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ALL CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND EVENTS ARE FICTITIOUS

JOONGJIN DAILY

Hey, I didn't know it was going to turn out like that either.

Anyway, it worked out for your company, didn't it?

The sick went ahead and croaked on his own.

Drunk driving no less.

That's right.

I'll take care of the rest here, so don't worry.

Okay, bye, bye.

Where did the cap go?

I'm sure it'll turn up tomorrow by itself. Let's go.

Let's go home!

Is someone still here?

Newbies nowadays always leave work on time.

Who is it?

CCTV captured the exact moment he died.

Nothing particularly stands out,

and it seems like he twisted his own body until he caused his death.

Are you saying that a sane person can do that to himself?

We need the autopsy report to confirm the details.

Did you get a copy of his call records prior to his death?

Yes, we should be receiving them from the service provider shortly.

And we should call in and question everyone he met that day,

starting from the people caught on CCTV.

Sure. Call in all the witnesses you can.

We could start with the people who were caught on CCTV, entering his office.

Yes, sir.

Someone testified that there was an argument

inside Mr. Kim's office that day. So I checked the CCTV footage already.

Why don't you take a look first?

Thank you.

Here you go.

There's no way I can sit out the autopsy

- of Kim Ju-hwan tonight, is there? - Why?

After I saw the body last night, I couldn't get any sleep.

I can't eat...

You can't be upset over something like that as a detective.

Yes, he's right.

Our senior over here spent his whole day by the toilet yesterday.

You threw up?

Anyway, who's going to question Jin-hee when she comes in today?

That's right. Who's going to do that?

I'm sure Mr. Jung will do it. She's his wife after all.

Right? It'd be weird for us to do it.

- What's weird about that? - Pardon?

Think about how Mr. Jung is.

He wouldn't want to do it. She's his family after all.

And he shouldn't have to do it if you want to maintain impartiality.

Oh, come on, sir. How could you say that?

She's coming in to give a statement.

She's not a suspect.

We'll only find out if she's a witness or a suspect after we question her.

Pardon?

There were reports that they got into a big argument that day.

Yes, there were.

And we haven't confirmed her whereabouts after that.

What's going on? I'm getting worried.

What's up? Can't you get in touch with your wife?

Yes, that's true, but...

Hey, you need to be more thorough when questioning people you know.

That's to avoid any misunderstandings. Okay?

Did you eat?

Hello.

When Jin-hee comes by later,

- you question her. - Yes, sir.

I feel like it wouldn't look good if I question her myself.

- I appreciate it. - Yes, sir.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

He overheard, right?

He definitely did.

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But unfortunately, the rate of using big data in Korea is at 9,5 percent,

ranking in the lower half of the IT powerhouses.

Our Promotion Data Team is aware of big data's importance

when it comes to gaining a competitive edge.

Therefore, we'd like to propose the building of a big data center.

Also, the government has announced

the investment of a trillion won into the data industry.

So we believe that it won't be difficult to secure the funds.

In the first year, we'll construct a big data center.

In the second year, we'll make the data public,

and in the third year, the market for data production and distribution

will be automatically established within Forest.

Hello, the mascot of Seodong Police Station.

Lee Jin-sung, the Super Cop.

Have you been well? It's been a while.

I've actually been meaning to give you a call.

What?

What did you say?

Director Kim Ju-hwan is dead.

Who?

Director Kim Ju-hwan of Joongjin Daily.

Yes.

But your number popped up in his call records.

I have to submit this report soon, but I wanted to give you a heads up.

So how did he die?

Tell me in detail about how he died.

So what about the Director from Joongjin Daily?

I thought that he might have been murdered because of his connection to us.

They said the way he died was...

a bit peculiar.

He said he was sending the details of the case via messenger.

So please, be patient.

Sung-joon.

- Yes, Jin-hee. - What is this all about?

You're here.

Director Kim Ju-hwan is dead?

Try to calm down first. We're still investigating.

How did he die?

Why don't we go into the interrogation room first?

Jin-hee.

It's nothing serious. Just answer what you know honestly.

RECORDING

Jin-hee, it's about last night.

I'm going to refer to you as Ms. Lim for this.

Okay.

This must be uncomfortable, but you just need to answer me truthfully.

What time did you meet with Director Kim Ju-hwan?

I met him late in the afternoon.

According to your colleagues,

you two had a big fight in his office that day.

That's correct.

What was the argument about?

We had an argument over an article

about Min Jung-in, the whistleblower at Forest.

