But his resident registration number and fingerprints are different.

How's that possible?

Tae Pyung.

Did you look into it?

Yes, here.

But why did you ask me to look into Jo Hyun Woo, not Goo Do Kyung?

They're the same person.

What?

Had I not taken you to that orphanage,

you wouldn't have met that kid.

I was the one who followed you.

Don't you regret it?

Do you?

No.

Thanks to you, I'm still alive.

I don't regret it.

I'm glad, then.

By the way,

about that kid you were looking for...

You seem to have mistaken his name.

Goo Do Kyung, was it?

Do you know him as well?

20 years ago,

you came home after meeting that kid...

and fell ill for the next 10 days.

After a month, you finally talked to me.

You said...

you witnessed his committing suicide.

Yes.

I looked into him.

If committing suicide...

was an act of murder upon oneself,

then I believed I could prevent it.

So I wrote to him every day...

and sponsored him so that he could study...

in a good environment.

But once the Mother Superior passed away, we lost touch.

That kid's name...

was Jo Hyun Woo.

He is...

Jo Pil Doo's son.

Chief Nam.

Hey.

Why didn't you tell me...

that the boy who was at the orphanage with me...

was Jo Hyun Woo?

Why didn't you?

Because nothing good would've come out of knowing that.

But when Mr. Kim told us that the culprit...

used to stay at the Hope Orphanage,

you should've told me.

I couldn't think that far.

What took you so long?

Are you curious?

A bit.

It's 12:03am.

I will now start interrogating the suspect, Goo Do Kyung,

for Lee Mi Jin's murder which took place on October 23.

When was the first time you met Lee Mi Jin?

The day I met you for the first time.

I'm sure you remember.

We even had coffee together.

Detective Seo, you're here for the girl, right?

How did you know?

Gosh, even spies would know.

People on the news only talk about Jo Pil Doo's copycat.

You asked for my help...

regarding the case.

Don't you remember?

Why were you at the hospital?

I'm writing a paper with my senior alum...

because he asked me to join him.

You were pretty thorough.

This is a targeted investigation.

We will obtain the evidence...

that you killed Mi Jin in due time.

But I cannot understand why you would want to kill her.

That's how I came to find Jo Hyun Woo.

You stayed...

in the orphanage at that time too.

What's your relationship with Jo Hyun Woo?

Your chief asked me the same thing.

I guess you are very interested in him too.

I stayed with him too...

although it was very brief.

I was at the orphanage too.

Were you two close?

Would you kill for someone...

just because you're close?

- Were you? - No.

We weren't close.

You recognized him right away.

I guess you weren't complete strangers.

What kind of friend was he?

He was quiet.

Is that why...

you sympathized for him?

Why would you assume that?

I'm sure you saw how reporters harassed Jo Hyun Woo.

This photo was taken by a reporter...

who harassed Jo Hyun Woo.

Hyun Woo?

Hyun Woo.

Aren't you Jo Hyun Woo?

Did your dad ever show any odd behaviors?

- Hyun Woo. - Hyun Woo, look over here.

- Look over here. - Hyun Woo!

That reporter chased and harassed him...

that almost made him want to kill himself.

You talk...

as if you know it very well.

That's me next to him in the photo.

And that reporter was Lee Mi Jin's father.

His name is Lee Jun Hee.

I see.

Is that so?

Jo Hyun Woo committed suicide.

Did you know?

No. I didn't know.

Can we take a break?

I'd like to go to the restroom too.

Okay. We'll take a break.

You two. Follow him.

Yes, sir.

Joon Young.

Go back in.

Hey.

You're doing well.

Keep cornering him.

- Okay. - All right.

Excuse me.

Could I get some water?

Sure.

Let's resume.

Have you ever met Jo Pil Doo?

- No. - Have you gone to visit him?

Why would I?

Just answer my questions.

Have you?

Because you keep asking me such questions,

it's making me curious.

You must have found evidence that only makes sense...

when I have met Jo Pil Doo.

Joon Young, I have the DNA result.

It's Jo Pil Doo's DNA.

Call me when you get this.

What are you talking about?

How could you find Jo Pil Doo's DNA under Mi Jin's fingernail?

I don't understand that either, so I texted you.

When Mi Jin was murdered, you said you were with Jo Pil Doo.

National Forensic Service doesn't know about the inmates' information,

so I took care of it on my end.

But we found his DNA in Mi Jin's coffin...

and her body.

What are we supposed to do with this?

Something is wrong.

I'm sure the evidence must have been fabricated.

Joon Young.

We have a problem.

The prosecutor denied our request.