I interviewed him and I was about to write up an article about him,

but there was some resistance from the higher-ups.

But...

within a day, there was a fake news article

that claimed the whistleblower was involved in selling personal information

to a foreign gambling site.

And then...

And then Min Jung-in, the whistleblower, died yesterday.

Yes.

So...

I went to see Director Kim Ju-hwan to ask if that article was published

because he had a connection to Forest.

Where did you go after that?

I went straight home.

I wasn't in a great mood, so I turned off my phone.

And then I fell asleep.

But...

How did Mr. Kim die?

Was it an accident?

A murder?

We're currently investigating that right now.

And you haven't heard from him since?

Sir, this is...

Good work.

Your office must be in a mess.

Go home for now.

I need to go meet with the Chief now. Can you help her?

Sure. I'll escort you out.

Jin-hee.

Go and get some rest.

This way, Jin-hee.

Detective Yang,

how was Kim Ju-hwan murdered?

There's no evidence that points to murder yet.

How did he die?

It's my first time dealing with a case like this.

Tell me.

So...

it was like a powerful force crumpled him up.

CCTV did catch the moment that he died.

His body just started twisting

and his body was bent until he died.

Then I'll get started.

Are you okay?

Detective Yang, do me a favor.

Let me know once the autopsy report comes out.

- What? - Do me this favor.

Please. Jin-soo.

- Is the Chairman in? - Yes.

Quickly.

Sir, Mr. Lee is here to see you.

- Yes, let him in. - Yes, sir.

Come in.

There was a detective that I bribed to find out about Mr. Min,

- and he sent this over. - Hand it over.

They are pictures of the body. It seems to be Director Kim. Take a look.

What is this?

Wait.

When did Ms. Jin Kyung say she will be back?

I'll find out and let you know.

Okay.

I'm an enchanter.

- An enchanter? - You've never heard of enchanters?

They kill people with curses.

He's an evil spirit.

This is a spiritual battle.

Chairman Jin has been possessed by an evil spirit that has and enjoys

the power to cause misfortune for people.

I'm not sure what Chairman Jin is up to,

but I'm telling you that you can't approach this like.

Chairman Jin has been possessed by an evil spirit.

You can't stop him with laws made by humans.

You need to stop him as soon as possible.

Normally, you collect things like hair from the victim to gather

the power for a curse.

I'm different.

I just need that person's photo, name in Chinese characters,

and something that belongs to them to put a curse on them.

That's why I need you.

SEYOUNG SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL

SEYOUNG SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL

It's a bit cold in here.

Let's take a look.

Because rigor mortis set in after his whole body was twisted,

the autopsy was quite difficult.

First, his arm broke when it got bent backward.

Then his shoulder was dislocated

and causing his arm to come around like this...

Anyway in the process,

his airway was blocked and it looks like he suffocated.

When his whole body was twisted, it applied pressure to his thorax.

And then his two legs broke.

Finally, his spine snapped, resulting in death.

We know what happened from the CCTV footage.

Was there anything else to note?

The cause of death was a combination of things.

At first, it was suffocation.

Then his legs broke and his spine snapped, leading to hemorrhaging.

I was hoping his brain would provide a clue to what happened.

Did you find anything?

There was a large amount of anandamide discovered in his brain.

What? What is that?

Anandamide.

It's usually found in marijuana.

Are you saying that he was high?

No. It was a lot more.

It was a couple of hundred times more than you would have after normal use.

Normally, the human brain releases

drug-like neurochemicals depending on the situation the body is in

to alleviate pain.

For example, marathon runners hit a wall at a certain point,

where they cannot continue running. Everyone experiences that.

They call that the runner's high.

Once you pass that point,

the brain releases anandamide to reduce the pain.

Are you saying the brain created a drug-like chemical on its own?

Well...

I've never read about a case where a brain produced this much

anandamide on its own.

This is a very rare case.

Does that mean there have been cases like this before?

I'm saying it's rare, but I've never seen a case like this.

I even called a colleague at a university hospital.

I asked him if there have been cases like this reported abroad

and to let me know if he does find one.

Any possibility that someone injected him with the chemical?

As I've told you before, this is the first time I've seen this.

I'm not sure.

Sir. We got the call records.

Were there any calls that stood out?

Yes, it seems that Mr. Kim Ju-hwan talked to Mr. Lee Hwan yesterday.

- Lee Hwan? - Yes, he's a Senior Director at Forest.

- Forest... - He spoke to him twice the day before.

And there was a record of a call made to Mr. Lee right before he died.

I guess Jin-hee's suspicions could be right.

Sir, what should we write in the report?

It seems like that Forest is connected somehow.

We need to declare it a criminal case.

But it's hard to do that just with the autopsy results.

No, I think it might be possible.

What chemical did he say he found?

- It was... - Anandamide.

Yes, Amanda... Dyna... Whatever it is.

A high volume of anandamide was discovered,

so we suspect that he was drugged and murdered.

No, let's say that there might be a chance of drug-related injuries.

- Let's say that for now. - Yes, sir.

It seems like this is related to Forest and Min Jung-in's case.

- Let's find that connection quickly. - Yes, sir.

Arrange the body to be delivered to the family first

and take care of the remaining things.

- Yes, sir. - Keep up the good work.

- Goodbye. - Goodbye.

Yes, ma'am.

Pardon? Oh, that's where you came out?

Okay, just a moment. Sure.

Shit, I'm late.

Ma'am!

Joo-bong.

- Where were you? - I'm sorry.

I parked right outside and went to the bathroom.

When I went back out, there was an issue.

I came back in to make a call.

And then I got lost and ended up on the opposite end.

- Hey! Careful! That's precious cargo! - Okay, ma'am.

This way.

Then where is the car?

Well...

It got towed.

Again?

Joo-bong, do you want to die?

I'm sorry, ma'am.

CHAIRMAN JIN JONG-HYUN

Yes, Chairman.

To what do I owe the honor of receiving a call from you?

Yes, I've just landed.

Now?

I'm not tired if the Chairman wants to see me.

I'll be right there.

Okay.

Did you call for a cab?

I'm sorry, ma'am.

Jin-hee.

Jin-hee?

Jin-hee, I'm home.

Jin-hee?

FOUR SOCIAL SINS SEYOUNG SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL

Goodness.

SUNG-JOON

Hey.

Why aren't you home?

Oh, I'm still at work.

We were having a meeting after what happened to Mr. Kim.

Is everything okay?

I'm fine, don't worry.

Are you going to be home late?

I'll be home soon. Don't worry.

I need to go.

Oh...

My goodness.

Maybe it's time to clean. It's been a while.

I should hire someone.

42ND PRESIDENT KIM JU-HWAN

42ND PRESIDENT KIM JU-HWAN

Come here.

Don't get up.

Don't get up. Just kneel.

Hey. I told you not to run your mouth, didn't I?

Remember?

So annoying.

You told Mi-jung to die in an accident during lunchtime?

If you want to live, get on your knees and apologize.

Look at her glaring at me.

You can't hear me? Do you want me to gauge your eyes out?

Get on your knees and sincerely apologize to Mi-jung.

Get on your knees and say "I deeply apologize."

Apologize properly.

Hey!

- Apologize! - Answer him!

Hey!

I'm sorry.

Be more respectful!

If you ignore me once more,

I will rip that mouth of yours off.

Hey. I told you not to run your mouth, didn't I?

Do you want me to gauge your eyes out?

What are you kids doing?

Who's that?

Ma'am.

Just look away and be on your way.

I know that girl.

Why don't you all move along before I call the police?

Is she from your orphanage?

Call the cops.

We'll cut up your face and run before the cops get here.

Should we see who's going to lose out on this one?

You brats have no respect.

Hey, take her phone.

Hey, lady, put that phone down.

Are you crazy?

Are you ignoring me now?

What? What are you doing?

Hey, your nose is bleeding.

What the?

Hey.

Maybe I'm a bit tired from yesterday.

Are you okay?

Let go of me.

Let go!

Hey, what's wrong with him?

- He's bleeding a lot! - Hey, are you okay?

- What should we do? - Are you okay?

I need to go see my mom.

- Hey, come here. - Take me home.

- Let's go home. - I miss my mom.

You're dead, the next time I see you!

Go home.

See you tomorrow.

You should have just called me.

Chairman!

It looks good, I was starving.

Have you been well for the past few days?

Please, take a seat, ma'am.

You must have missed me so much

for you to call me as soon as I got back from my business trip.

Chairman.

I got something incredible from Japan.

It was a successful business trip!

- Wait. - They were giving me

so much trouble over this at airport security in Japan.

I almost missed my flight.

I went through a lot of trouble to get this

from an illustrious shaman in Japan.

Chairman.

Look at this. Isn't it so peculiar?

It seems odd, even when I look at it now.

This is the most powerful talisman to ward off the evil that shaman owned.

About 100 years ago, a samurai...