All right.

Let's talk.

Jo Hyun Woo.

My death must've been so powerful...

that you would want to see it again.

(Episode 12 will air shortly.)

(Episode 12)

(Affidavit, Jo Pil Doo)

- What is this? - A copy of the affidavit...

written by Jo Pil Doo 20 years ago.

Did you do this?

- What? - I'm asking...

if you conducted a coerced investigation 20 years ago.

Yes,

because Jo Pil Doo was the culprit.

That's why there was coercion.

And? So what?

Are you sure...

he really is the culprit?

What else could he be?

He killed your father and apologized to you for that.

What else could he be?

Let me change the question.

Is Jo Pil Doo really...

a serial killer...

who killed...

a total of seven girls?

Is he?

We found his fingerprints on the victim's ID card.

And we found rotting bodies of those girls...

in every construction site which he worked at.

What about the DNA?

Did the culprit's DNA found in the crime scene...

match with Jo Pil Doo's DNA?

From then and to this day, he was and will always be a murderer.

He's the murderer who killed your father.

Then how...

How was Jo Pil Doo's DNA found on Mi Jin's nails?

Are you 100 percent sure that Jo Pil Doo is the culprit?

They made a mess out of my house.

Do you never get afraid, or are you just bold?

Once you come in here,

you might never get to leave.

Should I be afraid?

How did you know...

who I am?

Because there's a man who knows you very well.

That kid's name...

was Jo Hyun Woo.

He is...

Jo Pil Doo's son.

People who know me very well...

tend to have a sad ending.

He should be careful.

What do you want?

Getting revenge for your father?

Stop pretending like you know me.

Then Hyun Woo, do you wish...

to commit suicide?

20 years ago and even now,

I can see you...

committing suicide.

So tell me.

What do you really want?

If I tell you,

can you make it happen?

Anything other than murder.

What if what I want is...

Joon Young?

It looks like you can't let me have her.

Don't you lay a finger on her.

I'm going to kill you.

Goodness.

Are you saying...

my death may change?

Sounds interesting.

Will I kill myself in front of police officers,

or will I get killed by you?

What do you really want?

What if what I want is Joon Young?

- Hello? - Hey, Ms. Seo.

It's me.

Where are you?

Well, I'm at home.

What about you?

I'm still at work.

You must be working overtime.

Yes.

All right.

It's pretty late. You should get some rest.

Okay.

I'm really scared...

that I may not be able to help you...

when you're in real danger.

Mr. Kim!

What are you doing here?

What do you think? I had a nap.

Exactly. Why are you taking a nap here?

Gosh.

Hey, it's snowing.

Are you going home?

I'll give you a lift.

(Noodles)

Gosh, this isn't good.

They won't let you go home or give you food...

for over 24 hours.

Since when were you there?

When I called you yesterday.

What?

Why?

Were you worried about me?

Ms. Seo.

Don't you want to know how you'll die?

No.

I don't care.

It's my profession.

We, detectives, could die while performing our duties.

But I don't regret choosing this job.

So don't tell me how I'll die.

I can't see it.

Your death is the only one...

I can't see.

You're the first person...

whose death I can't see.

It makes me anxious.

Eat up. Your noodles are getting cold.

Let's move onto the next news.

The copycat of Jo Pil Doo, the Killer of Midnight...

from 20 years ago,

who shared a similar MO, is still at large.

- The police have been mocked... - Which flowers would you like?

- There are five different flowers. - Ms. Lee, the victim,

was miraculously saved on the morning of the 17th.

Despite being under the police's watch,

she was strangled to death...

at the hospital where she was being treated.

The police are doing their best...

- Ma'am. - to find the culprit,

- Ma'am. - but they have yet...

to identify the culprit.

Reporter Jo Yeon Soo will give you the details.

(Lee Mi Jin)

Ma'am, which menu would you like?

You need to decide before I leave at 4pm.

Let me know once you've decided.

Sadly, Mi Jin passed away yesterday.

You're right. Jo Pil Doo, who is suspected of being...

the mastermind behind this murder, requested another outpatient care,

and it was approved.

What's your take on this?

We have yet to confirm whether or not...

he was involved in this case.

But he requested outpatient care? I'm a bit baffled.

I bet all parents throughout this country are frightened.

I agree. Also, on the day of Mi Jin's abduction,

Jo Pil Doo had left the penitentiary to receive outpatient care.

Yes, but he's been diagnosed with stage four cancer...

and needs outpatient care, am I right?

You're right.

Have you looked into it?

The police are quiet.