Ma'am, we can take a look at that later.

I asked to see you because I have an emergency.

Speaking of which, you do look terrible.

Chairman, you used your energy again, didn't you?

No.

Oh, Lee Hwan, come in.

Mr. Lee, you were here too?

Yes. Hello, ma'am.

Something big must have happened.

Show this to her.

Ma'am, please, take a look at this.

Please, take a look.

I'm...

I'm scared to death.

I don't understand why things like this keep happening to me.

He was a director at a paper

that I was close with because of the whistleblower incident.

He was cursed.

And it was no ordinary curse.

A very great spirit was behind it.

I grew up in an orphanage

so I don't have any money or family.

I've been a target of kids like that for a while now.

Kids tend to like to pick on those weaker than them.

I guess you don't know anything about that.

I do.

I was picked on when I was in school too.

That's surprising.

I just assumed you were one of the popular girls in school.

What...

did you do to that boy back there?

I just cast a simple curse.

If you cast a curse directly into someone's body,

even a small curse can be fatal.

Even a very small curse.

Like thinking, "you bastard" to yourself.

Director Kim Ju-hwan.

You asked for a curse.

He's dead.

He probably died after his body got crumpled up.

Isn't that what you wanted?

Well...

I was just very angry at the time...

A grudge at that moment is the most powerful.

I just took that grudge and cast it into his body.

I'm sorry, but what do you mean by "curse"?

You've never heard of a curse?

Even now every countryside village

has at least one enchanter of curses.

When a thief comes into town or you have family problems,

you visit an enchanter and ask for a curse.

Lee Hwan, who did you say this person was?

Director Kim Ju-hwan.

So you're saying Kim Ju-hwan got cursed?

But, ma'am.

Is there a curse that can just crumple up a person

whole in a flash like this?

Most enchanters use lesser spirits to cast curses.

We actually didn't start out with spirits like these in our country.

They crossed over during the Japanese occupation.

There must have been a lot to prepare

to make a body do that.

By preparation, you mean...

Even a powerful spirit can't cast a spell like this by itself.

It needs something.

If they were that powerful, why would they live on this land?

They would have crossed over already.

Then...

Are you saying that the spirit responsible for this is after me?

I'm not sure.

I'm sure that...

Mr. Lee knows better than I do about that.

I don't know how this man and our company are connected.

So what do we need to do? Do I need some sort of talisman?

Chairman!

We need to know what kind of spirit we're dealing with

before we create a talisman.

It's like a blind man looking for a needle in the sand.

You know that we can't just try this and that to get it right.

Then how do we find out what kind of spirit

we're dealing with?

First, we need to find out how this enchanter cast this curse.

You know that each enchanter has their own way of casting.

If they used the old traditional way,

they would have gathered the hair of wronged people that have died

to draw out those spirits to cast...

No.

That's what you do when you're uncertain of your foe.

If you want to target someone like this,

you can't just think...

How do we find that out?

- We need to perform a ritual. - Perform a ritual?

- Did they perform a funeral for him? - No, from what I gather,

they just finished with the autopsy this evening.

I believe they sent the body to the family.

Good.

We can only find something out before the body is cleaned and shrouded.

If we perform the ritual after that,

the spirit would have left and we won't find out anything.

- We must prepare for the ritual right now. - Lee Hwan, get it ready.

Yes, sir. I'll meet and talk with the family of the deceased.

Mr. Cheon.

Get my things and kids ready for tonight.

Which hospital is his funeral being held in?

NAEUN ORPHANAGE

But was he a good person?

He wasn't.

Don't feel too guilty.

I was the one who did it in the end.

But you feel guilty after putting a curse on a man like that?

You're definitely a good person.

I wonder if Jin Jong-hyun felt guilty like you

after he killed my mom.

What?

Do you want me to tell you about my mom?

Ma'am, we spoke earlier?

I'm Lee Hwan.

I was very close to Ju-hwan.

I always respected him as a person

and as a journalist.

He shouldn't have died like this all of a sudden.

Even now, after he passed away,

I feel like his spirit won't be able to move on and rest in peace.

I don't think

I could see him off without soothing his vengeful spirit.

That's why I asked that of you.

My son is someone who could live in a world without laws.

Of course.

But with him dying regrettably like this...

I even talked about performing a ritual.

Don't worry.

I'll soothe Ju-hwan's vengeful spirit.

You don't need to worry.

I'll take care of everything

and soothe his vengeful spirit.

Well, it's not much,

but I hope this helps. Please, take it.