I looked into the National Forensic Service,

and they found the culprit's DNA under Mi Jin's fingernails.

Did they identify him?

I relayed the identification code to a worker there.

It was Jo Pil Doo's.

- What? - Jo Pil Doo.

That scumbag was behind it.

Wait. Are you sure about that?

Weren't you at the penitentiary yesterday?

Didn't you say you saw Joon Young meeting with him?

- Ji Won... - What's important is that...

- our article wasn't a total fake. - Give me that.

I'm positive that Jo Pil Doo is the murderer.

- It's a fact that his DNA... - Ji Won.

was found under her fingernails.

But I have no idea why the police aren't doing anything.

By the way, Jo Pil Doo...

is receiving outpatient care at Joongang Hospital.

I'm about to go there.

Hello?

Sir?

(Mortuary)

Ji Won, where are you going?

What did Han Kyu say? No, everything he said was...

What were you doing?

Tell me.

- Ji Won. - If only...

If only you had picked up my call, Mi Jin would've still been alive.

I won't forgive you.

Whether it's you or someone else,

I'm going to kill everyone who's responsible for her death.

Ji Won. Ji Won.

Ji Won.

Bring the girls back!

- Bring them back! - Bring them back!

Jo Pil Doo deserves to die!

- Kill him! - Kill him!

Jo Pil Doo is a murderer! Murderers need to die!

Jo Pil Doo is out on outpatient care.

His condition worsened, and he was carried out.

He's barely hanging in there, and they want him dead.

May I visit his cell?

(Recipient: Joongang Penitentiary, Jo Pil Doo)

[VIU Ver] MBC E12 'The Game: Towards Zero' "Who is the Real Culprit" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-

Seeing how they released Goo Do Kyung,

I don't think the police know that he's Jo Hyun Woo.

We should tell Joon Young and the rest of them, right?

We should look into the case from 15 years ago.

The person who died might not have been Jo Hyun Woo,

but Goo Do Kyung.

It won't be easy,

but please look for someone from the Hope Orphanage...

who knows both Goo Do Kyung and Jo Hyun Woo.

(Seoul Joongang Police Station)

I guess you cook as well.

Are we allowed to eat this?

He brought it for us, so we should.

- Right? - Of course.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

I hope you enjoy it.

By the way,

where's Ms. Seo?

I'm not sure. She was there a while ago.

Did she go to the toilet?

Sir.

You didn't have breakfast yet, right?

- What's all this? - Oh, this?

Mr. Kim brought them for us.

I wasn't going to have any,

but...

Here you go.

I'd like to request a paternity test.

How long will it take?

You'll get the result by tomorrow at the latest.

Please fill in this form...

and tell us how you'd like to receive the result.

You can hand it to me when you're done.

Joon Young.

I figured it out...

when I saw...

the recording button was off in the investigation room.

Hey.

You're doing well.

Keep cornering him.

- Okay. - All right.

Excuse me.

Could I get some water?

I checked just in case.

The person who switched the cup Mr. Goo was drinking from...

was you.

Why did you do it?

What on earth are you hiding from me?

Please tell me.

Is Jo Pil Doo...

Mr. Goo Do Kyung's father?

Why are you running a paternity test?

It's because Goo Do Kyung...

is Jo Hyun Woo.

Goo Do Kyung is Jo Hyun Woo.

The son of Jo Pil Doo, Jo Hyun Woo.

Then,

the person I interrogated yesterday...

He was Jo Hyun Woo.

Three years ago,

when I entered my office after getting promoted to the chief,

I got a call.

Hello?

This is Nam Woo Hyun.

Hello?

I know the real culprit...

of the Jo Pil Doo case.

What? You know what?

I know...

the real culprit who killed...

those women.

I see.

Do you know how much the fine is...

for making a prank call?

It's not a prank. I mean it.

If you keep calling me,

I will track you down to fine you.

He's still killing more people!

I saw him kill another person.

The name of the real culprit...

isn't Jo Pil Doo.

It's Kim Hyung Soo.

He's running an animal shelter...

in Sano-dong, Guri.

You'll find a red box in the cabinet of the storage.

He kept the hair of a woman whom he recently killed.

Okay.

Oh, it looks like you witnessed a murder case.

So why do you say...

he's the real culprit of the Jo Pil Doo case?

Hello?

Hello?

Why?

Are you scared because I caught you after you arrested...

the wrong guy?

After getting that call,

I couldn't get any sleep for a month.

I really thought I might have gotten the wrong guy,

so I went to look for Kim Hyung Soo.

Then what happened?

When I went,

he had already vanished.

It turned out that Kim Hyung Soo was a changed name.

I thought the house belonged to someone else too.

But back then, everyone thought Jo Pil Doo was the culprit.

But...

only the DNA result must have said...

that Jo Pil Doo wasn't the culprit.

Yes.

To confirm once again,

these two samples of DNA do not match.

(Killer of Midnight Case)

(Suspect's hair from the scene)

(Jo Pil Doo)

Is that why you fabricated...

the DNA result?

I couldn't control myself.

He even killed your father...

It's all my fault.

It's my fault.

She's not answering her phone.

I see.

- What is this about? - I don't know.

Yes, Ms. Lee.

You asked me to look into if anyone from Hope Orphanage...

knew both Goo Do Kyung and Jo Hyun Woo.

- Yes. - I'm still digging.

But I know for a fact...

that Ms. Seo was also at the orphanage 20 years ago.

She was?

Yes.

It looks like that reporter, Lee Jun Hee,

harassed Ms. Seo and Jo Hyun Woo by pairing them...

as the daughter of the victim and the son of the murderer.

I think he went to her school...

and her house...

and harassed her calling her an orphan.

And in the end, she was sent to an orphanage.

If he did that to Ms. Seo...

It would've been worse for Jo Hyun Woo.

I think his sense of revenge...

might have played a role in murdering Mi Jin.

Ms. Seo...

was probably shocked when she found out...

Jo Pil Doo had been framed.

Her father passed away when he was chasing...

an innocent guy.

The fact that Goo Do Kyung is Jo Hyun Woo...

must have shocked her.

Will you really share this with Ms. Seo?

I should.

Please find out more about this.

Okay. I'm on it.

- Jo Pil Doo. Did you kill her? - Let me go!

- Let go of me! - He didn't...

kill these girls.

Then, for 20 years,

Jo Pil Doo has been framed and wrongfully locked up in prison?

Why did you...

kill my dad?

I'm sorry.

Go inside.

Yes, sir. Come.

I guess you don't have them either.

A mom and a dad.

Mine are gone as well.

It wasn't me.

I told you before. I didn't do it.

Then, why are you staying in there for 20 years?

I've been here for 20 years?

Hello?

Ms. Seo, where are you?

At a hospital.

At a hospital?

Something came up, so I'm at Joongang Hospital.

Wait for me. I'll be there right now.

I'm here. Where are you?

On the second floor.

All right, wait for me.

Excuse me.

Yes?

Is Jo Pil Doo here?

Jo Pil Doo?

I'm not sure.

Mr. Kim.

What's wrong?

Do you know him?

He's the doctor who was at Jo Pil Doo's deathbed.

- What? - I saw his death...

when I met him in prison.

How did he die?

It seemed like he died on an operating table.

I figured that could be the case since he has late-stage lung cancer.

Is Jo Pil Doo here?

What is it?

Jo Pil Doo! Jo Pil Doo!

Ms. Yoo!

Jo Pil Doo! Jo Pil Doo!

Jo Pil Doo! Jo Pil Doo!

Medical staff. Medical staff!

- There she is! - She's coming out.

- She's coming out. - She's coming.

- Honey! - She's coming out!

- Ji Won! - Move aside!

- Please say something! - Make room!

Honey! Honey!

Stop taking pictures! Stop taking pictures!

- Go away! - Please say something.

- Say something! - Say something!

How do you feel?

- Stop taking pictures. Stop it! - Why did you do that?

Did you plan this?

Honey!

Ji Won...

- It's the best plan for newlyweds. - Breaking news. Jo Pil Doo,

- a murderer who killed seven... - The apartment is about 66m²...

- by burying them alive... - Honey, Jo Pil Doo died.

- was just killed at a hospital. - Jo Pil Doo Died?

- The staff testified... - Gosh, it's real.

that he was stabbed on the abdomen by a woman...

while he was getting transferred to receive his treatment.

Although he was sent for surgery right away,

he ended up losing his life.

Ms. Yoo, the suspect of Jo Pil Doo's murder,

is the mother of Ms. Lee,

the victim of abduction and murder...

in the recent Bongnae-dong high school girl case.

The police arrested Ms. Yoo without a warrant on the scene.

(The Game: Towards Zero)

Jo Pil Doo isn't the guy who killed Mi Jin?

I'll make sure I find the culprit.

I'll kill that jerk who killed Mi Jin.

I must look like a monster to you.

Will you feel that way after you lose someone who's precious to you?

I'll correct everything.

Is this all you can do to correct everything?

You should have apologized 20 years ago.

Don't you think so?

Who are you?