Let's go. Let's go.

My mom was a shaman.

But, she was probably one

that was possessed by powerless lesser spirits.

Because of her husband that left her after she became a shaman

and because of me, a baby at the time.

She believed in that powerless lesser spirit

and performed all sorts of rituals to stay alive.

I'm sure she didn't even know what rituals she was performing.

And maybe it was because of my mom, but apparently,

I suffered a spiritual affliction when I was five.

So-jin.

It's your mom. Your mom.

So-jin, can you hear me?

Oh no.

So-jin.

So-jin...

Are you in a lot of pain?

What are we going to do?

Although my mom was a weak shaman,

she was able to successfully perform an initiation ritual.

Do you know what that is?

I have a general idea.

Anyway, since I was very young when I suffered my spiritual affliction,

I ended up living with a spirit inside me after the initiation ritual.

You...

said that Chairman Jin was an evil spirit.

What made you say that?

My mom was the one who performed the initiation ritual on Chairman Jin.

But strangely,

not long after she performed the initiation ritual on him,

he hired men to kill my mom.

I barely escaped alive that night.

I walked...

and I walked.

I didn't know where to go,

but I couldn't stay in that town.

But the thing is,

the adults were not interested in me at all.

Not a single one.

How do you know that Chairman Jin was behind that?

Before he killed my mom,

he thanked her for the good ritual.

So I wondered if there was a problem with the ritual that my mom performed.

Then not long ago,

I saw Chairman Jin Jong-hyun on TV.

We're not just exchanging information.

Loving and taking an interest is the Forest way.

When I was young...

I wanted to check for myself,

so I looked all over the internet to find a way to meet him in person.

Then I found a lecture that he did for kids.

What drove Forest's growth was communication

- through connections. - I knew the moment I saw him.

An incredibly powerful evil spirit had taken ahold of him.

Exchanging information is not what Forest is about.

We're about taking an interest and sharing affection.

This seems like a good time for applause.

Die.

Die. Just die!

Die!

Just die!

Die, evil spirit!

Die!

I should have killed Jin Jong-hyun then.

I should have put a curse on him.

But I couldn't do anything.

That's when I realized that

my mom performed an initiation ritual for a great monster on him.

So...

that's why my mom got killed by that evil spirit.

If Chairman Jin was actually possessed by a great evil spirit as you say,

why did he do that to your mom instead of just putting a curse on her?

I'm not sure about that either.

I don't know what he's thinking.

Why isn't he utilizing that evil spirit?

There's no way of knowing.

Maybe he's up to something.

I'm so tired.

I just got back from a trip. What am I doing?

Ma'am, is everything ready?

Darn it. So noisy.

Nuisances.

Joo-bong.

What are you doing?

How dare you!

Get it together.

Everyone, get it together.

Yes, ma'am.

How dare you!

Jin-hee, we must kill Chairman Jin.

Do you think he's suffering and feeling guilty like you?

He is an evil spirit.

He must be up to some scheme.

And he'll kill anyone and everyone that gets in the way of his plans.

We must act now.

I'm a reporter.

I know.

You can find out what I need to know to perform a curse on Chairman Jin.

No. My job is to expose the truth to the people.

And there are other people that take action after the truth is revealed.

You're rather prim.

What?

Do you think justice can be served that way?

If everyone played their parts so honorably,

why did my mom die?

You're all cowards.

Lim Jin-hee.

Spit it out.

Is she telling the truth?

How dare you!

Jin-hee.

We need to put a curse on Jin Jong-hyun.

You need to ask me yourself

to put a curse on Jin Jong-hyun.

Ask me before it's too late.

I only need exactly three things.

His picture, his name in Chinese characters,

and something that belongs to him.

Ma'am!

Ma'am.

- Ma'am? - Ma'am!

Shouldn't we get her a doctor or something?

Ma'am!

- Go get a doctor or something! - Ma'am!

Why would you bring anyone here?

Face.

Name in Chinese characters.

A personal item. That's what they used to cast.

This one has a fun spirit in them.

THANK YOU TO CHOI BYUNG-MO FOR HIS SPECIAL APPEARANCE

That person knows who I am.

They're looking for us, aren't they?

I'll get a picture of Jin Jong-hyun, his name in Chinese characters,

and a personal item as soon as possible.

Sir. Inugami.

Where is the fountain pen cap?

Let me just wrap up this case.

That's something you shouldn't hold onto.

I think we can catch that enchanter.

I'll start.

So-jin!

Subtitle translation by: Justin S. Kim